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Robyn66

(1,675 posts)
Thu Jul 26, 2012, 12:26 AM Jul 2012

I Cant believe I'm not the only person that doesn't like Seinfeld!!!

I know this is a stupid thing, but you don't know how many bewildered faces I have met when I have said that I never found Seinfeld funny. I always thought it was a stupid and annoying show and I cant stand Larry David either! I AM among friends!

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I Cant believe I'm not the only person that doesn't like Seinfeld!!! (Original Post) Robyn66 Jul 2012 OP
Are you a dentist? OriginalGeek Jul 2012 #1
Or a dry cleaner - very funny show I thought byeya Jul 2012 #22
Or a simple restaurant opwner OriginalGeek Jul 2012 #27
Or a dedicated auto mechanic byeya Jul 2012 #31
Hate That Show! HelenaHandbasket Jul 2012 #2
Larry David from Curb Your Enthusiasm? HelenaHandbasket Jul 2012 #3
I never liked it either... TreasonousBastard Jul 2012 #4
I tried watching it a couple of times HarveyDarkey Jul 2012 #5
Love the Seinfeld .... Trajan Jul 2012 #6
It's ok sweetie, Grey Jul 2012 #7
Me too, Robyn! elleng Jul 2012 #8
Count me in ... AsahinaKimi Jul 2012 #9
I never have watched more than 5 minutes of Seinfeld. Archae Jul 2012 #10
Can't opine on this HeiressofBickworth Jul 2012 #11
I don't think he's funny, either. Fridays Child Jul 2012 #12
Someone else whose humor I can't stand pipi_k Jul 2012 #19
woody allen doesn't do it for me... Scout Jul 2012 #33
My mom kept getting me to watch it. There was no humor. Just an annoying base line every 30 seconds. HopeHoops Jul 2012 #13
That is about how I feel about the current Kings of Sitcoms CBGLuthier Jul 2012 #14
I enjoyed Seinfeld's stand-up comedy, and looked forward to the show ... eppur_se_muova Jul 2012 #15
Seinfeld (the show) is hysterical bigwillq Jul 2012 #16
Love it. One of the best sitcoms ever. Denninmi Jul 2012 #17
Oh good! pipi_k Jul 2012 #18
Scrubs I think is one of the more inventive sitcoms begin_within Jul 2012 #39
Like Larry David kurtzapril4 Jul 2012 #20
Oh, just admit it. You don't like how he acted toward you in the elevator. rug Jul 2012 #21
I'M SURROUNDED BY DENTISTS! OriginalGeek Jul 2012 #23
I didn't like it for a long time Enrique Jul 2012 #24
They're all terrible human beings. harmonicon Jul 2012 #49
You are not alone Worried senior Jul 2012 #25
You're in good company. I can't stand him. TrogL Jul 2012 #26
Believe it. KamaAina Jul 2012 #28
I never understood the appeal either myself. hamsterjill Jul 2012 #29
I tried to watch it and the 'humor' was lost on me. femmocrat Jul 2012 #30
you're not alone. Scout Jul 2012 #32
If he came to DU and pitched his idea for the Soup Nazi they would PPR him. Baitball Blogger Jul 2012 #34
I watched it once and did not find it funny. RebelOne Jul 2012 #35
It had its moments. Well, maybe it had its half moments. GoneOffShore Jul 2012 #36
Meh. MadrasT Jul 2012 #37
I thought it was generally overrated. begin_within Jul 2012 #38
I watched the "Soup Nazi" episode because it was hyped for a week before IDemo Jul 2012 #40
never saw the appeal of that show TBH. linux80386 Jul 2012 #41
I tried to watch it about 4 times and gave up rurallib Jul 2012 #42
I haven't seen many episodes but there was one that turned me off and offended me forever Robyn66 Jul 2012 #43
Right there with you... CherokeeDem Jul 2012 #44
I never liked Seinfeld either. annonymous Jul 2012 #45
I don't either maryellen99 Jul 2012 #46
I never liked it. Never got the humor. AngryOldDem Jul 2012 #47
Thought it was incredibly stupid.. MicaelS Jul 2012 #48
My heart weeps for all of you who don't understand comedy. harmonicon Jul 2012 #50
+1 Populist_Prole Jul 2012 #51
my heart weeps for all of you who think Seinfeld is good comedy. Scout Jul 2012 #55
I give it a 'meh' Taverner Jul 2012 #52
They make a show about a comedienne who has trouble being funny. Whats up with that? benld74 Jul 2012 #53
I can't like it. bikebloke Jul 2012 #54

OriginalGeek

(12,132 posts)
27. Or a simple restaurant opwner
Thu Jul 26, 2012, 12:18 PM
Jul 2012

just trying to reach the American Dream...





don't forget to flip the cushion.


