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Greatest Seinfeld Episode (1 Viewer)

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Was gonna start up a poll but everyone i speak to has their own favorite so too many choices

My favorite is a tossup between the Marine Biologist and The Opposite

I guess i will have to go with The Opposite, maybe the greatest job Jason Alexander did on the show.

His first run in with Steinbrenner was gold! :banned:

Great lines from episode: "Hi i am George and i am unemployed and live with my parents!"

"Jerry do you realize you are Even Steven!"

 
"The Contest" is overrated, before a hundred people nominate it.

I liked when Kramer ran for condo board president in a puppet regime down in Florida.

 
Big fan of "The Switch," "The Caddy," "The Marine Biologist," The Cigar Store Indian," "The Opposite," "The Merv Griffin Show," and "The Voice." Hellloooooooooooooooooooooooo

 
Here is some Wiki trivia about the pilot episode of Seinfeld, very interesting:

The Seinfeld Chronicles was received poorly by audience testing groups. Comments included, "You can't get too excited about two guys going to the laundromat"; "Jerry's loser friend George is not a forceful character"; "Jerry needs a stronger supporting cast"; and "Why are they interrupting the stand-up for these stupid stories?"[1] Other people complained that the show was "too Jewish" and "too New York".[8] Jerry was seen as naive, dense and powerless. As a result, NBC passed on the show. However, NBC executive Rick Ludwin believed the series had potential. Here therefore gave Seinfeld a budget to create four more episodes, which formed the rest of Season 1.[9] This is the smallest sitcom order in television history.[1] Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Elaine) has claimed that she was not aware of the pilot before she became a regular on Seinfeld. Out of superstition, she has claimed she will never watch the episode.[10]

When it was broadcast, the pilot received a Nielsen Rating of 10.9/19. When it was first repeated on July 5, 1990, it received a rating of 13.9/26. These ratings were high enough to secure a second season.[1] NBC research showed that the show was popular with young male adults, a demographic sought after by advertisers. This gave NBC an incentive to keep broadcasting the show.[11] One review by DVD reviewer Britt Gillette read that, "this initial episode exhibits the flashes of brilliance that made Seinfeld a cultural phenomenon."[12]

Another review of the pilot, by Colin Jacobson of DVD Movie Guide, said, "As one watches the pilot, it's hard to believe Seinfeld ever became so great. Okay - that's not wholly true, as one can see the sparks of the series' later inventiveness. However, the pilot is almost totally free from humor, as little about it seems amusing. It's got potential but little else."[13] Benjamin Willcock from DVD Active wrote that, "The pilot episode entitled "The Seinfeld Chronicles" was actually not exclusive to the show, it does not, for example have most of the acting talent as seen later on in the show, and some of the references might not make sense at first. It's still a good way to get things rolling, but for the real meat you'll want to check out the remainder of the first season, as vastly abbreviated as it is."[14]

 
Not a huge Seinfeld :no: so I don't know the "official" names, but the episode that always cracks me up is where Kramer invented the "beach" cologne.

When he comes out in his underwear trying to act suave, I :loco: every time.

 
Marine Biologist

"The sea was angry that day my friends. Like an old man sending back soup at a deli"

"I could see directly into the eyes of the great fish." "Mammal." "Whatever."

 
Y'know, Darren, if you would have told me twenty-five years ago that some day I’d be standing here about to solve the world's energy problems, I would’ve said you’re crazy . . . Now let’s push this giant ball of oil out the window.
 
Almost impossible to pick one.

I guess if I had to, I might go with the dinky donuts episode. Kramer sees DiMaggio and George gets the massage from a dude and "it moved"

 
The Millennium

George tries to get fired from the Yankees, Elaine tries to run Putumayo, an ethnic-themed clothing store, out of business after receiving bad customer service, and Jerry gets caught in a war over speed dial rankings between his girlfriend (Lauren Graham) and her stepmother.

Also, Kramer and Newman learn that they are each planning rival Millennium parties (Newman's is called the "Newmanium"). Eventually, they agree to combine them into one party on the insistence of Newman that they not invite Jerry. In the end, Jerry tells Newman that technically he has his dates wrong and will actually be celebrating the Millennium a year too late.

:loco:

 
Raider Nation said:
"The Contest" is overrated, before a hundred people nominate it.
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Agreed. Don't get me wrong...it is very funny, but I think many say it is the funniest merely because of the content matter. Personally, there are so many great ones that it seems almost impossible to pick just one, but I have always been partial to "The Junior Mint." But really, just about every episode from Seasons 4 and 5 is awesome, and that is not even counting all of the great ones in all of the other seasons.
 
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It's funny. To me, there is a clear line regarding when the show was just "okay" compared to when it was great.

The early episodes which open with Jerry doing his stand-up act are, for the most part, meh.

Once they scrapped the stand-up routine in the opening, the show seemed to improve a LOT.

 
oh god it's so hard to choose, so many were brilliantly put together.

one of my favorites is when they go to the party and chiklis comes and gets the prostitute in Jerry's apartment - The Stranded

Others include The Soup Nazi, The Caddy, The Comeback, The Summer of George, The Marine Biologist, The Contest (not overrated, just liked more by people who don't appreciate Seinfeld fully), and The Big Salad

I am not even sure what character I appreciate/relate to the most, I love them all.

