Seinfeld: Season Three
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Movie Reviews of Seinfeld: Season Three
Movie Review: The first of the truly great seasons of Seinfeld
Summary: 5 Stars
After two somewhat experimental seasons, Seinfeld really began hitting its stride in this third season. It's really a tribute to the talent that was in front of and behind the cameras on this show that they tweaked the formula for two seasons until near perfect comedy and chemistry was achieved.
In "The Library" we see how the writers make everything come full circle in this show. One of the best one-episode characters in Seinfeld's history, the Library Detective is an hilariously stubborn old fashioned man who confronts Jerry about a missing book from 1971 that was never returned. Jerry goes to see his girlfriend at the time to see if he returned the book, only to find that he had not. Meanwhile, Kramer meets a pretty librarian and George sees his brown toothed underwear pulling gym teacher, who now is a bum living under the steps of the NYC Public Library. The old man hasn't changed much, and he gives George yet another wedgie. Also, the library book turned out not to be just a red herring, as it turns out the homeless gym teacher has hung onto it all these years.
"The Red Dot" is a hilarious example of how George cannot just leave well enough alone - he always has to push everything to its limits. Elaine gets the long out-of-work George a job at the publishing company for which she works. Everything would be back on track for George, but he just can't resist having sex in the office with the cleaning lady. The cleaning lady takes the encounter more seriously than George does, and George is afraid she'll tell his boss of the encounter and get him fired. He decides to give her a gift, a cashmere sweater that has been deeply discounted because of a tiny red dot on it that is supposedly too small to see yet each of its recipients spot it almost immediately, including the cleaning lady. She informs on George, and he is out of work once again.
The season finale, "The Keys", sets up the Emmy winning fourth season. Kramer has been abusing his house priveleges in Jerry's apartment too much, so Jerry revokes his spare key privileges. Realizing that he has broken the "covenant of the keys" gives Kramer the realization he is now free to break out of his routine. Kramer takes off for California to follow his dream of becoming an actor. Jerry gave his spare keys to Elaine, then when he needs them, he goes with George to Elaine's to search for his spare set, since George has Elaine's spare keys. What they find is Elaine's show-biz project, an episode of Murphy Brown that she has written. Elaine finds the two going through her stuff and in turn revokes George's spare key priveleges. Kramer finds adventure as he journeys across the country to LA where he gets a bit part on Murphy Brown playing her secretary. The next season picks up on the gang trying to locate Kramer in California.
I highly recommend this season as the first season of Seinfeld where everything seems to be clicking both storywise and character-wise. It's not a show where you need any background from previous seasons, since, after all, it is "a show about nothing". However, I found it helpful to view the first two seasons first to see how everything came together.
Movie Review: The Season It Becomes Perfect!
Summary: 5 Stars
I really, really enjoyed the first two seasons of the show, and volume one on DVD was superbly done. This set was released the same day, and it is even better.
Everyone at 'Seinfeld' was shocked when the show was renewed for a third season. This would be the first full season. The first season had four episodes (unless you include the pilot), while the second had only thirteen. This season has twenty-two, and they're all gems. A lot of people say the show didn't get good until season four, when the ratings really got huge, but I completely disagree. Even if the first three seasons were dismal in the ratings, they were still fabulous. This season has a lot more unique episodes, unlike anything we've ever seen on TV. A few episodes continue in the grand tradition of 'The Chinese Restaurant,' by taking one situation and making comedic gold out of it. 'The Parking Garage' starts out simply, with the gang walking around a mall parking lot trying to find their car, but it slowly and hilariously evolves into a big batch of different stories, and with plenty of doses of social observations. Another episode uses the same method; 'The Limo.' It starts simply, with Jerry and George lying about who they are in order to get onto a limo, unaware of where the limo is taking them and what they're about to deal with. It all gets bigger and bigger as they slowly realize that they're traveling with two neo-Nazis and George (pretending to be the never before seen 'O'Brien') is expected to give a speech about how the Jews have destroyed the world. I just love this episode. Another classic is 'The Library,' with the unforgettable Mr. Bookman! His dialogue is hilarious, and in a single episode, he secures his way into 'Seinfeld' notoriety.
Of course, there are more. Every episode is filled with comedy, and the season even ends with a cliffhanger not finished until the second episode of season four. And this set follows volume one in DVD quality. The 'Notes About Nothing' are still here, to give you awesome trivia about every episode. I've become addicted to this feature, and can't watch an episod without it on. You can also meet the real Kramer in 'Kenny To Cosmo,' the story of Kramer's creation. Also, nearly every episode has 'Inside Looks.' I found the one for 'The Pen' particularly fascinating, especially Jason Alexander's talk about his feelings on being left out of the episode. These are first rate special features, and what show deserves it more than 'Seinfeld?'
Movie Review: The Breakthrough Season for the Greatest Sitcom of all time
Summary: 5 Stars
The Third Season of Seinfeld is superb. It was the season that led to the show being a huge success and eventually deemed the greatest sitcom of all time.
The success of the season is built upon the outstanding story lines as the season immediately leaps into a highly comical story of George being massaged by a man.
Another strong point of the season is the fact that actor Michael Richards finally unleashed into a new phase of the character of Kramer, playing the role more intelligently and incorporating many outrageous sequences of body movements for effect. In fact, each actor branches out even more in this season, especially Jerry Seinfeld who begins to learn more about acting and expresses more emotions in each episode. Each character can be found in the whackiest of situations and the hilarity of them will have you laughing non-stop.
