{"id":692071,"date":"2025-09-26T11:15:24","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T08:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/seinfeld-star-michael-richards-went-wild-on-stage-again-in-a-good-way-this-time\/"},"modified":"2025-09-26T11:15:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T08:15:24","slug":"seinfeld-star-michael-richards-went-wild-on-stage-again-in-a-good-way-this-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/seinfeld-star-michael-richards-went-wild-on-stage-again-in-a-good-way-this-time\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Seinfeld\u2019 Star Michael Richards Went Wild on Stage Again  \u2014 in a Good Way This Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4070e331457\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4070e331457\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/seinfeld-star-michael-richards-went-wild-on-stage-again-in-a-good-way-this-time\/#On_That_Racist_Tirade_and_Self-Imposed_Exodus\" >On That Racist Tirade and Self-Imposed Exodus<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/seinfeld-star-michael-richards-went-wild-on-stage-again-in-a-good-way-this-time\/#%E2%80%9CTerrified%E2%80%9D_of_Tirade_Aftermath_Richards_Thought_It_Might_Lead_to_Civil_War\" >\u201cTerrified\u201d of Tirade Aftermath, Richards Thought It Might Lead to Civil War<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/seinfeld-star-michael-richards-went-wild-on-stage-again-in-a-good-way-this-time\/#Jerry_Seinfeld_Is_%E2%80%9CVery_Methodical%E2%80%9D\" >Jerry Seinfeld Is \u201cVery Methodical\u201d<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/seinfeld-star-michael-richards-went-wild-on-stage-again-in-a-good-way-this-time\/#%E2%80%9CIf_You_Want_Funny_Go_With_That_Guy%E2%80%9D\" >\u201cIf You Want Funny, Go With That Guy\u201d<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/seinfeld-star-michael-richards-went-wild-on-stage-again-in-a-good-way-this-time\/#On_Refusing_to_Watch_Seinfeld_And_Why_That_Changed\" >On Refusing to Watch Seinfeld (And Why That Changed)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/seinfeld-star-michael-richards-went-wild-on-stage-again-in-a-good-way-this-time\/#His_Favorite_Scene_He_Nailed_in_One_Take\" >His Favorite Scene He Nailed in One Take<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/seinfeld-star-michael-richards-went-wild-on-stage-again-in-a-good-way-this-time\/#%E2%80%9CIts_Like_Sitting_in_a_New_Escalade%E2%80%9D\" >\u201cIt\u2019s Like Sitting in a New Escalade\u201d<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/seinfeld-star-michael-richards-went-wild-on-stage-again-in-a-good-way-this-time\/#Kramer_Communicated_With_Richards_About_His_Wardrobe_Choices\" >Kramer Communicated With Richards About His Wardrobe Choices<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/seinfeld-star-michael-richards-went-wild-on-stage-again-in-a-good-way-this-time\/#He_Lit_a_Tie_on_Fire_And_Was_Saved_by_Jay_Leno\" >He Lit a Tie on Fire And Was Saved by Jay Leno<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/seinfeld-star-michael-richards-went-wild-on-stage-again-in-a-good-way-this-time\/#Watermelon_Stand-Up_Experiment_Fell_Flat\" >Watermelon Stand-Up Experiment Fell Flat<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tMichael Richards has always been an unpredictable performer. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tCritics and audiences alike singled that out as Richards\u2019 brilliant skill, shaped across nine seasons and 180 episodes while starring as Cosmo Kramer on the iconic sitcom <em>Seinfeld<\/em>. Even co-stars Jerry Seinfeld, Jason Alexander and Julia Louis-Dreyfus didn\u2019t always know how Richards planned to play a scene, from entrances to exits with an inevitable pratfall in between. Richards likes to describe himself as \u201cdionysian,\u201d a word that translates to spontaneous, off-the-cuff, frenzied. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThat unpredictability helped him win three Emmy Awards. But it also torched his career and sent him into an extended 17-year exodus. During an <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>earance at the Laugh Factory in Los Angeles in November 2006, Richards was heckled by an audience member and he responded with an impromptu and explosive tirade, during which he repeatedly used the n-word. The incident, captured on camera by an audience member, went viral. After an initial apology organized by Seinfeld for <em>Late Show With David Letterman<\/em>, Richards retreated from public life. He spent years working on himself through \u201cdeep analysis\u201d and spiritual reflection, <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a>ing