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Post by Hey Man on Jul 27, 2012 1:58:40 GMT -5
Do you prefer Seinfeld or Curb? Or neither? I gotta go with Seinfeld, but I love Larry David on Curb.
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Post by dute on Jul 27, 2012 4:35:09 GMT -5
I've never seen CYE, but have heard it's good. Being a massive Seinfeld fan though, I'd still lean towards it regardless.  |
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Post by Cducharme on Jul 27, 2012 5:25:53 GMT -5
I'm gonna go the unpopular route and go curb. I just really like it a lot more than I liked seinfeld. Dunno why.
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Post by lugnut on Jul 27, 2012 13:13:15 GMT -5
I'd probably have to leans toward Seinfeld just for how well the show holds up to repeat viewing, but Curb is every bit as good as sometimes even funnier. Leave it to LED to not like Seinfeld.  |
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Post by Hey Man on Jul 27, 2012 13:16:47 GMT -5
I've never seen Curb. I've seen a few episodes of Seinfeld. Doesn't do much for me. I just don't understand your logic behind this. What do you want in a 80/90's sitcom? Well written and George is just hilarious. It's not the show, it's you.  |
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Post by Hey Man on Jul 27, 2012 14:02:45 GMT -5
I just don't understand your logic behind this. What do you want in a 80/90's sitcom? Well written and George is just hilarious. It's not the show, it's you. I just have no use or need for an 80s/90s sitcom period. I've found random bits amusing. I enjoy the George character. Seinfeld himself I never found funny and his character did nothing for me. Kramer is your typical overused character written with the intent of being funny that never is, a Jim J. Bullock for the 90s. The female character (can't remember her name Elaine?) was the definition of a horrible selfish person and inherently unlikeable. Not my thing. Kramer has some really great and really funny scenes over the course of the series. I don't find Jerry funny as a comedian, but he is enjoyable on the show. I like Elaine too. But it's all about George for me. Funny enough, in the real world - I would be friends with these people. I wonder what that says about me. |
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Post by Wolfman on Jul 27, 2012 20:35:36 GMT -5
Neither both suck
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Post by marvulder on Jul 30, 2012 12:03:02 GMT -5
I never got into Seinfeld at all. I think Curb is pretty good though.
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Post by Justlee on Aug 1, 2012 19:33:05 GMT -5
Seinfeld all the way. Love that show.
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Post by flexlufful on Aug 1, 2012 19:37:02 GMT -5
Both are superb.
I enjoy Curb more because of the foul story lines within the freedom of cable TV...
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Post by lugnut on Aug 1, 2012 20:34:01 GMT -5
Both are superb. I enjoy Curb more because of the foul story lines within the freedom of cable TV... So you have a rash on your pussy? |
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Post by Justin on Aug 13, 2012 23:45:35 GMT -5
I just have no use or need for an 80s/90s sitcom period. I've found random bits amusing. I enjoy the George character. Seinfeld himself I never found funny and his character did nothing for me. Kramer is your typical overused character written with the intent of being funny that never is, a Jim J. Bullock for the 90s. The female character (can't remember her name Elaine?) was the definition of a horrible selfish person and inherently unlikeable. Not my thing. Kramer has some really great and really funny scenes over the course of the series. I don't find Jerry funny as a comedian, but he is enjoyable on the show. I like Elaine too. But it's all about George for me. Funny enough, in the real world - I would be friends with these people. I wonder what that says about me. You kept making all the stops ! Well they kept ringing the bell. Just watched " Mango " last night. The Btte Midler episode and The episode with Kramer looking for the Pigmen come to mind. Kramer's ecitement at the mere mention that Bette will be there at the baseball charity game is great and gets me everytime without fail. The Seinfeld character sets up so much of the gold that happen's. Roundtine ! Sorry Heyman but i can't take your question seriously as very few things in the history of television are better than Seinfeld least of all curb your enthusiasm. I Love Lucy being one of the very few exception's that come to mind immediately. SEINFELD or I LOVE LUCY  Now that's a worthy debateable question. |
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Post by Alan1958 on Aug 25, 2012 15:21:02 GMT -5
First post on here , so be gentle.
I've got to go with Curb , although that is probably because I had not watched Seinfeld with the same enthusiasm .
Seinfeld is wonderfully written and acted , but Larry David must be one of the most watchable people on tv .....ever.............
I was hooked after a few episodes , so have bought every Curb box-set , and find they are also very re-watchable ......sometimes watching up to 5 episodes in one go !
So many epic moments , but to watch Larry David accost strangers on the street to help him change a flat tyre is one ov TV's funniest ever moments.
