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What mark did Seinfeld leave on history?

Jerry Seinfeld walked into the National Museum of American History, looking good, fit and youthful, sharply dressed, but his eyes glanced around warily, as though he wasn't sure how this gig was going to play. He came last night for a ceremony, not a stand-up routine. He made a donation. He gave the museum the Puffy Shirt.

There are shirts that are puffy and there are puffy garments that are shirts, but there is only one Puffy Shirt, the one Seinfeld wore in Episode 66 of his eponymous show, the episode titled "The Puffy Shirt." It's a very puffy shirt indeed, with a flamboyant ruffle draping from the neck and sleeves that puff and pouf. The Puffy Shirt made him all puffed out, made him look like a buccaneer, like someone who should, as Elaine put it, "swing in on a chandelier." It made Jerry wail: "But I don't want to be a pirate!"

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