How Michael Richards dealt with another heckler

[HeyLeroy]

How Michael Richards dealt with another heckler:
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I posted this in the other MR thread, but thought it deserves its own. I was willing to give him the benefit of the doubt, as every video I've been able to find excludes what the hecklers said before he went off. (If anyone has a link...) Also, during the video he appeared to make reference to the power of the words he was using, which made me question why he was saying them.

But the video linked above seems to reiterate that the guy's crazier than a rat in a coffee can.

[Kiwiwriter]

...Well, he's beating up on blacks and Jews. Next is women, then gays.

At least he's consistent. :boggled:

[varwoche]

Whoa. If that's Richards in the video I'll eat my shoe.

[boooeee]

Are you sure that's the "Seinfeld" Michael Richards?

[alfaniner]

No, that's either Starsky or Jeff (of Pink Lady and Jeff).

[bob_kark]

That looks more like Jason Alexander with a bad wig. Sorry HL, that's not Michael Richards.

[steverino]

That looks more like Jason Alexander with a bad wig. Sorry HL, that's not Michael Richards.

It's actually an Elvis impersonator impersonating Michael Richards.

[qayak]

I laughed my ass off! I thought the comic showed great restraint only clubbing the guy once with the guitar!

"I'm sorry, ma'am but he came at me!" :D :D :D

[pipelineaudio]

its headin' right for us!!!!!

[Bruce]

That wasn't Michael Richards, but it was still damn funny! I can't believe he actually hit the guy with his guitar! He's a comic, not a rock star. It's not like he can just grab another guitar off the shelf. It was probably worth several paychecks.

I wonder if the guy he hit ever got up. :eye-poppi

[HarryKeogh]

I would love to know what happened afterwards.

[BPSCG]

I'm no standup comedian, but I used to play a mad doctor in a room at my Jaycees' haunted house every Halloween.

Invariably, there would be the occasional heckler, almost always a teenage boy, and always with some friends. I figured out very quickly that the best route was to not engage the heckler directly, but to engage his friends. If he was with guy friends: "He's pretty obnoxious, isn't he? Is he always like that after just one beer?" Invariably, his buddies would laugh and agree and start ripping on him - the last thing he wanted when he started heckling.

If the heckler was with a girlfriend: "Wow, does he always act like such a jerk when he's trying to impress you?" GF would invariably give a wry smile and roll her eyes; heckler would notice and figure, "Oh, #$%, I thought I was impressing her..."

Result: Heckler always shut up.

[daredelvis]

No, that's either Starsky or Jeff (of Pink Lady and Jeff).

You need to catch "Wait Wait Don't Tell Me" from a couple of weeks ago. Harry Shearer was the guest on the "not my job" segment, and the questions were about Pink Lady and Jeff. I'm waiting for the DVD to come out!

Daredelvis

[Snide]

I'm no standup comedian, but I used to play a mad doctor in a room at my Jaycees' haunted house every Halloween.

Invariably, there would be the occasional heckler, almost always a teenage boy, and always with some friends. I figured out very quickly that the best route was to not engage the heckler directly, but to engage his friends. If he was with guy friends: "He's pretty obnoxious, isn't he? Is he always like that after just one beer?" Invariably, his buddies would laugh and agree and start ripping on him - the last thing he wanted when he started heckling.

If the heckler was with a girlfriend: "Wow, does he always act like such a jerk when he's trying to impress you?" GF would invariably give a wry smile and roll her eyes; heckler would notice and figure, "Oh, #$%, I thought I was impressing her..."

Result: Heckler always shut up.That's perfect. Ironically, when people make asses out of themselves, it's almost invariably out of trying to impress others. It's like the first grader throwing a rock at the girl he likes. All you have to do is get the others to show him how unimpressed they are.

[HeyLeroy]

My apologies, that doesn't appear to be Michael Richards.

[The Painter]

That was great.

[Axenos]

The comedians name is Kenny Moore and according to one site the recipient of the guitar shot took 40 stitches in the head and sued the hotel that the show was in.

[Bruce]

The comedians name is Kenny Moore and according to one site the recipient of the guitar shot took 40 stitches in the head and sued the hotel that the show was in.

:cool:

How do you explain that to your medical insurance company?

"Bashed in the head by a comedian with a guitar. He wasn't very funny." :D

[bigred]

My apologies, that doesn't appear to be Michael Richards.
Nothin gets by you dude.

;)

Yeah someone heckles him so he whacks him w/a guitar. What a guy. I suspect he's in the Montana militia too :boxedin:

He makes Bill Hicks look classy.

[shuize]

The action took place off camera so I can't be sure how it went down. But if some heckler climbed up on stage like he was ready to rumble, I'd probably hit him with the guitar first and ask questions later.

[Pescado]

The action took place off camera so I can't be sure how it went down. But if some heckler climbed up on stage like he was ready to rumble, I'd probably hit him with the guitar first and ask questions later.
Seconded. If the guy is a heckler, he's probably intoxicated to begin with. If he is coming towards the stage and no security guys are coming to help, who knows what he has in mind. It surprised me how seemingly mortified everyone in the audience was when the comic hit the guy with the guitar. If I was in the audience, I probably would be be thinking that the moron got what he deserved. But I'm an a-hole like that.

Plus if some guy was disrespecting me like that, I would probably already only be a hair away from starting a fight with him anyway. But like I said, I'm just an a-hole like that. It runs in the family. Irish-Okie blood and all that.

Which makes me hope I am never put in a similar situation, because I doubt the D.A. or the civil attorney for the 'victim' would be overly sympathetic to my plea of 'he deserved it!'.

[pipelineaudio]

A LOT of really good performers have learned from experience, how not to "break the set" and to appear to be continuing to perform as normal, while CRAZY stuff is going down.

Its always hard to tell with comedians when they are joking and when they are really warning someone back. Often the banter will just ramp up a notch while the comic waits for security. If no security is forthcoming soon, seemingly without warning the transgressor can catch a mic stand to the face

With bands it gets WAY more fun

[bigred]

Seconded. If the guy is a heckler, he's probably intoxicated to begin with. If he is coming towards the stage and no security guys are coming to help, who knows what he has in mind. It surprised me how seemingly mortified everyone in the audience was when the comic hit the guy with the guitar. If I was in the audience, I probably would be be thinking that the moron got what he deserved. But I'm an a-hole like that.
Fair enough, agree w/you on all counts.

Well I can't say re. the last part but if you say so :cool: