History Creator / MichaelRichards

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Richards' primary career venture after ''Seinfeld'' was returning to stand-up, although it would culminate in a night of infamy that, over a decade later, has still proven inseparable from his reputation in the public consciousness.

In the years since, Richards' screen work has been sparse, including a voice role in the Seinfeld-starring ''WesternAnimation/BeeMovie'', an appearance in ''Series/CurbYourEnthusiasm'' {{as himself}} [[SelfDeprecation in which he poked fun at the incident]], and a co-starring role on the sitcom ''Kirstie'', which was cancelled after one season. He also appeared in a 2012 episode of Seinfeld's ''WebVideo/ComediansInCarsGettingCoffee'', where he admitted that the incident still haunted him to that day and played a major role in his retirement from stand-up.

During a set on November 17, 2006 at the Laugh Factory, Richards received reported heckling and interruptions from a small group of black audience members. In his words after the fact, anger got the best of him and he tried to defuse the chatter by being as outrageously offensive as possible. But in a video recording of the event from the crowd that soon went viral online, Richards was seen launching into a racist rant, making references to slavery and the Jim Crow era as well as repeatedly shouting the N-word, shocking his audience.

In the years since, Richards' screen work has been sparse, including a voice role in the Seinfeld-starring ''WesternAnimation/BeeMovie'', an appearance in ''Series/CurbYourEnthusiasm'' {{as himself}} [[SelfDeprecation in which he made light of the incident]], and a co-starring role on the sitcom ''Kirstie'', which was cancelled after one season. He also appeared in a 2012 episode of Seinfeld's ''WebVideo/ComediansInCarsGettingCoffee'', where he admitted that the incident still haunted him to that day and played a major role in his retirement from stand-up.

Richards' primary career venture after ''Seinfeld'' was returning to stand-up, although this would culminate in a night of infamy that, over a decade later, has still proven inseparable from his reputation in the public consciousness.

Michael Anthony Richards (born July 24, 1949 in Culver City, California) is an American actor, writer, television producer, and comedian best known for his role as Kramer in the sitcom ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'', which offered a pretty good idea of the types of characters he plays.

* CrossesTheLineTwice: Richards claims his infamous Laugh Factory rant at a heckler [[InvokedTrope was an attempt to shock him into silence]] by being deliberately over-the-top, but he instead crossed the line into DudeNotFunny territory for many.

** In a 2012 episode of "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee", Richards said that the Laugh Factory incident was still haunting him. To this day he has never returned to performing stand-up.
* RoleEndingMisdemeanor:
** His infamous Laugh Factory rant more or less destroyed his career. To elaborate: It was November 17, 2006. Richards was being repeatedly interrupted and teased by a small group of black people in his audience. ''After awhile, '''he had enough.''''' He went on an utterly racist rant, complete with NWordPrivileges and various references to the Jim Crow laws. When confronted by Kyle Doss, Richards snapped at him as well. Three days later, Richards publicly apologized, but many audience members [[RejectedApology laughed at him.]] Creator/JerrySeinfeld defended Richards, saying that it's not funny at all. Furthermore, Kyle Doss ''also'' [[RejectedApology did not accept Richards' apology.]] Richards retired from stand-up comedy the following year.
** Fast-forward a few years, and Richards ''still'' feels awful about it.
* StarDerailingRole: Michael Richards's first post-Seinfeld role in ''The Michael Richards Show'' flopped so hard is established the "''Seinfeld'' curse". Since then, he's mostly only done voice-over work until 2006, when he launched into a racist rant at a heckler. He later had one of the main roles on the sitcom ''Kirstie'' but it was cancelled after one season. Since then, he has had very few acting roles.
* ThrowItIn: Kramer's signature entrance of hurriedly barging through Jerry's front door came about by accident. The first time it happened, Richards was at risk of missing his cue and was scrambling to get into the scene on time. The audience ''loved it'', so Richards started doing it intentionally.

* CrossesTheLineTwice: Richards claims his racist rant at a heckler at one of his stand-up shows [[InvokedTrope was an attempt to shock him into silence]] by being ''that'' over-the-top, but instead Richards crossed the line into DudeNotFunny territory instead.

