Subjects/subject
Seinfeld
Tim’s take
He ranks Seinfeld among the greatest half-hour sitcoms ever made, putting it alongside Frasier, Cheers, and Taxi 52:24. He also reaches for it repeatedly as shorthand for a specific, wholesome version of the 90s — listening to it in the car as a family, or lumping it with Friends and Frasier as the good old days before every service job made you feel like a criminal 23:41 51:53 17:31.
When he isn't being nostalgic, Seinfeld becomes his go-to example of a show that ended while the cast kept cashing residual checks, part of his running point that everything in show business eventually stops 6:32. He also singles out Seinfeld for pushing the idea that a special isn't real unless it's an hour, which he calls dumb leftover thinking from an era when networks just needed to fill a time slot 20:20.
Every Reference (9)
"everything in this business comes to an end, right? You know, Seinfeld came to an end. They were on that just fucking writing checks."
Vine Stars, Seinfeld Money, and Things Coming to an End — Bully Queen (With Robert Kelly)+68s into the segment"you think the best half hour comedies are best ever. I mean the Seinfeld Very true news radio is great. Okay. I I mean, Frasier was phenomenal."
"couldn't care. They don't know how to care. They don't care about Seinfeld or Amy Shrew. You can't get famous enough for these people to"
"allowed to say it. And you, which was crazy. And it's the same as Seinfeld. Take Me Home Country Rose was originally called Take Me Home"
"greats say shit like, it's not real unless it's an hour. Like Seinfeld was saying that. It's like, you idiot. Why do you think that"
The Old TV Network Blood Oath and the Myth of the Hour Special — Andrew Schulz+118s into the segment"Grandfathered in, right? You're taking a woman who's wildly famous from Seinfeld and you're tapping into those. I'm talking about a brand new"
"in the car as a family. And- What a cute family. Yeah, sure. Seinfeld in the car. Yeah. How would I see- So your parents didn't scream"
"smarter show and it was better written but then you had your seinfeld people uh you had your frasier people you had friends people"
The Friends Reunion, Fat-Shaming Discourse, and Beverly Hills 90210 — #254 - Apocalypse Olympics with Abby Martin | The Tim Dillon Show+29s into the segment"Potter oh yeah it was just a fun decade Kurt koban friends Frasier Seinfeld diners that served good food people didn't act like every job"
College Kids Today Have Too Much Pressure and Information — Jessica Kirson & The Revenge Of The Basic | The Tim Dillon Show #387+219s into the segment