Seinfeld turns 30 today, time to celebrate

[tbone_ 14131]

Apparently the first episode aired July 5, 1989

 

Here’s the first scene:

 

 

Let’s see your favorites.

[RomaVicta 29936]

There are more obvious and well-known choices, but the end of this scene nearly caused me to blow out an eyeball.

 

[4th&Five 41563]

On TBS all day. 

 

Edited July 5, 2019 by 4th&Five

[WhatTheBuck 28788]

47 minutes ago, tbone_ said:

Here’s the first scene:

 

 

And here's the final scene:

 

[SimonBolivar 10958]

The first couple of seasons are criminally underrated. It's much more subtle than later seasons, but so much more Larry David. Oh and as much as I love IASIP Seinfeld is still GOAT when it comes to comedy.

Edited July 5, 2019 by SimonBolivar

[SimonBolivar 10958]

 

[SimonBolivar 10958]

 

[Bama Chick 28596]

[PRONG HORN 3148]

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest Lobo]

Considering bit parts on the show launched the careers/rebooted the careers of dozens, if not 100 actors...I'm okay with one being a casualty.  That said, Poor Lilly...

 

[billfromlaketravis 11519]

Well my day is over, I'll be watching the marathon all day. 

The Frogger is the last episode of the marathon it airs at 1030pm on TBS West. 

[Surly Bevo 25060]

The scene where George and the gang are notified of Susan's death is stone cold blooded comedy genius, Jason Alexander at his absolute best. And then

WE HAD A PACT!

[Aqua Buddha 14598]

52 minutes ago, Lobo said:

Considering bit parts on the show launched the careers/rebooted the careers of dozens, if not 100 actors...I'm okay with one being a casualty.  That said, Poor Lilly...

 

That and Ali Wentworth ("schmoopy") is married to George Stephanopolous.

Turned over right now and Lori Laughlin is Jerry’s girlfriend in “Serenity Now.”

Edited July 5, 2019 by Aqua Buddha

[WhatTheBuck 28788]

4 minutes ago, Aqua Buddha said:

That and Ali Wentworth ("schmoopy") is married to George Stephanopolous.

She and Jerry are old friends. 

[Aqua Buddha 14598]

3 minutes ago, WhatTheBuck said:

She and Jerry are old friends. 

Yeah, she was on a “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.”

[Deej 76840]

40 minutes ago, Aqua Buddha said:

“Serenity Now.”

"Insanity Later"

[BBQ2Bayou 807]

"He doesn't have a home.....he's a squirrel."

[TexasBeta 1265]

Just had the festivus episode.

[Deej 76840]

What a fantastic show. For the most part, it has aged well. 

[Aqua Buddha 14598]

26 minutes ago, Deej said:

What a fantastic show. For the most part, it has aged well. 

In a weird way, it aged better than Friends, which was on trend while Seinfeld never tried to be.

[Deej 76840]

Well, Seinfeld was about actually being funny.

[SubliminalHorn 6808]

2 hours ago, Deej said:

What a fantastic show. For the most part, it has aged well. 

It has. Though when answering machines and pay phones are there, they definitely show their age. 

[SubliminalHorn 6808]

2 hours ago, Aqua Buddha said:

In a weird way, it aged better than Friends, which was on trend while Seinfeld never tried to be.

Because Friends is horrible 

[pokeNbeans 203]

So was this show any good?

Never watched it before.

[immortal13 4059]

3 hours ago, pokeNbeans said:

So was this show any good?

Never watched it before.

Negged

[mr. sunshine 2827]

Went down an Elaine’s tits wormhole. Not sorry

[WhatTheBuck 28788]

12 hours ago, Deej said:

What a fantastic show. For the most part, it has aged well. 

For the most part? It's still hysterical. I have the entire series on DVD and still watch it in syndication on TV. I have no idea how many times I've seen every episode. It still makes me laugh out loud. The scene where Kramer chugs a beer while puffing a cigarette in The Sniffing Accountant will never not be funny. 

9 hours ago, SubliminalHorn said:

It has. Though when answering machines and pay phones are there, they definitely show their age. 

So? I don't think that has anything to do with a tv show aging well or not. See I Love Lucy, The Andy Griffith Show, All in the Family, and Cheers. If it's still funny then it's aged well. 

