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Poll Question: What do you think about Seinfield jokes??
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I prefer the Office and Blackadder myself (those are terrific).  I do tend to prefer Britcoms.  The shows I've recently got into are Extras and Saxondale (the latter a must watch for proggers)..
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Monty Python is overrated. Yeah, I said it.
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If I ever hear the parrot sketch again, and I know I will, I'll bleedin' crucify myself.  The show has been so influential... But it dated, it got old.  I think it's one of those shows that you really had to be there when it was going on.  I saw it as a kid quite a few years after it had ended and loved it, but now it all seems a bit silly (well, not all of it)..  It could be very clever.  I mush prefer the Python movies, particularly The Meaning of Life -- love it.  And the albums are fun -- still love those.

I still think there's great Python material, and they were clever and innovative (really pushed the envelope of bad taste -- shock value).  Just think of all Python quotes that have become popular.  It's become such a  part of popular culture.  No, I don't think it's overrated due to its influence and historic value.  If you'd been an aspiring young comedy writer in england at the time, Stonebeard, your thoughts would likely be very different.  Now Friends, that was overrated, in my opinion (though I rather dislike that overrated term).  And don't get me started on Blossom, Joey and Saved by the Bell.


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i LOVE seinfeld and recently the office and south park have taken up much of my TV time. and i wouldnt get my news if it weren't for the colbert report. colbert  2012!
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I LOVE SEINFELD! BEST TV SHOW EVER!
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I took the first option, since it didn't necessarily say that Seinfield was the greatest comedy . . . even though that was your initial question.
 
I wouldn't say anything else beats it per se, but it just depends on what mood I'm in. If I want intelligent humor, I'll watch Frasier. If I want slapstick comedy, I'll watch Fawlty Towers, and if I want to laugh out loud at cartoons, Family Guy will do me just fine.
 
Seinfield is the show I watch when random humor is what I crave. And it does random jokes oh so very, very well. Clap
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I like Seinfield but I prefer Monty Python and South Park to it.
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However, I tend to laugh more with Boston Legal, my all-time favorite show.
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Points: 6336 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 11 2008 at 19:18
Madness jejej what the fudge?

I would say that his jokes, or his comedian aspect is not as funny as the show itself
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Points: 3834 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 13 2008 at 14:42
Very funny, but Blackadder and South Park? they own all comedy series ever in my opinion. I still chickle at the rhetoric, despite having seen every episode about 10 times!
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Points: 4202 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 13 2008 at 17:43
Originally posted by schizoid_man77 schizoid_man77 wrote:

Yeah I used to be all into monty Python and Seinfeld... Then I turned ten.


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Seinfeld was great but I don't think it's the best. Get Smart, Bob Newheart Show and The Odd Couple come to mind. Come to think of it, The Odd Couple was great but had a few clunker shows. Someone mentioned the final Seinfeld. I think the golden standard of last shows was Newheart. I also prefer to watch Trailer Park Boys but many won't and that's a whole other thread. There's the UK shows like Coupling, The Office and Bottom. There's a great Australian comedy called Kath and Kim that deserves mentioning.
 
I think it's a mistake comparing American and British sitcoms. There's a difference in cultures and a difference in broadcasting standards. AbFab had an episode where Edina was driving drunk. You couldn't do that in a comedy on US television unless they wanted to add a heavily dramatic episode with a message. Speaking of culture difference, there are a couple of Canadian comedies that were great but so Canadian that few others wouldn't really get a lot of the jokes.
 
Anyway, back to Seinfeld. It was inventive and funny but I got tired of the reruns quickly, more quickly than reruns of other sitcoms of that time.


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