Seinfeld character
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Topic: Seinfeld character
Posted By: Icarium
Subject: Seinfeld character
Date Posted: October 03 2015 at 05:06
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Whos your favourite character from this great series. -------------  
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Posted By: twseel
Date Posted: October 03 2015 at 05:12
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Kramer of course ------------- 
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: October 03 2015 at 05:31
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The main four characters are far too repugnant and appalling to vote favorite. I gotta go with Frank Costanza.  ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: October 03 2015 at 05:31
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Posted By: The Bearded Bard
Date Posted: October 03 2015 at 06:42
Unfortunately I see a lot of myself in George   , so I have to go with him.TWIIIIIIIIIIX!!! -------------  
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Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: October 03 2015 at 07:36
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The Bearded Bard wrote:Posted By: The Bearded Bard
Date Posted: October 03 2015 at 07:54
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^ Coincidentally, that's actually pretty close to how I dance. -------------
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Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: October 03 2015 at 08:30
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No way Costanza loses this. He's even funnier than his real life persona Larry David. ------------- ...that moment you realize you like "Mob Rules" better than "Heaven and Hell" |
Posted By: GKR
Date Posted: October 03 2015 at 08:54
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Kramer! He appear in the scene and I already start laughing. ------------- - From each according to his ability, to each according to his need. |
Posted By: Cailyn
Date Posted: October 03 2015 at 10:42
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Cant-stans-ya! My God!! George! What are you doing?? Hi, I'm unemplyed and live with my parents. The sea was angry my friends! I was in the pool!! So many good scenes.... ------------- http://www.cailynmusic.com |
Posted By: Pastmaster
Date Posted: October 03 2015 at 10:46
| Another vote for George. |
Posted By: irrelevant
Date Posted: October 03 2015 at 10:53
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George, but they're all good. Great show. ------------- https://gabebuller.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - New album! http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385 |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: October 03 2015 at 14:32
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there's no d in Seinfeld and Costanza is missing a z . ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: October 03 2015 at 15:25
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there is so a d in Seinfeld |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: October 03 2015 at 15:53
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^ well okay just one then I'm not usually a spelling stickler, but with names an effort should be made ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: October 03 2015 at 17:52
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Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: October 03 2015 at 17:52
I think Larry David is THE funniest guy. It just amazes me how he didn't get a regular gig in front of the camera until Curb Yoiur enthusiasm. On this poll I voted Jerry because he comes across initially as the most normal of the bunch initially but once you start really watching you realize just how messed up he is. I would pick Elaine second. She is actually probably the most normal, other than sometimes feeling like she needs to voice her opuinion about something controversial when she would best stay quiet, but she is very funny, not to mention talented
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: October 03 2015 at 18:03
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I remember Larry David from an early 80s comedy sketch show (a la SNL) called Fridays where another young comic named Michael Richards began honing the creepy neighbor character that became Kramer. ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: October 03 2015 at 20:39
I'll have to look for that I think part of the success of Curb is that at almost no point does David appear to be acting. And I mean that as a compliment
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Posted By: zappaholic
Date Posted: October 03 2015 at 21:22
And of course, who can forget Costanza's Law - so apropos in this day and age: "It's not a lie.... if you believe it." ------------- "Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." -- H.L. Mencken |
Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: October 03 2015 at 21:26
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Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: October 03 2015 at 21:54
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That's a big part of the humor guys.... ?? Same with Larry David, he's a prick, but you eventually warm to him ------------- ...that moment you realize you like "Mob Rules" better than "Heaven and Hell" |
Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: October 03 2015 at 22:09
oh so true, Jim. The thing with David in curb is that at least half the time he gets himself into trouble, I'm actually on his side more than not. He says and does the things some of us wish we could do if we didn't care what other people thought. When his nemesis played brilliantly by Susie Essman tells him to "get the f*k out of my house" for the slightest misstep, on a regular basis, it only reinforces the relative mildness of his point of view. There is also a good dose of adolescent sketch humor in that shtick that really takes me back. It's the sort of routine that my friends and I would have pulled when messing around on our tape recorder in the 1970s
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: October 03 2015 at 22:17
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Oh I know it's a part of the humor, a big part. But when you've known someone like Jerry or Elaine, you realize how awful they really are though you often remain friends for years out of habit. Actually they're all okay except for Seinfeld himself, whom I'm afraid I consider evil. Too bad, I used to be his biggest fan when I was a kid in the early 80s. Even went to see him perform. ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: October 03 2015 at 22:19
You did tape recorder comedy too eh? I believe our stuff is lost to time now but yeah, we did lots of tapes too. ------------- ...that moment you realize you like "Mob Rules" better than "Heaven and Hell" |
Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: October 03 2015 at 22:29
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I'm confused David....you say you used to be a big fan of his standup....now you consider a character he plays to be evil so you don't like the real person? Do you feel the same about Larry David's character, other "bad guys" like Archie Bunker or George Jefferson? ------------- ...that moment you realize you like "Mob Rules" better than "Heaven and Hell" |
Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: October 03 2015 at 22:38
I think I still have some of it, whether it plays or not I don't know, and I don't have a tape machine anymore. Some of the best bits were chewed up by the recorder.  Do you like "Family Guy" Jim? If so, do you remember the episode where Brian decides to go slow with a girlfriend and next thing you know she is doing it with Cleveland because Brian wasn't moving fast enough...and he keeps having to see it everywhere he goes - in a car, in a convenience store bathroom, on TV at a basebell game. He can't get away from it. That was exactly our level of humor, and I admit I still find it funny.
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: October 03 2015 at 22:48
It's not a character, it's pretty much the real Seinfeld. As for David, no, he's more like Woody Allen, despicable but somehow lovable. You can see his decent side. Jerry's just a slime. But again, he reminds me of someone I knew much like that so it leaves a bad taste. Carrol O'Connor I love because I grew up watching him and he's a real actor, quite brilliant. And I'm not a Nektar fan, so George Jefferson, well ... ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: October 03 2015 at 22:55
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O'Connor was just brilliant as was Jean Stapleton. Neither were like their characters and yet they pulled them off so you almost believe they are the characters. Ken....I've never much watched that show I have to admit, maybe I should change that. ------------- ...that moment you realize you like "Mob Rules" better than "Heaven and Hell" |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: October 03 2015 at 23:40
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Stapleton was spectacular, really the backbone of that show. ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: infocat
Date Posted: October 04 2015 at 00:36
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Giving some love to Elaine! Been watching the TNT OnDemand reruns lately. Still a great show. ------------- -- Frank Swarbrick Belief is not Truth. |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: October 04 2015 at 00:48
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^She is excellent. Probably the most talented actor on the show. ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: October 04 2015 at 01:00
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Wayne Knight is also a good actor "Hello 'Newman" "Hello 'Jerry"  -------------
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Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: October 04 2015 at 13:41
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Hmmm....went with Kramer because he was always funny without even having to say anything. But to tell the truth I didn't think all that much of the show and thought it was often stupid which it turns out was what Seinfeld was going for; 'a show about nothing'. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: TeleStrat
Date Posted: October 04 2015 at 15:05
She's up there. My choices would be Kramer with Elaine and George tied for second. I've been watching Veep with Julia Louis-Dreyfus and think she does a great job in that show. It's funny sometime to hear the actor I knew as Elaine say things that would make a sailor blush.
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