 
Season 7, Episode 10: The Gum

Original Air Date: 14 December 1995

Lloyd Braun comes back from the insane asylum. Kramer takes him under his wing and convinces Jerry to buy gum from him and wear glasses that don't belong to him to prove that Lloyd isn't crazy. George tries to prove to his old neighbor Deena that he isn't crazy after a cashier short changes him.

 
I like the "Cuban Flag" and last night I saw the episode when Jerry's mechanic(guy from everyone loves Raymond) stole his Saab and Kramer and Newman chase after it in the mail truck. I :blackdot: quite a bit.

 
KRAMER: I don't know! (building to a shout) But I woke up in the Hudson River in a SACK!! I think she drugged me, but she's a murderer and I'm calling the cops.

 
Elaine: All right, let's go, I'll give you half an hour.

Jerry: You're serious?

Elaine: Jerry, we have to have sex to save the friendship.

Jerry: Sex to SAVE the friendship. Well if we have to, we have to.

:blackdot:

 
The Chinese Restaurant

Jerry, George and Elaine decide to get dinner without reservations at a Chinese restaurant before seeing Plan 9 From Outer Space but are repeatedly stymied by the maître d'. After they are repeatedly told they will receive a table in "5, 10 minutes", a starving Elaine suggests bribing the maître d'. George gets frustrated when other patrons monopolize the phone, as he needs to use it to get in touch with his girlfriend Tatiana, who eventually calls but the maitre d' calls Cartwright instead of Costanza resulting in their subsequent break-up. Jerry, having lied to his uncle that he couldn't make it to dinner, sees his uncle's receptionist at the restaurant. Realising his cover is blown, he decides that he might as well call his uncle and have dinner with him after all. George and Elaine both agree to leave. As soon as they leave, the maitre d' says 'Seinfeld, four!'



(As George reaches for the phone, a woman snatches it and starts dialing)

George: Excuse me, I was waiting here.

Woman at phone: What? I didn't see you.

George: I've been standing here for the last ten minutes!

Woman: Well I won't be long.

George: That's not the point. The point is I was here first.

Woman: Well if you were here first, you'd be holding the phone.

George (yelling out loud, so everyone can hear): You know, we're living in a society! We're supposed to act in a civilized way.

 
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biggamer3 said:
Here is some Wiki trivia about the pilot episode of Seinfeld, very interesting:The Seinfeld Chronicles was received poorly by audience testing groups.
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I'm proud to say that I became a fan of Seinfeld from Day One. I was one of the few people who actually watched the pilot when it first aired. My brother had been a huge fan of Jerry's standup specials on HBO, and he convinced me to watch the pilot episode with him. We both laughed our butts off and were hooked from that day forward.I still have a vivid memory of trying to convince all my high school buddies that this show was going to be bigger than "Cheers".
 
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The "shrinkage" episode was great. That storyline was good, but Kramer stealing lobster pots & the ugly baby just pushed it over the top.

 
The Sniffing Accountant

When Elaine spots their accountant on the street and invites him up, Jerry worries that Barry's persistent sniffing might indicate a drug problem. While telling Kramer of his suspicions, Jerry then gives his neighbor an old sweater which he claims is too itchy for him to wear. Meanwhile, when his father arranges an interview for a job selling bras, George is forced to suffer through an argument with his parents about the undergarment.

Upon learning that Barry is on a trip to South America, Jerry enlists Kramer and Newman in a plan to uncover the accountant's drug problem. So, after a stake Out of his office, Kramer joins Barry in a bar where he ends with a picture of a stunned accountant using the bathroom like everyone else. Meanwhile, after arguing with her new boyfriend over his reluctance to use exclamation points, Elaine ends up driving him away.

Although a successful interview lands him the bra salesman's job, George quickly loses it after touching the owner's temperamental daughter. Then, after preparing a letter terminating Barry and sending Newman to mail it, Jerry and Kramer discover that the old sweater may have actually been the cause of the accountant's sinus problem. But, after Newman's loses the letter, thus failing to void their business relationship, Jerry discovers that Barry is bankrupt because of a drug problem and that he and his friends have lost all of their investment.

 
Keith Hernandez 2-episode when Jerry & Elaine are fighting for him, which includes Kramer/Newman being spit on, and George running out of the bathroom with his pants at his ankles...

 
Such a hard question. I named mine early, but as I scroll down this thread and read, I think to myself, "Great episode. Great episode. Great episode ..."

 
Also the Switch gotta be in the top 10

George: (shouting) Do you ever go down on your knees and thank god that you know me and have access to my dimensia?

 
Another great one is with Jean Paul, the marathon runner who is staying with Elaine

Best part of that episode is George with the Houston Astros reps

 
Veni Vidi Vici said:
Season 7, Episode 10: The GumOriginal Air Date: 14 December 1995Lloyd Braun comes back from the insane asylum. Kramer takes him under his wing and convinces Jerry to buy gum from him and wear glasses that don't belong to him to prove that Lloyd isn't crazy. George tries to prove to his old neighbor Deena that he isn't crazy after a cashier short changes him.
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:tumbleweed: :cry:
 
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