# Michael Richards
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-richards/527405
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [February 2, 2010, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-richards/527405 "2010-02-02T17:03:21Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Livardo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Livardo)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2010, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-richards/527405/1 "2010-02-02T17:03:21Z")
So what’s up with Kramer?
You don’t hear much about him and seeing his IMDB page it looks like he hasn’t done much since 2007. Looks like he’ll be doing some voice work in a movie this year though.
Did he attempt to go on comedy tours again?
Do you think people have forgotten about the “incident” yet? I wonder if he’s done any standup after the incident.
If he hasn’t already, I think he should go on Oprah some time, that seems to be the elixir that cures all the celeb blues. Throw Tiger Woods in there for good measure.
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### Author:  [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2010, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-richards/527405/2 "2010-02-02T17:05:16Z")
I mean, he was on Curb Your Enthusiasm quite a bit this year. Isn’t that listed in the IMDB?
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### Author:  [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2010, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-richards/527405/3 "2010-02-02T17:05:34Z")
I think a _UHF_ sequel is in order.
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### Author:  [@Livardo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Livardo)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2010, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-richards/527405/4 "2010-02-02T17:07:40Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#):
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> I mean, he was on Curb Your Enthusiasm quite a bit this year. Isn’t that listed in the IMDB?
Oh, you’re right.. he’s listed as “Self”, so I guess he is finding stuff to do!
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### Author:  [@BKReporter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BKReporter)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2010, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-richards/527405/5 "2010-02-02T17:18:15Z")
He pretty much became toxic after the N-word incident of '06.
But even before, it didn’t look like he had been doing much. “Bee Movie,” the made-for-TV version of “David Copperfield” and the short lived “Michael Richards Show” look to be his only credits between “Seinfeld” and “Curb Your Enthusiasm.”
Which is unfortunate, because he really is a pretty talented comic actor. What he did with Kramer on “Seinfeld” was almost magical.
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### Author:  [@FordTaurusSHO94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordTaurusSHO94)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2010, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-richards/527405/6 "2010-02-02T17:26:46Z")
The stuff that he did on Curb Your Enthusiasm was great. I nearly choked at his reaction to Leon knocking on his door dressed like Farrakhan.
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### Author:  [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2010, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-richards/527405/7 "2010-02-02T17:31:23Z")
> [@BKReporter](#):
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> But even before, it didn’t look like he had been doing much. “Bee Movie,” the made-for-TV version of “David Copperfield” and the short lived “Michael Richards Show” look to be his only credits between “Seinfeld” and “Curb Your Enthusiasm.”
Television and movies aren’t the only work an actor or comedian can get. There’s also theatre, radio, audio recordings, and stand-up comedy. Has anyone checked the ITTB or IBDB to see if Richards has any credits there?
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### Author:  [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2010, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-richards/527405/8 "2010-02-02T17:41:42Z")
He’s currently being held prisoner at Channel 8.
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### Author:  [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2010, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-richards/527405/9 "2010-02-02T17:49:58Z")
> [@garygnu](#):
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> I think a _UHF_ sequel is in order.
I second that.
I’m thinking of something orange… something orange. Give up? It’s an orange!
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### Author:  [@powerjacob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/powerjacob)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2010, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-richards/527405/10 "2010-02-02T20:26:44Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#):
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> I second that.
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> I’m thinking of something orange… something orange. Give up? It’s an orange!
“It’s time for the FIRE HOSE!”
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### Author:  [@StoutHearted](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StoutHearted)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2010, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-richards/527405/11 "2010-02-02T20:39:21Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#):
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> I second that.
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> I’m thinking of something orange… something orange. Give up? It’s an orange!
Thirded.
“What’s in the box? Nothing? Absolutely nothing! Stupid! You’re so stupid!”
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### Author:  [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2010, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-richards/527405/12 "2010-02-02T21:33:09Z")
I can’t believe Weird Al never had a chance to make another movie.
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### Author:  [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2010, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-richards/527405/13 "2010-02-02T21:42:45Z")
Stanley Spadowski: “George, you know I was wondering, like if you were traveling through outer space, I mean like you’re going real fast, like the speed of light, you know… hoooohhhhh… and all of a sudden you started screaming… aaaahhhhh aaaaahhhhh… Do you think your brain would blow up?”
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### Author:  [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2010, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-richards/527405/14 "2010-02-02T22:10:19Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#):
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> I can’t believe Weird Al never had a chance to make another movie.
Well he was in the Naked Gun, and the Naked Gun 33 1/3 I believe.
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### Author:  [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2010, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-richards/527405/15 "2010-02-02T22:14:56Z")
Was that a successful full retard?
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### Author:  [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2010, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-richards/527405/16 "2010-02-02T23:03:22Z")
UHF is a great movie, ruined only by a pedestrian plot.
This is my new mop. George, my friend, he gave me this mop. This is a pretty good mop. It’s not as good as my first mop. I miss my first mop, but this is still a good mop. Sometimes you just hafta take what life gives ya, 'cause life is like a mop and sometimes life gets full of dirt and crud and bugs and hairballs and stuff… you, you, you gotta clean it out. You, you, you gotta put it in here and rinse it off and start all over again and, and sometimes, sometimes life sticks to the floor so bad you know a mop, a mop, it’s not good enough, it’s not good enough. You, you gotta get down there, like, with a toothbrush, you know, and you gotta, you gotta really scrub 'cause you gotta get it off. You gotta really try to get it off. But if that doesn’t work, that doesn’t work, you can’t give up. You gotta, you gotta stand right up. You, you gotta run to a window and say, “Hey! These floors are dirty as hell, and I’m not gonna take it any more!”
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### Author:  [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2010, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-richards/527405/17 "2010-02-02T23:50:43Z")
Spatula City!
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### Author:  [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2010, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-richards/527405/18 "2010-02-02T23:54:28Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#):
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> I can’t believe Weird Al never had a chance to make another movie.
[Ahem.](http://alyankovic.wordpress.com/2010/01/25/this-thing-im-doing/)
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### Author:  [@Livardo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Livardo)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2010, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-richards/527405/19 "2010-02-03T19:53:56Z")
Has any other entertainer fucked up as badly as he did and been able to come back to their previous “level” ?
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### Author:  [@2ply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2ply)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2010, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-richards/527405/20 "2010-02-06T05:07:11Z")
Eh. It’s not like he had much of a career after Seinfeld. Most stars from successful sitcoms never reach that level again, even if they manage to keep their feelings about black people to themselves.
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