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06-04-2023, 04:27 AM
https://www.looper.com/1304235/kramer-seinfeld-wealth-explained-mad-about-you-crossover/
https://www.looper.com/img/gallery/seinfelds-controversial-tv-crossover-may-help-explain-a-big-kramer-mystery/mad-about-you-explains-how-kramer-can-afford-his-apartment-1685822972.webp
The source of Kramer (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmo_Kramer)'s income has long been a subject of intense scrutiny (at least among fans; the other "Seinfeld" characters are more or less indifferent). Kramer would tell you he wasn't unemployed — he was simply on strike from his job at H&H. Despite his chronic joblessness, the K-Man scrapped and scrounged to make ends meet, whether it was his $18,000 winnings from the race track, his stint as a portrait model, or a one-time actor in a Woody Allen movie.
Plenty of dark Kramer theories (https://www.looper.com/910531/the-dark-kramer-theory-that-will-change-the-way-you-view-seinfeld/) abound online — that a bad marriage left him a shut-in, or that he's living off of his disability checks from his time as a Navy SEAL (https://www.reddit.com/r/FanTheories/comments/2c6lsr/seinfeld_kramer_was_a_navy_seal_or_green_beret_in/). But his "Mad About You" cameo (http://www.poobala.com/madandseinfeld.html) is the most clear-cut answer to Kramer's rent check woes.
The "Mad About You" crossover (https://www.cbr.com/nbc-friends-seinfeld-mad-about-you-shared-universe/) may solve one of the biggest "Seinfeld" puzzles, but that doesn't mean fans were happy with Kramer's portrayal. Kramer's erratic, frenetic energy is poorly suited to "Mad About You," and the conversation between him and Paul only serves to point out his strangeness. "I love Mad About You, but they had no idea how to write for Kramer," observed u/mecon320 (https://www.reddit.com/r/seinfeld/comments/uaimd2/who_forgot_that_kramer_was_in_an_episode_of_mad/i5y3s8g/), with u/noplacecold (https://www.reddit.com/r/seinfeld/comments/uaimd2/comment/i5y2uy9/?utm_name=web3xcss) adding, "They managed to make Kramer boring."
A few years later, Jerry appeared on "Mad About You," fueling theories of a shared sitcom universe. That was probably bad news for George, who famously hated the sitcom.
https://www.looper.com/img/gallery/seinfelds-controversial-tv-crossover-may-help-explain-a-big-kramer-mystery/mad-about-you-explains-how-kramer-can-afford-his-apartment-1685822972.webp
The source of Kramer (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmo_Kramer)'s income has long been a subject of intense scrutiny (at least among fans; the other "Seinfeld" characters are more or less indifferent). Kramer would tell you he wasn't unemployed — he was simply on strike from his job at H&H. Despite his chronic joblessness, the K-Man scrapped and scrounged to make ends meet, whether it was his $18,000 winnings from the race track, his stint as a portrait model, or a one-time actor in a Woody Allen movie.
Plenty of dark Kramer theories (https://www.looper.com/910531/the-dark-kramer-theory-that-will-change-the-way-you-view-seinfeld/) abound online — that a bad marriage left him a shut-in, or that he's living off of his disability checks from his time as a Navy SEAL (https://www.reddit.com/r/FanTheories/comments/2c6lsr/seinfeld_kramer_was_a_navy_seal_or_green_beret_in/). But his "Mad About You" cameo (http://www.poobala.com/madandseinfeld.html) is the most clear-cut answer to Kramer's rent check woes.
The "Mad About You" crossover (https://www.cbr.com/nbc-friends-seinfeld-mad-about-you-shared-universe/) may solve one of the biggest "Seinfeld" puzzles, but that doesn't mean fans were happy with Kramer's portrayal. Kramer's erratic, frenetic energy is poorly suited to "Mad About You," and the conversation between him and Paul only serves to point out his strangeness. "I love Mad About You, but they had no idea how to write for Kramer," observed u/mecon320 (https://www.reddit.com/r/seinfeld/comments/uaimd2/who_forgot_that_kramer_was_in_an_episode_of_mad/i5y3s8g/), with u/noplacecold (https://www.reddit.com/r/seinfeld/comments/uaimd2/comment/i5y2uy9/?utm_name=web3xcss) adding, "They managed to make Kramer boring."
A few years later, Jerry appeared on "Mad About You," fueling theories of a shared sitcom universe. That was probably bad news for George, who famously hated the sitcom.