The Michael Richards Show

Michael Richards goes APE!

Seriously, what happened here? I'm all for stand-up comedians taking hecklers down about 20,000 notches but this is pretty repellent. It's odd that he said the thing about the lynching and someone actually cheered in the audience but then he says the dreaded N-word and everyone gets quiet.

I suppose there's a silver lining, though, in that someone far wittier than I can now make up a joke that begins:

Mel Gibson, Michael Richards, and Sammy Davis Jr. walk into a bar...