It probably would have helped if the horrible forced canned laughter wasn't waiting at the end of every single sentence or gesture.
Oh, or if it were actually funny.
AREA MAN COMES UP WITH PERFECT ZINGER HOURS AFTER BEING INSULTED
There's the Onion headline. The only thing Seinfeld adds to it is the characters repeating a word or phrase back and forth in question form for 30 minutes.
I guess the open ended real life concepts translated well into water cooler discussions, but no way did the actual show come anywhere near The Office, 30 Rock, Arrested Development, or even the waning years of the Simpsons.
Hell, the TV guide descriptions were funnier than the actual episodes.