the world and reading. Richards emerged last year with a memoir, <em>Entrances and Exits<\/em>, and he made the publicity rounds in support of it by appearing in print and on television doing his first interviews in years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tOn Wednesday night at Ventura Music Hall, he returned to the stage for the first time since 2006 by headlining Michael Richards: An Evening of Conversations, Questions and Answers. The mini-tour of California cities continues with stops in San Luis Obispo, Menlo Park, Monterey and Petaluma, and being that Ventura was first out of the gate, nobody knew what to expect. That included Richards and his moderator, respected veteran writer Todd Gold, who collaborated on <em>Entrances and Exits<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t\u201cWe have no idea what\u2019s going to happen, which makes it really exciting,\u201d Gold said in kicking off the event shortly after 8 p.m. He added that they didn\u2019t rehearse any of the questions asked during the show\u2019s first 90 minutes, saving the final 30 for audience questions which were submitted on slips of paper before showtime. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the unpredictability of such an event proved to be a fitting match for Richards who took the audience on a rollercoaster of emotions while Gold deftly drove the train.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tRichards was at times thoughtful and quiet while recounting the racist tirade, its aftermath and the resulting exodus or praising peers like Sam Kinison, Andy Kaufman and George Carlin. Other times, he was wild, loud and rambunctious as he acted out scenes from <em>Seinfeld<\/em> or told colorful stories involving UFOs. At one point, while acting out an assignment he delivered in a public speaking class, he mimicked a seizure and threw himself to the floor convulsing in a showing that would have given Kramer a run for his money. Richards must\u2019ve gotten out of his chair at least a dozen times throughout the course of the night, strutting across stage and commanding the room. The audience got up, too, responding in kind by delivering a standing ovation to start and another when it was all said and done.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t\u201cOn our way over to this theater tonight, you were concerned about whether you could come off as your authentic self. How do you think you\u2019ve done?\u201d Gold asked in wrapping up to which Richards responded, \u201cYeah, I\u2019m close to the bone.\u201d And he was. Below are highlights from Michael Richards: A Night of Conversations, Questions and Answers.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"heading larva \/\/   lrv-a-font-accent-l   \"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"On_That_Racist_Tirade_and_Self-Imposed_Exodus\"><\/span>\n\t\tOn That Racist Tirade and Self-Imposed Exodus\t<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tAfter touching on Richards\u2019 acting method of always coming up with a backstory for Kramer before he entered a scene even if it wasn\u2019t on the page, Gold used the story as a segue to ask how it felt to revisit his backstory for the purposes of <em>Entrances and Exits.<\/em> Though the moderator meant backstory as in childhood, Richards went straight to controversy. \u201cI was forced to revisit [my backstory] because 19 years ago, I was in a comedy club and I was a very naughty, naughty man,\u201d he said of the 2006 incident. \u201cThat night, doing my act, I got interrupted, got heckled, and I really took it in the wrong way. It went really bad, and I said some awful things. Although I was trying to lift it into comedy, believe it or not, playing this idiot who\u2019s a racist but I\u2019m channeling all this goo-gah, which is what I do as a dionysian most of the time. I don\u2019t really work with an act, I\u2019m very loose on stage, very loosey-goosey. That goosey got me into some trouble.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe viral debacle led to an extended break that wound up being about 17 years, he said. \u201cI thought I would just back off and step into myself apart from show business, apart from the acting, apart from always being moved through character. How about being moved through myself? I took an exodus and I spent many, many years just looking very, very closely at mood, feeling, thought, dialoguing with mood, feeling and thought, paying attention to my dreams.