A part of what made “Seinfeld” so recent and unique was that it was in contrast to another sitcom that had aired on tv earlier than. Many of the plots all through its stellar 9 season run might veer into the realm of outlandish absurdity, however there would usually be this human commonality on the middle of their conception, like somebody double dipping a chip at a celebration or looking for your automobile within the parking storage. NBC had the nerve to offer the greenlight to a narrative a couple of wager involving masturbation, and from the second it aired, the vernacular launched in “The Contest” has turn into a typical flip of phrase. However typically, it is the little issues that make for a terrific episode.
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Within the season 8 episode, “The Muffin Tops,” everybody on the “Seinfeld” crew is having their very own separate predicament. Jerry (Jerry Seinfeld) struggles with an itchy chest after shaving to appease his girlfriend, George (Jason Alexander) is pretending to be a vacationer to get a date, and Kramer (Michael Richards) finds himself in an inception tour bus get-rich-quick scheme to capitalize on his fame. But it is Elaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) who walks away with the very best subplot, nonetheless ridiculous it’s.
The episode will get its namesake after Elaine tells her publishing boss Mr. Lippman (Richard Helpful) that somebody ought to open up a spot the place you’ll be able to solely purchase muffin tops. Not too lengthy afterwards, she discovers a brand new retailer run by him referred to as “Prime of the Muffin to You.” However when income are beginning to drop, Mr. Lippman brings Elaine into the enterprise, which is sort of a dream come true. From Kramer attempting to eliminate the muffin stumps to Newman (Wayne Knight) devouring all of them, “The Muffin Tops,” which options Rebecca De Mornay (not that one), takes benefit of a hilarious situation that nearly did not undergo.
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The Muffin Tops subplot occurred due to a misunderstanding
In a behind the scenes featurette, “Seinfeld” author Spike Feresten talks about how he initially had an concept for a subplot involving a bearcat scanner. He determined to veer in a distinct course, claiming that an episode of “Frasier” beat him to the punch just a few days earlier than the episode was about to shoot. It seems like an inexpensive excuse, particularly not eager to swim in comparable waters of probably the most profitable spin-off reveals of all time, however the one concern is that he is unsuitable — or on the very least, misremembering.
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I did some digging as a result of I used to be curious as to what episode Feresten might have been referring to, however after cross checking the dates of the episode’s 1997 manufacturing date with the episodes of “Frasier” that aired round that point, I got here to the conclusion there was no such episode that had a plot involving bearcat scanners. It seems nobody else on the web might, both, and the web remembers all the things. Whether or not Feresten was misremembering an episode of a distinct present or just wanted an excuse to jot down one thing completely different, it is all for the very best, as a result of the muffin tops storyline is hilarious.
Feresten got here up with the subplot on account of a girlfriend who did not trouble with the muffin stumps after she ate the highest. I see the imaginative and prescient, to an extent: The muffin tops actually are the very best half. There’s nothing unsuitable with the stumps, nevertheless it’s not as thrilling to chomp into them as soon as the perimeters are gone. However the concept of constructing batches of batches upon muffins and basically tossing out half of your product actually performs into the psychotic conduct of this world. If solely Elaine knew that you’d ultimately be capable of purchase muffin tops on the retailer with out having to go to the difficulty of stuffing baggage of uneaten stumps at the back of your pal’s makeshift tour bus.
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