Merv Griffin Show was on a bit earlier. Shining moment in Seinfeld history. Has to be a top three episode

Squire wrote:I don't know. It almost seemed a little "too much" like they were caricatures of themselves. It didn't seem that genuine to me.

that's a by-product of the 2-minute medium they did. Not really much time for set-ups. had to be "boom, do a george-ism, boom, do a jerry-ism, curtain".

CFP wrote:Merv Griffin Show was on a bit earlier. Shining moment in Seinfeld history. Has to be a top three episode

i was watching it, too. a true great episode because there's like 3 story lines going on. george and the pigeons, jerry's gf's toy collection, and the merv griffin set.

And Elaine and the sidler.

Also love the home movies from George's boyhood trip to Michigan.

Scandals and Animals.

Love Merv Griffin Set episode. Definitely in my Top 6. Festivus, Serenity Now, Junior Mint, Keith Hernandez, Marine Biologist

Episode is notable for this moment, where you can clearly see George laughing, but it's not edited out:

http://youtu.be/RjGoz4XpXtg?t=3m39s

Squire wrote:Love Merv Griffin Set episode. Definitely in my Top 6. Festivus, Serenity Now, Junior Mint, Keith Hernandez, Marine Biologist

I think this would be my list as well, or very close to it. The end of Marine Biologist when George pulls the golf ball out still makes me laugh like the first time I saw it.

http://xfinity.comcast.net/slideshow/en ... einfeld/1/

Then and now

I think Comedians in cars is funny.

stevelxa476 wrote:

Squire wrote:Love Merv Griffin Set episode. Definitely in my Top 6. Festivus, Serenity Now, Junior Mint, Keith Hernandez, Marine Biologist

I think this would be my list as well, or very close to it. The end of Marine Biologist when George pulls the golf ball out still makes me laugh like the first time I saw it.

Agreed. That speech was perfection.

I also might include the backwards episode just cause I thought it was kind of neat.

I don't care that Seinfeld doesn't care about diversity in Comedy. He already dealt with it very well in the episode where George was desperate to find a black friend, and it's not realistic to expect a bunch of rich Jewish dudes that grew up together would have a diverse crew.

george was raised catholic, apropos of nothing

yeah I hadn't watched the interview prior to that and assumed that he was defending Seinfeld, not Comedian's In Cars. still don't see it as being a big deal. he has a lot of contemporaries (and luminaries) that are white and Jewish dudes.

he has mostly white, jewish friends who he gathered from comedy. his best friend is also george wallace, and he's close with chris rock.

i think he's just annoyed at constantly being asked this for years on end, and came off inartful.

HE HAS HIS FRIENDS ON THE SHOW. that's the point of it. he has a lot of white friends. lots of white people have lots of white friends...kinda how it is in our society at this point.

pacino wrote:The Junior Mint game

$19,000 before I realized the trick

pacino wrote:complete series for $59

D'oh! Missed it. Not that $78.23 is ridiculous or anything.