@@poopyanalbumhole Actually I heard George (Jason Alexander) say that Newman could easily have played his part and it would have been just as good. For me all the characters were perfect as they were and they all "just fit".
i am sweet heart but not because of any book. i thought i came up with a stand up gimmick about a bad fitness instructor and i did a quick youtube to see if it exist and the closest i can fine is this and jim cary on in living color
Superior talent - a key part of the most successful show to ever be on television. Richards is fearless and takes his work EXTREMELY seriously. One of history's greatest physical comedians.
FRIDAYS 1979 / 1980 😂😂😂 This was one of Micheal Richards characters on the late night comedy show trying to compete with SNL.... I loved that show, most people forgot about it.
Thanks to MaJoDo in the comments below for providing the date of this "Tonight Show" episode as March 2, 1989. On April 27, 1989, Michael Richards would film the pilot episode of "The Seinfeld Chronicles" before a live studio audience at Ren-Mar Studios in Hollywood. It would air on Wed. July 5, 1989, and resume with a 4-week run (season 1) on Thursday May 31, 1990.
just started listening his memoir on audiobook - this is in chapter one. Most of it improvised after a chat with Leno a few nights before. We see all the makings of Kramer - Jerry Seinfeld watched this that night on TV.....
Michael Richards is great and super funny. Whether he's playing on Transylvania 6500, Problem Child, Weird Als Movies, or Kramer on Seinfeld he's an absolute comic genius
Just brilliant. He's lampooning not really even people who are being a dick, but instead, people who are just a whole lot less cool than they think they are. Hey - maybe this was the prototype for the antagonist played by Ben Stiller in Dodgeball!
Had Michael not had the meltdown, his Seinfeld cash could have been just sitting and generating more millions, and he could have been doing stuff like this for years to come.
Funny how pre seinfeld the comedians on the show; seinfeld. Michael Richards, Larry David, were all 2nd or 3rd tier stars. No offence meant, but they werent robin williams, or eddie murphy,. but they eventually got to shine. Hope for us all
AT LAST SOMEONE BESIDES ME REMEMBERS FRIDAYS!!!!!!!!!!!! I knew I wasn't going crazy and just imagining it.....thank you!!!! but this is him actually appearing on the tonight show when Fridays was just starting. This was when Leno had not taken over the tonight show permanently but was sitting for Carson as some comedians got to do from time to time.
@@studybug2010 I would watch to see Melanie Chartoff, but Michael Richards got most of my laughs. Between Dick and his "Battle Boy" characters, he was the highlight of the show.
I think the uploader wrote the description simply to say they copied this footage from the special features of Seinfeld. I myself own a Seinfeld DVD box set of the first two seasons, and this Dick Williams sketch is one of “The Tonight Show” TV Appearances in the Extras section of the fourth disc. The clip is dated March 2, 1989.
For anyone who ever used one of those 80’s row machines, this is exactly why he did that. They were anoying. Even knowing what yiu were doing those damn seats were so stupid
Unfortunately, often times artists are desperate to shake their type-cast characters. In retrospect, my advice "Let it go Michael. Go through life as Kramer. Make people laugh once in a while. Collect the checks then go home."
Does anyone remember Michael Richards' Sat. Night Fever character he did in the first episodes of 'Fridays'? He'd wear the 3 piece suit that Johnny T wore in '...Fever' and you know how he does the whole Mr. Kool Kat that he does? Then he becomes that 'Kramer-like' bumbling idiot that makes Inspector Clouseau look like Jack Nicholson at Oscar party. 😁
Nope, Kramer was the most popular character on one of the most popular comedies in the history of Television. Your _friend_ - you deem quotable - is hardy Larry David 😂😂😂
I think Kramer is what gave Seinfeld something unique that none of the other sitcoms could replicate.
Without Kramer, it would have never been nearly as successful.
@@poopyanalbumhole Actually I heard George (Jason Alexander) say that Newman could easily have played his part and it would have been just as good. For me all the characters were perfect as they were and they all "just fit".
@@amdistant5547 yeah, who would do newman otherwise? he is too good at that.
@@amdistant5547 Vargas!
big salad
Who’s here in 2024 after hearing or reading the foreword on Michael’s new book. Jerry’s forward brought highlighted this performance beautifully!
