Seinfeld

Off late I been a watching some TV series at home after work. I don't have a television so I have to watch it on my computer. That means I can, and I have, for that matter, seen more than one episode at a stretch. For me the Pilot of an episode is the first five six episodes and then I decided whether I should continue watching that series. The Pilot in a TV series is the very first episode that is shot and air on TV or live audience, and then depending on public reaction, more episodes are shot and it becomes a TV series.

Few TV series that I have seen and liked are Prison Break, Family Guy, How I Met Your Mother, The Big Bang Theory, Allo Allo! and Friends. Then after all this sitcom avalanche after my work hours I saw Seilfeld. I also believe that I have seen a few episode before, but I have never realised how intelligently funny it was.

Seinfeld's 9 seasons have been aired on NBC from July 5, 1989, to May 14, 1998 with a 22 minute episode runtime. Seinfeld is a sitcom that was shot in New York. Created by Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David, Seinfeld revolves around the daily life of Jerry Seinfeld, a stand up comedian. He has George Costanza as one of his closest friend, Elaine, whom Jerry once dated and Jerry's next door neighbour, Cosmo Kramer, who almost live in Jerry's house, as the main charters. Additional support crew contains, Newman, the fat postman, Jerry's parents and Geroge's parents.

Jerry Seinfeld is a semi-fictional character played by Jerry Seinfeld himself. Jerry Seinfeld is a stand up comedian in the show and his real life. (The Character) He is a happy go lucky guy. He is a well established comedian who hardy have any problem getting a date or with money, hence no major issues as compared to his friend George Coztanza.

Goerge Costansa is played by Jason Alexander. George is Jerry's childhood friend. He is short, fat and bald. He dominated by his parents and finds it really hard to get a job and a girlfriend. He is loosely based on Larry David. The last name is however that of Jerry's close friend's Mike Costanza. George is a shown as a stupid and dim-witted person. He also referred himself as Lord of the Idiots, in one the episodes. His stupidity was apparent when, in of the the episodes, The Cafe, he has to take an IQ test and he ask Elaine to take it for him.

Elaine, played by Julia Louis-Dreyfus, is Jerry's good friend and his ex-girlfriend. Elaine is generally smart atleast smarter than George. She is a serial dater and she hates smokers. Elaine is quite a loud character who gets angry very easily and quite dilettantish. She wears her usual casual cloths and formals at work. She has worked various steady jobs mostly as writer or editor.

Cosmo Kramer or simply Kramer is played by Michael Anthony Richards. Kramer is a real character. Kramer is Jerry's next door neighbour, although he eats and is mostly seen in Jerry's apartment. The character like George Costanza is slackly based on a real life character, Kenny Kramer, who lived across the hall from Larry David. Cosmo Kramer is not working anywhere but never had problem with money and usually stays in the building. He likes smoking Cigar and playing Golf. His high, curly and wavy hair and his outmoded wardrobe are important parts of his personality. He speaks very loudly and kinda sounds like Al Pacino. He always has crazy ideas, like throwing his furniture away and get steps in his apartment. He is a very honest and tactless person. Kramer has also at times surprised the audience with his uncanny knowledge about various things such as Miss America pageant and his ideas of coffee table book.

Seinfeld over all is a very smartly written and beautifully characterized series. The jokes are very intelligent. The episodes starts and ends with Jerry on stage doing stand up related the episode. The best past is still the end credit music played on bass guitar.

I really like stand up comedians. I wish I can be a successful stand up one day. But the job is really tough. The reason why most of us like stand up comedians is because they are able to crack jokes about themselves, their loved ones, their origin or their community. Cracking jokes is quite a tough task, but cracking jokes on yourself in front of live audience is really tough. But the tougher the task, the better it pays. If you ever feel not being able to cope up with the declining number of acquittance, try cracking jokes on yourself, that might make you feel embarrassed but you will find a lot of people liking you.