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Seinfeld is the Unfunniest Sitcom of All Time
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Dr. Feel Good
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So I peg you at 16?
Ether_Snake
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Yeah I never liked this, or Friends.
The only sitcom I ever liked was Fresh Prince, and The Simpsons
The only sitcom I ever liked was Fresh Prince, and The Simpsons
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Seinfeld had the right idea with making a comedy about a bunch of assholes acting assholish to each other but it never seemed to hit the sweet spot for me (although I've only seen a dozen or two episodes across the years)
Everybody Loves Raymond does it much more effectively for me, probably because you have the family dynamic in there.
Everybody Loves Raymond does it much more effectively for me, probably because you have the family dynamic in there.
I dunno, maybe I got too attached to the characters having watched 10 years of tv in ~3 months. To me it felt a bit like it was giving a "moral" tone to the whole thing. I thought the complete lack of moral compass throughout the rest of the show was part of what made it great, so it seemed kind of out of place.
Not so much that the finale was "bad" by itself, but I personally felt it was a non-sequitur to the rest of the show.
I'm not gonna say someone's wrong for not liking Seinfeld. I'm honestly not the biggest fan of the show myself.
But if it's the least funny sitcom you've ever seen, then you just haven't seen many sitcoms. Try watching some generic and awful family sitcoms like Yes Dear, According to Jim, or The War at Home, then get back to me.
But if it's the least funny sitcom you've ever seen, then you just haven't seen many sitcoms. Try watching some generic and awful family sitcoms like Yes Dear, According to Jim, or The War at Home, then get back to me.
Bad news - you're the boring, bland one.
Fantastical
Death Prophet
Lol, I like how we're now saying that liking a certain show means you have a certain personality.
What does it mean to tell you what shows I like? So I can construct a list for you to tell me they aren't as funny as seinfeld?
Ichabod
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Messofanego
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God, fighting over 90s sitcoms? Obviously missing out on the true victor for 00s:
LaserBuddha
Member
God, fighting over 90s sitcoms? Obviously missing out the true victor:
I think there were too many mediocre episodes to say this.
cutmeamango
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So he can understand what type of humor you do find funny.
Like with Ichabod, the humor has to be exagerated, caricatural, pastiche, random, and clear cut.
It is easy to see why he doesn't find Seinfeld funny.
Soulscribe
Member
This pretty much nails it.
If I met an alien from outer space who needs to be acquainted with our social norms in the most efficient way possible, I would have him watch Seinfeld.
Felix Lighter
Member
I was just curious. Seinfeld is a timeless favorite of mine and when someone doesn't find the show at all funny, I'm surprised.
LiquidMetal14
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I almost want to derail the thread just to make sure that everyone who hasn't yet watches this movie. Definitely one of my all time favourites.
Also, Seinfeld is the greatest TV comedy, the second half of the finale sucked, and Friends is terrible. I think we're done here.
Exactly. This is what people don't understand. It's not that I don't want to like the show. On the contrary...i desperately want to like it. I want to get it. That's why I've spent the time to watch 16 episodes so far. But it's like we're watching two completely different shows.
half a moon
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Kind of Queens is probably the funniest. I constantly laugh multiple times throughout the episode.
Most of the time I find something amusing but I don't really laugh. I love Seinfeld, Everybody Loves Raymond, etc. but they fall in this category.
Most of the time I find something amusing but I don't really laugh. I love Seinfeld, Everybody Loves Raymond, etc. but they fall in this category.
Princess Viola
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I find Seinfeld amusing, but I only laugh because of the laugh track.
Fantastical
Death Prophet
GhostWriter24
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The first few seasons are a little dry, but my god you cannot be serious about calling it the MUOAT, I mean really?
Drop the hyperbole, dude, it suits you not.
Drop the hyperbole, dude, it suits you not.
Here's a special (part 1-4) that Ricky Gervais did where he sat down with Jerry, Louis CK, and Chris Rock and discussed comedy.
Really interesting to see.
http://youtu.be/PYuaycrkh9g
http://youtu.be/1tkrUOgr99k
http://youtu.be/c990saeq_TI
http://youtu.be/dsVGi0EyeaI
Really interesting to see.
http://youtu.be/PYuaycrkh9g
http://youtu.be/1tkrUOgr99k
http://youtu.be/c990saeq_TI
http://youtu.be/dsVGi0EyeaI
Princess Viola
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CitizenCope
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Op is rigidey wrong.
beelzebozo
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it is obscenely funny. what's brilliant about it is that it seems to include so many different types of humor for so many tastes, so even someone with the most stunted sense of what is funny can like it. only the severely mentally handicapped seem to be precluded from its joys.
Chairman Yang
if he talks about books, you better damn well listen
I'm someone who dislikes Seinfeld but loves Curb Your Enthusiasm. Dunno why...maybe Jerry Seinfeld's unfunny influence suppressed Larry David's talent?
I can't take laugh tracks or a studio audience -- completely ruins it.
