At last we Brits are getting our money's worth on our 100 pounds a year BBC licence fee, now that they're showing Seinfeld Monday to Thursday at midnight.
Three cheers for the best sitcom ever !
P.S. I finally caught up with that so-called classic "Soup Nazi" episode. Of course, after all the hype, it couldn't live up to its reputation. :-(
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But make yourself some of those soups... you ll have to sit down.
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You're pushing your luck, little man.
No! You're Shmoopy!
You come back - ONE YEAR!
You should have heard the way they talked to me...
I'm going home to get a big pot!
One of the finest half-hours of comedy I've ever seen.
On Mon, 20 Sep 1999 16:21:05 +0100, Andrew Mitchell wrote:
It was funny all right, but maybe it was just a little bit too "cute" for my liking, and unrealistic. I mean, who queues up for soup nowadays? ( apart from the people in soup-kitchens )
And then there was the theft of Elaine's armoire and Kramer and Jerry's cowardice which wasn't so nice to watch.
In short, I can think of dozens of funnier episodes, but hey - chacun a son gout ( it's a matter of personal taste ).
Michael Walker wrote:
Are you kidding or serious? The Soup Nazi is based on a real soup kiosk in New York City where people DO line up. That is what the show was poking fun at.
Here is the text from Adam Sena's Site: http://home.earthlink.net/~asena/srny.html ========================================== This is the home of the very famous soup made by the Soup Nazi himself (but don't call him the soup nazi if you want any soup). Soup Kitchen International can be found at 259A West 55th street on the north side of the street between 8th Ave and Broadway. As on the show, you need to follow the rules to get soup. If you can't remember, here's a refresher: 1. Stand on line and have your order and money ready when you get to the counter. 2. Tell the Soup Naz-- er-- the soup guy your order and pay him. 3. Move to the far left to receive your order.
And according to reports it was the staff of The Letterman Show, who frequented the kiosk, who dubbed Al Yeganeh The Soup Nazi, Jerry just used it in his episode.
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On Wed, 22 Sep 1999 05:56:59 -0400, "The News Guy(Mike)" wrote:
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Thanks for the info. Not being a New Yorker, I didn't know that, of course - not that it makes a lot difference to my argument.
And I note that you ignored my point about the armoire stealing incident by Bob and Cedric ( who also turned up at that Aids walk where Kramer was set upon ) .
The fact of the matter is that I happen to prefer the more subtle and typical Seinfeld humour rather than the crude soup Nazi caricature - not that there's anything wrong with that.... :-)
Cheers, Mike
Michael Walker wrote:
OK - the running away... Jerry was always portrayed as a "coward" (if that is how you see it) in that he would rather run than fight. In the Mom and Pop Store, In The Friar's Club, In The Frogger, as well as The Soup Nazi, Jerry runs away to avoid physical danger. Not that there's anything wrong with that either. :-)
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I thought Bob and Ray were hilarious. A new threat to New Yorkers: street smart homosexual furniture thieves.