What is the urgency to play it right then and there and take the risk? Maybe he should move it to his bedroom? The plight of a non voicemail era. Justin: Should Jerry have played his answering machine in front of Naomi? It was a ballsy move to do in front of someone he just met. But making him a real jerk is such a great turn, and of course George is the one who has to spend time with him. Truth be told, I think even if you had the Bubble Boy as a doting fan who is a wonderful treasure, you could still make a good episode out of it with George, Jerry and Kramer’s trek to meet him. Jordan: The Bubble Boy story is an instant classic. People with tragic illnesses are usually portrayed as courageous heroes, so I always enjoy seeing that inverted, and the unpleasant, antagonistic Bubble Boy is one of the best examples I can think of. And I can’t say enough good things about the Bubble Boy himself. George’s obsession with making great time, and discomfort around sick people, are both great. Mel Sanger’s tale of woe about his son is great, as is Jerry’s complete lack of empathy. The climactic “Moops” bit gets the most love, but it’s great throughout. There is no other sitcom that would do an entire episode about a mean asshole confined to a bubble.Īndrew: It’s pretty clearly the Bubble Boy, I think.
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From the sad dissertation from the Yoo-Hoo driver, to the mother explaining that it’s not in fact an igloo, to the way the angry mob runs in at the end full of bile and inquisition, the whole thing just works. Great stuff.Īaron: It’s everything with the Bubble Boy. Donald was an awesome piece of shit, demanding to see Susan’s tits and rubbing his trivial pursuit prowess in everyone’s faces. Everything about the storyline was top notch, from the initial coffee shop description, to the awkward scene of George and Susan sitting with the Sangers, to the trivial pursuit game to the popping of the bubble. I love the tease that it is some poor little boy with no friends and a sad, lonely life when in reality it is an adult asshole living behind a plastic sheet, torturing his parents. If we’re handing out medals, Donald gets the gold, with Jerry getting the silver and George capturing bronze. A character who is living inside a bubble is a real a-hole. His arrogance and anger is on display in everything he says, which is such a Seinfeldy thing to do. He’s only in the second half of the show and we never see him, but the whole episode is based on him, and when George finally meets him, he doesn’t disappoint. He’s neurotic, obsessive, and vindictive, and I very much enjoy it. (In other words: I have been in near-fights over Trivial Pursuit).
This is one of the definitive George episodes all his problems are of his own making, caused by his stubborn inability to let things go, and yet you can still see his side. “Why don’t you take your top off?” Indeed Donald…indeed.Īndrew: The Bubble Boy almost wins for his excellent “How ‘bout takin’ your top off?” line reading, but I have to give this one to George. Every syllable is angry, mean and so perfect considering how much time they took to set him up as sympathetic. When we first hear his heavenly voice he’s threatening to shove food in his mother’s face and it doesn’t let up until he assaults George in a fit of rage.
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Scratch that, we already hear how frustrated his father in when Donald controls the TV remote. He’s just so angry, right from the start. Donald the Bubble Boy is a treasure, and he deserves every inch of this one. And it is all topped off by Jerry wishing the Bubble Boy a jovial happy birthday as he is wheeled out on a stretcher.Īaron: Never when I started doing these did I think I’d hand this out to someone we never see. And it boils over so badly that he gets into a war over a stupid autographed picture that is hanging on the wall of some random podunk diner. But Jerry, between not giving a shit about the Bubble Boy and his growing frustration along the way with everyone in the way of his vacation, he was just a tour de force. Justin: I have to go with Jerry here, even though everyone was a candidate across the board, right down to the Bubble Boy’s mother. So settle into your couch with the cushions flipped over, grab a Snapple and enjoy the ride!
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The goal is to rewatch the entire series chronologically to see what truly worked, what still holds up today, what feels just a bit dated and yada, yada, yada it will be a great time. Welcome to Seinfeld: The PTBN Series Rewatch! On a regular basis, Justin Rozzero, Aaron George, Andrew Flanagan and Jordan Duncan will watch an episode of TV’s greatest sitcom and provide notes and grades across a number of categories.
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