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Seinfeld is absolutely, without a doubt, one of the best comedies in the history of television. It's just as hilarious today as when it was on in the 90's. There aren't many shows that hold up over decades and get just as many laughs today as back then but Seinfeld is definitely one of those shows. Larry David is just a flat out genius. Between this and Curb Your Enthusiasm, he's created 2 of the best sitcoms of all-time. This show is so good that you can find it running on some channel almost anytime of the day so it's obviously still doing well otherwise it wouldn't be on so much. I've seen each episode countless times and still laugh each time. I'll continue to watch this the rest of life and never get sick of it.

What can I say about Seinfeld that hasn't already been said? It's just flat out hilarious and still holds up about almost 20 years later. I don't know of any sitcom ever (outside of maybe Friends) where all the co-stars are all equally funny! Jerry Seinfeld (Jerry), Jason Alexander (George), Michael Richards (Kramer) and Julia Louis-Dreyfus's (Elaine) are all some of the best sitcoms in the history of television. I mean everyone has there favorites but bottom line is they're all great as is the show! If you read any "best sitcom ever" list ever written you will find Seinfeld near the top on every list for a reason...because it is!

I hate saying something is the best ever. Still how could you go wrong with Seinfeld. Just hilarious characters and setups everywhere.

For everyone who has seen this show, what other show or even movie deliver so many open ended endings that still felt like a perfecting closing. That right there is great writing.

The characters are another great example of great writing. To think of people like Jerry, George, Elaine and Kramer. These characters were developed so greatly that the ideas for episodes were endless. Also the guest stars did a great job in their appearances just sliding right in.

The plots of the episodes were not that great from the outlook. If you actually watch the episodes though the most basic daily problem could be made into a very enjoyable episode.

This can only be done with great, superb writing. If you have seen this show watch it.

I caught a few episodes of Seinfeld over it's final two seasons run on public channel, and made it a point to catch a lot more of Jerry and friends during it's reruns. I found it very amusing on first viewings, but as time wore on, I began to like it more and more, and to eagerly borrow taped episodes from friends, and to hunt for re-runs on syndicated channels.

Of the two comedy TV series in the history of television, I would choose both Seinfeld and Monty Python as the cultural landmarks of the medium. In Seinfeld, there is not a trace of sentimentality and glib moralizing that plagues the American sitcom genre. Characters do not hug each other on Christmas, fall in love, wax on and on about family and friends, there is no faux-cathartic season ender so favoured by the writers of, say, "Friends".

Instead, we have the narcissistic Jerry, constantly mining the minutiae of everyday detail for every bit of situational comedy; we have the hyper-aggressive Elaine, whose strings of breakups with boyfriends are as impressive as her petty neuroses leading up to the breakups themselves; the ultimate schlub-loser George, who lies to every single woman he dates, sells faulty equipment to the handicapped and muscles off women and children when fleeing an apartment fire; and the impossibly inventive physical comedy of the entrepreneur cum schmooze Kramer.

Over and over again, week in and week out, the quartet discuss trivialities with unbridled zeal, as the non-descript narrative pings from one mundane setting to another. Seldom has such wit been generated by such gargantually pointless human endeavours. That is where the brilliance of Seinfeld lies, in the ability to go to the most bizarre ends to fulfill the potential of a less than hopeful comedic premise; and the endless, pointlessly smug and nihilistic banter that almost invariably escalates into some of TV's classic lines, such as when George shouts triumphantly after winning an argument that "there is no bigger loser than me!".

Surely, we won't find something like this again, for many more years to come.

I just can't stop binging this show. Like ever. Don't get me wrong FRIENDS is historic in its own place & I've binged that a lot too but Seinfeld just edges it for me.

Jason Alexander, you legend. George Costanza is the character that you see nowadays sitcoms are trying to pull off but they just can't. He's One of a kind. Just like Joey & Chandler. They are in a league of their own.