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Post by Alan1958 on Aug 26, 2012 19:36:43 GMT -5
First post on here , so be gentle. I've got to go with Curb , although that is probably because I had not watched Seinfeld with the same enthusiasm . Seinfeld is wonderfully written and acted , but Larry David must be one of the most watchable people on tv .....ever............. I was hooked after a few episodes , so have bought every Curb box-set , and find they are also very re-watchable ......sometimes watching up to 5 episodes in one go ! So many epic moments , but to watch Larry David accost strangers on the street to help him change a flat tyre is one ov TV's funniest ever moments. Welcome to The Freewheeler Alan! Thanks for that ! |
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Post by Alan1958 on Aug 26, 2012 19:39:41 GMT -5
Was in Canter's last night and Liz Sheraton (Seinfeld's mother on the show) was in the booth next to ours, fuck me she's got one foot in the grave. Had no idea who she was until our server said something. Couldn't walk on her own. She couldn't walk on her own ? Yeah , I'm like that when I eat there too !!!! |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2012 9:24:14 GMT -5
Was in Canter's last night and Liz Sheraton (Seinfeld's mother on the show) was in the booth next to ours, fuck me she's got one foot in the grave. Had no idea who she was until our server said something. Couldn't walk on her own. Next time yer there, have a bowl of Mazzo Ball Soup for me! I'll easily go with Curb! Love Seinfeld, but Larry David is an absolute comedic genius and the cast is AMAZING. |
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Post by Justin on Oct 2, 2012 9:39:22 GMT -5
Was in Canter's last night and Liz Sheraton (Seinfeld's mother on the show) was in the booth next to ours, fuck me she's got one foot in the grave. Had no idea who she was until our server said something. Couldn't walk on her own. Next time yer there, have a bowl of Mazzo Ball Soup for me! I'll easily go with Curb! Love Seinfeld, but Larry David is an absolute comedic genius and the cast is AMAZING. Not more amazing than Seinfeld though surely ? |
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Post by lugnut on Oct 2, 2012 11:12:49 GMT -5
Next time yer there, have a bowl of Mazzo Ball Soup for me! I'll easily go with Curb! Love Seinfeld, but Larry David is an absolute comedic genius and the cast is AMAZING. Not more amazing than Seinfeld though surely ? I'm going to take this as another case where you've never actually seen Curb but just assume it's not very good anyway, right? Anyway, yeah, I'd say the cast is every bit as talented as the Seinfeld cast was, albeit perhaps in different ways. If you keep in mind that Larry David is George Costanza (character and George's mannerisms were based on Larry, many of George's storylines were things that actually happened to Larry, etc.), you can almost look at Curb as some kind of alternate-timeline spinoff where where George moved to California, became wildly successful and now has to deal with everything that comes with that on a day-to-day basis. Either way, it's a show you should watch. If you liked Seinfeld, you'll like Curb, really no two ways about it. (Just avoid the awful edited-for-TV-syndication versions assuming those ever made it to Australia. I think LD eventually had them pulled from the air here in the States, which was probably a wise idea.) |
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Post by Justin on Oct 2, 2012 18:23:38 GMT -5
Not more amazing than Seinfeld though surely ? I'm going to take this as another case where you've never actually seen Curb but just assume it's not very good anyway, right? Anyway, yeah, I'd say the cast is every bit as talented as the Seinfeld cast was, albeit perhaps in different ways. If you keep in mind that Larry David is George Costanza (character and George's mannerisms were based on Larry, many of George's storylines were things that actually happened to Larry, etc.), you can almost look at Curb as some kind of alternate-timeline spinoff where where George moved to California, became wildly successful and now has to deal with everything that comes with that on a day-to-day basis. Either way, it's a show you should watch. If you liked Seinfeld, you'll like Curb, really no two ways about it. (Just avoid the awful edited-for-TV-syndication versions assuming those ever made it to Australia. I think LD eventually had them pulled from the air here in the States, which was probably a wise idea.) Kramer was based on a neighbour of LD going by that logic. A funny story that actually happened to you is one thing another thing alltogether bringing that too life. Remember the seinfeld episode where the bizzarro world can you imagine seinfeld if that where the actual seinfeld cast and not the cast we came to love. |
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Post by lugnut on Oct 2, 2012 18:32:45 GMT -5
Kramer was based on a neighbour of LD going by that logic. A funny story that actually happened to you is one thing another thing alltogether bringing that too life. Indeed though, the vast majority of the Seinfeld plots came directly from Larry or Jerry's lives (or from other writers' in the later seasons). You lose Jerry's input, but otherwise with Curb it's that exact same mastery of turning the real into a funny half-hour, and once you start watching it you'll get the sense that Larry probably contributed more to the scripts than Seinfeld did. By the way if you didn't know, pretty much the entirety of Curb's seventh season centers around a Seinfeld reunion show, features all the main cast members and ultimately culminates in seeing what's basically a brand-new Seinfeld episode by the end of the season. Might be a good place to start if you want to see the old cast together again, though you'll be missing a bit of backstory from the previous season regarding Larry's divorce. |
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Post by Anomacunt the Excellent on Oct 3, 2012 16:48:36 GMT -5
I think Justin's probably only seen maybe 10 Seinfeld episodes.
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Post by Justin on Oct 3, 2012 18:26:51 GMT -5
I think Justin's probably only seen maybe 10 Seinfeld episodes. Wha wha wha wha wha wha wha wha whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaatttttttt Every episode of every season repeatedly. Still watch the re runs everynight on TV 1 |
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Now that's a worthy debateable question.
