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).
posted by doctor_negative (7 comments total) 2 users marked this as a favorite
 
Clever animation, but the character seems more like George Costanza. I know I am in the minority here, but I never liked Seinfeld. Mostly because everytime George spoke I wanted to punch the TV screen. Well, I wanted to punch the character, but LA was too far to drive.
posted by terrapin at 8:22 AM on December 7, 2005


...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


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


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


Reminds me more of Tales of Mere Existence
posted by MiltonRandKalman at 4:58 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


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


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