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Are you a "Friends" person or a "Seinfeld" person?
- Thread starter Dalek
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make your own poll
Fraiser was great too-but in the 90s it seemed like Friends and Seinfeld were the two biggest comedies and to me they had such completely different humor.
Seinfeld by far.
Curiously, that does not translate to Curb Your Enthusiasm. I watched a few episodes of that and thought it was just cringy and not at all funny.
Curiously, that does not translate to Curb Your Enthusiasm. I watched a few episodes of that and thought it was just cringy and not at all funny.
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I always thought Curb was really funny but the first few episodes in the first season are very spartan. I'd say it doesn't really get classic until a little while in. Once he finds the rhythm of the show it's like a runaway freight train-every episode is a knockout.
Seinfeld even though friends was more my generation. With that said, I watched friends a ton when it aired like everyone else. And even re runs for a bit after. But I don't find it endlessly watchable like I do Seinfeld.
Seinfeld. Good chunks of it still hold up comedy-wise. I found Curb to be eventually superior.
I never found Friends funny, and today it's borderline offensive.
I never found Friends funny, and today it's borderline offensive.
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That had the greatest TV theme song of all time. When I was a kid I was amazed that someone actually approved that to go out on the air.
Probably actually the correct answer but I voted Seinfeld anyway because voting is good and it's our civic duty as gamer nerds to vote in online polls
Seinfeld. I've never laughed while watching Friends. Seinfeld formed my taste in comedy and it was all my parents watched on weeknights.
Seinfeld. Always was, too. I liked Friends in 5th/6th/7th grade, as well as Seinfeld, but I continued to like Seinfeld and I found Friends unwatchable by the time I was a teenager. Friends was the first sitcom I liked where I thought "eh, this is ridiculous" and it became not funny to me.
Today, I can't stomach an episode of Friends, but I often watch reruns of Seinfeld.
Today, I can't stomach an episode of Friends, but I often watch reruns of Seinfeld.
Since OP ruled out Frasier I'll go with this. But really Frasier should be up there, I mean
Niles alone takes it to the top
If we're talking sitcoms, Fraiser was my favourite.
Stay weird, internet.
It's somehow off the table to enter the discussion and say you don't like or haven't seen either?
Stay weird, internet.
Seinfeld is better written and less sentimental, Friends is fun comfort food. I like them both, but Seinfeld is better and more interesting in almost every way.
Don't really see myself as either but I'd say Seinfeld because I found myself actually watching episodes back in the day when reruns played on Fox 25 before or after the Simpsons. I've never watched Friends.
I concur with the sentiment of "neither".
Can we get a full "No Sitcom" option, because that's me.
Can we get a full "No Sitcom" option, because that's me.
Yeah, there isn't a character on Friends that can approach the sheer comedic force of George Costanza.
I don't like the cast in Seinfeld. It's funny but I don't want to watch a show with those characters.
Friends has some questionable humor by 2019 standards, but the cast is top tier and I think most of the humor still works. The dramatic moments fell flat for me though.
Friends has some questionable humor by 2019 standards, but the cast is top tier and I think most of the humor still works. The dramatic moments fell flat for me though.