![]() and Jerry inadvertently agrees to wear a puffy pirate shirt in his Today Show appearance. George is still broke and looking for a job, and ends up becoming a hand model. Right away, in "The Puffy Shirt," we get a generous helping of classic Seinfeld elements. Let's take a look at the ingredients that make for two classic seasons, starting with Season 5. The short answer is "Yes" the long answer is the rest of this review. The question in Seasons 5 and 6 is then whether the show could keep up the energy and creativity that had made it shine so far. So, you've noticed I'm a big Seinfeld fan? You know, you're right! (And that's a sentence worthy of an exclamation point.)Īfter a very solid start in Seasons 1 and 2, Seasons 3 and 4 pushed Seinfeld into classic territory. What other comedy manages to be so memorable in so many episodes? or, for that matter, Newman, or the Costanzas, or half-a-dozen other secondary characters who seem to be played by actors who were born for the role. Where else is the casting so spot-on? It's impossible to imagine anyone else playing Kramer, George, or Elaine. well, brilliant? Even a wildly successful show like Friends (clearly a Seinfeld imitator) doesn't come even close. Where else have we seen scripts that are consistently so insanely. But what makes Seinfeld brilliant is more than the concept, it's the execution. ![]() It's not the only show to be about "nothing," in the sense that it simply follows the daily (mis)adventures of a group of ordinary people (fairly dysfunctional people, but then, who's not?). ![]() One name, one long-running show, one high bar for all television comedy to live up to. ![]()
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