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Seinfeld proved conclusively that you could write a successful show about absolutely nothing. The series thesis statement could be: Jerry and friends hang around together while and failing to learn anything of signficance. Consider these exciting TV Guide episode summaries... George's involuntary winking is misinterpreted by many, and prompts Kramer to seek a favor from Yankee Paul O'Neill; Jerry tries to hide his distaste for meat from Elaine's cousin.A distaste for meat? I can hear you saying, I've got to see that one! Or: A maestro impresses Elaine, jeopardizes Kramer's lawsuit and makes Jerry curious about housing in Italy. Curious about housing in Italy? Again, how could you resist? Or how about this classic: Jerry can't remember the name of his date, and he observes a splenectomy. Mulva and Junior Mints. They're really quite refreshing. :-) Add your two cents...
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Some of the contributors to the goofs guide seem to forget this was a TV comedy show and are waaay too serious about it. To paraphrase a different comic genius, I like a good TV show, but I don't watch it all the time.
I, of course, treasure it just the right amount as one of the great TV comedy shows. A while back I read an interview with Jerry (I figure that after all the years I've "known" him, I can call him by his first name) where he was lamenting that nobody since picked up on the idea about doing a show about nothing - comedies are still about something. Not every comedy has to be about nothing, but as successful as Seinfeld was, you figure that there would be more imitators in the nothing department.
Posted by: Kevin Murphy on April 30, 2003 03:45 PM