Well, he was based on a real-life accountant who Jerry Seinfeld hired. And I used to talk about that guy and how much I hated him, so he became the Sniffing Accountant. That was some measure of revenge. Jackie was played by Phil Morris, who was even in talks at one point to star in a spin-off series focusing on the character, but it never materialized. Morris always played Jackie Chiles with the same fast-talking and undeniable charisma that made Cochran a celebrity.
When he was a struggling comedian in New York, Larry David actually lived across the hall from a guy named Kenny Kramer. The real Kramer even set up a tour bus where he charges people to hear the real stories behind Seinfeld episodes — just like TV Kramer did when he sold his anecdotes to J. Ben Sherlock is a writer, comedian, and independent filmmaker. He's currently in pre-production on his first feature, and has been for a while because filmmaking is expensive.
He participates in schemes with George's father, Frank Costanza , such as the invention of a male brassiere the "man-ssiere" or the "bro". He is extremely sensitive, and he does not like being told to drop dead. Lola , the lady for whom Kramer replaces her wheelchair in " The Handicap Spot ", dumps him, telling him that he's not good-looking enough for her and, of course, to drop dead.
Kramer's signature on the show is entering a room sliding in, much like Art Carney's character in The Honeymooners. This reportedly first became a recurring gag when Richards was late for a cue; trying to save the scene, he burst into the room, much to the delight of the audience.
George Costanza once commented, upon hearing that Kramer had gone to a baseball fantasy camp, that Kramer's whole life was a fantasy camp. Do nothing, fall ass-backwards into money, mooch food off your neighbors, and have sex without dating; that's a fantasy camp.
Perhaps Kramer's first scheme was running away from home at age 17 and stowing away aboard a steamer headed for Sweden; it is unknown how he returned to the United States from Sweden, however. His union finally settled the strike and he was reemployed. He only worked there for one episode before he was fired. During the time he was working at the bagel shop, he went on strike again because of having to work on Festivus.
He also worked part-time as a department store Santa before being fired for spreading Communist propaganda to young children. In " The Bizarro Jerry ", he works at an office, before it is discovered that he has no business education, and that his reports are "nothing but gibberish". Kramer has a variety of ways of making a living, including gambling, working in various theater projects, acting out illnesses at a medical school, getting a spot on the show Murphy Brown , and pitching ideas for inventions like his Coffee Table Book , a book about coffee tables and celebrities with their coffee tables that featured a coaster on the cover and legs on the bottom to make the book itself a little coffee table.
In " The Dinner Party " Kramer reveals he doesn't carry his wallet or any money with him, following advice from his osteopath. When George asks how he pays for anything, Kramer mysteriously replies, "I get by. Kramer also participates in lawsuits against various people and companies. He won one such suit though he received no monetary compensation against a coffee company whose beverages were too hot a reference to a famous real-life lawsuit brought against McDonald's and a tobacco company whose products aged him prematurely.
Kramer saves money by appropriating items from Jerry, most notably food. Jerry's apartment is Kramer's second home; he has his own key to the apartment and rarely bothers to knock. Kramer's apartment is the subject of numerous radical experiments in interior design, including "levels" no furniture , a reconstruction of the set of The Merv Griffin Show , and other bizarre schemes.
A struggling and untalented actor, Kramer briefly lived in Los Angeles, where his only accomplishments were accosting Fred Savage , appearing in a cameo on Murphy Brown , and being suspected as a serial killer. He was quite good as "gonorrhea," however, at Mt. Sinai Hospital's student-diagnosis sessions, drawing rave reviews from the hospital's staff for his performance. Kramer also was given a part as an extra in a Woody Allen movie for which he practiced the line, "These pretzels are making me thirsty.
I would never have thought to go sliding through doors and all the shtick that Michael does. He was brilliant. If I had gotten to play Kramer, the show would have gone straight down the crapper. The man, the myth, the Assman. Still, he found a way to profit from Seinfeld fame with a business venture of his own. One glance at his website reveals he also cashed in through specialized ringtones, merchandise, and more.
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