** ''Film/{{UHF}}'' is a touchy subject for him, though he was a good enough sport to do the commentary for (part of) the film.

** His infamous "Laugh Factory" racist rant more or less destroyed his career. To elaborate: It was November 17, 2006. Richards was being repeatedly interrupted and teased by a small group of black people in his audience. ''After awhile, '''he had enough.''''' He went on an utterly racist rant, complete with NWordPrivileges and various references to the Jim Crow laws. When confronted by Kyle Doss, Richards snapped at him as well. Three days later, Richards publicly apologized, but many audience members [[RejectedApology laughed at him.]] Creator/JerrySeinfeld defended Richards, saying that it's not funny at all. Furthermore, Kyle Doss ''also'' [[RejectedApology did not accept Richards' apology.]] Richards retired from stand-up comedy the following year.

* CrossesTheLineTwice: Richards claims his racist rant at a heckler at one of his stand-up shows [[InvokedTrope was an attempt to shock him into silence]] by being ''that'' over-the-top, but instead Richards crossed the line into DudeNotFunny territory instead.

* RoleEndingMisdemeanor: His infamous "Laugh Factory" racist rant more or less destroyed his career.
** To elaborate: It was November 17, 2006. Richards was being repeatedly interrupted and teased by a small group of black people in his audience. ''After awhile, '''he had enough.''''' He went on an utterly racist rant, complete with NWordPrivileges and various references to the Jim Crow Laws. When confronted by Kyle Doss, Richards snapped at him as well. Three days later, Richards publicly apologized, but many audience members [[RejectedApology laughed at him.]] Creator/JerrySeinfeld defended Richards, saying that it's not funny at all. Furthermore, Kyle Doss ''also'' [[RejectedApology did not accept Richards' apology.]] Richards retired from stand-up comedy the following year.

* StarDerailingRole: Michael Richards's first post-Seinfeld role in ''The Michael Richards Show'' flopped so hard is established the "''Seinfeld'' curse". Since then, he's mostly only done voice-over work until 2006, when he launched into a racist rant at a heckler. He later had one of the main roles on the sitcom Kirstie but it was cancelled after one season. Since then, he has had very few acting roles.

* StarDerailingRole: Michael Richards's first post-Seinfeld role in ''The Michael Richards Show'' flopped so hard is established the "''Seinfeld'' curse". Since then, he's only done voice-over work until 2006, when he launched into a racist rant at a heckler.

* OldShame: ''Film/{{UHF}}'' is a touchy subject for him, though he was a good enough sport to do the commentary for (part of) the film.

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* IAmNotSpock: He will forever he known as Cosmo Kramer.

** To elaborate: It was November 17, 2006. Richards was being repeatedly interrupted and teased by a small group of black people in his audience. ''After awhile, '''he had enough.''''' He went on an utterly racist rant, complete with NWordPriveleges and various references to the Jim Crow Laws. When confronted by Kyle Doss, Richards snapped at him as well. Three days later, Richards publicly apologized, but many audience members [[RejectedApology laughed at him.]] Creator/JerrySeinfeld defended Richards, saying that it's not funny at all. Furthermore, Kyle Doss ''also'' [[RejectedApology did not accept Richards' apology.]] Richards retired from stand-up comedy the following year.

* CrossesTheLineTwice: Richards claims his racist rant at a heckler at one of his stand-up shows was an attempt to shock him into silence by being ''that'' over-the-top, but instead Richards crossed the line into DudeNotFunny territory instead.

* RoleEndingMisdemeanor: The racist rant.

Michael Anthony Richards (born July 24, 1949) is an American actor, writer, television producer, and comedian best known for his role as Kramer in the sitcom ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'', which offered a pretty good idea of the types of characters he plays.

* JustJokingJustification: Richards claims his racist rant at a heckler at one of his stand-up shows was an attempt to shock the heckler into silence by being ''that'' over-the-top, but he landed in DudeNotFunny territory instead.

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* ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}''

Michael Anthony Richards (born July 24, 1959) is an American actor, writer, television producer, and comedian best known for his role as Kramer in the sitcom ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'', which offered a pretty good idea of the types of characters he plays.