Well, looks like Kramer just ruined his career

[AngryAmish]

I wonder when he goes into rehab?

[WCGreen]

1. He had a career after Seinfeld....

[cwydro]

2. Yikes

I'm at work and can't listen, but what I read was bad enough...

[mikeytherat]

3. Wow. I mean, wow.

:wow:

mikey_the_rat

[Pale Blue Dot]

4. He seems insane.

I never would have guessed this about him.

[AlCzervik]

5. i hope he saved his Seinfeld money.

[Westegg]

30. No human could spend that much/NT

[YankeyMCC]

6. Frack!

I'm sadly disappointed. That is going to taint my enjoyment of Seinfeld reruns for a long time if not permanently.

Of course that's just a selfish initial reaction, I know it's much more hurtful to others first of course the targets of his tirade.

[peekaloo]

7. Jackie Mason Night gone overboard?

*funky bass riff*

[wildhorses]

8. he lost it--totally

very bizarre :wow:

[ScreamingMeemie]

9. Good God... and the fact that there were still people sitting there

when he left the stage...and that a few people were laughing.

That's just sick. :(

[Taverner]

18. My guess is they were laughing AT him, not with

[Westegg]

31. Hell, they paid their money...

...So they wanted to see the show. I'll bet at leats SOME of them thought this was somehow part of the act-- you know, like when an actor has a heart attack on-stage during a play and collapses, and the other actors come out and yell, "Is there a doctor in the house!?" And they start thumping the actor's chest, giving him CPR, and someone rushes up from the audience...and still you have people sitting there afterwards going, "Gee, I thought it was part of the play!"

It's probably like that. At least for some of 'em.

[bbernardini]

10. Whew! I thought you were talking about the record producer.

Mark Kramer, formerly of Bongwater, Shockabilly, and the Butthole Surfers. Produced King Missile and Dogbowl, did an album with Penn Jillette.

[Little Wing]

11. It sounds like he was trying to pull a 'Bill Hicks' when Bill was heckled

in Chicago one night.

Richards is no Hicks.

[peekaloo]

12. nor Lenny Bruce.

:-(

[Westegg]

32. I've seen the video of Hicks heckled...

...and as you say, Richards ain't no Hicks. But he never WAS! Nor was he Lenny Bruce. These cats took stand-up to the level of genius because they were rebels and visionaries with great hearts who were trying to cut to the bone about humanity and human nature, and courted controversy to do so. And Richard Pryor, obviously, did the same, and there were others. Not many.

[ikojo]

51. I heard it was recorded on a cell phone

I'd like to know what kind of phone. I tried to record Clinton when he was in St Louis for a Claire McCaskill rally and it didn't take. I have a Treo 650 with a 1gb card.

I saw the video on Keith Olbermann's show and it sickened me to see someone act like that. He certainly has anger issues.

[BarenakedLady]

13. Wow

I'm utterly shocked.

[Blue_Tires]

14. crazy

nt

[Shine]

15. I couldn't access the video but what I read was bad enough. Jeez, that's crazy.

:thumbsdown:

[Left Is Write]

19. The video is horrifying.

[bridgit]

16. hm, i hope his investments are making more money than his stand-up...

cause his stand-up just took a dump :hurts:

[Oeditpus Rex]

17. Is TMZ part of AOL?

The quality of the video I'm seeing is horrible. Can't even read the captions. :shrug:

[Left Is Write]

20. I had a hard time reading them also.

[Westegg]

33. I saw the same video...

...and they BLEEPED the "objectionable language." Which was half the fucking footage. Stupid. I'm sure it'll be shown in its full glory soon.

[Elidor]

21. Cocaine is a hell of a drug

[Phillycat]

26. It certainly is.

[Elidor]

27. My god, is that Whitney?

Fucking scary!

[Phillycat]

28. For contrast:

Pre-crack, one of the most beautiful women in the world:

[ariesgem]

44. She looks happier and healthier since she left Bobby

Here's a recent before/after Bobby pic. The latest pic is from an event held in October 06 after leaving Bobby.

