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For posterity, George's answering machine message: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ep2htq1qms I will never get tired of George's gestures during the second "where could I be?"
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Max22 posted:She was MURDERED -- by JERRY SEINFELD!! Not only that, he broke Mike's thumbs.
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Jun 22, 2010 16:18
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got dat wmd posted:The last two seasons are def. a low point
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hall n oates mom posted:Fairweather fans love saying this but never, ever have the juice to back it up. There was nothing wrong with late-period Seinfeld. I'm as big a fan as anyone and a shitload of my favorite eps are in that interval. You have to know what to appreciate. The later seasons started to get ridiculous and unrealistic. Still funny, but the earlier stuff was all at least plausible. Having a Kenny Rogers' Roasted Chicken sign bathing your entire apartment in red isn't realistic.
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Jun 22, 2010 16:48
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Neither is hijacking a nazi limo, killing ancient matriarchs by dissing their toy ponies, turning purple from Tor's homeopathic medicine, foiling a lawsuit with some off-brand balm, or a linen closet packed with Today sponges. Seinfeld was never realistic as a ground rule, that's one of the resons it owns so loving much.
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Jun 22, 2010 16:51
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Thenipwax posted:realism You do know you're posting in the Seinfeld thread, right?
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Thenipwax posted:The later seasons started to get ridiculous and unrealistic. Still funny, but the earlier stuff was all at least plausible. Having a Kenny Rogers' Roasted Chicken sign bathing your entire apartment in red isn't realistic. That can't be good for business. That can't be good for anything. e: I honestly found the later seasons to be more memorable, a lot of the premises stuck in my head despite the fact I only saw parts of an episode here and there long ago. Oxyclean fucked around with this message at 17:34 on Jun 22, 2010 |
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Jun 22, 2010 17:30
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Oxyclean posted:That can't be good for business. Agreed completely. The later seasons of the show had great premises and introduced awesome characters like David Puddy.
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hall n oates mom posted:Neither is hijacking a nazi limo, killing ancient matriarchs by dissing their toy ponies, turning purple from Tor's homeopathic medicine, foiling a lawsuit with some off-brand balm, or a linen closet packed with Today sponges. Seinfeld was never realistic as a ground rule, that's one of the resons it owns so loving much. I know the show wasn't ever that realistic, but the later seasons just seemed more cartoonish to me. Don't get me wrong, I still love all the seasons, but the later seasons had a more over the top vibe.
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Jun 22, 2010 18:44
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So? It's a character-based comedy, and those character never strayed. 180 episodes of ingenious plotting without more than one or two near story retreads is no small feat. It was certainly handled with much more grace than the Simpsons desperately resorted to in its autumn years, and cartoons don't carry the burden of natural limitations that live action multi-camera shows do. Fun fact: The Simpsons' 180th episode was the universally maligned "The Principal and the Pauper", aka the 'Armin Tamzarian Story'. Like fuckin' clockwork. 
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Jun 22, 2010 18:55
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Thenipwax posted:I know the show wasn't ever that realistic, but the later seasons just seemed more cartoonish to me. Don't get me wrong, I still love all the seasons, but the later seasons had a more over the top vibe. One of the funniest parts is that you can sort of see what real life situation was behind most of the story lines and then the show took it to an extreme. It's also why I find season 1-2 of HIMYM so good.
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Jun 22, 2010 19:05
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Thenipwax posted:The later seasons started to get ridiculous and unrealistic. Still funny, but the earlier stuff was all at least plausible. Having a Kenny Rogers' Roasted Chicken sign bathing your entire apartment in red isn't realistic. "You know that's tomato juice." "Whaa? That looked like milk to me!" "You know my friend Bob Sacamento?" "I thought that was Kramer's friend" "Yeah well he called last night at 3am and we started talking"
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So what was the thing that made you decide you loved the show? For me I was too young to really like a lot of it, until I saw the frogger episode. I think everyone who ever played video games has lost a saved game and knows exactly how George felt. What was that trucker's problem anyway?
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Jun 22, 2010 19:33
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Klaus Kinski posted:One of the funniest parts is that you can sort of see what real life situation was behind most of the story lines and then the show took it to an extreme. It's also why I find season 1-2 of HIMYM so good. I may not be 100% right, but I am pretty sure Larry David was involved in a masturbation contest, quit a job and came back like it never happened, and ate an eclair out of a garbage. I'm iffy on the last one, but I know the first two are true.
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stratdax posted:"You know my friend Bob Sacamento?" It's Bob Sacamano 
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George is essentially Larry David's character on the show. I remember in Curb Your Enthusiasm he said he did the eclair out of the garbage thing himself. By the way it was still in it's original package thingy and on top of the garbage. It was perfectly fine 
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Jun 22, 2010 20:00
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Thenipwax posted:quit a job and came back like it never happened He did. The job was writing for Saturday Night Live.
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ChairMaster posted:George is essentially Larry David's character on the show. I remember in Curb Your Enthusiasm he said he did the eclair out of the garbage thing himself. But it was below the top of the can...
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Also, we had a family BBQ on the weekend and someone mixed up the garbage bag full of pre-packaged snacks with the garbage-garbage bag. So I now have 3-4 bags of potato chips that came out of the garbage. I'm eating them without shame. God Bless Larry David.
