or america in general

i downloaded the two episodes of Seinfeld voted 'best' (the soup nazi and the no-masturbation contest) and they were shit. i could tell by the way the audience were laughing, it was like 'this is the sort of situation americans find really funny!' it wasn't much to do with the execution. it seems quite strange that people in this thread are insisting Arrested Development is one of the 'top five comedies of all time' since a new show gets hyped up every year.... i'll watch it if it comes on but i wont be surprised if it's mince