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Richards' Rant -- Not The First Time
TMZ ^ | 11/22/06

Posted on 11/22/2006 4:29:13 PM PST by Mr. Brightside

Richards' Rant -- Not The First Time

Posted Nov 22nd 2006 2:10PM by TMZ Staff

Filed under: Train Wrecks, TV

Did Michael Richards attack the Jews? Two Los Angeles residents have come forward and said that's exactly what happened last Spring at L.A. comedy club, The Improv.

Carol Oschin and J.P. Fillet say they were at The Improv on April 22 when Richards took the stage. They say that in the middle of Richards' skit, a man in the audience said something to the comedian, when Richards allegedly launched into an anti-Semitic rant. According to Oschin, Richards screamed at the audience member, "You f***ing Jew. You people are the cause of Jesus dying."

Oschin says the rant continued and Richards stormed off the stage. Oschin and Fillet say that, at first, they thought Richards' tirade was part of his act, but claim that it quickly became apparent it was not.

Richards' publicist, Howard Rubenstein, confirmed to TMZ that Richards did make derogatory comments about Jews, but says it was part of his act. Rubenstein says Richards told him, "I'm not anti-Semitic. I was playing a role and poking fun at the rednecks."


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To: Argus

Yep, his apology on Letterman was off the unintentional comedy charts.


21 posted on 11/22/2006 9:16:58 PM PST by CaliPhant
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To: atomicpossum

I was thinking that he's come to standup late in life and that he didn't figure out how to handle hecklers.


22 posted on 11/22/2006 9:19:42 PM PST by scrabblehack
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To: Mr. Brightside
Anyone offended by Richards performance would've fainted if they ever saw Sam Kinison live on stage. At least Sam attempted to be funny when he insulted people.

Don Rickles, "No soup for you"

23 posted on 11/23/2006 6:17:14 AM PST by BallyBill (Serial Hit-N-Run poster)
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To: Mr. Brightside
"I'm not anti-Semitic. I was playing a role and poking fun at the rednecks."

And then he insults the entire south on top of it

What a jack***

24 posted on 11/23/2006 6:21:29 AM PST by Mo1 (Thank You Mr & Mrs "I'm gonna teach you a lesson" Voter ... you just screwed us on so many levels)
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To: atomicpossum

"Frankly, I don't think Richards is a racist or anything else. He might have a real temper, though, or maybe just a tin ear for improv."

Yep. I've known people like him. If someone pisses him off, he goes straight for the jugular with the most "hurtful" remarks he can make.

Still the fact that some black people getting called a name is still news a week later is telling about toaday's society. Whites are expected to be near perfect and blacks, well, what was that line about the soft bigotry of low expectations? Nobody expects anything.

If he had been insulting jews, like Flava Flav did, he could just get a show on VH1. Gotta pick your victims better, Richard. Now you're only qualified to be a senator from West Virginia.


25 posted on 11/23/2006 6:58:46 AM PST by L98Fiero (Terrorists, Communists and Liberals. All happy with a Democrat Congress)
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To: Mr. Brightside

How come no rednecks have come forward?


26 posted on 11/23/2006 7:00:34 AM PST by Osage Orange (The old/liberal/socialist media is the most ruthless and destructive enemy of this country.)
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To: KingKenrod

If he's a Mason, then he's no longer a Catholic.


27 posted on 11/23/2006 9:26:37 AM PST by Emmett McCarthy
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