The special features also have a large role in this DVD, taking up the majority of it. They are all fabulous as we often get an "Inside Look" at the episode with brilliant commentary from Larry David, Larry Charles, and other writers. And of course we also hear from Michael Richards, Jerry Seinfeld, Jason Alexander and Julia Louis Dreyfus. One of the features is a look at Kramer's character which is a thrill to watch. Another highlight to the extras is the unseen stand up footage from Jerry Seinfeld.
The quality of the episodes is nothing short of spectacular as well. There lies not one weak show in the collection of 22, with the highlights coming from episodes like:
The Pen: The only episode in which Jason Alexander sits out in, it features Jerry and Elaine visiting Jerry's parents at a Resort for the elderly.
The Tape: Jerry discovers a sexy message left on his tape recorder by none other than Elaine and George becomes attracted to her because of it.
The Boyfriend: One of the most famous in the Seinfeld episodes featuring baseball star Keith Hernandez. It relates to the delicate issue of the Kennedy Assassination.
The Cafe: Jerry feels obliged to enter a restaurant in fear of the man working there losing his business. This episode introduces us to the beloved character, Babu.
Overall, there are no weak episodes and you'll watch them over and over again. This DVD is an absolute must for any Seinfeld fan so please buy it you appreciate the humour of this wonderful sitcom.
Movie Review: If you don't like Seinfeld, don't buy the DVD. Duh!
Summary: 5 Stars
In the wise words of Don Imus... "I've never met a smart person who didn't have a sense of humor." I say amen to that and quite honestly reckon that what we witnessed on our TV screens for what now seems like 9 very short seasons was a sort of pure, "whipped up out there somewhere in the stars" kind of entertainment genius that TV in it's current apocalyptic preoccupation with reality dribble and cookie cutter sit-coms may sadly never capture again. But thank the almighty we can now unleash this comedic lightning in a bottle whenever we need a crack like fix of "nothing" by just dropping a DVD into a tray, dimming the lights and pretending it's Thursday night in 1991 all over again. You know honestly I'm a bit suspicious as to the motives of people who would waste their time writing a review about something they obviously don't get and know very little about, I know "nothing" and subtlety are hard concepts to grasp sometimes but if you let yourself go and quit waiting for someone to lead you to the "one-liners" to drink you might just appreciate the fact that Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David figured that the audience was smart enough to get "it" without "it" being shoved down their collective throats. They understood that the laughs and loyalty they would earn by not dumbing the whole process down by resorting to pathetic ratings period tricks like offering viewers "an emotional Seinfeld we'd never forget" or having Elaine and George get married in the season finale' to find out next season it was all just some twisted dream sequence would be much more rewarding in the end. I guess it's sort of like when they say you should never talk about politics or religion at a dinner party, I think I'll ad Seinfeld to that list, bottom line is, if people don't get it, they never will so why argue the facts? It's just a dirty shame they find themselves prisoners of such a bleak humorless little rock of a planet. Now as far as the DVD goes, even without the fantastic extra's (which go to 11) it's Seinfeld on DVD... `nough said! Heck I would have been satisfied if they'd released it dubbed in Bulgarian and had packaged the whole thing in smelly old mildew ravaged newspaper! And that thing about smart people having a sense of humor... I guess the fact that I love this DVD and can't get enough Seinfeld makes me a freaking genius, a genius that can't spell mind you, but a genius that knows how to laugh!Movie Review: More Than Just a Comedy Series
Summary: 5 Stars
If you're a T.V. Seinfeld fan you will absolutely love the DVD's. The scenes that are cut to insert commercials by syndicators are restored on the high quality DVD versions. I grew up in the United States and had always liked the series from television. I was married while living/working/studying in China in 2002 and bought the DVD's for my wife on our coming to the United States in 2005. She had never seen Seinfeld before and had never been exposed to this style of humor or the slice of American life that the series presents. We have watched the DVD's over and over again and they never fail to make us laugh and lift our spirits when we've had a bad day. We utilize the closed captioning option and it has been a great help for my wife in acquiring an understanding of casual English usage including slang, and idiom. On a more serious note, owning so many seasons and watching the episodes regularly makes you realize the sad truth that much of American life really is focused on the themes of myopic self-interest presented and ridiculed in this series. I sometimes worry that individuals may actually see the series as a validation of their lack of ethics, morals, and connection with the Creator instead of as a revelation and jabbing at today's inappropriate social dynamics; just as the Archie Bunker/All In the Family series did in the 1970's.
The DVD sets include great special features from "How It Began" to "Making a Seinfeld Episode", deleted scenes, behind the scenes commentary from cast and creators, never-before-seen standup footage of Jerry, original NBC promotional ads and trailers, outtakes and bloopers, and much, much more. It's obvious that a lot of thought and work went into producing the DVD sets and I can't wait until the remaining seasons come out for sale at Amazon. After all; "Who wouldn't love Jerry?"
Episodes included in this set are:
Season 3 - The Note, The Truth, The Dog, The Library, The Pen, The Parking Garage, The Café, The Tape, The Nose Job, The Alternate Side, The Red Dot, The Suicide, The Subway, The Pez Dispenser, The Boyfriend, The Fix-up, The Limo, The Good Samaritan, The Letter, The Parking Space, The Keys.