Kramer Turns His Apartment Into A TV Set | The Merv Griffin Show | Seinfeld

"Now, what you do with your personal life is your business, but when you're on my set, you clean it up mister!"
From Seinfeld Season 9 Episode 6 'The Merv Griffin Show': As Kramer puts a discarded talk show set in his apartment, Jerry schemes to play with a girlfriend's vintage toys; while Elaine deals with a scheming employee.
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Seinfeld stars Jerry Seinfeld as a stand-up comedian whose life in New York City is made even more chaotic by his quirky group of friends who join him in wrestling with life's most perplexing, yet often trivial questions. Often described as "a show about nothing," Seinfeld mines the humor in life's mundane situations like waiting in line, searching for a lost item, or the trials and tribulations of dating. Co-starring are Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Jerry's ex-girlfriend and current platonic pal, Elaine Benes; Jason Alexander as George Costanza, Jerry's neurotic hard-luck best friend; and Michael Richards as Jerry's eccentric neighbor, Kramer.
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[@Durwood71]

The bemused animal expert asking, "Where are the cameras?" and never getting an answer is hilarious.

[@ismokehiphopclips]

lol

[@user-zr6pl6nb6z]

Not only that, but Jim Fowler going up to some dingy apartment thinking it was actually the set of the Merv Griffin Show.

[@christineleblond7777]

The Jim Fowler addition was hilarious!

[@rosario508]

This is the absolute pinnacle of the writing quality. And I like how Kramer decided to go the Jerry Springer route

[@micljbitty]

or did jerry springer go the kramer route? hmmmmm that's a thinker. lolol

[@mattc9412]

So good!

[@nathancocco5606]

And it was after Larry David

[@WinterRapids]

The writing is pretty scruffy. Larry David would not have let most of this pass.

[@nathancocco5606]

@@WinterRapids quit chewin on larrys D bro, he is just a man, not a god...

[@rafaelmartinvannostrand2084]

The chemistry between Wayne Knight and Michael Richards was amazing

[@Stroller.Engine]

I heard they didn't get along off set, which is depressing

[@banderas2000]

@@Stroller.Engine ur depressing

[@Stroller.Engine]

@@banderas2000 you're*

[@Glum1964]

@@Stroller.Enginein both of their defense, I’m sure everybody has tried to distance themselves from Michael Richard’s publicly, even his co-stars. I’m sure whatever animosity there was has been exaggerated.

[@timchapel77]

@@Glum1964 Not really. The feud was well discussed by them in the old commentary.

[@hermanchristoffersson]

They did not include one of the best scenes. "Let's take a short break" "We're back!!" 😂😂

[@eduardo_corrochio]

The chips and the soda, so funny. You can see that Jason is really trying not to laugh at that moment when Michael says "And we're back..."

[@hermanchristoffersson]

@@eduardo_corrochio The bloopers of that scene is gold, 'gold Jery gold'

[@eduardo_corrochio]

@@hermanchristoffersson Yes!

[@GormKjeldsen]

@@eduardo_corrochio Doesn't Michael even make a little burp, there? 😆😆

[@bfoltz34]

I watched an interview with Julia where she said they had no idea he was going to do that on the first take and they ruined it by breaking.

[@richardsiciliano7117]

One of the oddest, yet still hilarious, storylines in sitcom history.

[@moneymikz]

It’s absurdly believable

[@janarends6545]

Newman: Are you married right now? hahaha, gold.

[@jerryking45]

Well you know with Kramer’s character and Michael Richards’ commitment to excellence there was such a big canvas for the antics of Cosmo Kramer. You feel like you could write anything for him and it would be hysterical. He reminds me of Chris Farley because Farley gave 110%

[@lcyurchuk]

When you're in your mid-teens, you think you're gonna be like Kramer when you're an adult. But when you actually become an adult, you realize you wound up more like George

[@T.R.U.T.H..]

But wished you were Jerry.

[@writer6674]

Or you end up *transitioning* into Elaine...

