These characters didn't seem real yet. They felt like they were reciting lines they had memorized. Once the show got its rhythm, the characters came to life and felt like real-live people.

@MrBmick79

Жыл бұрын

yeah i agree. couldn't really get into the show til around 93

@lfkk4640

Жыл бұрын

It's kinda like that later episode a few seasons later. Bizarro versions of them.

@lexkanyima2195

Жыл бұрын

@@lfkk4640 it's more legit

@lexkanyima2195

Жыл бұрын

@@MrBmick79 why ?

@MrBmick79

Жыл бұрын

@@lexkanyima2195 I was 12.

It’s funny to see George toying with the idea of doing the opposite this early on 😂

@mayurryadav2222

Жыл бұрын

He was right all along

@jerrypizzle7433

Жыл бұрын

Georgie, Georgie, Gerogie... HOCKEY Georgie.

@gokaury

Жыл бұрын

@@mayurryadav2222 And yet he still couldn't keep it up because, you know...he's George.

@g.ra.6829

Жыл бұрын

Chicken salad. On rye

@LourdesGzz

Жыл бұрын

He was procrastinating 😅

Jerry's appartment definitely evolved a lot since then 😂

@willc5723

Жыл бұрын

The window is different

@aribolab

Жыл бұрын

The bathroom got moved.

@sakabula2357

Жыл бұрын

He was still a struggling comedian back then

@nba_fanboy_0425

Жыл бұрын

So has Kramer!

@gmancolo

10 ай бұрын

Yeah, there's no hallway between the bathroom.

I love the detail of how he didn't carry both slices of bread in the same pocket. Makes the reveal more dramatic. 😀

@roguesheep3083

Жыл бұрын

he was a kramer sandwich

@shahbazshaikh2884

5 ай бұрын

​@@roguesheep3083 were you a writer this show or something? 😂

His first appearance of him spoiling the game for jerry and asking for meat definitely set the tone for the whole series 🤣🤣🤣

@SlyTyler97

11 ай бұрын

This yellow stuff

@jackson5116

8 ай бұрын

at least they kept that part of the pilot to the series, but there was no Elaine yet.

@LauRa-re9un

7 ай бұрын

But they didn´t present each other. He just moved but already knew him.

They both look so young. Kramer's hair sure changed later.

@fifthdimension1984

7 ай бұрын

and for the better I might say.

@JaegarLourdesHeathman

4 ай бұрын

Jerry was 34 George was 29 and Kramer was 39 at the time this episode was taped.

I’ll be honest, Kramer is one of the reasons I have a problem lending my things out to other people 😊

@steverogers7601

Жыл бұрын

Glad I don’t have this problem.

@zoltanurmosi1143

Жыл бұрын

Me too. And if they don't return my stuff, I always tell them: Next time I lend you my cat, because in a few days, it comes home by itself

@Thunderchild-gz4gc

Жыл бұрын

@@steverogers7601 aren't you prefect

@steverogers7601

Жыл бұрын

@@Thunderchild-gz4gc you and my mom think alike!

@tjhilkert3645

Жыл бұрын

Same here

One of my favorite things about early Seinfeld is how uncomfortable George is around Kramer.

@kishascape

7 ай бұрын

*Kessler

@roguesheep3083

6 ай бұрын

he’s still not sure whether or not this guy is harmless yet 😆

It took George a few seasons to adopt the "do the opposite" philosphy.

I like how Kessler just walks around with bread in his pockets until he finds some meat 😂

@FurEliseFlamenco

11 ай бұрын

Who’s Kessler?

@brundlefly262

11 ай бұрын

​@@FurEliseFlamenco Because Kramer was based upon a real person and they didn't have the name approved yet, he was called "Kessler" in this first episode. Listen closely at :31 at you can hear Jerry say "Kessler".

@incub8

11 ай бұрын

Now, if it were BUTTERED, that would be even more funny!

@doct0rnic

7 ай бұрын

​@@brundlefly262they were trying to keep Kenny Kramer out of it because they knew he would exploit them for money if they used his name which he did including later creating the Seinfeld reality tour which the website is still up. Jerry eventually convinced Larry to use Kramer's name

@SKAMGOD

5 ай бұрын

And he knocks on doors before he enters his neighbour’s apartment

I love how Kramer knocks on the door instead of sliding into Jerry's apartment.

@LiamB3262

Жыл бұрын

Kramer would go on to do that many times

@dylanhealy8126

Жыл бұрын

@@LiamB3262 No he doesn’t….

@LiamB3262

Жыл бұрын

@@dylanhealy8126 Sliding in not knocking on the door

@dabunnyrabbit2620

Жыл бұрын

he was late for a cue and he slid in because he was in a hurry and the audience loved it.