YOU GOT THAT STRAIGHT!!!!!!
i am sweet heart but not because of any book. i thought i came up with a stand up gimmick about a bad fitness instructor and i did a quick youtube to see if it exist and the closest i can fine is this and jim cary on in living color
Superior talent - a key part of the most successful show to ever be on television. Richards is fearless and takes his work EXTREMELY seriously. One of history's greatest physical comedians.
He's the only comedian that can " fall up ".........
ok boomer
No doubt. 🤪💯
@@lobsterwhisperer7932 you never heard of Bozo the Clown?
@@lobsterwhisperer7932 you idiot
This skit is what landed him his spot as Kramer.
FRIDAYS 1979 / 1980 😂😂😂 This was one of Micheal Richards characters on the late night comedy show trying to compete with SNL.... I loved that show, most people forgot about it.
Thanks to MaJoDo in the comments below for providing the date of this "Tonight Show" episode as March 2, 1989. On April 27, 1989, Michael Richards would film the pilot episode of "The Seinfeld Chronicles" before a live studio audience at Ren-Mar Studios in Hollywood. It would air on Wed. July 5, 1989, and resume with a 4-week run (season 1) on Thursday May 31, 1990.
😄, I love his sporty outfit.He s hilarious!
Like the take Kwon do guy in Napoleon dynamite
Birth of a legend
Dick Williams isn’t the fitness expert America needs. He’s the fitness expert America deserves.
This is a character he used to do on Fridays.
Great insight into a genius of physical comedy!
This is actually one of the pieces that got him on to the Sein!!
just started listening his memoir on audiobook - this is in chapter one. Most of it improvised after a chat with Leno a few nights before. We see all the makings of Kramer - Jerry Seinfeld watched this that night on TV.....
Im crying here. this is too funny.
Jay Leno look's like a Jay Leno impersonator here 😂
Michael Richards is great and super funny. Whether he's playing on Transylvania 6500, Problem Child, Weird Als Movies, or Kramer on Seinfeld he's an absolute comic genius
I like that Jay didn't mind being the straight man.
Richards could've easily fit into the early days of comedy television in the time of Gleason, Ball, Skelton. Excellent physical comedian.
Phyllis Goober LOL!!!!!
It's also quite funny that he is quite athletic-looking. Slapstick like this takes real talent. This guy did it better than anyone.
He wore that same necklace the entire run of Seinfeld........
Did he?
“Even after scienfeld he did some of his best work with that comedy bit”. Zach galenefisc
Michael Richards is a comedic genius
Brilliant bit.
"Hollywood's Top Fitness Trainer Dick Williams!" Intro exchange 0:17 hilarious!!
Simple but comedy gold!
This reminds me of those old goofy cartoon shorts, usually sports related.
Totally! You can still watch those on Disney+
Finally, a guy that wears the right shoes to a workout.
Yup, just reading that bit now 😅
The book brought me here 😅
Same, through the Rich Eisen show where Richard’s is the guest
I really wonder what things Michael Richards would have done if not for Seinfeld
Probably more movies like UHF with Weird Al.
Just brilliant. He's lampooning not really even people who are being a dick, but instead, people who are just a whole lot less cool than they think they are. Hey - maybe this was the prototype for the antagonist played by Ben Stiller in Dodgeball!
I think Ben Stiller took it from his role in Heavyweights. That was my assumption at least.
No one. Not even Jim Carrey was this funny with physical comedy.
Jerry Lewis
Is this from the show Fridays?
That name is just perfect
Great comedian Kramer
I’m here in 2024 after reading Michael’s books forward! Small world huh?
This was a great bit up there with Laurel & Hardy. A perfect Segway into Seinfeld. He was more a clown than a stand up as we found out.
This is a character he used to do on Fridays.
Of course he's gonna smoke. He was the Marlboro Man.
The straightman is pretty funny too. "I think I see the problem."
Love it
Total Classic comedy.
Unbeknownst to Michael Richards at the time , he was actually working on his Kramer character all through these years . Kismet .
I always wonder what we'd have seen from MR if not for his racist comedy club meltdown.
Wow young Jay Leno!!
Had Michael not had the meltdown, his Seinfeld cash could have been just sitting and generating more millions, and he could have been doing stuff like this for years to come.