</3 Seinfeld </3 Two and Half Men </3 Friends </3 That 70s Show </3 Married with Children
<3 AD <3 Modern Family <3 Always Sunny <3 Curb <3 Tim&Eric
Edit: I get the same feeling watching those shows as I do when someone whips out their phone in a movie theater. Completely takes me out of the experience
</3 Seinfeld </3 Two and Half Men </3 Friends </3 That 70s Show </3 Married with Children
<3 AD <3 Modern Family <3 Always Sunny <3 Curb <3 Tim&Eric
Edit: I get the same feeling watching those shows as I do when someone whips out their phone in a movie theater. Completely takes me out of the experience
Ichabod
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Amusing.
Wafflecakes
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Only sitcom (not on the air today) that ever makes me laugh is Will and Grace....and only because the character Karen is brilliant.
Uno Venova
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This is egregious, outrageous, preposterous.
To Far Away Times
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Seinfield is nothing but a couple of bass lines and flat jokes.
Paracelsus
Member
I am actually fascinated by people able to laugh at this stuff. I enjoy sit-coms but laughing? Never happened I think, not even when I was a kid. I get way more laughs from the first ten seasons of The Simpsons or cheap movies like White Collar Blues.
vicissitudes
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I don't like Seinfeld and I prefer Friends but at least I don't attack Seinfeld fans.
seinfeld is subliminally affecting you
I was thinking that maybe Seinfeld gets a little inflated for those of us who watched it at the time due to the shows it went up against. There really wasn't anything like it. I went ahead and made a sort of "Top 25 90s Sitcoms" list just by IMDB ranking:
Definitely some real clunkers in there. There's a lot more variety these days.
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Show Year IMDB Rating
1 Seinfeld 1990 9
2 Friends 1994 8.9
3 The Simpsons 1989 8.8
4 The Larry Sanders Show 1992 8.6
5 The Wonder Years 1988 8.4
6 Married with Children 1987 8.2
7 NewsRadio 1995 8.1
8 Frasier 1993 8.1
9 Boy Meets World 1993 7.9
10 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air 1990 7.9
11 Wings 1990 7.4
12 Home Improvement 1991 7.1
13 Everybody Loves Raymond 1996 7.1
14 Roseanne 1988 7
15 Murphy Brown 1988 6.9
16 Coach 1989 6.9
17 The Nanny 1993 6.7
18 Mad About You 1992 6.6
19 Martin 1992 6.6
20 Living Single 1993 6.6
21 Doogie Howser, M.D. 1989 6.4
22 Family Matters 1989 6.4
23 Sabrina, the Teenage Witch 1996 6.2
24 Step by Step 1991 6.2
25 Full House 1987 6.1Definitely some real clunkers in there. There's a lot more variety these days.
beelzebozo
Jealous Bastard
don't mistake for an attack my outflow of compassion!
dorkimoe
Member
I absolutely hated this show when i was about 16 or 17, my brother and cousin were hooked on it, they were in there 20's. I just didnt see the funny, it had no point and was just stupid. Then when I got into my 20s i appreciated the show a lot more. I still dont think Jerry himself is funny at all. But George costanza is single-handedly the funniest character ever created.
Xenon
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My wife says she hates the show because it always seems like they're yelling at each other. Now I can't un-hear it. I still love the show, but there is a lot of negative energy in it. I can see that alone turning people off. It's a show where you are actually laughing at people. Sure there are jokes and goofy characters, but in the end the true humor comes from laughing at the misery of the main four characters or the misery they cause others. It's like a psychological Jackass. How much mental abuse can people take.
If you don't get it that's fine. But don't try to tell me that your lack of enjoyment is anything other than your own personal preference because the show is undoubtedly one of the most influential TV shows every made. Besides why would anyone sit through more than one or two episodes of a show they did not enjoy? Forget about it and come back later. I hated The Office(us) the first time I saw it. A few years after I watched on Netflix and it just clicked for me.
Thats the joke, he was the straight man in his own show.
If you don't get it that's fine. But don't try to tell me that your lack of enjoyment is anything other than your own personal preference because the show is undoubtedly one of the most influential TV shows every made. Besides why would anyone sit through more than one or two episodes of a show they did not enjoy? Forget about it and come back later. I hated The Office(us) the first time I saw it. A few years after I watched on Netflix and it just clicked for me.
Thats the joke, he was the straight man in his own show.
cutmeamango
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I don't like the humor.
I don't understand the humor.
I find the humor stupid.
There is no humor.
4 different statements that warrant 4 different responses.
I don't understand the humor.
I find the humor stupid.
There is no humor.
4 different statements that warrant 4 different responses.
I've voiced my disdain for this crap pile of a show multiple times. I imagined making this thread and this is pretty much exactly how I thought it would play out.
For the record, worst sitcom ever is a little harsh, as it has it's moments despite them being few and far between. George is the only redeeming quality the show has. Kramer's routine gets tiresome fast and Jerry is just extremely unlikeable and unfunny. Elaine is just sort of there, not overly good or bad.
I don't have cable and typically watch this every night. I'm a glutton for punishment I suppose.
For the record, worst sitcom ever is a little harsh, as it has it's moments despite them being few and far between. George is the only redeeming quality the show has. Kramer's routine gets tiresome fast and Jerry is just extremely unlikeable and unfunny. Elaine is just sort of there, not overly good or bad.
I don't have cable and typically watch this every night. I'm a glutton for punishment I suppose.
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