Michael Richards followed Seinfeld with major television flop

To work on the hit Sitkam 1989 “Seinfeld”, comedian and actor Michael Richards Perhaps he was the most famous for his strange performance in the cultural comedy the same year “UHF”, playing the unfortunate, heroic janitor Stanley. Others may also recognize him for playing a violent killer in a “troubled child” or “Shlep” Batller FEEs in “Transylvania 6-5000”. Of course, those who watched the ABC Stand-Up series “on Fridays” in 1980 would already know Richards with their comedy. As long as “Seinfeld” appeared on his way, Richards was already an experienced performer.

“Seinfeld”, of course, made Richards a millionaire and home name. Losing the role of Cosmo Kramer, he read three Amy, and this led to high -profile roles in studio comedy films such as “Airheads” and “Trying and Error”. It will remain popular with the infamous incident in 2006 at the laughter factory in Hollywood, California, in which he was aggressively gathering with racial epithets. Richards apologized several times, but the incident damaged his career, and as a result he quit the stand-up. Since then, it has had miserable roles.

And Richards seems to be under pressure till this evening at the laughter factory. “Seinfeld” was such a large-scale Juggernaut, it seemed that the four main stars of the show (Richards, Julia Louis-Dreifus, Jason Alexander, Jerry Sainfeld) could never “recover”. They would be so closely linked to the series that casting agents will never be able to look at them outside Kramer, Eleine, George and Jerry. At least it seemed that for the 2000 Richards project “Michael Richards’s show”, the detective sycama that he prepared, wrote and wrote it. Michael Richards’s show lasted only eight episodes.

Richards was most famous as a comedian, so he most likely thought that his next “Seinfeld” should become another Sitkam or comedy series. His idea for Michael Richards’s show was unexpected but loud. Richards played a blunt but capable private investigator named Vick Nardozo, who acted with the Los -Andeles. Richards created the show together with Andy Robin, Gregg Kavet and Spike Ferestene, three more prolific writers “Seinfeld”, and aimed at expanding Richards’s repertoire, cuddling to his comedic talents.

Vic worked with a poorly organized office, to work Brad McCay (Amazing William Devan). At the head of the McCay series, he hires a new Secretary of Stacey, who will serve as an incredible Tim Miduz series, playing Kevin’s expert. Bill Kobs also played a regular role. NBC was persistent in the message that Vick Nardozo was no It will be like Kosma Kramer, and that Michael Richards’s show was a completely different animal than “Seinfeld”.

According to the report in EWProduction at Richards has caused anxiety from the beginning. Early test checks also did not go well because it seemed to be viewers need More Cosmo Kramer. Andy Robin tried to remain optimistic, saying that people could “slap the show, all (they) want” and that “low expectations could not hurt.”

The ratings were high for the first episode of the show, which aired on October 24, 2000. However, there were many uncertain problems behind the scenes. Fereesten seems to be left the show after the second episode. The ratings quickly fell, and Michael Richards’ show was preserved only after eight episodes, ending on December 10.

Reading the old article EW, it seems that no one believed in the Michael Richards’s show. Not acting, not viewers. The overall mood that could be obtained was that Richards was unheard. You can observe the series clip on YouTube and find a significant, funny, quite properly, but largely ambiguous syclay. It is strange that the prerequisite was so versatile, “Michael Richards’s show” did not require the glory of Michael Richards to flourish; He could work with any talented or devoted comedian in the lead role.

Many years of William Devan was interviewed by AV ClubAnd he confirmed that everything on Michael Richards’s show was confusing from his creation. It seems that Richards was constantly fixed with NBC’s head for being a series, no one could achieve a creative consensus in any way, and all the time fired the highest. He was guilty of failure of the show on Richards’s shoulders. As he said:

“Everything was set up wrong. (Richards) had a real perverted feeling that it was. Again the star is something like.

He continued to say that the show was not corrected, and that his show, which he did not name, was not able to lead with a clear head. Unlike the “Seinfeld”, there was No figure Larry David with a clear idea of ​​what the show should be.

Michael Richards’ show is not available anywhere, but resourceful internet will be able to find the whole series on the Internet, removed from old RIPS VHS.