"Cruel Twist of Fate Hoists Richards from His Own Petard" joke
Amid the brewing controversy over Michael Richards' racist tirade against several black hecklers at a show in Hollywood last Friday, many people are turning to the stand-up comedian community in asking if there was a better way to handle the incident.
Most comics prepare a fall-back line destined to shut up even the most seasoned heckler once and for all. As Richards explained later, "I couldn't take it anymore. These guys were bugging the piss outta me. So I lined up the big gun and prepared to blow these loudmouths away, when all of a sudden, I got a good look at them, and, I'll be damned. I do go down to where they work and knock the dicks out of their mouths. Yeah, like every other Friday. It's just something I like doing. Talk about embarrassing. I don't know where the n----- stuff came from. I was just ad-libbing at that point."
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