I just watched that video of Kramer flipping out after being heckled by some black audience members. I know it’s week-old news but I’ll comment anyway. So I guess these guys had been getting on his nerves the whole evening and he wanted to make fun of them in a shocking way, but he clearly went a little far. In the subsequent apology on Letterman, a lot of the audience was laughing at first—understandably, they probably thought it was a bit, since most of Dave’s audience is probably people on vacation who hadn’t heard the news yet. I find it ironic that the apology happened there because Jerry Seinfeld was on that night, so he was again riding Jerry’s coattails.
What is funny (to me, anyway) is that there was an episode of Seinfeld that was actually about hecklers, where Jerry went to where a heckler worked and started heckling him while he was doing his job. Maybe that’s what Kramer should have done instead of dropping n-bombs.
Well I thought I’d have more to say about this topic when I started typing this, but I’m realizing that I really don’t care what someone I’ve never met says to someone I’ve never met in a city I’ve never been to. So I’ll just leave you with a funny parody of the event to watch.
December 9, 4:55 am
Does an eye for an eye leave the whole world blind?