Seinfeld is a perfect example of how the show's popularity can break the barrier of pop culture in surprising ways. The nbc slim sitcom, which appears on the best sitcoms of the movie of all timeShowing all kinds of funny weekly scenarios for their comical ensemble to move, but unlike most other shows, these protagonists have rarely learned their lesson until the end of an episode. This type of approach to comic television will eventually lead to similar shows with morally flexible characters like "It is always sunny in Philadelphia", but it is easy to forget that, at the time, this was an exception, not the norm.

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Like some of the best sitcoms, the best thing about Seinfeld is that you can include almost every episode and understand exactly who these characters are. There are many great choices we should recommend to newcomers such as "Nazi Soup", "Parking Garage" and "Pushing Shirt", but, but, but It's no surprise that the "Crown Jewelry" series was - and it is still - "Competition".

In case you live beneath a rock, this is the episode in which Jerry Seinfeld, George Costanza (Jason Alexander), Elaine Benes (Iaululia Louis-Dreyfus) and Kramer (Michael Richards) make a bet to see who can go for the longest. The premise was considered incredibly rough for networking television, even without saying the word itself. Co-creator of the series, Larry David, put all his chips to do itAs he believed that the top brass in Ann, he would not touch it, but just like Kramer, as soon as they saw what they liked, they slammed their money on the table, and the rest was history.

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The "match" will not only become an episode that has won the Emmy, but also the moment when Seinfeld has proved to be the main pop culture.

In an interview with Archive of American TelevisionAsoneyson Alexander was asked if he had a favorite episode of the show and until he explicitly answered, it is clear that Banger of the Season 4 has left the longest impact on him and all the others involved. At the "match," he said:

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"It's the one that really changed the treasures of the show. We started working well in that season, but when that show was aired, we became what is now called a water cooling show. We were on news programs, which we talked about on the" Evening Show ". I mean, got up the Something to talk about and cement the future of the show. We knew from that point, we can do the show as long as we wanted. "

The idea of ​​a cooling refrigerator must feel like a strange concept for the current generation. It is not uncommon for people to talk about the popular television shows in the wild now, but in the 1990s, everyone watched the same thing at the same time. The closest thing we have for a collective discussion of a popular show is now through social media, though because of the algorithms and people who see things at our own pace, we talk the most with each other in our own echo chamber.

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If you do not happen to see the "match" when it first aired on November 12, 1992, missed what it means to be the "master of your domain" until the next time it is broadcast. It must have been fierce not to talk about it because the episode remains One of the funniest half -hour televisions in history. Was so popular that even "It's always sunny" make a lubricate.

Larry David had his reservations about whether the field would work, but it was extremely appropriate that the show for a bunch of unforgettable unusual would result in an episode for, well, you know.

Each episode of Seinfeld is currently moving to Netflix.