Date: Tue, 02 Apr 1996 23:10:16 -0500 From: Richard Panasiewicz MIME-Version: 1.0 To: kenny kramer Subject: article
Hey Kenny! Well, here's the article, I hope this dosn't sound too strange but, I'm still relatively new to the net so... I'm not sure HOW to post it there... I'll write the article here in this post, I'll keep a copy so I can quote from it or you could post it or whatever, just let me know. (Sorry...) Anyway, here it is! =====
My name is Rich Panasiewicz and I hail from Pennsylvania.
Now, I've
lived in New York City and I've visited since a million times
so, to get this
out of the way, I do not consider myself a "yahoo" from the
midwest... (PA is
hardly the midwest!) Anyway, having said that, let me get to
the point:
Kenny Kramer, the REAL person the character "Kramer" from
the "Seinfeld"
show is based on runs the "Kramer Reality Tour" of New York
City. Via the
Internet, I found out about the tour and Kenny Kramer's offer
of 10 free
tickets to whoever was willing to take the tour and write an
honest 'essay'
about what they thought! Well, "What the hell!" I thought
and, I responded.
On Saturday, March 30 I had the fortune of being able to
take the tour
and, honestly, I had a good time! Now, I am what I would
consider a 'casual'
fan of the 'Seinfeld' show meaning, it's on, I watch it, enjoy
it and know it
pretty well so, to a BIG fan of the show, of course I would
highly reccommend
the tour but, even to one as myself, it was fun!
The tour itself is pretty casual and that IS one of the
things I enjoyed
most about it... Very little pretension about what the tour
IS, you're there
to have fun, see the sights and, learn a little trivia about
the show.
First on the tour you meet Kramer himself, shoot the breeze a
little as he
tells you a little about himself and how he fits in the whole
thing. Next,
it's off to see the sights! From Monk's uptown to the sight
of the old
Improv midtown and how they all fit in, we pretty much saw it
all. (Of
course, Monk's isn't Monk's but Tom's Restaurant! Just incase
it comes
up...)
While traveling from site to site around town, we played
trivia to pass
the time in traffic... (There were even prizes; what more
could you ask?)
As everything else in NYC, everyplace had a story and usually,
though not
always, it tied into the show.
The tour lasted a few hours and when it was done, Kramer
treated the
tour group to some veggie pizza and desert. (a Snicker's bar
with a knife and
fork, of course!) All in all I had fun, to anyone who would
want to take the
tour, go ahead! It's fun! What else is there to say? If you
want to ask me
anything personally, just E-Mail me at
[email] and I'll
answer anything you might have to say.
Thanks!
Rich