HelenaHandbasket

(51 posts)
2. Hate That Show!
Thu Jul 26, 2012, 12:30 AM
Jul 2012

Watched it only one time and that was only because I was in the hospital and couldn't move LOL. I didn't laugh once...not even a smile. Zzzzzzzzz. Watched Friends one time for like 2 minutes...hated it!

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
4. I never liked it either...
Thu Jul 26, 2012, 12:43 AM
Jul 2012

the characters were thoroughly useless and unlikable, 'specially that bald little pissher who I want to beat into the pavement every time he opens his mouth. He's way beyond annoying.

And Kramer? Such a shame they let that asshole rip off Reverend Jim.

Yeah, it sure was a show about nothing.

(Now, I will admit that occasionally some episodes were amusing-- but one Soup Nazi does not a classic series make)


 

HarveyDarkey

(9,077 posts)
5. I tried watching it a couple of times
Thu Jul 26, 2012, 12:46 AM
Jul 2012

Never did understand the appeal. I've seen enough posts & references to it I sorta understand the mythos, but I've never been able to watch a whole episode, let alone a season.

 

Trajan

(19,089 posts)
6. Love the Seinfeld ....
Thu Jul 26, 2012, 01:00 AM
Jul 2012

The early shows were weak, but I found the show about nothing was, on the whole, hilarious and quite entertaining ....

Grey

(1,581 posts)
7. It's ok sweetie,
Thu Jul 26, 2012, 01:36 AM
Jul 2012

You are not the only one, I never understood the humour, or what seemed to pass for humour.
I don't know what a 'Larry David' is and I don't love Raymond.

Archae

(46,262 posts)
10. I never have watched more than 5 minutes of Seinfeld.
Thu Jul 26, 2012, 01:51 AM
Jul 2012

It just is *NOT* funny.

It's not even coherent!

HeiressofBickworth

(2,682 posts)
11. Can't opine on this
Thu Jul 26, 2012, 03:22 AM
Jul 2012

because I never watched Seinfeld. No particular reason, just never got around to watching it. Likewise, I've never watched Larry David. I'm usually on the computer in the evening and not watching TV.

 

HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)
13. My mom kept getting me to watch it. There was no humor. Just an annoying base line every 30 seconds.
Thu Jul 26, 2012, 08:52 AM
Jul 2012

CBGLuthier

(12,723 posts)
14. That is about how I feel about the current Kings of Sitcoms
Thu Jul 26, 2012, 08:56 AM
Jul 2012

I have tried I really have tried to see the humor in The Big Bang Theory and Two and a Half men. Both shows are cruel and unfunny. BBT in particular I find down right offensive. Amos N Andy with "smart" people. And that other show, Charlie Sheen has no talent that i can discern.

eppur_se_muova

(36,227 posts)
15. I enjoyed Seinfeld's stand-up comedy, and looked forward to the show ...
Thu Jul 26, 2012, 09:19 AM
Jul 2012

couldn't stand it. Annoying whining may make for a good five-minute act, but not a 22-minute comedy. Especially whining about nothing.

 

bigwillq

(72,790 posts)
16. Seinfeld (the show) is hysterical
Thu Jul 26, 2012, 09:21 AM
Jul 2012

I watched for an entire year and thought it was the worse show ever.
Gave it another shot the next year, realized there was really no point to this show other then these friends getting into silly situations, and from then on I loved it.

Denninmi

(6,581 posts)
17. Love it. One of the best sitcoms ever.
Thu Jul 26, 2012, 09:45 AM
Jul 2012

I must confess, though, I am not that big of a fan of the final episode. I thought that was a bit odd the way they ended it.

pipi_k

(21,020 posts)
18. Oh good!
Thu Jul 26, 2012, 09:55 AM
Jul 2012

I never liked it, either.

That, and "Scrubs"


Not even grin-worthy, either of them, and I always got strange looks from people who said they were in stitches from those shows.

Whatever blows yer skirts up, I guess...



 

begin_within

(21,551 posts)
39. Scrubs I think is one of the more inventive sitcoms
Thu Jul 26, 2012, 07:32 PM
Jul 2012

Not always funny, but the trajectory of the show changes suddenly and wildly and that it keeps you on your toes. More of a mind bender than a sitcom.

kurtzapril4

(1,353 posts)
20. Like Larry David
Thu Jul 26, 2012, 10:03 AM
Jul 2012

Never found Seinfeld funny AT ALL. Four sociopaths who'd sell their grandmothers for a quarter. Meh.

OriginalGeek

(12,132 posts)
23. I'M SURROUNDED BY DENTISTS!
Thu Jul 26, 2012, 10:37 AM
Jul 2012

And I liked Scrubs too. And Big Bang Theory. I agree that 2.5 Men is crap though.


I will admit, though, that my main attraction to Scrubs was Second Becky. I Adored her on Scrubs - oddly, I thought she was useless on Roseanne.

