(a thought on Seinfeld)

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

Tom Condit wrote:
>I thought Seinfeld was interesting and funny the first time I saw it. The
>second time I thought it was mildly interesting and not very funny. The
>third time I lost interested and turned off the tv about 10 minutes into it.
>It obviously appeals to a lot of people, though. (A union local here in the
>S.F. Bay Area cut short its phonebanking against Proposition 226, which
>would essentially eliminate unions from California politics, so members
>could go home and watch the last episode.)

Did people watch Seinfeld because it was 'interesting and funny' in itself?
I kinda have doubts about it. People may have been watching it because the
show gained an 'event' status, and watching it became a must since it gave
them a common topic during lunch breaks, etc.

Yoshie