Consider this a public service announcement.<\/p>\n
I broke from this screen to watch the final "Curb Your Enthusiasm".\u00c2\u00a0 Talk about being nostalgic…<\/p>\n
The nineties were a lost decade for me.\u00c2\u00a0 My ex moved out in ’89, just when "Seinfeld" began.\u00c2\u00a0 I was a comedy nut, I’d seen all the stand-ups on late night TV, even before that lame "Improv" show killed the format.\u00c2\u00a0 And Jerry was always second best, to George Carlin.<\/p>\n
Carlin said the great thing about the supermarket was if you decided you didn’t want something, you could put it back ANYWHERE!<\/p>\n
Jerry asked if we knew why they called it the "Check-Out Line".\u00c2\u00a0 I think of that every time I’m in the supermarket.<\/p>\n
So, knowing Jerry and being suddenly addicted to television, having never owned a set until 1987, and seeming to be one of the few people who knew how to program a VCR, I recorded "The Seinfeld Chronicles".<\/p>\n
And then watched every new episode in order.<\/p>\n
The interplay between Jerry and Larry on "Curb" was utterly amazing.\u00c2\u00a0 When they were standing by Jason’s book, talking about "Having said that…"<\/p>\n
When Jerry talked about the old days, how they shared all their secrets…\u00c2\u00a0 Doing filmed entertainment is like being in the army, a unique experience even more intense than college, you never forget those days, the experiences you had. But they don’t last.<\/p>\n
And how Jason slipped right into character.\u00c2\u00a0 And Julia.<\/p>\n
It was like it was the nineties all over again.<\/p>\n
But it’s not.\u00c2\u00a0 Everybody looked a bit older.\u00c2\u00a0 Jerry’s lost a bit of hair, Jason is chunkier, Julia’s hair is longer, she looks more sophisticated.\u00c2\u00a0 Michael?\u00c2\u00a0 Like Cosmo Kramer, he doesn’t age.<\/p>\n
But the absolute best part of the episode, of the whole damn series, was Larry getting back together with Cheryl.\u00c2\u00a0 We love happy endings.\u00c2\u00a0 Especially when they no longer exist in the real world.\u00c2\u00a0 When we can’t get out of Afghanistan and Wall Street is bringing whole cities to their knees <\/p>\n
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