[@josephmorabito6992]

Or you are a mailman like newman

[@ismokehiphopclips]

lol me more like kramer....he was also a vet remember lol

[@uranusneptun5239]

Actually I have friend who is in his 30s and is EXACTLY like Kramer. He even had a similar haircut before his hair loss and it's funny and entertaining but also very VERY exhausting and often annoying because it's immature and you're constantly worried because he gets into dangerous situations and is so naive. We only talk every a couple of weeks now and everytime I can't believe what he has done, experienced and what happened to him in that small amount of time. He's also so intrusive and sometimes crosses the boundries of your comfort way too much. I'm not kidding. True story!

[@steverogers7601]

I love how Elaine just eats up Kramer’s compliment about looking more beautiful than the last time he saw her lmao

[@wisemanspoke]

It’s not that she eats that up. That’s how each guest reacts when they receive a compliment at talk shows - THAT is the joke here

[@waryaawariiri1812]

Don't women universally also love compliments and flattery, regardless how vain and untrue that could be?

[@Glum1964]

That laugh and smile combo melts my heart!❤

[@neonfroot]

@@waryaawariiri1812 thats mostly true for mediocre young women, especially from the ghetto.

[@OmegaRedFan]

I like how Kramer is into surprising Jerry with the girlfriend and acts like his living room is a real talk show 😂

[@HYPERI0N.]

“Where are you gonna sleep? Yeah. Backstage.” 🤣

[@standoughope]

"Scandals and Animals" 🤣 Kramer always had the best ideas!

[@Robertoni7]

I love how everyone just goes along with Kramer’s craziness.

[@npcperson2158]

Kramerica is a mindset.

[@vamshihindupur7508]

Apparently it's tv show too

[@WorldWar2freak94]

@@vamshihindupur7508Not a clever comment at all.

[@youtoldharpotobeatme5023]

"El Paso, I spent a month there one night." 😂

[@robertocojones4471]

The joke itself is funny, but Newman's laughing at "El Paso" puts it over the top. 😅

[@FredMaradojagger]

@@robertocojones4471 why does he laugh?

[@dangerzone9747]

@@FredMaradojagger Because his wife is from El Paso.

[@Golbez1991]

@@robertocojones4471 lol, El Paso! lolololol

[@FortWorthDev]

For those us from South Texas... 'Oh yeah, he's spot on with that remark.'

[@TheBrowncoat2112]

The way Elaine so effortlessly slips into the role guest on the “show” gets me every time.

[@isabel1983]

Definitely one of my favorite episodes! “that story stunk worse than these chairs” 😂

[@Dmdm_dm]

Newman being his sidekick is awesome

[@RegularGillian]

You didn't put the best part where Kramer goes into a break and starts eating chips and drinking coke and everybody else is trying not to break character.

[@Kwak444]

“…and we’re back!”

[@travisk4215]

Yeah it’s the only time I ever saw Jason break. He’s trying to turn his head so you can’t see him.

[@spauldingsmails7439]

And when George walks in and Kramer yells "It's our good friend, George Constanza" and plays the Merv Griffin music, which terminates with a voice that says "Turn Music Off".

[@eleven57icare]

George: It's like the pigeons suddenly decided to ignore me. Jerry: So they're like everyone else.

[@cynthiapressley8455]

Lol!!

[@bossfan49]

Squirrels? We got no deal with THEM!!!

[@Saarah308]

😆🤣🤣😆

[@toolrammsteindeftones]

Hilarious 😂

[@user-zx9ji9lv8n]

😂😂

[@evanyasser4412]

“Are you married right now?” 😂😂

[@mailson4526]

"Let´s pause a moment".

[@enjoytheride2957]

Love how Newman says “ GO GIRL “

[@ahmadfarrall2097]

Absolutely genius

[@TheStuport]

"Where Are The Cameras?" Poor Jim Fowler was duped by Crazy Cosmo!

[@alo4912]

Jim owed him, he practically raised his kids

[@kevindavis5966]

Like a talk show being filmed in a Manhattan apartment shouldn't have been the first tip off?

