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This was super hard - but also fun. I spent some time over the weekend looking back at a bunch of my DVDs to try to pull together a Top 5. I realize I'm leaving out classics like The Soup Nazi and The Contest, but these are the five that do the most for me:
5. Fusilli Jerry - the one with the ASSMAN license plate and the sat upon fusilli sculpture. One of the funniest of an uneven Season 6. "Million to one shot, Doc, million to one." Also the introduction of Puddy, one of my favorites.
4. Yada, Yada, Yada - not only did this one have the titular classic phrase but this is also the episode that birthed "anti-dentite" from Tim "Breaking Bad" Whatley.
3. Kenny Rogers Chicken Roaster - another trip down a rabbit hole with Jerry's bad acting actually being put to use when he turns into Kramer after living in his apartment. The addition of the Apocalypse Now riff with J. Peterman and the Russian hat make it a classic.
2. The Chinese Restaurant - isn't the funniest episode, but to me it encapsulates Seinfeld as a show that really is about nothing. I mean the whole episode takes place in the lobby of a Chinese restaurant. It doesn't even have or need Kramer in the episode - it's just another one of those entirely relatable experiences. And any time George gets ratcheted up, it's gold, I tell ya, gold.
1. The Dinner Party - For whatever reasons this is the episode that has always made me laugh the most. It's got George's Gore-Tex coat, Kramer reading Penthouse Forum, Saddam Hussein double parking in Manhattan, the black and white cookie (David Duke and Farrakhan on a cookie), the hair on the babka, and the mean dude jabbing Elaine's foot with the cane.
Honorable Mentions - Soup Nazi, Kramer's Road Adoption (The Pothole), and the one in the Mall parking garage - another set piece classic.
I don't have vices per se. I dabble in gambling, tobacco, beer, wine, rich and fatty foods, but I don't believe I'm addicted to or abusive of any of them. Unless coffee is a vice. Then, yes, I have a vice.
I have two fears - not sure whether they'd be called rational or irrational. I am afraid of clowns. Like trouble breathing when I'm in the same room with them. I don't know if this started because of Stephen King's IT, but that sure didn't help. I don't even like really intricate masks or lifelike dolls. Way too much Twilight Zone as a kid, I think. Second one is lightning. I am convinced I will die from lightning. I will not even type on a computer or talk on a phone inside my house when there's lightning nearby. As I'm reading what I'm typing, I'm pretty sure this one is irrational.
I also have one lately where I think my kids are going to get plowed by a car when they're out bike riding in the neighborhood. That one may be normal parental fear, or might be another irrational one.
Oddly - other than that, I'm really unafraid of most things that other folks are afraid of (bungees, heights, skydiving, spiders, snakes, etc.)
Wow. I mean I've been an ACC guy since birth, taught to hate Duke and UNC from a very small age. And yet, the older I get, the more I realize that MD doesn't have a rival. Terps may think Duke is a basketball rival, but Duke certainly doesn't think so. Some football fans may have thought UVA was a rival years ago, but ever since VA Tech got good at football, they've been the Cavs rival.
So...I'm torn. DC/MD/VA has some really, really good football and basketball players who have been leaving the area in droves lately. I think this will actually help for MD football - as they might have a better shot at keeping recruits home now and maybe even getting the ones that Penn State was taking away over the past 20 years. They've always been pretty decent to really good in basketball and as the ACC continues its decline in both football and basketball, maybe this move helps MD in the long run and maybe their inclusion eventually helps the Big 14 or whatever too.
Well, I'd almost say SOS just for having the oomph to base the entire song on a Soft Cell sample, and I used to dig Disturbia, but that got on my nerves, so I'd have to say Talk That Talk.
5. Fusilli Jerry - the one with the ASSMAN license plate and the sat upon fusilli sculpture. One of the funniest of an uneven Season 6. "Million to one shot, Doc, million to one." Also the introduction of Puddy, one of my favorites.
I had always considered Seasons 4-6 the pinnacle of the show, but after your comment I decided to look at the episode list by season on Wikipedia. I don't think I ever really realized the drop off from 5 to 6.
Also, without having the benefit of watching the show while it originally aired, I never realized season 5 had a run of The Stall-->The Dinner Party--> The Marine Biologist. That might be second only to Revolver-->Sgt. Pepper-->White Album in the history of three consecutive things.
Do you have any long-sought after records? If so, what are they? What is the most you would pay for one?
Well there's allegedly a very rare Blood on the Tracks LP that has alternate lyrics to Tangled up In Blue, and Lily, Rosemary and additional verses to Desolation Row, but I've only ever seen it on the Internet for like $8-10K. If it were legit and as rare as I think it is, I'd pay up to $1,500 for it.
I'd also like an original of God Save the Queen or Anarchy in the UK, but I wouldn't pay more than a couple hundred bucks for those (don't remember what they're going for these days).
I'm also trying to close out original Beatles LP pressings, but that is also very expensive.
If I could find an original Kind of Blue - there's supposedly some with Coltrane and Miles autographs - I'd pay $700-$1,000 for that.
Mostly I don't trust what I see on eBay and places like that - and you'd pay the money before you could verify that it's not warped or scratched, so I don't collect too much, just get what I can at stores and yard sales (if I'm real lucky).
5. Fusilli Jerry - the one with the ASSMAN license plate and the sat upon fusilli sculpture. One of the funniest of an uneven Season 6. "Million to one shot, Doc, million to one." Also the introduction of Puddy, one of my favorites.
