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Originally Posted by TitovFTW
Seinfield was great. I don't see Friends as any less of a show because of how great Seinfield was. Don't find the need to compare the two either in that great of detail. All I said was Seinfield also had the luxury of not having to worry about continuity at all or any ongoing storylines or character arcs. It's a brilliant show, it's one of my all time favorite shows, Seinfield is great. I'd argue that Friends was still a good show for most of it's run. Every show eventually jumps the shark when on for that long, much like the later seasons of Seinfield. And I feel as if Friends did have enough character development and long enough story arcs that it was not them trotting out the same thing for 9 seasons. You're clearly not a fan, that's okay.
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just a discussion, there are much worse shows than friends. I remember laughing quite hard at the episode of Friends where Ross is hitting on his cousin (Denise Richards) and he blurts out "I haven't had sex in a really long time". Seinfeld however did have continuity, they often referenced Jerry and Elain's relationship and while it did take them a long time Jerry and George came up with a show that NBC produced. As well Jerry slowly (very slowly) became more and more successful as a comedian (getting spots on late night shows, he earned enough money to buy his dad a fancy car and he started flying first class everywhere and taking limousines).
The idea of Seinfeld was that it was supposed to be about the life of Jerry before he got his show, George was Larry David and there was a Kramer in real life. Most of the episodes in Seinfeld were based on a real story, someone on the show once said that the episode they were shooting was too unrealistic and Larry David quipped that it actually happened to him so it can't be that unrealistic.