There was never once a "Very Special Seinfeld." No pandering to phony sentiment. I won't go into the myriad reasons why I think Seinfeld is the best sitcom, but there is one particular quality about it that separates it from the rest of the pack, something that allowed it to NEVER jump the shark. In the meantime, I've gotten hold of several seasons worth of DVDs of the show and really hunkered down to watch them.
Would I have said that with such certainty only a few short months ago? I won't go into the myriad reasons why I think Seinfeld is the best sitcom, but there is one particular quality about it that separates it from the rest of the pack, something that allowed it to NEVER jump the Was Seinfeld, as the subtitle of this book posits, the greatest sitcom ever? Would I have said that with such certainty only a few short months ago? Probably not. Was Seinfeld, as the subtitle of this book posits, the greatest sitcom ever? Absolutely. The book also includes a comprehensive episode guide, and Betty Lee's lexicon of Seinfeld language.more
This fascinating book includes classic articles on the show by Geoffrey O'Brien and Bill Wyman (first published in the New York Review of Books and respectively), and a selection of new and revised essays by some of the top television scholars in the US - looking at issues as wide-ranging as Seinfeld's Jewishness, alleged nihilism, food obsession, and long-running syndication. This fascinating book includes classic articles on the show by Geoffrey O'Brien and Bill Wyman (first published in the New York Review of Books and respectively), and a selection of new and revised essays by some After a slow and inauspicious beginning, Seinfeld broke through to become one of the most commercially successful sitcoms in the history of television. After a slow and inauspicious beginning, Seinfeld broke through to become one of the most commercially successful sitcoms in the history of television.
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