Michael Richards (Kramer) Doesn't Like When his Co-Stars Mess Up
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Michael Richards had immense conviction and didn't like it when his co-stars messed up. These are the bloopers that feature his annoyance... though often he seemed more amused than angry.
Check these out for his talking about it:
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Ironic how the goofiest character is the most professional.
Even funnier is actors that play serious characters are always the goofiest in real life.
Maybe he should try stand up comedy instead
In an episode of Seinfeld's Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee, Michael said he sometimes looks back at the show and thinks, he should have enjoyed himself more. He thought he was being too serious about it all.
"We won an Emmy, you know."
"Yeah, but I didn't."
Newman's reaction kills me!
Kramer was the most outlandish and hardest character to have to play on the show. Would take a lot of focus and concentration to play him right.
jerry's such a bad actor...but somehow it didn't ruin the show. Fascinating..
It's not a laugh track added in post-produciton, it's a live studio audience, so they'll laugh at whatever they find funny (bloopers, actual jokes, etc). That's part of why he would get annoyed actually, he was afraid that if they ran through a joke too many times, the audience wouldn't react as well if they only got in right on like the 9th try.
He's probably a perfectionist and doesnt like to constantly do scenes.
+Kool Breeze Some of those shoots go really late, and at that point, people just want to get it done so they can go home and sleep. It's hard to tell without context if that is just the way he is or if these things happened after a very long and annoying day.
Reggie Foxx I totally agree.....especially if they keep going on and on and on
Kramer would hate Richards if the two ever met.
so true
awesome observation.
...in som alternate universe...
Kramer easily had the toughest role on the show. He needed to stay focused. Plus he helped the others stay focused. I bet the director of the show appreciated his focus and work ethic.
I worked Key Grip on 'Fridays TV Show' & 'Seinfeld' and saw all Michael Richards' work. He embodies those 'crazy' Kramer-like tendencies in all of his roles. He actually used to press his head against walls & recite lines between scenes to get into character. You are merely seeing how he has to try harder than the other not to -'lose it'- b/c his role requires such abnormal behavior. When he DID crack up, it would take him the longest to get back into his zone. His co-stars all loved him.
Newman laughing at her in the background at 3:17, lmao
8:23 Amazing how he pulled that off without choking. That looked dangerous, to be honest.
Am I the only one that thinks he acted that way to stay in character?
I'll bet if Michael Richards was honest, he'd tell you that the funniest things he did never made it into the episode because the other cast members ruined the take by cracking up. Knowing that is why he got pissed at them.
Comedy is serious business
+Medalion Oh, the beautiful irony...
+Medalion I always read and heard that comedy is much more difficult to perform than drama.
Just to understand Richards and his annoyance here a bit better, this reminds me of something Laurence Olivier said about filming "The Prince and the Showgirl' with Marilyn Monroe. In so many words, he said that he would carefully prepare for a scene and nail it the first time, but Monroe always messed up. By the time she got it right on the third or fourth take, he had lost his edge and perhaps a bit of his annoyance showed through in his performance.
Notice how Richards always has the most intricate bits - twirling the pipe, crashing through doors, stuff like that. The others just have to stand there and play reactive characters. In terms of effort, his part was many times more difficult. Also, notice how some of his bits kind of deteriorate with each take or at least change. No wonder he got pissed off that some of his carefully planned bits were ruined, and it was probably immensely difficult to get back all that preparation for a second (or more) take..
the brilliance of michael's comedy is in the spontaneity. it's madly alive, in the moment. he understands that once he does something brilliantly funny, it'll never be quite so brilliant if he has to repeat it.
I think what was happening is that Richards is just so fucking hilarious that no one could play their part with him without cracking up. That's gotta get frustrating after a while because it means that even if he nailed his part, they can't use it because somebody laughed. But I never saw any anger or anything of the sort in this. A tiny bit of frustration is all.