[@TheStuport]

@@kevindavis5966 🤣

[@mglmill5082]

Love that!

[@Antyvas]

They FOOLED me, Jerry!

[@blimy01maynard30]

Kramer building a tv show set in his apartment is one of the most in-character moments ever by on tv show.

[@abacab87]

He never got his "levels" off the ground, but he did this effortlessly.

[@Linda91952]

Idk how they didn't laugh the whole time filming this. When Kramer " takes a short break " and starts drinking his soda and eating, while they are sitting staring at him. It was hysterical🤣

[@JanetStarChild]

You ever heard of outtakes? Sometimes they _do_ laugh. They also did rehearsals and re-shootings.

[@avallach2061]

They did

[@joycampi7233]

You can see Jason Alexander hold in a laugh! 😆

[@billslocum9819]

Yes, there was a scene in the ep that is left out here. Richards eats potato chips like a wolverine during a short "break" and Alexander, just in frame, breaks up before the cut.

[@tinto278]

diet coke or coke light

[@Klaatu-ij9uz]

"I'll pretend I didn't hear that".......was the best line.

[@neonfroot]

I guess thats where On Cinema got its beef laced gag about Gregg being a guest rather than a cohost

[@waiyuen1999]

That last shot of Newman was pure evil.

[@jayl.1360]

Newman's face at 4:41 always gets me

[@yash2285]

"Come on out Celia" Epic twist and Jerry's reaction is classic

[@RahulKumar-ng2gh]

Go girl 😂😂😂

[@arenrutter6786]

The little details take this episode to the next level… the continual references to the smell of the chairs, all the burned out light bulbs around the Merv Griffin set, Kramers rapid switch to the Springer format when confrontation is imminent. So good… so good.

[@clintevans1921]

I love when Kramer pauses the show, gets onto Jerry about drugging the woman so he could play with her vintage toys..😂😂

[@coreygaiter9252]

“Scandals n Animals” I crack up every time hearing that. One of the top 3 episodes of Seinfeld

[@narajuna]

Should of gone after with his own show, craziness fits him.

[@eduardo_corrochio]

Kramer/Merv's chips and soda moment being absent from this video is regrettable to say the least. This episode is a Top Ten for me. The Merv stuff and the toys and Jim Fowler, it's super. Kramer turning his life literally into a television show was inspired. Things get surreal, and that's often when "Seinfeld" succeeds.

[@jehudavis5422]

Fowler" where are the cameras" 😅

[@eduardo_corrochio]

@@jehudavis5422 That's a great line. And if you notice, when George walks in with the injured squirrel, Fowler is smiling brightly in the wide shot ... it's really weird. :D 4:26

[@jehudavis5422]

@@eduardo_corrochio yes perfect comedy!

[@jehudavis5422]

So you're Elaine's infamous bullfighter! Nice!!😂

[@eduardo_corrochio]

@@jehudavis5422 I stopped seeing her when I realized she danced very badly.

[@MrOldrock1]

"Take Mannix for example." One of the most underrated comments in the series!

[@emptyhand777]

"That story stunk worse than these chairs!" Newman had the best line in the entire segment.

[@kandoo1316]

Kramer: "Well Jerry... we'd love to have you back anytime." Hilarious!

[@maiconmottaretro-games]

The best part of this episode was George play football mini-game and says "yessss touchdown" like a litle boy in childhood,😂🤣 fantastic!

[@LowLevelNC]

You know that batter is like 30 years old.

[@maiconmottaretro-games]

@@LowLevelNC yeah! 30's best part of life!😂🤣

[@neonfroot]

​@@maiconmottaretro-games idk. I say the nest part of lofe would be over fifty. thirties is the third decade of adolescence.

[@leonuug]

The "go girl" cracks me up every time!!

[@lovebug5439]

3:32 "where are the cameras" priceless😂😂😂

[@RajeshSingh-md2jf]

where would you sleep? Backstage. hilarious writing.

[@LPM147]

"El Paso? I spent a month there one night." 🤣🤣🤣

[@brundlefly262]

I love how Kramer sets up a surprise guest appearance with Jerry's girlfriend behind his back 😂 "Come on out, Celia!"

