Posted on 11/23/2006 1:40:47 PM PST by neverdem
"It was important for him to get right out and say he's sorry," said Wallace. "Jerry dropped his own standup bit on the show to make room for Michael.
"But this will damage him for a long time. You can go on TV every day and apologize and people will say you didn't."
Asked how he felt about Richards' outburst, Wallace - who is black - cracked, "It's about time someone told those Negroes to shut up."
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He is a very funny guy. I feel like I've been laughing with him for thirty years. I saw him a few times live. He's an old pro.
He always wanted to be a comedian even when he was a little boy. But he went and got two degrees in marketing and sales at Akron (Ohio) way back when. Then he went off to try his hand at what he really wanted to do. I'm glad that he did.
He is a very funny guy.
He is a very funny guy.............. and he is black.
"prior to the Lenny Bruce generation"
The Lenny Bruce generation? Lenny would have been 81 this year (just one year older than Marilyn Monroe). Oy vay.....
"The question, however, is what exactly did the patrons suffer?"
Evidently, they suffered a greatly enhanced sense of opportunity for unearned revenue.
He's also Seinfeld's mentor, former room mate and friend.
I like that, we ought to be able to laugh at such name calling.. and take it with a grain of salt. I'm Italian and if you call me a greaseball, dago or guinea, I could care less, whether you meant it in fun or not.
Hey Wap! Get Offa da lawn!
I remember when we heard stuff like that on TV all the time in the Archie Bunker days.
You are right, we should be able to laugh at that kind of stuff. PC ness has gone way too far, and causes more hate than name calling ever did.
Yes, and I suspect it's been a long time since Richards actually worked outdoors under the hot sun.
I agree. On the one hand we are encouraged to be cruder and more offensive all the time because that "pushes the envelope" and somehow constant envelope pushing is a good thing (Is there an "envelope" anywhere that has not been "pushed" to the breaking point?). On the other hand, we are supposed to be extremely sensitive and it is considered the hightes virtue to be constantly offended at everyone and everything. Imagined slights become real and real insults become thought crimes, only it is also a thought crime to not be offending or offended. This chaos accomplishes two things:
1. A general breakdown in civilized norms creates opportunities for degenerates, demagogues and criminals.
2. Someone has to enforce the double-standards and this is an opportunity for the high priests of political correctness to dictate how people will be "offended" or not. It is like something out of "1984."
If Barbra Streisand can have paid hecklers in the crowd she can use an excuse to launch into an anti-Bush tirade, why can't Richards have paid black hecklers in the crowd for him to denigrate, conveniently caught on video and timed to happen at the same time Seinfeld's next season is released on DVD?
They probably told the dolt to say something controversial but then he took it too far and it backfired on him.
I smell a set-up.
Nice to see a limosine liberal get their racism caught on camera. Watch how hollyweird will attempt to cover for their brother.
"Is this where I git me a fishin' license?" ... Jon Carry in Wisconsin during the 2004 campaign
I think George is a good bit older than Jerry ............ but if he was Jerry's mentor, that's great. George is a very wise comedian.
I don't think I could have been so decent as most of them have been through all the really awful and despicable treatment over the years.
From Boston Herald Inside Track:
http://thetrack.bostonherald.com/moreTrack/view.bg?articleid=168650
"...Two other comedy club patrons Carol Oschin and J.P. Fillet, reported to TMZ.com that Richards’ recent racial rant at the West Hollywood laugh palace was a flashback to the not-so-stand-up guy’s gig at The Improv in La-La in April. The duo recalled that in the middle of Richards’ skit, a man in the crowd yelled something to the comedian whereupon Kramer’s alter ego launched into an anti-Semitic diatribe.
Oschin said Richards started shouting, “You (bleep)ing Jew. You people are the cause of Jesus dying.”
Again, sound familiar?
He continued railing against the man until storming off the stage in a fit, she said.
As for Richards’ April outburst, Rubenstein says his client insisted that he’s “not anti-Semitic,” and “was playing a role and poking fun at the rednecks.”
Yep.
Wrong........ if anything Richard's explosion will hurt sales.
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