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Old 03-31-11, 09:00 AM
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Seinfeld - "The Revenge" (1991) - c'mon over, baby, whole lotta suing goin' on

I enjoy this episode, I really do. And makers of the show, and fans of the show, confirm that this episode was, indeed, the "turning point" of the show. Kramer got to do physical comedy (when he dumped cement into the laundry machine), and George sort of dropped the whole Woody Allen impression and went with a Larry David impression.

However, if it is a "turning point," I'd have to say it is definitely so in one main respect: it went from 'sitcom reality' to 'sitcom fantasy,' because this episode can't be anything but a fantasy.

a) George drops a 'mickey' into his boss's drink at a party, blatantly threatening a fat woman to move from her seat so he can sit there and "do it."

b) Kramer and Jerry blatantly dump cement into a laundry machine in full view of the owner of the laundry.

In either case, you have a lawsuit on your hands. Nobody seems phased by this, as there is no reason to be so phased because this has become a 'sitcom fantasy.' Even if Jerry did pay for the repair of the machine after he found the money he thought to laundry guy stole, he could still find himself with a lawsuit for the deed. Kramer was, after all, covered in cement powder, so there was no question of guilt.

George could have been charge with 'attempted murder,' depending on how his boss reacted to the drug in his cocktail. I mean, that's a serious, dangerous thing to do to a person, especially a prick as overweight as his boss was.

I like what they did with the episode, don't get me wrong, and maybe there wasn't any conscious thought about "consequences," but I wonder if such a question was ever broached. Maybe they just thought, "this is funny," and that was good enough.

I think that was good enough.
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Re: Seinfeld - "The Revenge" (1991) - c'mon over, baby, whole lotta suing goin' on

Wtf
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Re: Seinfeld - "The Revenge" (1991) - c'mon over, baby, whole lotta suing goin' on

Yeah, yeah, yeah, so I'm a little late in my review, so what.
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Re: Seinfeld - "The Revenge" (1991) - c'mon over, baby, whole lotta suing goin' on

Serenity now!
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Re: Seinfeld - "The Revenge" (1991) - c'mon over, baby, whole lotta suing goin' on

Originally Posted by Buttmunker
Yeah, yeah, yeah, so I'm a little late in my review, so what.
A little? You record this on your Betamax?
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Re: Seinfeld - "The Revenge" (1991) - c'mon over, baby, whole lotta suing goin' on

Also, many of those Perry Mason episodes were NOT realistic from a legal standpoint.
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Re: Seinfeld - "The Revenge" (1991) - c'mon over, baby, whole lotta suing goin' on

Originally Posted by Bandoman
Also, many of those Perry Mason episodes were NOT realistic from a legal standpoint.
And Quincy wasn't a real M.E.?
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Re: Seinfeld - "The Revenge" (1991) - c'mon over, baby, whole lotta suing goin' on

Originally Posted by Buttmunker
However, if it is a "turning point," I'd have to say it is definitely so in one main respect: it went from 'sitcom reality' to 'sitcom fantasy,' because this episode can't be anything but a fantasy.
Funny enough I remember coming to this exact same conclusion after originally watching the episode that followed this one: "The Heart Attack." That's the one where George turns purple after drinking some holistic tea and the paramedics taking him to the hospital actually pull the ambulance over to have a fist fight over stolen candy. Followed by the ambulance crashing.

To me, this is the turning point when the show deviated from observational humor show to far fetched, all out wackiness.

Exhibit A:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkijphlNSxA

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Re: Seinfeld - "The Revenge" (1991) - c'mon over, baby, whole lotta suing goin' on

I think the answer is that there were randomly weird storylines thrown in throughout the show's history, followed up promptly with "realism".
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Re: Seinfeld - "The Revenge" (1991) - c'mon over, baby, whole lotta suing goin' on

i hate this episode.
thats my in depth review.
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Re: Seinfeld - "The Revenge" (1991) - c'mon over, baby, whole lotta suing goin' on

I can believe this. Sometimes, it doesn't seem like that headhunters episode of Gilligan's Island was realistic, though.
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Re: Seinfeld - "The Revenge" (1991) - c'mon over, baby, whole lotta suing goin' on

On the other hand, there really is a bunch of NYC sheep that will stand in line for an hour for a fucking cup of soup.
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Re: Seinfeld - "The Revenge" (1991) - c'mon over, baby, whole lotta suing goin' on

That scene of Kramer dumping the cement into the washing machine still makes me

Michael Richards was a master at physical comedy.
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Re: Seinfeld - "The Revenge" (1991) - c'mon over, baby, whole lotta suing goin' on

Originally Posted by Fist of Doom
That scene of Kramer dumping the cement into the washing machine still makes me

Michael Richards was a master at physical comedy.
not so much with the black hecklers though.
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Re: Seinfeld - "The Revenge" (1991) - c'mon over, baby, whole lotta suing goin' on

Originally Posted by Fist of Doom
Michael Richards was a master
Yeah, that seems about right.
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Re: Seinfeld - "The Revenge" (1991) - c'mon over, baby, whole lotta suing goin' on

Did anyone see that show All in the Family? It is real edgy, and talks about taboo issues like race, abortion, and The Vietnam War.
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Re: Seinfeld - "The Revenge" (1991) - c'mon over, baby, whole lotta suing goin' on

Originally Posted by Fist of Doom
That scene of Kramer dumping the cement into the washing machine still makes me

Michael Richards was a master at physical comedy.
Michael Richards makes me laugh, too, but I have to say he stole all his moves from Jack Tripper.
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Re: Seinfeld - "The Revenge" (1991) - c'mon over, baby, whole lotta suing goin' on

Father Dowling was actually a Lutheran. A LUTHERAN.
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Re: Seinfeld - "The Revenge" (1991) - c'mon over, baby, whole lotta suing goin' on

they don't play Seinfeld on the WB for a reason!

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