Kessler

I was reading the People magazine with the Seinfeld article in it and it said that Kramer was called "Kessler" in the very first episode. Now I have seen every episode including this one and I am almost certain that it has always been Kramer.

There was that Kessler remark in "The Betrayel" but I thought it was just a joke.

Can someone please tell me if this is true and if anyone in the first episode ever called Kramer "Kessler" or if it was just a name put in the script that they never actually said.

In "Good News, Bad News" (a.k.a. "The Seinfeld Chronicles" pilot), Jerry taped a baseball game that he wanted to watch without finding out what happened. Kramer came in and spoiled the game for him, and Jerry says "Kessler, the tape!"

Good call, Snapman. Here's the rest of the story, AFAIK. At the time the pilot was taped, Jerry and Larry were still not sure if Kenny Kramer (the inspiration for Cosmo Kramer) was going to let them use his name. The original name for the character (if Kenny had nixed the deal) was "Hoffman". Jerry called him Kessler in the episode, and shortly after that Kenny gave his blessing so Hoffman/Kessler became Kramer.