"Seinfeld" (1990) Série TV 1990-1998

Note Générale:

9,4/10   

Créateurs:

Larry David
Jerry Seinfeld

Saisons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9

Date de sortie:

31 mai 1990 (USA)

Genre:

Comedie

Intrigue:

The continuing misadventures of neurotic New York stand-up comedian Jerry Seinfeld and his equally neurotic New York friends.

Plot Keywords:

Eccentric | Neurotic | Stand Up Comedian | Friendship | Sitcom

Récompenses:

Won 3 Golden Globes. Another 58 wins & 121 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

Seinfeld, a cultural landmark?

US TV Schedule:

Sun. Nov. 8	7:30 PM	MyNetwork	The Fusilli Jerry	#6.20
Sun. Nov. 8	11:30 PM	Fox	The Diplomats Club	#6.21

Ensemble

Jerry Seinfeld	...	Jerry Seinfeld / ... (Episodes, 1990-1998)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus	...	Elaine Benes / ... (Episodes, 1990-1998)
Michael Richards	...	Kramer / ... (Episodes, 1990-1998)
Jason Alexander	...	George Costanza / ... (Episodes, 1990-1998)
Ruth Cohen	...	Ruthie Cohen (Episodes, 1992-1998)

Autre(s) titre(s):

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)

Durée:

23 min (180 episodes)

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur

Rapport de forme:

1,78 : 1

Son:

Dolby

Classification:

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

Lieux de tournage:

757 New Hampshire, Los Angeles, California, USA

Société:

Castle Rock Entertainment

Anecdotes:

Larry David was the original voice of Newman in "The Revenge," but Wayne Knight overdubbed the voice for syndication.

Goofs:

Considéré à tort comme goofs: In common with many other sitcoms, details of characters' back-histories change through the life of the series. We don't count these inconsistencies as goofs in long-running shows.

Guillemet:

Newman: I propose... AN ALLIANCE.
Jerry: An alliance?... Deal.
[Jerry and Newman share an evil laugh]
Jerry: [stops laughing abruptly] Now, get the hell out of here.

Connexions:

Référencé sur "Howard Stern on Demand: The Christys in the City" (2006)

Seinfeld, a cultural landmark?

I caught a few episodes of Seinfeld over it's final two seasons run on public channel, and made it a point to catch a lot more of Jerry and friends during it's reruns. I found it very amusing on first viewings, but as time wore on, I began to like it more and more, and to eagerly borrow taped episodes from friends, and to hunt for re-runs on syndicated channels.

Of the two comedy TV series in the history of television, I would choose both Seinfeld and Monty Python as the cultural landmarks of the medium. In Seinfeld, there is not a trace of sentimentality and glib moralizing that plagues the American sitcom genre. Characters do not hug each other on Christmas, fall in love, wax on and on about family and friends, there is no faux-cathartic season ender so favoured by the writers of, say, "Friends".

Instead, we have the narcissistic Jerry, constantly mining the minutiae of everyday detail for every bit of situational comedy; we have the hyper-aggressive Elaine, whose strings of breakups with boyfriends are as impressive as her petty neuroses leading up to the breakups themselves; the ultimate schlub-loser George, who lies to every single woman he dates, sells faulty equipment to the handicapped and muscles off women and children when fleeing an apartment fire; and the impossibly inventive physical comedy of the entrepreneur cum schmooze Kramer.

Over and over again, week in and week out, the quartet discuss trivialities with unbridled zeal, as the non-descript narrative pings from one mundane setting to another. Seldom has such wit been generated by such gargantually pointless human endeavours. That is where the brilliance of Seinfeld lies, in the ability to go to the most bizarre ends to fulfill the potential of a less than hopeful comedic premise; and the endless, pointlessly smug and nihilistic banter that almost invariably escalates into some of TV's classic lines, such as when George shouts triumphantly after winning an argument that "there is no bigger loser than me!".

Surely, we won't find something like this again, for many more years to come.