Andy Kaufman

Watch the movie “Man on the moon”. Stars Jim Carey as Andy. It’s a perfect biography of this guy and Carey plays him perfect.
 
I never understood the attraction to him I thought he was an idiot
 
he had that goofy suspenseful type of comedy that made him stand out. I think his best work was during this interview with Letterman:

 
'Man on the Moon' bombed because when you get TWO weird guys trying to portray ONE weird guy you get a giant freakshow that nobody really understands.

Full kudo's to Jim Carrey for at least trying though
 
He died pretty tragically at the young age of 35 years from a very rare lung cancer having never been a smoker. Because of the nature of his "act" rumours swirled that his passing was a hoax.
 
rafterman said:
He died pretty tragically at the yoing age of 35 years from a very rare lung cancer having never been a smoker. Because of the nature of his "act" rumours swirled that his passing was a hoax.
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WOW. HE SHOULD MAKE A FREAKIN COME BACK IF THAT IS TRUE!

Also, why do they always wait until someone is dead until they make the move to celebrate their life?

Next will be Jerry Lewis movie . Carey could that as well

And they will wait until Carey is dead until they celebrate his genius in a movie, of course
 
Zoot Allures said:
And they will wait until Carey is dead until they celebrate his genius in a movie, of course
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I think you're 100% right about this.

As for Kaufman, I was too young to know about him when he died, but I still don't get his humour.
 
I think for Kaufman other people's uneasiness with his antics was the payoff. Knowing that he made others feel awkward was the joke.


This video is definitely not PC(especially by today's standards) but it still made me chuckle
 
I once read that Kaufman was not a comedian; he was a performance artist. His early "comedy" was a form of guerilla theatre (so the theory goes), and by the time he got into wrestling, acting "depressed" and "angry", and doing the Tony Clifton stuff, he had abandoned any pretense of comedy. Interesting theory, and it makes sense to me. If true, then nothing he did was meant to be comedy (except for Latka Gravas on Taxi, which was a 9-5 job for him, and not his true career path).
 
Never thought Andy Kaufman was funny. But I can see his quirky way being funny to many.

People have brought of Jim Carrey. I like his old goofy Ace Ventura era, but any else doesn't fit right. He might be a great actor and all but to me he's pigeoned holed as Ace Ventura, The Mask and those kinds of bits where's he's always giggling and making weird faces. Seeing him act serious seems odd.

It's like the guy who plays Al Bundy. He's actually done many shows since Married with Children, but to me always Al Bundy. He tried doing a cop show for a year or too. Al Bundy is all I see.
 
Occasionally said:
It's like the guy who plays Al Bundy. He's actually done many shows since Married with Children, but to me always Al Bundy. He tried doing a cop show for a year or too. Al Bundy is all I see.
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I think of him more as the "Modern Family" guy (with the hot wife) these days.
 
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