It somehow makes sense that Piggy would like Tony Clifton
@DrRestezi13 жыл бұрын
This is brilliant on so many levels it almost defies description. I had no idea when I was a kid watching The Muppets that the show was so sophisticated and quietly subversive. Andy Kaufman, Jim Henson and Frank Oz must have busted a gut when this skit was finished. Amazing that network suits found this to be acceptable for a kids show.
@pauldawson61383 жыл бұрын
When you are in Las Vegas, go to a 4th rate casino, and a Tony Clifton will be singing in the lounge.
@bobjohnson35282 жыл бұрын
I saw one at the riviera which they tore down, maybe cause of this guy, he was singing to the old ladies playing slots, the riviera was the best, oldest school of old school, they should have kept it
@buddette33083 жыл бұрын
I appreciate this entertainment more than ever now. Andy gave us all of him.
@mellotronage32666 жыл бұрын
Tony Clifton once stepped on my mom's toe & didn't apologize for it. Then called my sister trash & when my brother in law stepped up, Tony threw a drink in his face. What an honor it was to be near talent like that, though... And who the hell is Andy Kaufman anyway ? His name keeps appearing in all the great Clifton vids I watch. So weird: Clifton was Clifton. Signed, Vic Ferrari
@DANTHETUBEMAN5 жыл бұрын
so funny
@enamandela95622 жыл бұрын
😂❤️
@drwisdomtx17 жыл бұрын
One of the best pranks of all time. Andy was a true genius
@fool1shmortal16 жыл бұрын
This character is my favorite of his. This is an old slang, but this character was a spaz! It's too funny! Thanks for posting it!
@ottoskidoo17 жыл бұрын
how awesome this was on the muppet show!
@AskAlice2418 жыл бұрын
I think Tony Clifton should go on American Idol! I'd vote for him, lol!
@Shanethefilmmaker11 жыл бұрын
This is an achievement, an entire Tony Clifton segment where he doesn't swear or trash the set. Clifton must have really liked Jim Henson.
@glenesis5 жыл бұрын
Yeah, this is maybe the only time he didn't get tossed out. Kinda disappointing, but, Finally some respect for this amazing talent!
@chrisridenhour5 жыл бұрын
Love the tap dancing and the guy bringing out the chair for him to sit on for 5 seconds in the middle of the dance routine 😂
@Neptuneman0716 жыл бұрын
I remember watching this clearly in the early 90s on the Disney Channel. Man, this was just zany as a kid; now its genious and hillarious!
@TimJackson-eq6iy Жыл бұрын
Andy truly was one of a kind. Not to everyone's taste, but he was a comic genius.
@ssimon6412 жыл бұрын
There are some other clips on youtube of Bob playing Tony, but I say this one is definately Andy. His voice, his energy, and his movements all say Andy. And he looks like he's having so much fun!
@jessiejames74929 жыл бұрын
its amazing how he could change completely to another person.!
@jessiejames74929 жыл бұрын
***** we will never know ...for sure.
@LetsGoMetsGo338 жыл бұрын
a similar modern performer is Sasha Baron "Borat/Ali G" Cohen.
@NoNHeiNouSMuSic7 жыл бұрын
GET IT RIGHT. THEY BOTH PLAYED CLIFTON...
@danhermon49226 жыл бұрын
This is Andy. You can tell by how he moves. And he usually played him, sometimes it was Zmuda to confuse people or other reasons. At least once it was Andy’s brother too.
@clarkgun14 жыл бұрын
One of the many legends that are slowly getting buried by the pop/techno/fashionable generations of today. And I'm 21. I'm already seeing why old people complain about kids.
@TheJhemming13 жыл бұрын
That is very funny. Good find. The Muppets in the 70's were awesome
@A2Z8312 жыл бұрын
Lol he said ho. Then he's like its the muppets for kids so like santa clause hohoho
@diarykeeper12 жыл бұрын
If we're talking about Carrey doing Cliffton: YES ! You are soo right.
@mseh7618 жыл бұрын
wow now that is the best! Loved it and thanks for posting this!
@frankensteinmoneymac13 жыл бұрын
I have so much more respect for Miss Piggy now that I know she was a Tony Clifton fan.
@Bagfullofcrabs114 жыл бұрын
I always have some bittersweet feelings while watching him performing. He's funny, obviously, and all, but the thought of him not being able to perform once more pops up in my head every time :(
@MaryAnneRosato12 жыл бұрын
"Song, long, King Kong..."
@OverlordJake15 жыл бұрын
Wow, I haven't seen that clip in ages. Kaufman was certainly one of a kind.
@teenagehomo14 жыл бұрын
The Tony Clifton marque on the set in this clip is currently over the main room cover booth at The Wordl Famous Comedy Store (for Tony's return to the stage next week at the club...and one of the four nights Tony will be played by Jim Carey).
@maxxrand48883 жыл бұрын
George Hamilton and Andy Kaufman what a pair
@CCSTEADMAN17 жыл бұрын
one of the best comics you will ever see...
