When you perform in front of an audience after only two days of rehearsal, you're flying by the seat of your pants - particularly when they're rewriting the show right up to the moment the camera goes on.

He went on to become a series regular on ABC's Fridays. Richards won more Emmys than any other cast member on Seinfeld. And Richards said 'Look at the stupid Mexicans and blacks being loud up there.

He went on to become a series regular on ABC's Fridays. After Seinfeld Richards starred in his own sitcom The Michael Richards Show which lasted less than one season. After his series was cancelled Richards returned to performing stand-up comedy.