The Most Dated Seinfeld Episodes That’d Never Get Made Today

Seinfeld has held up remarkably well for over a quarter of a century. Somehow, viewers have continued to find things that relate to their lives in the self-described “show about nothing” despite the fact that it’s been decades since Jerry Seinfeld decided to bring his iconic ’90s sitcom to an end while it was still the top-rated show in all of television.

At the time, Seinfeld was hailed for its unique ability to capture the mundane joys and frustrations of modern life. But here’s the thing: Modern life looks so much different than it did in the age of Seinfeld. Sure, some of the minor irritations of getting through the day-to-day are universal. Nobody likes waiting for a table at a restaurant. It will always be easy to forget where you left your car in a massive, crowded parking lot.

Other episodes are much more specific to their original time and place. Some of the technology relied on by Jerry, George, Elaine, and Kramer is hopelessly archaic. (When was the last time you used a phone to find out what time a movie was playing at your local theater?) And sometimes the show’s values are too — at least by today’s standards.

With Seinfeld now available in an impressively restored 4K set, it felt like a good moment to look back at this classic show and to find the 15 episodes that don’t hold up quite as well, the ones that would surely never get made today, at least without some heavy rewrites.

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