@boshman78

Жыл бұрын

actually, Kramer said he wasn't suppose to be in there that weekend because of the girl...so Kramer might've been just being cautious. That's my head canon for maintaining continuity, anyways. 🤣

I love how Kramer makes the sandwich in the fridge 😂😆

Kramer and George are my favourite characters on the show.

@trafyknits

Жыл бұрын

You got great taste

@frozengamer3030

Жыл бұрын

@@trafyknits Thanks

@beani24329

Жыл бұрын

Same. To me, they’re the stars of the show.

@JM-dy4ty

Жыл бұрын

Well they literally are the show. The show is about them.

Seeing how Kramer started off like this and when you progress later in the series. It's quite a change he goes through with his ideals. I will have to start watching the show again. I've missed it.

@bossfan49

Жыл бұрын

Behavior-wise, it was only a slight change. Instead of knocking, and asking for meat, later he would just walk in and go right to the fridge. But just blurting out "BOY THE METS BLEW IT TONIGHT!!" was perfect. Michael didn't quite figure out his hair and wardrobe until 5 or 6 episodes in.

@thetechlibrarian

Жыл бұрын

@@bossfan49 you could argue they became better friends/neighbors

@bossfan49

Жыл бұрын

@@thetechlibrarian absolutely

The way he says " you want me to talk to her " it's perfect 😂😂😂

Seinfeld really feels like 3 different shows over 9 seasons, and they're all great.

@trevertravis8963

8 ай бұрын

Except for seasons 8 & 9. They’re pretty bad.

@GrantPearson

7 ай бұрын

@@trevertravis8963 Some of the most legendary episodes are in seasons 8 and 9.

@Bloodynine606

5 ай бұрын

@@trevertravis8963 Not at all. Season 1,2,3: a bit rough but has a nice realistic feel and with some true bits of comedy glory (the pony remark, the chinese restaurant). season 4,5,6,7: the best a sitcom has ever been or will ever be. Season 8,9: a bit cartoony but still gold.

Ah, the first appearance of "Kessler." Larry David was worried that his friend Kenny Kramer would get too mixed up with the show so they changed the characters name to Kessler in the early days before just going all in on "Kramer."

@JanetStarChild

Жыл бұрын

There's gotta be an alternate universe where the name 'Kessler' stuck.

@ridethelapras

Жыл бұрын

@@JanetStarChild This is it.

@wilkeithsarratt1337

10 ай бұрын

I wish you would get his name right.... IT'S KRAMER...giddy up !!!

I really like the way everything looks in these scenes. The apartment looks less like a studio set and more like a cozy home that a bachelor actually lives in; and the clothes are way more casual and comfy. The only thing that breaks the illusion of realism is that they're wearing shoes.

@mikeyreza

Жыл бұрын

Plenty of "people" wear shoes in doors

@JanetStarChild

Жыл бұрын

@@mikeyreza Maybe if they're wearing 'indoor shoes'; like how Fred Rogers (Mister Rogers Neighborhood) takes off his _outdoor_ shoes and puts on his _indoor_ shoes; that I'll buy.

@mikeyreza

Жыл бұрын

@@JanetStarChild Mr Rogers was an honorable man from 60 years ago. People nowadays have no honor and will just let all their gunk get all over the place. They don't care anymore. We are no longer living in a society. We're beasts

@JanetStarChild

Жыл бұрын

@@mikeyreza You got that right, considering the fact that people these days use their stupid little pocket computers (i.e. "smartphones") while on the can, and seem almost proud about it. No dignity to be found among such gutter trash.

@mikeyreza

Жыл бұрын

@@JanetStarChild The coming economic/climate/political/social/technological apocalypse will wipe them all out, I'm sure

They certainly improved the pacing of the show after the pilot. Compared to what it became, the gaps between lines/bits in this clip are almost painful to watch. I am SO glad the network didn't give up on the show and let it fully develop. One of my favorite shows ever. Great writing. Perfect casting. Brilliant acting. Yadda, yadda, yadda.

@lexkanyima2195

Жыл бұрын

Improving ?

@FredPlanatia

Жыл бұрын

@@lexkanyima2195 definitely noticeable to me too.

@lexkanyima2195

Жыл бұрын

@@FredPlanatia it was a test pilot

@SoFloCo-ne4rk

6 ай бұрын

It improved when they brought in the veteran television director Tom Cherones who tightened up the pacing and made the show move at a more brisk pace.

The newspaper on the couch... Ahhh the old days ..

Amazing how their chemistry developed over the seasons.

You know the message you’re sending out to the world with these sweatpants? You’re telling the world. “I give up. I can’t compete in normal society.”

