Michael Richards
Michael Richards is an American actor and comedian best known for playing Cosmo Kramer on the television sitcom *Seinfeld* (1989–1998), a role that won him three Emmy Awards.
His career was largely derailed by a 2006 incident in which he responded to hecklers at a comedy club with a racist tirade, video of which spread rapidly online.
Fifth weekdays
- UHF300 MHz to 3 GHz
- stand-upSolo comedic performance
- improvUnscripted comedic performance
- GroundlingsLA improv theater school
Emmy Award · sitcom star · 1990s · primetime · syndication · comeback · hiatus · retirement
Exaggerated physical humor
- pratfallComedic fall on buttocks
- lankyTall and ungainly thin
- flailingUncontrolled limb movement
- timingArt of choosing moments
rubbery · expressive · exaggerated · body language · mugging · double take · visual gag · tumbling
Sudden emotional release
- apologyStatement acknowledging wrongdoing
- backlashStrong negative reaction
- scandalDisgraceful public affair
- hecklerOne who taunts performers
meltdown · public humiliation · boycott · damage control · rehabilitation · sensitivity · criticism · controversy
- MoviefoneTelephone listings for theaters
- PetermanOccupational family name
- butterSolid fat from cream
- golf ballDimpled sphere for putting
hot tub · cigar store Indian · lobster trap · eccentric · lovable rogue · scene-stealer
Fridays
Fifth weekdays
Groundlings · Emmy Award · sitcom star · 1990s · primetime · syndication · comeback · hiatus · retirement
slapstick
Exaggerated physical humor
timing · rubbery · expressive · exaggerated · body language · mugging · double take · visual gag · tumbling · contortion
outburst
Sudden emotional release
- apologyStatement acknowledging wrongdoing
- backlashStrong negative reaction
- scandalDisgraceful public affair
heckler · meltdown · public humiliation · boycott · damage control · rehabilitation · sensitivity · criticism · controversy · reputation
Kramer
golf ball · hot tub · cigar store Indian · lobster trap · eccentric · lovable rogue · scene-stealer
Michael RichardsBob Newhart
Buster Keaton · Aubrey Plaza · Jim Gaffigan · Jerry Seinfeld · Norm Macdonald
Michael RichardsJerry Seinfeld
Julia Louis-Dreyfus · Betty White · Tom Hanks · Bryan Cranston · Jason Alexander
Michael RichardsRobert Downey Jr.
Hugh Grant · Drew Barrymore · Mark Wahlberg · Martha Stewart · redemption arc