OffhandDelivery I'm surprised to see that it was Elaine/JLD that broke character and laughed the most in all of these bloopers. Watching the show Jerry would constantly break character and smile or laugh while delivering lines, it was kind of like a running gag. I assumed that he broke character so often that they continued when it wasn't a scene ender.
especially when he comes sliding through the door that cracks me up every time
Got Integrity? He only did so because he knew he couldn't act and wanted to make it as light hearted as possible.
No doubt. Richards is a natural. I was crying it was so funny .
***** my thoughts exactly
I was at the taping of "The Barber" and "The Conversion" episodes back in 1993, and got to see some of Richards meticulous perfectionism firsthand. It was clear that he and the rest of the cast were extremely well-prepared, but that he was not fond of mistakes. But, the mistakes that happened never affected the cohesiveness of the ensemble. Watching Richards gear up his energy and rehearse lines silently to himself before a scene while standing off-set was something I'll never forget.
'please, you don't know how hard it is for me' is the perfect blooper to open on. It's obvious how much more effort he has to put in, his character is so far removed from reality, an almost pantomime-esque level of over the top comedy. I think it's perfectly reasonable for him to act this way. I dread to think how many hilarious moments may have been missed out on if he couldn't have finished a take.
He doesn't seem angry really in any of the clips, but if anything I think it's because he has a different style than the others, who are just straight acting for the most part. A lot of the sounds and gestures he makes that made the show so hilarious are improv and can't be reproduced easily. George & Elaine also have a lot of improv aspects to their acting but his has the most
His delivery is freakin hilarious, & it has to be frustrating to be so good, that the professionals can't even avoid laughing.
It has to be irritating, because how many good takes can a person do?
It makes complete sense.
Serenity now!
8:16 - No way in HELL is anyone keeping a straight face in this scenario.
It looks as though he's just trying to hold a straight face as best as he can each time so he doesn't get into the habit of laughing.
How could you not love when Elaine laughs? She laughs with her whole body,and it makes her hot.
+stay whys? Pretty much everything about her makes her hot.
+stay whys? The show is not about her being "hot." It's not about her at all. And her laughing while the cast and crew are attempting to film, is extremely unprofessional and self-centered.
He was joking around during it too, you could see him smirking but he wanted to stay in character. I wonder what made him tick, he doesn't seem like a bad guy.
Michael Richards made this show. He took it very seriously, he perfected Kramer.He never repeated a great bit. He was unique, fantastic actor and his physical comedy is brilliant. Yes Larry David and Jerry "Made" the show, but Larry's idea for Kramer was not Michael's. Michael literally created this character.
Cosmo Kramer may be the funniest character in the history of television. Thank you Mr. Richards, you are a legend.
Such a professional. Right up to the point where he completely shit the bed and destroyed his career.
All I see here is a man taking his job seriously.
I hate how people are saying Richards is a dick as if acting out the same scenes again and again doesn't get tiring. Kramer is the most charismatic character on the show and playing the part must take a lot of focus and dedication. To nail your lines and have someone else ruin the take would drive you crazy too. I think he handled his frustration pretty well, all things considered.
+hesmen George's rants and anger are harder still, while jerry, who wrote it, has to work hard to write lines for fucking kramer and both were chill
+John Doe fuk u
+angus7021 Richards is a dick
+angus7021 if he's the only guy getting all twisted up about it, then yes, that actually does make him a dick.
+angus7021 "I hate how people are saying Richards is a dick as if acting out the same scenes again and again doesn't get tiring."
HOW many million dollars did he get paid again, PER EPISODE?
For that much money, most people would learn to just suck it up... more like Richards is a whining bitch who has zero self-control.
That's why everyone thought he was a great actor in playing the hapless fuck-up-- i.e. HE WASN'T ACTING!
Also, how adorable are Michael and Julia together in the hallway scene near the end? It's so sweet when he is waiting for her to say her line and she looks up and just spontaneously hugs him. A great moment.
3:10 - I LVOE how Wayne Knight kraks up in the background at Elaine's comment
Wow Richards really puts his heart and soul into every single line, no wonder why he gets upset when they mess up! Such a pro
when i was a kid i was completely in love with Elaine, seeing these bloopers and her lovable laugh just brought all that back for me..
