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  • Actors: Jerry Seinfeld, Janeane Garofalo, Sarah Silverman, Lloyd Bridges, Debra Messing
  • Format: Full Screen, PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 4
  • Classification: 12
  • Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent. UK
  • DVD Release Date: 4 Jun 2007
  • Run Time: 485 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000OPPTK2
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 3,470 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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After seven seasons of groundbreaking comedy, what could possibly be left to accomplish in Season 8 for Seinfeld and company, especially in this, the first season without co-creator Larry David at the helm? Plenty, as it turns out. This is the season that gave us some of the most memorable episodes in the entire series, including "The Muffin Tops," "The Bizarro Jerry," and "The Yada Yada," the episode that proved you can "yada yada" anything in life. Fortunately by this point in the series, the comic formula that sustained the show throughout its run had not yet begun to get tired, and the writers proved that they could continue to pull a whole lot of something out of the show about nothing. Case in point: "The English Patient," where they created an entire story line out of Elaine's hatred for the award-winning film. In "The Chicken Roaster," one of Seinfeld's most under-appreciated episodes, Kramer switches apartments with Jerry and wages a one-man crusade against a Kenny Rogers' Roasters, only to become like Jerry and become undone by Newman. George continues to, well, be George. He habitually shoots himself in the foot as he continues life without Susan, only to find out marrying her would have made him rich ("The Foundation"). And Elaine gets her kicks, literally, horrifying her co-workers with her terrible dancing, spinning moves so bad they've actually become one of the show's most popular punch lines. Season 8 also continues the Seinfeld tradition of loading up the DVD sets with plenty of special features, including an illuminating documentary detailing how Jerry juggled his act as star and show-runner after Larry David's departure, and all new interviews with the cast. All in all, it's good stuff for fans, and there's plenty here for the casual viewer to enjoy as well. --Daniel Vancini

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Jerry Seinfeld is back in the title role, and joining him are his neurotic ex-girlfriend, Elaine; his chronically lazy pal, George; and Cosmo Kramer, a person who takes the weird neighbour character to impressive new heights.

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SEINFELD may be partly to blame for America's negative view of New Yorkers. Though it wasn't the first show to assert the rudeness of its citizens, its characters are selfish to a fault--not that there's anything wrong with that. Self-obsessed comedian Jerry Seinfeld is back in the title role, and joining him are his neurotic ex-girlfriend, Elaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus); his chronically lazy pal, George (Jason Alexander); and Cosmo Kramer (Michael Richards), who takes the sitcom cliche of the weird neighbour to impressive new heights. Despite their faults (or perhaps because of them), they're some of the most hilariously watchable characters in television history. The eighth series finds Kramer at war with Kenny Rogers Roasters and its incessant bright light. After his quick recovery from fiancée Susan's death, George moves on to a relationship with a prison inmate. Meanwhile, Elaine capitalises on a widespread love for muffin tops (the baked kind) with a business venture. Jerry's near-obsessive compulsiveness reaches new heights when his beautiful girlfriend unknowingly uses a toilet-tainted toothbrush. Series eight was also memorable for introducing the phrase ‘yada yada’ into the modern lexicon.

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47 of 48 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Let's keep on ironing out that 1 star review!, 1 Aug 2007
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Too right, what the last reviewer said. In fact even though it isn't my favourite season, I still think it's worth 5 stars. My favourite episode was "The Fatigues", although I think this was a duff title, and "The Mentor" would have been a thousand times better. I wonder how much people would have made of the supposed differences in Season 8 if Larry David's departure had been kept secret. The oldest review on here gives the impression that common-sense reality is being left behind for the first time. What about Kramer and the "pig-man" many, many moons ago? Well established characters like Steinbrenner and Peterman? Or episodes like "The Big Race", "The Limousine" and "The Invitations"? In Season 8 there is perhaps less of the "how to deal with awkward social situations" that is so closely linked to David's sense of humour (as constantly underlined in "Curb Your Enthusiasm"), but the contrast is slight.

