Was the show REALLY about nothing? - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Brian Damage · 10-29-2003, 11:06 AM

Because if you notice, something was always going on. They did have storylines. Your thoughts.

wickthayer · 10-29-2003, 11:30 AM

Well if it was really about nothing I doubt Russel would have let it get on the air. It started out being about not much, little everyday stuff and inane discussions over the details of life most people gloss over. It got to be about more as the show progressed.

Brian Damage · 10-29-2003, 11:33 AM

Exactly, that's why it bothers me when the media says it was a show about nothing, when in essence it was always about something.

BobCobb · 10-29-2003, 03:58 PM

I think the creators liked to use that name for the show.
"Everybody's doing something, we'll do nothing!"

Brian Damage · 10-29-2003, 05:45 PM

Now the earlier episodes they really did nothing.

Maestro · 10-29-2003, 07:17 PM

I think in "Nothing," they were refering to the excruciating minutiae, the little shnit that we do & see every day.

Jerry's stand up work was the observance type comedy of these everyday things, pointed out in his comedic way, and the show is based on his stand up.

Since nothing means ALL this little stuff we all call "Nothing,"
"Nothing" in this case means "Everything."

It was a show about everything

'cause as we know, it's all little shnit.

Elaine Benes · 10-29-2003, 07:47 PM

Maestro you've got to be the smartest person here...I've learned so much from you.

DarwinEx · 10-29-2003, 08:00 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Elaine Benes
Maestro you've got to be the smartest person here...I've learned so much from you.

Uh oh, be on the look out for Maestro's inflating head!

But he is certainly up there in his seinfeld wisdom

Brian Damage · 10-29-2003, 08:30 PM

He's a self proclaimed Sein Geek.

10-29-2003, 11:06 AM	#1
Brian Damage I'm Rich Bitch Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 03, 2002 Location: What Ain't No Country I Ever Heard Of...They Speak English in What? Posts: 63,107	Was the show REALLY about nothing? Because if you notice, something was always going on. They did have storylines. Your thoughts.

10-29-2003, 11:30 AM	#2
wickthayer Member Forum Regular Join Date: Sep 03, 2003 Posts: 562	Well if it was really about nothing I doubt Russel would have let it get on the air. It started out being about not much, little everyday stuff and inane discussions over the details of life most people gloss over. It got to be about more as the show progressed.

10-29-2003, 11:33 AM	#3
Brian Damage I'm Rich Bitch Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 03, 2002 Location: What Ain't No Country I Ever Heard Of...They Speak English in What? Posts: 63,107	Exactly, that's why it bothers me when the media says it was a show about nothing, when in essence it was always about something.

10-29-2003, 03:58 PM	#4
BobCobb Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Oct 08, 2003 Posts: 140	I think the creators liked to use that name for the show. "Everybody's doing something, we'll do nothing!"

10-29-2003, 05:45 PM	#5
Brian Damage I'm Rich Bitch Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 03, 2002 Location: What Ain't No Country I Ever Heard Of...They Speak English in What? Posts: 63,107	Now the earlier episodes they really did nothing.

10-29-2003, 07:17 PM	#6
Maestro Hipster Dufus Senior Member Join Date: May 31, 2002 Location: Below the equator Posts: 2,905	I think in "Nothing," they were refering to the excruciating minutiae, the little shnit that we do & see every day. Jerry's stand up work was the observance type comedy of these everyday things, pointed out in his comedic way, and the show is based on his stand up. Since nothing means ALL this little stuff we all call "Nothing," "Nothing" in this case means "Everything." It was a show about everything 'cause as we know, it's all little shnit.

10-29-2003, 07:47 PM	#7
Elaine Benes Vixxxen Senior Member Join Date: Oct 23, 2003 Location: NYC Posts: 1,333	Maestro you've got to be the smartest person here...I've learned so much from you.

10-29-2003, 08:30 PM	#9
Brian Damage I'm Rich Bitch Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 03, 2002 Location: What Ain't No Country I Ever Heard Of...They Speak English in What? Posts: 63,107	He's a self proclaimed Sein Geek.