This happens to be my first review. I couldn’t help but
ensure that if at all I did contemplate on writing one it had to be Seinfeld’s.
Seinfeld as the makers say is a show about nothing, The humor is phenomenally
diverse for any sitcom series I have ever seen so far from Seinfeld’s dry witty
sarcasm, George’s self condescending remarks to Kramer’s patent slap stick. The
humor will however take some time getting used to, but once you get it, I swear
you will be hooked; much like the millions of Seinfeld fans.
The lead characters in the series are namely
Jerry Seinfeld: Played by Jerry himself works as a stand up
comedian in the sitcom, He is really witty and is obsessed about cleanliness.
Extremely cocky and unassuming, he is for some reason shy of serious relationships
and ends up dating numerous weird women right through the series(serves as source
of umpteen laughs). Jerry also has this weird fascination towards Superman and
is shown admiring, comparing, defending and supporting his superhero all along.(Almost as
a bench mark for everything under the sun)
George Costanza: My favorite character in the series played
by Jason Alexander, George is the loser of the group. He is highly insecure
about everything in his life. Is always on the look out of girls but gets
rejected or dumped with alarming regularity. He is short, fat, ugly, bald,
short tempered and to top it penniless. In the show George quite often lies and
takes up fake identities(presumably cause of his lack of self confidence).He
usually takes the name Art vandelay and likes to pretend that he is an
architect. Funnily George usually self deprecates and considers himself as the
lord of the idiots(in his own words)
George gets along very well with child hood friend Jerry and
invariably depends on him to bring a bit of sanity in his life. One such advice
was to do exactly opposite to what his instincts say(Shown in the episode:The
opposite) which yielded him with unexpected benefits, getting himself a job
with New York Yankees, a new girl friend and also finally moving out of his
parents house
Elaine Benes: Elaine is shown as an intelligent and smart
person in the group who happens to work as an editor. She is mostly shown to be
a balanced person who however has abrupt fits of rage. Elaine dates Jerry initially
and is shown to be well over him but secretly harbors feelings for jerry which
is shown in the last episode(The finale) where she is shown ostensibly
confessing her love to Seinfeld when they think they are all about to die in
the plane crash and ends up blurting I love
Cosmo Kramer: Kramer played by Michael Richards, happens to
be the weird neighbor of Jerry .Kramer is shown to be weird, whacky crazy
however he is shown to have sudden spurts of intellect and wisdom. Kramer
brings his trademark slap stick humor in Seinfeld which is shown in almost all
his episodes in the way he enters Jerry’s apartment, the way he dresses, the
way he talks(Hey….Jerrrrry(Kramer fans you get what iam saying?), his weird
hairstyle…All of these adds up to make Kramer as the funniest character ever
created. Kramer’s eccentricities is best epitomized in one of the episodes
where he tries sleeping 20 minutes every three hours( Impressed by Leo Da
Vinci), and then accidentally sleeps off while making out with his girl friend
who thinks that he his dead and dumps him into the Hudson river:D:D
Apart from the above there are other characters like Newman,
George’s parent, Susan(George’s fiancée) who make regular appearances
Finally if you do get hold of the series make sure you watch
these must see episodes
1) The Soup Nazi
2) The Marine biologist(hilarious to the core)
3) The Fuseli Jerry
4) The Contest etc
5) The Opposite
6) The Friars Club n many more
That’s it for now, Hope this helped J