The real Andy Kaufman part 2

[@bernios3446]

Wow, I saw Andy Kaufman for the first time. To my excuse I have to say I am german, here he is not as well- known. This is not just (dumb) comedy, it is the art of performance: social, ambigious, intelligent, revealing, vulnerable, wow. He exposes everything he shows. How great, a true artist. I like this side of America.

[@joegrimm9629]

I think this just worked for him. Because he made something unique for that time, but a second Kauffman could be a little ridiculous.

[@LunchsackTheWise]

@@joegrimm9629 what about Daxflame?

[@petervad]

Just brilliant. The guts to carry this off so brilliantly with such sincerity is astounding.

[@franknstein33]

There will never be another, Andy Kaufman. Genuine in all aspects, He truly loved a world that didn't understand him.

[@hannahharvey3615]

He never stopped being a boy trying to entertain the wall. God, I love him.

[@ZeeeehRo]

what do you mean by entertain the wall??

[@mariachirinos2046]

@@ZeeeehRo She meant the first audience he has as a boy is a wall,and he never stop being that boy...You get it now???

[@drivenhome7840]

wonderfully said !!

[@leland-bobpalmer4274]

In a way he was the most genuine "act" or "fake" out there LOL Yeah he was cool

[@l3radick]

Happy birthday Andy. There was a level... I'd say autism. Autistics are masters of vocal mimicry so to speak. When he was younger his parents took him to a club. Where an Elvis impersonator was performing. But Ande thought it was the real Elvis. And fell in love with him ever since, that's why he was so interested in performing. But it was his own world, no actual spectators needed. His parents saw it as unhealthy to spend all his time in his room with the imaginary camera. People on the spectrum can have very vivid imaginations and come off as asocial. That's when he took it upon himself to perform for other kids in the neighborhood at birthday parties. He was never diagnosed. But I see ADHD/Autism. His mother said whatever Andy did, it had to be fun. You had to make it enticing. But the thing he found most fun or amusing was putting people on edge. And there's a certain lack of empathy to be able to do that continuously, to put others in a constant state of emotional upheaval and uncertainty. I think the only time he felt at peace was when he was meditating. Which he'd do daily for hours

[@coqui1550]

This man always playing the "talentless guy" was pure genius. When I first saw him perform in television for the first time in the 80s I was blown away at how he acted. I thought it was one big blooper with this man. Little did I know the genius in him. I'm still in awe and wonder.

[@johnhewitt564]

His whole fishonha as the average Joe mos off the street with no talent what so ever is a talent in of its self, constant brilliance.

[@raincloud7817]

@@johnhewitt564 Please, can you tell me, what does the word "fishonha" mean? There ist no translation for it. The English translation says "it's Japanese". I tried again to translate it from Japanese to German - it's impossible.

[@angelamarie88]

​@@raincloud7817maybe he meant "persona," although I'm not sure how a typo or voice-to-text could mess it up that badly 😂

[@raincloud7817]

@@angelamarie88 Thank you!

[@debraenglander9317]

Brilliant. So much talent. His recordings have made me smile through out the pandemic. Thank you

[@bigd5090]

I love the art of performance that he has. I believe he was able to keep in communication with his inner childlike persona. He played on our tolerance of winsome kids entertainers but is actually loving playing with audience indignation, expectation and attention span. I really hope he was as happy and carefree as he seemed but as shown by Robin Williams people like him struggle with inner demons sometimes. He had a grounded family around him and kept working as a bus boy in order to never believe the hype. Great entertainer and up there with Laurel and Hardy as far as I'm concerned. So brave letting the practical jokes lie with no clarification. Legend. And whatever anyone says a knockout Elvis impersonator!

[@seerstone8982]

I'm almost 65 The 3 celebrity deaths that effected me the most were Elvis, John Lennon, and Andy.