I can't imagine how hard it was to work with him without laughing. CRAZY!
"You know, I'm eating a lot of this shit." Awesome.
The thing I see with MR is the guy is so focused on what he is doing that when it goes wrong he then has to try and find that funny line again and I can totally get how it's frustrating for him having to do it several times.It doesn't make him a dick it just makes him really committed and focused.I can only imagine how hard it was to keep Kramer hilarious week after week
How much you wanna bet that if this post had been titled something besides "Michael Richards (Kramer) Doesn't Like When his Co-Stars Mess Up", we would have experienced it in a different way? We'd have probably just focused on each of the actors in each of the bloopers without having pre-judged Richards as "not liking it". When I watch this post I just see the guys interacting like so many other tight casts of whom bloopers have been shown. They continue to clown in roles they develop as cast members that get them through the production. We, most of the public anyway, have decided that Richards is a racist so it's easy to see him as some mean spirited guy in every aspect of his life. God help us all if we are never changed by our own mistakes, and God help us all if we never forgive others for theirs, because we will certainly all be outcasts and not worthy of seeing the good that is in each of us. Richards was a fantastic comedian in a very funny TV program, who, like us all, has some feelings he is not likely proud of. He made a very bad mistake, and yes, his comments here incredibly hateful and racist. When we begin to see each other in all our beautiful imperfection we can maybe have a world where people are no longer racists, or bullies, or hate mongers. But we have to start by seeing our own shortcomings first. You can't see your own frailties and faults then the other guy's are going to look pretty bad. Just sayin
What I can say from watching this, is that Michael Richards is a very good and intuitive actor.
I'm an African-American and I wonder: Is it that he might be somewhat racist, or is it that he just takes his craft extremely seriously and in a fit of anger, went to the easiest thing to get back at the attendees in question? I mean, it's not unheard of to hear people say something that they know for sure will get to a person; like if I called a female a bitch or a slut, just for the emotional win....does that make sense to anyone?
+BobaDavis That's pretty much what I always assumed, possibly coupled with deep-seated racial... something
+Ryan Evans we all have that deep-seated racial something. with all this focus we have now on anti-racism, wouldn't that add to the cognitive dissonance of it all?
Weeneen Ala'hadouanan No, we all don't. I like and dislike people equally. I love women from all different nationalities, because the experiences differ between them. But,I bear no ill will towards any particular race....I just have individuals that I don't like.
BobaDavis nah, you misunderstand :p. i'm not saying we're all just hateful racists deep inside. but we do have that "racial... something" lol. that intrinsic understanding of what makes people different. it's not necessarily a bad thing, but there's a reason we can interpret the stereotypes. it's ingrained in our minds.
Weeneen Ala'hadouanan We really don't, though. The stereotypes are there, but they come from a lack of understanding on the cultures in question. I knew store owner from India, who whenever I gave him my money, he never put my change in my hand. That shit made me want to punch his face. But after I learned that there's a caste system in parts (if not all) of India, I was able to understand why he did it. There never seemed to be any malice in how he did it, he just did it instinctively, on account of how he was brought up in his country.
In a comedy act, it takes at least someone who has a face of stone to keep the whole cast in tact. He's not humourless, he's a pro :D
Actually Michael Richards looks like a real fun guy to work with. He's really serious about comedy and I love that intensity. You really have to be an artist to have that kind of intensity on stage. Everyone on set knows he gets that way and love him for it. People are over speculating the man. Love you Michael! You will always be one of the great comedians!
So is this guy like the Christian Bale of sitcoms ?
lmao
LOL
To be fair, most of the outtakes probably happened in his scenes, because he had the the slapstickiest and most physical gags of all the characters. Which means he likely did more takes than anyone else on the cast. I can see why he might get a little exasperated from time to time.
by watching this he seems to get more pissed when Julia would laugh then anyone else.
I've seen in commentaries that once she started it would be hard for her to stop.
