Jordan and I have a nightly ritual of watching Seinfeld at 10 PM each weeknight. Then Jordan falls asleep on the couch and I do homework/facebook until the 11:30 PM Seinfeld comes on. We actually kinda plan our night around it, we love it so much.
We have a less strict ritual of watching the new Office episode each week, either on t.v. or online. I've noticed that The Office.......sucks. I'm tired of holding my breath when someone who watches the show every now and then talks about how hilarious the last episode was- NO! IT WAS DUMB!!!! THEY ALL HAVE BEEN SINCE THE MIDDLE OF SEASON 3!!!! Awww, that felt good.
Don't get me started on The Simpsons. My family used to be the show's biggest fan. Now I haven't watched the new episodes on t.v. in YEARS because they are soooooooooo duuuuuumb! Ugh.
So tonight, as I watched my two delightful Seinfeld episodes (which means, yes, Jordan is asleep next to me as I type) I contemplated how Seinfeld stayed funny from season 1-9. It's because of this: nothing in the show ever changed!!!! It was a point that the show made- no character growth, no lessons, no nothing! (Hmmm....a show about nothing maybe?? ) Even when there was a hint of change -George getting engaged, for example, Seinfeld homeostasis kicked in. ( I have no clue if I used that word correctly. Biology was too long ago.) George remained the same petty, selfish, loveless man throughout his engagement and then the show killed Susan off very cleanly. When Jerry was making his pilot, the NBC president cancelled it...and everything was back to normal. Awwwwwww....
Then there is the Office. It was SO FUNNY for the first two episodes. Angela and Dwight's secret affair, watching Oscar casually hide it apparent homosexuality which was unbeknownst to the other employees, Jim and Pam's tension, Jan being a normal boss who constantly suffers from her one night make out with Michael....It was all brilliant. But THEEENNNN, change happened. The Office went 100% anti-Seinfeld: Jan went all weird and dated Michael, Oscar was outed, Angela and Dwight broke up, Jim and Pam are stupid and married, Pam is a sales person (whaaaa?) Toby likes Pam, and don't get me started on all the crap they did with Ryan. It's like the writers wanted to get as far away from the beginning of the show as possible. But, if the beginning of the show was funny....and now it's the opposite of the beginning....DING DING! Not funny. Just dumb.
I can't even begin to talk about all the garbage that the Simpsons went through. The show should have ended ten years ago- literally.
In conclusion, Seinfeld is the best show ever, and t.v. shows should learn a lesson from it. Don't change things. That's just silly. Life changes all the time. I need the stability that is Kramer.
I must say, I can't stand Jason Alexander... he reminds me of a pedophile for some reason... however I agree that the first 2 seasons of the office were the best! We were watching some reruns the other night and both danny and I were saying how it was a completely different show... I need the tension of pam and jim not being in a relationship, and I want her to be the receptionist still, I also don't like that they are having a baby, and I hate that they made Jan crazy! She had been a strong female character and then they made her a crazy! I loved it when she was Michael's superior, there were some great situations. And what about Stanley cheating on his wide, dumb! Don't get me wrong, I still love the office, but I do like things better from the first few seasons.
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