The real Andy Kaufman

[@PeterBondeVillain]

I don't think Andy was ever out of character.

[@MadCircle01]

I'm not comparing them but Tim and Eric's style is pretty much Andy.

[@PeterBondeVillain]

They're both known for breaking character constantly. Tim has put out a few serious albums where he's being himself and done a lot of interviews as himself. Eric has directed videos and done serious interviews with the likes of Marc Aaron. I love Tim & Eric but there's no comparison to Kaufman there.

[@martinspud8325]

Completely agree. Not when a camera was around. I also think there came a time when they were one and the same.

[@PeterBondeVillain]

I have this conspiracy theory that he didn't know who he really was because of his many personas and stunts. I know it's far out, but if you think about how he constantly changes from one character to the next, it must've been hard to pin-points exactly who he really was.

[@TheRandomBiscuit]

If he's never out of character, that's him. There is nothing underneath... just sayin'.

[@95vamos]

I could listen to Andy say Rude all day long. What a sweet man.

[@Sciencedgofood]

Daniel Valdivia he's in character...of a sweet man

[@GforceProdComp]

Made it popular way before Michelle Tanner

[@TonyMacroni633]

Lmao right

[@TehUltimateSnake]

Robin James could’ve fooled me.

[@paullangton-rogers2390]

So Ruuuude. He had a certain naivety and strangeness about him..but this was only 2 years into his career and he was reflecting on earlier shows. What do you expect though, if you're a comedian and an audience doesn't like your act at all, they're going to boo in small clubs. It happens a lot to some new comedians where the comedy is like Andy's, too radically different to what a club is used to and not well received. Many people prefer conventional comedy or are expecting a regular standup comedian doing social commentary comedy, slapstick or regular jokes with punchlines. Andy's foreign man persona comedy was very funny and its hard to imagine how an audience wouldn't laugh, but who knows in the early days as he was perfecting his routine it may not have been like the later performances. It is hard being a stand-up comedian. Booing is the worse thing possible. You have to not take it personally and quickly adapt to it, or you're gonna die on stage and/or lose the audience. Maybe that's why Andy later made it a KEY part of his routine, the whole dying on stage, getting flustered, and being lost and then crying etc.

[@WelcomeToTheScene1]

He's such an inspiration for me. He always pushed his limits and pushed the art of comedy. He was truly exceptional and the only one of his kind.

[@Joeyland]

+glitterallydead watch part 2

[@paullangton-rogers2390]

I agree, he was one of a kind and exceptionally talented. I think his nearly life-long meditation played a key role in his ability to do what he did.

[@Holret]

what did he push? He was not mentally well and his performances showed that.

[@jonnyd802]

@@Holret What...

[@jimmyjunk8498]

ya but gurls aren't funny

[@JewandGreek]

About Andy Kaufman, David Letterman once said “You got the impression that the engine was running but no one was behind the wheel.”

[@TheBugBeforeYou]

David letterman is retardant

[@sidvicious332]

I think thats just a very old common expression letterman lifted to describe Andy.

[@severeenjoyment6775]

The whole interview was still in character except “Is that what you want?” And “Nah, I don’t want to do that”. Incredible.

[@zoewells3160]

Yeah, but I guess we’re not gonna get any closer

[@spencerholder4011]

I bet he was a really nice guy

[@Geojr815]

Really seemed like it. Jim Carrey played him as a total douche in the movie though

[@mattmoves5920]

So behind his mask, Andy was first of all a professionist who took his job really seriously, and he was proud of his experiences and shows around. He liked to do artistic experimentation and push himself to the limit all the time. Surely he was a really busy man and didn't have a boring life.

[@wantansoup1]

He got fired from SNL because he was extremely and showed up with hookers. So not exactly

[@mattmoves5920]

wantansoup1 He showed up with hookers as Tony Clifton, so he was acting. The producer had to hire Andy as Tony Clifton for some episodes and he did what his character liked to do. After that the producers fired Tony. Tony, not Andy. I guess he loves to see reactions of people in this kind of situations.

