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In the same way Elaine was outraged at Mr. Lippman for stealing her
“muffin top” idea to turn a profit, so too is a former “Seinfeld”
writer who believes McDonald’s is cashing in on his idea.
Spike Feresten — the man who wrote the “Seinfeld” episode in which
Elaine and her former boss go into business selling muffin tops —
has told TMZ he wants the company to cough up “a billion dollars”
after they announced plans to begin serving “muffin toppers” as part
of their new McCafé offerings.
Failing a billion-dollar payout, Feresten also said he’d gladly
allow McDonald’s to sponsor his podcast instead.
https://youtu.be/U7jZIjPjT7A
“What took so long?” Feresten jokingly asks of McDonald’s in a video
obtained TMZ. “This episode was written 21 years ago.”
The writer and podcast host went on to say that the first thing he
thought about, after seeing McDonald’s had announced its new “muffin
toppers,” was “the money.”
“What I thought about was the money. The money I’m going to make
from this multinational corporation. That’s what I thought about.”
https://youtu.be/_z9NyQnDdz4
He then outlined his demands, including his desire for McDonald’s to
use the same slogan Elaine’s old boss, Mr. Lippman, had used for his
muffin-top shop: “Top of the muffin TO YOU!” complete with an
exclamation point.
“That’s the most important part,” Feresten said.
“Secondly, you’re going to have to pay me a billion dollars,” he
continued. “But I’m going to use that money very wisely; I’m going
to buy a bigger car collection than Jerry Seinfeld and make him feel
bad.”
“And I think, if [those] aren’t possible, well they can just step in
and sponsor ‘Spike’s Car Radio,’ my new cars-and-coffee podcast on
Podcast One,” he reasoned. “I’ll help you sell the [muffin top]
things.”
McDonald’s announced earlier this week that its new “muffin toppers”
— which were tested in the Baltimore area last year — would be
coming to restaurants across the U.S. along with other baked goods,
as part of their efforts to push more breakfast offerings.
“Customers can also expect to see an elevated McCafé experience in
our modernized U.S. restaurants — delicious menu items like muffin
toppers, coffee cakes, apple pies with lattice crusts that are baked in-restaurant and cookies are part of our Experience of the Future
deployment,” a representative for McDonald’s told Fox News on
Wednesday.
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