The Sopranos

No doubt about it.

seinfeld will never be surpassed as the greatest television show of all time.
the last bit of conversation between Jerry and George 'the button conversation' (having the exact same conversation as the first bit of dialouge in the first episode) and then aknowledging it ("havent we already had this conversation before?") was just brilliant.

The "shirt-button" is yet another everyday occurrence that we can all relate to. The show is based on these everyday occurrences in our lives and that's why we the audience love the show so much, it's like watching ourselves on screen.

I have given away bags of shirts to Goodwill b/c of the location of those pesky first buttons..

I agree that the show dropped off in quality when Larry David left. I think the finale had elements of the good stuff that David brought, but my gripe was that the storyline was just lame. Maybe it was the prosecutor and Geraldo.

Now that I think about it, if they would have made that story into a 30 minute episode, it would have been a lot better. Quoting one of the earliest episodes from one of Jerry's girlfriends, "it was too much fluff."


Going back to earlier post about the last MASH, I thought it sucked because they made Hawkeye go insane for the last few weeks of the show. He was under Dr. Sidney Freidman's care after witnessing a mother smother her child. I know MASH had some serious episodes, but I thought this storyline was too far over the top.

Then the ultimate irony occurred in which Klinger did not leave Korea because he was helping his new Korean wife find her family.

Wasn't there a MASH spin-off with some of the supporting actors? I vaguely recall it, but believe it didn't last more than one season. I don't think I ever watched an episode.

For the MASH finale, was there another big tv event that was broadcast at the same time. I know I didn't watch either, and forget what I was doing that night instead. While I wasn't a die-hard fan of the show, I still would have caught the final episode if I didn't have something to do.

AFTERMASH lasted about a season and a half.

Several of the characters ended up working at the same VA hospital (what are the odds?)

God, I remember watching like it was yesterday. For the hell of it, I just looked it up. The last MASH aired on February 28th, 1983, almost 25 years ago!

Talk about ratings? Because cable was a relatively new phenomenon for a large part of the country, the competition was not as tough. That record CAN'T ever be broken.

Yes, there was an awful show called "After MASH." It had Col. Potter, Klinger, and perhaps Father Malcahey.

I can't remember if this was the tv event to which you are referring, but near that time was a week-long mini-series called "V," which was about aliens who came to earth appearing to be peaceful, but who were planning to use humans as their own food. One of the Visitors was played by the actor who later appeared in "Seinfeld" as George's Yankees boss, Mr. Wilhelm.

That might be it. I was thinking maybe of a sporting event, but there was no big sporting event in February.

Man, V was fucking huge for its time...and actually good.

But the TV show sucked.

I agree on both counts - the miniseries was very interesting. They hyped the hell out of the miniseries. Every once in awhile it is shown.