[@Jim_Harwood]

+Matt Moves He provoked the audience and I liked that.

[@joshbarron3244]

Matt Moves pretty sure he's just a doofus who had people going. A smart doofus

[@eruption257]

That was the "Tony Clifton" character on Taxi (and that was all an act). SNL held an on-air call-in poll where they asked people if they wanted him to stay on the show or not and the audience voted him off.

[@moeezS]

Reading the whole of The Great Gasby to an annoying audience, brilliant.

[@bassbeardiful]

This simply comment made me laugh harder than anything i've ever seen on youtube. thank you messofanego.

[@aNdzel0t]

"I don't know what you want from me, I gave them the best."... just pure brilliance.

[@fimmiey6881]

Messofanego love your profile pic man

[@PalashaGabarra]

What's brilliant about it? He charged people money and he read them a book.

[@PaulCarson5150]

That always bothered me, too, particularly after seeing Man in the Moon. Thought that was a pretty crappy way to treat people that invested their time/money for you. Though I will say (not having been there) that if it was as he described, and they we're booing him from the 1st moment, like some kind of Apollo Theater audience... heck, might have served them right! :D haha

[@ikillomega]

Andy always seemed more interested in gaining a reaction from the crowd over being just "funny". This is why I always see him as more of a performance artist than a traditional comic. What makes him the best at what he did is how hard it was to tell when he was really being natural. He was (is?) awesome and will forever be remembered as the greatest prankster in history. Great video. Thanks for sharing.

[@drctrs]

His pranks are on an entirely different level, though. It is almost like instead of pranking others, he sort of pranked himself, or rather, provoked people to ''prank'' him by making them pretend to like his show and to sing along, act along etc. And those reactions from people were the ultimate goal for Andy. In a way, it's an anti-prank.

[@CoolAce1]

I like this real side of Kaufman. You can see after the show he was tired, relaxed and being himself. Actually a very normal guy. Funny as hell when he wanted to be.

[@camogrrl]

Tree Garden Life “very normal” ? No one normal could achieve what Andy did. Let alone someone ‘very’ normal. I don’t think that word means what you think it does. I think you mean his humanity was on display in this clip.

[@zoewells3160]

He’s not fully normal in here. He’s still pretty in character. It’s the closest we ever got to a Kaufman character break on-camera, but not a full on character break.

[@SirMan48]

​@@zoewells31608:08 "Nahh, I don't wanna do that"

[@TheIkaika777]

He looks like the bass player for Nirvana.

[@supadupasexiestguy]

krist novoselic

[@CharlieSmurffy]

supadupasexiestguy No, he's saying that Andy Kaufman looks like the bass player for Nirvana

[@ThePinkiePrince]

***** Yeah, and he just said the bass players name.

[@metalmaniac0123]

He does!

[@ViperStarFilms]

TheIkaika777 lol so true

[@danielwoodwardcomposer2040]

Andy's humor was closer to the U.K. than the U.S.A. (Just watch Vic Reeve's Big Night Out). He was a Genius; his bravery was unmatched.

[@littleripper312]

He's not fully out of character here, he's just a little tired.

[@bradlahsheelds]

littleripper312 yelp

[@bradlahsheelds]

yep*

[@Worldofbubba]

yes.... he was.

[@rhinehold4268]

If there was a camera, he was in character... If there wasn't one, maybe he wasn't... Depends on when you caught him.

[@Worldofbubba]

Andy was not always in character, his tom Cottle interview was pure andy, just like this one.

[@johjoh4571]

i really wish i could have met him. all the interviews ive seen make him seem like just the sweetest most interesting guy.. I cant learn enough about him

[@gregwest6032]

I think Andy was unaware sometimes that people didn't know it was a character. And sometimes he didn't either. This interview may have been a window into a fractured world. He was something else, that boy. Genius.

