OK, before everyone gets their hackles all raised and their flamethrowers out, because I know how people love Seinfeild and Roseanne. The subject here is "overrated" texts and pieces, not necessarily bad. As to my own tastes I have not liked, loved and enjoyed a TV situation comedy since MASH went off the air in the early 1980s, and I got to enjoy watching Family ties and Golden girls in their syndication periods, I also got to watching Murphy Brown right before its cancellation. IMhO, I agree with the four guys in King of the hill, Seinfield is just a show about nothing. And maybe this is an age thing or a geography thing, IME most fans of the modern situation comedies are usually much younger than me and were raised east of the Mississippi.
However, I believe these shows do shine as a collection of jokes and oftentimes excellent and very, very funny jokes. For example, one of the most well known episodes of Seinfield, is a collection of jokes about self-pleasuring (to put it very euphenistically). FWIW, this explains my viewing pattern when I see these shows, I'll find myself watching until a scene or commericial break and then move on to something else. There does not seem to be a story to hold my interest over a break in the action.
So if you still feel the need to barbecue me, get your fire starting devices at the ready. taraswizard
Allan Rosewarne N9SQT/WDX6HQV
Chicago area
W/T forever, always
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