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I don't go to comedy shows. I hate them. Seinfeld is so.much better for 3 reasons. 1) I didnt expect.to laugh at every episode, but when I did, whoa. Mostly t
by IG_Semmelweiss 4y ago
I don't go to comedy shows. I hate them.
Seinfeld is so.much better for 3 reasons.
1) I didnt expect.to laugh at every episode, but when I did, whoa. Mostly the big funny arcs delivered.. I have never achieved the same with another show.
2) it was not only about the destination (laughs) the journey waa entertaining.
3) for non NY city folk, and particularly suburban folk, you would learn very quickly about the culture of NYC (or maybe any large metro?) I would go as far as deeming it mandatory viewing for anyone thinking of moving there. I think this is true even 30 years later..
So yea, for us it was not onlt about the laughs. It was a well-worth journey where you actually learned a thing or two.
That was very hard to find in most sitcoms of the 90s. Maybe even today.
- troyvit 4y agoCan't agree more about 3). I watched Seinfeld in Des Moines in the '90s having never been to NYC. Started going there regularly in 2013 and was like, "Where I have I seen all this before?" Realizing that some of the idiosyncratic characters on Seinfeld were actually pretty accurate depictions of New Yorkers blew my mind.