Well, Michael Richards completely lost it at a gig last Friday and went on Letterman last night to apologize. It's really a shame because Richards has always been one of the funniest actors I have seen. I'm not sure Richards should have been doing stand-up comedy anyway...he's a great comedian but he has to know that he's going to take some crap from people in the audience wanting him to do his Kramer schtick or just heckling him because he's a huge name.
As we all know, Richards has never been able to move beyond his Kramer role. Per his IMDb page, you can see he was all over the place before Seinfeld but he's been pretty scarce since. I'm sure he has enough money that he doesn't have to take tiny roles in other sitcoms but his comeback attempts makes it obvious that he still wants to be in the limelight and hasn't been able to do so. Kramer was typecast following rave reviews for his portrayal of gonorrhea -- Michael Richards has been typecast as Kramer.
Hopefully Richards can pull his life together and make a comeback but it's going to be a long, long road. Until then, there's always Seinfeld reruns in a much more innocent time.
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Can we not refer to him as Kramer anymore, please?
Thanks,
Greg
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