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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Binding: DVD
Brand: SEINFELD,JERRY
EAN: 0043396225091
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, DVD, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
Item Dimensions: 100
Label: National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 SurroundEnglishSubtitledSpanishSubtitledFrenchSubtitledPortugueseSubtitledFrenchDubbedDolby Digital 2.0
Manufacturer: National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
MPN: 22509
Number Of Items: 4
Publisher: National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
Region Code: 99
Release Date: November 06, 2007
Running Time: 553 minutes
Studio: National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
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Genre: Television
Rating: NR
Release Date: 6-NOV-2007
Media Type: DVD
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Seinfeld's final season seems to take its cue from a little piece of "showmanship" advice that Jerry offers to the hapless George (Jason Alexander) in the episode "The Burning": "When you hit that high note, say goodnight and walk off." In television, as in comedy, timing is everything, and that's what Seinfeld, No. 1 in the ratings, did. The show that TV Guide would later rank the greatest of all time, left the stage, perhaps not at the top of its game, but at least on its own terms. To the end, Jerry, George, Elaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), and Kramer (Michael Richards) remain true to the show's misanthropic muse. In the episode "The Merv Griffin Show," Jerry induces sleep in his new girlfriend so he can have his way with her retro toy collection. In "The Apology," George relentlessly badgers an old acquaintance (James Spader) now in AA, for a Step Nine apology over a long-ago insult. At one point, Elaine resumes her on again-off again relationship with Puddy (Patrick Warburton) because she needs a bureau moved. In the end, it all comes crumbling down for the so-called "New York Four" when they are put on trial in a Massachusetts courtroom for violating a Good Samaritan Law after not coming to the aid of an obese carjack victim. A parade of lack-of-character witnesses spanning the series' near-decade-long run, from Mabel Choate, the Marble Rye Lady, to Babu and the Soup Nazi testify how they were "abused, wronged, deceived, and betrayed" by Jerry and company. Anyone expecting Seinfeld or Larry David to apologize for this bitter, and not at all sweet, finale, can just stuff those sorrys in a sack, mister. In "The Last Lap," a bonus featurette about Seinfeld's decision to end the series despite unprecedented offers from NBC brass to continue, they acknowledge the episode's "mixed reaction," but remain defiant. As Alexander notes, nothing could have lived up to the massive hype the episode received.
Seinfeld's ninth does not quite leave audiences wanting more. While there are several great episodes, including "The Butter Shave," "The Betrayal," "The Cartoon," and "The Maid," the season is loaded with what George might call "gaffes," including a series nadir, "Puerto Rican Day," which in these PC times, drew enough protest to hinder its rebroadcast. The writing this season is more outrageous (see "The Merv Griffin Show," in which Kramer salvages a discarded talk-show set and installs it in his apartment), but there are enough inspired bits of silliness (fleeting season-opening mustaches in "The Butter Shave," a live-action re-creation of the classic arcade game in "The Frogger," and Jerry's silly voice in "The Voice") to keep Seinfeld's legacy intact. As an added bit of showmanship, this set contains bountiful extras, perhaps the most interesting being a chronological re-edit of the backwards episode, "The Betrayal." Season 9 may not win Seinfeld any new fans, but this DVD set is a Festivus for the rest of us. --Donald Liebenson
Average Rating: 
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the DVD's are ok except for a very annoying commercial in spanish at the beginning that cannot be skipped.
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a must for seinfeld fans. has the "festivus for the rest of us" episode.
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I love the show and I had the other 8 so why not buy it.
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The rate is about the DVD Edition, not the show. Is one of my favorites shows of all time.
A shame of edition.
Contain in every disc, without the chance of fast-forward or interrupt, a long antipiracy comercial that starts before the first episode you select after inserting the disc.
Very annoying. Probably I have watched the same commercial at least 15 times in the last weeks.
Why I have to be forced to watch that commercial so many times when I bought an original edition?
I bought the last two season recently and the same also occurs in the 8th season.
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This is the least enjoyable season. I thought it as unnecessary. An I thought the ending was overly contrived even if their comeuppance was long overdue. In an interview Jerry says that the show was still top rated. Many of us watch TV shows past their prime because of habit. Or we're curious to find out how it ends. Not because the show is still good and/or relevant. The British know not to overextend their welcome!
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