Since someone else started talking about Seinfeld, I’ll just go ahead too. That’s a show that’s almost physically painful for me to watch. There was always some situation where someone would do something that seemed fairly innocuous, but for some reason it deeply offended—not just one person, but every person that they came into contact with during the episode. The characters were not likable. But not so unlikable that you loved to hate them They were just tepid, selfish and annoying people who weren’t very funny.
For some reason, my dad is totally obsessed with Seinfeld and it’s brilliance. He can go on for hours at a time about one single episode (seriously.. hours at a time.. all at once.,, in one sitting,, with no bathroom breaks, my dad is talking about one episode I’ve never seen of a show I don’t like. It’s a gas.)
My dad is really weird though. I don’t think he likes Seinfeld for the same reasons that other people like Seinfeld. As much as he talks, I can’t quite get what his take on it, but he always has a really… unconventional.. way of looking at television. Like once he explained to me that “Frasier” was brilliant.. and it was obvious that Niles and his dad didn’t really exist. They were different aspects of his personality. You may THINK you were watching the crazy antics of a mismatched family play out, but you were REALLY watching Frasier Crane’ slowly sinking deep into unfathomable insanity, getting sicker with each passing episode. Yeah.. laughs a plenty.
Anyway. long story short. I never liked the show, but I hate it with a passion now that my dad has gotten into it.