George thinks his GF is faking a gluten-intolerance, feeds her real cookies, sending her to the ER. Autocorrect ruins Jerry's relationship.—
Modern Seinfeld (@SeinfeldToday) December 10, 2012
It’s a show about nothing… and the Internet!
Our new favorite Twitter feed is Modern Seinfeld, an account that posts loglines for imaginary, 21st century-appropriate episodes of the classic Must-See TV sitcom. The joke works because it’s not just a matter of name-dropping Reddit and Grindr — whoever runs this feed clearly knows a lot about the show, and uses that knowledge to perfectly match each of Seinfeld‘s core four with the modern phenomena that would fascinate and vex them. (Of course George would go nuts “trying to decipher the fact that a pretty woman ‘liked’ his Facebook status.”) Take note, budding young Larry Davids: This is what your pilot should look like.
Though it first tweeted only about 19 hours ago, Modern Seinfeld has already racked up over 13,000 followers as of this post’s publication. Here are a few of the feed’s best tweets:
George finds a rare gun from his dad's War days. Kramer talks him into selling it on eBay for $200. It shows up on Pawn Stars for $50,000.—
Modern Seinfeld (@SeinfeldToday) December 10, 2012
Jerry joins Twitter only to find that a Jerry parody account has 50k followers. It's run by Bania who will stop if Jerry buys him dinner.—
Modern Seinfeld (@SeinfeldToday) December 10, 2012
Kramer uses Kickstarter to fund a line of dog tasers. "Tasers for dogs to protect themselves. To protect themselves, Jerry! "—
Modern Seinfeld (@SeinfeldToday) December 10, 2012
Elaine has a bad waiter at a nice restaurant, her negative Yelp review goes viral, she gets banned. Kramer accidentally joins the Tea Party.—
Modern Seinfeld (@SeinfeldToday) December 10, 2012
Jerry gets hooked on Game of Thrones. Dumps his girlfriend (Gillian Jacobs) because she likes Sansa. Kramer becomes addicted to Reddit.—
Modern Seinfeld (@SeinfeldToday) December 10, 2012
Elaine pretends to live in Brooklyn to date a cute, younger guy. Kramer becomes addicted to 5 Hour Energy. George's parents get Skype.—
Modern Seinfeld (@SeinfeldToday) December 10, 2012
Jerry gets in a fight in the Trader Joes line. George's Netflix thinks he's gay. Elaine has to get One Direction tickets for her boss's kid.—
Modern Seinfeld (@SeinfeldToday) December 10, 2012
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