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Best Sitcom of the 90's: Seinfeld or Friends?
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It's been cool to hate Friends for years now, this poll was always going to be a slaughter. That said, I love both but Seinfeld is my favorite show of all time, I can have repeats on 24/7 and not get bored. I kind of need to be in the mood for Friends, but it has some amazing writing and the chemistry between the cast is best in class
Friends was something I loved back in early 2000 when I started watching and now I just find it boring and questioning why I liked the show back then.
I never get tired of watching Seinfeld reruns on the other hand. All the characters have their moments and it is consistently funny. The last two or three seasons can get a bit tiring but for the e most part they all hold up great
Also love fresh prince and personally rate it very close to Seinfeld. Too bad there weren't more seasons
I never get tired of watching Seinfeld reruns on the other hand. All the characters have their moments and it is consistently funny. The last two or three seasons can get a bit tiring but for the e most part they all hold up great
Also love fresh prince and personally rate it very close to Seinfeld. Too bad there weren't more seasons
I love the hell out of Curb, but could never get into Seinfeld. Jerry himself was always just such a turnoff for me. The rest of the cast I enjoy.
I think that is why I've always loved Friends. The cast is one of the greatest for me.
One of these days I'll try Seinfeld again.
I think that is why I've always loved Friends. The cast is one of the greatest for me.
One of these days I'll try Seinfeld again.
I am surprised you like friends more considering you played Newman in Seinfeld.
Fraiser is the all time greatest sitcom so I would strongly agree. I fucking love it to this day.
Conversely I hated friends and wasn't overly impressed with Seinfeld. I get that it was important to set up something like It's Always Sunny, but it didn't grab me.
I got too hasty over comparing Seinfeld to Friends that I didn't notice Fresh Prince before I voted. For real though, I'm not crazy about Seinfeld but its way better than friends. Fresh Prince is on a whole nother level though.
No. There's only a handful of episodes that directly reference much of anything from that show, or feature direct guest spots of a returning character.
The only truly relevant element is Lilith, his ex-wife, and the show more-or-less tells you everything you need to know.
That seems a very US centric view. Friends is massively popular the world over.
It's Seinfeld, but I also love Friends. Fresh prince is also awesome. There were so many good sitcoms back then.
This thread is making me really contend with the question of Seinfeld vs The Simpsons for the first time and honestly I don't know.
Years ago, the younger me would have said The Simpsons, hands down. But the older I get, the more I grow to appreciate Seinfeld. The Simpsons has better gags but Seinfeld really speaks to certain truths of 30-something life that I was previously unable to understand.
Years ago, the younger me would have said The Simpsons, hands down. But the older I get, the more I grow to appreciate Seinfeld. The Simpsons has better gags but Seinfeld really speaks to certain truths of 30-something life that I was previously unable to understand.
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try watching FRIENDS without the laugh-track.
Nothing they say is ever funny or cute
so many "awwww... isn't chandler bing so cuuuute"
Nothing they say is ever funny or cute
so many "awwww... isn't chandler bing so cuuuute"
Poll without Frasier is kinda meaningless.
Frasier still holds up today.
1st & last season of Seinfeld is just awful.
Frasier still holds up today.
1st & last season of Seinfeld is just awful.
Last season of Seinfeld has a few of the all time classic episodes. (Serenity Now, The Dealership, Merv Griffin Show, The Voice)
Season one I'll give you, but they were still finding their footing. Wouldn't call it awful of course but definitely the least loved even tho I enjoy it. Some great but not classic episodes on there.
Seinfeld, end of discussion. Hell I still play it on Netflix while working or just chilling out. Each episode is just so quotable and memorable. I have friends that are HUGE Friends fanatics but I just don't find the show funny? I think one thing about Seinfeld to be so good is that there's no "hugging or learning".
I randomly caught a couple episodes of 3rd Rock just channel surfing last week and was amazed by how well it aged.
Hadn't seen it in like 20 years and it was still funny as hell.
John Lithgow is a stone-cold riot. He's theatrical as hell and it works perfectly for the character/setting.
Rest of the cast have great chemistry as well.
Def. underrated.
Friends was cool at the time and I will always remember watching it growing up. That being said, I hadn't watched Seinfeld until a few years ago and holy shit is that show still funny. Like actual "I'm laughing" funny, not just "I'm invested in these characters" funny
I was in my 20s and related more to Seinfeld. Friends was supposed to reflect my generation but I didn't know anybody like Rachel, Monica, Ross, Chandler, Joey, etc. My friends were more like Costanza, Elaine and Kramer even though they were older than me at the time.
Last season of Seinfeld is silly and over the top compared to what came before, but awful? WOOF!
I'll take Martin, Fresh Prince, and Wings over everything else but Seinfeld, thank you.
Seriously, why is Wings so forgotten?
Seriously, why is Wings so forgotten?
Friends is a pretty good sitcom. It's dumb comedy but works very well as background noise or something to binge while playing on a phone or handheld. The will they/won't they hook was very effective in the 90s, and it had more persistence week to week than most shows at the time.
Seinfeld is comedic genius that changed the comedy landscape. The setups and payoffs are some of the best, and were head and shoulders above everything else on the air at the time (I say that as someone who didn't care for Seinfeld in the 90s when I was a kid). I don't find Seinfeld to be as bingeable though, maybe because it has more subtlety and benefits more from actually paying full attention.
Seinfeld is easier the better show.
Seinfeld is comedic genius that changed the comedy landscape. The setups and payoffs are some of the best, and were head and shoulders above everything else on the air at the time (I say that as someone who didn't care for Seinfeld in the 90s when I was a kid). I don't find Seinfeld to be as bingeable though, maybe because it has more subtlety and benefits more from actually paying full attention.
Seinfeld is easier the better show.