In her early days particularly, Julia found it hard to recover after a laughing fit. They often had to reschedule whole shooting days. It seems from this footage that Richards was just over that. Having to spend an extra day shooting a scene. I can understand why that would be frustrating.
star19632 Well she is a terrible actor.
he seemed pretty pissed at Jason Alexander in the first blooper. He needs to lighted up. (and yeah, I know what it's like on set so I don't want to hear any of that "You don't know what it's like" crap from him.)
Jem93rocks and you are who and been in what shows or movies again?
He really did take the job seriously. In the (mall) parking garage episode, when he loads his purchase into the trunk of the car, he hit his lip on the trunk and actually started bleeding. He made it a part of the scene and never broke character.
The Kramer character was the best. As Elaine called him, "a hipster doofus".
I guess George never messed up
I dunno, I think people are taking his reactions a bit too seriously. To me it just seemed like he had a dry sense of humor except for maybe one or two scenes where he actually seemed to be genuinely annoyed. Not once did it seem to me like he was actually being an asshole.
Michael richards is a comedic genius
2:15 "Who are you?" Oh man I lost it there for some reason. xD
he just wants to go home! who the fuck wants to hang around at work longer cos of other peoples fuck ups?!??!
+Jack Tripper well now i'll bet he wishes he was back on the fucking set.
+Jack Tripper If that was my job I'd hang out there 24/7!
Michael Richards = Brilliant! (...and professional)
So what? He is really serious about his work, I can respect that.
That little slap fight at the end was just perfect.
Richards often rehearsed his own bits alone,he wanted that spontaneity when it was time to roll, quite often the cast did not know exactly what he was going to do visually. A mess up meant that spontaneity was lost, but with clever editing a lot of it got through to the finish line and that's what made the show great.Maybe Richards took it all too seriously forgetting that it was the audience that had to be pleased more than himself with his performance. He need not have worried, he's great.
He only seemed slightly annoyed in a few of these... really, he's having just as much fun as they are, and it's quite apparent. Part of his comic brilliance is his ability to keep his laughter in check, but even when they mess up he continues to humor them.
I'm dying here! Literally wiping away tears! How in the world does he expect anyone to keep a straight face with all those crazy antics going on! Personally, I think it would have been fun to keep some of these moments in the final production.
Michael's clearly having the time of his life as well and great entertainment for us Seinfeld fans. Great vid.
That scene at 8:53 when Richards was cramming his face, all I could think of is, "He's going to choke".
yeah, this is exactly what i was going to say. richards is grounding the others, that's all. he doesn't Hate Having Fun or anything -- he's just the designated driver!
I'm sure Michael Richards is aware of editing, there is no doubting the eccentricity of comic geniuses and Richards is no exception. He is wound tightly, but his role was very demanding and required exceptional timing. It's hard not be working with Richards and his character and not break up once in a while, you can see Richards is a perfectionist and Seinfeld himself is very laid back.They get along together very well and it was obvious in their work that the combo was a great working team.
Looks like Micheal was so good at playing Kramer they couldnt help but to laugh when they looked at him during the scene.
Obviously Richards is a professional.
klmrxz Nah, I've seen the bloopers reels of all kinds of classic shows filled with professionals and they didn't act like dicks when other people laughed.
What are you people watching? In most of these takes, although there may be some frustration, MR is smirking or laughing as well. At the same time, he is trying to leaven the situation and bring things back to the task at hand so they can get the shots they need. They are creating a product after all, but it is not a gizmo, the product is their performance. When you think he is "angry" in the hospital scene, he is merely trying to stay in character and not break himself so they can hopefully continue and get the shot. They are all trying to do a job, but with acting, especially comedic acting, one pitfall is breaking character and falling victim to the humor at play. Any of the physical aspects do not appear violent and are more touches to try to focus the person back into character, which takes concentration and effort. They are all working very hard, and MR's other transgressions aside, I don't see anything is this reel that deserves the negative reaction many of you are providing. Watch other bloopers, it is common and all actors have their methods of dealing with them.
