Where have I seen Kramer before Seinfeld?
JayS
He was also on a short-lived variety show called "Fridays" that was on about 15 years ago.
It was like a Saturday Night Live, only it was on Friday nites and on another network
(ABC, I think). He played a character called Mr. Dick or something like that. I think
he smoked a pipe and was like a poor-man's Hugh Hefner type guy. Actually, when Kramer
gets into his chic-suave mode on Seinfeld, he's acting a lot like the "Fridays" character.
"Fridays" was the show with Nat E. Dred, the Rasta Gourmet. The guy with the ganja, if
you remember that.
ClipperMag
He also played a character that was either a pharmasist or a drug adddict
that was always saying "TAKE A PILL" when asked almost any question.
LEGGGS
---- Subject: Re: Where have I seen Kramer before Seinfeld?
----From: clipp...@aol.com (ClipperMag)
----Date: 10 Aug 1996 18:39:11 -0400
----Message-ID: <4uj32f$p...@newsbf02.news.aol.com>
----He also played a character that was either a pharmasist or a drug
adddict
----that was always saying "TAKE A PILL" when asked almost any question.
that was not Michael Richards... one of the charactors that MR had was a
little boy who was always blowing up GI Joe and other dolls who kinda
lived in a world of his own....his back yard had foxholes/bunkers and the
like.. but that charactor was NOT MR...
an old Fridays Watcher...
Lisa..needing a pill
It Shrinks..???
Leg...@aol.com
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Carl Hriczak
Proph...@microagewny.com writes:
kramer was also seen in the movie UHF with wierd al yankovic. He played
the character Stanley Spodowski, Janitor and TV star at the UHF station.
He acted dumb here, But had all of kramer's trademark falls, sildes, and
other moves.
Terri Smith
Yes, he also played a character that lived in the attic, I think, a small boy who
played with toy soldiers.
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On 8/10/96 2:52AM, in message <320C31...@ccsi.com>, JayS
Julian Richard Halligan
JayS (jays...@ccsi.com) wrote:
He is also one of the main characters in Weird Al's
"The Vidiot from UHF"
JAn
Steve Ellis
In article <4ujkn4$2...@newsbf02.news.aol.com> leg...@aol.com (LEGGGS) writes:
>----He also played a character that was either a pharmasist or a drug
>adddict
>----that was always saying "TAKE A PILL" when asked almost any question.
>that was not Michael Richards... one of the charactors that MR had was a
>little boy who was always blowing up GI Joe and other dolls who kinda
>lived in a world of his own....his back yard had foxholes/bunkers and the
>like.. but that charactor was NOT MR...
>an old Fridays Watcher...
>Lisa..needing a pill
>It Shrinks..???
The pharmacist was played by Mark Blankfield; Melanie Chartoff did the news;
Michael Richards, Darrow Igus, Maryedith Burrell, Bruce Mahler, Brandis Kemp.
Oh, and some guy named Larry David - wonder whatever happened to him? ;)
God, I loved Fridays. I would kill (well I'd pinch real hard) for a copy of
some of those skits - particularly Altered Statesman & The Ronnie Horror
Picture Show.
Brian Janisse
Carl Hriczak wrote:
>
> LEGGGS wrote:
> >
> > ---- Subject: Re: Where have I seen Kramer before Seinfeld?
> > ----From: clipp...@aol.com (ClipperMag)
> > ----Date: 10 Aug 1996 18:39:11 -0400
> > ----Message-ID: <4uj32f$p...@newsbf02.news.aol.com>
> >
> > adddict
> > ----that was always saying "TAKE A PILL" when asked almost any question.
> >
> > that was not Michael Richards... one of the charactors that MR had was a
> > little boy who was always blowing up GI Joe and other dolls who kinda
> > lived in a world of his own....his back yard had foxholes/bunkers and the
> > like.. but that charactor was NOT MR...
> >
> > an old Fridays Watcher...
> >
Gary Russel /ADVISOR L. FAUSETT
In article <3211E7...@netcore.ca> Brian Janisse <bri...@netcore.ca> writes:
>Carl Hriczak wrote:
>>
>> LEGGGS wrote:
>> >
>> > ---- Subject: Re: Where have I seen Kramer before Seinfeld?
>> > ----He also played a character that was either a pharmasist or a drug
>> > adddict
>> > ----that was always saying "TAKE A PILL" when asked almost any question.
>> >
>> > that was not Michael Richards
Was it Mark Blanfield? ("I can handle it!")
y'baagnid zrorombosta
l...@neosoft.com (Steve Ellis) wrote:
>In article <4ujkn4$2...@newsbf02.news.aol.com> leg...@aol.com (LEGGGS) writes:
>>----He also played a character that was either a pharmasist or a drug
>>adddict
>>----that was always saying "TAKE A PILL" when asked almost any question.
>>that was not Michael Richards... one of the charactors that MR had was a
>>little boy who was always blowing up GI Joe and other dolls who kinda
>>lived in a world of his own....his back yard had foxholes/bunkers and the
>>like.. but that charactor was NOT MR...
>>an old Fridays Watcher...
>>Lisa..needing a pill
>>It Shrinks..???
