Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David’s classic chuckle-fest sitcom, Seinfeld, might never have met with widespread success here in the UK (what do you expect when hidden away late at night on BBC2?), but it is a firm favourite in the home of this TV Scooper. And so, to commemorate the release of the ninth season of the saga on DVD, The Hollywood News asked fans to vote for their favourite Seinfeld episode. Coming up trumps was ‘The Soup Nazi’, the tale of a grumpy New York soup chef who famously hollers at customers that order incorrectly “no soup for you!”

This installment from season seven earned a whopping 45% of the votes, while the gang’s encounter with ‘The Bubble Boy’ picked up the silver prize with 26%. Third was ‘The Opposite’ with 11%, in which George acts against his natural instincts and finds his life improving, only for Elaine’s to deteriorate as she becomes more like George, while ‘The Chicken Roaster’ and ‘the Library’ came fourth and fifth. After years of incredible quality, making such a selection would be like choosing a favourite child and I don’t know that I would be up for such a task. That said I’m surprised not to see ‘The Puffy Shirt’, ‘The Contest’ or ‘The Rye’ make an appearance in the top five. I wonder which one Art Vandelay would opt for.

[via Digital Spy]