Posted on 12/03/2004 6:38:40 PM PST by qam1
With a name like Shecky, it's gotta be good.
Do you suppose the author of this Seinfeld whine attends Whatsamatta U. ?
I doubt he could find Spotsylvania on the map...
If you're a Seinophile like me -- the dvds are great!
Just to the left of Frostbite Falls.
I enjoyed Seinfeld because it portrayed a series of profiles of narcissism. The last show revealed this (the one where everyone adversely affected by the narcissistic behavior testified in court). To have people who are so superficial, so extremely self-seeking is cynically funny.
As a counselor and minister, I do not run into some of these extremes, although there are a lot of toxic narcissists out there. However, today I tried to get a crack addict to go to detox and had to fire a person with a "does not play well with others" personality. Watching Seinfeld sort of destresses you from this kind of thing.
Rocky and Bullwinkle did not present the same sort of narcissism. I think the comparison you see is the dry humor, irony and cynicism present in Seinfeld. Rocky and Bullwinkle was a favorite of mine as a teenager.
"Lousy Democrats!"
-Homer Simpson
"The dead have risen and they are voting republican!"
-Bart Simpson
LOL! I see that I am not the only one who was raised on classic pop culture...
On the other hand, I never got what was so great about Survivor, American Idol or those AWFUL films Jurassic Park and Twister.
Same here... There are so many Seinfeld classics - the soup nazi, the no-masturbation contest, George's parents (I'd crack up just at the sight of his father - I'm laughing now!)
Similarly I could not stand Twister - I remember at the end of the movie standing up and saying that it was too bad that all the characters didn't die in the tornado (a little boy sitting in front of me turned around and gave me a dirty look).
And I thought Rocky and Bullwinkle and the Simpsons were (are) great as well. Funny at two levels - especially Rocky.
Possibly.
"Hello Newman."
One of my favourite episodes is the "Bizzarro Jerry" one.
It was really bad for me. I had a "Talking Cecil the Seasick Sea Serpent" when I was a wee lad. If we'd had VCR's back then, I would be illiterate as a result of spending every waking hour watching cartoons. Now, my kids think Powerpuff Girls and Sponge Bob are funny. Seinfeld, I get. But Sponge Bob? YIKES! Although, to give them credit, my boys love the classic Jonny Quest DVD's more than any contemporary stuff.
I (in my 40s) used to sit with my mother (in her 80s), and my son (in his teens) and all three of us would laugh hilariously at the show. VERY funny stuff.
"Look out, Haji!"
Ahh, good times. Good times.
Another thing, it was very Jewish humour (which, to my amusement, is identified euphemistically as 'New York'.) It may be an acquired taste, I dunno. Well, the humour was Jewish, Jewish producers and writers and Jewish actors and oddly enough, George's Italian parents acting like stereotypical Jewish parents.
Don't forget: "Are you the master of your domain?"
Whiners. Learn to laugh.
You could have fooled me. I've never watched any of these shows. No one in our house has ever watched Seinfield, as far as I know, so I've never even glimpsed it while passing through the room, Deo gratias.
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