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tWhile Richards revealed that he \u201ctook lots of calls\u201d from people that wanted to put him into acting jobs, he declined all those opportunities. \u201cSomething else wanted me to stay alone, to be a reclusive. I spent a lot of time each morning in the Santa Monica mountains. I needed the sun. I stuck with the sun, with the earth. I felt that the order of nature supported me in gathering a kind of order within myself.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"heading larva \/\/   lrv-a-font-accent-l   \"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CTerrified%E2%80%9D_of_Tirade_Aftermath_Richards_Thought_It_Might_Lead_to_Civil_War\"><\/span>\n\t\t\u201cTerrified\u201d of Tirade Aftermath, Richards Thought It Might Lead to Civil War\t<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe response to what happened on the Laugh Factory stage was so intense that Richards said he was left \u201cterrified,\u201d thinking it might spiral out of control. \u201cI thought the whole country was going to go into a Civil War because suddenly the guy who plays the beloved Kramer, this wacko, was on stage throwing around the n-word,\u201d he explained, adding that when he drove home that night, he im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely pictured an American flag splitting in half based on a vision that he had in a dream years before. \u201cWhat the hell is anger? Why did I let that heckler get me so angry? What in me is so susceptible, so susceptible to get so angry to say such things? It took me into the nature of anger and led me to looking around me to see how my humanity could be so, so angry.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"heading larva \/\/   lrv-a-font-accent-l   \"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Jerry_Seinfeld_Is_%E2%80%9CVery_Methodical%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>\n\t\tJerry Seinfeld Is \u201cVery Methodical\u201d\t<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tGold noted how Seinfeld wrote the book\u2019s foreword, praising Richards as a \u201cnatural\u201d and adding that the gift of doing the sitcom was how it offered the chance to be six inches from Richards. \u201cWhat was Jerry like?\u201d Gold asked, revealing he had never asked during in their years-long collaborations. \u201cOh, Jerry\u2019s very methodical,\u201d Richards explained. \u201cI always called him an apollonic. He has a real sense of order. Everything has to be put in place before he takes a step forward. It\u2019s astonishing, and it certainly works for the structure of the show. As a show runner, he really kept that going. \u2018We need to be working within a place of order.\u2019 I\u2019m much more Dionysian. I\u2019m very spontaneous, a lot of the stuff I\u2019m going to do in front of camera, I don\u2019t show it in rehearsal. I like to keep it fresh, particularly if I know it\u2019s going to be a piece of physical comedy.\u201d Because of the unpredictability of his physical comedy while playing Kramer, Richards said show directors were always prepared. \u201cI had a fourth camera,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was a three camera sitcom show but I had the luxury of a fourth camera so they always stayed wide on me.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content-image \/\/  \">\n<figure class=\"o-figure   size-large alignnone lrv-u-max-width-100p\" style=\"width:3000px\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  \">\n<div class=\"lrv-a-crop-16x9\" style=\"padding-bottom:calc((2304\/3000)*100%);\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-hollywoodreporter-2021\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2150904321.jpg?w=3000\" alt=\"\" data-lazy-srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"\" height=\"2304\" width=\"3000\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"c-figcaption  lrv-u-padding-tb-025\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"a-font-secondary-s lrv-u-margin-r-025\">Richards and Seinfeld at the latter\u2019s premiere of his Netflix film <em>Unfrosted<\/em> on April 30, 2024. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"a-font-accent-uppercase-xs lrv-u-color-grey-dark\">(Photo by Amy Sussman\/Getty Images)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"heading larva \/\/   lrv-a-font-accent-l   \"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CIf_You_Want_Funny_Go_With_That_Guy%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>\n\t\t\u201cIf You Want Funny, Go With That Guy\u201d\t<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tWhile Richards has talked and written about his <em>Seinfeld<\/em> audition before, it always seems relevant to revisit how his casting changed TV history. Looking back on the process, Richards dished that NBC executives \u201cdidn\u2019t want me\u201d and