[@SkiKoala]

"Lately, I've been eating the generic brand of wax beans. I rip off the label and I can't tell the difference."

[@jimbradley7058]

We officially bottomed out 😀.

[@AboveEmAllProduction]

"they must be throwing it out" he says. While it's in the trash 😅

[@J..jj.j]

Seinfeld, hands down. BEST show EVER 😂

[@GregWatson-wb8yd]

No, MASH has that title

[@mindriot91_96]

@@GregWatson-wb8yd MASH or All in the Family. Seinfeld is incredible, though, I love it.

[@ahmadfarrall2097]

No one else could come up with this genius

[@deangelomckersley5333]

1:31 This part always gets me 😂😂😂

[@TerrorStartsAtHome713]

It’s the famous jurassic park squeak

[@davidozab2753]

"Where are the cameras?" 😂

[@IsoscelesKramer]

Where are the cameras? 🤣

[@lorijohnson1320]

Newman is hilarious! 😂😂

[@thiagodeandrade7081]

They did it all for no camera at all. That is some dedication.

[@NachosElectric]

If they did it for no camera, then how are we seeing it now? 🤔

[@gj.c9060]

Newman : You bombed,that story stunk worse than these chairs....lol

[@12classics39]

George’s stunned, silent reaction when he sees the new decor for the first time, contrasted with the triumphant theme music and Kramer’s ecstatic yells, is nothing short of priceless.

[@InMotionForAMillion]

Turn music off.

[@derekschmitt9994]

Perfectly displays what a fever dream this is

[@gallaxian]

Newman’s story about the generic wax beans he’s been buying sounds like a ripping good yarn! He may have sold his bunion stories to Kramer, but he kept the good stuff for himself.

[@briananderson9246]

Brilliant

[@FrancisONeill-ou1hq]

I like you whoever you are..

[@sanchitgupta1587]

The “ Toys “

[@jgreico11]

I Get It

[@Sshooter444]

Wayne Knight was perfect!

[@stefs7141]

His chirping laugh

[@PaulNoake]

I love Newman's laugh

[@Hupomone]

Watching Kramer reenact The Merv Griffin Show in his apartment is pure and simple delight.

[@xavierpaquin]

"That story stunk worse than these chairs!" 😂

[@arturozapata6675]

Go Girl! Ha ha...Love Newman! and his evil face at the end is pure GOLD!

[@thefonzkiss]

His apartment is conveniently the size of a TV studio.

[@BrxIghtside]

Can fit a massive hot tub can fit a merv griffin set but no groceries of his own apparently

[@jimbanter]

Neumans face at the end is great!

[@isaacburdiss]

2:27 You clean it up mister!

[@renaissance18]

newman face at 4:41 LOL

[@dickborg452]

Kramer - when your on my set, you clean it up mister

[@cynthiapressley8455]

"If you think you can drug me and play with my toys, you've got another thing coming!" "What kind of woman drinks a box of wine?" Omg Lmao!

[@neonfroot]

Jerry Springer material right there

[@245webster]

The look on Kramer’s face when Newman starts talking about the wax beans😅

[@TheMoonchild1969]

The formidable spell that Kramer begets on them is beyond my human comprehension.🤣🤣

[@appolop8273]

The end is golden.

[@chiapet9570]

Look at newmen’s evil laugh. God I love it & love Elaine’s reaction on Kramer’s compliment

[@rockyhill9965]

OK, we've all been watching these for more than 30 years, but when that hawk came for George's squirrel I busted out laughing! What a series that was!

[@dickborg452]

Kramer - I'll pretend I didn't here that

[@Kingfisher1215]

The whole premise that the set would be found in a random dumpster in New York is a lost, but very humorous idea in this show.

[@neonfroot]

Eric Andre hosts his talk show from an abandoned bodega in LA. Amd the humor is very whacky.