I review rarely and this is my first review & I'm sounding like i should be giving Seinfeld 10/10 but I've settled with 9. The reason for that is i base my rating simply on 3 factors: 1) Characters 2) Storyline 3) Screenplay i.e. length of how long a show is keeping me attached to the screen before i lose interest.

So for George, Kramer, Jerry i give it a perfect 10. But when it comes to Elaine, she's so lame. As a character, as a person i don't get her. Beauty of me binging Seinfeld is that I've chopped off her parts from all episodes. She's terrible, irritating and hardly makes me laugh. Writers haven't even attached background applause to her wise cracks. Downpoint of the show. 'Elame' Benes.

To shed a light on Jerry & Kramer, well they are the lifeblood of the show. Their chemistry makes you laugh. Kramer is very underrated. Also, Jerry & George's coffee shop chemistry. Those scenes are hilarious & refreshing. You'd never get bored watching their riddled lifestyles.

That's all, its a must watch. Even if sitcoms ain't your genre i think you must give this a try no matter what. It's just that good. And yes, first 2 seasons are a bit downer but important to watch for you to establish those characters. From season 3 you'd love the stories & start getting used to it. By season 5 & 6 you'd literally crack yourself up.

BEST SITCOM EVER MADE HANDS DOWN. Effortless entertainment. Once you watch it, mark my words you're gonna binge it. P.S: I've already crossed the 3-figures binge watching it and currently rewatching it for 183rd time. Love this show to bits. Never getting enough of this ever.

A show that is about nothing. A formula never tried before and never since. This show works because of its unique sense of humour, characters and writing. Before Seinfeld entered TV sets everywhere nobody had seen anything similar to it. The show creates endless laughs and hilarity beyond belief. Whilst since it has been accepted as a great of the sitcom genre shows like Friends and The Big Bang Theory have attempted to repeat a similar low-brow, clever sense of humour however have been unable to repeat what this show could create.

Perhaps the reason why this show is the greatest sitcom ever is that it creates such a unique way of find laughs and somehow despite the fact that so many great shows after it have tried to repeat it, it is the only thing like it and is still able to be a never-ending run of laughter.

So, if you are considering watching Seinfeld go for it, give it a few episodes to become familiar with the characters and you won't regret it. You will never see another sitcom like it and you will see why many people consider it to be the greatest sitcom ever made, a true testament to the comedy of Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David.

I dont know why People even bother bringing up friends.... it literally isn't even in the same league when comparing it to the brilliance of a man like George Constanza, he alone conquers the entire cast and sub cast of "friends"

It's the best show that ever was and ever will be -Fact

I'm writing this in 2023, and I didn't watch Seinfeld until after watching Friends, The Office, The Big Bang Theory, and How I Met Your Mother... 4 of the "greatest sitcoms of all time".

Seinfeld stands alone in sheer humor and originality. This show is utterly hilarious... every single episode. The characters and ridiculous plots will keep you laughing from start to finish. Something about the writing and dialogue between characters somehow seems so refreshing and feel-good in a way that is unique from other sitcoms.

Whether it's George's misery, Jerry's acting (where it looks like half the time he's about to burst out laughing himself), Elaine's latest relationship, or Kramer's next get-rich-quick scheme, there is something in every single episode that will have you on the floor laughing.

I was sitting in my apartment tonight watching the end of a sitcom era with the last "friends" episode and it brought me back to 1998 when we all said goodbye to "seinfeld". I won't sit here and debate, which was the better show because, lets face facts they both did a fine job. They are two very successful sitcoms, but other than that they really had an entirely different feel and format.

"Seinfeld" gave us all so many catch phrases and we all continue to enjoy these characters and episodes six years after the show ended. I just love it. I constantly find myself reciting lines from the show with a good friend of mine. This show rocks. It will always be a great show. I will continue to watch this show in reruns over and over. It sure doesn't get old.

I wanted to add some favorite lines or scenes from the show, but there are truly too many. Kramer, Elaine, George, and Jerry just rule and have such a great chemistry. The additional characters throughout the years were cool too. Some of my favorites were Puddy, Peterman, and Frank Castanza. Oh greatness.

