Kramer goes crazy
 

There's a video of it currently on TMZ, obviously due the language it's NSFW. I have no idea what the guy said to him, but wow....

So, um, what's TMZ?

Watched this earlier. Surprised he didn't get a butt whoopin.

There's no shortage of idiots.

"Please welcome our newest member to the Mel Gibson club!"

I see an awesome SNL coming...

Hah, honestly I wasn't sure how SFW tmz .com was, since I never frequent it (was sent the link) so I just put the name of the site up there. It seems like it's some kind of AOL news site.

At first I thought he was joking but man did he lose it.

Just watched the video.

Wow.

If it's possible, I think it may come off worse in the video than it does in this article.

yeah he lost it. i love how in the article I read that the Laugh Factory put him out there the next night "without incident".

also one article had Seinfeld commenting which came off to me as jerry being a pretentious bore. just shut up seinfeld about it.

This could really hurt his post-Seinfeld acting career.

I was actually thinking the opposite ;)...

I can never seem to access tmz's video clips. I get some sort of conflict error, and it won't play, something about return portable media to it's location. I am using ie 7

I haven't watched the video yet, but I know he was a big Andy Kaufman fan. Any chance this could have been staged?

From the untrained eye it didn't appear so.

At FIRST it seemed like maybe it was not so bad, but then he goes on and on...

I mean, I suppose it could be some crazy Andy Kaufmanesque stage.. but it's a damned stupid one if so...

Haha, good. Everybody who thought Michael Richards was acting crazy and or stupid on the show can now see that this man is insane. The fact that he didn't have his ass kicked outside the venue is amazing to me, because he certainly deserved it.

God I hated "Seinfeld."

seems like an odd thing to stage. would have made more sense if the guys charged the stage and beat him up or something.

although it's a little odd that this performance was being filmed...seems like they wouldn't allow that and it's only on this one aol site.

no idea. at face value he freaked out. otherwise if staged he's known as a dink now. maybe there is some kind of dink project being put together. doesn't seem like him though.

The video seems very umm... "unprofessional"... like they probably didn't know he had it...

maybe that's the genius of it

Maybe, seems more controlled upon viewing than when I first heard. And Chris Rock does use the word in his act...so what exactly are the rules for that?

Jerry must have snuck in a camera.

CNN News Story is on YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEcz9T3MuL4

Just from a personal standpoint, I was really hoping that this thread wouldn't head in this direction.

No kidding. If Chris Rock talked about lynching hecklers I don't think it would go over too well either.

I don't have many litmus tests, but...

As far as I know, Chris Rock has never said that he has enough money to get someone arrested either.

I only ask cause Joe Piscapo was on Radio Factor with Schmerconnish (sic) and said 'you can talk about your own, but not someone else's..." Sounds fair to me.

I think this Paul Rodriguez quote pretty well sums up the rules:
"Once the word comes out of your mouth and you don't happen to be African-American, then you have a whole lot of explaining,"

http://apnews.myway.com//article/200...D8LH0G1O1.html

I thought it was fucking hilarious, how can you not see the humor here?

I think this might be a debatable issue if Michael Richards were using the word in his act. This was not his act.

Good to see Piscopo is your go-to-guy on interpersonal etiquette...

Well, Piscopo is (allegedly) a comic, so it would stand to reason that he could have legitimate insight on the subject from a comedian's p.o.v.

In fairness, Richards spent most of his career working on NBC Must-See Thursday nights. These were probably the first black people he'd ever seen.

Gold.

Someone could do alot worse...but I think generally his comments are pretty much the way it is...ethnic jokes are done by those 'in house' otherwise they run the strong risk of appearing bigoted or racist.

I'll also add, other than the indefensible use of the 'n' word, Richard's comments were not really much different than those I have heard on one show in particular (since cancelled) called 'Tough Crowd' with Colin Quinn.

You haven't seen a lot of comedians then.

Rent Jesus is Magic by Sarah Silverman sometime... :D

Anyway - just saying there is a huge difference between what Michael Richards did and what comedians who are...you know...telling jokes are doing.

Right, like...Andy Kauffman. Not disagreeing with you, just making a point.

If I had the ambition, I would have a runoff poll on comedians like the one with war movies. And I would watch an entire episode of 'Friends' if either Adam Sandler, Jack Black or Will Ferrell made it into the final four.

I liked the Silverman flick, just thought it was a bit too short maybe.

Well you can give Michael Richards this much, he doesn't hide his feelings.

Quite a stand up guy.. What he's standing up for is the question though.

Lisa Lamponelli illustrates your point.

While this is an interesting (and way-too-often debated) point, I have yet to find the "joke" in this whole Michael Richards thing. I don't see how it's possible to compare this to another comedian's act. It seems more fair to compare it to a guy standing on a street corner and yelling at strangers.

Although I think using the n-word is in bad taste, people are way over the top in their sensitivity toward it; HOWEVER, the fact that he mentioned lynching was absolutely horrific. I really hope he was trying to be Kauffman-esque and doesn't truly hold that much hate in his heart.

Here it is on Youtube:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=qjE0E5lgm9Q

You guys were right, it's even worse than the article makes it sound.

This just in, KKK leaders react, calling "The Michael Richards Show," a "funny piece of progressive television that was clearly before its time."

Jackie Chiles will be crushed when he hears the news.

I like how the guys response is to call him a cracker-ass and a fucking white boy. Fire with fire.

Seinfeld is on Letterman tonight.. and Richards will be apologizing via satellite.

Pumpy called me that once... but also added, "country hick" and something about "go plow a field".

Seems hella staged. But it also sounds as if he has hate in his heart, so who knows. Definately has way too much "ger" instead of "gah."

I was also waiting for him to say he was going to "unleash the fucking fury" too.