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This scene blows me away. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXdNgO94rKQ Jerry does not say a word, while George goes from perfectly calm to completely insane over the course of 1 minute. George Monologue: I'll tell you something else-- I'm not even going to ask you. I want to know, but I'm not gonna ask. You'll tell me when you feel comfortable. So what was it, 400? 500? Did you pay 500 for this? Over 6? Can't be 7. Don't tell me you paid $700 for this jacket. Did you pay $700 for this jacket? Is that what you are saying to me? You are sick! Is that what you paid for this jacket? Over 700? What did you pay for this jacket? I won't say anything. I want to know what you paid for this jacket. Oh, my god! $1,000? You paid $1,000 for this jacket. Alright fine... I'm walking out of here right now thinking you paid $1,000 for this jacket unless you tell me different. Ha-ha! oh! I'll tell you what. If you don't say anything in the next five seconds, I'll know it was over 1,000.
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SAKU loving KOIVU posted:Also, we had a family BBQ on the weekend and someone mixed up the garbage bag full of pre-packaged snacks with the garbage-garbage bag. So I now have 3-4 bags of potato chips that came out of the garbage. I think the real question is who throws out a whole eclair after one bite? What a monster.
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80k posted:This scene blows me away. Reminded me of the scene in Curb Your Enthusiasm where Larry and Jason Alexander are out to lunch and arguing over the tip. God these guys are just funny as hell. Ill try to find it on youtube.
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Dr_Amazing posted:So what was the thing that made you decide you loved the show? For me I was too young to really like a lot of it, until I saw the frogger episode. I think everyone who ever played video games has lost a saved game and knows exactly how George felt. I'd have to say either The Contest, the one where Jerry and Kramer switch apartments, or probably some other episode with a big Kramer presence. I did enjoy the Frogger episode myself, but I only remember seeing that segment where George is trying to cross the street back in the '90s. Probably when the show was still on the air, too.
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I really like how in the Curb episode, George had created an iPhone app that told you the best(or nearest?) toilet anywhere in the world. A nice callback to the episode where Kramer works in that office. George can tell him the best toilet anywhere you are in the city. "He knows."
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seregrail7 posted:I really like how in the Curb episode, George had created an iPhone app that told you the best(or nearest?) toilet anywhere in the world. Also, I have way more of a problem with the season 1/2 episodes than the later season ones. Although, I am biased because season 7 is around when I was old enough to start watching them as they aired.
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So how many of you did your own contest with your friends? I won mine  (but I cheated)
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Cuban Chowder Factory posted:But it was below the top of the can... Adjacent to refuse - is refuse!
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Dr_Amazing posted:What was that trucker's problem anyway? He looks like a frog. And "Slippery Pete" is one of my favorite names for their one-off characters.
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DrBouvenstein posted:He looks like a frog. So do you. quote:And "Slippery Pete" is one of my favorite names for their one-off characters. What helps is that he's played by Peter Stormare, who almost always plays the same character because, drat it, he's so good at it.
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Tender Bender posted:So how many of you did your own contest with your friends? I won mine There was an SA Contest a few years ago. It was horrible.
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DrBouvenstein posted:He looks like a frog. Schlomo actually appears earlier in "The Muffin Tops" in one of Kramer's reality tours. The unhelpful parking lot attendant from "The Wig Master" shows up to as a dump supervisor. He also looks like the Indian Jon Stewart. "Can't do it."
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I'll take the job! Potato Salad!
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DrBouvenstein posted:He looks like a frog. "Believe me George, you can count on Slipper Pete". Executed in true Kramer fashion.
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Jun 23, 2010 01:11
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Pooned posted:"Believe me George, you can count on Slipper Pete". Executed in true Kramer fashion. Where are the holes?
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Dr_Amazing posted:So what was the thing that made you decide you loved the show? Probably seeing George come waddling screaming into Jerry's living room with his pants around his ankles as Kramer answers the phone, crashing to the ground and Jerry walking in, staring down at him and saying,"And YOU want to be my latex salesman...."
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hall n oates mom posted:I think he meant the driver of the big rig that callously plowed through the Frogger without even slowing. I think it's supposed to be the same guy though, isn't he wearing a Jiffy Park shirt in both occasions?
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It is the same guy, I wasn't implying that either of them were recast. Simply changed jobs for a quick, precise gag.
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Dr_Amazing posted:So what was the thing that made you decide you loved the show? For me I was too young to really like a lot of it, until I saw the frogger episode. I think everyone who ever played video games has lost a saved game and knows exactly how George felt. Precisely when Kramer runs around the hospital with a chubby, squealing mental patient on his back, crashing through random doors trying desperately to save his mythical pig man. I couldn't catch my breath for so loving long.
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Supreme Allah posted:Precisely when Kramer runs around the hospital with a chubby, squealing mental patient on his back, crashing through random doors trying desperately to save his mythical pig man. I couldn't catch my breath for so loving long. But he wasn't a pig man, was he
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Ain't nothing wrong with late series Seinfeld, some of my favorite episodes come from later on.
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