@SamuelBlack84

Ай бұрын

Normal is so boring

@PMurray2694

24 күн бұрын

​@SamuelBlack84 shut up sweat pants

*Quietly pulls out 2 pieces of bread* “you got any meat?”

Good ole Kosmo Kramer causing havoc from the get-go, just like in real life, unpredictable. He really poured his heart and soul into this character.

@greatstag

Жыл бұрын

technically "kessler"

I never caught Jerry calling Kramer “Kessler” before! Now the very end of ‘The Betrayal’ makes sense!

@steverogers7601

Жыл бұрын

The ending of “The Betrayal” was such a clever way to explain the name change, and they added that little nugget in such a great episode too.

@ahjus7604

Жыл бұрын

REPARATION!

@billblaski9523

Жыл бұрын

His name was legit Kessler when they filmed this pilot. That was just an Easter egg at the end of The Betrayal

@Jose-se9pu

Жыл бұрын

They wanted to avoid calling him "Kramer" because that was the actual name the character he was based on (an old neighbor of Larry David), because they knew it was going to be for trouble, so they changed it...only to realice "Kessler" didnt have the same impact, so his name HAD to be "Kramer"...which was trouble, because then real life Kramer started saying he was "the real Kramer", and he started doing a bus tour...if this sounds familiar is because after this happened, in one of the latter seasons they made fun of this guy by having Kramer doing a bus tour claiming he was "the real Peterman"...

Kramer, Elaine's hair, Jerry's dates, George all around.....all got better

Season one feels like the entirety of it is a pilot. A lot of concepts and characters were undeveloped. Season two is the real start of the series.

George's, "Well, that's flattering," to the dog liking him is totally me. 😆

All three of them sure developed over the course of the show. Faster, more clever comedy.

@lexkanyima2195

Жыл бұрын

But no Elaine

@giraffesareselfish9563

Жыл бұрын

@@lexkanyima2195 which makes it even better

@alexlun4464

Жыл бұрын

@@lexkanyima2195 Elaine started out like this one time ex girlfriend but she truly became of the boys quickly enough. She's part of the whole chemistry

@lexkanyima2195

Жыл бұрын

@@alexlun4464 it was more a test

This is the only time i ever heard Kramer knocking before sliding into the apartment.

Did anyone else notice George foreshadowing doing the opposite of whatever his instincts tell him, telling Jerry he wishes that’s how he could operate, it almost makes me wonder if going against his instinct WAS an instinct 😂 and maybe george just imagined it was all working out much better that way

Kramer's hair slowly levitated over the years like that guy from Ancient Aliens

He knocked on the door 😱

@steverogers7601

Жыл бұрын

Kessler knocks. Kramer barges in.

@zoltanurmosi1143

Жыл бұрын

Uhhh, creepy

@ab-bc2gr

Жыл бұрын

@@steverogers7601 Easy fix. Lock the door!

@royinchains

Жыл бұрын

@@ab-bc2gr and the fridge.

“Well, they STUNK! That’s what happened!” 😂

he had that headshake down right from day 1.

"Boy the Mets blew it tonight, huh?" This is quintessential Kramer...always blurting things out.

@FredPlanatia

Жыл бұрын

yeah, that was my first thought "That's Kramer alright". Rummaging in the fridge and yelling about the Met's game. Only thing missing was a good back scratch.

@giraffesareselfish9563

Жыл бұрын

You just need a nose job

It’s great to see the characters are like rough drafts of their future selves.

Honestly the best intro they could have given this guy lol

Good ol Kessler.

Kramer smiling with food in his mouth 😂 he has a talent

The Mets really blew it this season

@MrBmick79

Жыл бұрын

ouch. too soon.

You can you not love Kessler?

He was still Stanley Spadowski here.

from the beginning he was quite a character, fascinating, intriguing

0:26 0:28 Funny when Jerry gets upset when Kramer mentions about the mets losing. 😄😄😄 I don't know why it just made me laugh when I first saw it.

The running gag about kramer is that the other main characters still considered him a friend even though he was the cause of nearly all their troubles.

Who wears sneakers when relaxing at home?

The early episodes play like the "Jerry" pilot.

Wow. Really quite a difference in this early episode. George's wariness of Kramer, that ridiculous outfit Seinfeld's got on, Kramer knocking before coming in ?!

he actually knocks on the door lolz

Kesler 😂

you got any meat?

@zoltanurmosi1143

Жыл бұрын

MEAT ?! I don't know.....go, hunt

Kramer- boy the Mets blew it tonight

They were over playing a little, they eventually got it worked out,what a show.

Best Of Kramer

You better believe it 😉

Announcing the results of the game would've put a strain on any friendship with Kramer.