Thank you so much for this compilation! Very well done, very entertaining.
Its so sexy to know that Julia does not take her job too seriously and can enjoy a laugh.
OMG this had me in tears...I don't know how they could keep a straight face with him...
Man I love this series! Probably one of my favorite shows ever made
(Edited to add - why disable ratings? Its a good video!)
Man, I about coughed up both lungs laughing at this compilation. Hilarious! LMAO!
Thanks for posting it, Ryan.
I love how seriously Richards takes being funny. He wasn't so much an actor on that show as he was a force of nature. No matter what faults he has, and God knows we all have them, he really achieved something unequivocal on Seinfeld.
I find it interesting that the episode where they were choosing actors to play themselves on the show within the show "Jerry" hired an actor to play Kramer's character that was seriously intense with a chip on his shoulder. They nailed Michael Richards actually personality to a tee according to these outakes.
you can see Michael getting annoyed sometimes, Julia laughs a little too much and she's an actress.
He is completely seething at 4:00. He even looks at a crew member and does a "come on" gesture at Elaine haha.
His character is a very energetic one. I can imagine him having to do the things he does in the show several times over to be frustrating. One small example is in here, when he's stuffing the food in his mouth and has to redo it because of Jerry's laughing. He seems to handle it pretty well, but the frustration is obvious.
3:18 lol is that Newman in the background? Hello….Newman.
I've read somewhere that it was really hard for him to get in the Kramer character and when everyone starts laughing its hard for him to stay in character.
He would often stand backstage in a corner saying his lines and doing his ticks and whatnot.
He's a pro.
Michael Richards was better than anyone on Seinfeld.
True professional right there. The guy was/is a natural.
Kramer was the funniest character so it makes sense that the others would laugh in scenes with him. If the other characters were just as hilarious it would have been the same thing just with Richards laughing and the other characters getting frustrated, can't blame Richards though since he would nail his line and his co-stars would mess up and he would have to do it perfectly again.
FOOTAGE BELONGS TO NBC, CASTLEROCK ENTERTAINMENT, JERRY SEINFELD, LARRY DAVID, AND SO FORTH. I do not claim ownership in any way, I just thought that this was a compilation that needed to be made.
Michael Richards had immense conviction and didn't like it when his co-stars messed up. These are the bloopers that feature his annoyance... though often he seemed more amused than angry.
Anyway for some reason this has become hard to search for on RUclips, so I thought I'd post it here.
***** I think they only work 4 hours. Larry David said on the Kevin Polak show sit com actors work 4 hours
GodlyFamilyMan They work all week just reading the lines and rehearsing then shoot the show. It takes much more than 4 hours.
Mark T The Writers work all week, the Actors I think reherse the lines at a table real quick which is probably a couple hours, then they shoot the show. I knew a Writer for this one sit com & he told me a goo amount of what they did was improvised & they'd write the script inbetween shows, & barely have it somewhat complete a day before shooting if that. They'd improvise lots of lines, try different stuff live in front of a studio audience. But Regardless, what the point of this video is. In the bloopers, everyone else is enjoying themselves.. having fun. And Kramer is the most serious of them all. Almost like the only times he does laugh or smile is because he thinks people expect him to laugh & smile, cause they're all doing it.. I think he's just a type A dude, and everyone else is like laid back, Type B, having fun
GodlyFamilyMan Well, there is one show with a group of actors and then there are others. I know that the actors, writers and producers of Seinfeld carefully rehearsed each episode during the week before taping.
Which is why they were so successful. I think Kramer was key to the success of this show. But the real greatness was all the lesser regulars like Newman and all the guest stars. :)
Mark T Yeah and I think the original comment was something about Kramer working long hours so of course he'd get irritated when people laugh. Thinking that way, then Jerry, George & Elaine should be just as irritated if not more cause they have way more lines & camera time.. Of the 4, Kramer's in it the least. I honestly think he's more of a "planned" kinda guy, that's how Type A people are. Or maybe even a subset of Type A people "Must do things as planned" dunno if you've ever been around people like that. But it really throws everything off for them when their day isn't exactly how they pictured it, or each step according to their "plans" etc.. They get that frustrated look on their face..