I'm pretty sure he's still rich
He probably only has about $50M left, I hope he makes it
Most comedy is non-verbal and he excelled at that.
Funny how pre seinfeld the comedians on the show; seinfeld. Michael Richards, Larry David, were all 2nd or 3rd tier stars. No offence meant, but they werent robin williams, or eddie murphy,. but they eventually got to shine. Hope for us all
Robin Williams wasn't all that great. He got to be pretty annoying.
@@ModMokkaMattishhhhhhhhh
Strong, flexible, tough and hella funny.
This isn't from Seinfeld. This is from Fridays!
AT LAST SOMEONE BESIDES ME REMEMBERS FRIDAYS!!!!!!!!!!!! I knew I wasn't going crazy and just imagining it.....thank you!!!! but this is him actually appearing on the tonight show when Fridays was just starting. This was when Leno had not taken over the tonight show permanently but was sitting for Carson as some comedians got to do from time to time.
@@studybug2010 I would watch to see Melanie Chartoff, but Michael Richards got most of my laughs. Between Dick and his "Battle Boy" characters, he was the highlight of the show.
Richards (and Larry David) were on ABCs Fridays. But isn't this from mid 80s Tonight show when Jay was guest hosting?
I think the uploader wrote the description simply to say they copied this footage from the special features of Seinfeld. I myself own a Seinfeld DVD box set of the first two seasons, and this Dick Williams sketch is one of “The Tonight Show” TV Appearances in the Extras section of the fourth disc. The clip is dated March 2, 1989.
This is classic guy humor. Physician comedy. Three stooges, Laurel and Hardy, Jack Tripper... Funny!
The k man 198?
all that chalk on him... good thing he knows where a hose is to drink out of!\
He did a version of that on Seinfeld, where he had a bag of dry cement.
This guys pretty funny
I wonder if he’s done any standup
GIDDY UP !
He's definitely part Kramer here it's coming out of him
For anyone who ever used one of those 80’s row machines, this is exactly why he did that. They were anoying. Even knowing what yiu were doing those damn seats were so stupid
Those grips were off a girl's bike haha
Is that Pennypacker?
Tuesdays With Stories
Certainly a fine, fine show lol
Unfortunately, often times artists are desperate to shake their type-cast characters. In retrospect, my advice "Let it go Michael. Go through life as Kramer. Make people laugh once in a while. Collect the checks then go home."
I guess all those headstands at the beach turned him into a fitness guru.
Roger Crumis...... Phylis Goober
Todd Gack
Does anyone remember Michael Richards' Sat. Night Fever character he did in the first episodes of 'Fridays'? He'd wear the 3 piece suit that Johnny T wore in '...Fever' and you know how he does the whole Mr. Kool Kat that he does? Then he becomes that 'Kramer-like' bumbling idiot that makes Inspector Clouseau look like Jack Nicholson at Oscar party. 😁
Great legend kramer
legendary racism
As my friend described it, this is a very safe humor for the 55 and older crowd.
@Mark Johnson ok boomer
Nope, Kramer was the most popular character on one of the most popular comedies in the history of Television. Your _friend_ - you deem quotable - is hardy Larry David 😂😂😂
good, clean humor
@@lobsterwhisperer7932 ok moron
And yet, the people it was made for AT THE TIME were NOT in that age cohort. So, is your friend really correct??
THAT's Kramer
Shorts, black socks with dress shoes? You'd better have some serious legs! LOL Don't miss your leg days!
here
Hilarious
🤣🤣🤣🤣
I laughed
Thanks for your opinion, it really fuckin' counts.
THIS is when Kramer puts not the jeans lol
A lot of Jerry Lewis in this.. awkwardly over the top. Only have the crowd laughing at the dumb parts.it worked better in small spots on a sitcom.
He was funny. He should have been a comedy actor
All I see and hear is, ‘Kramer’. One trick pony, but he is good at that one thing.
Jerry Lewis
Even in Seinfeld I could only take him in small doses.
You don’t get it
Dick was a character on Fridays not Seifeld as it is insinuated. This wasn't as funny as the audience made it seem.
Michael Richards was a pretty funny guy. Too bad about that whole N word incident.
Enjoy, my fellow Kramer fans......