This clip is reminder to me that I’m a 21st century Jerry Seinfeld. Instead of recording a baseball game on a VHS 📼 tape I DVR it and I have it go to two extra hours in case it goes into extra innings. Also I avoid all human contact with everyone including my best friend and my girlfriend who knows better. Also whenever I watch a baseball game by myself I usually eat a fried Bologna sandwich 🥪 with mustard on it

Kessler's first and final appearance

That window

You can tell that Michael Richards was channeling Christopher Lloyd's Reverend Jim character from "Taxi" during the initial run of "Seinfeld."

Go hunt! Lol

Kramer is spot on about giving the option...

in the episode that runs backwards, at the very end, you see the day jerry’s moving into the building and the moment they meet.

0:49 Jerry looks directly into the camera... It's a good thing he was a great writer and that the other actors were excellent.

@sakabula2357

Жыл бұрын

Yip..good catch

@toscodav

10 ай бұрын

Another acting student that will never make it LOL. Doing comedy is the toughest acting which is why most actors can't do it. Notice the best comedy movies are done by seasoned comics. Just watch the movie Punchline and you will see what I mean. Jack Nicolson could pull off comedy but it is rare for top actors to do it.

@thestaubmob6877

23 күн бұрын

Wow holy nitpicking

Classic

GOLD

U guys are tripping. This was the most real it can get. Once Hollywood and literal teams of writers became involved it was less real-life conversation and situation and more focused on a punchline. Not a bad thing obviously. But these are great.

The moment Kramer held out the pieces of bread asking "You got any meat?" That's when knew that Kramer is the best sitcom character.

You can certainly see why it fly at first.

The one time that Kramer knocked on the door and didn’t walk in and slide into the apartment

Notice he doesn't call him "Kramer" in his first appearance? At the 30 sec mark, Jerry says, "Ah, Kessler (or Kester) it's a tape." He absolutely does NOT say, "Ah, Kramer, it's a tape."

Woah, Jerry’s window is wacky ha

Kessler 😂

Early Kramer reminds me of Stanley Spedowski on the movie UHF.

@tims.2717

2 ай бұрын

Isn't that the character Micheal Richards plays in UHF?

@malcolmdean6899

2 ай бұрын

@@tims.2717 It is. one of his first movie roles

Good dog

Whew! This show was off to a rocky start.

0:26 - STILL STILL I LIKE TO GO IN FRESH!!!!

And that day, a legend was born.

This episode the first episode of seinfeld was first broadcast on wednesday july 5th 1989. 34 years ago.

Kessler lol.

George is way leaner

Reminds me of late 1980's

Kessler is hilarious

Can't believe he knocked

Jerry in red and blue like superman

He, and Make-Up, 'matured into the part' thank heavens.

This was before Kramer's "fright wig" look!

The man is so broke, his first appearance was literally in a robe

@zoltanurmosi1143

Жыл бұрын

He really changed during the series

@rattus3102

Жыл бұрын

Why should he wear clothes? He hasn't left the building for 10 years! 😂

I hate to tell you Jerry, the Mets got eliminated.

You got any meat? 😂

Michael Richards early version of Kramer seemed a bit like Christopher Lloyd's Jim from Taxi

Kessler. Lol

His hair hadn't grown tall 🌳 in this first appearance. His non-slide entrances were so normal, I miss the new Kramer.

Wait a minute. I thought Kramer didn't eat deli style sammiches without Dijon mustard... and not that plain 'ol yellow mustard.

@giraffesareselfish9563

Жыл бұрын

I got a big appetite Jerry

@lordcrayzar

Жыл бұрын

Cause this is Kessler

@Tomn8er

Жыл бұрын

He also took baths instead of showers, until later when he started prepping food in the shower and insisted on the high pressure nozzle they use for circus elephants! Lots of inconsistencies over the course of the series.

Kramer seemed more of a Jim Ignatowski than the character that soon developed.

@potatosalad5355

5 ай бұрын

..."What the yellow light mean...?"

I missed the old apartment

Kramer knocks on door and asks for food. Of course he stopped doing it in later episodes

@rattus3102

Жыл бұрын

The knocking and asking stopped, but eating Jerry's food didnt! 😅😂🤣

@benjaminz2523

Жыл бұрын

ok thanks

@giraffesareselfish9563

Жыл бұрын

The funny part is Jerry always had food but I don't recall him ever eating anything from his kitchen except cereal, drinks, and maybe fruit.

@dan_hitchman007

11 ай бұрын

They address that later on in the series when, in a flashback, Jerry mistakenly tells Kramer he can stop by his apartment anytime. Kramer, of course, takes the invite quite literally.

Ah Kesler!

Kessler !!