We all know the primary and final names of Jerry Seinfeld, George Costanza, and Elaine Benes, however all through “Seinfeld,” Kramer is simply known as Kramer. It is sensible that we all know little about Kramer’s id as a result of he’s such an oddball. Based mostly on “Seinfeld” co-creator Larry David’s eccentric neighbor Kenny Kramer, he is somebody who continually barges into Jerry’s house and has no conventional job exterior of his harebrained schemes and get-rich-quick concepts. Within the “Seinfeld” pilot, he is known as Kessler, then in season 9, episode 8, “The Betrayal,” Kramer jokingly chalks it off as a mistake on his buzzer.
Little to nothing is revealed about Kramer’s backstory till season 6, episode 11, “The Swap,” the place we’re launched to his mom, Babs Kramer. She works as a toilet attendant at a elaborate restaurant. Though Babs has a strained relationship together with her son, George enlists her to spy on his girlfriend, who has an consuming dysfunction, to see if she, as he places it, is throwing his cash down the bathroom after meals. It is Babs who then reveals Kramer’s actual, full identify to George: Cosmo Kramer. George gleefully reviews this again to the remainder of the gang, who joke about how they (just like the viewers) have been making an attempt to study Kramer’s actual identify for years. They snigger about how absurd the identify is, and Cosmo actually is ideal for such a wierd character. Nevertheless, he was initially going to have a really totally different (and far much less funky) identify.
Conrad Kramer sounds too elegant
in 2014, “Seinfeld” author and eventual “Borat” director Larry Charles instructed ScreenCrush that Cosmo Kramer was initially purported to be Conrad Kramer. The identify sounds a bit just like Cosmo, however Conrad has a extra refined high quality and is definitely nothing to snigger at. Charles admitted that he was pondering of Conrad Birdie from “Bye Bye Birdie,” a personality who equally eats up the highlight and is accountable for many chaos throughout him. His identify was meant to be revealed within the season 2 episode “The Guess,” which the “Seinfeld” forged and crew ended up refusing to shoot.
Since this controversial “Seinfeld” script has since been leaked, we now know the plot revolved round Elaine wanting to buy a gun with a view to really feel secure within the metropolis. At one level, she buys a pretend gun to trick Jerry, pointing it at him and saying, “”I will blow your brains out,” earlier than Jerry asks if she’ll be giving him the “Kennedy” or the “Lincoln.” The “Seinfeld” characters might be crass and their actions merciless, however this was an excessive amount of. Charles was dissatisfied that as a result of the episode “fell by the wayside,” his chosen identify for Kramer did, too. However total, it appears like every thing labored out for the most effective. Not solely was “Seinfeld” capable of keep away from an episode that includes gunplay in a manner that feels very out of character and overly sadistic for the present, but additionally Kramer ending up with a splendidly zany identify that actually fits him.