Seinfeld vs. Curb Your Enthusiasm

OffSheGoes35

Is there any show that can possibly beat Seinfeld when it comes to Pearl Jam fans? I figured this would be the only true contender. 

Malroth

Curb Your Enthusiasm

The last year or two of curb is pretty, pretty bad or it would be a lot closer for me.

I'd have to rewatch both of them to cast my sincere vote, and right now Bob is taking up too much of my time.

(lean towards curb, though)

Malroth

Curb Your Enthusiasm

ok, I'll stop being wishy-washy and vote.

OffSheGoes35

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Malroth said:

The last year or two of curb is pretty, pretty bad or it would be a lot closer for me.

I'd have to rewatch both of them to cast my sincere vote, and right now Bob is taking up too much of my time.

(lean towards curb, though)

I haven't watched the last two seasons, so I will trust your review. In my estimation though the Larry David/Richard Lewis scenes, beat Seinfeld by a landslide. 

dankind

Twin Peaks

Hobbes

dankind said:

Twin Peaks

Purple Fairy Tree

dankind said:

Twin Peaks

Yeah Twin Peaks

pjhawks

Seinfeld

Seinfeld.  Thought Curb got really stale after a while.  

1ThoughtKnown

Seinfeld

Seinfeld. The best season of Curb was the Seinfeld “reunion” season.
Still close as Curb is my third favourite tv show of all time after Seinfeld and WKRP. 

mca47

Curb Your Enthusiasm

I chose Curb.  The last two seasons of Seinfeld are almost unwatchable.  That said, the last couple of seasons of Curb were a bit "meh", but they had their moments. 

hedonist

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Real tight and agree with many of the “meh” reactions to parts of both. That said, while I adore them both, Curb crossed many lines that Seinfeld didn’t or couldn’t — kid with the huge penis, pants tent, kid with the sewing machine — a ton of those. 

mfc2006

Seinfeld

Both are great, but Seinfeld gets my vote

bootlegger10

Seinfeld

The shows came out at different times with Seinfeld before streaming.  Seinfeld was must see television at the time.  You made sure to stay home and watch it.   I love Larry David's humor and realize now he is why Seinfeld was great, and love Curb, but I think I have to give the edge to Seinfeld.  Even if Curb was on free tv, it wouldn't have the same impact that Seinfeld did to pop culture.  

Glorified KC

Seinfeld

I was thinking of putting this poll up for weeks, so glad you did!  Seinfeld keeps getting better as the show went on.  Season 8 is far and away my favorite season.  Despite the finale, I prefer George over Larry.

mookeywrench

Curb Your Enthusiasm

1st couple seasons of Seinfeld were snoozefests until;
1) they thought they were going to get fired and stopped caring about pleasing network execs.

2) Jason Alexander changed George Castanza's character from Woody Allen into Larry David.

Matts3221

Seinfeld

I love curb like love it.

However Seinfeld just can’t be touched been on watching it on Netflix. I feel if I was not recently watching them I would have gone for curb.

GlowGirl

Seinfeld

I love Curb a lot but yada yada yada - and that's why I voted for Seinfeld.

Lizard

Seinfeld

Ultimately voted for Seinfeld--what's not to like?

The Juggler

Seinfeld

Seinfeld is the greatest comedy of all time. There is no debate. Season 5 is the greatest season of comedy of all time. Week after week was one classic after the other. Uncanny how amazing that season was. 

Curb is quite possibly 2nd and likely in the top 5. I love both. Curb's problem has simply been Larry doesn't know when to leave. It's been past it's prime for more than a decade now. Jerry left on, pretty much, a high note. 

Loujoe

Tough call. I'd say Seinfeld wins for consistency. Curb is painfully hilarious, but can be a bit of a bore. Leon and Larry, can watch that forever. 

dankind

The Juggler said:

Seinfeld is the greatest comedy of all time. There is no debate. Season 5 is the greatest season of comedy of all time. Week after week was one classic after the other. Uncanny how amazing that season was. 

Curb is quite possibly 2nd and likely in the top 5. I love both. Curb's problem has simply been Larry doesn't know when to leave. It's been past it's prime for more than a decade now. Jerry left on, pretty much, a high note. 

I think there is an argument to be made for The Simpsons being the greatest comedy of all time.

I mean, I stopped watching it decades (plural) ago, but every time I catch a newer episode, they’re still pretty great.

