I was watching Seinfeld last night, and it came to my attention that the very premise of the show was the everyday. It was literally a show about nothing. Just the day to day dealings of friends, and the everyday, universally-charged problems, interactions, associations, ups and downs every human experiences.
Here's the Seinfeld blog:
which, to be honest, if more of nothing. But interesting nothing, at that.
On this site "Stan the Caddy" writes, "Seinfeld was a show about nothing. But what does this mean? How can a show be about nothing? When pitching the 'Jerry' pilot to NBC, in The Pitch, George describes the concept: 'nothing happens on the show. You see, it's just like life. You know, you eat, you go shopping, you read...You eat, you read, You go shopping.' The show about nothing was a show that dealt with every day life. Take The Parking Garage, for example. Here is an entire episode that takes place entirely in a parking garage, as Jerry George, Kramer, and Elaine search for their car. Similarly, The Chinese Restaurant is an entire episode spend waiting for a table at a restaurant. It was a show about nothing!"
I couldn't agree more. In order to help the class grasp the very essence of the every day we should, perhaps, watch an episode or two? I'm only kidding. Sort of ;)
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