The Clip Show

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“The Clip Show”
Seinfeld episode
The opening montage.
Episode no.	Season 9 Episode 177-178
Written by	Darin Henry
Directed by	Andy Ackerman
Original airdate	May 14, 1998
Season 9 episodes
Seinfeld - Season 9 September 1997 - May 1998
"The Butter Shave" "The Voice" "The Serenity Now" "The Blood" "The Junk Mail" "The Merv Griffin Show" "The Slicer" "The Betrayal" "The Apology" "The Strike" "The Dealership" "The Reverse Peephole" "The Cartoon" "The Strong Box" "The Wizard" "The Burning" "The Bookstore" "The Frogger" "The Maid" "The Puerto Rican Day" "The Clip Show, Part 1" "The Clip Show, Part 2" "The Finale, Part 1" "The Finale, Part 2"
List of Seinfeld episodes

"The Clip Show" (also known as "The Chronicle") is an hour long, two-part episode of the NBC sitcom Seinfeld. These were the 177th and 178th episodes of Seinfeld from Season 9. It aired on May 14, 1998. Both parts of The Clip shows were seen by 58.53 million viewers.

[edit] Plot, part 1

Jerry, Elaine, George, and Kramer plan to go to the movie, but Jerry takes out a little time to look at nine years of memories.

The first montage of clips is set to John Williams' Superman score. Superman is Jerry Seinfeld's favorite superhero and is often referenced in the show. It plays out short clips of greatest moments of the cast.

The swing music shows short clips of cast wearing different costumes and hairstyles throughout the series. That include's "The Puffy Shirt", "The Barber" and "The Reverse Peephole".

[edit] Plot, part 2

More clips are seen and finally the closing minutes feature a series of bloopers and a musical montage that features the song "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" by the band Green Day, from their 1997 album Nimrod.

Although mentioned in "Notes About Nothing", the musical montage for the beginning this half of the show, they play Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough by Michael Jackson showing the cast dancing.

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