Um… yeah. Seinfeld of course. That show feels like an old friend.
I grew up with it. We looked forward to every Thursday night new episode. I remember the collective anticipation across the nation to see the series finale. I remember how disappointed we all were in how bad the final episode sucked. Even after new episodes were a thing of the past, it was still on twice a day in syndication, and somehow no matter how many times I’d already seen an episode, I’d still sit down and watch it again.
I couldn’t tell you how many times I’ve seen each episode, but most likely much more than 5 times! Season 5 is definitely my favorite, the absolute peak. “The Marine Biologist” might be one of the greatest sitcom episodes ever written. George’s dramatic monologue about the whale is perfection itself. And the bakery episode with the black and white cookie has so many good lines I still say to this day. My favorite episode from later in the series is definitely “Serenity Now,” which is somehow both ridiculous and deeply relatable depending on the day.
Of course I own the collector’s DVD set, and I joke that Seinfeld partially raised me (my mom has never appreciated that) because it was on so much in my house. The dry humor and absurdity of the situations is baked into my personality at this point.
I don’t usually get overly emotional about celebrity deaths. But I have a feeling the day Jerry Seinfeld goes, it’s going to hit different. Some shows are just entertainment and a once-over of each episode is sufficient. Seinfeld feels like a time capsule of my childhood, and I’ll never pass up a chance to revisit.
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