Thank God for that 5-year thing

	Don't flame me or anything, but I'm kind of glad in a way that this
is the last year of Seinfeld.  It's starting to get a little predictable.
Don't get me wrong - it's still funny.  In fact, it's still one of the only
two or three shows I watch.  The thing is, too many more years of this, and
it's all going to be the same stuff over and over.  The situations will get
more and more outrageous (a psycho barber?  a smelly valet?  come on.).
Personally, I like the episodes like The Parking Garage and The Movie: these
are situations we've all been in and can relate to.  Stuff like the pigman
just doesn't strike home like a lot of Seinfeld's stuff does.  Part of his
appeal as a stand-up was the fact that he was one of those comics that his
best routines revolved around everyday stuff that everyone can relate to.
	Some of the more recent episodes have been grasping at straws for a
plot.  It's gotten so bad that some of the shows are actually about *something*!
	I think if the show ends after this season, we're all going to look
back and say "damn...that was the best show there ever was".  I think that's
what Jerry wants.
	Think about it this way: what if The Cosby Show had gone five years
and stopped.  Those first few years were hilarious.  Like Seinfeld, it was
derived from stand-up material, then got a life of it's own after a year or
so.  However, it would be a shame to see Seinfeld decline like Cosby did in
the later years.

I guess that's it for my ramble...feel free to add your own opinions.

Mike Vago * "This is the booth, where we [email] * broadcast to *dozens* of people [email] * all over Cincinatti" [email] * - Dr. Johnny Fever [email] *

"Anybody who uses Dent-O-Tape is an idiot!" - JS

Who says that this is the last season of Seinfeld?

I've seen a lot of people complain about the show lately and I have the feeling that it isn't the show that is getting worse and maybe you all are just getting burned out on the show. How could you not like the episode where George goes skipping through the park while wearing oven-mits?

Sherm.

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Or how about that episode where Kramer and Newman think Keith Hernandez spit on them and they re-live it as the Kennedy assissination? There was an episode.

PS - Dave, are you in the Navy or are you a civi working for the navy? And do they know you're spending gov't money to read this posting? :-)

Regards.

Tapas.

I agree completely. Compare Seinfeld, whether you like the show or not, to anything other comedy that's out there. Personal preferences aside, the calibre of writing in this series is paralleled in a few others, but never exceeded.

• Pete

     Because burning my hands on a hot iron in the dressing room of my
     friend guesting on "The Today Show" wearing a pirate shirt he didn't
     know he agreed to wear afater beng hired as a hand model has never
     happened to me.

     But I *have* waited hours for a seat in a restaurant.
     I *have* made up stupid lies to meet certain females.
     I *have* had nightmarish experiences in public transportation.
     And yes, I *have* had discussions (but admittedly not bets) with
        friends about who can "hold out" the longest.

I can relate to Jerry Seinfeld's thoughts about that sort of thing.

     I still like Seinfeld, I still watch Seinfeld, I won't sit here and
     preach that he's "sold out" or anything.  It is a funny show no matter
     how you slice it.  But when it's funny about something I can relate
     to it's that much better.

-Me

But I thought that the low-talker part of that episode was hysterical. I know people like this!!! You're constantly leaning in toward them, most likely invading their personal space, because you can't understand most of what they're saying. The scene in the restaurant where Kramer leaves for the restroom was a riot.

To me, this was realistic.

Jill

In article , [email] (Rob Shearman Jr.) writes...

Thank you. That's exactly what I wanted to say in the first place.

Mike "The Guy Who Started All This In The First Place"

In article , Salvatore Paszynsky writes...

Jerry said so. He wanted the show to only run for 5 years so that it would remain "a gem" instead of dragging on and on like some other shows (ie. Cosby) did. Other classics like Cheers and Family Ties ended about a year later than they should have. (Blasphemy! I said something non-flattering about Cheers! Really - I love both shows, but by the end I was glad it was all over.) Jerry has the foresight to end the showm early, not late - that way instead of saying "Gee...Seinfeld was sure funny, except for those last couple of years..." people will be saying "Gee...Seinfeld must have been the best show of all time...why did it ever go off the air???"