>The pharmacist was played by Mark Blankfield; Melanie Chartoff did the news;
>Michael Richards, Darrow Igus, Maryedith Burrell, Bruce Mahler, Brandis Kemp.
>Oh, and some guy named Larry David - wonder whatever happened to him? ;)
>God, I loved Fridays. I would kill (well I'd pinch real hard) for a copy of
>some of those skits - particularly Altered Statesman & The Ronnie Horror
>Picture Show.
check out the movie TRANSYLVANIA 6-5000.
first thing i ever saw him in. hysterical. very kramer-esque
JHummer
Yeah, MR played a Lurch-like character in the classic Transylvania 6-5000.
There is a really funny scene where he is whistling the song (pennsylvania
6-5000), and then he answers the phone and says, "Transylvania 6-5-0-0-0!"
Good movie. Jeff Goldblum is in it too.
Paul DeCata
I personally can recall seeing Kramer in an early episode of CHEERS.
In the episode Kramer comes to the bar with the intentions of
collecting a bet from Sam Malone who was supposed to have married
someone famous by midnight on the day that hw arrives at the bar.
Can anyone clarify this?
debbie
pau...@werple.net.au (Paul DeCata) wrote:
>Can anyone clarify this?
I remember the Cheers episode -- Sam was supposed to marry Jacqueline
Bisset by midnight. But I didn't remember that it was Kramer. Were
you looking for clarification that it was Kramer or more details about
the bet he had with Sam? For some reason, I seem to remember that
episode pretty well (other than the face of the person who tried to
collect). Sam didn't have to pay off, by the way.
_________________________________________________________________
Elaine: "I don't know how you guys walk around with those things"
Chris
In article <4v6t4q$3...@eplet.mira.net.au>, pau...@werple.net.au (Paul
DeCata) wrote:
> I personally can recall seeing Kramer in an early episode of CHEERS.
>
> In the episode Kramer comes to the bar with the intentions of
> collecting a bet from Sam Malone who was supposed to have married
> someone famous by midnight on the day that hw arrives at the bar.
>
> Can anyone clarify this?
He was supposed to marry Jacqueline Bisset.
If you go farther back you might remember Kramer (Michael Richards) from
the sketch show "Fridays" back in 1980. The show also featured Larry
David, co-creator of "Seinfeld"
I'll never forget his sketch where Richards is a nut hassling a Highway
Patrolman. "Catch any speeders?"
:-)
Here's a Michael Richards filmography from the Internet movie database
(http://us.imdb.com/):
1.Unstrung Heroes (1995) .... Uncle Danny Lidz
2.Airheads (1994) .... Doug Beech
3.Coneheads (1993) .... Motel Clerk
4.So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993) .... Obit Writer
5."Seinfeld" (1990) TV Series .... Cosmo Kramer
6.Problem Child (1990) .... Martin Beck
7.UHF (1989) .... Stanley Spadowski
8."Marblehead Manor" (1987) TV Series .... Rick the Gardener
9."Fresno" (1986) (mini) TV Series .... 2nd Henchman
10.Whoops Apocalypse (1986) .... Lacrobat
11.Transylvania 6-5000 (1985) .... Fejos
12.Ratings Game, The (1984) (TV) .... Sal
13.Young Doctors in Love (1982) .... Malamud
14."Fridays" (1980) TV Series
--
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http://members.aol.com/sansovino/
HSackerson
I saw Michael Richards the other day in a repeat of ... I think it was
Scarecrow and Mrs. King, but I didn't watch it long enough for it to sink
in. I just skipped over it, said, "Hey, it's Kramer," watched for a bit,
then skipped on.
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Dr. Jazz
"I wish people who have trouble communicating would just shut up!"
Tom Lehrer
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Keith Nejfelt
I don't know about any show, but Michael Richards was in "Transylvania
6500" with Jeff Goldblum.
Brett Stevens
Keith Nejfelt <YMH...@prodigy.com> wrote in article
<50f562$1f...@usenetp1.news.prodigy.com>...
> I don't know about any show, but Michael Richards was in "Transylvania
> 6500" with Jeff Goldblum.
He was also in the short lived early 80's late night show "Friday(s)" on
ABC
--
Brett Stevens
bret...@dtx.net
The Baltimore Orioles' unofficial ambassador to west central Louisiana
Jeff Richards
In article <50f562$1f...@usenetp1.news.prodigy.com>, YMH...@prodigy.com says...
>
>I don't know about any show, but Michael Richards was in "Transylvania
>6500" with Jeff Goldblum.
>
>
Phil
"Brett Stevens" <bret...@dtx.net> wrote:
>Keith Nejfelt <YMH...@prodigy.com> wrote in article
><50f562$1f...@usenetp1.news.prodigy.com>...
>> I don't know about any show, but Michael Richards was in "Transylvania
>> 6500" with Jeff Goldblum.
>He was also in the short lived early 80's late night show "Friday(s)" on
>ABC
>--
>Brett Stevens
>bret...@dtx.net
>The Baltimore Orioles' unofficial ambassador to west central Louisiana
I think I remember seeing him in a very old (and bad) movie with a
very young Kurt Russel. I think it was something about a stolen
invisible car. (Giddeyyap!)
Jimmy James
I'm sorry to be redundant if this has already been mentioned, but he was
in an early episode of Cheers.
