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

WARNING: WHAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO SEE IS PROFANE AND RACIAL

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.



Richards, who played the wacky Cosmo Kramer on the hit TV show "Seinfeld," appeared onstage at the Laugh Factory in West Hollywood. Kyle Doss, an African-American, told TMZ he and some friends were in the cheap seats and he was playfully heckling Richards when suddenly, the comedian lost it.

The camera started rolling just as Richards began his attack, screaming at one of the men, "Fifty years ago we'd have you upside down with a f***ing fork up your ass."

Richards continued, "You can talk, you can talk, you're brave now motherf**ker. Throw his ass out. He's a nigger! He's a nigger! He's a nigger! A nigger, look, there's a nigger!"

The crowd is visibly and audibly confused and upset. Richards responds by saying, "They're going to arrest me for calling a black man a nigger."

One of the men who was the object of Richard's tirade was outraged, shouting back "That's un-f***ing called for, ain't necessary."

After the three-minute tirade, it appears the majority of the audience members got up and left in disgust.

Attempts to reach Richards' reps were unsuccessful.

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76.
RIGHT ON !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He is funny

Posted at 11:18AM on Nov 20th 2006 by Ernie B

77. He should have totally ignored them or asked security to have them removed.
They were punks no matter what color. If you pay to go see someone then
shut the ffff up and let the guy do his act. They were immature punks who
were high or just stupid. Michael made the mistake of getting down
to their level.

Posted at 10:02AM on Nov 20th 2006 by Prnzez

78. Corliss,

I agree entirely. How do you feel about black comedians making racist jokes about blacks? Because, if they are allowed to do it, then a comedian of any race should be allowed.

I'm not saying that Michael was right, or that he was making a joke or anything like that. This is an unrelated question...

Posted at 10:04AM on Nov 20th 2006 by nate

79. "i was saying that minorities get away with slandering other races and their own all the time and that there is a double standard for white entertainers."

The White Man that arrived on these shores got away with, oh, genocide of native americans, forcing asians into indentured servitude and the mass deportation and enslavement of africans for centuries and you're catching an attitude over a comedy skit? It wasn't even safe for a black man to LOOK at a white woman 35 years ago. Does the name Emmitt Till mean anything? I seriously doubt Chris Rock can make up for years of Al Jolson and Birth of a Nation.

Get over yourself already and stop your whining. The playing field has never been even for any minorities. Humor has been one of the few "legitimate" forms of expression.

Posted at 10:04AM on Nov 20th 2006 by Gen-X

80. Absolutely hilarious. Great performance. You leave Michael Richards alone, he did nothing wrong. Hes at the laugh factory. you can't take any thing serious there. I smell a comeback

Posted at 10:12AM on Nov 20th 2006 by Johnny Frado

81. KKKramer

Posted at 10:08AM on Nov 20th 2006 by Chris

82. Glad to see people walkking out on his ass! That sh*t aint funny.I am definitely offended.

Posted at 10:03AM on Nov 20th 2006 by Rowena

83. #50...I totally agree...thank you for your intelligent post. I am trying to find out who represents Michael Richards- I think it may be ICM. I am going to contact his agent. I will also put together an online petition...anyone interested please contact me at michaelrichardsisaracist@hotmail.com

He needs to be publicly shamed into making an apology. And I cannot wait...

Posted at 6:17PM on Nov 20th 2006 by ONLINE PETITION

84. Oprah made it "OK" to be racist. What's the big deal?

Posted at 10:05AM on Nov 20th 2006 by jfhdsiu

85. What is it that Kelsey Grammer as Fraiser once said? "It is a sad man who doesn't learn from his own mistakes. It is a TOTAL BLOODY IDIOT who doesn't learn from others'!" (Mel Gibson, looking in YOUR direction...)
Ain't gonna be any return from the Seinfeld Curse for Richards now. That moron just pancaked his career so far into the dirt that it'd take a spelunking team to find it.

Posted at 12:54PM on Nov 20th 2006 by Pat Payne

86. I don't believe this is what it appears on the surface. I think we're being set-up for some extended crude comedy.

Posted at 4:29PM on Nov 20th 2006 by Bob

87. "The camera started rolling just as Richards began his attack, screaming at one of the men, " Sounds like a set up to me. I wonder what was said before the camera strated rolling. Don't be too quick to judge, maybe they had it comming...

Posted at 11:57AM on Nov 20th 2006 by Woody

88. Totally funny. It's great to see liberals get hysterical when a white guy does what every black comedian does all over the country, every weekend, in every comedy club they appear in. Ever see a black comedian in a comedy club? Some of the funniest, racist humor you'd ever want to see. Hilarious. But a white guy does it? Whoa! Time to call Jesse Jackson! Double standard, libs. Free speech is just that: FREE! No one group has a lock on certain speech.

Posted at 10:06AM on Nov 20th 2006 by David

89. The whole incident reminds me of Lenny Bruce being condemned for saying offensive words 40 years ago. The 1st amendment protects language that may offend you, but remember, freedom isn't painless. I've been called as bad or worse, and it goes in one ear and out the other. If you let your emotions down, the offender wins. If you don't, you do.

Posted at 10:11AM on Nov 20th 2006 by RealitySage

90. #65

thanks for making my point.

Posted at 10:06AM on Nov 20th 2006 by nate

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