[Phillycat]

45. That's because she stopped doing crack. nt

[Raffi Ella]

22. whoa.

I'd be lyin' if I said I wasn't completely shocked.Wow,um...that's just not funny.

How sad.

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

23. Now he is banned from the Laugh Factory permanently.

[Major Hogwash]

46. They said he could go back after the afro-american community forgave him

But I wouldn't wait around for that to happen if I were Michael Richards.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

24. Michael Richards had a career?

Could have fooled me.

[Mojambo]

25. Giddy up! n/t

[Parche]

29. kramer

He never had a career anyway........

[Westegg]

34. Anyone remember Richards from "Fridays"?...

...A "Saturday Night Live" wanna-be show from, I think, the late '70s/early '80s? Richards was part of the cast, and there's some great footage available from when Andy Kaufman guested and did his "Andy" thing, and it totally threw off the rest of the cast, but most of all Richards, who got so pissed that he actually stormed off the set. Worth watching. Bottom line: Richards has some anger-management issues!

[Fenris]

36. He threw the cue cards at Kaufman, IIRC.

Pretty classic moment on a decidedly un-classic show.

[Westegg]

38. Yeah, but it's funny how...

...Random moments from forgotten shows become bits of history.

[Oeditpus Rex]

39. He had one character

A kid playing with toy soldiers in his back yard. He'd set 'em on fire, have the dinosaur eat 'em, stuff like that.

I shall not play amateur psychologist on this one. But it's tempting.

[Dukkha]

40. you mean this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1wip6a2fMQ

classic Kaufman stunt that caused a fight on the set live on TV

[TangoCharlie]

35. Painful to watch

That's a film clip that should have never been put on television.

It didn't do his career any good, but
Public apology
Rehab
Donations to some well-thought-of bigwigs
Public acceptance of apology by some well-thought-of bigwigs

His publicists are working on it, I'm sure

He'll come out ok.

[ClusterFreak]

37. Whatever those guys said to him...

...was no excuse for going off the way he did. He's supposed to be a professional. If you can't stand the heat, and all that. He's obviously got some unresolved issues about the lack of a career he's had since Seinfeld. He thought it was lacking before?

Welcome to DU T.C.!

[graywarrior]

41. I never thought he was normal.

[njdemocrat106]

42. That's quite disturbing

He's a talented man, and he's supposed to be a professional. Absolutely no excuse for this.

BTW, I always thought the supporting actors on "Seinfeld", i.e. Michael Richards, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Jason Alexander had much more talent than Jerry Seinfeld himself. I like Jerry, but I think the "other 3" helped to make that show. Agree/disagree?

[Indy_Dem_Defender]

43. Agreed, I always thought

Julia and Jason made the show because they where the backbones just do to their interaction with Jerry and Kramer, I think Jerry knows this and that's why you won't see him doing any other acting in the future because they complement what acting talent he had big time.

[gmoney]

53. Someone said they all had bad backs...

...from carrying Jerry for 9 seasons.

Friend sent me a good quote: "The only thing I know is that this episode won't end his career. "The Michael Richards Show" already took care of that."

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

47. Fuck him

he's an asshole in the extreme

[Taverner]

48. Yes indeed

Anyone who says racist shit, especially when in anger, is a racist. You're seeing the "real them", not the mask they usualy wear.

[Darth_Kitten]

49. Everybody can lose it...........

not condoning any kind of bigotry, but he seems to understand he went too far.

[cwydro]

50. Yeah,

I finally got to see the apology on Letterman and he seems very shook up. As if he himself doesn't understand where it came from...

[yvr girl]

52. But if you lose it, call the heckler an asshole or something

You can yell at someone without being racist.

[gmoney]

54. Translyvania 6-5000

He played sort of a crazy butler who did this absolutely surreal bit with a door and a doll. The ONLY redeeming moment of that movie.