In this episode, Michael Richards plays a man who returns to Cheers in
order to claim his ownership of the bar. It seems as though some years
ago Sammy (in a fit of drunkenness) bet Kramer that he would marry
Jacqueline Bisset before a certain day (the day that Kramer comes to
take the bar), and if he hadn't done so, Kramer would get the bar. It
ended up that Sammy was going to marry some lady whose name is
Jacqueline Bisset, but wasn't *the* Jacqueline Bisset. Kramer then
conceded the bet, but for his problems, same gave him a green olive.
-Jimmy James
"the bus came by and I got on that's when it all began"
Bruno van der Hoek
I've seen him on an episode off Hill st. blues acting as a sort of hara
krishna guy, very funny !
Bruno van der Hoek.
bukn...@neont.com
Kramer was also in Wierd Al's movie "UHF", but i cant remeber his part
its been so long since ive seen it. i think he was a clumsy janitor
Terry Jue
He was also the very clumsy hitman in the early 80's film "Young Doctor's
in Love" with Sean Young and Ted McGinley, I think. Also part of the
comedy troupe on the TV show "Fridays".
lba...@cts.com
Michael Richards was a regular on the show "Fridays" which aired on ABC
in the early 1980's. He played several characters on the show,
including a little boy playing soldiers in the mud outside of his house.
A number of people from that show have played small parts on Seinfeld;
Larry David was also from that show and probably chose Michael Richards
when the concept of Seinfeld began because he reminded him of his real
life neighbor, Kenny Kramer. Lois
Lars J. Aas
<bukn...@neont.com> wrote:
> Kramer was also in Wierd Al's movie "UHF", but i cant remeber his part
> its been so long since ive seen it. i think he was a clumsy janitor
He was the janitor, and he had problems with getting through doors already
back then. Just cracks me up to see "Stanley Spadowsky" trying to exit
the office after he gets fired.
Lars J
Adam Garner
>bukn...@neont.com wrote:
>>
>> Kramer was also in Wierd Al's movie "UHF", but i cant remeber his part
>> its been so long since ive seen it. i think he was a clumsy janitor.
>
>He was also the very clumsy hitman in the early 80's film "Young Doctor's
>in Love" with Sean Young and Ted McGinley, I think. Also part of the
>comedy troupe on the TV show "Fridays".
He was also in "AirHeads"
Lady H.
Lars J. Aas wrote:
>
> <bukn...@neont.com> wrote:
> > Kramer was also in Wierd Al's movie "UHF", but i cant remeber his part
>
> He was the janitor, and he had problems with getting through doors already
> back then. Just cracks me up to see "Stanley Spadowsky" trying to exit
> the office after he gets fired.
>
> Lars J
Hi, just thought I would mention that he was the bad guy in Problem Child as
well...Lady H.
peter max katzur
> Larry David was also from that show and probably chose Michael Richards
> when the concept of Seinfeld began because he reminded him of his real
> life neighbor, Kenny Kramer. Lois
In 1989 he did a movie called UHF, with "Weird Al" Yankovic. He played a
janitor (Stanley Spadowski). It is one of the best movies I've ever seen.
Lars J. Aas
Lady H. <hn...@ozemail.com.au> wrote:
> Lars J. Aas wrote:
> > <bukn...@neont.com> wrote:
> > > Kramer was also in Wierd Al's movie "UHF", but i cant remeber his part
> > > its been so long since ive seen it. i think he was a clumsy janitor
> > He was the janitor, and he had problems with getting through doors already
> > back then. Just cracks me up to see "Stanley Spadowsky" trying to exit
> > the office after he gets fired.
>
> Hi, just thought I would mention that he was the bad guy in Problem Child as
> well...Lady H.
Also, watch out for him in "So I married an Axe Murderer" where he is
"The Insensitive Man" making jokes about the obituaries at the newspaper
desk.
Lars J
cnewson
In article <50hkls$s...@news2.snfc21.pacbell.net> je...@pacbell.net (Jeff Richards) writes:
>From: je...@pacbell.net (Jeff Richards)
>Subject: Re: Where have I seen Kramer before Seinfeld?
>In article <50f562$1f...@usenetp1.news.prodigy.com>, YMH...@prodigy.com says...
>>
>>I don't know about any show, but Michael Richards was in "Transylvania
>>6500" with Jeff Goldblum.
>>
>>
>He was also a hillarious dim-witted janitor in UHF with Weird-All Yankoic.
>Jeff
>je...@pacbell.net
Michael Richards was a regular on "Friday Night", a short lived attempt by ABC
to have a "Saturday Night Live" type of show. This was in the late '70s.
David Allen
he also appeared on a "blind date" type show as a contestant in the late
sixties...
Jeffrey Darren Kessler
On Mon, 9 Sep 1996, cnewson wrote:
> >In article <50f562$1f...@usenetp1.news.prodigy.com>, YMH...@prodigy.com says...
> >>
> >>I don't know about any show, but Michael Richards was in "Transylvania
> >>6500" with Jeff Goldblum.
> >>
> >>
> >He was also a hillarious dim-witted janitor in UHF with Weird-All Yankoic.
