Seinfeld: Good News, Bad News (1989)
Season 1, Episode 1
8/10
Funny, witty and so much ahead of its time
30 September 2013
Warning: Spoilers
These twenty two minutes of Jerry Seinfeld playing Jerry Seinfeld showed us the shape of things to come, i.e. the long-running series that was launched not much later. It's a mix of Seinfeld doing standup comedy and interacting with his friends. While his shows were pretty funny too, I definitely preferred his scenes with Jason Alexander, who wasn't even 30 when this was made, but still totally dominated the screen in his scenes. Kessler is already there as well, so the only one still missing is Julia Louis-Dreyfus, who, as a side note, has already won more Emmys most recently for 2 seasons of Veep than for Seinfeld.

We find out wisdom about female signals, laundromats, cotton balls and many many more. It's truly innovative take on male-female relationships that always start as job interviews that last all night. It's a short film that oozes creativity from everybody involved, especially creator Larry David. The humor and references are still unbelievably relevant 25 years later. It's all you can ask for in comedy. Very much recommended and a great start to get into the series.
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