Audience Laughs at "Kramer," Seinfeld Pissed

61. Not to excuse Mr. Richards' tirade, but I'm curious as to what these men said to make a man that claims he is not racist to spew such hate...I thinks it's a bit suspect that the camera didn't catch that.

Posted at 12:00PM on Nov 21st 2006 by Lisa

62. LOL Eric! I dont know!!!

Posted at 11:48AM on Nov 21st 2006 by T

63. To hear the word Nigger and telling an african-american male that 50 years ago he would be hanged upside down with a fork up his backside is beside me. This is not funny. This a racist comment and for Michael to say that he is not a racist is ridiculous. The venom in his voice and his reaction certainly aint love. Rage or anger is not an excuse for his comments. If a man beats his wife does this not make him a wife beater? or just a person who got angry at that time??...come on now... I think he should be sad for what he is done at least he is showing remorse. Maybe he should think about what he is saying in the future as his comments were not directed as a joke!

Posted at 2:29PM on Nov 21st 2006 by Queen

64. In Samalia the Arabs are killing unarmed Black human beings at the rate of 100,000 a year, 500,000 so far, and the Blacks and the media in the USA are upset over words in a commedy club.
Where is the rational thinking?

Posted at 12:30PM on Nov 21st 2006 by Bruce Saltzman 501st of the 101st Viet Nam 1968-69

65.
Re: The Letterman Appearance
The audience didn't laugh because the situation was funny, they laughed because they were confused. You go to Letterman and you're looking at Seinfeld and Richards and you expect them to make you laugh. It takes a minute to adjust yourself to the serious circumstances. Also, many people laugh when they are uncomfortable.

Posted at 11:51AM on Nov 21st 2006 by brianna

66. GEE, nearly everyone (the majority) of Americans came here because of their oppression elsewhere, and yet, there is only one race that continues to use that oppression as a crutch for everything, and I mean everything. Its an excuse for their entire life and an excuse for why they can do things that others aren't allowed to get away with. Fellow black man unjustly arrested/convicted? Hell, lets riot and steal from shop owners. White person unjustly arrested/convicted.... nothing, except following due process. Blacks are the only race still clinging to something that happened over 200 years ago and using it as an excuse. Jews still talk about the hollocast as a menas to remember, so it never happens again, not as a crutch for not getting a job, etc. If blacks were to take the same tact with slavery, the response from other races would be entirely different. Its the damn "wo is me" attitude that just loses people.

Posted at 11:51AM on Nov 21st 2006 by tim hardman

67. Let's be real-- very few black people are going to forgive Richards for this. Period. He's going to be labeled a hater and a racist for the rest of his days, no matters how many apologies he issues. Never mind the fact that 9 out of every 10 black comedians use whites (as well as other races, but 95% of the time it's the caucasian persuasion) as the focal point of every performance, and you don't see them demanding an apology from Katt Williams. Or better yet, Dave Chappelle, who wouldn't even have had a successful television show if it wasn't for white people and all the extremely offensive jokes at their expense. Quit being a bunch of hypocritical crybabies and let's just call this out for what it really is-- a double standard. Cry me a river and can get the hell over it.

Posted at 11:53AM on Nov 21st 2006 by Jess

68. Lets put this into perspective please. If that was a African - American on stage and there was a group of white guys heckling him, it would hace been an entirely different video we would have been watching right now. Those white dudes would have been pounded by the other African-Amercan audience members and the comedian himself would have been the first person to throw a punch. I'm picturing the time a few years back when a white guy flew into a boxing ring on a parachute and all hell broke loose. The African-Americans at ringside and in the audience went f**king crazy and started pounding the crap out of every white person in the place. It was a fu**king gong show. I'm so sick of African-Americans playing the race card, Give us a break. We're all racists, each and every one of us at some level. Nuff said. Peace out, all you muther f**ers!

Posted at 11:57AM on Nov 21st 2006 by Jimmy

69. This is America. We don't forgive people here, cracker.

Posted at 12:00PM on Nov 21st 2006 by Ray

70. I was a fan for Jerry Sienfield's show for a long time. I loved his character. Now I am very angry about his outragious joke. I don't think I will never see their show again. Thank you for showing us his true identity.

Posted at 12:24PM on Nov 21st 2006 by Samson

71. For me it was not so much the N word as most blacks have attempted to desensitize the word over the years in comedy and in music. What bothered me the most was the hateful reference to the past when blacks were abused and tortured.

It's reported he said "Fifty years ago we'd have you upside down with a f------ fork up your a--."

I think a references like that to the treatment of blacks makes me think that he believes that it was OK to do that to other human beings. To me that's more insensitive than the N word.

Posted at 11:54AM on Nov 21st 2006 by Paul

72. You know some of these comments on this forum are making me sick. He gets offended by people in the audience who think that he is not funny and he calls them NIGGERS! What is going on? Who does he think he is? And what's worse is some of these Anglo Saxons on this site, (Yes I said ANGLO SAXONS because he said Afro Americans) agree with his BS apology! Even Jerry Seinfeld himself told the audience not to laugh becuase it wasn't funny. Heckling has been around for years and the great comedians either ignore it or roll with it in their routine. This DOES NOT excuse him for his actions. Me personally, I never found Seinfeld to be funny in the first place and now I am SURE that I won't support it...

Posted at 1:53PM on Nov 21st 2006 by BigNoct

73. Seriously TMZ don't you people have any other stories? 3 stories in a row about Kramer on Letterman...c'mon. Y'all should go back to letting people who live in caves write stories about video games.

Posted at 2:29AM on Dec 14th 2006 by The only one who matters

74. What I got out of what Richards said on Letterman is that this was really caused by an anger that is deep inside all of us. When it is from a person it results in a tirade like his, when it is from a country it results in war. So it isn't his fault. I think it may be George Bush's fault. Everything else is. If you are going to apologize at least take responsibility for your own actions. No, this is not some great cosmic anger residing within us all. Most of us can manage to control our words. I'm sorry, but it really isn't my fault is NOT an apology.

Posted at 11:56AM on Nov 21st 2006 by Observer

75. In Samalia the Arabs are killing unarmed Black human beings at the rate of 100,000 a year, 500,000 so far, and the Blacks and the media in the USA are upset over words in a commedy club.
Where is the rational thinking?

Posted at 12:32PM on Nov 21st 2006 by Bruce Saltzman 501st of the 101st Viet Nam 1968-69