I moved to Los Angeles in March of 1994. Jerry Seinfeld was a popular TV show (there was a guy at Aish HaTorah who looked just like Jerry Seinfeld) but I had never seen it and over the years I developed pride in never having seen it.
At the same time, Jerry Seinfeld dominated popular culture. I felt a tad out of it from never having seen the show. When I’d make Jewish jokes, people would tell me about the Seinfeld episode where the dentist who converted to Judaism so he could tell Jewish jokes. Eventually I broke down and watched that episode on Youtube and then decided to start watching the show from season one.
I’m glad I did. It’s the perfect thing to watch before going to bed. It cleans your mind out and you are never agitated afterward. You can just drift off.
S3E11 is another superb episode and it ends with Jerry doing his stand-up comedy: “The best part of being in a relationship is when you are sick and the best part of being sick is when you are in a relationship. If I were to get married, all those vows about for richer and for poorer, for better and for worse, all I need is the sickness. That to me is the most important one. Do you take this man in sickness? That’s the only time I need somebody there. The rest of the time? Go out. Have a ball. Do whatever you want. But if I get the sniffles, you better be there.”
I’m halfway through season three and there is not one mention of all the main characters, aside from Kramer, being Jewish.
