The Clip Show (1) (a.k.a. The Chronicle (1))
Aired Thursday, May 14, 1998 Β· 30 min

Just as the four are about to go to the movies, Jerry looks back on the past nine years with the audience.
Posts per day after the first airing
The morning after
Fans loved the Superman theme montage in the clip show episode, praising its choreography and the unexpected dancing clips set to music.
Fans ask about and identify the song played at the end of the episode as 'Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)' by Green Day from their album Nimrod.
Fans discuss the Green Day song played at the end of the clip show episode, identifying it as "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" and expressing emotional reactions to the show's conclusion.
Fans debate whether the clip show finale episode was dumb, with mixed reactions on the show's quality overall and comparisons to MASH.
Fans are disappointed that the penultimate episode of the series is a clip show rather than new content.
Fans discuss a clip show format problem where Jerry's new material following the best-of segment fails to match earlier episodes' comedic quality.
The show will return in a year with the characters getting out of jail, flying to Paris and California to shoot a new "Jerry" series.
Fans celebrate the show's final episodes and creatively speculate about potential future returns, with one poster humorously suggesting Jerry intentionally made it bad to avoid a comeback.
Fans ask about the songs used in the clip show episode, particularly the one before the Jackson Five sequence.
Best of the morning after
βHard to take, but the "FAMOUS" Last Seinfeld Episode is a Two-Bit Clip-SHOW!!!β
βDid anyone else almost pee themselves with laughter during the Superman Theme part of "The Clip Show"?β
βHe was running away from the fat cable guy.β
βThe last line goes, "I hope you had the time of your life."β
βMost any of those episodes alluded to in the clip show or flashback segments would kick MASH's sorry ass!β
βI just watched it again and had to calm myself down after contemplating the reality of it being over...β
Over the years
Fans appreciate the extended rerun of the clip show episode with restored 15 minutes of content including secondary characters that was cut from the original May broadcast to make room for the finale.
Fans discuss the song played during the clip montage at the end of the Clip Show episode and identify it as Green Day's "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" from the album Nimrod.
Fans discuss identifying a clip from the clip show where Kramer jumps between rooftops; most agree it's from The Cadillac episode, with some noting it may parody Hitchcock's Vertigo.
Viewers try to identify the source of a dancing scene shown in the clip show, with speculation that it's an outtake from the finale based on the prison hallway setting and clothing details.
Fans try to identify two unrecognized scenes from the clip show episode, with one user suggesting The Barber and another proposing The Briss as possible sources.
Fans help identify clips from the clip show episode, pinpointing scenes from "The Muffin Tops" and "The Barber".
Fans discuss a brief dancing scene in the clip show montage, debating whether it was from the prison in the finale or filmed specifically for the clip show.
Fans discuss the use of Green Day's "Time of Your Life" in the clip show finale, with mixed reactions to the song choice for the montage.
Fans identify the song played during The Clip Show as "Time of Your Life (Good Riddance)" by Green Day from their Nimrod album, helping a new viewer from China who loved the episode find the track.
Fans ask about and identify the band performing "The Time of My Life" in the series finale clip show as Green Day from their album Nimrod.
Fans express excitement and confusion about the scheduled clip show episode, with some reporting they saw different episodes instead and discussing scheduling issues with syndication.
Fans identify the song playing during the dancing clips in the clip show episode as Michael Jackson's "Don't Stop (Till You Get Enough)".
Fans confirm that The Clip Show is the 100th episode and will air on Sony's website in late January.
Fans ask where to find the remixed Seinfeld theme from the clip show episode and discuss reruns.
Fans identify the Michael Jackson song played during the clip show episode as 'Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough.'