Almost like they don't "get it" like they're so different from everyone else who's capable of "improvising" & just "rolling with it" like oops you messed up your line, that's funny.. lets laugh about it.. More like "You messed up your line! That's not part of the plan! Whats the matter with you?" type of thing..
I dunno dude, I'm a type B person & have been around some Type A, the "need to be planned" type A
i don't see any problem here. this video helps me to realize just what a great performer he is!
Could you imagine having to look at Kramer (Michael Richards) and deliver lines without laughing? That would be awful hard. His facial expressions would crack me up every time. Just looking at him makes you laugh.
The thing is, you know its a fantastic comedy if the people involved crack up constantly
Had so much fun watching it! I guess they were all nuts! Such comedy geniuses!!
He seems a little more serious acting than I thought he would, I assumed he would always be cracking up.
He plays one of the most outrageous characters by that I mean one of the most separated characters from himself, he probably doesn't like it when they corpse because it's harder for him to get back into character, then say Jerry, because he is basically playing himself.
Im amazed to see the lack of people noticing his passive aggressiveness, and how he favors Jerry over anyone because he was the main guy and the star of the show, as opposed t how short tempered he was with Elaine. You could just see in his eyes he was saying, (come on you talentless hack, fucking do it already) not to mention the fact she is the heir to one of the richest men in the world, and never needed to work a day in her life. Whereas Richards grew up with very little and this is him working his way up to the top / keeping his place at the top, not to mention that the racist incident shows you the amount of anger and irrationality he is capable of...
I remember Michael when he was on the Friday's show.It was live and Michael always made people laugh that were in the scene with him.RUclips has their videos.
Elaine laughs the most.......... then jerry comes in second :)
Kramer is a true professional
This wasn't that bad at all. Dudes a perfectionist. Sure he could lighten up a bit at times here but it really wasn't that bad at all.
You don't usually see comedy actors who take their work so seriously. Interesting.
It cracks me up that the zaniest guy on the show was the most together when they shot the scenes, it's like he was genuinely disappointed that some of his good work would get re-shot because the other actors couldn't keep it together. I laugh my ass off every time I see these outtakes.
Michael Richards is such a good actor. I think he had a lot to do with getting the other actors to be really good, because he was so good.
why are u advertising this as Kramer doesnt like when his co stars mess up....but he seems to think its funny in 99% of what is showed....i dont understand
Jason Walsh Because he doesn't like it. He says in behind the scenes stuff that he "would get mad, you know? I just felt it was unprofessional" and things like that. Even if sometimes he maintains a good nature, it still bothers him because he thinks it might hurt the show, not to mention the studio audience might not laugh if they have to do the same joke like 8 times.
Here, check these out, he talks about it:
ruclips.net/video/cZuGDpNjOQE/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/1AjxoQA7EcE/видео.html
I agree though that he's not reacting that horribly... a lot of people commenting on here think he's some kind of raging monster, which I don't really get. But "doesn't like when his co-stars mess up" is I think accurate.
Ryan Evans oh ok cool, I'm a huge fan of Seinfeld and Kramer is my fave character by a landslide.....Richards is an amazing actor, naturally talented and gifted....i dont blame him for getting irritated.....but he seems to handle it well at least and hide his frustration
Jason Walsh you aren't very good at reading people. michael richards was clearly angry in every single one of these scenes. where do you see laughing in 99% of this? it's barely 10%.
qbsean10 hes not laughing as much as the others because he is the one making them all laugh... but hes still laughing and taking it well...he only seems irritated in a couple scenes, most of the video i dont see any anger and hes laughing and making jokes with them....we must be watching different videos....did u only watch the first 10 seconds or the entire video?
Kramer literally wants to physically assault Elaine, haha.
A genius comedian
Great moments in time, what an ensemble.