New Delhi, April 19 -- The sea was angry that day, my friends.

That's how George Costanza begins his magnum opus of a monologue in The Marine Biologist, an all-time classic episode of Seinfeld (Netflix). A show famed for weaving mundane absurdities into lyrical punchlines, this episode - this glorious episode - strikes a different level of comedic alchemy. Elaine's electronic organizer crashes a Russian novelist's mood. Kramer slices golf balls into the ocean. And George, that most improbable of heroes, delivers a blow-by-blow account of rescuing a whale that would make Ernest Hemingway put down his glass to applaud. The joke lands, perfectly and exquisitely, because every storyline dovetails into that final punch. And, dear reader, I ha...