>
> >Jeff
> >je...@pacbell.net
> Michael Richards was a regular on "Friday Night", a short lived attempt by ABC
> to have a "Saturday Night Live" type of show. This was in the late '70s.
If I'm not mistaken, he also appeared on Cheers as the guy with
whom Sam made a bet that he would marry Jacqueline Bisset within the year
and then showed up the night before the "marrying deadline" to remind Sam
of the bet. Can anyone back me up on this?
- Jeff Kessler
Duke '98
Sam Callan
He was also in an ABC series "Fridays" that was sketch comdey show.
Also, if the above poster ever recommends a movie, I think we have a
gauge for his movie reviews.
Tony Thomas
there is a rather old movie called "Transylvania 6-5000" which has Michael Richards in
it - it could be one of (if not THE) the first movies he was in.
ron...@startel.net
>Lars J
Saw Kramer in a Night Court episode where he believes he is invisible,
and removes his clothes, to Christine's shock. Was very funny!
Ron Fernandes
Haynes Lee
Richards also played a hitman in "Young Doctors in Love".
His comedy debut was in Fridays, a SNL-type show.
Brad "Timon" Willis
Haynes Lee wrote:
>
> Richards also played a hitman in "Young Doctors in Love".
> His comedy debut was in Fridays, a SNL-type show.
He was also in "Weird Al" Yankovic's movie UHF. His character was
great.
GBryan
He also played for a time on St. Elsewhere as the director of a
documentary being filmed in the hospital.
Tamara Cech
Lars J. Aas (lars...@einer.idt.unit.no) wrote:
> <bukn...@neont.com> wrote:
> > Kramer was also in Wierd Al's movie "UHF", but i cant remeber his part
> > its been so long since ive seen it. i think he was a clumsy janitor
> He was the janitor, and he had problems with getting through doors already
> back then. Just cracks me up to see "Stanley Spadowsky" trying to exit
> the office after he gets fired.
> Lars J
Kramer was the hotel guy in the movie "Coneheads" as well.
-Tami
to...@concentric.net
Michael Richards also played a drug dealer in a Miami Vice episode some
years back
Jojogunne
Michael Richards also appeared in an episode of "Cheers." I saw it only
once, several years ago, but he played a nasty customer who had some kind
of wager with Sam. Very out of character for "Kramer."
John Koegel
jojo...@aol.com
CJ
Michael Richards was in a sketch comedy show called "Fridays" which aired
in the very early 1980s.
Winger
<to...@concentric.net> wrote:
>Michael Richards also played a drug dealer in a Miami Vice episode some
>years back
>
He also appeared as one of the bachelors on the 'Love connection'. I
know that this is hard to believe but I saw it 2 years ago while
channel surfing on a kind of regis & Kathie Lee show that had the
original host of the love connection and they showed 'before they
werre stars' appearances from now well known people. The show must
have been from the early 80's and Richards was really cool although he
looked a little different.
Richards also played the bad guy in the movie 'Problem Child'.
Winger
Bob Dole
He also played stanley spidowski on wierd al's UHF.
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He was also a janitor in Weird Al's movie UHF in the eighties, remember?
On 29 Oct 1996 the...@imap2.asu.edu wrote:
> Yeah!! It was just re-aired last night (Sunday) on the fX channel!
> Quite a different role than he plays on Seinfeld. He
> actually played a loan shark on the Vice episode,
> though. ;)
>
> Kyle
>
>
> to...@concentric.net wrote:
> : Michael Richards also played a drug dealer in a Miami Vice episode some
> : years back
>
>
>
>
Tommy Pesavento
http://www.uccs.edu/~tjpesave
(The Worm)
Julie D'Angelo
Greetings,
He was also in the Weird Al Yankovic movie UHF.
A very strange character indeed.
=== Julie
--------------
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Everything right is wrong again
-- TMBG
the...@imap2.asu.edu
sto...@acsu.buffalo.edu
Kramer was also in an 80's flick called Transilvania 65000 where he played
a butler.
-nick
On 29 Oct 1996 the...@imap2.asu.edu wrote:
Action Jackson
A long, long time ago, Michael Richards was one of the cast members on a
show called "Fridays" which was a SNL rip-off on ABC. His best
character was a Jamaican cook (do we eat it? No, we smoke it!). Am I
showing some serious age, or does anyone else remember this (it was
late 70s I think)?
--
William P.D. Seabrook
> show called "Fridays" which was a SNL rip-off on ABC. His best
> character was a Jamaican cook (do we eat it? No, we smoke it!). Am I
> showing some serious age, or does anyone else remember this (it was
> late 70s I think)?
>
> --
Yes. "Fridays" ran from 80-82, and, coincidentally enough, the cast
included Michael Richards _and_ Larry David.
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LISA BISHOP
Kramer was also in the movie "Problem Child" where he played a crim who
befriends a bratty kid.
Shannon Brooks
In article
<Pine.GSO.3.93.96103...@silbar-sel.acsu.buffalo.edu>,
sto...@acsu.buffalo.edu wrote:
> Kramer was also in an 80's flick called Transilvania 65000 where he played
> a butler.
> -nick
>
>
>
> On 29 Oct 1996 the...@imap2.asu.edu wrote:
>
> > Yeah!! It was just re-aired last night (Sunday) on the fX channel!