[@edwinjimenez3802]

THE GREAT THING ABOUT ANDY HE DID WHAT THE AUDIENCE NEVER EXPECTED A COMEDIAN TO DO HE SURPRISED YOU ALL THE TIME GOD BLESS HIS MEMORY AMEN 🙏 HE WAS TRULY SPECIAL

[@felixthelmocevallosmorales41]

Andrew Geoffrey Kaufman (17 de enero de 1949 - 16 de mayo de 1984) fue un artista, actor, escritor y artista de performance estadounidense. Aunque a menudo se le llama comediante, Kaufman se describió a sí mismo como un "hombre de la canción y el baile". Desdeñó decir chistes y participar en comedias como se entendía tradicionalmente, una vez dijo en una rara entrevista introspectiva: "No soy un cómico, nunca he contado un chiste... La promesa del comediante es que saldrá y te hará reír con él... Mi única promesa es que intentaré entretenerte lo mejor que pueda".

[@issy_b_onair]

Even his biography mentioned how rude this audience was that night. He was flawless and so gracious at the end of it.

[@raincloud7817]

@issy_b_onair Please, tell me, did you find him late too? Because your comments are only a few weeks old.

[@issy_b_onair]

@@raincloud7817 He died when I was 1-years-old. I found him through Jim Carrey. When I saw Man on the Moon - I don't remember how long ago that was, but he and I were never alive at the same time.

[@raincloud7817]

@@issy_b_onair And nevertheless you like him much, I think 🤔. I really should know about Andy, I was born 1951. In the 70s I read so many magazines about celebrities; I have never heard or read the name Andy Kaufman anywhere. For 13 years I have Internet and I only discovered AK 6 weeks ago. Now he has occupied my head and my heart 😼😻; At my age it doesn't matter anymore. - Thank you for answering me again!🌹🍀💟

[@raincloud7817]

@@issy_b_onair Yes, I think for at least a month, but you were a little baby. 🧸 I lived 33 years when he existed and never heard of him! Maybe that was a good thing. I live on the other side of the planet and bear no resemblance to Goldie Hawn at all. YT deletes so many posts.

[@angelamarie88]

​​​@@raincloud7817Hi, it's interesting you & I are watching this Andy Kaufmann video at about the same time, you left your comment about 15 hours ago. It's 2024 and I'm momentarily fascinated with Andy Kaufman although never really knew him, I guess I was about 9 years old when he died. But fascinated by his mysterious untimely death and the speculation that he may have faked his own death because that's how great of a prankster he was. But my algorithms are giving me a bunch of Andy Kaufman videos or coincidentally because right now I happen to be down the street from the last house he lived in, in fact I could walk there, I have walked there before, he lived in a house in a quiet wealthy neighborhood up on a cliff overlooking the ocean ❤🌊🌴

[@kennethgrimes5494]

You can tell Andy is very proud of his family,he is so cool wish i could have meet him in person one dude that was way ahead of his time and everyone else's too.

[@alaskawilderman]

Unlike other great comedians of his time and since then, Kaufman was always entertaining as well as an enigma most of the time, which made him all the more interesting, because he was never predictable. Nor boring. Back then I really didn't know what to make of him/ didn't realize then how gifted/ brilliant he was. He made me laugh and smile just standing there, not even an act having to be done. He was always acting goofy and here and there you could see the real him shining thru -- meaning how he himself was really loving what he was doing and the reactions that he was getting being what he was hoping for. The guy is missed. This clip is appreciated

[@visuelliot]

When he cried, then made it into a rhythm and also started to play the bongos - that was when I lost it and just broke out in laughter. Amazing person, he was

[@davidgluck507]

The thing that people didn't get about Andy Kaufman is he was a performance artist. A great one.

[@zoewells3160]

I think literally everyone gets that. It’s kinda what he’s famous for.

[@alweinhofer5453]

Not so much at the time

[@mariecoles3347]

One of the greatest! Who ever lived and made our lives alot happier and better

[@gavinwilbert3629]

The beautiful thing about Andy was if you got his comedy and understood what he was trying to do, it’s hilarious. And if you don’t get it, he got you. He did what he wanted to do.

[@BRUNSONCREATIVECO]

Gavin Wilbert regardless, he won!

[@BoBo0807]

Gavin Wilbert I don't pretend to know what Andy was trying to do, but I've always loved him anyway.

[@jesssands5349]

When he cries it brings tears to my eyes, I love his cry with rhytmn.

