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The Quiet One
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Topic: Seinfield.....Greatest Comedy?!! Posted: March 14 2008 at 17:12 |
....Well the question says everything....I'll take the first option you?!
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laplace
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Posted: March 14 2008 at 17:15 |
Heehee. I'll take the second option and specify "The Young Ones" as my favourite comedy series.
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The Quiet One
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Posted: March 14 2008 at 17:17 |
Young Ones??? Don't know that one....I'll check them..
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laplace
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Posted: March 14 2008 at 17:20 |
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The Quiet One
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Posted: March 14 2008 at 17:25 |
I'm not ready for reading, but I read they'r much older lol. Seems cool, but really can't see how can it be comedy with a punk rocker, still this is just a first sight opinion, so we'll see.
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Posted: March 14 2008 at 20:55 |
cacho wrote:
I'm not ready for reading, but I read they'r much older lol. Seems cool, but really can't see how can it be comedy with a punk rocker, still this is just a first sight opinion, so we'll see. |
It's British, and thus somewhat satyrical. Also very good. My personal favourites are Black Books and Blackadder (especially Goes Forth), and I'm quite enjoying The IT Crowd.
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Chicapah
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Posted: March 15 2008 at 10:51 |
As far as US commercial television goes I agree that it is the funniest show ever. There have been series' on HBO, Showtime, etc. that were hilarious but they didn't have the FCC restrictions that Seinfeld had to cope with. The show will still make us laugh 50 years on.
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stonebeard
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Posted: March 15 2008 at 10:53 |
Yes, I believe it is the greatest comedy show ever, Monty Python included. It's situational comedy, though, so I dunno if I can vote based on its jokes.
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1800iareyay
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Posted: March 15 2008 at 11:00 |
I would say that Seinfeld is the best TV show of all time. I mean, look at sitcoms pre- and post-Seinfeld. Before it, you'd get genuinely funny stuff (All in the Family, I Love Lucy), but they would always be hampered by nauseatingly cheesy life lessons that had little or nothing to do with the episode until the very end (see: Cosby Show). Hell, even Married With Children had its share of lessons that felt out of place. Seinfeld broke that with the mantra "No hugging; no learning." From Seinfled we got shows like The Office (the UK version which is a lot blacker, though the final special did have a lot of heart), Arrested Development, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and a number of Showtime and HBO comedies. By not breaking the humor to teach some hackneyed lesson, it could be as dark and satirical or as slapsticky as it wanted.
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Jared
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Posted: March 15 2008 at 11:04 |
They're good, but early Frasier beats it...
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Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson
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stonebeard
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Posted: March 15 2008 at 11:07 |
ok, Frasier was good, but I got confused from time to time as to whether is was up its own ass, or whether it was making fun of people who were up their own asses. It is certainly more dense than Seinfeld, and it takes itself much more seriously. You just have to look at the last episode of Seinfeld and see how norm-shattering it was.
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cuncuna
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Posted: March 15 2008 at 17:13 |
They are really good, but MONTY PYTHON is way beyond.
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Drew
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Posted: March 23 2008 at 12:32 |
Yes- best comedy of all time.
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JJLehto
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Posted: March 23 2008 at 13:03 |
BEST comedy of all time? I don't know but it was pretty hilarious.
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BroSpence
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Posted: March 23 2008 at 13:06 |
Seinfeld was and still is an incredible show. I would say it is the best, if not one of the best (easily top 3!). I actually think I prefer Curb Your Enthusiasm due to Larry David's complete lack of....whatever for society. That is another great show.
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moreitsythanyou
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Posted: March 23 2008 at 13:07 |
cuncuna wrote:
They are really good, but MONTY PYTHON is way beyond. |
I agree completely. Seinfeld is top 10 material, but the all time greatest is Monty Python's Flying Circus. No question about it.
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Dim
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Posted: March 23 2008 at 13:08 |
Yeah I used to be all into monty Python and Seinfeld... Then I turned ten.
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Drew
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Posted: March 23 2008 at 13:10 |
I don't even think the two (MP and Seinfeld) belong in the same category. Can you even call MP a sitcom??? You could say it's better than SNL, Mad TV, so forth......
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Kotro
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Posted: March 23 2008 at 15:20 |
If we're talking about Seinfeld, the guy, I have to admit I always found him an average comedian, funny at times, hardly hillarious. The show is different, but I suspect it's moslty because of Larry David than Seinfeld himself.
Comparing Seinfeld with british humour is a bit unfair. You average BBC/Channel 4 sitcom easily beats it. As far as US go, The Simpsons and the abovementioned Frasier are a bit more clever and funny.
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Novalis
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Posted: March 24 2008 at 00:05 |
The Office and Blackadder are better in my opinion, although Seinfeld has some classic episodes.
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