I had always considered Seasons 4-6 the pinnacle of the show, but after your comment I decided to look at the episode list by season on Wikipedia. I don't think I ever really realized the drop off from 5 to 6.
Also, without having the benefit of watching the show while it originally aired, I never realized season 5 had a run of The Stall-->The Dinner Party--> The Marine Biologist. That might be second only to Revolver-->Sgt. Pepper-->White Album in the history of three consecutive things.
I would agree with your Hall of Fame Seinfeld run (The Marine Biologist just missed honorable mention) as well as your Beatles run, though I guess you're removing Magical Mystery Tour from in between Sgt. Pepper and White Album due to the way it was released. Even if you left it in between them, I think you could still make a case for Rubber Soul>Revolver>Sgt. Pepper (although Abbey Road is still my favorite).
Do you/have you ever watched Curb Your Enthusiasm? If so, how do you think it stacks up next to Seinfeld?
I have seen every episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm and I love it. It is not as good as Seinfeld, but I really appreciate the improvisational aspect of it and love how he ties loose threads together the way he did with Seinfeld. I hope it comes back for another season someday.
I know you've said that Abbey Road is (correctly) your favorite Beatles album. What about favorite Beatles song? Lyric? Least favorite album? Most overrated song (looking for one that's generally widely considered as good, not necessarily just popular)?
I know you've said that Abbey Road is (correctly) your favorite Beatles album. What about favorite Beatles song? Lyric? Least favorite album? Most overrated song (looking for one that's generally widely considered as good, not necessarily just popular)?
Favorite Beatles Song - wow. This changes over time actually but two that I never get sick of are Norwegian Wood - just really makes me happy and I Want You (She's So Heavy) has great lyrics, great movement between essentially two songs in one, and they're all at the top of their game instrumentally on this one.
Favorite lyric - many of my favorite Beatles lyrics have been analyzed to death but I really think the simple yet true lyrics of Blackbird were perfect. I always heard it and though about how it applied to my life. Then I read that Paul wrote it about the civil rights movement in America and it became twice as beautiful:
Blackbird singing in the dead of night Take these broken wings and learn to fly All your life You were only waiting for this moment to arise.
Blackbird singing in the dead of night Take these sunken eyes and learn to see All your life You were only waiting for this moment to be free.
Blackbird fly Blackbird fly Into the light of the dark black night.
Blackbird fly Blackbird fly Into the light of the dark black night.
Blackbird singing in the dead of night Take these broken wings and learn to fly All your life You were only waiting for this moment to arise
Least Favorite Album - there are gems on every single album they made, but overall my least favorite has to be Beatles For Sale. I mean I'm a Loser is good, but if they continued to make albums like this instead of the ones they did, the Beatles would have been just another Hollies, Zombies, or Dave Clark Five invasion band.
Most Overrated Song - And Your Bird Can Sing - Revolver. I have Beatles friends who love this song, but I've always thought it was out of place on Revolver. All jangly and more like something from Please Please Me or Meat the Beatles!
PS: December's BMOTM has been determined and will be introduced late Friday or more likely late afternoon Saturday. I will have 6 7-year olds at my house all night Friday and kids' basketball games at 8am, 2pm, and 7pm on Saturday. Oy vey.
Post by Fiddler's Green on Dec 1, 2012 11:55:29 GMT -5
Well November is over and I appreciate the nomination and all the great questions - it was fun. However, you all are in for a December treat. I came up with a list of names of folks to nominate for next BMOTM, and they all would have been great, but one name jumped out at me as someone who would serve the position well.
Please help me welcome Abrakapokus as December 2012 Board Member of the Month!
Mar 14 Sheepdogs/Fitz & The Tantrums/City & Colour (Austin)
Mar 15 Jim James (Austin)
Apr 26 Jim James (Boston)
May 4 Clutch & The Sword (Portland ME)
Jun 8 DMB (Hartford)
Jun 21 Jim James (Northampton MA)
Jul 27-28 Newport Folk
Aug 6 Death Grips (Boston)
Oct 25-27 MOEMS
Post by Fiddler's Green on Dec 1, 2012 17:42:14 GMT -5
Some easy baseline questions (I'll ratchet it up as the month goes along):
What is your favorite book? What is your favorite author? What is your favorite movie? What is your favorite actor? What is your favorite actress? What is your favorite fruit? What is your favorite vegetable? What is your favorite alcoholic beverage What is your favorite non-alcoholic beverage?
Well November is over and I appreciate the nomination and all the great questions - it was fun. However, you all are in for a December treat. I came up with a list of names of folks to nominate for next BMOTM, and they all would have been great, but one name jumped out at me as someone who would serve the position well.
Please help me welcome Abrakapokus as December 2012 Board Member of the Month!
If I remember correctly, and it's been a while, we both had the day off and were just relaxing on the couch. Snuggling and watching TV in pjs, Dave gets up and disappears into the bedroom. He comes back and kneels in front of the couch where I was and says something like, "It's days like these, where we sit around and do nothing but appreciate each other's company where I realize how much I love you." Feel free to correct me Dave, but that's what I remember.
I love pandas. No, I LOVE pandas! They come in big and small, white with black markings. With top hats, glowsticks, dancing, smiles, hugs, music, love, colored hearts, CMs, pictures, and memories, how can you not?
Well the winning lottery numbers would be a start I'd love love love to go to Coach. The lineup is always fantastic but more than anything I'd love to see all my west coast ppl <3
