Kenny Kramer

For persons of a similar name, see Kenneth Kramer (disambiguation).
Kenny Kramer in 2007

Kenny Kramer (born May 1943) is an American former stand-up comedian, who was the inspiration for the character of Cosmo Kramer from the television sitcom Seinfeld.[1]

Early life

Kramer grew up in New York City, in the Tremont section of the Bronx, and dropped out of high school at age 17. He sold magazines, played drums in a Catskills resort band, and had a spotty career as a stand-up comedian that lasted until 1981, when he gave up comedy to sell light-up "electronic disco jewelry" in nightclubs for a couple of years.[2][3]

Career

Kramer sought to manage Bill Beason, a New York point karate champion, with the hopes that the karate tournament scene would develop along the same lines as wrestling had, since corporate sponsors such as Budweiser and Paul Mitchell were emerging.

Seinfeld co-creator Larry David lived across the hall from Kenny for six years, just as the character of Jerry Seinfeld did from Cosmo Kramer in the show. The two lived in Manhattan Plaza, a federally assisted apartment complex for performing artists in Hell's Kitchen, New York City.[4] David said that Kramer was a little bit eccentric and would be a good character to have on the show. Many of the traits of Kenny Kramer, such as the obsessions with golf, fruit, hot tubs, taking things out of the refrigerator and coming up with strange ideas and inventions, were featured in the show.

Seinfeld

Michael Richards did not want to meet with Kenny Kramer to study the character, preferring to create the character himself. This situation was later parodied in the Seinfeld fourth season episode "The Pilot". The character was originally named "Kessler", due to Larry David's fear that using the name would spur the real Kramer to exploit his association with the character. However, Jerry Seinfeld thought that the name was too good not to use. Kenny Kramer then contacted Castle Rock Entertainment with a list of demands, many of which were financial, for the use of his name. One demand not met was that Kramer himself would get to play the character, which is also parodied in "The Pilot".[5] A later episode, "The Betrayal", provided a tongue-in-cheek explanation for the name change.

Kenny Kramer has been the host of Kramer's Reality Tour and Kramer's Reality Road Show since Seinfeld was on the air. He tells behind-the-scenes stories to his audience and gives a bus tour of sites made famous by the show. A DVD version of his reality tour has also been produced.[6] The "Reality Tours" were later parodied on Seinfeld in the episode "The Muffin Tops", when catalog sales company owner J. Peterman uses Kramer's various stories in Peterman's autobiography. Kramer develops a reality bus tour and touts himself as "The Real J. Peterman." The relationship between Cosmo Kramer and Kenny Kramer is explored in the featurette Kramer vs. Kramer: Kenny to Cosmo, on the 3rd season Seinfeld DVD.

Later career

After achieving some attention as the inspiration for the character Kramer from Seinfeld, Kramer worked as a correspondent for Hard Copy, created and hosted "Kramer's New York" segments for the Fox New York City affiliate WNYW's Good Day New York, and appeared in the original New York company of Tony n' Tina's Wedding, playing himself. He has made appearances on the bonus features of the Seinfeld DVD series.

In 1997, Kramer attempted to gain the Democratic Party nomination for New York mayor; he claimed that his candidacy was "quite serious," saying that he wanted to represent "a lot of disfranchised Democrats out there."[7] He did not get the nomination. In 2001, Kramer was asked by a television reporter about running again, and he replied that "if Jesse Ventura can be governor, why can't I be mayor?" The next day, the Libertarian Party contacted him to run on its ticket, and he accepted. He cited his agreement with the Libertarian Party on, among other issues, the decriminalization of marijuana.[8] During his run, he claimed that the previous run was "a publicity stunt"; his campaign slogan was "Kramer for mayor... this time I'm not kidding!"[2] He finished seventh out of nine candidates in the election, with 1,408 votes.[9]

Personal life

Kramer is Jewish.[10]

On June 6, 2013, Kramer became an ordained[11][12] non-denominational minister with the Universal Life Church World Headquarters[13][14] and was registered with the City Clerk in New York City.[15] While officiating at weddings, he prefers to be called the "Irreverent Kramer" rather than Rev. Kramer, and offers a "customized lifetime warranty" of providing pro bono weddings if the couple divorces.[14]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2004 Saturday Night Darren and Brose Self
2004 Kramer vs. Kramer: Kenny to Cosmo Self Documentary short
2017 Miracle on 42nd Street Self Documentary

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1995 Seinfeld Man #2 in Hockey Audience Episode: "The Face Painter"
1995 Night Man at the Sardi Building Parole Board Video
2004 Seinfeld: How It Began Self Television film
2005 Dokument: Humor Television documentary
2005–2007 Seinfeld: Inside Look Television documentary
2011 All Night with Joey Reynolds Episode #1.28
2016 Hayom BaLayla Episode #1.38

References

  1. ^ The Advocates for Self-Government. "Kenny Kramer - Libertarian". Archived from the original on February 15, 2008. Retrieved July 27, 2008.
  2. ^ a b www.kennykramer.com. "Kenny Kramer Bio May 2004". Retrieved July 27, 2008.
  3. ^ Tierney, John (January 18, 1996). "With Help of 'Seinfeld,' Legend in His Own Time;The Real Kramer Tries to Capitalize". The New York Times.
  4. ^ McShane, Larry (November 24, 2006). "The Real Kramer: That's Not Me". Associated Press via Washington Post.
  5. ^ "Kramer vs. Kramer: Kenny to Cosmo". IMDb. Retrieved July 17, 2009.
  6. ^ Fradkin, Lori. "Kenny Kramer Wants to Remind You That He Isn't a Racist, Has Things to Sell". Retrieved July 27, 2008.
  7. ^ NO JOKE! REAL-LIFE KRAMER'S RUNNING Archived September 5, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, New York Daily News, David L. Lewis, April 23, 1997
  8. ^ Kramer for mayor! Archived December 2, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, Gersh Kuntzman, Salon.com, June 4, 2001
  9. ^ Libertarian Party of NY. "November 2001 Final Election Results". Archived from the original on August 8, 2002. Retrieved July 27, 2008.
  10. ^ פרידמן, עמי (February 3, 2016). "קני קריימר מגיע לישראל". Ynet.
  11. ^ "EXCLUSIVE: 'Seinfeld' fan? You can now be married by Rev. Kramer". Nydailynews.com. Retrieved May 10, 2014.
  12. ^ "Kramer of Seinfeld Gets Ordained with the Universal Life Church". Sbwire.com. July 12, 2013. Archived from the original on April 19, 2014. Retrieved May 10, 2014.
  13. ^ "Official Universal Life Church World Headquarters Website". Ulcnetwork.com. Retrieved May 10, 2014.
  14. ^ a b Geiger, Dorian (November 1, 2013). "Irreverent, Sure, but Relevant, Too". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
  15. ^ "certificate.html". kennykramer.com.
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