> > Quite a different role than he plays on Seinfeld. He
> > actually played a loan shark on the Vice episode,
> > though. ;)
> >
> > Kyle
> >
> >
> > to...@concentric.net wrote:
> > : Michael Richards also played a drug dealer in a Miami Vice episode some
> > : years back
> >
> >
> >
> >
He was also in a skit comedy show called Fridays, way back in the 80's.
--
Shannon Brooks
Webmaster - Zephyr Internet Services
Zhapekanovich
jojo...@aol.com (Jojogunne) wrote:
>Michael Richards also appeared in an episode of "Cheers." I saw it only
>once, several years ago, but he played a nasty customer who had some kind
>of wager with Sam. Very out of character for "Kramer."
I recently saw Michael Richards on Night Court. He played crazy bum
who thought he was invisible. He kept picking up objects and
expecting people around him to be scared of the floating object.
Almost Kramer-like.
He was also apparently in the Saturday Night Live clone "Fridays"
which aired on ABC in the early 80's
Gary Russel /ADVISOR L. FAUSETT
In article <3277C4...@kraft.com> Action Jackson <jbed...@kraft.com> writes:
>
>A long, long time ago, Michael Richards was one of the cast members on a
>character was a Jamaican cook (do we eat it? No, we smoke it!). Am I
>showing some serious age, or does anyone else remember this (it was
>late 70s I think)?
>
>--
The Jamaican cook was played by Daryl Igus (the spelling may be off),
who was also on SQUARE ONE and played a cab driver in CROSSING DELANCEY,
I think.
Michael Rosenfeld
> A long, long time ago, Michael Richards was one of the cast members on a
> show called "Fridays" which was a SNL rip-off on ABC. His best
> character was a Jamaican cook (do we eat it? No, we smoke it!). Am I
> showing some serious age, or does anyone else remember this (it was
> late 70s I think)?
I remember. I think it was more like the early 80s. I once saw Mark
Blankfield get off a plane at JFK.
Kevin Hegarty
Gary Russel /ADVISOR L. FAUSETT wrote:
>
> In article <3277C4...@kraft.com> Action Jackson <jbed...@kraft.com> writes:
> >
> >show called "Fridays" which was a SNL rip-off on ABC. His best
> >character was a Jamaican cook (do we eat it? No, we smoke it!). Am I
> >showing some serious age, or does anyone else remember this (it was
> >late 70s I think)?
> >
>
> The Jamaican cook was played by Daryl Igus (the spelling may be off),
> who was also on SQUARE ONE and played a cab driver in CROSSING DELANCEY,
> I think.
his backyard. The skit always ended with his character starting
everything on fire.
michael j miller
He was also a minor character in the Coneheads movie, as was Jason
Alexander (Beldars next door neighbor) .
LEGGGS
In article <3277DE...@amd.com>, "William P.D. Seabrook"
<Will.S...@amd.com> writes:
>> show called "Fridays" which was a SNL rip-off on ABC. His best
>> character was a Jamaican cook (do we eat it? No, we smoke it!). Am I
>> showing some serious age, or does anyone else remember this (it was
>> late 70s I think)?
>>
>> --
>
>Yes. "Fridays" ran from 80-82, and, coincidentally enough, the cast
>included Michael Richards _and_ Larry David.
>
>
>
I dont know their names..but two of the female cast members of FRIDAYS
have been on the show..
It Shrinks...???
Just Me, Lisa
Leg...@aol.com
* * * * * * * * * * * * *
"Get the honey!"
------------------------- "Fatso"
Justin M. Brownlee
He was also the villian in Problem Child
Scott
Scott G.
Todd
> Michael Richards' best known character was "Dick," the twitchy-nervous
> guy constantly smoking a cigarette.
>
> Steve B.
Actually, his best character, IMO, was the annoying kid on the playground. He
used to kind of snake into the sandbox, remember? His mannerisms were much
the same as Kramer's.
Todd
D.I.
"Justin M. Brownlee" <jbro...@odin.cbu.edu> wrote:
>He was also the villian in Problem Child
and i also hear he was on a tv show called Fridays
sjohn rixey
he played on UHF with weird al yankovic
On Mon, 28 Oct 1996, Winger wrote:
> <to...@concentric.net> wrote:
>
> >Michael Richards also played a drug dealer in a Miami Vice episode some
> >years back
> >
> He also appeared as one of the bachelors on the 'Love connection'. I
> know that this is hard to believe but I saw it 2 years ago while
> channel surfing on a kind of regis & Kathie Lee show that had the
> original host of the love connection and they showed 'before they
> werre stars' appearances from now well known people. The show must
> have been from the early 80's and Richards was really cool although he
> looked a little different.
>
> Richards also played the bad guy in the movie 'Problem Child'.
>
> Winger
>
>
>
CRUSTER
abi...@mail.wwnet.com says...
>
>Michael Richards was in a sketch comedy show called "Fridays" which aired
>in the very early 1980s.
Yeah, and my favorite character from this was a biker played by Richards,
who always said, "Pretty rowdy bunch.......ROWDY, ROWDY, ROWDY!"