[@burtonlad3294]

One word can describe what we see...Genius...Way ahead of his time and sorely missed

[@realevilcorgi]

he was basically the forebearer to the wave of Tim and Eric style humor we're seeing now. Very bright man.

[@theaamp4009]

realevilcorgi I'm not sure I'd liken Andy to those guys much aside from the fact that they're doing their own thing. The entertainment factor is definitely different between the two.

[@Chance-ry1hq]

Burton Lad Genius? There is nothing funny in this video, just a bunch of nonsense. He was a train wreck not a genius. The only funny thing this guy did was get pile driven by Lawler. Now that was funny.

[@unknowntrademark9992]

@@Chance-ry1hq he never wanted to be a comedian. He wanted to be a entertainer/prankster. When ppl say he wasnt a good comedian i agree becuase hes not a comedian.

[@Joeyland]

i uploaded the interview first, then thought i should of left the whole show intact, it helps to see the performance, so i added back in part2, all the performance footage.

[@missym7245]

Thanks for posting these. I know nothing about Andy and seeing him on stage gives some insight. I have seen his Mighty Mouse somewhere before though. Wouldn't that wrestling go down well today!! LOL. Comedy from an easier time, when the world wasn't so uptight. Cheers from Oz :-)

[@grawakendream8980]

thanks for sharing this

[@j.walker6845]

Just total commitment.

[@HEEMHerbals]

This dude is fucking cool. Simple with a huge heart, I'm guessing. And actually funny as hell with the way he bounced back from the family skit. I can't tell when he's serious or joking, most of the time. Definitely a free spirit!

[@WatchJoystickPlays]

HEEM HOUSE he’s joking the whole time.

[@465marko]

even when he's not

[@yummyyum36719]

His Elvis alone is worth the price of admission.

[@cjustcathy]

Andy Kaufman was the original Gardener. I wouldn't be surprised if he was the inspiration for Being there. He was the king wearing new clothes and daring the world to declare him naked.

[@faulkgough524]

Oh shit, a "Being There ref." Great fucking book. good on you, and, good call; but I saw Chance as more passive, while Andy was active.

[@oscarmorales-cn3hz]

He was great, at that time, a genius. Nowdays people do less for more, but thinking that they are talented....

[@voodoopoopdoggfling5635]

Making His brother sing La Bamba at His show is what i wish i could make my sister do.

[@voodoopoopdoggfling5635]

“Definitely”

[@simcHyt]

He was a fucking genious xD that transition between crying and drumming got me dying. I just discovered this guy and im amazed

Absolutely genius of comedy. He could make every emotion out of your body. One minute, you're ready to punch him, the next you're sad, then playing bongos have you laughing so hard that you're falling on the floor! Freaking Genius! Him, Richard Pryor, Robin Williams, Red Foxx.

[@georgeserna8059]

Love this guy there will never be a Andy Kaufman ever again

[@gilpiper3564]

The fast bongo playing into the uncontrollable arm dance has me dying every time I see it.

[@MA-vd3ln]

12:00 I thought he might have been crying till he started to play them bongos to his whimper 😂😂 It was truly a comedy filled life For this man he died way too soon

[@aintgonnahappen]

He's brilliant. And the fact that so many don't see it would probably please him in a weird way.

[@scissors656]

his stuff is still ahead of our time.

[@seerstone8982]

I was a Kaufman fan going back to the 70s. I was dumbfounded that Andy punked me over a quarter century after his death.

[@raincloud7817]

@@seerstone8982 ???

[@raincloud7817]

@@seerstone8982 He punked you over? What do you mean? - I'm a new fan of Andy's generation, I heard from him for the first time at the beginning of June 2024. Unfortunately, he was probably pretty unknown here in Europe.

[@kcuhc84]

I hear Andy Kaufman was good. The cast of "taxi" rehearsed all week, Andy sent a stand in and then rehearsed with the rest of the cast for one day only. According to the rest of the cast he never made a mistake during taping.

[@joepermenter7228]

Secret to success on a sitcom: rarely give a shit and find no artistic merit to what you are doing.

[@zoewells3160]

Andy didn’t play his characters, he BECAME THEM!

[@DanV841]

Andy Kaufman was a very thin line between Genius and Bat shit crazy.

