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Does anyone know of a comedy show similar to Seinfeld?

by enitihas 7y ago

swrobel 7y ago
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
gbmor 7y ago
Curb Your Enthusiasm
flanbiscuit 7y ago
Curb Your Enthusiasm on HBO - Larry David co-created Seinfeld and was head writer for the first 7 seasons. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia on FXX, Hulu, Netflix Mythic Quest on Apple TV+ - created by people who work on It's always Sunny Veep on HBO - staring Julia Louis-Dreyfus! Avenue 5 on HBO - same producers as Veep
- ShamelessC 7y ago
  It's Always Sunny absolutely takes inspiration from Seinfeld. They're even self aware about it in the episode "The Gang Does a Clip Show" where they mistake a bit from Seinfeld as one of their own memories - https://youtu.be/fCwI3KDGtRk https://youtu.be/fCwI3KDGtRk How did you like Mythic Quest? I'm really glad to see Rob and Charlie involved but it's definitely a bit more tame. I really like Danny Pudi playing a Dennis-esque character and the actress who plays Poppy is hilarious.
  - satysin 7y ago
    I really enjoyed MQ. It is ridiculous but also quite true to life according to my wife who is a video game producer. A lot of big personalities, egos, etc. I loved F. Murray Abraham's character. Quite the departure from Dar Adal in Homeland. Overall the whole cast on MQ was very good though.
- rosege 7y ago
  And if you like Veep & Avenue 5 then check out In The Loop & The Thick of It - both by Armando Iannucci (Writer/Creator of them all)
- newsbinator 7y ago
  I prefer Other Space to Avenue 5. It's also a comedy set on a spaceship with a hapless/semi-competent crew. Only 1 season ever made, and it's on Yahoo! Entertainment for free: https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/other-space-episode-1-into-the-great-211801697.html https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/other-space-episode-1-in...
  - flanbiscuit 7y ago
    I remember Other Space! I watched it when it came out and really enjoyed it as well. One of the actors from Other Space is on Avenue 5 https://m.imdb.com/name/nm2654481/ https://m.imdb.com/name/nm2654481/
- satysin 7y ago
  I never watched Seinfeld or Curb Your Enthusiasm however I grabbed season 1 of Curb two weeks ago as I am in lockdown and wanted something different/new (to me) to watch and fell in love with it. I am now on season 8(!) and there hasn't been a single episode I have not thoroughly enjoyed. It is a superb show with some excellently executed jokes. Probably some of the best I have seen on TV. Some of the jokes are so superbly setup as well that you don't realise until the punchline drops that the build up has been several episodes. I also watched Mythic Quest earlier in the year which was a lot of fun. We mostly watched it because my wife is a video game producer so we had a good time laughing at how real some of the craziness can be in the video game production world. Avenue 5 took a while to find its pace but by the end of the season it was quite fun. Different but well done. I am looking forward to season 2. I plan to sit down and watch Always Sunny, Veep and Seinfeld now :)
colechristensen 7y ago
Just about everything that came after Seinfeld copied much about it so it is hard to find something that seems to be comparable because everything you've seen shared so much.
Uhhrrr 7y ago
As far as having the different character stories interfere with each other in interesting ways, there's Arrested Development.
aspenmayer 7y ago
For a British flavour, try: People Just Do Nothing, two pirate radio DJs and crew trying to hack it https://imdb.com/title/tt3762198/ https://imdb.com/title/tt3762198/ Detectorists, two small town “smartest guys in the room” try to rediscover their friendship through their shared love of metal detector operation https://imdb.com/title/tt4082744/ https://imdb.com/title/tt4082744/ And for a Japanese kick: FLCL, a coming of age story about nothing, but writ LARGE https://imdb.com/title/tt0279077/ https://imdb.com/title/tt0279077/ Steins;Gate, hard to generalize and hard not to spoil anything but it feels like if Back to the Future were made as a modern anime https://imdb.com/title/tt1910272/ https://imdb.com/title/tt1910272/
- egypturnash 7y ago
  I feel like FLCL is about a hell of a lot of things, it just is not very interesting in really articulating them in great detail. It's still a hell of a thing worth watching, I should really get around to watching the sequels sometime.
  - aspenmayer 7y ago
    Naota: Nothing amazing happens here. Everything is ordinary. We crossed the bridge as usual, and before we knew it the seasons had changed. Mamimi left town. She said she wanted to be a photographer. I don't know what happened to her after that. This is just one quote, but it captures the vibe of the show IMO. Events happen and reactions to those events happen, but the sameness itself is the source of conflict in the plot, without getting into spoilers or character motivations or backstory. I need to watch the sequels too, as my thoughts are based on the original 6 episodes comprising S01.