@5thcorps17 жыл бұрын
A GIFTED ENTERTAINER TO SAY THE LEAST!
@whutbrush14 жыл бұрын
Way ahead of his time. Mr. Kaufman was a genius above (and especially) today's standards of comedy.
@Onanation17 жыл бұрын
The stool is brilliant
@ljcteehee15 жыл бұрын
Watching this version of Andy doing Tony, I find it kind of hilarious that he often thought no one could tell that he was Tony Clifton. Tony Clifton sounds exactly like Andy Kaufman here. lol.
@andrewlondon00710 жыл бұрын
Andy came at a weird time where people didnt get his humor. Still, today, some people don't get it. Genius
@JazzKeyboardist110 жыл бұрын
why do people love Andy's Pranks but hate Yoko Ono's Pranks? threatened that a woman is more talented than them I guess
@andrewlondon00710 жыл бұрын
I never said anything about that.
@wel_leb92548 жыл бұрын
+JazzKeyboardist1 because she split up the greatest band in the history of music
@TS-qq7vr5 жыл бұрын
Everybody knew the schtick. We got it, but after seeing a guy on TV all the time just trying to suck, well that just gets boring. It became overkill and we grew tired of it.
@asurlybarber3620 Жыл бұрын
Andy Kaufman was crazy like a fox. He knew what he was doing, most people couldn't figure it out.
@Shanethefilmmaker12 жыл бұрын
Ok I can see how he got Michael Richards, Jerry Lawler and even Letterman, but how did he get Henson in on his acts of mayhem.
@Vorxnyx16 жыл бұрын
this is probably the greatest video which has ever been recorded
@ollieox91812 жыл бұрын
That dance he does at 1:25 always makes me laugh.
@cynicalMusic2116 жыл бұрын
You win the thread, sir. Excellent work.
@nazmoking31713 жыл бұрын
Tony Clifton in my opinion was Andy's greatest invention - one of a kind!
@jushayward16 жыл бұрын
Well I'm from England and I love Clifton. Clifton reminds me of some of my father's friends in the seventies. Love him, Carey and some of that great U.S. stuff they produce as well as the excellent stuff from the U.K. Broaden your minds, it makes life better.
@Batman8315 жыл бұрын
He's alive and with Tupac, and Elvis in Louisiana.
@diskochimp14 жыл бұрын
"What a discovery, hmm?"
@DillonRichard16 жыл бұрын
golden.
@spudw2k13 жыл бұрын
I believe the original SNL series featured Kaufman and Muppets too.
@Dahmerxx16 жыл бұрын
Thanks for exactly saying what I just thought ;)
@otherstar19 жыл бұрын
Tony Clifton was a character either played by the late Andy Kaufman, or Bob Zmuda. When Man on the Moon came out, Zmuda reprised the character in a bit with Jim Carrey that was pulled off in a very Kaufman-like manner in which you didn't know if it was real or not.
@spacepeanut57238 жыл бұрын
until he pulled his dick out.lol
@MisterWhirlyDude15 жыл бұрын
Oh, and by the way, check out the original pilot for the Muppets show. It was definitely not intended to be a kids show at all. It was supposed to be more like a Saturday Night Live with puppets. I think Jim Henson probably loved Kaufman and he certainly liked to push the boundries for a "kids" show.
@Lobodude9111 жыл бұрын
Thank God they had Jim Carrey play Andy/Tony lol
@kentroberts721115 жыл бұрын
keep in mind too -- this is a comment made by another person about me. i don't think of myself as "the new andy kaufman" -- i appreciate what he was doing and i know it was different.
@darksideka16 жыл бұрын
love his voice on the big finish,4.04 to 4.08
@mikearan3014 жыл бұрын
Great Andy stuff what a looney he was so talented
@SavikDan14 жыл бұрын
That's entertainment! :)
@ritahirani40166 жыл бұрын
Genius
@the.mystery17 жыл бұрын
Sinatra...you've got some competition lol
@sawyeral17 жыл бұрын
Great video. And this is Kaufman. I saw a video with Zmuda doing Clifton at Harrah's and you can tell the difference.
@VolatileChemical14 жыл бұрын
Heh, the Muppets' are reacting to Tony the same way real network execs reacted to Andy.
@teddygrammm16 жыл бұрын
there was at least one other person who would play tony clifton.
@LeSquiji11 жыл бұрын
3:42 the fact that they planned and choreographed a staff member to run in and place a stool for him during the performance to rest from his 'energetic' dancing is fucking stellar. I'm sure it wasn't planned by andy kaufman but by tony clifton, because that's how possessed this man really was.
@Autopsy7616 жыл бұрын
Andy was a thief. He stole emotions, didn't matter if it was levity, happyness, anger or dissappointment. If he wanted you to show a particular emotion, there was nothing you could do. Only learned about kaufman in the last few years, but he truly was an artist. Brought his own, improved what was done in past, and gave it his all. I highly recommend watching "Man in the Moon" I know alota ppl don't like Jim Carrey, but he did an awesome job in that film. Also agree with BMJ, nice job.
