The New York Post is reporting that sales of the seventh season of "Seinfeld" on DVD are 75 percent higher than lasts year's sale of season six. According to this pattern, a media dressing down should also help sales of Mel Gibson's new "Apocalypto."
Season 7 of the popular sitcom is outselling the Season 6 set (released on the same day last year) by more than 75 percent, and more than 90 percent over season 5 at some online DVD retailers, according to TMZ.com.
On Barnes and Nobel's Web site, the DVD set is the sixth-best selling and Amazon ranks it in 12th place.
"I think the only explanation that could be is that there's a Kramer curiosity factor," says Dr. Robert Thompson, director of Syracuse University's Center for the Study of Popular Television.
"I can understand that, after what happened, there's a resurgent interest in 'Seinfeld,' and that seems to be expressing itself through people watching the show more and buying more DVDs.
"Boy, is it ever weird to watch 'Seinfeld' now," Thompson added.
Richards "carries baggage, when you see this happy-go-lucky guy barge into that apartment and talk about being 'master of his domain.' That really means something different now."
A video-phone recording of Richards exploding in a hateful, racist rant while performing his stand-up comedy act earlier this month leaked onto the Internet just days before the season 7 DVD set was released.
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racist
November 30, 2006 - 15:57 ET by ApacheA racist believes in the genetic inferiority of a given race. Saying stuff just to piss off or lash out at someone of a different race doesn't mean you are a racist. I'll bet anything this guy heard the other comics make "edgy" jokes and was reaching for the same thing and missed. His problem is he is an actor not a stand up comedian. But let's make a deal. White people will stop using the N word if black people stop yelling at movie screens. <g>
Der Gefreite Kramer.JDWKerr
November 30, 2006 - 17:26 ET by JDWDer Gefreite Kramer.
JDW
Kerry: "You know, education, if you make the most of it ... you can do well. If you don't, you get stuck in Iraq."
More like Der Gefreite Martin
December 1, 2006 - 02:05 ET by ApacheMore like Der Gefreite Martin or maybe Mooney
http://newsbusters.org/node/9255
I'd have more respect for those condemning Kramer if they weren't hypocrites. Certainly what he said was wrong and it came from anger. I don't know that it was anger against blacks but certainly he wanted to say something that would hurt the hecklers. He failed in doing that and only hurt himself. But I don't think he is a racist he's just not a stand up comedian.
Until conservatives learn t
December 1, 2006 - 14:04 ET by JDWUntil conservatives learn to stand up for what is right we have no business whining about the dems and/or news media lying. Why doesn't anyone feel Byrd wasn't 'angry' when he tagged a large portion of our population as niggers? What about Kerry defining our volunteer troops as 'uneducated'? Remember the Op-Ed cartoons which focused on Condoleezza? Why are we still forgiving?
JDW
Kerry: "You know, education, if you make the most of it ... you can do well. If you don't, you get stuck in Iraq."
Byrd was actually in the KKK
December 1, 2006 - 15:03 ET by ApacheByrd was actually in the KKK and Kerry is honored in the Vietnamese Communist War Remnants Museum. That tends to take it up a notch past using the word "nigger" in a comedy club. I guess my pet peeve is the media carelessly throwing around the word Racist and contorting its meaning to refer to anyone who says anything that might offend blacks. I think even Bill Cosby has been called a racist by other blacks. The black cops who were involved in that shooting of the guy outside the strip bar are being called racists. Its turned into catch all word used by people who want to play the victim. And yes now the "victims" of Kramers insult are looking for money from him.
Jail
November 30, 2006 - 15:59 ET by cvgbuckeyeNow, admittedly, Richards is a puke and his outbreak was shamefully racist (and now here comes the "BUT") BUT, I have heard some minorities AND, of course, lefties that ACTUALLY BELIEVE that such business should carry jail time!!!!!!!!!!!
Why does this not shock me? Why am I not surprised that it would actually come to this? Of course, unacceptable speech IS punishable by imprisonment AND sometimes death in dark regions of civilization, most lately the Soviet Union, The Peoples Republic of China, Cuba and other such places.
