This month marks the 25th anniversary of the final episode of the TV comedy series Seinfeld. For those who may not have watched it, it was, as advertised, “a show about nothing.” By nothing, we mean four single apartment-dwelling New York misanthropes ricocheting their way from one series of chaotic events to the next. It’s not much of a premise to be sure, but with the brilliant comedic minds of co-creators Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David at the writing desks, and arguably the funniest comedic quartet since the Marx Brothers (don’t forget Zeppo!) acting out one steadily escalating problem after another throughout 180 episodes over eight seasons, Seinfeld would become the most popular sit-com in television history.
So with that said, it pains me to ask a question we hear more and more these days when it comes to comedy – could this show about nothing ever be made today?
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