Cosmo Kramer

Cosmo Kramer, commonly refered to by his last name Kramer, is a fictional character from the US television sitcom Seinfeld (1989-1998). He was played by Michael Richards. Kramer is the wacky neighbor and friend of Jerry Seinfeld. His other friends include George Costanza, Elaine Benes, Newman, Mickey Abbott, and Bob Sacamano.

Kramer's schemes

The only known steady job Kramer had throughout the entire series was in The Strike, when he goes back to work at H&H Bagels after being on strike for over a decade. His union finally settled the strike and he was reemployed. He only worked there for one episode before he is fired. During the time he is working at the bagel shop, he goes on strike again because of having to work on Festivus. He also works part-time as a department store Santa before being fired for spreading Communist propaganda to young children. In The Bizarro Jerry, he works in an office, before it is discovered that he has no business education.

Related Topics:
Strike - Bagel - Festivus - Santa - Communist - Propaganda

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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 based on advice from his osteopath. When George asks how he pays for anything, Kramer mysteriously replies, "I get by."

Related Topics:
Gambling - Medical school - Murphy Brown - Inventions - Coffee - Coaster - Osteopath

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Kramer also participates in lawsuits against various people and companies. He won one such suit (though receives 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. His lawyer is Jackie Chiles, a parody of Johnnie Cochran, the late celebrity defense attorney of O. J. Simpson

Related Topics:
Lawsuit - McDonald's - Tobacco - Jackie Chiles - Johnnie Cochran - Attorney - O. J. Simpson

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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 own apartment is sub-let from documentary filmmaker Paul Buchman from Mad About You. 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.

Related Topics:
Paul Buchman - Mad About You - Interior design - The Merv Griffin Show

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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 of being a serial killer.

Related Topics:
Los Angeles - Fred Savage - Cameo - Murphy Brown - Serial killer

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