Rating:  - Must-See Thursday Night
The outrageous misadventures of comedian Jerry Seinfeld (himself) and his close group of eccentric friends continue with "Seinfeld: The Complete Eighth Season". "Seinfeld" follows the lives of stand-up comedian Jerry Seinfeld (Himself) and his close group of eccentric friends going through everyday life in New York City. In this hilarious season, Jerry enters a weightlifting competition with an 80-year-old athlete who can't stand to lose. Elaine (Julia Louis Dreyfus) holds an office party for her co-workers where she loses respect when they see her bizarre dancing style. After being offered a position with the Mets, George (Jason Alexander) tries to make a big exit from the Yankee organization. Kramer (Michael Richards) gets a pet rooster that he names Little Jerry Seinfeld. "Seinfeld" is the award-winning creation of producer Larry David and star Jerry Seinfeld. In its eighth season, the comedy sitcom continued to draw a large viewing audience every Thursday nights. The eighth season features some amusing storylines, memorable characters, great humor and guest appearances by Kristen Davis, Derek Jeter, Debra Messing, Christine Taylor, Amanda Peet, Robert Wagner and Lloyd Bridges.
"Seinfeld: The Complete Eighth Season" is an absolute purchase for any fan of the popular comedy series. All 23 episodes are presented in their original full screen format. Like the previous box sets, the episodes look great and the 2.0 Dolby Digital audio is clear and well balanced. Among special features, the 4-disc box set includes the 23-minute "Jerry Seinfeld: Submarine Captain" documentary, deleted scenes, various behind-the-scenes featurettes, a 26-minute blooper reel and 13 informative episode commentaries by the show's cast, producers and writers. Overall, "Seinfeld: The Complete Eighth Season" scores a worthy "A".
Rating: - Still Crazy After All These Years
It's the first without Larry David, but this eighth season of "Seinfeld" is still worthy. Certainly the departure of its co-creator, executive producer and longtime writer changed the show -- there's a faster pace, more fantasy storylines and more slapstick humor -- but the actors (especially, in this season, Julia Louis Dreyfus) are still so in their zones that every episode is fun to watch.
In fact, many Season Eight episodes are among the show's best ever. "The Little Kicks" features Elaine's infamous dancing. Kramer gets involved in cockfighting in "The Little Jerry." Elaine discovers the menace of muffin tops in, of course, "The Muffin Tops."
Here's the entire Season Eight episode list:
* Episode 1: The Foundation
* Episode 2: The Soul Mate
* Episode 3: The Bizarro Jerry
* Episode 4: The Little Kicks
* Episode 5: The Package
* Episode 6: The Fatigues
* Episode 7: The Checks
* Episode 8: The Chicken Roaster
* Episode 9: The Abstinence
* Episode 10: The Andrea Doria
* Episode 11: The Little Jerry
* Episode 12: The Money
* Episode 13: The Comeback
* Episode 14: The Van Buren Boys
* Episode 15: The Susie
* Episode 16: The Pothole
* Episode 17: The English Patient
* Episode 18: The Nap
* Episode 19: The Yada Yada
* Episode 20: The Millennium
* Episode 21: The Muffin Tops
* Episode 22: The Summer of George
As for bonus features, a documentary short interviews various supporting actors and show execs about the impact of David's departure. As with the DVDs for earlier seasons, there are also episode-specific comments and deleted scenes.
Rating:  - we'll leave you two alone....
so right as season seven was about to be released, michael richards let out his latent racist-animal side and turned me off to seinfeld for a good while. but, my boycott ended yesterday when i saw season 8 on sale before intended at a local store. i have only watched the first disc, so far. and i can't wait to get into the extras...richards was a genius part of the show and i hope his race baiting ways are at an end. "it is the summer of george!!!"
Rating: - Mo' Betta without Larry David
Seinfeld just keeps getting better. I observed no significant differences with the departure of Larry David. Seinfeld and David put together some great episodes; hovewever, many of the best episodes are from the last two seasons.
I don't understand the previous reviewer's comments regarding the wackiness of the show after David left. In my mind, the essence of Seinfeld is wackiness: it's that over-the-top character of the show and characters that makes this one of the greatest, most enduring TV shows in the American experience.
Rating: - hit or miss season
season 8 is the first season without Larry David and clearly you can see the show lost a lot of its quality and even exited the shows normal traditon of slow paced small talk comedy. The show became unrealalistic with birthday wishes coming true and others. But with all that went wrong with the classic show it still was one of funniest shows on tv and had its share of classic episodes including yada yada yada,and the comeback. while the quality fell a little bit the show was still nominated for outstanding comedy series at the emmys and also picked up yet another Best Supporting Actor in a comedy series emmy for Micheal Richards. and It still stands as the one of the greatest and most popular tv shows ever made. ****1/2 stars
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