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Just watched the first two seasons of Friends and the first season of Seinfeld (never seen them before so a trip to the past) and Seinfeld is so much more intel
by bitL 3y ago
Just watched the first two seasons of Friends and the first season of Seinfeld (never seen them before so a trip to the past) and Seinfeld is so much more intelligent and Friends so shallow and boring (outside some Joey gimmicks). Is there any such show with playful intelligent humor as Seinfeld these days?
- ttymck 3y agoWhat We Do In The Shadows and The Righteous Gemstones are the only shows that come to mind. Certainly neither is as broadly observant as Seinfeld was. Curb Your Enthusiasm might be the easy answer.
- samstave 3y agoShadows and enthusiasm +++ Will need to check out gemstones
- quechimba 3y agoCurb Your Enthusiasm. Took a while for me to get into it but it's really good. :)
- social_quotient 3y agoThe camera rocking around made it really tough for me but I love the show. I wish there was a stabilizer feature for some shows like this. I know it was an artistic choice but…
- theturtletalks 3y agoI felt the same way with Succession. The camera constantly moving felt “off.”
- sdwr 3y agoI keep coming back to: - 30 rock - arrested development - curb your enthusiasm and - jake and amir - joel haver - brian david gilbert all in short clips on youtube
- jihadjihad 3y agoJoel Haver appearing on my YouTube feed out of nowhere was a great gift I never expected
- echelon 3y agoJoel Haver is one of my favorite comedians of all time. I connect with his humor on a deep level. I hope he goes far and builds an audience much bigger than YouTube. Feature films, sitcom, SNL. He deserves it.
- c-hendricks 3y agoUnraveled was such a good series! Your whole list is pretty great actually, just I'm not familiar with Jake and Amir.
- dddrh 3y agoMan. Jake and Amir had some absolute gems. My friends still look at me like a lunatic when I quote Amir’s approach to Twitter: > oh the place I keep all my secrets
- ec109685 3y agoFriends gets better.
- PrimeMcFly 3y agoIt's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
- yuters 3y agoIt's been described as "Seinfeld on crack" after all. Beware that there's a lot of screaming over each other on that show and it seems like a big barrier to entry for some people. The fake "clip show" episode where they misremember a Seinfeld episode happening to them is one of my favorite scene.
- bigmattystyles 3y agoThe thing is, people do talk, even scream over each other in real life.
- mkbkn 3y agoYes, Seinfeld is great. However, I would urge you to watch all the seasons of both. They're fun.
- voisin 3y agoThe Office
- clemailacct1 3y agoFrasier is the epitome of hilarious and intelligent humor. In my personal opinion it is 10x more intelligent and funny than Seinfeld.
- adanto6840 3y agoInteresting to hear. I watched Cheers, almost religiously (a time ago, I suppose), and I could just never get into Frasier. I'm not sure I've ever laughed as hard as I did when watching Cheers; it unfortunately doesn't hold up all that well, but I still hold it dear nonetheless. It's been a while, but maybe I'll give Frasier another shot, even if only as some quasi-filler. :)
- lotsoweiners 3y agoI had watched a lot of sporadic Frasier as a teen in the 90s but had never seen it all in order. Last year I watched it from the beginning by myself and my wife said she had never heard me laughing so hard. Frasier is such a self righteous, pompous asshat and seeing him constantly get his comeuppance hits directly to my funny bone.
- shitgoose 3y agointeresting. i am a big Frasier fan and my friends kept telling me that i should watch Cheers. i have tries a few times, but it did never stick. maybe i will give Cheers another shot:)
- bryanrasmussen 3y agoFrazier takes a little time to get deeper than just the premise, for a long time it is just the premise and laughing at the scenarios that are established for the characters to move through, later it gets to where you care about the characters while still being able to laugh. But caring about them takes a while I think.
- Karrot_Kream 3y agoFrasier and Cheers are very different shows but Frasier takes time to get into its own. Once you get there, it's intelligent but hilarious. The characters are very memorable.
- Cyph0n 3y agoArrested Development up to Season 3 (the rest doesn’t exist). In my opinion, it is the most rewardingly rewatchable comedy show of all time. Extremely dense packing of humor that takes multiple passes to fully appreciate. Curb Your Enthusiasm, as others have mentioned. It has an improvised feel to it (intentionally!) which makes it quite unique. What We Do in the Shadows is more modern but also a brilliant comedy. The Office is amazing too, though it’s not for everyone and has its downs.
- syngrog66 3y agoCurb Your Enthusiasm if you loved Seinfeld but never tried CYE you're missing out. I love them both in different ways, but lots of overlap (because of Larry David), and overall I've had way more LOL moments with CYE. By the end of a typical episode (esp in the first few seasons) by the time the end credits roll I'm chuckling non-stop right up through the start of the next one, simply by replaying portions of the episode in my mind. Such a treasure of comedy.
- schwartzworld 3y agoThe IT crowd
- acak 3y agoIf you cast the net to include British comedies, I’d venture to say Yes Minister and Yes Prime Ministry are deeply intelligent and uproariously funny.
- Simpliplant 3y agoFrom British comedies, real gems are also IT Crowd and Black Books.
- bigmattystyles 3y agoCheck out peep show
- anotherhue 3y agoand https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thick_of_It https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thick_of_It
- akiselev 3y agoTwenty Twelve and W1A for modern British government too.
- massysett 3y agoI work in government and Yes Minister is timeless, it's basically a show about my work day.
- lapcat 3y agoCheck out Nathan Fielder's The Rehearsal on HBO. The Good Place is a good semi-recent example.
- footlose_3815 3y agoIT Crowd was pure gold start to finish IMHO.
- bityard 3y agoMy favorite scene: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RDUsZay38es https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RDUsZay38es
- AlbertCory 3y agoFor sure. I've never been able to watch an entire episode of Friends. The Seinfeld ensemble were all brilliantly drawn characters, while the actors in Friends were just boring and narcissistic twits.
- jameyk 3y agoyeah friends is a pathetic show. nothing redeeming about it.
- SteveNuts 3y agoBetter off Ted is pretty good
- spaceman_2020 3y ago30 Rock. It’s incredibly layered and packs in more jokes than you can count. The first few seasons of Community are also great.
- listenallyall 3y agoNot "these days," given that it ended before Seinfeld, but The Larry Sanders Show. Hey now!