Kramer Melts Down

This was no Lenny Bruce moment. It was just ugly. Here's Michael Richards of Seinfeld fame dealing with a couple of hecklers at the Laugh Factory in Hollywood last week (follow the link for video):

Fifty years ago we'd have you upside down with a f***ing fork up your ass....

You can talk, you can talk, you're brave now motherf**ker. Throw his ass out. He's a nigger! He's a nigger! He's a nigger! A nigger, look, there's a nigger!

Grotesque. Too bad Richards doesn't really work any more, since that makes him much harder to boycott. I guess I'll avoid seeing Cat Tale, an animated film for which Richards provides a voice, slated for a 2008 release. Not that I would have gone anyway... If they have any sense, they'll fire his racist ass.

In the meantime, I suggest he split a bottle of Cuervo with Mel Gibson and talk about how to rehabilitate his image.