Could an angry, paranoid man without any balls exist in any other city? I fully believe his behavior would be unacceptable anywhere else (case in point: Larry in LA, duh). To give you some background on Larry and Kenny's very special relationship, the two met in a government subsidized building for performing artists in Hell's Kitchen in the 70's. For, what was it, $67/month, the two of them lived across the hall from one another, while pursuing their dreams of becoming stand up comedians. Larry, arguably succeeded, and Kenny... not so much.
Larry, the "comedian's comedian" finally caved and went into sitcom writing, partnering up with Jerry Seinfeld. Larry typically used real names of people he knew from New York, with the exception of the running joke of Art Vandelay, used in different forms throughout the series. Thankfully for everyone, Kenny Kramer made the cut and Michael Richards was cast for the role (to Kenny's deep disappointment).
Kenny figured, "Hell, I might as well capitalize on the success of this show, since my name was used." So, he started the Kenny Kramer Reality Tour, which was ultimately parodied on Seinfeld as the "J. Peterman Reality Tour". It's probably not worth elaborating on that statement. If you don't know anything about J. Peterman, I probably don't have much to talk to you about anyway.
Kenny has been running the tour for 15 years and still going strong.
Thanks to very perceptive sisters, I scored a reservation (in the form of a Christmas present) for two for this past Saturday. And let me say, it was a total dream. The only disappointments were that it wasn't in a school bus and there weren't pizza bagels or mini musketeers. But, I got a Vandelay Industries bumper sticker signed by Kenny, so I'm satisfied with $37.50 well-spent.
P.S. Can you spot Jon/me in the group photo?
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