Seinfeld or Friends?

[TheMatrix31]

Re: Seinfeld or Friends?

Seinfeld, but it has not aged well IMO

Seinfeld hasn't aged well? It's about morons and society. Some episodes and themes hit the spot nowadays more than they did when they originally aired. It's also the only show I can reference 20 times a day to various people.

No chance it hasn't aged well. Even episodes like The Chinese Restaurant and The Movie, which would never even exist if there were cell phones like nowadays hold up because they're still hilarious.

I don't know.

[Fresh Tendrils]

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Yeah, there's going to be some ****ty jokes, George is going to freak about something, Kramer is going to act like an idiot and Jerry and Elaine will eat at a ****ing diner...and none of it will be good.

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[jake44np]

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Was Seinfeld really that funny? I remember when it used to run, but I never got into nor remember watching an episode. Not sure if its because I watched it before and never laughed and that's what caused me to never get into it. Maybe its a cultural thing (being black?). But my mom watched it all the time. So I don't know.

I remember my mom watching Friends all the time too. And I always thought of it as a show for females. So I never watched it. But then I sat and watched it with her one time and it had me cracking up. Watched reruns whenever they would come from that point on.

One thing I really liked about Friends was that each character would make me laugh. Most shows have one or two people that would be funny and the others wouldn't be. But each character in Friends was funny and in DIFFERENT ways because their personalities were so different.


I thought the same thing when Seinfeld was actually airing. I watched it a few times with my friends who loved it and just didnt get it. I look back now and realize i never gave it a chance. I watch old reruns now and just think it is amazing! I think most people that dont like Seinfeld either never gave it a chance, never watched it, or just dont have a sense of humor. lol

Chandlers sarcasm...Joey is dumb...Phoebee is loopy/crazy...etc...

And they just worked so well together. So for me, gotta go with Friends.

I thought the same thing when Seinfeld was actually airing. I watched it a few times with my friends who loved it and just didnt get it. I look back now and realize i never gave it a chance. I watch old reruns now and just think it is amazing! I think most people that dont like Seinfeld either never gave it a chance, never watched it, or just dont have a sense of humor. lol

[JayBee74]

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The sign of a great show is when you can watch an episode again and again and still be entertained.

[ESPNdeportes]

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I should have been more specific, some of the early years haven't aged well. The later seasons yes.

But who cares what I think if you guys like it

[ImTellinTim]

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I should have been more specific, some of the early years haven't aged well. The later seasons yes.

But who cares what I think if you guys like it

Oh, no doubt the first couple of seasons aren't that all that amazing.

[SuperBowlNachos]

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Friends for me. Seen every episode. I don't mind Seinfeld, I am apart of the younger Friends era though.

[LingeringRegime]

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Never understood the love for Friends. Watched it a couple of times, and just didn't get it. Seinfeld on the other hand was written so well, that I laughed every episode. And that my friends is no small feat.

[TMagic]

I thought the same thing when Seinfeld was actually airing. I watched it a few times with my friends who loved it and just didnt get it. I look back now and realize i never gave it a chance. I watch old reruns now and just think it is amazing! I think most people that dont like Seinfeld either never gave it a chance, never watched it, or just dont have a sense of humor. lol

Yeah. It could also be that I was younger at the time as well.

Looks like I'm going to have to give Seinfeld another shot. You guys make it sound like the greatest comedy series of all time. Lol

Does it come on Hulu?

[Fresh Tendrils]

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Oh, no doubt the first couple of seasons aren't that all that amazing.

I think they're more grounded than the later seasons. There's some crazy shenanigans going on in the later seasons. The first season there's definitely a lot of gaps where the show lose their pacing, which I attribute to learning how to write a sitcom. I think season 2 kicks **** into high gear. Hilarious season.

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[ScoobySnax]

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I don't know if it was a cultural thing or what, but I could never get into Seinfeld. I watched a few episodes of Friends and I thought it was pretty good. I was always was a Fresh Prince of Bel-Air/Martin/Home Improvement/Family Matters watcher though. Those would have me and my family cracking up.

My favorite all-time was Martin w/o a doubt.

[NoDakHusker]

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Both Seinfeld and Friends are hilarious, IMO. But if I have to pick one, I'll take Seinfeld. It's hard to beat the episode where Kramer has the Merv Griffin set in his apartment. That kills me everytime.

[JayBee74]

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Both Seinfeld and Friends are hilarious, IMO. But if I have to pick one, I'll take Seinfeld. It's hard to beat the episode where Kramer has the Merv Griffin set in his apartment. That kills me everytime.

Just saw a 7+ minute clip of that one on YouTube yesterday. Hilarious-Of course I had seen it a few times before.

[TheMatrix31]

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Let it be know, btw, that I HATED Seinfeld to begin with. My brothers would watch it and I just....ugh. Then something clicked.

[JayBee74]

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Let it be know, btw, that I HATED Seinfeld to begin with. My brothers would watch it and I just....ugh. Then something clicked.

The way I felt about Arrested Development after about 1.5 episodes. Then I watched the entire run on NetFlix in no time.