[Ghengis]

One man in the audience was telling Michaels he had no talent, that he didn't get a movie or a TV show after Steinfeld because he's no good. The guy was VERY loud and there is no way that Michaels could have ignored it. I take it from Michaels' rant, that what started it was when a black man/men in the audience were talking loudly during his act. That is what started Michaels on a racist rant about blacks.

Responding by skewering the heckelers' boorish behavior is OK. Responding by showing a superior with is OK. Making fun of how the guys dress or look may also be within bounds.

If the only thing a person has to hang their hat on when matching wits with someone is to insult the other's ethnicity, that person is in trouble in life in many ways.

[weegee]

Michael Richards DID have a tv show after Seinfeld. He was a detective on some series of his OWN on NBC.

And he's been at this since the 1970s when he was on ABC's answer to SNL - Fridays.

[Ghengis]

Should have said:
Responding by showing a superior wit is OK