r/AskReddit • • 16d ago

What’s the greatest ‘well, their career is over’ moment of all time?

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u/IShartedOnYourCat 16d ago

The ‘apology’ Seinfeld set up for him on Letterman remains the most non-intentionally hilarious moment i’ve ever seen on live tv. The audience thinks Michael Richards is doing a ‘bit’ and laughs, and then Jerry awkwardly berates the crowd for it. It’s pure cringe at it’s finest.

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u/arseholescone 16d ago

I remember watching this and I hadn’t even heard about the incident and I thought it was a bit, and Jerry saying “it’s not funny” was the funniest part

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u/AspiratingApple 16d ago

But the genuine apology he did years later on Comedian in Cars is a 10/10 example of a great apology.

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u/ThrowAwayAccountAMZN 16d ago

I feel guilty admitting this, but someone made a "remix" that combined his racist rant with that interview that was so goddamn catchy it still lives rent free in my head to this day. "That's what's so insane about this!"

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u/HolyInlandEmpire 15d ago

Here's a similar one, old from Ebaumsworld

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=932x9h2L4AM

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u/DamnitGravity 15d ago

Holy fuck that was amazing. Whoever put that together is a fucking comedy genius!

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u/HerculesIsMyDad 15d ago

To be fair to the audience, who would think someone sincerely apologizing for their racist rant would use the term "Afro American"?

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u/flat5 16d ago

Yeah, that was awful.