Here's an example of a sitcom that hasn't aged well: Newhart. We used to think "this is my brother Darryl and this is my other brother Darryl" was funny. It's not. It's dumb. What were we thinking? 

[idigTexas 2289]

2 hours ago, WhatTheBuck said:

Here's an example of a sitcom that hasn't aged well: Newhart. We used to think "this is my brother Darryl and this is my other brother Darryl" was funny. It's not. It's dumb. What were we thinking? 

I never thought the Larry scenes were funny, but I still love Newhart reruns in spite of them...not as much as the Bob Newhart Show though.   

[Parliament 14262]

Wasn't odd for networks to air new content in the summer back then?

[XYZ 2154]

16 hours ago, pokeNbeans said:

So was this show any good?

Never watched it before.

It was OK.

[Deej 76840]

1 hour ago, Parliament said:

Wasn't odd for networks to air new content in the summer back then?

They used to do short runs of series they weren't sure about during the summer.

[MrBig 5417]

The episode where George is eating the ice cream at the US Open, I thought it was based on a real video of someone eating ice cream at a tennis match. I can’t find the footage anywhere. Has anyone seen this?

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[WhatTheBuck 28788]

6 hours ago, idigTexas said:

I never thought the Larry scenes were funny, but I still love Newhart reruns in spite of them...not as much as the Bob Newhart Show though.   

Bob Newhart was the only funny person on Newhart. The Bob Newhart Show still holds up, but Tom Poston wasn't funny on that show, either. 

[RPM 26324]

Tom Poston married Suzanne Pleshette. 

[Surly Bevo 25060]

2 hours ago, Parliament said:

Wasn't odd for networks to air new content in the summer back then?

They dumped Seinfeld on that 7/5 date

 

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Ultimately, the test audience’s negative reactions toward the pilot outweighed NBC’s positive ones. The network did not order more episodes from Seinfeld and David. Instead, the pilot was  packaged as a “new comedy special,” and aired in what Rick Ludwin, another Seinfeld fan in the NBC executive suite, called “garbage dump theatre”: the middle of the summer -- on July 5, 1989.

 

 

 

[BrickHorn 18239]

On 7/5/2019 at 4:05 PM, SimonBolivar said:

The first couple of seasons are criminally underrated. It's much more subtle than later seasons, but so much more Larry David. Oh and as much as I love IASIP Seinfeld is still GOAT when it comes to comedy.

Agree.  Those early seasons are truly when Seinfeld was a show about nothing.  Waiting around at a Chinese restaurant; meeting up at the movies; trying to track down a friend of a friend; picking up a friend at the airport.  That shit was hilariously mundane.  

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[Red Five 40870]

I think the “George’s plan” one was the best episode. It also had the Cosmo reveal.

 

This is like discovering plutonium, by accident!

 

[HornOnTheBayou 8936]

4 hours ago, RPM said:

She called. He yelled Cartwright. I missed her.
Who's Cartwright?
I'm Cartwright!
You're not Cartwri-
Of course I'm not Cartwright!

[Biff Tannen 45692]

We have a whole other thread dedicated to Seinfeld.  Can't really have too many though I suppose.

[WBT 20622]

Well those aren't for the 30th anniversary.  Those are my everyday balloons.

[tx 3 putt 77112]

3 greats ....

 

[Deej 76840]

Rest in peace, Bob Einstein. 

[Dnaguy 12002]

Cunt in the sink. 
Classic.

[tx 3 putt 77112]

'WILL YOU FINISH THE FUCKING JOKE ARLEADY !'

[billfromlaketravis 11519]

First half of Season 8 is on Comedy Central right now. Too lazy to click over to Netflix. They’re all BANGERS. Frank cooking, Bizzaro Seinfeld Crew, George as the Bad Boy, Desparado, and Newman interrogation. Greatness. 
 

Edited September 22, 2023 by billfromlaketravis

[ztejas 43488]

It's the rare show where some of the last seasons are among the best. 

[Herpa Derpa 6126]

1 hour ago, ztejas said:

It's the rare show where some of the last seasons are among the best. 

One of the long-lasting benefits of going while still at the top of your game. Imagine a world where it goes another 3-4 seasons with one of the four leaving and being replaced by a new character. Probably Cousin Jeffrey. We all owe Jerry a debt for going out when he did.

[Deej 76840]

They just completely leaned into the absurdity in the later seasons and it was fantastic.