[@roninslv]

There will never be another Andy!

[@TTuoTT]

No he wasn't

[@sueme1954]

I was going to give you a thumbs up but then he began to sing Oklahoma! and I began to sing along with him . I guess I am batshit crazy but not a genius 😏.

[@jon1702]

Stage Door Johnny you’re dead wrong. Andy is still alive in so many people. Even when he was alive Andy was everyone, people were Andy before Andy. They just didn’t know to call themselves Andy

[@nancybogart3899]

Dan V I totally love your comment you are totally correct because everybody believe it everybody is a little bat shit crazy

[@alexandernoviello9557]

I think Tim Heidecker has a far better understanding of Andy and his brand of humor than Jim Carrey ever did.

[@themoviedealers]

Heidecker is not fit to smell Kaufman's shit.

[@zoewells3160]

Heidecker is an entirely different brand of comedian. This argument is dumb.

[@alexandernoviello9557]

@@zoewells3160 The argument isn't dumb, you just don't understand the argument. There is a direct lineage between Kaufman and Heidecker's style of comedy, this is just a fact. In fact, go watch Tim's stand up routine. If you're not seeing the influence, then I don't know what to say. Jim Carrey on the other hand has no connection between Kaufman's style of comedy and his own. He speaks with such arrogance when describing Kaufman, to the point where I really think he just doesn't understand. I'd almost describe Kaufman as a sort of postmodern kind of comedy, and Carrey doesn't give me confidence that he grasps that concept. He makes me think that HE thinks what was an act was actually Kaufman being genuine.

[@alexandernoviello9557]

@@cody3580 Have you seen any Tim Dillon? His podcast is basically a Kaufman-esque show, straddling reality and overt silliness. Tim's a little more absurd and obvious, but it still has that postmodern feel.

[@panchoverde5078]

I've got the kids

[@litaperna1128]

Thank you. A millions times for this. Lots of stuff I hadn't seen before.

[@vimzibaiegh]

Needed a laugh, "Oklahoma" just too funny really.

[@gagaface26]

One of the most unique comedians I've ever come across. Certainly insane, but used it to his advantage.

[@lindabarrow]

Forgive me but I thought he was hilarious.. even Elvis said he was his favorite Elvis impersonator. Let’s see all of u get up on stage and do this and get put down. He was an entertainer trying his best. May he Rest In Peace. He brought people laughter of which there’s not enough of today .

[@judymotto1366]

wow...he was awesome!!!

[@SpookyStregaAL]

crazy like a fox and his family is awesome too

[@PlanetRockJesus]

People in that audience, halfway through, realizing they'd been played!

[@eddietavaresjr.4773]

One of a kind Mr. Andy Kaufman !!!

[@dner75-xh9le]

It's easy to see how Andy was into professional wrestling. The absurd pageantry was right up his alley.

[@scottyvand]

Andy was pure Genius.

[@SuperMilkThistle]

he can beat up any woman, what a funny bit. such a unique character, ahead of his time

[@zachbos5108]

+Scott Nicholas Ah the great Graham Chapman. He wrestled himself.

[@zoewells3160]

I think he’s more entirely unique than merely "ahead of his time". Well, not entirely as such, since he’s far from the only performance artist in history, but pretty damn unique, and I don’t think his style is much more mainstream now than it was then.

[@donabeyta252]

Im waiting for andy to pop up anytime now It was all a Joke.Hes still alive.

[@scottyvand]

We can only hope. I think that every time i watch him.

[@lego4271]

But would anyone believe if an old man started claiming to be Andy Kaufman? That might be his biggest joke. He knows he is gonna come back and nobody is gonna believe him and they're not gonna get to witness him again.

[@zoewells3160]

He’s not alive. But he wants (wanted) us to think he is. In other words, he faked faking his death.

[@raincloud7817]

@@lego4271 4 years later, I bet, you'll never see it: That Andy is still alive and comes back is just a wish. Now he would be 75 and he probably wouldn't be singing "This Friendly World" anymore.

[@vsrose]

His performance art makes me think of vaudeville. Probably people who were around in the turn of the century and early 20th century days of vaudeville would think that this is pretty similar. This is Andy's modern spin and zany one of kind original characters, with his audience interaction that was purposely defensive . provocative.The Entertainer.