co-creator Larry David wasn\u2019t immediately sold either. The actor was coming off the short-lived <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> <em>Marblehead Manor<\/em>, also on NBC, and \u201csince that show had been canceled, the networks didn\u2019t like to put an actor fresh from a canceled show into a new show,\u201d he said. But he gave it his all during the audition. \u201cI saw an office chair that had wheels on it, and I got in that instead so I could roll around. I got carried away with the wheels, doing some physical comedy. What I really wanted to do was just have fun because there wasn\u2019t much I could do from what was in the script,\u201d Richards recalled, adding that his goal became making Seinfeld laugh, which he accomplished. \u201cJerry\u2019s laughing and that was the chemistry. I knew that when he laughed, I could play like that with him. Jerry knew right then.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tBut he had to make it to the final audition, which was held at New York\u2019s Plaza Hotel. Richards rode the elevator to emerge into a suite where NBC executives were waiting. He walked in and asked, \u201cWhat are you people doing in my room?\u201d Then he went to the bathroom, yelled out \u201ccome on!\u201d before flushing the toilet and walking out with wet hands. Instead of playing it straight, he continued with the audition by reading his lines while doing a headstand on the table, knocking over a lamp and landing in a chair. Nailed it. \u201cI hope I\u2019m not sounding conceited,\u201d Richards admitted. \u201cBut the head of the network was sitting there said, \u2018Well, if you want funny, you go with that guy.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"heading larva \/\/   lrv-a-font-accent-l   \"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"On_Refusing_to_Watch_Seinfeld_And_Why_That_Changed\"><\/span>\n\t\tOn Refusing to Watch <em>Seinfeld<\/em> (And Why That Changed)\t<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThough it\u2019s one of the most beloved sitcoms of all time \u2014 and routinely charts on Netflix\u2019s streaming rankings all these years later \u2014\u00a0Richards refused to watch the show. \u201cWhen I would watch \u2018em, I would feel so disappointed,\u201d he revealed. \u201cThere was so much to do. You only get one or two takes, and you got to move on. Television is the fastest medium possible. You put these shows together in four days. Four days, you put a show together. I just felt it was moving so fast, and so when I would see an episode, I\u2019d say, \u2018Oh, I could have done this,\u2019 or I could have done that. I couldn\u2019t bear to watch it and I wouldn\u2019t watch it. I just did them and moved on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThat attitude changed three years ago when he and Gold started putting the memoir together. \u201cI said, \u2018I\u2019ve got to get familiar with these episodes. We\u2019re writing about these episodes. I got to go into recall what it was like to make these episodes, each and every one of \u2019em.\u2019 After so many years, I sat with my, at the time, 9-year-old son, and we watched the shows in sequence from beginning to end. You can do that Netflix, which is pretty cool. We spent two and a half weeks just watching <em>Seinfeld<\/em> episodes. I was so enjoying it because now I\u2019m distant enough. I\u2019m not in it. I could see them objectively. I was going, \u2018Oh my god, this is, wow.\u2019 I was so happy that I was a part of it because the ensemble is so just so rich. All these semi-regular actors, it was like the great second bench of the Chicago Bulls.\u201d <\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content-image \/\/  \">\n<figure class=\"o-figure   size-large alignnone lrv-u-max-width-100p\" style=\"width:3000px\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  \">\n<div class=\"lrv-a-crop-16x9\" style=\"padding-bottom:calc((1995\/3000)*100%);\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-hollywoodreporter-2021\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-51758027.jpg?w=3000\" alt=\"\" data-lazy-srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"\" height=\"1995\" width=\"3000\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"c-figcaption  lrv-u-padding-tb-025\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"a-font-secondary-s lrv-u-margin-r-025\">Richards, Louis-Dreyfus and Seinfeld at a DVD party at New York\u2019s Rainbow Room on Nov. 17, 2004. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"a-font-accent-uppercase-xs lrv-u-color-grey-dark\">(Photo by Fernando Leon\/Getty Images)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"heading larva \/\/   lrv-a-font-accent-l   \"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"His_Favorite_Scene_He_Nailed_in_One_Take\"><\/span>\n\t\tHis Favorite Scene He Nailed in One Take\t<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tDuring the Q&amp;A portion of the evening, Richards was asked to name his favorite <em>Seinfeld<\/em> episode, and he cited \u201cThe Revenge,\u201d the seventh episode of the show\u2019s second season. Specifically, he loves a scene that finds Kramer teaming up with Jerry to get revenge on a laundromat owner (for allegedly stealing money from Jerry) by pouring cement into a washing machine. \u201cThat was the first show that I introduced some physical comedy,\u201d he said. \u201cI don\u2019t say this out of conceit, but I did it in one take. I had it all visualized. The director was opposed to it. He says, \u2019It\u2019s going to take too much time.\u2019 They didn\u2019t want to take the time to do physical comedy because you have to set it up, rehearse it, and it\u2019s going to be way over there and we wouldn\u2019t be able to play that to the audience. But I knew where the laughs were. I wanted to show that we can do this, we can get it done and we can move on very quickly. I had it all planned out. They even let me design the set. That was a delight for me.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tHe also noted how he loved \u201cThe Statue,\u201d the sixth episode from the same season. \u201cThat\u2019s the first time that Kramer got to be a character, playing a character, and you could see how his imagination is romp. The physical comedy with that and then pouring cement into the washing machine. The physicality of those two episodes back to back, man, that was the birth of Kramer.\u201d <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"heading larva \/\/   lrv-a-font-accent-l   \"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CIts_Like_Sitting_in_a_New_Escalade%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>\n\t\t\u201cIt\u2019s Like Sitting in a New Escalade\u201d\t<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tPlaying Kramer looked like it could be hazardous to Richards\u2019 health due to the sheer number of pratfalls over the years. But he was well-protected. \u201cI had a pad kit. I had hip pads, knee pads, elbow pads. I had pads all over the place,\u201d he said with a smile. He recalled a specific scene with actor Danny Woodburn\u00a0(\u201csuch an open-hearted guy\u201d) from \u201cThe Wait Out,\u201d episode 21 from season 7. Woodburn played Mickey Abbott and they were meant to be rehearsing an acting scene but Kramer\u2019s pants are too tight that he can\u2019t sit down. Mickey races over and tackles Kramer. \u201cI had a wonderful brace on all the way up to protect my spine,\u201d Richards said. \u201cIt was like sitting in a new Escalade.\u201d <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"heading larva \/\/   lrv-a-font-accent-l   \"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Kramer_Communicated_With_Richards_About_His_Wardrobe_Choices\"><\/span>\n\t\tKramer Communicated With Richards About His Wardrobe Choices\t<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tBeyond back braces, Richards said he went to great lengths to find a wardrobe that fit Kramer\u2019s vibe. \u201cI\u2019ll just say that the character talked to me. I felt like I was told to go to thrift shops,\u201d he said, revealing that the character communicated directly to him. \u201cKramer, where do you get your clothes? Thrift shops. All the clothes he wears, that\u2019s the reason why the pants are a little short because those are the clothes he\u2019s always had for 20 years. It just so happened to turn out that it was rather hip.\u201d Richards spent his summer hiatus by scouring the racks, at one point accumulating \u201cover 90 shirts\u201d for his character. \u201cThat stuff was all out of the early \u201960s. I made a point of making sure that all those clothes were out of the early \u201960s, never went into the \u201950s.\u201d Years later, a man approached him to say how much he loved his work on <em>Seinfeld<\/em>, claiming that he made $18 million by manufacturing shirts in the style of Kramer. \u201cI said, \u2018God, I should have been in on that.\u2019 I didn\u2019t think business wise, but it just turned out that those $1.50 shirts could be sold for a whole lot more.