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You're A Super Yada Yada Yada Fan If...

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I purchase each new Seinfeld related book as it is published... because I'm interested in every aspect of my favorite TV show. Well, almost every aspect, as this book has shown me. The very first page starts out with, "Sorry trivia buffs, but tidbits like Kramer parking in purple 23 in episode 23 or his NYPD 331781-0404 mug shot number or Jerry's 555-8383 car phone number... ...didn't make the cut because this is not a book about trivia." So right off the bat, I considered this book a waste of money. What the hell. I paid for it, may as well read it, right? Mistake. It's supposedly a book of thought provoking questions designed to promote conversation and exploration of feelings and motivations, but I found it something less than entertaining. The book uses moments and lines from the show to create such questions as "Have you ever been lost in a parking garage?" and "What's the longest non-vomiting streak you've ever had?" Granted, these questions, when posed by the Seinfeld writers, resulted in some of the greatest sitcom episodes in TV history, but when asked around a coffee table by mere fans, they fall flat. Very flat. In addition to the questions, there are also (a few on every page) enough "You're a super yada yada yada fan if..." entries to fill out a 190 page book, but rather than being humorous, they're downright silly. Like Jeff Foxworthy's "You might be a redneck if..." only without the humor. Instead they serve only as reminders of specific moments within specific episodes. You're a super yada yada yada fan if... "12 cent royalty checks arrive from Japan", or "when stuck in airports you gamble on arrival times". Besides the 'dubious' content, the book is about 5"x6" and predominantly uses a monstrous font, giving it the appearance of a 15 page pamphlet that bulked itself up to a 190 page book. To conclude, if there are a dozen different books about Seinfeld, make this one the 12th one you purchase.