So keep Seinfeld alive in your hearts and keeping watching the show about nothing.

Giddie Up!

The Beatles have been regarded as one of the greatest, if not the greatest, band of all time. You had 4 gifted musicians who were so individually talented and as a whole they changed music forever. The same can be said for the 4 main cast members of Seinfeld in the television space. For almost a decade this show has entertained not just the United States but the entire world. Each individual cast member was so talented and took their eccentric character to new heights. Over a period of time you grew to love the fab four.

Seinfeld is a show that got everything right. From incredible writing, catch phrases to award worthy performances. Even their guest stars were hitting home runs. The episodes and plots Seinfeld brought us was something we all could relate and react to. We were also treated to first class Stand Up comedy from Jerry Seinfeld. This show is simply timeless.

New shows could only dream to capture the greatness and ratings of this immortal show. The brilliance of the show could be seen in the acclaimed Contest episode where not a word had to be said to convey what it was about. Nowadays its pretty vulgar and leaves little room to think. I wish I could give this an 11 out of 10. Go watch it and don't hesitate to buy the entire series, its more than worth it. This cast and show certainly belt it out to the back row and make you feel it.

I know there's people out there that think Seinfeld is not funny and is just stupid, but honestly, the show is probably one of the funniest sitcoms in today's world and easily beats out quite a few shows that are just as popular, like Friends, The Big Bang Theory, and The Office. Sure some the concepts are weird and absurd and they turn out to be pretty goofy, but that's what makes Seinfeld hilarious and somehow, for the most part anyway, a timeless classic that will never get old.

Now true, as it is said multiple times on the show, it is a show about nothing and it's just about the daily lives of Jerry Seinfeld (in a fictional role), George Costanza, Elaine Benes, and Kosmo Kramer and there's really no morals or life lessons presented in the episodes. To some, I know they may not like that, but in this case: that actually works out fine. For these characters, they really don't need to go through any experience that changes their perspective on life and them going through life like ordinary people without really learning anything is actually a pretty realistic move on a sitcom. It's also kind of refreshing to have a show that's there solely for humor and not really any morals and Seinfeld is one of those shows that's a perfect example of a sitcom.

Also, the humor is exceptionally funny because although it's goofy and at times pretty stupid, the way it's done is clever and nicely paced. Also, unlike some of the other classic sitcoms, like those I mentioned above, the humor on Seinfeld is not forced and happens naturally. Specifically, what I mean is the jokes aren't there just to fill in a spot for a laugh track and they actually make you laugh (as long as you have a sense of humor). Like on Friends or The Big Bang Theory, you can tell the jokes are forced too heavily, particularly in the later seasons, and they come across as slightly funny or just dull. Now on Seinfeld, that rarely happened and the jokes happened naturally and sometimes what happened next was unexpected and that's what made it funnier than anticipated (particularly some of the slapstick humor of Kramer). True, like the other shows, the humor slightly got duller in the later seasons, but honestly, that's typical for long-running sitcoms and Seinfeld held up well for the most part until the end.

Lastly, like I mentioned above, some of the situations the characters get themselves into are downright absurd and silly and somehow, makes it a classic. Some episodes, like "The Contest", "The Outing", "The Soup Nazi", and "The Opposite" are examples of how the characters get themselves into weird situations and as silly as they were, they make the show what it is and definitely show how hilarious the show is and how it is definitely a show about nothing. Sure, the situations may be pretty exaggerating, but that's the idea for the show and that's what makes Seinfeld a classic.

I could keep going about this show, but given that it's been around for 30 years, we all should know about it by now and know how funny it is. Even if you don't like it or haven't even seen it, try giving it a shot or another shot and don't take it so seriously and just expect humor, then I can guarantee that Seinfeld will win you over and you'll see how smart and cleverly written it is and why it is a timeless sitcom classic.