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content-image \/\/  \">\n<figure class=\"o-figure   size-large alignnone lrv-u-max-width-100p\" style=\"width:1000px\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  \">\n<div class=\"lrv-a-crop-16x9\" style=\"padding-bottom:calc((671\/1000)*100%);\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-hollywoodreporter-2021\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/TSDSEIN_CK086-EMBED-2021.jpg?w=1000\" alt=\"\" data-lazy-srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"\" height=\"671\" width=\"1000\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"c-figcaption  lrv-u-padding-tb-025\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"a-font-secondary-s lrv-u-margin-r-025\">Alexander, Louis-Dreyfus, Richards Seinfeld on <em>Seinfeld<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"a-font-accent-uppercase-xs lrv-u-color-grey-dark\">\u00a9NBC\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"heading larva \/\/   lrv-a-font-accent-l   \"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"He_Lit_a_Tie_on_Fire_And_Was_Saved_by_Jay_Leno\"><\/span>\n\t\tHe Lit a Tie on Fire And Was Saved by Jay Leno\t<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tRichards and Gold repeatedly touched on the improvisation, the unpredictability of life, the \u201cvalue of the irrational\u201d and how it all adds color to one\u2019s experience. Jumping off from that point, Richards recalled how he was on stage once and found himself moved to try something wildly unpredictable. \u201cI didn\u2019t really get the response I wanted,\u201d he said in starting the story. \u201cI said, \u2018Ladies and gentlemen, I\u2019m going to sacrifice myself to the comedy gods. I\u2019m going to light myself on fire.\u2019 I put a flame to my tie and just stood there thinking, how am I going to get out of this? This is highly irrational. First of all, I wasn\u2019t planning to light myself on fire, but I\u2019m on fire now, and the next thing I know, the flames are coming up to my face.\u201d Just then, Jay Leno jumped up on stage and doused him with water. \u201cHe turned to the audience and said something, and we got a huge laugh, huge, and I said, \u2018Thank you, Jay. That\u2019s our routine. We\u2019ve been working on that all afternoon. The timing of that water was good but Jay, maybe a little bit earlier next time. I could feel the flames on my throat.\u2019\u201d <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"heading larva \/\/   lrv-a-font-accent-l   \"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Watermelon_Stand-Up_Experiment_Fell_Flat\"><\/span>\n\t\tWatermelon Stand-Up Experiment Fell Flat\t<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tRichards talked about up being inspired by comedy greats, people like Andy Kaufman, Robin Williams, Jim Carrey, Sam Kinison and George Carlin. He spent time specifically praising Kaufman who also had an unpredictable style, evidenced by the time that he washed clothes and read a magazine while on stage in front of an audience. Richards felt he needed to experiment with an exercise of his own but the one he picked out turned out not to be that sweet. \u201cI brought out a big watermelon and I just sat there,\u201d he said. \u201cI opened up the water, handed out slices of watermelon to people, and then I burped and I left.\u201d The \u201cbig-time manager\u201d he had at the time was not impressed. \u201cHe said, \u2018Michael, I don\u2019t know what you\u2019re doing up there.\u2019 I said, \u2018I\u2019m getting acquainted with the audience, that\u2019s what I\u2019m doing.\u2019 He didn\u2019t know what to do with that. Everybody was striving to get that six minutes on <em>The Tonight Show <\/em>and he said, \u2018You don\u2019t have anything I can do that with if you\u2019re just eating watermelon.\u2019\u201d <\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content-image \/\/  \">\n<figure class=\"o-figure   size-large alignnone lrv-u-max-width-100p\" style=\"width:3000px\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  \">\n<div class=\"lrv-a-crop-16x9\" style=\"padding-bottom:calc((2077\/3000)*100%);\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-hollywoodreporter-2021\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-465233680.jpg?w=3000\" alt=\"\" data-lazy-srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"\" height=\"2077\" width=\"3000\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"c-figcaption  lrv-u-padding-tb-025\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"a-font-secondary-s lrv-u-margin-r-025\">Richards, Alexander and Seinfeld at a lunch at the Palm in Beverly Hills, Calif., on March 4, 2015.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"a-font-accent-uppercase-xs lrv-u-color-grey-dark\">(Photo by Michael Buckner\/Getty Images for Baby Buggy)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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