Yoo, hoo! Jerry! It is all right that I call you Jerry.
Michael Richards said many mean and racist things. Does that make it hard to watch Seinfeld reruns?
No, not if you have the TiVo. I have the TiVo. I did not even mean to watch Seinfeld reruns, but the Tivo made me! The TiVo recorded an episode where Jerry and Elaine were having a conversation, and the conversation was about how Jerry and Elaine were living in New York City and dating people and how that was funny. But then Kramer entered the room, and all I could see was Michael Richards! So I turned it off, but I think the TiVo kept watching it, and laughing. So if it was ethically right to turn the show off, that is what I did. If it was not ethically right to turn it off, I can watch it later. This is called "nonpartisanship."
But it is clear that the show's producers made a big mistake by not making racism one of Kramer's humorous foibles, like how nobody knew how he made money or how he yelled a lot. None of the characters were perfect, and that was part of the joke! If it was funny that they would park in a handicapped-only parking space, why wouldn't it be just as funny for Kramer to start randomly screaming "nigger!" in the diner?
What a hoot! Here is my suggestion:
JERRY! I KNOW YOU READ MY BLOG! DO A FUNNY REUNION SHOW WHERE KRAMER STARTS SCREAMING THE WORD NIGGER!
That would be the best way to make Kramer "loveable" again.
I think this is excellent advice and I do not see a downside.
No, not if you have the TiVo. I have the TiVo. I did not even mean to watch Seinfeld reruns, but the Tivo made me! The TiVo recorded an episode where Jerry and Elaine were having a conversation, and the conversation was about how Jerry and Elaine were living in New York City and dating people and how that was funny. But then Kramer entered the room, and all I could see was Michael Richards! So I turned it off, but I think the TiVo kept watching it, and laughing. So if it was ethically right to turn the show off, that is what I did. If it was not ethically right to turn it off, I can watch it later. This is called "nonpartisanship."
But it is clear that the show's producers made a big mistake by not making racism one of Kramer's humorous foibles, like how nobody knew how he made money or how he yelled a lot. None of the characters were perfect, and that was part of the joke! If it was funny that they would park in a handicapped-only parking space, why wouldn't it be just as funny for Kramer to start randomly screaming "nigger!" in the diner?
What a hoot! Here is my suggestion:
JERRY! I KNOW YOU READ MY BLOG! DO A FUNNY REUNION SHOW WHERE KRAMER STARTS SCREAMING THE WORD NIGGER!
That would be the best way to make Kramer "loveable" again.
I think this is excellent advice and I do not see a downside.
posted by Ann Altmouse at 10:09 PM
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Kramer should also call his friends 'kikes'. That would be hi-fucking-larious!
I'd like to see an episode where Kramer and George's father invent a new type of truss and Kramer wants to call it "The Hebe." HIlarity ensues!
BTW, welcome back!
Your back!
Not a moment too soon!
I am not sure what you mean by "back." I have not been anywhere. Perhaps you have been somewhere? I encourage you to engage in a process of sincere self-reflection.
After a serious period of self-reflection: Welcome back! We missed you. Please don't forget to blog about your Thanksgiving squirrel!
I encourage you to engage in a process of sincere self-reflection.
Having done so, I now acknowlege the partisanship implicit in my previous comment. By "back", I meant in a direction opposed to "front" in much the same way that others refer to left as opposed to right.
I apologize for the resulting implication that you actually hold a position.
Water is the essence of wetness.
Altmouse is the essence of Althouse.
doyle:
i cannot believe you would inject a partisan remark about water! i hope you will stay on topic next time!
That parody site is at it again:
But you taunters -- you know who you are! -- be advised: I could taunt you right back so hard it wouldn't even be funny.
Have missed you.
You look at all sides of the issue: up, down, front, back, sideways; it's so refreshing.
Hey you damn cats! Get off the roof!
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