Fans debate whether the finale disappointed because it wasn't funny or because expectations were too high; some defend the show's long run and lasting reruns while others mourn the ending.
On Sat, 23 May 1998 19:33:05 -0400, Gokhale wrote:
I wanted it to be funny. It just wasnt. I'm not crying. I'm just stating a fact. But what'll I do? Obviously I'll go back and watch the ones that DID make me laugh over the years. And there were dozens.
Both. It wasn't funny and I'm in mourning. And it IS Jerry's fault. Sort of. Now that probably IS sour grapes. cc
I think people were too caught up in what they thought would happen and what they wanted to see, so their hopes were too high and expectations not met. Plus NBC was proclaiming it the BEst Seinfeld ever. Which is was not.
On 24 May 1998 15:59:51 GMT, [email] (Raingluttn) wrote:
If it had been cut in its first season before ratings could build, I mgiht "mourn" it, but it had a fantastic long run. And the reruns will go on forever, like Cheers. So there's nothing to mourn.
You know, music lovers don't buy their favorite albums and play them once. If something is good, you want to play it over and over. With some of the physical comedy, that's the only way to finally understand what they are doing. I have a tape of Mike Nichols and Elaine May doing some of their most famous routines (such as "The Funeral Parlor") and it rewards replays. By the way, Nichols and May were the grandparents of a lot of what we see today. They were the first great TV sketch comedians (OK, I'm not forgetting people like Abbott and Costello and Laurel and Hardy, but they came from other media, whereas Nichols and May reached mass audiences by TV first!)
Nichols and May. Yeah, that funeral piece was great. Also the phone one where he's lost his dime.
On 25 May 1998 04:19:44 GMT, [email] (Raingluttn) wrote:
Heh-heh. "You want to speak to a human about your alleged dime?"
because it was bad TV
There was a letter to the editor in today's (May 24) Orlando Sentinel. A woman wrote that she hated the final episode because it made light of two tragedies in society-- obesity and carjackings.
Give me a break, and get me the hell out of this Mickey Mouse town!
There was a letter to the editor in today's (May 24) Orlando Sentinel. A woman wrote that she hated the final episode because it made light of two tragedies in society-- obesity and carjackings.
This is really funny. Isn't this part of comedy's definition? Making light?