Dave
1997 → 1998
Also posted to: Seinfeld, South Park, King of the Hill
Threads started
Fan celebrates recording The Handicap Spot and plans to complete their Seinfeld collection when The Ex-Girlfriend airs in syndication.
Fans discuss Jerry's upcoming appearance on Larry King Live, with mixed reactions to the interview quality and discussion of the episode preview.
Poster announces changing ISP and email address from IBM.net to gate.net due to new hourly charges, notifying community to avoid confusion with imposter accounts.
Fans discuss movie parodies and references throughout Seinfeld episodes, citing examples like Godfather, Shallow Grave, JFK, Platoon, Marathon Man, and Poseidon Adventure parallels.
Fans discuss and try to identify Jerry's car license plate from "The Blood" episode, with debate over what the exact plate number is and whether it follows valid New York plate formats.
Syndication schedule for October 6-17 contains errors; viewers report local stations aired "The Gum" instead of "The Soup Nazi" on Monday, creating confusion about TV Guide's reliability.
Thread discusses whether Jerry Seinfeld qualifies as Jewish based on tribal lineage, with posters debating historical definitions of Jewish identity and the ten lost tribes.
Fans discuss Seinfeld trivia questions about inscriptions, IQ test scores, and Yankees cameos, with mixed accuracy in the answers provided.
Fans discuss whether Elaine is Jewish, citing an episode where she tells Kramer she's not Jewish, and debate what makes food kosher.
Fans recall Jerry's clever phone pranks with telemarketers, debating which episodes featured them and trying to remember the exact dialogue.
Users discuss whether posting .wav and .gif files is appropriate for the newsgroup, with consensus favoring text-only posts or providing URLs instead to avoid overwhelming the server.
Fans discuss Kramer's pasta sculptures, specifically Fusilli Jerry and Macaroni Midler, and debate whether there was a third pasta figure made or mentioned in the series.
Predictions
Any Seinfeld spinoff would be watched by millions and become an anchor show regardless of quality.
The final season will feature interconnected episodes building to an hour-long finale that becomes the most-watched comedy show in history.
Jerry will get on the internet, discover a newsgroup devoted to him, and use posts from alt.tv.seinfeld in an episode.
An episode will feature Jerry discovering and interacting with a newsgroup devoted to him.