Bob Sacamano

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Bob Sacamano is a character on the television sitcom Seinfeld. He is never seen in any of the episodes, but through Cosmo Kramer's accounts, he is the source of bizarre anecdotes, and is known to frequently give esoteric information and harebrained ideas.

In "The Chicken Roaster", Jerry Seinfeld and Bob become friends, and at that point we learn Sacamano sold Russian hats in Battery Park. In "The Heart Attack", Kramer says that Sacamano went into hospital for a hernia operation, and due to malpractice, now sits by a window repeating "My name is Bob!" in a high-pitched voice. He is also said to have contracted rabies once and to have stayed with Kramer for a year and a half once after coming over for a visit.

In "The Puerto Rican Day", Kramer mentions that Bob Sacamano made a fortune off of those paddles with the ball and the rubber band. Supposedly, he came up with the idea for the rubber band. Before that, people would just hit the ball, and it would fly away. When Kramer was running for condo president with Jerry's father, Morty, they decided to bribe the voters with "Wizard" portable Electronic Organisers (ignorantly referred to by the condo tenants as "tip calculators"). It turns out that the models sourced from Bob Sacamano's father were poorly-made "Willard" imitations, thus precipitating their election defeat.

There is also the "Bob Sacamano Story," in which Kramer is on the phone with Bob and realizes he has to return a pair of pants, so he goes down to the subway and it's taking too long. So, he sprints down the tunnel, but then trips and falls into a puddle, ruining the very pants he was about to return. When Elaine asks what he was going to wear on the way back, Kramer never realized that small detail, and when asked why it is called the "Bob Sacamano Story," Kramer responds that he was on the phone with him at the beginning of the story. Also, when hearing it, J. Peterman remarks that the story is a display of "perfect irony."

In one episode of the series, Elaine Benes, George Costanza, and Jerry, as well as Kramer were all invited to a party hosted by Sacamano.

According to series writer Larry Charles, Bob Sacamano was a real-life friend. Shortly after Charles introduced the fictional Sacamano character in "The Heart Attack," he and the real Sacamano had a falling out.