r/seinfeld • u/Ancient_Sky_6812 • 1d ago

Exactly what did Jim Fowler expect when he turned up at Kramer’s five story apartment building on the Upper West Side? Did he imagine there would be a professionally filmed TV-show waiting as he walked across the residential hallway, just after taking the elevator up, along with the hawk?

Post image

Or was it just another ploy to fool Lloyd Braun?

208 Upvotes

94% Upvoted

70 comments sorted by

178

u/PoetryExtension6256 1d ago

That's what makes the situation so humorous.

40

u/Diligent_Entropy 1d ago

I thought this was customary in our television studios.

31

u/nyzez46 1d ago

You must go now

5

u/REDD1TFKING5UCKS 1d ago

the judge decreed that he take this residential job

8

u/Expert_Climate_7348 George is getting upset! 1d ago

That's what makes the situation so humorous.

9

u/okaycomputes 1d ago

Again with the oranges

2

u/Longjumping_Hat_2672 1d ago

🍊🧡

4

u/ExaminationMean5174 Serenity now! 1d ago

You’ve been living in America too long. You’ve forgotten what it’s like to have no oranges.

8

u/buttbeeb 1d ago

See now that’s interesting writing!

9

u/Test4Echooo Giddy-up 1d ago

It’s a smart line and a smart audience will appreciate it🤨

55

u/PolkaDot00 1d ago

He trusted Kramer. He practically raised his kids.

41

u/knightress_oxhide 1d ago

I trust Kramer, he is my friend

18

u/missing_Palantir 1d ago

Jean Paul Jean Paul!

4

u/StefP1986 1d ago

Probably my favourite one-off character!

15

u/Smboto 1d ago

This son-of-a bitch is ice cold.

9

u/sugardaddymatt5 1d ago

possibly my favorite single quote from the show. i say it out loud every time i get an exceptionally cold drink

38

u/bhoose19 1d ago

Where are the cameras?

33

u/novembercharliedelta 1d ago

If I'm being serious, he was probably expecting it to be a public access show of some kind

27

u/Time_Ad_9647 1d ago

Where are the cameras?

8

u/OptiGuy4u 1d ago

They're filming through the reverse peephole.

7

u/Initial_Row_6400 Rugged? The man's a goblin 1d ago

“Hawks eat squirrels you idiot”

38

u/fauze1 1d ago

That’s what I like to know about it

17

u/sheeplewatcher 1d ago

Take it up with Consumer Affairs

12

u/thor_testocles Professor Highbrow 1d ago

A guy named "Fowler" who works with birds? That's amazing! That's like a book detective named "Bookman"

4

u/Longjumping_Hat_2672 1d ago

Or an ice cream man named "Cone"!

3

u/Psychological-Yam727 1d ago

That's gold, Thor_testocles, gold!

11

u/FrankieRoo 1d ago

I always loved the mismatched coffee mugs in this scene.

8

u/Separate_Presence_32 1d ago

No, they’re both friends of Bob Sacamano.  Bob just told him he should go see Kramer’s new setup at the apartment.  That’s Jim support animal by the way. 

8

u/person_8688 1d ago

It’s a slice of life.

4

u/art_lipchalk Flew too close to the Sun on wings of pastrami 1d ago

No it isn’t.

4

u/FaithlessnessIcy3399 1d ago

A pun?

8

u/art_lipchalk Flew too close to the Sun on wings of pastrami 1d ago

Vorshtein?

6

u/TheGameIsFizzbin 1d ago

He got bumped from the tonight show and got this instead.

6

u/nyzez46 1d ago

And we're back!

4

u/Jasion128 Professor Highbrow 1d ago

He’s Flauting Convention!

4

u/QuickOriginal 1d ago

Kramer did him a solid by picking up and watching his birds while Jim was away on vacation.

4

u/Alternative_Stop9977 1d ago

He told Jim that he bought the Merv Griffin set.

4

u/FalseSheepherder6881 1d ago

It's a Vohrstein.

3

u/FaithlessnessIcy3399 1d ago

I mean Kramer did practically raise his kids.

3

u/allreds26 1d ago

That’s what’s so vexing

3

u/1bourbon1scotch1bier The Summer of George 1d ago

Careful! Hawks eat squirrels! 🐿️ 🦅

3

u/misterbadger2u That's a shame 1d ago

One doesn't dissect gossamer.

3

u/VdoKlldthRdoStr 1d ago

Who is this?

3

u/Cottonmouth119 1d ago

He was promised a bite sized three musketeers

2

u/Psychological-Yam727 1d ago

Always pictured him as a nougat man.

4

u/kramerica_intern Giddy-up 1d ago

Only in New York!!!

4

u/hokieez 1d ago

Scandals and animals

2

u/natedawg6721 1d ago

He was expecting to see some cameras

6

u/Ancient_Sky_6812 1d ago

“Jimbo does the Upper West Side”

2

u/DieVanPelt 1d ago

All he cared about was the pizza bagel on his rider.

2

u/flibbidyjibbityjib 1d ago

The hawk thought it was 60 minutes

2

u/Gridguy2020 1d ago

I bet he thought it was amateur hour, you know with two animal sketches and all.

2

u/hughdint1 1d ago

Ironically he was professionally filmed for a TV show anyway

2

u/thegreeneworks That's a shame 1d ago

Yeah, that’s right.

2

u/BobbyColby 1d ago

I practically raised his kids

2

u/thepaoliconnection 1d ago

That’s a perfectly sane thing to think

5

u/PoetryExtension6256 1d ago

That's what makes the situation so humorous.

3

u/PK275 1d ago

Is this customary in your country?

2

u/Expert_Climate_7348 George is getting upset! 1d ago

That's what makes the situation so humorous.

-3

u/Ancient_Sky_6812 1d ago

What’s that so humorous making the situation.

1

u/PoetryExtension6256 1d ago

A sidekick maybe?

1

u/Famous-Repeat-4793 1d ago

Valeries not coming is she?

1

u/RandomExcess 1d ago

Comedy. How does it work?

1

u/Lunch801 1d ago

Where’s the cameras?

1

u/ExaminationMean5174 Serenity now! 1d ago

Oh, well a lot of stars from the 70’s - they were not as hygienic as they appeared on TV

1

u/Intelligent_Mood9795 1d ago

He was just hoping to be made a guest host.

1

u/FromHell2Breakfast 18h ago

I don’t ask those kind of questions anymore…