So sorry. I tried.

I love Friends, best show ever, but I just don’t get it – why do people here love Seinfeld so much. My American friends tell me it’s hysterical. I find it unbearable. This show is essentially about four mean, self-centered people who constantly brag, do terrible things to others and who have epic discussions on totally random boring stuff. What’s also interesting is that whenever I try to force myself to watch it so I might finally get it, I end stunmling across the same episodes. I’ve seen the “legendary” one with “Shrinkage”. Didn’t get funnier the second time I watched it. And then there’s the one where they try to pitch a show about nothing to NBC. How self-reflective. Not funny either. I used to think the sense of humor was lost in translation, the show is obviously dubbed in Germany. Nope, same in English – annoying and not funny. But what’s the problem?

Some say, maybe the Jewish sense of humor is not for me. But I love Mel Brooks and Sarah Silverman!

Others said, maybe I’m turned off because it’s so politically incorrect and offensive. But I loved the Chapelle Show. It was politically incorrect and offensive – but unlike Seinfeld actually funny.

There are a lot of shows with main characters who are not immediately striking as sympathetic. Hugh Laurie on House, Steve Carell on Office, and I love Alec Baldwin’s Jack on 30 Rock. The difference is that these characters are either satire or there’s a glimmering of a human being beyond the surface. The characters on Seinfeld are just shallow and I don’t think it’s supposed to be satire. They allegedly are people like you and me. Well, definetly NOT like me.

So sorry. I tried. Absolutely hate it.