[@julijereljic9722]

Andy's expression is not for everyone. The mainstream mediocrities do not have where to place it.

[@johnhutchins825]

I remember this, talk about edgy. But he was badass on those congas.

[@reprogrammingmind]

That intergender wrestling champ also plays the bongoes like a champ!

[@ItWILLbeWONDERFUL_THERE]

I think Sensational Sherri would have had fun with this whole angle. And she could have taken him, too.

[@silascochran9705]

I love him he was genius at its best😁👍👍💔

[@scissors656]

mighty mouse was before my time;but andy brought it into my life.

[@lissalives1]

He was a pure, sweet man. Hollywood ruined him.

[@WatchJoystickPlays]

The stage stuff set up the crying joke.

[@bigd5090]

If I have one comment about 'The Man in the Moon' Jim Carey performance it's that Jim polishes Andy into a sheen. In reality Andy wasn't just kooky but wanted you to perceive him as a simpleton or a naive foreigner and when he got you underestimating him he was then more able to shock or surprise you. He obviously loved his family but him inviting them on stage was just as much about attempting to wind up the audience as having some sing-along fun! It was a beautiful mix of both liking simple fun himself and wanting to bring pretentious people or those who were idolising fame and power down a peg or two for comic effect. To parody a horrible lounge singer Tony Clifton as an alternative ego and try and get pretentious viewers to switch off prior to his TV special he really was just pushing out a Kaufman reality field where you were either inside the bubble or he intended you to be repelled and he was going to riff off of that to even more enjoyment! I think the only scene where Carey nails that mischief is the 10 second frame tracking issue where he exclaims, "people are going to think their televisions are broken!" 😂 He wasn't just a harmless Mork & Mindy character but had far more spikey depth. He's missed in our woke and hyper ordered world today.😢

[@debraj.thomas661]

I'm just being me....that's Andy Kaufman! hahaha

[@wighatsuperreggie]

I find it so interesting that he did the wrestling thing because he seemed to always turn the crowd into the kind of crowd you find at a low grade wrestling match

[@chlebsco]

Is the brother singing ‘La Bamba’ in Yiddish?

[@TYT695]

Andy would have pranked Simon Cowell

[@peterweltweit]

elvis learned everything from andy.

[@thegrimyeaper]

Wish you would have kept the 4:3 aspect ratio so we could have actually seen his head during that beautiful crying bit.

[@spiglator]

Genius

[@coffeefish]

Love it.

[@LauraSquirrel]

Awesome!

[@isaaccd79]

He’s just going through the motions.

[@mathias7777777777777]

Imagine his influence on the world if he was born in the time of the falling. Namely social media

[@susanralph274]

what a beautiful family he came from

[@kenruiz3980]

he's what I call a comedic actor

[@bdm5858]

...Kaufman was a mad, demented, bipolar, introverted comedic Genius!!!...RIP Andy!!!...

[@jccurran9327]

Bdm5858 - Bipolar seems to be the latest "Catch-All Buzzword" for some time now. Years ago it was " Schizo and/or Schitzzy". I can't wait for the next mental health "Buzzword". For some reason, I doubt Andy's diagnosis was Bipolar (aka Manic Depression). I enjoyed his performances and thought he was so unique. I would have loved to lovingly opened his head and heart with a can opener (loving joke) to see what made him tick! Whatever he was or wasn't, he had his large "following". I like to think that he was a playmate of our younger days (when we were all silly and Fun did not have to make sense and childhood and mischief had free run). RIP Andy Kaufman, miss ya! Best regards to all.

[@jimmyjennings4089]

I bet this is the same stuff he did as a kid and his family probably thought he would never go anywhere doing it just like millions of other kid's that did the same thing, but Andy probably told them watch I'll make a living doing this in front of people, and they probably just said sure you will Andy sure you will.

[@scottwhitman7951]

Gabe from The Office kind of reminds me of Andy Kaufman. In the awkwardness.

[@CalebLLShow]

Andys brother was the real talent I was so into that jam yeah

[@notgoingdownwithoutafight1606]

Big hand for Michael!

