It's Dec. 23rd - Happy Festivus to All!

[smudgersmissingleg]

Love Jerry Stiller! He was hilarious in this and especially The King of Queens.

 

[kola]

All the characters were great. Even the selection of one-timers.

 

[diamondback]

I still adore Andy Griffith.

 

[mso489]

I thought the episode was a tour de force in comedy writing and acting, and at the same time, I thought it ultimately failed as comedy. It was funny but also distinctly hurtful in the way of depicting family abusiveness around the holidays. Seinfeld relied on skating just at the surface of human defects. The characters were deficient but seemingly forgivable. But Festivus is unforgettable for people who watch, or have watched, the show. Archie Bunker in a different sitcom always managed to show a glimmer of humanity while being sometimes despicable. He succeeded in that whereas George's dad sometimes didn't.

 

[kola]

He took. --- it out.

 

[BROBS]

I thought the episode was a tour de force in comedy writing and acting, and at the same time, I thought it ultimately failed as comedy. It was funny but also distinctly hurtful in the way of depicting family abusiveness around the holidays. Seinfeld relied on skating just at the surface of human defects. The characters were deficient but seemingly forgivable. But Festivus is unforgettable for people who watch, or have watched, the show. Archie Bunker in a different sitcom always managed to show a glimmer of humanity while being sometimes despicable. He succeeded in that whereas George's dad sometimes didn't.

The selfishness of the characters is an integral part of the Seinfeld world... and part of its comedy.

 

[3rdguy]

 

[brian64]

The selfishness of the characters is an integral part of the Seinfeld world... and part of its comedy.

Absolutely.

It held a certain type of mirror up to human nature...and especially modern society.

A lot of people didn't like the show's finale...but I thought it was the perfect ending to it all...took it to its logical ultimate conclusion.

 

[brian64]

I still adore Andy Griffith.

Sort of the yang to Seinfeld's yin.

 

[BROBS]

exactly... so selfish it ended it!

 

[brian64]

It's about narcissism, nihilism, and the general meaninglessness of modern life...of the "consumer" culture.

It's about nothing.