Wednesday, August 13, 2003

Is it just me or is Seinfeld getting better with age? I used to think that the later seasons were getting progressively weaker. But watching them now, 5 years after the show ended, they seem perfect. I hope it is never released on dvd, since the show belongs in that wonderful slot right after the news forever.

It's almost staggering to see the number of gags and plot elements in every episode. Tonight's two episodes contained reverse peepholes, close talker, being assigned chores at a party, fur coats for men, purses for men, fight between Jerry's parents and George's, the "Executive" raincoats, George pretending to go to France, Elaine's boyfriend's inexplicable friendship with Jerry's parents, Jerry's father's ridiculous statements about Monet, Jerry refering to dancing as "stupid", George failing to deliver an "apartment warming" gift (tied in with his digust about too many gift giving occasions), too fat wallets (tied into back pain tied into the chair George doesn't deliver).

Astonishing, and that's nowhere near all of it.

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