"Kramer's" Racist Tirade -- Caught on Tape

TMZ ^ | 11/20/06 | TMZ Staff

[torchthemummy]

Michael Richards exploded in anger as he performed at a famous L.A. comedy club last Friday, hurling racial epithets that left the crowd gasping, and TMZ has obtained exclusive video of the ugly incident.

[weegee]

Sounds like a muslim response. One set of rules for the muslims, another for the kufir.

[weegee]

I'll let you in on a little secret, regardless of their race, comedians DO like to hurt the feelings of a heckler and make them feel like an ass.

[weegee]

WAIT?!! You are EXCUSING the hate speech of Reverends of some unknown Christian faith, Al and Jesse?

We need to be able to distinguish between true hatred and th made-up crap of Jesse Jackson and the Rev Al.

Those 2 ARE bigots and vile racists. And quite public about their hatred.

[trisham]

Better yet, why don't you tell my your ethnic heritage so I can assess whether you are allowed to respond to my posts?

275 posted on 11/20/2006 3:42:59 PM EST by Defiant

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I'm sorry you said that. Was it a joke?

[ABG(anybody but Gore)]

It also could be that the two hecklers in the front row were planted there and part of the act. Ala Andy Kaufman style.

You might have a point there. Kaufman and the entire thing with the pro wrestler on Letterman was staged, and we never figured it out till after he was dead, IIRC Letterman didn't know it either.

If it wasn't staged, that's probably the last we'll ever see or hear of Cosmo Kramer. Hannity is talking about it right now in fact...

[Defiant]

Still can't get yourself to say that what Richards did was plain wrong, can you? Gotta divert, say others use the word, say others are racist, say the heckler deserved it, and on and on. I don't know you well enough to say whether you are racist or not, but it seems odd that you just can't accept criticism of Richards, you have to make excuses or minimize it. Jesse Jackson? Race pimp. Hip-hop artists? Like to use N word. OK? Now, what do you think of the things Richards said to a member of his audience? Were they ok in context?

[Cyclopean Squid]

I've been working on my own raps. I am known in some circles as "Malignant R."

I've got the skillz to rule supreme
To speak ill of me is to blaspheme
I'll lead you all down the chosen path
Rise up against whitey, commence bloodbath
Take ten, you know what I mean
The White man, we needs to demean
The dark continent's victory
Shall be revenge for sad history

[Defiant]

Was it a joke?

The joke is on you, as apparently you don't get it......

See, this is what you say to a heckler without involving heritage.

[Cuttnhorse]

This can't be the same Kramer of the Puffy Shirt episode. Tell me it isn't so.

[dhs12345]

I disagree. Not all people automatically have prejudices. And I believe it is very wrong to presume that they do.

By doing so means that they are automatically racist or have racist tendencies.

Important point: you wont get beyond the "hatred" from both sides until you can assume the best of a person versus the worst.

Bottom line: it bothers be a great deal that blacks would refer to themselves in such a demeaning manner, even jokingly, if it is so serious.

[eddie willers]

Atlanta's Baseball team before the Braves:

[Cincinna]

People who are truly funny do not have to resort to that kind of trash talking.

Seinfeld himself is incredibly successful, and never uses bad language.

[Cincinna]

No excuse. It is racist and very ugly.

[Defiant]

Oh, it be so.

This just in:

The jerk store called. They ran out of Michael Richards.

Just hours after TMZ exposed "Kramer's" vile and racially-charged diatribe at a Hollywood comedy club, the actor's former "Seinfeld" co-stars are weighing in.

In a statement released by Jerry Seinfeld, the comedian said, "I am sick over this. I'm sure Michael is also sick over this horrible, horrible mistake. It is so extremely offensive. I feel terrible for all the people who have been hurt."

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So, even Jerry Seinfeld, Richards' friend, can bring himself to tell Michael that what he said was "extremely offensive." Amazing that so many people here can't say that it was.

[ilovew]

Either way, the guy is an idiot.

[BBell]

Actually the article says they were in the "cheap seats."

[MotleyGirl70]

I have never watched a minute of a Steinfeld show, and really don't care for these people.

Jerome went from being Jewish to half Jewish half German. Lol.

[MotleyGirl70]

His character reminded me of someone severely off their meds or mentally unstable. I could care less for that show or its so called actors.

Can I hang out with you sometime. You seem like a lot of fun.

[Mr. Jazzy]

I think that the great philosopher, Whitney Houston, said it best...

"Crack is WHACK!!!"

[trisham]

The joke is on you, as apparently you don't get it......

See, this is what you say to a heckler without involving heritage.

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I guess I don't get it. It seemed out of character for you from your previous posts on this thread, which is why I asked.