"In ""Seinfeld"", what is Kramer's first name?"
Cosmo Kramer the show's first five seasons (from 1989 to 1994), though in "The Seinfeld Chronicles", Jerry referred to him as "Kessler", which was his original name for the show, until it was changed to "Kramer". However, in the first draft of the script, he was named "Hoffman". In "The Betrayal", when it is shown how Jerry met Kramer, Kramer says that his name is incorrectly listed as "Kessler" in the apartment building. This "retcons" the pilot's use of "Kessler" as the character's name. George finds out his unusual first name of "Cosmo" through an encounter with Kramer's long estranged mom, Babs
Cosmo Kramer Seinfeld Chronicles," Kenny Kramer had not yet given consent to use his name, and so Kramer's character was originally known as "Kessler." Larry David was hesitant to use Kenny Kramer's real name because he suspected that Kramer would take advantage of this. David's suspicion turned out to be correct; Kenny Kramer created the "Kramer Reality Tour", a New York City bus tour that points out actual locations of events or places featured in "Seinfeld". The "Kramer Reality Tour" is itself spoofed on "Seinfeld" in "The Muffin Tops." In the episode, when Kramer's real-life stories are used by Elaine to pad