"Poll question: Did you consistently watch Seinfeld when it was ON AIR?"
I'm from the projects of Brooklyn and I don't know any black person that watched Seinfeld when Martin and Fresh Prince was on air. We wasn't about that at all. I wasn't about to come to school on some "You seen Seinfeld last night?" or make some Seinfeld reference/joke. I would get severely clowned for something like that (I was in Junior High/High School).
Joe Corn Mo Member since Aug 29th 2010 15139 posts
Mon Mar-16-15 07:03 PM
4. "i started watching it in syndication first. " In response to Reply # 0
i don't think i started watching it on Thursdays until everybody was watching it.
>I'm from the projects of Brooklyn and I don't know any black >person that watched Seinfeld when Martin and Fresh Prince was >on air. We wasn't about that at all. I wasn't about to come to >school on some "You seen Seinfeld last night?" or make some >Seinfeld reference/joke. I would get severely clowned for >something like that (I was in Junior High/High School).
6. "hard to vote. I watched the re-runs on TBS and such." In response to Reply # 0
I was NEVER good with TV schedules until a couple years ago, I couldn't even remember to watch The Daily Show and that was on at the same time every night. The only ritual I really had was Conan -> Elimidate -> Change of Heart in the summers, somehow the TV in my room was always there in time for Conan to start.
But when it came to the big sitcoms (Seinfeld, Simpsons, Friends, Fresh Prince, Martin, Family Matters) I only ever experienced them through the hour re-run blocks, I never watched them live.
9. "Watched a couple of episodes the first season" In response to Reply # 0
Then watched it each week starting with season 2. And the other black kids in my high school watched also. Not a "black/white" thing. Show was flat out funny.
12. "some shows like Mad About You and Quantum Leap" In response to Reply # 0
I only watched syndicated. Even when they were on air. Seeing them nightly was much more appealing than seeing new eps. I guess I joined in on both shows late though.