Difficult question: Top 10 Seinfeld Episodes?

[Julius Seeker]

<a href="http://ca.askmen.com/toys/top_10/24b_to ... .html">Ask Men.com:</a>

10 The Marine Biologist - Episode 78 - 5th Season
9 The Pilot - Episodes 63 & 64 - 4th Season
8 The Fatigues - Episode 140 - 8th Season
7 The Soup Nazi - Episode 116 - 7th Season
6 The Puffy Shirt - Episode 66 - 5th Season
5 The Sponge - Episode 119 - 7th Season
4 The Contest - Episode 51 - 4th Season
3 The Limo - Episode 36 - 3rd Season
2 The Boyfriend - Episode 34 & 35 - 3rd Season
1 The Betrayal - Episode 164 - 9th Season



<a href="http://teamsugar.com/group/46886/blog/148601">And now a woman's view</a>

1. The Parking Garage
2. The Tape
3. The Contest
4. The Implant
5. The Hamptons
6. The Fusilli Jerry
7. The Rye
8. The Serenity Now
9. The Dealership
10. The Frogger


Funny thing too, I noticed a lot of people who listed episodes like "The Chinese Restaraunt" and "The Parking Garage" as among the worst Seinfeld episodes, but they're also on top 10 lists.

<a href="http://www.alternativereel.com/includes ... 00045">Top 10 Worst Seinfeld</a>

#10 - Shopping Mall Parking Lot
#09 - The Pie
#08 - The Mom-and-Pop Store
#07 - The Big Salad
#06 - The Baby Shower
#05 - The Shoes
#04 - Chinese Restaurant
#03 - The Showerhead
#02 - The Slicer
#01 - The Trip

<a href="http://www.the-top-tens.com/lists/top-t ... es.asp">In contrast to the top at top-10.com</a>
1) The Parking Garage
2) Serenity Now
3) The Bubble Boy
4) The Drake
5) The Bris
6) The Contest
7) Soup Nazi
Summer of George
9) The Opposite
10) The Pez


Here is a list from <a href="http://www.tv.com/seinfeld/show/112/top.html">TV.com</a> a lot of ties throughout the top 50. I put a star beside some of my favourites on this list:

1 The Soup Nazi 7 116 18 Reviews 9.6
2 The Opposite 5 86 5 Reviews 9.6
3 The Bubble Boy 4 47 5 Reviews 9.6
4 The Rye 7 121 2 Reviews 9.5
*5 The Hamptons 5 85 2 Reviews 9.5
6 The Contest 4 51 17 Reviews 9.5
*7 The English Patient 8 151 3 Reviews 9.4
8 The Marine Biologist 5 78 3 Reviews 9.4
9 The Dinner Party 5 77 5 Reviews 9.4
10 The Outing 4 57 3 Reviews 9.4
11 The Puffy Shirt 5 66 4 Reviews 9.3
12 The Subway 3 30 3 Reviews 9.3
*13 The Parking Garage 3 23 5 Reviews 9.3
14 The Race 6 96 4 Reviews 9.2
15 The Lip Reader 5 70 3 Reviews 9.2
16 The Mango 5 65 3 Reviews 9.2
*17 The Junior Mint 4 60 2 Reviews 9.2
18 The Library 3 22 5 Reviews 9.2
19 The Calzone 7 130 1 Review 9.1
20 The Engagement 7 111 2 Reviews 9.1
21 The Couch 6 91 2 Reviews 9.1
22 The Fire 5 84 1 Review 9.1
23 The Movie 4 54 2 Reviews 9.1
24 The Airport 4 52 3 Reviews 9.1
25 The Red Dot 3 29 2 Reviews 9.1
26 The Tape 3 25 2 Reviews 9.1
27 The Chicken Roaster 8 142 6 Reviews 9.0
28 The Doll 7 127 2 Reviews 9.0
29 The Label Maker 6 98 2 Reviews 9.0
30 The Smelly Car 4 61 1 Review 9.0
31 The Keys 3 40 1 Review 9.0
32 The Letter 3 38 3 Reviews 9.0
33 The Alternate Side 3 28 2 Reviews 9.0
*34 The Chinese Restaurant 2 16 10 Reviews 9.0
35 The Dealership 9 167 5 Reviews 8.9
*36 The Betrayal 9 164 11 Reviews 8.9
37 The Bizarro Jerry 8 137 6 Reviews 8.9
38 The Cadillac (2) 7 125 0 Reviews 8.9
39 The Switch 6 97 0 Reviews 8.9
40 The Secretary 6 95 1 Review 8.9
41 The Big Salad 6 88 3 Reviews 8.9
42 The Glasses 5 67 1 Review 8.9
43 The Pick 4 53 1 Review 8.9
44 The Pen 3 20 4 Reviews 8.9
45 The Revenge 2 12 2 Reviews 8.9
46 The Little Kicks 8 138 4 Reviews 8.8
*47 The Non-Fat Yogurt 5 71 1 Review 8.8
*48 The Sniffing Accountant 5 68 2 Reviews 8.8
49 The Parking Space 3 39 3 Reviews 8.8
*50 The Phone Message 2 9 1 Review 8.8

