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Seinfeld, Mad About You, and Friends all exist in the same universe. Kramer is subletting his apartment from Paul; Jamie appeared in an episode of Friends and mistook Phoebe for Ursula; Ursula works as a waitress in Mad About You
The motto among writers and cast of Seinfeld was "no hugging, no learning" (one writer said, "There will never be 'a very special episode' of Seinfeld"). In one scene during the episode "The Secret Code", Kramer tells Jerry, "Well, at least you learned something." Jerry replies, "No, I didn't."
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Seinfeld" scrapped a claymation episode (that included Kramer with a pencil stuck in his eye) because "Home Improvement" did something similar. It was Jerry's biggest regret of the show.
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About Heinrich Kramer who, after being obsessed with a woman who rejected him sexually, went on to write Malleus Maleficarum, a book that explained how to find and destroy witches, causing the beginning of the massive witch hunt during the dark ages and the countless murders of innocents
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Dustin Hoffman "helped" co-star Meryl Streep in a scene of 1979 film Kramer vs Kramer by slapping her hard in the face without warning. "This was my first movie, and it was my first take in my first movie, and he just slapped me." Despite a contentious working relationship, both won Oscars.
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Larry David didn't want to use the name Kramer, as it was was based on his former neighbor of the same name, thinking he would take advantage. He was proved right when Kenny Kramer created the "Kramer Reality Tour", which points out locations from scenes in Seinfeld.
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Meryl Streep won her first Academy Award for best supporting actress for her role in the 1979 film Kramer vs. Kramer.
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When Meryl Streep won the Oscar for Kramer vs. Kramer in 1979 she accidentally forget her trophy in the bathroom the same night.
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Jerry Seinfeld said his show Seinfeld would not work in the modern era because Kramer would text him in the show and would have no reason for coming over.
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A home builder in Delaware names all of its' homes after Seinfeld characters. Including, but not limited to, the "Kramer."
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In a 1999 study conducted by Developmental Psychologist Dr. Kramer and team recorded episodes of conflict between siblings, it was found that the average frequency of conflict was once every 20 minutes they were together.
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Kramer got his apartment from Paul Reiser's character in Mad About You
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The character Sally Brown on the Charlie Brown TV series has been voiced by Fergie (Black Eyed Peas), Jodie Sweetin (Stephanie Tanner on Full House), Ami Foster (Margaux Kramer from Punky Brewster), and Claire Corlett (Sweetie Belle on My Little Pony), most before they were famous.
The twin sister of Friends character Phoebe Buffay appeared in the sitcom Mad About You, whose lead character, Paul Buchman, used to live in Cosmo Kramer's apartment. This suggests Friends, Mad About You and Seinfeld were set in the same universe. - source
"Superman III" was originally going to be titled "Superman vs. Superman" (referencing the alter-ego fight scene in the junkyard, and the frequent "Superman vs. ___" titles used in the comics) until the producers of "Kramer vs. Kramer" threatened a lawsuit. - source
Roger Ebert permanently retired the word "midget" from his column after Danny Woodburn (aka Kramer's friend Mickey on Seinfeld) wrote to him and called it a "hate word" for little people.
In his prime James Caan turned down the lead roles in The French Connection, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Kramer vs. Kramer, Apocalypse Now, Blade Runner, Love Story and Superman. - source
Kane Kramer is credited at the initial inventor of the digital audio player in 1981. Because microchips were so small back then it was too ahead of its time and by the time the iPod was invented his patents had expired due to not having 60k to repatent them making them public domain.
Iron Butterfly bassist Philip Taylor Kramer committed suicide in 1995, but his body wasn't found until four years later.
Kan Kramer invented a portable digital music player in 1979 but let his patent run out by the time Apple came around to market the iPod.
She has won Academy Awards for Kramer vs. Kramer, Sophie's Choice, and The Iron Lady.
Michael Richards (Kramer from Seinfeld) has a 40 year old daughter and a 4 year old son.
In 1933, After banning and burning Remarque's works, Nazis made propaganda materials claiming that his real name was Kramer (original name spelled backwards) as of a French Jews descendant. The information is still listed in some biographies.