All in all: great episodes, great extras and, if your Seinfelding is a little conservative, don't be put off by exaggerated rumours of some sort of paradigm switch. Honestly, you'd think some of these Seinfeld fans were junior academics in search of an article (maybe they are and they were practicing!) Enjoy.
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91 of 96 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Still good old Seinfeld but playing with new ideas, 22 May 2007
By Mr. James D. G. Miles "Jim Miles" (Cambridge, United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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The richness of season 8 comes from familiarity with what has gone before and how the characters have been established. This is more of the entertaining series of contrived events we've come to know and love, but here it's taken up a notch in the surreality stakes and plays brilliantly with our attachment to Jerry, Elaine, George and Kramer.

Perhaps due to Larry David's departure from the show, this season moves off in a new direction: a slightly wackier one. Although it often annoyed me in other Seinfeld seasons how episodes would feel contrived with everything being tweaked annoyingly conveniently for supposed maximum comedy effect (ruined if it's too contrived, because you can see it all coming), in this season the unapologetic and knowing way that the episodes play out put a new spin on things that brought the humour back.

Like all Seinfeld, it's essential viewing, far, far, ahead of almost all American sitcom competition but don't worry that this is just more of the same - although by this point the show had been spun out for 8 seasons, the makers treat the viewer to a more personal, in-jokey and silly variation on the classic formula, and the show is all the better for it.

My favourite episode in this season is probably no.4, "The Little Kicks" where Kramer and Jerry catch a film with a friend who makes bootleg tapes (amusing) and Elaine (adorable as ever) does a hilarious dance which has social repercussions.

This probably isn't my favourite season due to a lot of the best ideas seeming to have been used already but the creators have certainly outdone themselves by refusing to allow Seinfeld to go stale and still keep energy in the show up to season 8.
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26 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The same high quality without Larry David, 26 Oct 2007
Despite Larry David's departure Seinfeld continues to be the high quality show that exceeds all those which followed. This has some great episodes that are probably more wacky and far fetched than before but they relate to the type of everyday experiences that any of us could encounter, but in an hilarious way. Masses of extras with this that give a greater context to the stories and explain how the show carried on its succes without Larry David. If you have bought and enjoyed the previous series then Saeson 8 is a much purchase item.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Sheer Genius For the Ungrateful Masses
Let's get it out of the way - first season without Larry David bla bla bla. I bet a lot of viewers & reviewers didn't even know who he was until they looked him up, then jumped on... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Mr. S. Hardy

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect
Hi, I'm from Portugal and I bought this product and it's perfect but here was one thing that I was scare about before I purchased it. The missing details on subtitles. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Ricardo Pinto

3.0 out of 5 stars Seinfeld, season 8
I received this dvd within a couple of days of ordering.

However, one of the discs was faulty, so I had to return the complete set which was a little inconvenient... Read more
Published 11 months ago by L. Spivack

4.0 out of 5 stars Seinfeld hits its peak but shows signs of decline...
Season 8 of Seinfeld immediately follows on from the story at the end of the previous season finale, where George's fiance Susan Ross dies. Read more
Published 21 months ago by KN

4.0 out of 5 stars they didnt falter
season 8 of seinfeld had a weight of anticipated failure ringing around the place after co-creator larry david left,he had threatened to do so since the first episode but... Read more
Published on 5 Feb 2008 by sean paul mccann

5.0 out of 5 stars Great show, great DVD
The question that needs to be asked is, if you've seen all the episodes on rerun many times why would you buy this DVD? Read more
Published on 30 Aug 2007 by Peter

5.0 out of 5 stars The cast of characters remains unbeaten by anything else before or since
So Larry David left, and with him went just a little of the quality control. As director Andy Ackerman says in one of the DVD extras, it got "sillier". Read more
Published on 22 Aug 2007 by Mr. Paul J. Bradshaw

4.0 out of 5 stars Its Seinfeld season 8, what are you waiting for?
Ok, are 1 star reviews really that helpful? True enough, Larry David had gone by season 8 and it wasn't as good as it had been. Does it really warrant a solitary star? Read more
Published on 31 July 2007 by Hairy_yan

1.0 out of 5 stars without Larry David
everyone knew that it will not be even close, without Larry David, Jerry became a big head and focusing and promoting more of him self and his backgroud
Published on 9 July 2007 by Sarmad Alawi

5.0 out of 5 stars Another consistently brilliant season
This was a great season, with a great release to DVD as usual jampacked with well put together bonus material, Other companies should take note! Read more
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