What I liked most about the show was the sense of movement and travel that runs parallel to the exchange between Seinfeld and the guest, a fairly unique feature for a talkshow. Unfortunately, in the early episodes there's a lot of irksome, even at times nauseating, camera jitter as the production staff works to nail down the format. On the other hand, as the talkshow matures, the editing of music and image becomes fairly sophisticated, some might even say stylistically overdone.
The rapport Seinfeld has with the guests is mostly ok. There's of course a lot of fake guffaws from host and guest alike to wade through, though dotted among them, here and there, are some funny lines, like when in the episode with Martin Short, Seinfeld defines a "schnorrer" as someone who picks out all the cashews from the mixed nuts. One perplexing episode was the one featuring Bridget Everett. As Seinfeld reminds his audience many times, as host, he can pick anyone he wants for his show, but it's a standout episode for how little conversational pith there is. One can search on Reddit for a discussion about the episode. After reading that and re-watching the episode, I wondered if it was a set-up of sorts- that Seinfeld's intention all along was to prod his old antagonist, who's name is, now famously, bleeped out.
The rapport Seinfeld has with the guests is mostly ok. There's of course a lot of fake guffaws from host and guest alike to wade through, though dotted among them, here and there, are some funny lines, like when in the episode with Martin Short, Seinfeld defines a "schnorrer" as someone who picks out all the cashews from the mixed nuts. One perplexing episode was the one featuring Bridget Everett. As Seinfeld reminds his audience many times, as host, he can pick anyone he wants for his show, but it's a standout episode for how little conversational pith there is. One can search on Reddit for a discussion about the episode. After reading that and re-watching the episode, I wondered if it was a set-up of sorts- that Seinfeld's intention all along was to prod his old antagonist, who's name is, now famously, bleeped out.
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