The scary part is, I'll bet you that there is a certain % of The American public that thinks it is criminally punishable in America "RIGHT NOW" and a quite larger % that thinks it should be.
I think that there are a lot of people who feel that all righties should be jailed along with the President.
God help us if we don't turn this around soon;;;;; in the next 2 years, maybe.
Circus
November 30, 2006 - 16:28 ET by iveseenitallBecause of P.C.,no longer does what anyone says about right and wrong mean a thing. It's all relative.We have become the circus the liberal media has wanted for years. We are on our way out.
NEVER,NEVER trust a liberal
Jessie in the background isn'
November 30, 2006 - 16:24 ET by Dan The Man 2Jessie in the background isn't smiling because Kramer told him he can only fork over 50K instead of the 100K Jessie wanted.
Nuke em til they glow then shoot em in the dark. -- save my gun, shoot a liberal.
LOL Dan the Man....Isn't that
November 30, 2006 - 20:22 ET by bigtimerLOL Dan the Man....
Isn't that the truth!! You spoke volumes about good old Jesse and his motives most of the time...one way or the other most of them are not good.
Yeah, didn't Richards know th
November 30, 2006 - 16:48 ET by TheDeuceYeah, didn't Richards know that the only acceptable place in America for the word 'nigger' is acceptable is within rap, r&b, and hop-hop songs....ahem...sung by black performers?
Besides, didn't you know tha janet Jackson had an album due out just after her Super Bowl wardrobe malfunction? Interesting, few sources, if any, noted that correlation to her idiotic behavior.
When I see Reverend Jessie or
November 30, 2006 - 19:59 ET by nicksmith112When I see Reverend Jessie or AL I can't run fast enough the other way. This time it happened to be out to buy season 7.
IMO Richards was just tryin
November 30, 2006 - 23:07 ET by Squalls BladeIMO Richards was just trying to say the most hurtful thing to these people as he could, it doesn't mean he's a racist. Let's say you get into a heated argument with a girl who is, or was, promiscuous, you would call her a slut to be as mean as possible. If it's somebody who has a had a drug problem, it's a junkie. It's the same thing with races, in order to try to hurt someone as much as possible, you call them the worst name that they identify with.
Democracy is not enough. If the culture dies, the country dies. - Pat Buchanan
That has got to be one of the
December 1, 2006 - 02:53 ET by liberal_bug_zapperThat has got to be one of the most insightful things I've read on the Net thus far Squalls Blade...
Mind if I use that in a blog?
If a man wanted to make a girl mad, and she was constantly getting the best of him in an argument by using dirty tricks (brown bagging etc... ), all he'd have to do is use the C word and he'd have his effect of affecting her ability to argue since she'd be so mad, she almost couldn't talk.
You're so right with your analogy. He was trying to hurt them, he likely has no animosity towards blacks as a group, he was just feeling cornered and helpless on stage and instead of making a witty comeback, he resorted to cheap name calling.
You're right, he isn't a racist.
I think we need to call the Libs out every time they use the race card and tell them to get back on the plantation where they belong picking our cotton. If they want to protect our slaves so much, they can become just like them.....
ok, it's not easy to pull off illustrating absurdity with absurdity.... but I think you get the point.
Precisely...
December 1, 2006 - 06:49 ET by Guy Arthur ThomasWhat you see is what you get and this is exactly what happened. Some people got called some names and Richards just made sure he came in first place. Gawd these liberals are the biggest crybabies...they offend at every turn, call names, mock, belittle, encourage disrespect in all its forms and then, when they are the subjects of their own methods of marginalizing...whhhaaaaa...from Barney "Frankfurter" to Jesse "I'm a racist Jew Hater of Hymietown" Jackson.
So, when is this Fox show going to be produced and aired that will be akin to the "The Daily Show" format? It should be quite interesting...Mancow looks like it has potential so far.
If you claim to be a conservative, please don't disgrace yourself and conservatism by thinking and arguing like a liberal.
It is laughable to still see
December 1, 2006 - 10:07 ET by AlgerHissIt is laughable to still see this word "racist" used. It has been meaningless for ages.
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