Orbity
<to...@concentric.net> wrote:
>Michael Richards also played a drug dealer in a Miami Vice episode some
>years back
He was also the guy in jail in one of the problem child movies..
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M.M. Smith
I thought Fridays was pretty funny..
Michael played a great Ron Reagan.
William Mcfadden
You can look up his career on the Internet Movie (&TV) Database:
http://us.imdb.org/
He and Julia Louis-Dreyfus both began their TV careers as regulars on late
night sketch comedy shows, he on ABC's(?) Fridays and she on Saturday Night
Live. I remember Fridays; Richards was a spazz even then.
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Brian Oliver
Michael Richards was also in a hillarious movie called "Transylvania
6-5000". If you have never seen this movie, I highly recommend it. I
laughed my pants off! (oh, yeah! it also stars that one "chaos theory" guy
from Jurrasic Park, as well as some others whose names I can't think of.)
Kramer was also in UHF, a movie starring Weird Al (which I hope most of you
have at least heard of). I highly recommend this movie as well. I
laughed. A lot.
tuffg...@aol.com
Michael Richards was on the movie "UHF". That movie was hilarious. He
played a janitor, but got fired, then Weird AL hired him for his own TV
station, and gave him his own channel. It became the most popular show
too. YOU HAVE TO SEE IT!!!
Chocolate Light Bulb Bug
I remember seeing "Kramer" in:
Vidiot from UHF
So, I married an Axe murderer
Airheads
and I know he was also in Transylvania 9-something something
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that was Transylvania6-5000
oscark
> I remember seeing "Kramer" in:
He also played the escaped convict in the movie, "Problem Child".
-DK
MsLilMcG
of course we all remember his episode from "Cheers"...
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I just saw him last week in a movie called "Carbon Copy", starring George
Segal. It was a small part, his hair was slicked back, he must have been
in his early twenties, he made an impression. FYI, the other lead
(playing Segal's long-lost son, believe it or not) was Denzel Washington.
It was his first film (even pre-dates tv-series St. Elsewhere).
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MsLilMcG wrote:
>
> of course we all remember his episode from "Cheers"...
> \
Snake Plissken
In article <32C1FB...@worldnet.att.net>, @worldnet.att.net says...
>
>MsLilMcG wrote:
>>
>> of course we all remember his episode from "Cheers"...
>> \
>and he was in "UHF"
Many years ago, there was a Friday night knock-off of Saturday Night Live by
one of the other networks. He was one of the cast and did mostly physical
comedy. I believe this show lasted about one season on ABC in the early
e1ghties.
Anyone remember it?
leg...@mindspring.com
plis...@dowco.com (Snake Plissken) wrote:
>Many years ago, there was a Friday night knock-off of Saturday Night Live by
>one of the other networks. He was one of the cast and did mostly physical
>comedy. I believe this show lasted about one season on ABC in the early
>e1ghties.
>
>Anyone remember it?
>
my father ALWAYS talks about that show and a one skit he did where he
was on the beach with his trunks up real high trying to impress all
the girls by looking cool. Sounds funny, wish I saw it myself.
John "SNAP!!!MAN" Thorpe
Snake Plissken wrote:
>
> In article <32C1FB...@worldnet.att.net>, @worldnet.att.net says...
> >
> >MsLilMcG wrote:
> >>
> >> of course we all remember his episode from "Cheers"...
> >> \
> >and he was in "UHF"
>
> one of the other networks. He was one of the cast and did mostly physical
> comedy. I believe this show lasted about one season on ABC in the early
> e1ghties.
>
> Anyone remember it?
The show was called Fridays. I don't remember it myself but I remember
it from the Andy Kaufman special (Andy appeared on this show and caused
some controversy).
Phil Humpherys
Perhaps this has been mentioned before, but Newman was in JFK, *and*
his character's name was Newman (he was an assistant prosecutor for
Costner's character).
In article <19961228005...@ladder01.news.aol.com>
leg...@aol.com writes:
> In article <59vniu$i...@titanium.dowco.com>, plis...@dowco.com (Snake
> Plissken) writes:
>
> >Many years ago, there was a Friday night knock-off of Saturday Night Live
> by
> >one of the other networks. He was one of the cast and did mostly physical
>
> >comedy. I believe this show lasted about one season on ABC in the early
> >e1ghties.
> >
> >Anyone remember it?
>
> FRIDAY's
>
> I always wonder why CC hasn't picked it up..
>
>
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Impersonator
I'm not sure but, I think I saw him in an episode of the Fugative.
>
Tom Veil
On 25 Dec 1996 04:14:52 GMT, clair...@aol.com wrote:
>I just saw him last week in a movie called "Carbon Copy", starring George
>Segal. It was a small part, his hair was slicked back, he must have been
>in his early twenties, he made an impression.
I believe Michael Richards was the "chicken man" at the insane asylum
in that Cheech & Chong movie, where they go after Pee Wee Herman "The
Hamburger Man" (who is a resident at the asylum) to get their money
back; and they end up taking acid with Timothy Leary in a padded cell.
It was either Nice Dreams or Up In Smoke.
