Never much of a sitcom guy so I never really enjoyed Friends, Fraiser, Family Matters, or whatever the hell else was on tv. Not nearly enough plot or sci-fi/fantasy elements to hold my attention.
But Seinfeld…I REALLY didn’t care for it.
Outside of Kramer and maybe George occasionally, I didn’t find them funny, just tedious.
Oh. A show about inane imbeciles. Fuck me, I meet these twatwaffles at work and school. I have NO DESIRE to see more of them.
@Freezer: In all fairness, most of those moments are supposed to be the characters acting terrible. That was the whole point of the show, and why it was considered so revolutionary to the TV landscape of the ’90s: “These people are outrageous assholes, let’s laugh at their self-inflicted misery” 😆
And a big part of why Seinfeld gets so much shit nowadays is because that style of humor really isn’t in vogue anymore. Audiences don’t want to point and laugh at idiots so much as they want to cuddle up with characters they’d like to be friends with. It’s basically the same problem William and Tina have – you gotta be a Gen X kid to really appreciate what it meant.
As long as you’re expected to have the memory and cognitive level of a goldfish, sitcoms are funny.
It might have been funny, but they put in a laugh track instead.
I’m assuming Tina and William are in their forties or late thirties. Most Seinfeld fans I’ve met were in their late teens or twenties. Even my mom got into Seinfeld durning her late twenties/early thirties.
Never much of a sitcom guy so I never really enjoyed Friends, Fraiser, Family Matters, or whatever the hell else was on tv. Not nearly enough plot or sci-fi/fantasy elements to hold my attention.
But Seinfeld…I REALLY didn’t care for it.
Outside of Kramer and maybe George occasionally, I didn’t find them funny, just tedious.
Oh. A show about inane imbeciles. Fuck me, I meet these twatwaffles at work and school. I have NO DESIRE to see more of them.
@JBWarner: Outside of a few exceptions like It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia, of course.
@Freezer: In all fairness, most of those moments are supposed to be the characters acting terrible. That was the whole point of the show, and why it was considered so revolutionary to the TV landscape of the ’90s: “These people are outrageous assholes, let’s laugh at their self-inflicted misery” 😆
And a big part of why Seinfeld gets so much shit nowadays is because that style of humor really isn’t in vogue anymore. Audiences don’t want to point and laugh at idiots so much as they want to cuddle up with characters they’d like to be friends with. It’s basically the same problem William and Tina have – you gotta be a Gen X kid to really appreciate what it meant.
Also, this seems like a relevant addition to the conversation:
https://www.cracked.com/article_34322_10-seinfeld-moments-that-havent-aged-well.html
Seinfeld was the show that taught me I have a low tolerance for comedic sociopathy.
Tina, you can be safe, as your husband is having the same problem as you (trying to fit into the younger generations).
@TheJayster49: I think William is in his early-forties as he has white temples, and Tina may be in her late-thirties.
*during her late twenties/early thirties
Yeah, Seinfeld caters to the younger generation.
As long as you’re expected to have the memory and cognitive level of a goldfish, sitcoms are funny.
It might have been funny, but they put in a laugh track instead.
I’m assuming Tina and William are in their forties or late thirties. Most Seinfeld fans I’ve met were in their late teens or twenties. Even my mom got into Seinfeld durning her late twenties/early thirties.
Yeah William, you’ve gotten old.