Reading this makes you realise how much of what makes Seinfeld good is in the skillful delivery. I wonder how much they would have to rehearse to get it spot on.
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#72Looks like they need a spell checker. "Apron" is spelled "aprin" in the "muffin tops" episode.
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#73Is anyone else bothered by the fact that Jerry Seinfeld many times seems to be smiling in a "this scene is so funny I can't hold on not to laugh" way? I mean, some scenes would be more convincing/funny if he looked more serious. This still strikes me as weird. Has this been discussed somewhere (I would surprised if not, perhaps I should ask GPT4)? Do we know why this happens?
I’ve always felt jerry is the worst part of Seinfeld. Larry David is the brains as evidenced by CYE and the other actors outshined Jerry.
Jerry's not much of an actor and that's why he's the straight man. IIRC he has said he chose this role on purpose.
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Frasier is the epitome of hilarious and intelligent humor. In my personal opinion it is 10x more intelligent and funny than Seinfeld.
Interesting to hear. I watched Cheers, almost religiously (a time ago, I suppose), and I could just never get into Frasier. I'm not sure I've ever laughed as hard as I did when watching Cheers; it unfortunately doesn't hold up all that well, but I still hold it dear nonetheless. It's been a while, but maybe I'll give Frasier another shot, even if only as some quasi-filler. :)
interesting. i am a big Frasier fan and my friends kept telling me that i should watch Cheers. i have tries a few times, but it did never stick. maybe i will give Cheers another shot:)
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#75Earlier quoted context omitted.
Frasier is the epitome of hilarious and intelligent humor. In my personal opinion it is 10x more intelligent and funny than Seinfeld.
Frasier was definitely funny in a 'witty' sort of way, but Seinfeld is just classic somehow, IMO.
they are apples and oranges. two best shows, in their own ways.
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#76Surprised someone hasn't posted this yet, but some guy named Billy Domineau (who I guess wrote/writes for SNL) wrote a spec script for a Seinfeld episode that takes place surrounding the events of 9/11, and it does not disappoint.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/911-seinfeld-september-11_n_5...
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#77Seinfeld’s real genius was always the way the script managed to tie together multiple storylines into a cohesive whole.
The best example is probably the Marine Biologist episode. You could have never predicted that there would be any connection between golf balls and whales.
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#78Just watched the first two seasons of Friends and the first season of Seinfeld (never seen them before so a trip to the past) and Seinfeld is so much more intelligent and Friends so shallow and boring (outside some Joey gimmicks). Is there any such show with playful intelligent humor as Seinfeld these days?
30 Rock.
It’s incredibly layered and packs in more jokes than you can count.
The first few seasons of Community are also great.
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#79Earlier quoted context omitted.
Frasier is the epitome of hilarious and intelligent humor. In my personal opinion it is 10x more intelligent and funny than Seinfeld.
Interesting to hear. I watched Cheers, almost religiously (a time ago, I suppose), and I could just never get into Frasier. I'm not sure I've ever laughed as hard as I did when watching Cheers; it unfortunately doesn't hold up all that well, but I still hold it dear nonetheless. It's been a while, but maybe I'll give Frasier another shot, even if only as some quasi-filler. :)
Frazier takes a little time to get deeper than just the premise, for a long time it is just the premise and laughing at the scenarios that are established for the characters to move through, later it gets to where you care about the characters while still being able to laugh. But caring about them takes a while I think.
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#80Just watched the first two seasons of Friends and the first season of Seinfeld (never seen them before so a trip to the past) and Seinfeld is so much more intelligent and Friends so shallow and boring (outside some Joey gimmicks). Is there any such show with playful intelligent humor as Seinfeld these days?
If you cast the net to include British comedies, I’d venture to say Yes Minister and Yes Prime Ministry are deeply intelligent and uproariously funny.
From British comedies, real gems are also IT Crowd and Black Books.