I love him in everything. Rounders is another movie he was great in!
I might be swimming against the tide, but...
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I love him in everything. Rounders is another movie he was great in!
Seinfeld was genius to me also. What most people don't like about the show was the whole point of the show...how the nothingness of everyday life becomes something to these self-absorbed people.I am with you OoO. Seinfeld was genius. It was the look inside the neurotic NYC mind. So many classic things that have entered the zeitgeist from that show. Friends also was hilarious. Maybe some find "New York" humor too pretentious? I don't say that insultingly, as I've heard the same thing said about some British humor and sitcoms. To each their own on that stuff. I can find joy n things without others' approval and I suspect the same goes for them.
I've watched the shows so many times, and they're still so funny to me...just the exaggeration of the characters, how Jerry really can't act, George's neuroses, Kramer's crazy schemes, Elaine's "I told em you didn't. And then I laughed and laughed." I think it helps, too, that I watched them from the day they aired--it was so new and different from all the happy, family, lovey, sensitive shows I was used to.
I am with you OoO. Seinfeld was genius. It was the look inside the neurotic NYC mind. So many classic things that have entered the zeitgeist from that show. Friends also was hilarious. Maybe some find "New York" humor too pretentious? I don't say that insultingly, as I've heard the same thing said about some British humor and sitcoms. To each their own on that stuff. I can find joy n things without others' approval and I suspect the same goes for them.
All these Seinfeld haters, what do they know? They probably also double-dip their chips!!
It's like they're putting their whole mouths in the dip!!!!
I don't like this thing, and here's what I'm doing with it!!!!!
It's like they're putting their whole mouths in the dip!!!!
I don't like this thing, and here's what I'm doing with it!!!!!
Hubby and I were also big fans. Last night he was telling me something and he said, "I took it out of..." and I interrupted with:"You took IT? OUT?"
Yeah, we do lots of one liners from all sorts of shows and movies in my house.
It's like they're putting their whole mouths in the dip!!!!
I don't like this thing, and here's what I'm doing with it!!!!!
"You took IT? OUT?"
Giddyup!!
"You took IT? OUT?"
Thanks, guys, I needed the laugh!
Giddyup!!
We know that show was stupid and annoying. Granted, it was funny at times but the schtick got old quick.
And no, I don't double dip my chips. I get a plate and use a spoon to take a scoop of dip for myself that I put on the plate with my chips. That way I am not sharing cooties with all the other chip dippers. I am more highly evolved. I am version 2.0 afterall
We know that show was stupid and annoying. Granted, it was funny at times but the schtick got old quick.
And no, I don't double dip my chips. I get a plate and use a spoon to take a scoop of dip for myself that I put on the plate with my chips. That way I am not sharing cooties with all the other chip dippers. I am more highly evolved. I am version 2.0 afterall
^^^Hits golf balls into the ocean. Calls girlfriend Schmoopie........^^^
Hey, Spidey!
John and the kids (my nieces, nephews, God children- all young adults now) were all raised with good manners and etiquette. Yes, ma'am, No, sir, Please, Thank you etc. Our young women were taught how to enter/exit a car while wearing a dress/skirt correctly, males open doors, walk on the street side of the sidewalk...all those things. It wasn't sexist just polite and respectful.
ALL the kids have commented at one time or other how they have had to change what they were taught to suit the situation but they are all grateful to know how to behave properly.
I think it's always far preferable to be well mannered in the most casual circumstances than to be too casual in a more formal situation.
Hugs!
Hey, Dana Jean!
I was posting to Ms. Spidey just now. Yes! We were taught and we taught the kids!There is no, Yes or No without the ma'am or sir. AND in school, we learned the teachers names. "Yes, Ms. Kennedy", "No, Mr. Knight," .
May be "old fashioned" but it sounds nice and it feels nice.
Have a good one...ma'am.
We know that show was stupid and annoying. Granted, it was funny at times but the schtick got old quick.
And no, I don't double dip my chips. I get a plate and use a spoon to take a scoop of dip for myself that I put on the plate with my chips. That way I am not sharing cooties with all the other chip dippers. I am more highly evolved. I am version 2.0 afterall
Hi, you!
I posted this a while back. I liked the show until ...the last two years? I stopped watching it 'cause it seemed the characters were self centered and self absorbed. And their empathy was sorely lacking IMO. Lo and behold, the finale was just what I had thought! Self centered, self absorbed laughing at someone else.
Cooties! Ha! I though I was the only one who says that.
Have a great weekend!
Hey, you can like Seinfeld. Or not like Seinfeld.
Be the master of your domain. Or not.
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Be the master of your domain. Or not.
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
The best comedy series ever was Fawlty Towers!!
And the ocean called them and is running out of shrimp, too...
Yes it was funny. Sybil's laugh still haunts my dreams (and Basil's)...
I was actually nauseated the first time I heard the statement "my bad", having the same objection. Now, I think I've actually used the phrase myself.Yeah, it depends on one's environment.
Growing up, my mom would demand apologies for slights imagined and real, large and small, and it gave her a measure of moral superiority for the occasion. To this youngster, "I'm sorry" was code for "Here's what you want, Mom."
But I got used to saying, "I'm sorry," or, "I apologize," and it just became part of my verbal reflexes, something I said, oh, every 10 minutes or so, not even thinking about it. It was a conditioned statement. Then one time, a stalwart colleague said, "Stop apologizing so much. It's not necessary. Besides, people want performance over apology." It was a bit of an epiphany. It was one of those life-changing moments, in its own small way. I focused more on doing things right. If you have a clear conscience, apologies aren't quite as prevalent.
"My bad" grated on me at first, because from an English standpoint, you're nouning an adjective.
"No problem" is something I might say if someone feels they're inconveniencing me, except I would probably expand it to, "It's not a problem," and try to be cultured and cool about it. If I'm holding a door open or passing a croissant across the table and get told "Thank you," my reflex response is "You're welcome" or "Certainly." (I don't know the value of "Certainly." I just think it sounds nice.)
Do you know that Basil is actually based on a hotelowner John Cleese met somewhere in England. I remember him saying so in an interview. Poor guests!!Yes it was funny. Sybil's laugh still haunts my dreams (and Basil's)...