"Seinfeld's" 30th Anniversary: Some of Our Favorite Nothings-- Part 2: The Festivus for the Rest of Us

JUNIOR MINT--  "Delicious" packaged snack that sparks a medical mintcident.  I don't remember this one.

LITTLE KICKS--  The key component to Elaine's signature dance moves.

RE-GIGTER--  A person who receives a gift and then gifts it too someone else.

MUFFIN TOP--  The top of the muffin where the muffin breaks free of the pan and sort of does its own thing.

MAN FUR--   A winter coat made out of fur and worn by a man.

FESTIVUS--  A secular and non-commercial holiday celebrated on December 23.  Have you gotten your Festivus tree yet with all this Christmas Creep?

PEZ--  Jerry's Tweety Bird Pez dispenser creates a major-key scene during a piano recital.

DOUBLE DIPPER--  A person who inserts a chip into a dip, takes a bite and unhygienically re-dips the chip.

When will NBC get some funny sitcoms?

Shrinkage, George, Shrinkage.  --Cootivus

"Seinfeld's 30th Anniversary: Some of Our Favorite Seinfeldisms-- Part 1: Yada Yada Yada

From the June 30, Parade magazine "Happy Birthday Seinfeld."

The show about "nothing" ran for nine seasons 1989-1998.  The groundbreaking NBC prime-time series (back when NBC actually had funny sitcoms) made a lot of hilarious somethings out of nothing.

Here are some of the favorites

THE BRO--  (also called the Manssiere)  A support undergarment designed especially for men.

SOUP NAZI--    The super-strict soup kitchen owner.  We still use this term for anyone who is especially good at making soup.

CLOSE TALKER--  A person who violates personal space during conversation.  In other words, back off.

YADA YADA YADA--  Phrase used as a substitute for actual words to gloss over information.

No SOUP For You!!!.  --CootYada

Must See TV Through the Years

From Wikipedia.  there is actually a site for it here, referring to NBC's prime time blocks 1982-2006.

Here are some of the classic sitcoms airing those years:

Cosby Show-- 1984-1992
Family Ties--  1984-1987
Night Court--  1984-1987
A Different World--  1987-1992
Dear John--  1988-1989
Wings--  1990-1994
Mad About You--  1993-1994
Friends--  1994-2004
Seinfeld--  1992-1998
Scrubs
The Office
30 Rock
Community
Parks and Recreation

DRAMAS

Hill Street Blues--  1981-1986
LA Law--  1986-1994
ER--  1994-2009

This Was Some Really Great TV.

Sorry to See It Go.  --DaCoot

The Death of NBC's "Must See TV"

From Time Magazine by James Poniewozik.

It was born in 1981, when NBC aired the "first in a set of comedy lineups that would eventually include Cheers, The Cosby Show, Seinfeld, Friends, the Office and many more TV legends.  It died of old age and neglect on Jan. 22, 2015, with the little-mourned expirations of Bad Judge and A to Z."

During most of the time, the four sitcoms were followed by a good drama.

"NBC euthanized its comedy block, but it is not solely guilty.  The Must-See-TV brand once promised a kind of sitcom that was both sophisticated and popular.  But as cable outlets for niche comedy multipliedMustaudiences shrank..  The finale of Cheers drew over 80 million viewers; the finale of the urbane, witty 30 Rock, not quite 5 million."

I was a real big fan of that Thursday night Must See TV, but no longer watched it by last year.

Bring back Must See TV.  --Cooter