[@THeOliveGardin]

I think this man lived purely on impulse

[@floofytown]

Hahahahahaha his brother!!!

[@locustsolus]

It hurt. so funny..

[@Dragon43ish]

He was insane.

[@zoewells3160]

He probably did have some sort of mental illness, but he was clearly functional and not dangerous. And in his case it helps to be a bit mad.

[@VooDooKaDoLL]

OMG... all his damn family on the stage being absolutely stupid = BRILLIANT. Fucking genius Andy, ‘La Bamba’ will never be the same after this x’DDDDD

[@DANTHETUBEMAN]

still do not understand all of his comedy,, but i do seem to get some of it that other miss,, its interesting.

[@riverland22]

It seems to me he basically trained for his career in his room from the time he was born. It was just a continuation of that.

[@leland-bobpalmer4274]

His whole "doing kids stuff for adults" when you think about it was then picked up by "Pee-Wee Herman" aka Paul Reubens for MUCH COMMERCIAL Fame. Kind of comparable to what happened to "Sailor Jerry" Norman Collins "Old Ironsides" AKA..by his lap dog apprentice "Don" Ed Hardy..

[@valentinacurnis6573]

I'd give my right arm to wrestle with him haha

[@chocloditelensman]

Was the cameraman drunk ?

[@salemalexandreberry7614]

bo, bo, oh my god, bo

[@Groucho-tg1tx]

This sounds reasonable to me, did he sell investments at yearly 10 percent gains also?

[@tocoassim]

Is the nirvana bass😳

[@jimijackson]

I love Andy...but he reminds me of ...if Adam Schiff and Ted Bundy had a baby. Adam schiffs eyes Ted Bundy's hair

I'm trying to figure out the language he's speaking but it's way too fast. I can't tell if it's Spanish, Hebrew, Shebrew or what.

[@gusc6785]

Its fake , he made it up. Thats the joke n his genius of fooling every1

[@letostanley1750]

post-Diogenes? - I dunno. But I sure wish to have experienced one of his "shows".

[@johnpothews3795]

Did anybody ever think that he played the talentless guy because he was the talentless guy?

[@user-rv2ih1md3i]

Yes. It's the biggest part of the irony of his performance art. Like the Elvis impersonation, if he nailed it so well and so easily what does that say about Elvis? Studies in hype and manipulation.

[@zoewells3160]

He wasn’t actually talentless, but if you mean the talentless guy character was the closest to the real him, maybe, since he did voice a few genuine opinions using that character. But it’s more a bait-and-switch troll persona. He had talent.

[@MrAndyCretin]

i'd say around the time he makes his brother sing la bamba.

[@fwlweb5803]

He did pull some shit in his day. Who wasn't taken by that stunt with Jerry Lawler?

[@hendrickschipper2938]

You die laughing !

[@ramsantosjr]

NICHOLAS CAGE SHOULD HAVE PLAYED HIM NOT JIM CARREY

[@its-TRAV]

dude if nicolas cage played andy kaufman it wouldve bombed big time, theres just no way hed be able to get all those mannerisms down hes only good for freak outs anyway

[@ramsantosjr]

***** YEAH BUT NICHOLAS CAGE IS FUNNY

[@longliverocknroll5]

Cage is funny because of how terrible he is not because he wants to appear funny or has any idea of what he's doing 99% of time when he acts.

[@TheGreatUtopiaCat]

+Ramon Santos jim carrey is a far superior impersonator, and his physical comedy may surpass even kauffman's

[@julijereljic9722]

ha ha, that's what I was thinking. The question is how much Nicholas would gain in that role

[@ButterOnCorn]

he died 2 young 4sure

[@DocToxicTF2]

Ebeda?

[@GaryFurr-er7xz]

What the hell is that a cat with its tail in a door

[@bw4025]

Maybe one of his points (in watching his bringing up family) is that spontaneity is greater than "planned performance'.. We waste a lot of time outside the now. Wing it! Perfection and security is highly overrated! Just do it. Stop talking about it!

[@shimatetsuo2019]

Andy wasn’t hard to figure. He was just a song and dance man who wanted to get a rise out of you all the time. Done.