Tennis is the only sport where the uniform is what you'd wear...
...under your clothes in other sports.
You're actually out there in your underwear.
Unless in the old days, they'd wear those long pants...
...and the heavy sweaters. How long did it take them to get over that?
We're out in the hot sun, running after a ball.
What exactly are we all dressed up for?
That's why they started scoring like that. Point?
You know what? Make it 15. I'm dying in this sweater here.
Another one got by me? Take another 10 points.
Let's just get this over with.
- Come on, let's go. - Wait. I gotta go in here.
- I gotta get Mr. Pitt's racket. - What's it doing here?
He wanted to have it re-strung. I need to pick that up.
- Hello. - Oh, hi.
- Jocelyn Landis from Doubleday. - Yes.
I interviewed you for a position a couple of months ago.
Yes. The one I didn't get.
I was watching you play.
Oh, I'm not very good.
No, you exhibited a lot of grace out there.
- Really? Grace? - Yes. So have you found anything yet?
- No. Not really. - You know, you should keep in touch.
Something may be opening up in a few weeks.
Is that a Bruline?
Oh, Bruline. Newman's got the same one.
- Newman plays tennis? - He's fantastic.
Would you mind if I tried this out?
No. Take it.
How will you get it back?
I could come by your office and pick it up tomorrow.
That's so generous of you. Thanks.
- You loaned her Pitt's racket? - What could I do?
She said there may be something for me at Doubleday.
Wouldn't that be great? I wouldn't have to work for Pitt anymore.
- I gotta get going. - Oh, okay.
Next time let's play Ping-Pong. It's easier to jump the net.
Yeah.
- Bye. - Bye-bye.
Have you noticed that she never laughs?
- Really? - Yeah. Think about it.
You're not gonna believe this. There she is. Check that out.
- You're dating this woman? - That's right.
George, you're becoming one of the glitterati.
- What's that? - You know, people who glitter.
- She's a slim gal. - Yeah.
The amazing thing is she eats like there's no tomorrow.
I've never seen such an appetite. Desserts, everything.
- I don't know how she does it. - Maybe she's bulimic.
- What? - Bulimic, you know?
- Kramer, she's a model. - Exactly.
Well, I have noticed she does tend to go to the bathroom...
- ... right after we finish eating. - Yeah.
There you go, monkey boy. Come on.
That's so good.
How's that?
Aren't you hungry?
Just enjoying watching you.
- So did you like the movie? - Yeah, it was okay.
Frankenstein didn't seem right to me. I missed the sport jacket.
Not that it was that nice of a jacket. It didn't fit him that well.
To me there's just something about a monster in a blazer.
It shows at least he's making an effort.
That's funny.
I'm glad you enjoyed it.
I'm so full.
Yes. Full. Love to be full.
Love to just sit back, loosen the old belt and digest away for hours.
Let those enzymes do their work.
- Will you excuse me? - Where are you going?
- I just need to freshen up. - You're fresh.
You're very fresh. You seem very fresh to me.
You're very vital. I couldn't take you any fresher.
George, I need to freshen.
George? George? George!
It was unbelievable. You were right.
The jokes kept bouncing off her like Superman.
- What did I tell you? - Even when she did like something...
...she doesn't laugh. She says, "That's funny."
"That's funny."
I gotta call that woman at Doubleday.
See when I can pick up Mr. Pitt's racket.
How could I be with someone that doesn't laugh?
It's like... Well, it's like something.
Hello. Yeah, hi. Is Miss Landis there, please?
What?
Gosh. Okay. She'll be in later?
Okay. Thank you.
This guy said she hurt her arm playing tennis.
It's pretty bad.
Well, I heard a noise.
- What noise? - You know:
What-?
From the bathroom.
- You think she was refunding? - Every time we go out to eat...
...the minute we're done, she's off to the bathroom.
- So you're concerned? - Elaine, of course I'm concerned.
I'm paying for those meals.
It's like throwing money down the toilet.
- In a manner of speaking. - Right.
Let me digest it. Let me get my money's worth. What would be good...
...is if there was someone else in the bathroom that could tell me.
- Hey, here's your scrubber back, pal. - Oh, thanks.
Hey, maybe I could bribe one of those women...
...that hand out the towels in the powder room.
- A matron? - Yeah.
Well, I can't help you there.
- What? - Nothing.
- You know a matron? - Me?
- You. - No.
- Kramer. - Look. Just leave me alone.
- Well, what is it? - Don't make me!
- What? - No, I can't, all right? I can't.
- Who? - My mother's a matron!
- Babs? - Yeah. All right? I said it.
You satisfied? Anything else you wanna know?
Kramer, Kramer, I need to know if Nina is refunding.
- Look, George, I can't help you. - Well, why not? Why not?
Let go. Because I haven't talked to my mother in five years.
We just don't see eye to eye. I don't even wanna get into my childhood.
