Seinfeld’s Cosmo Kramer originally had a different first name

We know the first and last names of Jerry Seinfeld, George Costanza and Elaine Benes, but in Seinfeld Kramer is just called Kramer. It makes sense that we know little about Kramer’s identity because he’s such an oddball. Based on Kenny Kramer, the eccentric neighbor of “Seinfeld” co-creator Larry DavidHe’s someone who constantly invades Jerry’s apartment and doesn’t have a traditional job, aside from his crazy schemes and get-rich-quick ideas. In the “Seinfeld” pilot he is referred to as Kessler, Then in Season 9, Episode 8, “The Betrayal,” Kramer jokingly refers to it as a mistake on his buzzer.

Little to nothing is revealed about Kramer’s backstory until we meet his mother, Babs Kramer, in Season 6, Episode 11, “The Switch.” She works as a toilet attendant in a fancy restaurant. Although Babs has a strained relationship with her son, George hires her to spy on his eating disordered girlfriend to find out whether, as he puts it, she throws his money down the toilet after eating. It is Babs who then reveals Kramer’s real, full name to George: Cosmo Kramer. George gleefully reports this to the rest of the gang, who joke about how they (as well as the audience) have been trying to figure out Kramer’s real name for years. They laugh at how absurd the name is, and Cosmo really is perfect for such a strange character. However, it was originally supposed to have a completely different (and much less unusual) name.

in 2014, “Seinfeld” writer and later “Borat” director Larry Charles said ScreenCrush that Cosmo Kramer was originally supposed to be Conrad Kramer. The name sounds a bit similar to Cosmo, but Conrad has a more refined quality and is certainly nothing to laugh at. Charles admitted that he was thinking of Conrad Birdie from “Bye Bye Birdie,” a character who equally devours the spotlight and is responsible for a lot of chaos around him. His name would be revealed in the second season episode “The Bet.” The cast and crew of “Seinfeld” ultimately refused to film.

Since The controversial script for “Seinfeld” has now been leakedNow we know that the plot revolved around Elaine wanting to buy a gun to feel safe in the city. At one point, she buys a fake gun to trick Jerry, points it at him and says, “I’ll blow your brains out,” before Jerry asks if she’s going to give him the “Kennedy” or the “Lincoln.” “The ‘Seinfeld’ characters can be crass and their actions can be cruel, but this was too much. Charles was disappointed that his chosen name for Kramer also fell by the wayside because the episode “fell by the wayside.” But overall, it sounds like everything worked out for the “Seinfeld” not only was it able to avoid an episode that featured gunplay in a way that seemed very out of character and overly sadistic for the series, but Kramer got am He also ends up with a wonderfully crazy name that really suits him.