![]() And if that doesn’t work, you pop in any Seinfeld involving the Costanzas (e.g., “The Serenity Now”) and think, “Well at least I don’t have it that bad. You try not to think about what your parents did to you, for one thing–that’s what you do. It turns out the technique is ineffective, according to Georges nemesis, Lloyd Braun. You’re still trying to erase the blasted look on your face that says Insanity now–like some war-like movie about the horribleness of human nature directed by Francis Ford Coppola is about to go down in your house. Serenity Now is a phrase from the Season Nine episode of the same. You do the hard day punctuated by Serenity now!‘s to fight off the insanity, then collapse onto the couch after the kids are in bed. What parents in particular can appreciate is the way the line came to fuller human life with two words that George’s nemesis, Lloyd Braun, tacked onto it later in the same episode:Įasy to see why that one probably won’t appear in Parents magazine–never mind that it’s even more revelatory about life. And you don’t have to be a parent to appreciate it. More on that later.) The line–“ Serenity now!”–is arguably one of the most memorable…and most translatable-into-real-life…to ever come out of the show. (This isn’t the first time Parents has done this. ![]() It just bottles up the anger, and eventually, you blow. Parents magazine delivered a Seinfeld line in a sidebar story in their August issue (p. Lloyd Braun: You know, you should tell your dad that serenity now thing doesnt work. (another Seinfeld-in-culture note to readers before you read on to more Seinfeld-isms below)Įlaine delivered the above line into George’s neurotic implosion over a date gone wrong (“She wants me to like her, if she likes me.
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