I never thought I'd say this, but it's gotten to the point where I don't want to watch Seinfeld
anymore.
Not that I've changed my mind about the show. It's still in the Top 5 of my favorite shows of all time. But it has just gotten to the point where watching at least once (sometimes twice) every single day since 1998 has finally taken its toll on me. I can't watch them anymore. I know every episode so well that I could probably put on a puppet show in my living room with memorized dialogue if I wanted to.
Maybe in six months I'll change my mind and will have had enough of a break to go back to the show again. But for now, I'm watching something else between the hours of 6pm and 7:30 every night.
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10-21-2007 @ 4:49PM
david marks said...
Jerry, larry and lloyd--any questions?
The best of all!!!!!
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10-22-2007 @ 11:03PM
david marks said...
Remember this: this trio will forever be #1 !!
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10-26-2007 @ 10:03PM
david marks said...
Remember this: this trio will forever be #1 !!
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10-26-2007 @ 9:55PM
david marks said...
Remember this: this trio will forever be #1 !!
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11-18-2007 @ 9:37PM
david marks said...
Remember this: this trio will forever be #1 !!
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1-16-2006 @ 4:20PM
Kel said...
Noooooooo! OK, I'll agree that a break is needed every now and then.
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1-16-2006 @ 4:36PM
Jaymez said...
I never understood what was so great about this show. I always thought it sucked. It was one of those shows I'd watch if I couldn't find anything better or was tired of repeats. Once I started getting the porn channels, my boring TV was transformed greatly.
Death to Seinfield! Death to Seinfield!
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1-16-2006 @ 4:37PM
nosidam said...
Blasphemy!
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1-16-2006 @ 4:46PM
Michael said...
I got that way for a while....so I took some time off and came back and it's funnier than ever.
I think part of it is that the syndication package seems to only show a certain set of episdoes in heavy rotation, thus making you feel as if you've seen this one 1700 times in the past three weeks.
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1-16-2006 @ 4:46PM
sean said...
This is the same feeling I have for Simpsons. Thats why I prefer seeing stuff from pre-season 5
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1-16-2006 @ 4:47PM
Tripp said...
There are a few episodes I really liked, and there are a few that I absolutely hated. And then the ones in between where I went "eh".
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1-16-2006 @ 4:48PM
Lacey said...
I agree. I love the show, but it's just on too much.
The same for That 70's Show, It's my second favorite show, but I wish it was on a little less. I'm sick of seeing the episodes over and over.
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1-16-2006 @ 5:03PM
kerry said...
I go in and out of Seinfeld phases, they usually last about 6 months to a year, with varying spaces in between. I usually watch it for a little while, eventually get sick of it, then stop for a few months. I'm getting back into it again (the Donna Chang episode was on the other day, and the chinese restaurant episode was on the day after that, so how could I not watch?) and I might go so far as to tell my TiVo to record it when I see something good coming up.
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1-16-2006 @ 8:02PM
joevideo said...
it sounds like a M*A*S*H type conundrum. At one point in the late 80's, this show was on 3 or 4 times a day (and this was before the 500 channel universe). TBS and syndication will give it a rest when the ratings drop and something better comes along. But oops, nothing better has come along in the many years it's been off the air....
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1-16-2006 @ 9:55PM
H. F. Peterman said...
Someone sounds Festivus-ed out. A nice change of pace is Larry David's Curb Your Enthusiasm. It's a little darker, but still has the seinfeld humor.
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1-17-2006 @ 5:24AM
spongy said...
You need time to miss it a little and then rewatch it. Here in Finland, they don't show reruns like in the US so usually if they do rerun a show, it's been years since they showed it the last time. Plus, you know, DVDs. I can take a longer break and if I've got a craving for a good Kramer moment, I can just pop in a DVD and that's that.
Also, if they rerun shows, doesn't mean you have to watch it every.single.day. Catch a show every once in a while, totally randomly when the mood strikes.
Seinfeld's still THE show. The root of all quotes for every occasion and every time I do something, like let's say, buy a bag of pretzels, I think of the gang saying "These pretzels are making me thirsty!" Good times.
But like I said, take a break and let yourself miss it a little before going back.
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