“Top Of The Muffin To You” – The Muffin Top May Become Reality
It was one of many charming things about the hit show "Seinfeld". Something as simple as soup or muffins became a focal point of the show but with a unique twist that only the players on the show could make funny and memorable. If you've seen the show, you know exactly who the "Soup Nazi" was. "No soup for you!!" was his common catch phrase.
There was an episode (21 years ago) that featured Elaine with an idea about muffin tops. They were just the tops of the muffins, without the "trunks". Let's face it, it's our most favorite part of the muffin. She made the mistake of sharing this idea with her old boss which led to a typical Seinfeld-esque situation.....
Funny how life can imitate art, or in this case, art imitating life. McDonalds announced this week they will be introducing muffin tops in their breakfast menu on a nationwide level. They had tested the product in Baltimore recently.
This news has prompted one of the writers of that episode to tell McDonalds that they owe him some money for the idea. As you can see, it was sort of tongue-in-cheek...