Seinfeld: Greatest Episodes

I know this is way off topic, but in my post today I would like to talk about the greatest television show of all-time, Seinfeld. Seinfeld of course was a show that aired throughout the 90’s and starred Jerry Seinfeld. The show dealt with Jerry and his three friends, Kramer, Elaine, and George, and the whacky life situations they would get themselves into. I absolutely love Seinfeld and every episode just cracks me up. I think I like it so much because it takes the stupidest, littlest things in life and makes them absolutely hilarious. Since I like all the episodes it was tough for me to come up with a top episode list, but this is what I came up with:

1. The Contest- This episode has everything suspense, controversy, and of course comedy. The episode is about a contest the four main characters enter together to see who can go the longest without….well you know, gratifying themselves. The episode begins with George telling everyone that his mother walked in on him while he was having “alone time”. He claims that because of this he will never engage in this kind of activity ever again. Jerry says it is impossible and this leads to the contest that the four friends enter. Kramer is eliminated within a day as he gives in because of a beautiful woman across the street who walks around naked with the curtains open. The contest takes a toll on the remaining contestants as they suffer from insomnia and other complications. After a series of whacky events the contest ends in a tie as no one remains “Master of Their Domain”.



2. The Soup Nazi- Definitely one of the all-time classic episodes of Seinfeld, The Soup Nazi is about a soup stand that the friends discover that serves delicious soup. However, the immigrant owner of the stand, whom the friends refer to as the Soup Nazi, demands perfection from his customers. This means he expects them to follow a strict ordering procedure and if this procedure is not followed he greets the customer with his famous catchphrase, “No Soup for You!”. Jerry respects and follows the rules of the Soup Nazi, but it is a different story for Elaine. She refuses to follow the rules and this leads to a conflict between her and the Soup Nazi. Through a series of hilarious events, Elaine is able to acquire the recipes of the Soup Nazi and because of this the episode ends with the Soup Nazi closing his stand and moving back to Argentina.



3. The Junior Mint- This episode is about when one of Elaine’s ex-boyfriends is in the hospital and is having a splenectomy. Jerry and Kramer decide to watch the operation from a viewing gallery and Kramer, being Kramer, decides to bring a box of Junior Mints with him as if he was at a movie theatre. Kramer offers Jerry a Junior Mint, but Jerry refuses, pushing the box away. As Jerry pushes the box away one of the mints falls out of the box and lands directly in the patient. Jerry and Kramer realize what they have done and immediately worry about the consequences of their mistake. They continue to check the health of the patient and at first the patient falls victim to a terrible infection. Eventually the patient makes a miraculous comeback that the doctors describe as the work of “something from above”.



Honorable Mention: The Marine Biologist, The Puffy Shirt, The Merv Griffin Show, The Opposite

All these episodes are absolute classics and if you’ve never seen an episode of Seinfeld, I highly recommend them. If you time it right you catch Seinfeld almost three times a day on stations like TBS and Fox. It is by far my favorite show and is the show I consider the greatest of all-time.