The two clips from Seinfeld take the three basic "likes," food, sex, and television and combine them to convey the comical, yet pathetic behaviour of George and Jerry
Whilst the idea that all men like to do once they get home from work is, watch t.v, eat, and have sex may be partly true according to social stereotypes, Seinfeld addresses each element separately in its series as each element does have a significant role- in our daily lives. Food for instance is the main plot in the "The Dinner Party" whilst television shows is the sub- plot in "The Puffy Shirt", and last but not least sex is addressed in "The Blood". Only this time combining all three to establish a storyline for the audience to grasp the fact, that it is possible to committ to all three indulgences at the same time- as George foolishly does- is hilarious, because it's an act that no one in todays society would attempt to try.
Usually one of the three would follow one after the other, according to a "normal" human beings presumumption, but the notion that here we have an individual actually attempting to committ to eating, watching t.v and having sex all at the same time undermines the viewers expectations is the ingredient to what makes this particular episode funny. Even Jerry exclaims in astonishment, "Oh no I'll tell what you did...you've combined food and sex into one disgusting uncontrollabe urge." Without setting any clear morals behind the main plot of the episode, "The Blood" is one of the prime examples of Seinfeld's paradoy on shows, hence "a show about nothing," where the sitcoms obsession on everydays minutiae seems to be the main premise for Seinfeld's main plots.
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Thanks for the early posting, DJ. I appreciate that.
There are, however, several errors that make your writing a bit difficult for me to understand. For instance, your introductory sentence (I'm guessing) should likely read something like this: These two clips from SEINFELD take three basic "likes"--food, sex, and television--and combine them to convey the comical yet pathetic behavior of George and Jerry.
You might reread your words aloud; that usually helps. Also, check your use of hyphens as I'm not sure why many of them are there (e.g., "...element does have a significant role- in our daily lives").
Hope this helps...
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