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Are you a "Friends" person or a "Seinfeld" person?
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Martin, his style of comedy is immediately funny to me and he single handedly carries the show. It takes a while for Will and crew to get the same type of laugh out of me if I'm being honest.
I've watched both series multiple times and think both are great for different reasons. However, Seinfeld is the more monumental show.
Seinfeld is so much better than Friends.
Like I've occasionally watched Friends just because it was on and I didn't feel like changing the channel or whatever but I straight up couldn't tell you which character is which or even tell you what happened in any episodes I've seen.
Like I've occasionally watched Friends just because it was on and I didn't feel like changing the channel or whatever but I straight up couldn't tell you which character is which or even tell you what happened in any episodes I've seen.
Does that mean Jerry wasn't in an episode? Or is IMDB wrong? IDMB has Jerry, George and Kramer at 173 episodes.
They were always billed on the title cards. Even if they weren't there.
I loved Friends as a kid and hated Seinfeld. Didn't get it.
I'm going through Seinfeld in its entirety for the first time with my wife now and now see Seinfeld's brilliance. It ages way better and I find it way more relatable given the situations the Seinfeld crew find themselves in. All of them are various degrees of fucked up but I think I can see a bit of myself in all of them.
Friends (granted going off of like 15-20 year old memories here) just seems like their lives are too good, with struggles just being small speedbumps in the road. It's set up to encourage you to want to see certain things happen and plays off that aspect, closer to a drama. I think now I don't really want that. On top of some of the sexist and homophobic humour that I now realize.
I'm going through Seinfeld in its entirety for the first time with my wife now and now see Seinfeld's brilliance. It ages way better and I find it way more relatable given the situations the Seinfeld crew find themselves in. All of them are various degrees of fucked up but I think I can see a bit of myself in all of them.
Friends (granted going off of like 15-20 year old memories here) just seems like their lives are too good, with struggles just being small speedbumps in the road. It's set up to encourage you to want to see certain things happen and plays off that aspect, closer to a drama. I think now I don't really want that. On top of some of the sexist and homophobic humour that I now realize.
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The same people who are in the midst of their 12th full run of The Office since it got added to Netflix.
Me.
I never really followed Seinfeld. But to me, it always looked so old. And the jokes were not funny at all, to me at least.
Friends was a great show that you can watch with someone and was genuinely funny. No deep jokes but you don't always need that.
Also, a hurray for Buffy the vampire slayer.
First post nails it. Friaser was funnier than both of those shows, to be honest.
None of them are touching Martin or Living Single.
Fuck Friends.
Which is interesting, because of the two shows Seinfeld has aged infinitely better.
Friends is trashy schlock and I have trouble reconciling that people can watch it today and enjoy it without the single reason being nostalgia.
I just can't find myself to care about any of the characters in Seinfield. And therefore I can't find myself caring about anything on-screen. Whether I'm supposed to like them or not, it's a bore. So I suppose Friends wins by default, though most shows would. Except Big Bang Theory.
If I had to pick one character to like, it has to be George. I'll at least say that much.
If I had to pick one character to like, it has to be George. I'll at least say that much.
I don't get the response like fuck Friends and such. Yes you can dislike it but to use this language I don't get it.
Yes, Seinfeld always felt old. Like old VHS quality and old sets. I don't know how the plots aged because I saw little of Seinfeld. To me it always looked like talking and I didn't find it funny.
Imo Friends has aged much better but that is because the images are fresher and the plots are much simpler and clearer and it is a younger serie. They were the perfect snacks. But it is weird that so many find Friends trash considering it was one of the most loved soaps ever for so many people. I am surprised it is so lobsided here.
Frasier is excellent!
For the question in the OP, definitely Seinfeld. I did watch some Friends when it was on, but I have no desire to see any of it again. I just last year rewatched Seinfeld in it's entirety.