Anyone else remember this? The chicken man was just a sight gag for a
few seconds, outdoors on the asylum grounds.
tom...@mindspring.com
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Tom Veil wrote:
>
> On 25 Dec 1996 04:14:52 GMT, clair...@aol.com wrote:
>
> >I just saw him last week in a movie called "Carbon Copy", starring George
> >Segal. It was a small part, his hair was slicked back, he must have been
> >in his early twenties, he made an impression.
>
> I believe Michael Richards was the "chicken man" at the insane asylum
> in that Cheech & Chong movie, where they go after Pee Wee Herman "The
> Hamburger Man" (who is a resident at the asylum) to get their money
> back; and they end up taking acid with Timothy Leary in a padded cell.
> It was either Nice Dreams or Up In Smoke.
> Anyone else remember this?
ago. Don't remember seeing M. Richards, but in that crazy
house scene Sandra Bernhard can be quickly spotted (for
about two seconds) and she does get mentioned in the credits.
Neal
MICHAEL RICHARDS NOTABLE TV PARTS
(Credited Parts snarfed from IMDB):
"Larry Sanders Show, The" (1992),
as Himself (ep. 'End of the Season (10/12/94)')
"Larry Sanders Show, The" (1992),
as Himself (ep. 'The Flirt (9/19/92)')
"Mad About You" (1992),
as Kramer (ep. 'The Apartment (1992)')
"Hill Street Blues" (1981),
as [unknown] (ep. 'An Oy For an Oy (11/14/1985)')
"Cheers" (1982),
as [unknown] (ep. 'Bar Bet (1985)')
"Night Court" (1984), as naked guy/defendant
"St. Elsewhere" (1982), as [unknown] (several eps. 1983-84)
"Dating Game, The" (1965) as a contestant (1968)
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MICHAEL RICHARDS VIDEO/FILMOGRAPHY
(Creditted Parts snarfed from IMDB):
1.Trial and Error (1997)
2.London Suite (1996) (TV) .... Mark Ferris
3.Unstrung Heroes (1995) .... Uncle Danny Lidz
4.Airheads (1994) .... Doug Beech
5.Coneheads (1993) .... Motel Clerk
6.So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993) .... Obit Writer
7."Seinfeld" (1990) TV Series .... Cosmo Kramer
8.Problem Child (1990) .... Martin Beck
9.UHF (1989) .... Stanley Spadowski
10."Marblehead Manor" (1987) TV Series .... Rick the Gardener
11."Fresno" (1986) (mini) TV Series .... 2nd Henchman
12.Whoops Apocalypse (1986) .... Lacrobat
13.Transylvania 6-5000 (1985) .... Fejos
14.Ratings Game, The (1984) (TV) .... Sal
... aka Mogul, The (1984) (TV)
15.Young Doctors in Love (1982) .... Malamud
16."Fridays" (1980) TV Series
On Thu, 26 Dec 96 21:36:53 PST, plis...@dowco.com (Snake Plissken)
wrote:
>Many years ago, there was a Friday night knock-off of Saturday Night Live by
>one of the other networks. He was one of the cast and did mostly physical
>comedy. I believe this show lasted about one season on ABC in the early
>e1ghties.
>
>Anyone remember it?
Called "Fridays."
Yeah, (some of) it was too funny. "Kramer" played "The Emaciated
Man": a kind of pre-Kramer (doofus without the hipster) character.
You can really see some of his physical comedy at it's very beginning.
I also remember the "Matzoi" skit-- a Jewish Martial Arts Show. The
two Matzoi Rabbis would break "boards" made out of Matzah and end the
show saying "Live and Be Well."
On Fri, 27 Dec 1996 06:09:37 GMT, leg...@mindspring.com wrote:
>my father ALWAYS talks about that show and a one skit he did where he
>was on the beach with his trunks up real high trying to impress all
>the girls by looking cool. Sounds funny, wish I saw it myself.
Am I ~that~ old? :)
ZENKE
He is also in Clorets commercials, and just as hilarious!
JPM
If I'm not mistaken, Kramer was on a show called Fridays back in the
midSeventies. Fridays was a clone of Saturday Night Live, back when it was
funny, and lasted maybe two years. I don't recall much from it except an
extremely bizarre bit where Kramer is imitating a fish. . .
mtohio
I think this show was on in the early 80's instead of the mid-70's, but
Michael Richards was indeed on that show. As you say...it was a Saturday
Night Live clone that I believe ABC put on trying to capture the SNL viewers
a night earlier after seeing the sucess of SNL. It only lasted a season or
two, because in the end, it just wasn't funny enough.
BigFan
The show was called "Fridays" and it was on sometime during 1978-81.
Michael Richards (Kramer) really stole the show, they would do skits
with just Kramer running around a clothing store like a nut, or playing
with toy soldiers. I remember the toy soldier scene well, he had a army
helmet on and he would get low to the ground and fight with the
soldiers. He would make voices and set them on fire. I thought the show
was funny!( but I was a young kid at the time)...hope this helps
n2
I just read that Larry David was on this show as well.
n2
Angela Crabtree
: > JPM wrote:
: > >
: > > If I'm not mistaken, Kramer was on a show called Fridays back in the
: > > midSeventies. Fridays was a clone of Saturday Night Live, back when it was
: > > funny, and lasted maybe two years. I don't recall much from it except an
: > > extremely bizarre bit where Kramer is imitating a fish. . .