- ShamelessC 7y ago
  While I love both Steins;Gate and FLCL, I'm having a hard time understanding how they relate to Seinfeld in any way.
  - aspenmayer 7y ago
    FLCL is a world where change seems distant or impossible, and the sameness itself is stifling and a major source of conflict in the plot, as in Seinfeld. Steins;Gate's protagonist's alter-ego Hououin Kyouma is a larger-than-life egotistical (comedy) genius which is analogous to Jerry when he's on-stage in the monologue segments of the show. But that same SG protagonist as his "normie" self Rintaro Okabe is crippled by self-doubt, upstaged by his own alter-ego, and would do anything for his friends, much like the version of Jerry we see outside the monologue segments. If you've seen the last episode of Seinfeld, the parallels between the two are a bit more clear. In Seinfeld, the past catches up with Jerry and the crew, and they cool their heels in jail as a kind of karmic payback or comeuppance for their years of prior shenanigans. In Steins;Gate, at a certain point the comedic backdrop lifts, the folly of Rintaro's ego and hubris is laid bare and elevated, and the karmic debt seeks its due via time and space.
smnplk 7y ago
Maybe Parks and recreation
warent 7y ago
I'd say Peep Show! They're both fairly similar in that they're both about chaos and nihilism where the characters completely fail to grow. If you like Seinfeld you'll almost definitely enjoy that.
- tjr225 7y ago
  Peep Show is pretty good but a great deal darker than Seinfeld which tends to keep its comedy pretty tame- which in my opinion is what makes it so good.
  - jdminhbg 7y ago
    I don’t know about that. There’s a story arc where George’s fiancée dies and he’s relieved because he didn’t want to go through with the marriage.
    - tjr225 7y ago
      There’s an episode of Peep Show where one of the two main characters kills a dog and then feeds it to his girlfriend- the owner of the dog. Totally different level of dark. It’s a totally different sense of humor actually. Being regrettably engaged is a relatable situation, and miraculously being relieved of that engagement thru a freak accident is definitely Seinfeld’s darkest moment but is still fairly innocent. It’s actually one of the reasons season 7 is so unique and funny but I would hardly put it next to Peep Show in terms of darkness.
      - doc_gunthrop 7y ago
        That's not what happened in that episode at all. What actually happens is Jez accidentally runs over his "girlsfriend"'s dog (hard to really car her a girlfriend when they had only just met) while backing up the car, then hides the body in a messenger bag to conceal the incident. Later in the episode, he tries to burn the corpse but fails at that. Toward the end, they're on the girl's father's boat, and the girlfriend asks what's in the bag. Jez replies that it's barbeque chicken(?) and reluctantly takes a bite. Shortly after, they find the dog's collar in the bag and discover the horrible conclusion. Jez may be a lot of things (selfish, lazy, etc.) but he's no murderer.
ShamelessC 7y ago
The sibling comments all have great shows listed. I'd say It's Always Sunny/Arrested Development get closest to the format of "a sitcom about terrible people". Seinfeld also contains a stand up comedian playing himself. In that respect shows like Louis and Master of None are also quite similar. Louis in particular is a fantastic show if you can ignore Louis CK's recent scandal.
- tjr225 7y ago
  I never get this comparison. The characters on Seinfeld have completely reasonable and funny criticisms/observations of every day life- the characters on Its Always Sunny In Philadelphia are just boring jerks. Disclaimer; I am a pretty big fan of Seinfeld. But, I don’t think anything comes close to what the writers and actors achieved with Seinfeld. Luckily if you’re anything like me you can continue to watch Seinfeld for over a decade and still not get tired of it.
  - ShamelessC 7y ago
    > the characters on Its Always Sunny In Philadelphia are just boring jerks. Ah! Triggered! /s I agree that the "jerks" trope is at play here. But I don't think the characters are boring or without their observations on the world. The characters have plenty of observations about arising cultural moments, political issues, etc. Many episodes are essentially "The Gang Takes Opposing Views on X". Then we get to see these characters take each side to weird extremes while learning very little from the experience. Like the "show about nothing" It's Always Sunny is in its prime during meta commentary episodes like "The Gang Tries Desperately to Win an Award".
    - unixhero 7y ago
      Genuinely interested, why does everything have to be a "trope" when we are discussing TV media. Can't they sometimes be character patterns?
      - ShamelessC 7y ago
unixhero 7y ago
Truly funny ones : Silicon Valley Parks and recreation Community The office (UK)
feedbeef 7y ago
The IT Crowd Extras