I'm still carrying a lot of pain. A lot of pain.
- Come on, you could really help me. - I can't.
Kramer, you're gonna have to face her sometime.
Hello?
Oh, my goodness. What happened?
I tore my humeral epicondylitis.
The doctor said it may never fully heal. I may never play again.
- You'll be playing- - If I can't play tennis...
...I don't know what I'll do.
There are plenty of things you can do. There's chess...
...and mahjong.
You don't know how lucky you are to be healthy.
- And biking and- - What am I going to do?
Could I...?
If I can't play tennis, I have no reason to live.
You know, it's not important. I'm gonna- Okay.
Well, you know, take care of that condylitis.
Ma?
Cosmo.
Cosmo?
- Why didn't you just ask her for it? - I told you, I couldn't.
The woman was crying about how she might never play tennis again.
- Yeah. - Hidee-ho.
Come on up.
Well, when do you have to get the racket back to Mr. Pitt?
He's got a big match tomorrow with Ethel Kennedy.
He needs a $300 Bruline to beat Ethel Kennedy?
He'll only play with his racket.
Why don't you wait till she's not there on her lunch hour...
- ... and just take it? - That's stealing.
Stealing? You loaned her the racket.
I know.
Hey. So, what happened with Kramer's mother?
It's all worked out. Nina and I are having dinner Thursday...
...at the restaurant where Babs works.
- What's she like? - Oh, she's a Kramer.
And while I was there, I happened to pick up...
...another juicy little nugget about our friend.
- I'm ready. What? - Come on. What is it?
- I got the first name. - What?
You found out Kramer's first name?
- That's right. You ready? - Yes, we're ready.
I've been trying to get it out of him for 10 years. What is it?
Cosmo.
- Cosmo? - Cosmo?
- Cosmo. - Cosmo?
Cosmo!
What's so funny?
What?
Cosmo?
All right, all right. Okay.
So you know the name now. The cat is out of the bag.
I gotta hand it to you.
You did a hell of a job keeping it a secret all these years.
It's not such a bad name.
All my life I've been running away from that name.
That's why I wouldn't tell anybody. But I been thinking.
All this time I'm trying not to be me.
I'm afraid to face who I was. But I'm Cosmo, Jerry.
I'm Cosmo Kramer, and that's who I'm gonna be.
From now on, I'm Cosmo.
- Yes? - Hi, is Sandi here?
Oh, hi. You must be Jerry. Sandi's in the shower. You wanna come in?
I would except I forgot to bring a towel.
So the roommate laughed at everything I said.
It was a great-sounding laugh too. Kind of lilting and feminine.
None of those big, coarse "ha's."
- You know those? - Oh, yeah.
Hate the big, coarse "ha." I hate those.
The worst part is that she also possessed...
...many of the other qualities prized by the superficial man.
I see.
So as you can see, I've got a bit of a problem here.
Well, if I hear you correctly, and I think that I do...
...my advice to you is to finish your meal...
...pay your check, leave here and never mention this to anyone again.
Can't be done, huh?
- The switch? - The switch.
Can't be done.
I wonder.
Do you realize in the history of Western civilization...
...no one successfully accomplished the roommate switch.
In the Middle Ages you could get locked up for even suggesting it.
They didn't have roommates in the Middle Ages.
- How do you know? - For one thing...
...they didn't have apartments.
I'm sure at some point between the years 800 and 1200 somewhere...
...there were two women living together.
The point is, I intend to undertake this.
And I'll do it with or without you. So if you're scared...
...if you haven't got the stomach for this, let's get it out now.
And I'll go on my own. If not, you can get onboard, and we can get to work.
Now, what's it gonna be?
All right, damn it, I'm in.
I couldn't do it without you.
All right. Let's get to work.
All right.
That's enough for today.
You're tired. Get some sleep.
- I'll see you first thing in the morning. - We can't do it. Who are we kidding?
It's impossible. It's true. You can't do the switch.
Nobody can do the switch.
It was a stupid idea to begin with. Let's face it.
I'm stuck with the non-laugher. That's that.
- We'll come up with something. - Yeah. Sure we will.
See you tomorrow.
I got it!
All right. Let's go over it again one more time.
All right. So I tell Sandi that I wanna have a ménage à trois...
- ... with her and her roommate. - That's right.
And you believe this course of action will have a two-pronged effect.
Firstly, the very mention of the idea will cause Sandi to recoil in disgust.
Whereupon, she wil insist that I remove myself from the premises.
- Keep going. - At this point, it is inevitable...
...that she'll seek out the roommate...
...to apprise her of this abhorrent turn of events.
- Continue. - The roommate will then offer...
...her friend the requisite sympathy...
...even as part of her cannot help but feel somewhat flattered...
...by her inclusion in the unusual request.
A few days go by...
...and a call is placed at a time when Sandi is known to be busy at work.
Once the initial awkwardness is relieved with a little playful humour...
