If Seinfeld were still being made today

Feb 24, 2006, 11:42 AM ET10 posts by 7 posters
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Poster imagines Seinfeld set in modern day with Bill Gates as the Steinbrenner-like character, sparking debate about whether NYC culture was essential to the show's humor.

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elaich

It wouldn't be Steinbrenner who would be lampooned.

Think about it - Bill Gates.

Gates (seen from the rear and acting like "Steinbrenner":

"Damn computer! Why are these things so complicated? Who made them this way?

Butler: "You did, sir."

"Me? ME??? I don't make computers. Seems like they could be simple, like toasters. And what is up with all these viruses and worms? How can a worm live inside a computer?"

Butler: "It's your Windows operating system that makes all that possible, sir."

"Windows? What kind of a name is that? Why didn't we call it Bob or Jake? People like personal names attached to machines. I call my cell phone Mikey."

Butler: (sighs.)

"I wanna play Pong. Can I play Pong on my computer?"

Butler: "Pong was on Atari, sir."

"Atari? What the hell ever happened to Atari? They used to be big shakes in the gaming industry, you know. Can I turn my computer into an Atari so I can play Pong?"

Butler: "That would require an emulator, sir."

"Emulator? Emulators are evil. I said so myself, so that makes it true. Emulators enable thieves to steal the intellectual property of others. That's something we'll address in the next version of Jake."

Butler: "Windows, sir?"

"No, thanks. I like it dark. Whatever happened to my old Kaypro? Now, that was a simple machine. I knew how to use that machine. Nobody needs more than 640K of memory, anyway. I said that myself, so it must be true."

Somehow, George would end up working for him, and the whole cast would move to Seattle, ala Laverne & Shirley. That would give them lots of new material to explore, like the culture shock of New Yorkers in Seattle.

TheNewsGuy(Mike)elaich

Nope, Steinbrenner is "NEW YORK" and New York City was the fifth character in "Seinfeld". So much of their humour was based on the New York City culture. Bill Gates would not be a fit.

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Mark MellinTheNewsGuy(Mike)

In article , "TheNewsGuy(Mike)" wrote:

You didn't read far enough down....

I've always enjoyed how out of place Jerry and George act during portions of _The Trip_.

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H.F. PetermanTheNewsGuy(Mike)

What about Donald Trump? He definately is "NEW YORK" plus he's good friends with Steinbrenner, so he could still get a couple of cameo's I think Larry David would have no problem doing the voice of "The Donald"

elaichH.F. Peterman

"H.F. Peterman" wrote in news:1140890450.893304.185920 @t39g2000cwt.googlegroups.com:

Good idea. George would be out West working for Gates, and Laney would be in NYC working for Trump. Jerry and Kramer would just be running in circles and yelling "ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" because they couldn't decide why way to go.

Erelaich

"elaich" wrote in message news:[email]...

Good one, elaich...

That reminds me of my first computer, the ol' Acorn BBC with a whopping 32K of memory, 20 of which was allotted to the screen.

Ah, the loopholes we used to have to jump through to squeeze every last free bit out of that machine... I remember loading up Elite (from cassette tape!) and the last couple of KB loaded into the screen memory...

Er

Mark Mellinelaich

In article , elaich wrote:

The pesto of cities.

"What's the deal with all the coffee?"

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HerculesMark Mellin

The trouble is that whenever the gang left NYC they would end up in trouble.

Look what happened in the finale.

elaichHercules

Hercules wrote in news:[email]:

Kramer even ended up in trouble going downtown. Hey, I thought Manhatten WAS downtown.

Larry Budelaich

I don't think so. Gates isn't a NY institution.