Fans praise Kramer's comedic bit of smoking a cigarette backwards in the bar scene, with one poster recounting an unaired take where Kramer burped after drinking beer.
The Sniffing Accountant
Aired Thursday, October 7, 1993 ยท 30 min

The gang gets suspicious of their accountant.
Posts per day after the first airing
The morning after
Fans praise the episode's humor, particularly the sweater and bra job plots involving George, with some discussion about whether George may have won the masturbation contest based on his composure.
Fans discuss what car Jerry drives in recent episodes, noting he's had BMWs and possibly a Saab, with disagreement about specific models.
Thread asks for the episode name that aired on 10-7-93, which is identified as "The Sniffing Accountant"; a follow-up post questions George's use of a name for his boss.
Fan notes similarity between George eating an onion he thought was an apple and a Kurt Vonnegut story, wondering if it's a reference or coincidence.
Fans discuss tonight's episode and George's various short-lived jobs throughout the series, compiling a list of his career attempts.
Fans discuss Jerry Seinfeld's guest appearance on HBO's The Larry Sanders Show and debate whether Seinfeld's apartment set shown on that program was the real set or a replica.
Fans discuss whether George's father was played by a different actor in "The Sniffing Accountant" compared to earlier episodes, with clarification that Jerry Stiller took over the role this season.
Fans react enthusiastically to the episode with exclamation points and praise, sharing the joke about having spare punctuation available for various occasions.
Fans discuss noticing product placement of Roll Gold pretzels and other brands like Snapple during the episode.
Best of the morning after
โAfter drinking the beer while smoking the cigarette he let out a tremendous BELCH!โ
โMaybe he really did win the contest...โ
โIt works especially well on mango fiber that get caught between your teeth!โ
โI don't have either show on tape and it doesn't seem to be in Seinlanguage.โ
โI just got through talking with a friend about last weeks episode and he also had notices that George had referred to his new, very temporary, boss as Mr. Did anybody else notice this?โ
โI noticed this show has George in another 5-minute career.โ
Over the years
Fans discuss a subtle joke in the episode involving the name of a bra company, with mixed reactions to the wordplay and casting choices.
Posters discuss episode details, asking about air dates and casting, with confusion about which episode featured punctuation mark breakup versus the sniffing accountant storyline.
Fans discuss Kramer's detective fantasies in earlier episodes and note his character played detective Vic Nardoza in Michael Richards' later show.
Fans recall and clarify a reference to ABSCAM from an episode, with one correcting that Kramer made the allusion about the accountant, not George.
Fans discuss the episode and recall attending the original taping of this episode at a Burbank trip organized by the alt.tv.seinfeld group about 9 years prior.
Fans help identify an episode where Kramer smokes and drinks in a bar and takes a photo of someone on the toilet, confirmed to be "The Sniffing Accountant" with script reference provided.
Fans help identify an episode where Kramer wears a sweater and chokes on beer while smoking.
Fans identify an episode based on a scene description from Monk's cafรฉ involving Jerry discussing bankruptcy.
Fans discuss a compiled cameo list with a note about David Letterman's appearance in The Sniffing Accountant episode.
Fans discuss whether The Sniffing Accountant has aired on UK Paramount; one confirms it was recently shown and will repeat.