Seinfeld

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#144

“I am not giving you my code.”
“I’ll bet I can guess it.”
“Yeah, right.”
“Ah, all right, yeah… Let’s see… Well, we can throw out birthdays immediately. That’s too obvious. And no numbers for you. You’re a word man. Let’s go deeper… What kind of man are you? Well, you’re weak, spineless, a man of temptations. But what tempts you? You’re a portly fellow. A bit long in the waistband. So what’s your pleasure? Is it the salty snacks you crave? No no no no… Yours is a sweet tooth. Oh, you may stray, but you’ll always return to your dark master… The cocoa bean! And only the purest syrup nectar can satisfy you. If you could, you’d guzzle it by the gallon… Ovaltine!? Hershey’s!? Nestle’s Quick!?”

“Why would I spend seven dollars to see a movie that I could watch at home?”
“Well, why go to a fine restaurant when you could just stick something in the microwave… Why go to the park and fly a kite when you could just pop a pill?”

#145

From Wikipedia, in case you never caught all the Superman references in Seinfeld:

“A recurring theme throughout Seinfeld is the references to Superman; the theme features prominently in The Race. When Jerry says to Lois, “Faster than a speeding bullet, Lois”, it was a reference to the Superman series, Adventures of Superman starring George Reeves.[1] At the end of the episode, Jerry breaks the fourth wall and winks to the camera after he says “Maybe I will, Lois. Maybe I will”. This was the first and only instance of breaking the fourth wall in the series, excluding the retrospective The Highlights of 100. The wink towards the camera is a reference to the older Superman television series.”

The referenced Adventures of Superman episode is called “The Dog Who Knew Superman”, and at the very end of the episode, Lois walks into Clark’s office after he tells the dog that was the guest star of the show to go home:

LOIS: What’s the matter, Clark? You look like you’ve lost your best friend.
CLARK: (winks and looks into the camera) Maybe I have, Lois. Maybe I have.

The final two seasons of the original TV series was just released on DVD Tuesday, and I received my copy in yesterday’s mail because I had it pre-ordered. I have the complete series now, and you get to appreciate the Seinfeld “homages” once you see know these 108 shows.

I grew up with this series, and watching it again brings back some warm memories that most people couldn’t appreciate viewing these shows for the first time now. They are incredibly hokey, poorly written, directed, acted and produced, but it was cutting edge kids entertainment in its time, and it makes me laugh to think that I used to watch it faithfully and consider it so seriously.

If you don’t hear a Superman reference on a Seinfeld episode, there’s often a visual one, either with a Superman magnet on the refrigerator, or a model on his bookcase. If you never realized this connection before, it will give all of you Sienfeld fans new focus to watch them again.

#146

^Interesting…

But why…?

#147

Why what? Why Superman is featured so prominently?

Because in real-life, Jerry Seinfeld is a Superman-freak.

#148

^Didn’t know that… I guess that’s a good reason though…

#149

Kramer: Poor Pinkus. Poor little Pinkus.

This line made me laugh so damn hard.

#150

Jason Alexander was in Dustin Checks In

And Shallow Hal…

bad career choices mang…

#151

^at his point in his career anything that pays is a good choice

#152

same thing with OJ and that new show he has.

#153

^and his book titled “If I Did It” wtf is that

we all know he did it, where did IF come from all of a sudden?

heisman murderer is what OJ is, run OJ run

#154

JA also did duckman, which was genius!

#155

George: Medium turkey chili
Jerry: Medium crab bisque

George: I think you forgot my bread.
Soup Nazi: You want bread?
George: Yes please.

Soup Nazi: Three dollars!
George: What?

NO SOUP FOR YOU!

#156

Michael Richards = No career

What he said must have left no mistake about his bigotry since the Laugh factory refunded everyone’s money at the show where he went bananas.

His rant should be on youtube any minute now if it’s not there already. If I could access youtube from here, I would have checked.

#157

^What’s this you’re talking about fone…?

#158

oh god… I saw it…it was horrible…

I found it on www.digg.com. www.cnn.com has it, and I’m sure youtube will have it shortly.

it’s hard to watch.

#159

^Thanks for the link. It IS hard to watch. His sorry cracker ass is definitely history.

Is that OK for me to call him a cracker seeing as how he’s white and I’m white? Or is the intended use of the word cracker meant to be as derogatory as the intended use of the word nigger no matter who is using it, and should thus never be used?

It almost sounded like Richards was trying to use the term in an object oriented way at first, but the distinction was never clearly made and people immediately took offense. Then he was deep into it. thought he had to keep it going to try to rescue the joke, and lost control of the way he wanted it to go. Without being able to get inside the man’s head and heart, there is a possibility this was a truly bad joke that got away.

Too bad because it’s a bridge that’s really on fire at the moment, and the image of Kramer as a flaming bigot will be seen by every fan of Seinfled meaning the character will never be the same again. I wonder how this will impact the continued rerunning of the show, especially in some markets?.

#160

I once saw the guy that is known as “The Drake” from Seinfeld perform at a comedy club down in Ft. Lauderdale Fl., and he started to go off on somebody in the audience, not calling them names, but calling them out and stuff, it made everybody very uncomfortable and quite a few people walked out.

Comedy is a weird thing to put on stage, b/c you never quite know the effect a joke will have on somebody, and seeing as how the crowds are so close to the performer it’s quite easy to get mingling between performer and audience which can lead to disastrous results

#161

They will never slow down the syndication of Seinfeld because of something like this. Have they been showing Naked Gun any less frequently since OJ killed his wife? No. Have they stopped playing Chuck Berry on the radio since he peeped on multiple women in the bathroom? No. Is Michael Richards a fucking retard? Yes. Yes he is. But Seinfelds the best show ever, and something like this in no way tarnishes it’s reputation…If Jerry dating a 17 year old didn’t do it, this won’t make any difference whatsoever.

#162

I thought she was 16. ;D

is she his wife now?

#163

Seinfeld was on The Daily Show.

They showed a preview of “Bee Movie”, a real-life animation film.

Don’t get it? I didn’t either, but it looks hilarious!!