Seinfeld vs Curb Your Enthusiam

[Steve J. Rogers 0]

it's funnier by doing less...can't explain it the way I want to

More and more comedy is going down that route, when the American version of The Office comes out you will see a perfect example of it (if they don't fuck it up). Most of these kind of shows (of which CYE is perhaps the most fully realised American effort) go for the 'painful' kind of laughter, rude and dislikeable characters acting innapropriately and causing embarassment or conflict.

Yeah, but comparing this thread, and other opinions on Larry David's post Seinfeld work I wonder how popular in the "mainstream audience" that show will actually be

 

The reason this thread really started was more of a response towards a review I saw in IMDB.com for David's movie "Sour Grapes" where the review said that she was a Seinfeld fan but hated this movie and said that she guessed that she liked the "Jerry half" of Seinfeld, as if she knew what was the extent of Larry David's contribution to that show, other than giving the inspiration for "George Contanza"

 

That kind of made me wonder about the majority of the mass audience's reason for liking Seinfeld a much more watered down version of a show like The Office or CYE

 

What I mean is, did Seinfeld get popular because A) they wanted to be seen as "hip" towards people who geniunely liked the show and wanted to join in water cooler talk about it and B) they wanted to feel that they were "in" in jokes like "master of your domain" or "significant shrinkage" and probably wouldn't like the jokes if they said outright, "Lets see who can go the longest without masterbating" or "My penis shrank because of the cold water!"

 

I rather have someone dis-like the show for various reasons, too each their own, but I wonder about those who loved Seinfeld but vehmeatly dislike CYE

 

Steve

[NoCalMike 0]

it's funnier by doing less...can't explain it the way I want to

More and more comedy is going down that route, when the American version of The Office comes out you will see a perfect example of it (if they don't fuck it up). Most of these kind of shows (of which CYE is perhaps the most fully realised American effort) go for the 'painful' kind of laughter, rude and dislikeable characters acting innapropriately and causing embarassment or conflict.

Yeah, but comparing this thread, and other opinions on Larry David's post Seinfeld work I wonder how popular in the "mainstream audience" that show will actually be

 

The reason this thread really started was more of a response towards a review I saw in IMDB.com for David's movie "Sour Grapes" where the review said that she was a Seinfeld fan but hated this movie and said that she guessed that she liked the "Jerry half" of Seinfeld, as if she knew what was the extent of Larry David's contribution to that show, other than giving the inspiration for "George Contanza"

 

That kind of made me wonder about the majority of the mass audience's reason for liking Seinfeld a much more watered down version of a show like The Office or CYE

 

What I mean is, did Seinfeld get popular because A) they wanted to be seen as "hip" towards people who geniunely liked the show and wanted to join in water cooler talk about it and B) they wanted to feel that they were "in" in jokes like "master of your domain" or "significant shrinkage" and probably wouldn't like the jokes if they said outright, "Lets see who can go the longest without masterbating" or "My penis shrank because of the cold water!"

 

I rather have someone dis-like the show for various reasons, too each their own, but I wonder about those who loved Seinfeld but vehmeatly dislike CYE

 

Steve

I tend to agree with some of your points on why Seinfeld suddenly went from obscure show to superstardom so fast. I think Seinfeld had a decent sized audience, but then a lot of people just started watching it because it was "the thing to do" I mean as many people out there that watched the show, I really hadn't known any since highschool, and this is not me personally trying to handpick who I asked. I was just wondering the whole time, WHERE ARE THE 100000000 seinfeld fans!?! I think CYE is basically the funniest show on TV, which almost makes me want to go back and start watching Seinfeld in syndication because I feel that possibly I just missed out on some of the good qualities of the show the first time around.

[Guest Razor Roman]

I am luke-warm on Seinfeld, and don't really like CYE At all.

 

I did like the finale episode though, because I am a mark for both Mel Brooks and Nathan Lane.

 

I love the Producers and thought it was awesome how they re-did the bar scene from the movie in that episode. (I was so depressed that that scene was cut from the Broadway version)

 

Bill Hickey OWNED as the drunk in the original movie version. (He was Uncle Lewis in "Christmas Vacation") He made a toast to... to.. to toast... I love toast.