I have no idea why this became so famous. I think the script is mediocre; the other actors are OK, but Seinfeld himself just cannot act. He is just a stand-up comedian walking around the set reading lines. No expression, no difference from one situation to another, always the same wooden face. Speaking of stand-up, his numbers shown in the series are really lame - but maybe he is a good comedian live, on that I cannot comment. As far as I am concerned, this is nowhere near as funny as Friends, and nowhere near as sophisticated - and funny - as Frasier.

What's all the fuzz about this sorry show? So many people who praise it and... well, I have seen several episodes. Research, you know... I not even SMILED ONE DAMN TIME.

Either the series is not funny at all, or I am one of those 2% of the worlds population that just doesn't get it.

No, I don't think so... I like other series that ARE FUNNY.

Apart from that ALL the characters are whiny, annoying and plain uninteresting, there's not even ONE JOKE in there...

I always waited for something funny to happen... instead, one of those @$$#**es goes somewhere, something bland happens and he/she makes a problem out of that incident which is then "carried out" by the rest of the dumb bunch...

This show is worthless.

I want my time back....

It has ended 6 years ago and we still talk about it, i think that this shows us how fantastic this series was. There are some new programmes that are good, but any of them is half as interesting as Seinfeld was. Many of its episodes are really comedy masterpieces. After watching one of them you become an addict. The characters are fantastic, the actors performed so well that you can't think of them like anything but the character they played, maybe this is the reason because they couldn't success in other shows. The writers who could do 8 seasons of a "show about nothing" doing each episode funnier than the last one deserves our respect and admiration. To sum up, Seinfeld rules

If you're reading a review of Seinfeld, you're trying to decide whether to watch. Well just go do it. I think Netflix has the rights till the year 3000 or something so that's easy.

Be warned that in the first few episodes, the comedy has not quite gelled and the final season or two get pretty weird, when the series was running on fumes but was too popular to cancel.

The average quality of episodes is astonishingly high. I usually recommend just watching the top rated episodes for a mostly non-serialized series and this is good advice for the usual, hit or miss series like The Office, but in Seinfeld's case, the best episodes would be 3/4 of them, so just plow right thru em all.

The secret of the show is that the characters are all Larry David. This becomes more apparent if you've watched Curb Your Enthusiasm, the cringe version of Seinfeld (and not nearly as consistent or approachable).

Jerry is the cool, hip, handsome version, the idealized Larry.

George is actual Larry.

Elaine is how Larry would have been, if he'd been born a girl.

Kramer is gonzo Larry.

This show remains timeless and universal. Seinfeld has got to be one of the best shows of all times. I still have to check myself when I look at when the last show aired in 1998!!

The plot lines of each individual episode are so relatable even to today. The show will have you in hysterics through the ingenious writing and superb comedic timing of the actors. The direction of this series is nothing short of perfection. To this day I think I've seen each episode at least 5 times.

My all-time favorites are the Soup Nazi (of course), the Contest and the Merv Griffin show. Truly, if you haven't seen this show, get on it!

Just recently found this show again on Netflix and threw on a episode here and there until the bug got me and finally had to sit down and watch from the start.

So far , I am currently watching the series twice now. This show really did lean hard into it's strength, which was, "this show is about nothing" and I love that.

I remember at the time, fans were upset about how the series ended, but after all this time. I'm perfectly happy with how this show ended. It ended just like how the show presented itself.

To be honest 1st and 2nd cycle wasn't that good and I was considering to give up on the series But after the episode with the Chinese restaurant and,the parking at the mall i thought this series deserves a chance and I gave it It just hilarious one of the best out there it's so funny .

My favorite episode is the Marine Biologist This,episode is so funny and so clever they don't make them like this anymore, really the jokes are so on spot and every character is unique .

I love Elaine and George and Jerry and Kraimer they are so perfect together, their every day adventures about nothing is everything.

This is still one of the best comedy shows, even 35 years later, and despite good reviews here, I feel it's still a little underrated by many (maybe that's just here in the UK, I don't know, never hear it mentioned over here).

Jerry Seinfeld alone is a great comedian, but some of the characters are superb, whether main characters or one-offs. George and Kramer are hilarious, and obviously my favourites.

