The Dudeism Forum

...another Great Dude in history!

The fictional character, yeah, why not? I think the actual actor, though, I'm not so sure about.

That's why I said Kosmo Kramer, not Michael Richards.  He's a d--k!

Yeah, you did say that, Dude - just clarifying, there; welcome to the fold, Kosmo Dude. 

Thanks, Hoss (I call everyone Hoss, its easier than rememberin a bunch of names)........ 'preciate the welcome wagon, Dude man.

Quote from: slowride on December 13, 2010, 12:29:00 PM
Thanks, Hoss (I call everyone Hoss, its easier than rememberin a bunch of names)........ 'preciate the welcome wagon, Dude man.

Welcome dude, bar's over there. Help yourself.

At the risk of stating the obvious, but wasn't Kramer a borderline sociopath?

BTW take any rug in the place slowride. Nice to have you along.

Like, I think Kramer should be considered Dudeist as well. Ya know. He's, a dude.

Kramer has some dudely traits:

'In "The Letter", Kramer tells two art patrons that he ran away from home at age 17 and stowed away aboard a steamer bound for Sweden.'

'Kramer never completed high school; however, it is learned in "The Barber" that Kramer has a GED.'

'Though eccentric, Kramer is more often than not caring, friendly and kind-hearted; he often goes out of his way to help total strangers, and tries to get his friends to also help others and to do the right thing even when they don't want to. His most incredible act of heroism is probably in "The Fire", where he fights an armed criminal off a city bus and proceeds, after the driver passes out, to drive it across town himself, to save the severed pinky toe of a friend, all the while continuing to make the bus' designated stops.'

But he?s very enterprising?he?s always inventing stuff and trying to market it, which is not like the Dude. However,

'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 episode, "The Shoes," Jerry remarks that Kramer received a "ton of money" at some earlier point in his life (presumably via inheritance). 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 neighbours, and have sex without dating. That's a fantasy camp."'

He can also be Walter-esque:

'In "The Strong Box", it was revealed that Kramer spent a brief time in the Army, although information about this time is "classified".'

'Kramer also gets his friends directly into trouble by talking them into unwise or even illegal actions such as parking illegally in a handicapped space ("The Handicap Spot"), urinating in a parking garage ("The Parking Garage"), committing mail fraud ("The Package") or even hiring an assassin (who turns out to be Newman) to get rid of a dog ("The Engagement").'

Much more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmo_Kramer