Even Jerry Seinfeld often questioned why Kramer never had a stable job or how he managed to have money. Throughout the sitcom, Kramer came up with a lot of schemes and odd jobs that somewhat answered how he made some money. At one point, he joined in on a few police line-ups for fun and because they paid a bit of money.
In one episode, Kramer was paid by J. Money is not much of a concern for Kramer. In previous events, Kramer was burned because his coffee was too hot. Kramer and Jackie were on the cusp of a substantial possible payout. Small-business investor. Provided funding to a local nonfat frozen-yogurt shop. Soap-opera stand-in. Worked on the set of All My Children. Beauty-pageant coach and chaperone. Advised a Miss America contestant on her interview, appearance, and talent.
Vintage-clothing salesman. Department-store Santa Claus. Police lineup stand-in. Intimate apparel designer. Sports memorabilia appropriator. Moviefone man impersonator. Provides callers with movie time and theater information when they mistakenly dial his number, FILK. Collaborates on the reopening of a revival movie house called the Alex.
Hansom cab driver. Sued Oh Henry! 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.
He also worked as a stand-in on a daytime television soap opera with his friend Mickey in " The Stand In ". Additionally, Jerry claims that Kramer does the worst Cockney accent he has ever heard.
A devout viewer of Seinfeld probably will have noticed that even though Kramer is usually unemployed, he is able to afford a Manhattan apartment, which are usually very expensive.
Of course, some explanations are made here:. Like the other three characters, Kramer has pseudonyms he uses in various schemes; H. Pennypacker, Dr. Martin van Nostrand, and Peter van Nostrand are the most popular. Upon finding out they can get rickshaws from Hong Kong, Newman and Kramer go in to business together and run a rickshaw business, which is already a recipe for disaster. But it gets worse when Kramer is forced to pull Newman in the rickshaw, and as Kramer gets tired, he drops the wooden poles, leading Newman to fall backwards all the way down the street.
But the job again ended up going terribly wrong, as a homeless man points Kramer out for holding up a jewelry store. Kramer flies off the handle when in control of a fire engine and he turns up to the scene too late.
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