Enrique

(27,461 posts)
24. I didn't like it for a long time
Thu Jul 26, 2012, 10:46 AM
Jul 2012

then years after its heyday I was crashing on a friend's couch and we watched the reruns every day and I became a fan. Then the Michael Richards rant happened and I've never enjoyed it and any affection for the characters is pretty much gone.

harmonicon

(12,008 posts)
49. They're all terrible human beings.
Fri Jul 27, 2012, 12:50 PM
Jul 2012

As actual people, they are far less sympathetic than their unsympathetic characters. Michael Richards I actually have the most sympathy for, because when he had a breakdown, fucked up, and really hurt people, he seemed to show genuine contrition. The others are just rich bastards who think nothing of the little people.

 

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
28. Believe it.
Thu Jul 26, 2012, 12:25 PM
Jul 2012

Seinfeld never cracked the Top 20 among African American viewers. This is not really all that surprising since Jerry, Elaine and the guys lived in a sort of Bizarro World Manhattan where nearly everyone you saw on the streets, in restaurants, even in the subway was white.

Scout

(8,624 posts)
32. you're not alone.
Thu Jul 26, 2012, 01:12 PM
Jul 2012

i watched a few times ... wanted to just slap those whiners and tell them to get a fucking grip/grow up.

RebelOne

(30,947 posts)
35. I watched it once and did not find it funny.
Thu Jul 26, 2012, 01:40 PM
Jul 2012

So never watched it again. I could not understand what people found so funny with that show.

GoneOffShore

(17,309 posts)
36. It had its moments. Well, maybe it had its half moments.
Thu Jul 26, 2012, 06:11 PM
Jul 2012

Come to think of it it had its seconds. Occasionally.

 

begin_within

(21,551 posts)
38. I thought it was generally overrated.
Thu Jul 26, 2012, 07:28 PM
Jul 2012

There were some funny moments in the early years of it. But it went on too long, and the few episodes I managed to catch during the last 2 years of it weren't funny at all. They were just weird and didn't make me laugh. I think the show ran out of gas and they just kept it going to make money off of it. After it ended, TV Guide rated it the #1 sitcom in the history of TV, and that was the last laugh. To rank it higher than so many other great shows.

IDemo

(16,926 posts)
40. I watched the "Soup Nazi" episode because it was hyped for a week before
Thu Jul 26, 2012, 08:31 PM
Jul 2012

That's the only show I've ever seen and don't regret it.

rurallib

(62,346 posts)
42. I tried to watch it about 4 times and gave up
Thu Jul 26, 2012, 10:06 PM
Jul 2012

can't even remember what my feelings were - it sure wasn't funny to me.
I liked stuff like Roseanne, Married with Children and recently Modern Family.
to be honest, most network TV sitcoms leave me flat.

Robyn66

(1,675 posts)
43. I haven't seen many episodes but there was one that turned me off and offended me forever
Thu Jul 26, 2012, 10:29 PM
Jul 2012

George was supposed to get married and his fiance died by licking toxic envelope glue. The entire episode was about how happy George was that he was not getting married and making fun of his fiance dying. The premise was very offensive and he episode was NoT funny at all. I was disgusted and never watched again.

CherokeeDem

(3,709 posts)
44. Right there with you...
Thu Jul 26, 2012, 10:34 PM
Jul 2012

I never enjoyed the show...I watch it some because my ex loved it...might be why he's an ex. There were some funny bits every now and then...and I love Jason Alexander...but for the most part I found it boring and annoying.

annonymous

(882 posts)
45. I never liked Seinfeld either.
Fri Jul 27, 2012, 08:21 AM
Jul 2012

I couldn't stand Kramer at all. I also thought a fair amount of the humor was one big in-joke.

AngryOldDem

(14,061 posts)
47. I never liked it. Never got the humor.
Fri Jul 27, 2012, 09:17 AM
Jul 2012

And I hate inside jokes, which was what Seinfeld seemed to be to me.

harmonicon

(12,008 posts)
50. My heart weeps for all of you who don't understand comedy.
Fri Jul 27, 2012, 12:52 PM
Jul 2012

The world must be a cold, barren place for you.

Populist_Prole

(5,364 posts)
51. +1
Fri Jul 27, 2012, 01:02 PM
Jul 2012

Seinfeld had genuine humor, not just silly one-liners. One could see it clearly in Larry David's 'Curb Your Enthusiasm'.

Seinfeld's characters were not meant to be likable, and lack of a plot is irrelevant. Just great writing.

 

Taverner

(55,476 posts)
52. I give it a 'meh'
Fri Jul 27, 2012, 01:16 PM
Jul 2012

I thought it was OK when it was on

Now when I watch it, I can't for the life of me figure out what I found funny in it

And that GD laugh track......GAH!

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