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Seinfeld - Season 8 [DVD] [1996]
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After seven seasons of groundbreaking comedy, what could possibly be left to accomplish in Season 8 for Seinfeld and company, especially in this, the first season without co-creator Larry David at the helm? Plenty, as it turns out. This is the season that gave us some of the most memorable episodes in the entire series, including "The Muffin Tops," "The Bizarro Jerry," and "The Yada Yada," the episode that proved you can "yada yada" anything in life. Fortunately by this point in the series, the comic formula that sustained the show throughout its run had not yet begun to get tired, and the writers proved that they could continue to pull a whole lot of something out of the show about nothing. Case in point: "The English Patient," where they created an entire story line out of Elaine's hatred for the award-winning film. In "The Chicken Roaster," one of Seinfeld's most under-appreciated episodes, Kramer switches apartments with Jerry and wages a one-man crusade against a Kenny Rogers' Roasters, only to become like Jerry and become undone by Newman. George continues to, well, be George. He habitually shoots himself in the foot as he continues life without Susan, only to find out marrying her would have made him rich ("The Foundation"). And Elaine gets her kicks, literally, horrifying her co-workers with her terrible dancing, spinning moves so bad they've actually become one of the show's most popular punch lines. Season 8 also continues the Seinfeld tradition of loading up the DVD sets with plenty of special features, including an illuminating documentary detailing how Jerry juggled his act as star and show-runner after Larry David's departure, and all new interviews with the cast. All in all, it's good stuff for fans, and there's plenty here for the casual viewer to enjoy as well. --Daniel Vancini Synopsis
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Editorial
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Jerry Seinfeld is back in the title role, and joining him are his neurotic ex-girlfriend, Elaine; his chronically lazy pal, George; and Cosmo Kramer, a person who takes the weird neighbour character to impressive new heights.
Sheer Genius For the Ungrateful Masses
Review date: 2009-09-28 Rating: 10 out of 10
Let's get it out of the way - first season without Larry David bla bla bla. I bet a lot of viewers & reviewers didn't even know who he was until they looked him up, then jumped on the bandwagon when slating this season.
Look at what's on TV nowadays. Are you naysayers telling us that this season isn't up to par, that it isn't light years ahead of most programs nowadays? Any TV show with the genius character of George Castanza cannot be written off the way it has been in some quarters. Ricky Gervais dubbed George as the greatest TV character ever created, quite rightly (and he should know, having proved his mettle many times on TV).
Season 8 sees George's narrcisism reach giddy heights. It is truly wonderful seeing him trying in vain to surpress his joy at his fiancee's untimely death. There are so many magnificant George moments in this series.
Season 8 is like The Beatles' White Album - not fully appreciated in light of the humongous work which preceded it, but which deserves to be taken as brilliance in its' own right.
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is my take on this superb series. Oh, and as the others, the dvd quality, presentation, extras are all stellar!
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Reviews
Perfect
Review date: 2009-09-03 Rating: 10 out of 10
Hi, I'm from Portugal and I bought this product and it's perfect but here was one thing that I was scare about before I purchased it. The missing details on subtitles. This item has almost 15 subtitles (Potugueses included) but theres nothing on the page of the product that says that. This time I was lucky. Please AMAZON, try to put the subtitles details on the products. Not everybody is from an English language country. We need to know if the products have subtitles of our language.
Seinfeld, season 8
Review date: 2009-02-27 Rating: 6 out of 10
I received this dvd within a couple of days of ordering.
However, one of the discs was faulty, so I had to return the complete set which was a little inconvenient.
I got the replacement and, so far, no problems.
I love all of the episodes, my favourites are "The Fatigues" and "The Summer of George".
I particularly like the fact that Jerry doesn't do his stand up routine in the intro (sorry but I always fast forward that part). As you can gather, I like the ensemble cast rather than individuals.
Seinfeld hits its peak but shows signs of decline...
Review date: 2008-05-04 Rating: 8 out of 10
Season 8 of Seinfeld immediately follows on from the story at the end of the previous season finale, where George's fiance Susan Ross dies. He is now single and free but Susan's parents appoint him to help run a charitable foundation in honour of her memory. This means more work and it causes much angst for George in several episodes. Jerry meanwhile continues to meet some unusual characters, both men and women, making his usual observations and no friends along the way. Kramer is still living off Jerry and getting into mad schemes whereas Elaine becomes the boss at J Peterman's clothing catalogue.
This season was made after the departure of Larry David leaving Jerry Seinfeld to convey more of his own impression on the show. At first the transition seems very smooth as there are some episodes that would go into most peoples hall-of-fame. These include:
The Bizarro Jerry - Elaine meets 3 guys that have a spooky resemblance to the Jerry/George/Kramer trio except they have ethics).
The Little Kicks - Elaine is mocked for her strange dancing and Jerry makes a bootlegged movie.
The Chicken Roaster - where Jerry and Kramer swap apartments.
The Abstinence - where Kramer smokes so much he sues the tobacco company with Jackie Chiles as his lawyer.
and The Comeback - where George agonizes over making a retort to a put-down by a colleague.
However in some episodes you get the feeling that the stories are beginning to get a bit stale (The Fatigues, The Money and The Pothole), which is what you would expect after about 140 episodes.
Nonetheless, even without some of it's early brilliance Seinfeld is still way ahead of other sitcoms of the time like Friends, Mad About You, and Roseanne.
they didnt falter
Review date: 2008-02-05 Rating: 8 out of 10
season 8 of seinfeld had a weight of anticipated failure ringing around the place after co-creator larry david left,he had threatened to do so since the first episode but regardless he was extremely influential in the shows success,could season 8 survive without such a force,oh it could and then some.
The show in all truth went a little wacky in its matured state,a little more surreal than ever before and it did no harm in doing so,the show still prided itself on being about nothing but it was still filled with events and most importantly,memorable scenes and laughs and the characters flourished like never before.
In terms of key episodes i would like to single out 'yada yada','the little kicks''the susie',the nap' and 'the summer of george' but in truth i could praise most of the 22 episodes here but these just contain some of the finest moments of comedy around.
It must be reiterated that seinfeld in ireland and i believe the uk has only enjoyed an interest long after the final episode aired,i am not here to say i was there from the start but i am enjoying what i have seen so far,great stuff and a great series,four stars indeed.
Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
Jerry Seinfeld
Sarah Silverman
Janeane Garofalo
Lloyd Bridges
Debra Messing
Creators:
Jerry Seinfeld (Primary Contributor)
Janeane Garofalo (Primary Contributor)
Recording label: Sony Pictures Home Ent. UK
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures Home Ent. UK
EAN: 5035822496613
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 4
Format: Full Screen, PAL,
Release date: 2007-06-04
Aspect ratio: 4:3 - 1.33:1
Audience rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
Region code: 2
Running time: 485 minutes
Theatrical release date: 1996
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