Editing Cosmo Kramer (section)

==Employment==
Despite the failure of the majority of his schemes and his unwillingness to even apply for a normal job, Kramer always seems to have money when he needs it. In "[[The Visa]]", George makes a comment about Kramer going to a fantasy camp, and how Kramer's "whole life is a fantasy camp. People should plunk down two thousand dollars to live like him for a week. Do nothing, fall ass-backwards into money, mooch food off your neighbors, and have sex without dating. That's a fantasy camp."

As a younger man, Kramer had several jobs. In the episode "[[The Strong Box]]", Kramer says he was briefly in the [[US Army]] and claims the reason for his discharge is classified. In the episode "[[The Muffin Tops]]", Kramer mentions shaving his chest when he was a lifeguard. His long term unemployed status is explained in "[[The Strike (Seinfeld)|The Strike]]", when he goes back to work at [[H&H Bagels]] after being on [[strike action|strike]] since 1985. He is fired by the end of the episode.

In the episode "[[The Bizarro Jerry]]", Kramer accidentally begins working for a company called Brandt-Leland. Later in the episode, he is "fired" (without actually having ever been employed) when his "work" is assessed and found to be completely meaningless.

He is a [[compulsive gambler]] who successfully avoids gambling for several years until "[[The Diplomat's Club]]", in which he bets with a wealthy [[Texas|Texan]] on the arrival and departure times of flights going into [[New York City|New York's]] [[LaGuardia Airport]].

A struggling (and terrible)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Seinfeld-Season-3-Jerry/dp/B0002UE1WQ|title=Seinfeld, Season 3 – DVD extras|website=Amazon |date=November 23, 2004 |access-date=Jun 5, 2009}}</ref> actor, Kramer's first gig was a one-line part in a [[Woody Allen]] movie in "[[The Alternate Side]]" (his line, "These pretzels are making me thirsty", becomes the show's first [[catchphrase]]). Although he is fired before completing his scene, he says he "caught the bug" because of it, and briefly moves to [[Los Angeles]] to pursue a career in Hollywood, where, in "[[The Keys (Seinfeld)|The Keys]]", he appeared on ''[[Murphy Brown]]'' as Steven Snell, Murphy Brown's secretary. After returning to New York, Kramer auditions for the role of "Kramer" in the pilot of a new sitcom called ''Jerry'', using his stage name of Martin van Nostrand ("[[The Pilot (Seinfeld)|The Pilot]]"). He is unable to complete the audition due to an intestinal problem. Kramer later works as a stand-in on a [[soap opera]] with his friend [[Mickey Abbott]] in "[[The Stand In (Seinfeld)|The Stand In]]" and various other low-paying or non-paying theater projects, such as acting out illnesses at a [[medical school]] in "[[The Burning (Seinfeld)|The Burning]]".