Two Newsweek columnists debate whether ‘Seinfeld’ (the TV sitcom) is still funny after 10 years in syndication.  Good points are made on both sides.

Marc Peyser, against:

But, like a cheap sweater, or a cheap puffy shirt, the “Seinfeld” humor wears thin fast. It’s hard to concoct four storylines an episode that are simultaneously ordinary and over the top. After all these years, the show’s meticulous architecture creaks so loudly, it drowns out the comedy. Which leaves you with something very silly.

David Noonan, for:

Although it’s about four friends in New York in the ‘90s, “Seinfeld’s” best jokes have almost nothing to do with all that, another reason it endures. The contamination of Jerry’s car by a parking valet’s lethal BO, Kramer’s finding the old Merv Griffin set and turning his apartment into a talk show, the invention of the Mansiere. These are timeless absurdities.

I still love the show and think it’s one of the best ever, but I haven’t really watched it since Thanksgiving, partially for reasons I can’t go into and partially because ‘Family Guy’ is on at the same time and I just need as much silliness in my life as possible.