John "trump signs are Pennsylvania's state flower" Fetterman? John "we shouldn't harp on trump's felony convictions because Democrats are supposed to be the party of forgiveness" Fetterman? That John Fetterman? Fuck that John Fetterman.

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  • [–] 2 points 17 hours ago

    It only ran for two seasons and never rated very high. It did get a ton of Emmy nominations, though. Probably just a bit too early for its time -- people weren't ready in 1984 for a thoroughly reprehensible lead character. My favorite scene was one where he hangs a dude out the window of a skyscraper by his feet, but I can't find a clip of it. Like all '80s sitcoms, the laugh track was atrocious.

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  • [–] 2 points 20 hours ago

    I loved the first Star Wars as a kid and also Empire Strikes Back. I was distraught when I learned that George Lucas had planned nine movies in total; the thought of having to wait that long to see them was unbearable. I ended up not particularly caring about Return of the Jedi (the muppet really ruined that movie for me, along with the Ewok "song" at the end). I've still never even seen the prequels, and I only watched the three new ones last year because I wanted to see if they were as bad as everyone said. They were.

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  • [–] 1 point 20 hours ago (2 children)

    It basically pioneered the genre of shallow insecure narcissists clashing with each other and their surroundings

    IMHO the real pioneer of this genre was the earlier show Buffalo Bill starring Dabney Coleman. It also happens to be the vehicle that introduced Geena Davis to the world.

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  • [–] 8 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

    What made Seinfeld funny was the situations they set up, like the one where Jerry and George pretend to be the people listed on the sign held up by a limo driver in order to get a free ride home from the airport, only to discover that the people they're impersonating are white supremacists on their way to speak at a rally at Madison Square Garden (for good measure, Kramer and Elaine are at MSG to protest the white supremacists). But watching Curb Your Enthusiasm all these years has made it clear that it was really Larry David that was creating these situations, and his show does it a lot better.

    The other thing that made Seinfeld funny was the copious amounts of weed I was smoking at the time. These days, it just isn't really that funny, and the soundtrack (I meant laugh track -- the soundtrack with the funky bass line was great) just makes it worse. There was never anything funny about Friends. I watched it because I was in love with Courtney Cox.

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