Ledbetterman10

Seinfeld

I loved Curb as much as the next guy but never found it to have as much rewatch value as Seinfeld. But for the first 7 seasons, Curb was usually pretty hilarious to me on the first viewing. Not so much for seasons 8 and 9. And seasons 10 and 11 were so awful in my opinion that I file them with the likes of Rocky 5….I don’t even acknowledge their existence because it would bring down the greatness that proceeded it. I didn’t even make it through season 11. Quit after like 4 episodes. They were a chore to watch. 

It’s been renewed for season 12 just today. I’m loyal enough to Larry to give it a try as I did with seasons 10 and 11…but I’m not very optimistic. 

mca47

Curb Your Enthusiasm

The Juggler said:

Seinfeld is the greatest comedy of all time. There is no debate. Season 5 is the greatest season of comedy of all time. Week after week was one classic after the other. Uncanny how amazing that season was. 

Curb is quite possibly 2nd and likely in the top 5. I love both. Curb's problem has simply been Larry doesn't know when to leave. It's been past it's prime for more than a decade now. Jerry left on, pretty much, a high note. 

My only problem with Seinfeld is how quickly the quality of the writing and acting fell off after Larry left the show.  The last two seasons were....okay at best.  To your point about Larry not knowing when to leave, I agree to that on Curb, but he was spot on when he left Seinfeld.  And to me, this drastic dip in quality really shows who made Seinfeld....Seinfeld...and it wasn't Jerry.  
Also, I hated how all the characters changed in the last two seasons.  George just got mad and loud all the time.  Elaine became almost unlikeable, Kramer seemed to get quieter and his physical comedy was more expectedly obvious.  Jerry just seemed to coast but with far less (and smart) social observations...which is such a big part of his standup.  

Seinfeld will always win this "debate" because of how it was part of the 90's NBC, Thursday night, primetime lineup.  Everyone watched and planned for that.  And now, if you scroll down the guide on whatever service you have, Seinfeld is on at least 4 networks at anytime.

With Curb, you had/have to seek that out.  Nothing about that show is mainstream or could even be touched by something that wasn't a paid add-on, cable service where they could get away with more adult humor.  

Anyways, both are fn great and for different reasons.

The Juggler

Seinfeld

mca47 said:

The Juggler said:

Seinfeld is the greatest comedy of all time. There is no debate. Season 5 is the greatest season of comedy of all time. Week after week was one classic after the other. Uncanny how amazing that season was. 

Curb is quite possibly 2nd and likely in the top 5. I love both. Curb's problem has simply been Larry doesn't know when to leave. It's been past it's prime for more than a decade now. Jerry left on, pretty much, a high note. 

My only problem with Seinfeld is how quickly the quality of the writing and acting fell off after Larry left the show.  The last two seasons were....okay at best.  To your point about Larry not knowing when to leave, I agree to that on Curb, but he was spot on when he left Seinfeld.  And to me, this drastic dip in quality really shows who made Seinfeld....Seinfeld...and it wasn't Jerry.  
Also, I hated how all the characters changed in the last two seasons.  George just got mad and loud all the time.  Elaine became almost unlikeable, Kramer seemed to get quieter and his physical comedy was more expectedly obvious.  Jerry just seemed to coast but with far less (and smart) social observations...which is such a big part of his standup.  

Seinfeld will always win this "debate" because of how it was part of the 90's NBC, Thursday night, primetime lineup.  Everyone watched and planned for that.  And now, if you scroll down the guide on whatever service you have, Seinfeld is on at least 4 networks at anytime.

With Curb, you had/have to seek that out.  Nothing about that show is mainstream or could even be touched by something that wasn't a paid add-on, cable service where they could get away with more adult humor.  

Anyways, both are fn great and for different reasons.

I agree that the last two Seinfeld seasons were not as good as earlier ones. Also agree on the characters changing as that has always irked me. But I would not say they were "okay" at best. The consistency was not there but some of the all time classics were in those last two seasons.

Plus, if we are talking about shows going downhill....Curb, as amazing as it was early on, has been kind of a tough watch for about a decade now. 

PJ_Soul

Curb Your Enthusiasm

I really love both, but CYE is so real, that makes it funnier.

pjhawks

Seinfeld

MASH is the greatest comedy of all time.   Seinfeld 2nd.  Most underrated is Taxi.  

