Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for January 10, 2023

Just don’t do the thing you’re mastering anywhere you want.

I don’t have to worry about that. Never watch Seinfeld.

I actually really liked a lot of Seinfeld, but boy was the finale a letdown. By the way, I’m pretty sure “master of your own domain” means something specific in that show…

It was a show about nothing. Hello?

I don’t think I’ve ever watched an episode of Seinfeld. A few snippets,maybe.

The “show about nothing” made no impression on me. Always thought it was overrated.

I never watched Seinfeld, for I watched little television at the time. I gave up cable in 2008.

What is this ‘tape’ of which they speak? And can’t they just stream it to their phones when ever they want?

A major cultural event at the time. Not sure how many younger people today even know Seinfeld beyond it being a show they hear mentioned every once in a great while but they’ve never watched it themselves.

I remember where I was for the finale of Seinfeld: at home, in front of my TV doing what I did whenever Seinfeld was on — NOT watching Seinfeld. Couldn’t stand the show or the characters on it.

Wow… am I the only person here who’ll admit to watching Seinfeld?

I dislike most sitcoms, and don’t even watch TV any more… but I liked that show because the humor was so low-key… not dumbed down or blatant, and the characters were so unlovable.

I didn’t care for Kramer cos he was too over-the-top clownish; I liked the more subtle stuff.

But I did think the finale pretty much sucked… even Jerry Seinfeld has said he regrets it now.

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I still occasionally watch YouTube videos of bits of it… and of Curb Your Enthusiasm, where Seinfeld creator Larry David plays himself, as an even more despicable antihero.

No accounting for taste.

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And yeah… “master of his domain” applies to a very specific thing, let’s say, an impulse resolution, that you wouldn’t see mentioned on most sitcoms, especially back then.

The characters informally contested to control it, in one episode.

You can google it, cos I’ll say no more… but “Be This Guy” references it, in the first comment above.

“Seinfeld”. The most overrated show in the history of television.

But, I have hand

I assure you I don’t know where I was on the night of the last “Seinfeld.” The only thing I’m sure of is that I was not watching “Seinfeld.”

Unforgettable moments, who can forget the “Soup Nazi”; but the show was completely devoid of love.

Just don’t master your domain on public television, like certain TV hosts have done. Lesson learned

People would rather remember where they were for the last episode of M*A*S*H*

Hell, I don’t even remember where I was during the last episode of M*A*S*H. I do remember there was too much Hawkeye angst and too little “comedy”.

John Rednose versus Sidney Fields

I don’t think I saw the last of Seinfeld. At least I don’t remember it. I’ll have to check youtube.

Interestingly, right after the “Master of my own domain” show was aired was when I started watching the show. At work the next day, everyone was talking about it, so I decided to give it a try. Easily not among the best comedy series’, but OK.

Seinfeld is probably the greatest show ever. Each episode a masterclass. Surprised at the lack of love for it considering this is a comics site!

I attended an actual ‘last Seinfeld episode’ party. Not that I’m proud of that.

I get why those of our generation might be more inclined to appreciate Seinfeldian humor.

I agree. The hell with family values!

The last episode made the whole series make sense.

I have no idea where I was on the night of the last Seinfeld.

I also have no idea when Seinfeld was on, since I only watched pieces and parts of it while channel surfing, looking for something Good to watch.

For all the people crowing about how you never watched Seinfeld or think it was stupid, who cares? You are in the minority. You just make more noise.

“Seinfeld is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential sitcoms of all time. TV Guide named it the greatest TV show of all time in 2002 and in 2013, the magazine ranked it as the second-greatest TV show. A 2015 The Hollywood Reporter survey of 2,800 actors, producers, directors, and other industry people named Seinfeld as their #5 favorite show. In 2022, Rolling Stone ranked Seinfeld as the sixth-greatest TV show of all time.It has been ranked among television’s best shows in publications such as Entertainment Weekly, Rolling Stone and TV Guide.” It was the highest rated show for two seasons including its last. It was #2 in two other seasons and #3 in another after starting slow. The individual awards are too many for me to list but it is one of the most decorated shows in television history. So you didn’t watch it or like it? So what?

I was upset at the last Seinfeld. I hated it. Yeah, the “domain” thing was an “off color” joke.

What is this “greatest [e.g. sitcom] of all time” claim?? Weren’t there a couple of winners in the late Jurassic that were greater?