The Chinese Restaurant has one of the best scenes ever though. When the girl calls for George and the host yells Cartwright. I could watch that scene on loop

the best episode is The Boyfriend and its not even close. the Zapruder film re-enactment with Roger McDowell as the conspiracy piece is the greatest moment in TV comedy history. (the fact that wayne knight was in Oliver Stone's JFK is just icing on the cake.) i am prepared to argue this point until the day i die.

i'm gettin outa here - Jerry's a nut!

ever notice how the puerto rican day episode is like never on tv? it's the penultimate episode but i never seem to catch it.

its not in syndication because people complained.

The Hamptons episode is the best episode. The whole "It shrinks?" discussion is brilliantly executed and unbelievably funny.

Gonna muddy the waters mixing in the Brit stuff, but here goes my all-time TV rankings:

1. Seinfeld. By a large margin
2. Fawlty Towers. Would be #1 if it ran for 9 seasons
3. The Office (British version)
4. Cheers (hasn't aged well, though)
5. Simpsons
6. The Office (US version)
7. 30 Rock (sure am enjoying it in the moment)
8. Northern Exposure
9. All in the Family
10. Taxi

Good list. But why hasn't Cheers aged well? Granted, I'm still seeing a lot of episodes for the first time, but I think it's hilarious.

And I always like the episode where Kramer finds the Pig Man. Just something about it makes me laugh uncontrollably. The JFK scene in "The Boyfriend" never gets old either.

FTN wrote:its not in syndication because people complained.

I've seen it on TBS in the past.

I don't think the problem with Cheers is its not aging well. I think the Kirstie Allie episodes are weak, and while Norm and Cliff and Sam and even Woody are still funny, without Diane, the show lost the zing that made it one of the best sit coms ever. So, those episodes no longer seem all that funny. Now All in the Family is a show that hasn't aged well. It really was a product of its time. MASH is another one that hasn't aged all that well, but I find the occasional rerun funny. Honeymooners by contrast can still be hilarious. Hellooooo, ball.

I really wish Taxi was syndicated. That is my favorite sit com of all time.

So, my sitcom list is something like this:

Taxi
Honeymooners
Simpsons
MASH
Cheers

Big fan of WKRP in Cincinatti; brought something new to the sitcom in the late-70s, too bad they had to take out a lot of the music for the dvd release.

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lethal wrote:

FTN wrote:its not in syndication because people complained.

I've seen it on TBS in the past.

yeah it's definitely still on, it's just so rare compared to every other ep. kinda like the simpsons with the twin towers; you can still catch it from time to time, just not with the same frequency.

I know that it wasnt shown for a while after the show went off the air but thats cool if they are showing it now. I never watch on tv since i have the DVDs.

Ill post my top 25 episodes later

it'd be interested to hear/read everyone's worst 5 episodes. i need to think.

the pilot and first couple episodes (Seinfeld Chronicles) are pretty hard to watch, esp. the Kramer persona.

iirc the architect joke originated in one of them however.

hmmm, 5 worst.

The Pilot
The Pony Remark
The Statue
The Scofflaw
The Betrayal

I don't know if it's my favorite, but The Wig Master is up there.

My top 25

25. The Limo - The part where Kramer tries to show Elaine the 360 dunk and falls into the trash cans is one of my fav Kramer moments in the series
24. The Fusilli Jerry - "You had to use corkscrew pasta, didn't you?"
23. The Boyfriend - Always thought this one was overrated, but still makes the top 25 for the "second spitter" bit
22. The Checks - Its a Fardman.
21. The Revenge - The scene where Kramer dumps the cement into the washer is one of my favorite scenes in any episode.
20. The Alternate Side - "These pretzels are makin' me thirsty!!"
19. The Fire - "You're hung up on some clown from the sixties, man!"
18. The Opera - "Are you still afraid of clowns? Yeahhhhhh"
17. The Mom and Pop Store - "Guess who's driving Jon Voight's car...."
16. The Andrea Doria - "Ahoy, Mr Eldridge"
15. The Doorman - Here for a quickie?
14. The Maestro - "I can have as many cafe lattes as I want!"
13. The Opposite - Classic George.
12. The Library - The Bookman character is awesome. Cant-standya!
11. The Rye - "What do you feed that thing? Oh oats and hay...they like that"
10. The Wig Master - "I said turn, pimp!!"
09. The Strike - "A festivus, for the rest of us"
08. The Soup Nazi - Lots of hype, but still a classic. "Adios muchacho!"
07. The Marine Biologist - "Is that a Titleist?" is one of the best lines ever written
06. The Summer of George - "This was supposed to be the summer of George!!"
05. The Serenity Now - "Serenity now, insanity later"
04. The Caddy - "You know Sue Ellen, its not a top"
03. The Muffin Tops - "The last thing this guy is qualified to give a tour of is reality"
02. The Doll - The scenes where they are trying to play pool are hilarious. Classic Kramer.
01. The Gum - The way they tie all the storylines together, especially the George blaming Lloyd Braun for everything bit is hilarious and really encapsulates what made the show so awesome for me.


I also think the Finale is underrated. I think people were looking for the wrong thing out of the episode, and in the context of the series, I think it was awesome. I'd put in the 26-30 range.

disappointed not to see "the race" on there. prob my favorite episode.

FTN, where do you rate The Hamptons?