@darling_danke_schoen13 жыл бұрын
JAJAJAHAHAHA HE WAS GONNA SAY "KING KONG'S DONG" JAJAJA
@TomGallagherSuperboyBeyond15 жыл бұрын
he played it long before. He just continued it. Andy's brother also played the role on occasion
@garvam15 жыл бұрын
jim and andy has always been my motivation. and i hav put some of my video.just tryin to b like them. respect.
@tedcantu111 жыл бұрын
The greatest thing that ever happened to entertainment.
@LilSirAxolotl13 жыл бұрын
lol XD Tony Clifton really cracks me up. "let's dance!" *taptaptap*
@ElijahsImpact18 жыл бұрын
I remember reading that this was the last time Andy played Tony before his death.
@poltaotata16 жыл бұрын
A legend and inventor of provocatory comics
@xXGhilliedxSamuraiXx13 жыл бұрын
If anyone else had played Andy, Man on the Moon would've been a disgrace to him rather than an honoring.
@cha517 жыл бұрын
I would have thought Andy would have been wrestling Miss Piggy.
@klawdd16 жыл бұрын
This is so great1!
@clearasvodka14 жыл бұрын
Ahhahahahaha!!!!!!! Ho ho ho ho!
@JasonL7717 жыл бұрын
They did trade off the "Tony Clifton" character alot. That's why Tony made one final apperance about a year after Andy died.
@Sadiecatlady15 жыл бұрын
God ain't it the truth. The fact that people are STILL questioning... It's what Andy wanted
@ServeTheBeaver16 жыл бұрын
whoever it was, it was spot on all the time
@baroque910311 жыл бұрын
The kids had must have fallen asleep during this part of the Muppets..
@marek191117 жыл бұрын
that's what I call an intelligent reply
@louiewiley1691 Жыл бұрын
I've been a muppet fan for years. Also I thought Tony Clifton and Andy Kaufan made an excellent pair on The Miss Piggy 🐷 🐖 Show.
@hairypolack13 жыл бұрын
Im confused, is this from the classic cbs muppets show from the 70s? or some special? one of the attempted muppets resurrections?
@DillonRichard17 жыл бұрын
I love it, bada bing
@Mintsauce2715 жыл бұрын
Silicon & Satan are a potent mix
@hallodepprofllol18 жыл бұрын
he simply was a genius
@eschuurm15 жыл бұрын
Tony Clifton is Bob Zmuda, Andy's writing partner.
@CalebWaleb17 жыл бұрын
I love Andy Kaufman!!
@Dariandelahoya16 жыл бұрын
Legend, Friend-man
@cha517 жыл бұрын
So when will someone upload that Muppets bit Jim Henson did on the very earliest Saturday Night Lives called 'Dregs And Vestiges'? I always loved it.
@browsertab17 жыл бұрын
lol. Leisure Suit Larry was based on one of Al Lowe's co-workers.
@numbskull2015 жыл бұрын
he died of lung cancer in '84. People thought it was a prank and some still do i think
@GiveEmHellMCR11 жыл бұрын
Best part about his trolling is that he never broke the troll character. So people still felt ambiguous about whether they liked him or not. It's easy to look back and see now though.
@Mike1614b4 жыл бұрын
that Tony had a lot of talent, a real performer, a professional
@blahblahghost17 жыл бұрын
What year is this?
@syxx57316 жыл бұрын
hillarious
@667mumble13 жыл бұрын
So Tony Clifton wasn't a real person, he was a character of Andy Kaufman
@marek191117 жыл бұрын
Those Russian soldiers who fought the Germans were driving American-made trucks, shooting American-made bullets and eating American canned food. From the beginning of the Lend-Lease act the Americans sent: Aircraft 14,795; Tanks 7,056; Jeeps 51,503; Trucks 375,883.
@GeoR91na11 жыл бұрын
I'm watching Man On The Moon only now, and what I just realised is in Russia we have an identical action from a guy who successfully participated in a humoristic show but the next season he invented a strange man instead of himself (as the guy didn't appear in the show though logically he was obliged to do it ). He was doing on stage like Tony Clifton in the movie (and, probably, in life) ! He stole this idea and in our country nobody guessed it )))
@jjhunsucker853917 жыл бұрын
actually this was Zmuda. you can tell by his movements and his lip twitches.
@Paraprax12 жыл бұрын
I dunno, Edward Norton would've been a pretty good second choice.
@leleara16 жыл бұрын
great
@StomachMafia17 жыл бұрын
This is clearly Kauffman.
@ZeroManZX16 жыл бұрын
Andy Kaufman is a laugh and a billion halves =P (and for those who dont understand that, TONY CLIFTON IS ANDY KAUFMAN! thank you)