Does anyone know of a comedy show similar to Seinfeld?

swrobel 7y ago

It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia

gbmor 7y ago

Curb Your Enthusiasm

flanbiscuit 7y ago

Curb Your Enthusiasm on HBO - Larry David co-created Seinfeld and was head writer for the first 7 seasons. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia on FXX, Hulu, Netflix Mythic Quest on Apple TV+ - created by people who work on It's always Sunny Veep on HBO - staring Julia Louis-Dreyfus! Avenue 5 on HBO - same producers as Veep

ShamelessC 7y ago
It's Always Sunny absolutely takes inspiration from Seinfeld. They're even self aware about it in the episode "The Gang Does a Clip Show" where they mistake a bit from Seinfeld as one of their own memories - https://youtu.be/fCwI3KDGtRk https://youtu.be/fCwI3KDGtRk How did you like Mythic Quest? I'm really glad to see Rob and Charlie involved but it's definitely a bit more tame. I really like Danny Pudi playing a Dennis-esque character and the actress who plays Poppy is hilarious.
- satysin 7y ago
  I really enjoyed MQ. It is ridiculous but also quite true to life according to my wife who is a video game producer. A lot of big personalities, egos, etc. I loved F. Murray Abraham's character. Quite the departure from Dar Adal in Homeland. Overall the whole cast on MQ was very good though.
rosege 7y ago
And if you like Veep & Avenue 5 then check out In The Loop & The Thick of It - both by Armando Iannucci (Writer/Creator of them all)
newsbinator 7y ago
I prefer Other Space to Avenue 5. It's also a comedy set on a spaceship with a hapless/semi-competent crew. Only 1 season ever made, and it's on Yahoo! Entertainment for free: https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/other-space-episode-1-into-the-great-211801697.html https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/other-space-episode-1-in...
- flanbiscuit 7y ago
  I remember Other Space! I watched it when it came out and really enjoyed it as well. One of the actors from Other Space is on Avenue 5 https://m.imdb.com/name/nm2654481/ https://m.imdb.com/name/nm2654481/
satysin 7y ago
I never watched Seinfeld or Curb Your Enthusiasm however I grabbed season 1 of Curb two weeks ago as I am in lockdown and wanted something different/new (to me) to watch and fell in love with it. I am now on season 8(!) and there hasn't been a single episode I have not thoroughly enjoyed. It is a superb show with some excellently executed jokes. Probably some of the best I have seen on TV. Some of the jokes are so superbly setup as well that you don't realise until the punchline drops that the build up has been several episodes. I also watched Mythic Quest earlier in the year which was a lot of fun. We mostly watched it because my wife is a video game producer so we had a good time laughing at how real some of the craziness can be in the video game production world. Avenue 5 took a while to find its pace but by the end of the season it was quite fun. Different but well done. I am looking forward to season 2. I plan to sit down and watch Always Sunny, Veep and Seinfeld now :)

colechristensen 7y ago

Just about everything that came after Seinfeld copied much about it so it is hard to find something that seems to be comparable because everything you've seen shared so much.

Uhhrrr 7y ago

As far as having the different character stories interfere with each other in interesting ways, there's Arrested Development.

aspenmayer 7y ago

For a British flavour, try: People Just Do Nothing, two pirate radio DJs and crew trying to hack it https://imdb.com/title/tt3762198/ https://imdb.com/title/tt3762198/ Detectorists, two small town “smartest guys in the room” try to rediscover their friendship through their shared love of metal detector operation https://imdb.com/title/tt4082744/ https://imdb.com/title/tt4082744/ And for a Japanese kick: FLCL, a coming of age story about nothing, but writ LARGE https://imdb.com/title/tt0279077/ https://imdb.com/title/tt0279077/ Steins;Gate, hard to generalize and hard not to spoil anything but it feels like if Back to the Future were made as a modern anime https://imdb.com/title/tt1910272/ https://imdb.com/title/tt1910272/