Gern Blansten

Curb Your Enthusiasm

I always thought the "Bizarro Jerry" episode was hilarious which was the next to last season.

hedonist

Curb Your Enthusiasm

The Juggler said:

mca47 said:

The Juggler said:

Seinfeld is the greatest comedy of all time. There is no debate. Season 5 is the greatest season of comedy of all time. Week after week was one classic after the other. Uncanny how amazing that season was. 

Curb is quite possibly 2nd and likely in the top 5. I love both. Curb's problem has simply been Larry doesn't know when to leave. It's been past it's prime for more than a decade now. Jerry left on, pretty much, a high note. 

My only problem with Seinfeld is how quickly the quality of the writing and acting fell off after Larry left the show.  The last two seasons were....okay at best.  To your point about Larry not knowing when to leave, I agree to that on Curb, but he was spot on when he left Seinfeld.  And to me, this drastic dip in quality really shows who made Seinfeld....Seinfeld...and it wasn't Jerry.  
Also, I hated how all the characters changed in the last two seasons.  George just got mad and loud all the time.  Elaine became almost unlikeable, Kramer seemed to get quieter and his physical comedy was more expectedly obvious.  Jerry just seemed to coast but with far less (and smart) social observations...which is such a big part of his standup.  

Seinfeld will always win this "debate" because of how it was part of the 90's NBC, Thursday night, primetime lineup.  Everyone watched and planned for that.  And now, if you scroll down the guide on whatever service you have, Seinfeld is on at least 4 networks at anytime.

With Curb, you had/have to seek that out.  Nothing about that show is mainstream or could even be touched by something that wasn't a paid add-on, cable service where they could get away with more adult humor.  

Anyways, both are fn great and for different reasons.

I agree that the last two Seinfeld seasons were not as good as earlier ones. Also agree on the characters changing as that has always irked me. But I would not say they were "okay" at best. The consistency was not there but some of the all time classics were in those last two seasons.

Plus, if we are talking about shows going downhill....Curb, as amazing as it was early on, has been kind of a tough watch for about a decade now. 

I think Elaine changed when she cut her hair. She was mean…less Elaine-y. 

The Juggler

Seinfeld

hedonist said:

The Juggler said:

mca47 said:

The Juggler said:

Seinfeld is the greatest comedy of all time. There is no debate. Season 5 is the greatest season of comedy of all time. Week after week was one classic after the other. Uncanny how amazing that season was. 

Curb is quite possibly 2nd and likely in the top 5. I love both. Curb's problem has simply been Larry doesn't know when to leave. It's been past it's prime for more than a decade now. Jerry left on, pretty much, a high note. 

My only problem with Seinfeld is how quickly the quality of the writing and acting fell off after Larry left the show.  The last two seasons were....okay at best.  To your point about Larry not knowing when to leave, I agree to that on Curb, but he was spot on when he left Seinfeld.  And to me, this drastic dip in quality really shows who made Seinfeld....Seinfeld...and it wasn't Jerry.  
Also, I hated how all the characters changed in the last two seasons.  George just got mad and loud all the time.  Elaine became almost unlikeable, Kramer seemed to get quieter and his physical comedy was more expectedly obvious.  Jerry just seemed to coast but with far less (and smart) social observations...which is such a big part of his standup.  

Seinfeld will always win this "debate" because of how it was part of the 90's NBC, Thursday night, primetime lineup.  Everyone watched and planned for that.  And now, if you scroll down the guide on whatever service you have, Seinfeld is on at least 4 networks at anytime.

With Curb, you had/have to seek that out.  Nothing about that show is mainstream or could even be touched by something that wasn't a paid add-on, cable service where they could get away with more adult humor.  

Anyways, both are fn great and for different reasons.

I agree that the last two Seinfeld seasons were not as good as earlier ones. Also agree on the characters changing as that has always irked me. But I would not say they were "okay" at best. The consistency was not there but some of the all time classics were in those last two seasons.

Plus, if we are talking about shows going downhill....Curb, as amazing as it was early on, has been kind of a tough watch for about a decade now. 

I think Elaine changed when she cut her hair. She was mean…less Elaine-y. 

YES! I believe it does also coincide with Larry leaving, but I have always thought when she cut it and made it curly that her character also changed. Her wardrobe also changed a bit around that time too. 

1ThoughtKnown

Seinfeld

The only Seinfeld episodes I don’t like are the pilot and Puerto Rican day. Every other episode is enjoyable from classic to a few chuckles. Even if I’ve seen the episode a hundred times. It’s timeless.

CYE is more topical and some episodes can become dated.