Such a basic concept but executed to perfection, covering relatable topics, as well as the outlandish with hilarious consequences.

I always feel younger audiences may struggle getting into these comedies these days because of a lot of jokes being of the time period, and may fall flat with them, but definitely one of the best comedy shows of all time, for me, and many of a certain age.

I have been hesitant to watch the show for a while - I've heard so much about it, that it was a show about nothing where the main characters just sat around, talked and got themselves into all sorts of situations that I really couldn't care less about this type of show because I want my TV show to be smart and thoughtful and funny and bring me to watch it again and I didn't think any of it would apply to Seinfeld - but I was wrong.

Nine seasons went by very quickly and I grew fond of all those characters - Jerry, Elaine, Kramer and George were like a family to me, an obnoxious, weird and mean family for sure but they were real and their problems, although half the time unrelatable, were funny enough for me to go on and accept them as is.

I think everyone would agree that Jerry Seinfeld is no actor and it is obvious in most of the scenes he's in but his underperformance didn't bother me one bit because of how quirky those scenes were - it's really hard to keep the straight face when you're in that much of an urge to laugh at it.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus was probably my least favorite of all the characters but she brought a perfect dynamic to the overall male cast and points of view so much so that she became solely responsible that the show lasted as long as it is because of her.

Michael Richards' Cosmo was absolutely mind-blowing in every single thing he did on screen; I've met some strange characters on all types of shows but his is probably THE best of them all - the only one weirder than Kramer is probably Christopher Lloyd's Jim Ignatowski of Taxi who was so pure dumb fun you wouldn't believe he and Kramer weren't related in some way.

And of course Jason Alexander. I loved his unpleasant character in Pretty woman but in Seinfeld he brought his unpleasantness to the mountain high level. George Costanza is not a good guy, I don't think any of the four could ever be (nod to the finale!) but he brought that charm, that shtick to the character he embodied that it became impossible not to fall in love with him and his rude, loud, angry and dislikable persona against all odds. Out of all four of them he was the most relatable and everyone who has ever lived on this planet has got a part of George Costanza in them whether they know it or not, whether they like it or not. It's there. And that's how great this show is.

I wouldn't say Seinfeld would make a top 10 shows of all time for me because I still cringed every here and there and found some scenes obscenely unfunny but 95% of it is pure gold - I mean those little catchphrases has become a part of English language for god's sake: to be the master of its own domain, shrinkage, man hands, yada yada and so many more - it is a phenomenal show! So Top 20 for sure!

P. S. George's rendition of 'Believe it or not' has got to be the funniest answering machine song ever, even better than Ross' 'We will call you back' by a mile!

This is the only show where anytime an episode comes on, even if I'm doing something, I'll stop and watch.

Jerry Seinfeld is an unfunny comedian who somehow got popular enough to get offered a starring role (or maybe he came up with the idea, I never bothered to find out because I never cared) in this hilarious "show about nothing" featuring the daily grind of a small group of friends in New York City. Jerry Seinfeld is not an actor and it shows. Unfortunately, since he is the 'star' of the show (and the least funny cast member), all of the other very talented cast are forced to act down to his level. But they manage to pull it off and still make the show funny, such is the talent of the lovely Julia Louis- Dreyfus as Elaine, Jason Alexander as George, and Michael Richards as the slapstick Kramer. They are assisted in their saving of this show from Seinfeld's lack of talent by characters such as George's parents (Jerry Stiller and Estelle Harris) and Elaine's boss Mr. (J.) Peterman (John O'Hurley). Newman is as unfunny as Jerry. There are a plethora (yes I just went all El Guapo on y'all) of minor characters that round out the show and make it amusing and interesting. You grow to love these guys and root for them to overcome life's silly problems. Except Jerry. I cannot state often enough how pathetically unfunny and untalented Jerry Seinfeld is, and I am quite certain that if he were not in the show, it would be one of the funniest shows ever. Seven out of ten, would be 9/10 if Jerry was never involved.