I'm surprised The Gymnast didn't make the list, it's one of my favourites (The one where Kramer passes the stone screams and screws shit up everywhere at the circus -kills Misha-, and Jerry has boring sex with a gymnast). The Parking Garage I am not at all surprised scored high, it was sort of the episode that really stood out just as Seinfeld got huge and shot to the top of the ratings charts (It was pretty much the biggest show on TV between 94 and 98.). The Soup Nazi, it was an alright episode but it is only ranked high because of the world famous quote "No soup for you!". The Betrayal was easily another one of my favourites, it is the episode with all the scenes in reverse and it somehow makes perfect sense to have the early events shown at the end.

[SineSwiper]

Seinfold sucks. It was the epitome of what I hated about sitcoms: Taking something ordinary and making a huge deal about it. If you want real comedy, you do the opposite: Take something totally off-the-wall and make it ordinary.

[Chris]

Seinfold sucks. It was the epitome of what I hated about sitcoms: Taking something ordinary and making a huge deal about it. If you want real comedy, you do the opposite: Take something totally off-the-wall and make it ordinary.

wow...I actually agree with you on something.....at least now I can take my skiis with me when I die and go to hell

[RentCavalier]

Yeah, you're both nuts if you hate Seinfeld. It is one of the best TV shows ever.

[Zeus]

Seinfold sucks. It was the epitome of what I hated about sitcoms: Taking something ordinary and making a huge deal about it. If you want real comedy, you do the opposite: Take something totally off-the-wall and make it ordinary.

I actually find that making fun of real life through exaggeration is amongst the funniest things. That's exactly what Seinfeld was and I loved it for it (just finished Season 7). Married With Children was similar, they took a stereotypical family, exaggerated it, made it vulgar (like a family of that type often would be), and it was fresh (at the time) and great (to a point). Even Cosby Show was like that, just in a clean manner with Bill's sense of humour (on a side note, Cosby is coming to my city in June; can't wait). That's exactly what I love Triumph too.

There's great comedy that ain't like that (like the Chuck Norris Facts), but I tend to very much enjoy the stuff that mocks/ridicules real life. Life is too funny not to make fun of it.

And what fucking psycho doesn't have The Jimmy in their top 10? It's not even in the top 50 above, that's crazy. Great episode all the way through and when Tourme sang to Kramer at the end, I nearly soiled myself.

[Julius Seeker]

And what fucking psycho doesn't have The Jimmy in their top 10? It's not even in the top 50 above, that's crazy. Great episode all the way through and when Tourme sang to Kramer at the end, I nearly soiled myself.

Oh shit! I completely forgot about that one =)

That is indeed one of my favourites =)

[Chris]

Seinfold sucks. It was the epitome of what I hated about sitcoms: Taking something ordinary and making a huge deal about it. If you want real comedy, you do the opposite: Take something totally off-the-wall and make it ordinary.

I actually find that making fun of real life through exaggeration is amongst the funniest things. That's exactly what Seinfeld was and I loved it for it (just finished Season 7). Married With Children was similar, they took a stereotypical family, exaggerated it, made it vulgar (like a family of that type often would be), and it was fresh (at the time) and great (to a point). Even Cosby Show was like that, just in a clean manner with Bill's sense of humour (on a side note, Cosby is coming to my city in June; can't wait). That's exactly what I love Triumph too.

There's great comedy that ain't like that (like the Chuck Norris Facts), but I tend to very much enjoy the stuff that mocks/ridicules real life. Life is too funny not to make fun of it.

And what fucking psycho doesn't have The Jimmy in their top 10? It's not even in the top 50 above, that's crazy. Great episode all the way through and when Tourme sang to Kramer at the end, I nearly soiled myself.

as soon as you named chuck norris facts as great comedy you lost all right to opinion

[Zeus]

Seinfold sucks. It was the epitome of what I hated about sitcoms: Taking something ordinary and making a huge deal about it. If you want real comedy, you do the opposite: Take something totally off-the-wall and make it ordinary.

I actually find that making fun of real life through exaggeration is amongst the funniest things. That's exactly what Seinfeld was and I loved it for it (just finished Season 7). Married With Children was similar, they took a stereotypical family, exaggerated it, made it vulgar (like a family of that type often would be), and it was fresh (at the time) and great (to a point). Even Cosby Show was like that, just in a clean manner with Bill's sense of humour (on a side note, Cosby is coming to my city in June; can't wait). That's exactly what I love Triumph too.

There's great comedy that ain't like that (like the Chuck Norris Facts), but I tend to very much enjoy the stuff that mocks/ridicules real life. Life is too funny not to make fun of it.

And what fucking psycho doesn't have The Jimmy in their top 10? It's not even in the top 50 above, that's crazy. Great episode all the way through and when Tourme sang to Kramer at the end, I nearly soiled myself.

as soon as you named chuck norris facts as great comedy you lost all right to opinion

It's M&M. My opinion is largely ignored anyways