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"Seinfeld" (1990): Season 3: Episode 16 -- Jerry and Elaine fix George up with a friend of hers.
"Seinfeld" (1990): :  -- The continuing misadventures of neurotic New York stand-up comedian Jerry Seinfeld and his equally neurotic New York friends.
"Seinfeld" (1990): :  -- The continuing misadventures of neurotic New York stand-up comedian Jerry Seinfeld and his equally neurotic New York friends.
"Seinfeld" (1990): :  -- The continuing misadventures of neurotic New York stand-up comedian Jerry Seinfeld and his equally neurotic New York friends.
"Seinfeld" (1990): :  -- The continuing misadventures of neurotic New York stand-up comedian Jerry Seinfeld and his equally neurotic New York friends.

Overview

User Rating:
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Seasons:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 full episode list
Release Date:
31 May 1990 (USA) more
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Plot:
The continuing misadventures of neurotic New York stand-up comedian Jerry Seinfeld and his equally neurotic New York friends. full summary
Awards:
Won 3 Golden Globes. Another 58 wins & 121 nominations more
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(386 articles)
Interesting Interviews: Ricky Gervais Chats with Larry David
 (From Cinematical. 7 December 2009, 9:45 AM, PST)

Alba Learns She's European
 (From WENN. 2 December 2009, 11:21 AM, PST)

User Comments:
The last and greatest juggernaut of comedy. more (313 total)

Cast

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Jerry Seinfeld ... Jerry Seinfeld / ... (174 episodes, 1990-1998)

Julia Louis-Dreyfus ... Elaine Benes / ... (173 episodes, 1990-1998)

Michael Richards ... Kramer / ... (173 episodes, 1990-1998)

Jason Alexander ... George Costanza / ... (173 episodes, 1990-1998)
Ruth Cohen ... Ruthie Cohen (101 episodes, 1992-1998)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Good News, Bad News (USA) (working title)
Stand-Up (USA) (working title)
The Jerry Seinfeld Show (USA) (working title)
The Seinfeld Chronicles (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
23 min (180 episodes)
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1.78 : 1 more
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Certification:
UK:12 (some episodes) | Australia:G (some episodes) | Australia:M (some episodes) | UK:PG | Australia:PG | UK:U (some episodes) | USA:TV-14 (some epiosodes) | UK:15 (one episode) | Finland:K-18 (2005) (DVD) (self applied) | Finland:K-3 (2004) | Netherlands:6 | Argentina:Atp | Denmark:A | Singapore:PG | USA:TV-PG

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Trivia:
In early versions of the pilot script, George was originally written as a fellow stand-up comedian named "Bennett". more
Goofs:
Miscellaneous: Newman's apartment is shown as 5F in one episode, and 5E for the rest. more
Quotes:
Cosmo Kramer: Somewhere in this hospital, the anguished squeal of Pigman cries out! more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm (1999) (TV) more

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201 out of 258 people found the following comment useful.
The last and greatest juggernaut of comedy., 8 September 2003
Author: slumberland from Orlando, Florida

I cannot, through any stretch of my imagination, grasp how anyone can't find the humor in this series. Perhaps they have succumb to a similar problem I have in writing this review. I find that I cannot accurately describe just why exactly this sitcom should be held so far above the others. It's Kramer's awkward movements and border-line insanity; it's Jerry and Elaine's never-rekindled romance; it's George's terrible luck and inadequacy issues; it's all of those and so much more. I do find, however, that the show can be described with one word: irreplaceable.

"Friends"? Have you ever noticed that in "Friends" commercials, not even they, the reigning kings and queens of sitcoms, dare tread on the title of "funniest show ever"? Just watch the next commercial you see, and you'll find "the funniest (running) show on television!" I don't know if I would call that perfectly accurate, but it proves my point. Seinfeld was groundbreaking, and it went to places that few comedies (or dramas, for that matter) have since gone, and nothing before nor since has in quite the same way equaled it.

I notice a reoccurring complaint of negative reviews on this site: the opening and occasional ending of Jerry Seinfeld doing standup. I admit, it isn't the funniest thing that I've ever heard, though he is by far the best "have you ever noticed" comedian, but give me a break! That is your complaint? At least some other reviewers go on about characters, and the implausible plotlines (not that I agree in the least with them), but just that reason alone? You obviously don't have the intelligence to grasp the humor of the series, content only with the easy-to-understand slapstick of today's comedy; but nonetheless, in your blatant stupidity, you cannot grasp why it ISN'T funny, either -- so you pick the standup.

Nice.

In any case, despite the negative reviews or even the positive, Seinfeld stands the test of time, and is the greatest sitcom ever made. Even TV Guide's compiled list of the "greatest television series' of all time," not at all exclusive to comedy (20/20, I believe, made the list), put Seinfeld right where it belongs: NUMBER ONE.

The last and greatest juggernaut of comedy, I know I'll be watching the untiring reruns that never seem to get old when I'm old and gray and long since committed to a retirement home.

And do you know what?

The intelligent viewers of humanity's next generation will be doing the same thing.

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