...which she, of course, cannot resist...
...an invitation to a friendly dinner is proffered.
Well, it all sounds pretty good.
There's only one flaw in it.
They're roommates. She'd have to go out with me behind Sandi's back.
She's not gonna do that.
You disappoint me, my friend.
Sandi wants nothing to do with you.
She tells Laura, "If you wanna waste your time with that pervert...
...that's your problem."
It's the perfect plan.
So inspired, so devious, yet so simple.
This is what I do.
Can I help you?
- No. I'm okay. - Then what are you doing...
- ... with that racket? - It's mine.
- Ms. Landis borrowed it. - I'm sorry. You can't take that.
- No, no, no. - No, no. I can. I can.
- It's mine. It's my racket. - Look, I don't know who you are...
- ... I don't know what you're doing- - Okay. I'm going. I'm going.
- Not with that racket. - Give that to me. You give it.
Give it to me.
All right. Forget it. But you don't have to mention any of this...
- ... to Miss Landis, do you? - I don't have to, but I will.
- Hi, Cosmo. - Hi, Mr. Clotworthy.
- How are you today? - Couldn't be better.
- Hi, Lorraine. - Hi, Cosmo.
- My mom, Babs. - Hi, Mrs. Kramer.
- Lorraine. - Yes, it's a fine day.
- What do you say, Cosmo? - Hey, everything, my man.
- What? - I don't know the exact pronunciation...
...but I believe it's "ménage à trois."
That is a wild idea.
You know, Ma, I been thinking. I want you to quit that matron job.
Yes, well, isn't that just easy for you to say.
What do you think I'm gonna do?
Maybe we could go into business together, if you're clean.
I told you I've been clean for two years.
- Anyway, what would we do together. - I got plenty of ideas.
I always believed in you, Cosmo. You know that.
So I want you to call that place today and tell them that you're through.
- All right, I'll do it. - Yeah.
- So good. - So glad.
Excuse me, I've gotta freshen up.
And why shouldn't you? Be fresh. Stay fresh.
I'll be back. I'm really not feeling very well.
- Care to see our dessert menu? - Yeah. Do you know Babs?
Oh, yeah. I was sorry to hear she left.
- Babs left? - Yeah. She quit today.
What are you doing in here?
I was just wondering what it was you wanted for dessert?
How you feeling?
- Hi, Newman. - Hi, Babs.
What are you doing?
- Minding my own business. - You can't get into trouble that way.
What makes you think I'm looking for trouble?
From what I hear, you postmen don't have to look too far.
Well, you know, sometimes it just has a way of finding you.
Cigarette?
Don't mind if I do.
Kramer. Kramer!
- Hey. - What happened to Babs?
She never showed up last night. The whole thing blew up in my face.
That's a shame.
Hey, what happened with Sandi? I forgot all about it. Did you call her?
Yeah, I did. In fact, I went over there.
So, what happened? Did she throw you out?
No, actually, she took it pretty well.
- So, what happened? - She's into it.
- Into what? - The ménage.
And not only that, she just called me.
She said she spoke with the roommate...
...and the roommate's into the ménage too.
That's unbelievable.
Oh, it's a scene, man.
Do you ever just get down on your knees and thank God...
...that you know me and have access to my dementia?
What are you talking about? I'm not gonna do it.
You're not gonna do it? What do you mean?
I can't. I'm not an orgy guy.
Are you crazy?
This is like discovering plutonium by accident.
Don't you know what it means to become an orgy guy?
It changes everything. I'd have to dress and act different.
I'd have to grow a moustache and get lots of robes and lotions...
...and get a new bedspread, new curtains.
I'd have to get thick carpeting and weirdo lighting.
Then I'd have to get new friends. I'd have to get orgy friends.
No, I'm not ready for it.
If only something like that could happen to me.
Shut up. You couldn't do it either.
I know.
- Did you get your racket? - No. I got caught.
- What do you mean, you got caught? - Her assistant caught me.
I'm probably not gonna get a job. He'll tell Landis...
...that I was sneaking around her office.
I don't understand how you can get in trouble...
...for taking your own racket.
Meanwhile, Mr. Pitt's got this match with Ethel Kennedy this afternoon.
- Hey. - Hey, Cosmo.
- Hi, Cosmo. - Thanks, buddy.
Hey, doesn't Newman have a Bruline racket?
Yeah, yeah. But he's on vacation. Went to Baltimore.
But you got the key to his place?
- Yeah. - Elaine needs to borrow his racket.
- Just for today. - All right. Come on.
I'll take you over to Newman's.
Cosmo! What happened to your mother last night?
- She hung me out to dry. - She quit.
It would have been nice if somebody told me about it.
I just think she could've said something, that's all.
- Don't talk to me. Talk to her. - Where is she?
I don't know.
Ma!
- Cosmo. - I'm sorry. We weren't- We didn't-
Cosmo?
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