[@sweetjimibignuts1300]

I like how Jerry got dressed up at the end to go to kramer's apartment

[@dochollidaysraidersintel6466]

"El Paso. I spent a month there one night "

[@TheKyleAye]

"I spent a month there one night" lol that makes no sense

[@bossfan49]

It's a W.C. Fields line- "I spent a week there one night." Meaning it was an unpleasant stay, and felt longer than it was.

[@blakemorgan8845]

I didn't see the part where George comes on and Kramer says while playing the tape with the music "if it isn't our good friend George" then shoves Elaine and Jerry down a chair, then points in George's face and gives a hysterical laugh, they chat for a bit and then Kramer says let's take a short break and everybody stares at him like he's insane while he eats chips and drinks soda. Funniest scene in the episode for sure.

[@jenniferadams7582]

I love how somehow Kramer convinced Jim Folwler to come up to his apartment/stage.

[@murenorocha]

"Scandals and Animals' always gets me. 🤣

[@MeadowFarmer]

It's amazing how they usually blend two or more storylines into one episode. In this case three, the squirrel, the toys, and the Merv Griffin set.

[@MikeLandicovers]

You missed the scene when a puzzled George first enters the set with the old Merv Griffin intro music. That was hysterical.

[@musicmore87]

This chapter is the one that made me laugh the most. The part where Kramer asks to go to commercials and puts on some music.

[@yt_hatesfreespeech]

when the guy asked where are the cameras? lmao

[@markliebrock6246]

Always been my favourite Seinfeld show. There has been lots of great ones, but this one sticks out

[@renaissance18]

newman laughing at 1:31 LOL

[@lt127]

One of my favourite episodes!!🤩 Love how the character drift in and out of participating and wondering what on earth of going on with Kramer 🤣

[@Jmar1024]

Such an underrated episode. Newmans smile at the end always cracks me up

[@herrdocjdm]

Favorite episode. Kramer: We need a new format. Newman: What about a guest host? Kramer: I’ll pretend I didn’t hear that.

[@matteofabrizio409]

"El Paso!" lol Newman laughing at the wrong part..

[@bigran_outbound2262]

One of G.O.A.T.S tv sketches ever

[@chriskrausesmovie]

where is the farm animal

[@bruceaskew2107]

Jerry drugging chicks up to play with they toys is insane 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@justinmondragon699]

I love Wayne knights squeaks and squeals when he laughs or is upset or excited lol

[@jlvandat69]

It's like watching the Apollo Lunar Landings from decades ago.....even after all this time, I say, "Wow, there's a LOT of talent there!"

[@Ad-Infinitum]

1:47 That'll mean something else these days 😂

[@JamesMcNally-zv3hd]

" I'll pretend I didn't hear that "

[@stevecoudurier9162]

THE greatest 30 minute sitcom in the history of TV. Not even close. This episode is that good.

[@sidd_not_vicious2609]

dude how f ing insane is kramer and these people just feed his madness....its brilliant

[@GRosa250]

This episode was definitely one of my favorite. It had me in tears!

[@sercanbuyukyldz1459]

Where is the burp?! Come on… 😂

[@DJSeanE]

Scandals & Animals 🤣

[@npxmnpxm]

"That story stunk worse than these chairs" is a line I've used since this first aired and one I will continue to use for the rest of my days.

[@JanetStarChild]

How do you use that quote without any context? The chairs stunk because they were in a dumpster.

[@ryantres85]

"What's he here for?" "We officially bottomed out" "I'll pretend I didn't hear that" And I also love Kramer's reaction to Jerry asking a question to George 😆

[@georgewbushcenterforintell147]

Somewhere this whole scene was wrote on a big yellow paper pad . One of the things I love about Jerry is he is never vulgar or bleeps out a bunch of F bombs it's just good solid stuff .

[@giraffesareselfish9563]

What are you talking about? They couldn't be vulgar or use F bombs, this was on TV not cable.

[@neonfroot]

Yep. Too bad that edgy vulgar hunor has become the default of post-boomer humor. Its not bad, but its grossly overdone.

[@waxedearth5425]

“…you clean it up mister!” 😂