Friday, February 2, 2007

"Stick A Fork In Me Jerry, I'm Done"

Ahh yes, the best time of the day has come around. I am sprauled out on the couch ready to watch Seinfeld. This episode mostly featured Jerry, Newman, and Kramer. Kramer is a different kind of character but is always reliable for a dumb idea to entertain me. Today he decided that he was going to use butter as a moisturizer because he was orginally sick of how his face felt after shaving. Instead of using a vasoline or after shave, he elected to use butter because he enjoyed the way it made his skin feel.

Now we all realize how stupid this idea is because of how it would make ur face smell and how unnatural it is to moisturize with butter. He decides, since it feels so good on his faces, he is going to use it all over his body. Jerry is disgusted with the idea and tells him he does not want to hear about it again. After a quick run to the store, he comes home to find Kramer fallen asleep on the roof tanning. He smells like turkey cause of the butter and he believes he has been baked. Newman, the typical overweight character, grows a fond attraction for Kramer's representation of food.

The idea was completely rediculous and falling asleep on a roof baked in butter will not cook a person. That is what makes this situation so bizarre and hilarious. Also, no other person is going to want to eat you if you bath in butter and smell like turkey. We reserve a word called cannabolism for that type of practice. Later in the episode, Kramer ends up spilling shreaded garlic on himself and holding a green leaf. Newman sees his opportunity to eat Kramer. Of coarse, this is not a cartoon and he is abruptly brought back to reality by Jerry. Kramer's idea once again has found a flaw. Please, next time you think a cooking device can be used for something else, think of Kramer and the possible bad outcomes that can result from it.

1 comment:

popcultchick said...

Excellent post!

Seinfeld is so important because it's supposedly "a show about nothing," but in reality, it's generally satire and farce. Excellent job pushing things further to explain how little realism is in what is thought of as being a realistic comedy.