It's Jerry Time!
December 7, 2005 8:00 AM Subscribe
It's Jerry Time! Awesome animated video autobiography. A little Terry Gilliam mixed with a little Harvey Pekar (via BoingBoing).
...I wanted to punch the character, but LA was too far to drive. - terrapin
But the character was in NY. You totally could have punched him.
posted by team lowkey at 10:48 AM on December 7, 2005
But the character was in NY. You totally could have punched him.
posted by team lowkey at 10:48 AM on December 7, 2005
While the narrative structure does draw from Seinfeld, it seems far more sincere. The existential humor reminds me of Jim's Journal, another love it or hate it work.
I think it's positively brilliant stuff.
posted by aladfar at 12:06 PM on December 7, 2005
I think it's positively brilliant stuff.
posted by aladfar at 12:06 PM on December 7, 2005
There was absolutely nothing Seinfeld about that character or the story structure. It was just an average Joe bitching about average Joe stuff in an average Joe manner, set to clever animation.
posted by dgaicun at 12:16 PM on December 7, 2005
posted by dgaicun at 12:16 PM on December 7, 2005
dgaicun: and isn't Seinfeld self-described as a show about "nothing"?
team lowkey: d'oh. yup, I coulda. Damn, and now the show's over and I missed the opportunity.
posted by terrapin at 6:55 PM on December 7, 2005
team lowkey: d'oh. yup, I coulda. Damn, and now the show's over and I missed the opportunity.
posted by terrapin at 6:55 PM on December 7, 2005
No. That was the show's pitch, but the show's writers admit that it was one of the more carefully and intentionally scripted shows in television history. This animation had everyday problems described in an everyday manner, while Seinfeld had farcical problems that were strategically scripted and creatively acted in the tones and mannerisms of comedy professionals.
Furthermore this character was nothing like George Costanza, who was a neurotic, intense, "urban" (white-collar) weasel. While both characters are "losers" in the Ziggy sense, this animated character was also much softer-spoken, not at all neurotic, and more of a blue-collar slobbish everyman.
posted by dgaicun at 7:37 PM on December 7, 2005
Furthermore this character was nothing like George Costanza, who was a neurotic, intense, "urban" (white-collar) weasel. While both characters are "losers" in the Ziggy sense, this animated character was also much softer-spoken, not at all neurotic, and more of a blue-collar slobbish everyman.
posted by dgaicun at 7:37 PM on December 7, 2005
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