Re: Seinfeld update

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It started good, but that's really long. Much longer than the alcoholism lady.


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 08- 5-16 8:03 PM
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It technically is, but it felt much shorter to read.


Posted by: Minivet | Link to this comment | 08- 5-16 9:39 PM
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Maybe it's too soon for 11-Sep humor, or more probably it's too late for Seinfeld humor, but I didn't laugh until they all got anthrax.


Posted by: Todd | Link to this comment | 08- 5-16 10:52 PM
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The Twitter account Modern Seinfeld (which I see hasn't been updated in for a while) is pretty funny and really gets it right on most of the time.


Posted by: Barry Freed | Link to this comment | 08- 5-16 11:41 PM
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5

That was funny, but not funny enough to get me past Act I.


Posted by: Mossy Character | Link to this comment | 08- 6-16 2:17 AM
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I didn't laugh at all, but I did think it was very well done.


Posted by: peep | Link to this comment | 08- 6-16 10:22 AM
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It is. I could pretty much see it in my head.


Posted by: Mossy Character | Link to this comment | 08- 6-16 10:28 AM
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5, 6 to the original series.


Posted by: Eggplant | Link to this comment | 08- 6-16 10:50 AM
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4: Let me recommend the incomprehensibly amazing epiphenomenon that is Seinfeld 2000.


Posted by: dalriata | Link to this comment | 08- 6-16 7:36 PM
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For most of my adult life I have believed that American Jewish humour was the funniest in the world. Seinfeld is the exception that proves the rule.


Posted by: chris y | Link to this comment | 08- 7-16 2:44 AM
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I kind of couldn't believe how well done it was, and I also laughed. I read it a few days ago, so I don't remember the bits I liked best, but in general what I thought was most successful was that you could picture the body language, facial expressions, etc. that would augment the text. To some extent that's just relying on Seinfeld cliches, but that doesn't mean it's easy to get right, and in the service of something this outre, it's all the more impressive.


Posted by: JRoth | Link to this comment | 08- 7-16 4:58 PM
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