S08E21 · EP 155
season 8 · May 8, 1997
The Muffin Tops
written by Spike Feresten · directed by Andy Ackerman · 31.09M viewers · image Seinfeld Wiki (CC BY-SA)
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George Becomes A Tourist In His Own City | The Muffin Tops
Episode DNA
14 scenes · 6 threadsscheme 22%absurd 12%lie 11%tense 11%awkward 9%misunderstanding 6%menacing 5%social rule violation 4%humiliating 4%chaotic 3%
Story threads over runtime
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Every scene
14 scenes · our breakdown
1 ▸ 00:021 · Street · cold_openGeorge Watches Bag
George watches a stranger's bag
00:02–00:40misunderstanding · social_rule_violation2 · Monk's Cafe · act1New Clothes Discussion
Jerry and George discuss new clothes
00:40–02:03lie · scheme
3 ▸ 02:033 · Monk's Cafe · act1George's New Job
George talks about his new job
02:03–02:23scheme · social_rule_violation
4 ▸ 02:234 · Jerry's apartment · act1Kramer's Stories
Kramer talks about his stories
02:23–03:13scheme · lie
5 ▸ 03:135 · Waldenbooks · act2Book Signing
Peterman's book signing
03:13–05:06scheme · social_rule_violation6 · Jerry's apartment · act3Jerry's Chest Hair
Jerry shaves his chest hair
05:06–08:01lie · scheme
9 ▸ 08:349 · unknown location · act1George's Date
George tries to impress his date
08:34–08:38lie · scheme11 · Monk's Cafe · act2Kramer's Bus Tour
Kramer promotes his bus tour
09:26–11:04scheme · misunderstanding12 · Pendant Publishing · act2Muffin Top Business
Elaine's muffin top business
11:04–15:59scheme · misunderstanding
13 ▸ 15:5913 · Yankees office · act1George's Office Deception
George's secret job exposed
15:59–16:42lie · scheme14 · J. Peterman catalog office · act1Peterman's Reality Tour
Kramer's tour experience
16:42–17:26scheme · misunderstanding
15 ▸ 17:2615 · Yankees office · act2Steinbrenner's Deal
Steinbrenner's negotiation
17:26–18:03deal · negotiation16 · Garbage dump · act2Garbage Dump Visit
Kramer's dump experience
18:03–19:11scheme · misunderstanding18 · Men's room · tagGeorge's Crisis
George's crisis situation
20:01–21:46humiliation03
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Episode facts
Wikipedia · Wikidata- Aired
- May 8, 1997
- Overall
- #155
- Writers
- Spike Feresten
- Director
- Andy Ackerman
- Viewers
- 31.09M (US)
- Pace
- 137 words/min · 135 questions
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r/seinfeld- The “muffin tops” is such a great episode (Kramer bus tour, George being a tourist, Elaine with the muffin tops) that is completely dragged ▲ 550 · 130 comments
- Spike Feresten, the writer of "The Muffin Tops" confirms that Kramer was showing Jerry his pubes▲ 316 · 104 comments
- In the “The Muffin Tops” did Kramer show Jerry his massive pubic hair or chest hair? I always assumed chest hair but just noticed that Krame▲ 204 · 115 comments
- Saw these at the store today. You can't just make the muffin tops! You gotta make the whole muffin▲ 61 · 18 comments
In this episode
George CostanzaJason Alexander154 episodes · drives 743 scenes
Jerry SeinfeldJerry Seinfeld156 episodes · drives 890 scenes
Elaine BenesJulia Louis-Dreyfus156 episodes · drives 430 scenes
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Mr. LippmanRichard Fancy8 episodes · drives 35 scenes
Cosmo KramerMichael Richards147 episodes
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George SteinbrennerMitch Mitchell, Lee Bear14 episodes
Jacopo PetermanJohn O'Hurley17 episodes