Not only was he in Friday's he was also in quite a few movies and other
shows...
Unstrung Heroes (1995)
Airheads (1994)
Coneheads (1993)
So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993)
Problem Child (1990)
UHF (1989)
Marblehead Manor (TV Series, 1987)
Fresno (TV Miniseries, 1987)
Whoops Apocalypse (1986)
Transylvania 6-5000 (1985)
The Ratings Game (TV Movie, 1984)
Young Doctors in Love (1982)
Plus he's made about a dozen or so appearances in other tv shows...
Robert William Horne
he was also in UHF with Weird Al Yakovich, he was the janitor who loved
his mop.
On Wed, 8 Jan 1997, n2 wrote:
> BigFan wrote:
> >
> > mtohio wrote:
> > >
> > > JPM wrote:
> > > >
> > > > If I'm not mistaken, Kramer was on a show called Fridays back in the
> > > > midSeventies. Fridays was a clone of Saturday Night Live, back when it was
> > > > funny, and lasted maybe two years. I don't recall much from it except an
> > > > extremely bizarre bit where Kramer is imitating a fish. . .
> > >
Bill
I also saw Kramer playing a villain in an old episode of Miami Vice.
rip...@netjob.com
David Jelinek wrote:
>
> Bill (btho...@westpub.com) wrote:
> : I also saw Kramer playing a villain in an old episode of Miami Vice.
>
> Sorry if this has been pointed out before, but Kramer appeared in a
> Cheers episode in which Sam learns that he once made a bet while he
> was drunk that could cost him the bar.
>
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Michael Richards was also part of the ensemble cast on the ABC show
Fridays! in the early 80's along with Melanie Chartoff and some others.
The show was a Saturday Night Live clone but wasn't too funny.
Shimon Hova
BigFan <dall...@foothill.net> wrote:
>mtohio wrote:
>> JPM wrote:
>> > If I'm not mistaken, Kramer was on a show called Fridays back in the
>> > midSeventies. Fridays was a clone of Saturday Night Live, back when it was
>> > funny, and lasted maybe two years. I don't recall much from it except an
>> > extremely bizarre bit where Kramer is imitating a fish. . .
>> I think this show was on in the early 80's instead of the mid-70's, but
>> Michael Richards was indeed on that show. As you say...it was a Saturday
>> Night Live clone that I believe ABC put on trying to capture the SNL viewers
>> a night earlier after seeing the sucess of SNL. It only lasted a season or
>> two, because in the end, it just wasn't funny enough.
>The show was called "Fridays" and it was on sometime during 1978-81.
>Michael Richards (Kramer) really stole the show, they would do skits
>with just Kramer running around a clothing store like a nut, or playing
>with toy soldiers. I remember the toy soldier scene well, he had a army
>helmet on and he would get low to the ground and fight with the
>soldiers. He would make voices and set them on fire. I thought the show
>was funny!( but I was a young kid at the time)...hope this helps
I do recall seeing a clip of the show from some Andy Kaufman memorial
special which aired only a few years ago... the point being that
Richards, Kaufman and two girls were in this bit and Kaufman was
supposed to walk into this resteraunt where they were sitting, as a
drunk. Instead, Kaufman sits down, and with a straight face, he just
says, "I can't do this." The girls tried to ad-lib, Kramer just
munched on some pretzels, but when they saw that he was serious, one
of the girls punched him in the arm, and Kramer, still munching on
those pretzels, with a totally blank look on his face, threw a glass
of water in Kaufman's face. Priceless. The director ended up running
onto the stage and had a fist fight with Kaufman, all on live TV. I
remember this all, because I was going to tape a show, and this
pre-empted it. It was really funny, no doubt funnier than whatever I
was going to tape!
-Simon
I don't know about you, but I can hardly wait for
Simon LeBon to die of AIDS so Duran Duran can get
the recognition they deserve.
jam
> 16."Fridays" (1980) TV Series
>
> On Thu, 26 Dec 96 21:36:53 PST, plis...@dowco.com (Snake Plissken)
> wrote:
>
> >Many years ago, there was a Friday night knock-off of Saturday Night Live by
> >one of the other networks. He was one of the cast and did mostly physical
> >comedy. I believe this show lasted about one season on ABC in the early
> >e1ghties.
> >
> >Anyone remember it?
>
> Called "Fridays."
Kramer was scary weird on this show. (FRIDAYS_ABC)
He had this wicked hirsuite biker character, who would come out and
abuse the audience, verbally. Very confrontational, I was like 12, but
it felt very strange. Like Andy Kaufman strange. The audience did not
respond favorably, it became like Don Rickles on bad acid.
When I saw him again as KRAMER I thought, there's no way this guy will
be able to maintain this sit-com gig, but, he did, and he made it one of
TV's ALL-TIME greatest sides, much akin to Ed Norton.
Jason Loveman
After Fridays, Michael Richards also did a very forgettable movie with
Gene Wilder, I think, called Transylvania 6-5000.
Also, last week on Lost on Earth, the puppet aliens decided that
Kramer/Richards was from their planet and they referred to him as
"Prince Kramer."
Aaron M. Eilers
Michael Richards also played Stanley Spadowski, the custodian in the movie UHF.
Aaron