egypturnash 7y ago
I feel like FLCL is about a hell of a lot of things, it just is not very interesting in really articulating them in great detail. It's still a hell of a thing worth watching, I should really get around to watching the sequels sometime.
- aspenmayer 7y ago
  Naota: Nothing amazing happens here. Everything is ordinary. We crossed the bridge as usual, and before we knew it the seasons had changed. Mamimi left town. She said she wanted to be a photographer. I don't know what happened to her after that. This is just one quote, but it captures the vibe of the show IMO. Events happen and reactions to those events happen, but the sameness itself is the source of conflict in the plot, without getting into spoilers or character motivations or backstory. I need to watch the sequels too, as my thoughts are based on the original 6 episodes comprising S01.
ShamelessC 7y ago
While I love both Steins;Gate and FLCL, I'm having a hard time understanding how they relate to Seinfeld in any way.
- aspenmayer 7y ago
  FLCL is a world where change seems distant or impossible, and the sameness itself is stifling and a major source of conflict in the plot, as in Seinfeld. Steins;Gate's protagonist's alter-ego Hououin Kyouma is a larger-than-life egotistical (comedy) genius which is analogous to Jerry when he's on-stage in the monologue segments of the show. But that same SG protagonist as his "normie" self Rintaro Okabe is crippled by self-doubt, upstaged by his own alter-ego, and would do anything for his friends, much like the version of Jerry we see outside the monologue segments. If you've seen the last episode of Seinfeld, the parallels between the two are a bit more clear. In Seinfeld, the past catches up with Jerry and the crew, and they cool their heels in jail as a kind of karmic payback or comeuppance for their years of prior shenanigans. In Steins;Gate, at a certain point the comedic backdrop lifts, the folly of Rintaro's ego and hubris is laid bare and elevated, and the karmic debt seeks its due via time and space.

smnplk 7y ago

Maybe Parks and recreation

warent 7y ago

I'd say Peep Show! They're both fairly similar in that they're both about chaos and nihilism where the characters completely fail to grow. If you like Seinfeld you'll almost definitely enjoy that.

tjr225 7y ago
Peep Show is pretty good but a great deal darker than Seinfeld which tends to keep its comedy pretty tame- which in my opinion is what makes it so good.
- jdminhbg 7y ago
  I don’t know about that. There’s a story arc where George’s fiancée dies and he’s relieved because he didn’t want to go through with the marriage.
  - tjr225 7y ago
    There’s an episode of Peep Show where one of the two main characters kills a dog and then feeds it to his girlfriend- the owner of the dog. Totally different level of dark. It’s a totally different sense of humor actually. Being regrettably engaged is a relatable situation, and miraculously being relieved of that engagement thru a freak accident is definitely Seinfeld’s darkest moment but is still fairly innocent. It’s actually one of the reasons season 7 is so unique and funny but I would hardly put it next to Peep Show in terms of darkness.
    - doc_gunthrop 7y ago
      That's not what happened in that episode at all. What actually happens is Jez accidentally runs over his "girlsfriend"'s dog (hard to really car her a girlfriend when they had only just met) while backing up the car, then hides the body in a messenger bag to conceal the incident. Later in the episode, he tries to burn the corpse but fails at that. Toward the end, they're on the girl's father's boat, and the girlfriend asks what's in the bag. Jez replies that it's barbeque chicken(?) and reluctantly takes a bite. Shortly after, they find the dog's collar in the bag and discover the horrible conclusion. Jez may be a lot of things (selfish, lazy, etc.) but he's no murderer.

ShamelessC 7y ago

The sibling comments all have great shows listed. I'd say It's Always Sunny/Arrested Development get closest to the format of "a sitcom about terrible people". Seinfeld also contains a stand up comedian playing himself. In that respect shows like Louis and Master of None are also quite similar. Louis in particular is a fantastic show if you can ignore Louis CK's recent scandal.

tjr225 7y ago
I never get this comparison. The characters on Seinfeld have completely reasonable and funny criticisms/observations of every day life- the characters on Its Always Sunny In Philadelphia are just boring jerks. Disclaimer; I am a pretty big fan of Seinfeld. But, I don’t think anything comes close to what the writers and actors achieved with Seinfeld. Luckily if you’re anything like me you can continue to watch Seinfeld for over a decade and still not get tired of it.
- ShamelessC 7y ago
  > the characters on Its Always Sunny In Philadelphia are just boring jerks. Ah! Triggered! /s I agree that the "jerks" trope is at play here. But I don't think the characters are boring or without their observations on the world. The characters have plenty of observations about arising cultural moments, political issues, etc. Many episodes are essentially "The Gang Takes Opposing Views on X". Then we get to see these characters take each side to weird extremes while learning very little from the experience. Like the "show about nothing" It's Always Sunny is in its prime during meta commentary episodes like "The Gang Tries Desperately to Win an Award".
  - unixhero 7y ago
    Genuinely interested, why does everything have to be a "trope" when we are discussing TV media. Can't they sometimes be character patterns?
    - ShamelessC 7y ago

unixhero 7y ago

Truly funny ones : Silicon Valley Parks and recreation Community The office (UK)

feedbeef 7y ago

The IT Crowd Extras