[@gumipanda00]

He has such a sweet personality. What a beautiful human

[@dan_hitchman007]

He had a reputation for being pugnacious, more in line with his character Tony Clifton at times.

[@bitterchew]

He's putting you on like always

[@user-gt6tg7bd1g]

8:07 -8:16 was the closest we will ever get to an out of character Kuafman . His real voice

[@SirMan48]

You know what's crazy about that? In that moment, Andy Kaufman disappears, and he just seems like an ordinary, middle aged college grad lol followed by the almost reactionary "you want me to do it?" I think he was comfortable and didn't mean to break character there and reeled it back in

[@krisjanneman]

Its a cruel world but mr kaufman did stand his ground

[@TheSpanishzombie]

Maybe they said boo-urns

[@malcyn1]

I was saying "Boo-urns"

[@SparkySINN]

🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@PushSueAside]

TheSpanishzombie have the Rolling Stones killed

[@EVERTONFC.]

I was saying Booooo-urns.

[@grawakendream8980]

@@malcyn1 no you weren't i was sitting next to you

[@cojuk7]

I prefer when he played bass for Nirvana

[@nexusninja8839]

hahahahahahahahhahahahha

[@lukeGGlee]

Chris Johnson maybe he reincarnated as him

[@oscarwestman3994]

Incredibly funny not to mention original.

[@MeadeSkeltonMusic]

Beautiful voice!

[@user-jt5ot4hy9q]

Andy made a high art out of being a consummate liar. That he did it so believably is what makes it so funny. That he even thought of doing it is what makes him a genius.

[@Gyork_]

Lol, everyone denying he's acting like his normal self, don't idolize people folks, he was just a human like everyone else.

[@dh6959]

I dont know about you, but I've met a lot of different people and some of them are quite different. Also, some of them are worth more than others. A 1913 liberty head nickel is a nickel, but I'd literally kill someone to have it. For a regular nickel? I wouldn't even sniff my own finger. That shit is only worth 5 cents.

[@gonufc]

@@dh6959 "Literally"?

[@dh6959]

@@gonufc Do you know how much one of those coins is worth?

[@gonufc]

@@dh6959 Approximately 25 to life?

[@luckyswine]

This is all part of the act. He must have been a consummate observer of people to nail his naturalness.

[@logix0]

I wonder what he would've been like today. He was truly one of a kind.

[@aracelyemmett3493]

he would have been a nothing.death furthered his career.

[@janbrobergshow914]

Aracely Emmett No, he would be THE great comedian.

[@dan_hitchman007]

If it wasn't cancer that got him, it probably would have been a mental breakdown. He was too wired to live a long life. The candle that burns twice as bright lasts half as long.

[@MartyWoodcock]

This is the best interview I've seen of Andy Kaufman. Thank you for sharing.

[@whitiscool1]

they were so RUUUUDE!

[@mamathree1573]

This man helped shape my sense of humor. I loved him so much.

[@George_Ericksen]

I saw Andy Kaufman at a grocery store in Los Angeles back in 81. I told him how cool it was to meet him in person, but I didn’t want to be a douche and bother him and ask him for photos or anything. He said, “Oh, like you’re doing now?” I was taken aback, and all I could say was “Huh?” but he kept cutting me off and going “huh? huh? huh?” and closing his hand shut in front of my face. I walked away and continued with my shopping, and I heard him chuckle as I walked off. When I came to pay for my stuff up front I saw him trying to walk out the doors with like fifteen Milky Ways in his hands without paying. The girl at the counter was very nice about it and professional, and was like “Sir, you need to pay for those first.” At first he kept pretending to be tired and not hear her, but eventually turned back around and brought them to the counter. When she took one of the bars and started scanning it multiple times, he stopped her and told her to scan them each individually “to prevent any electrical infetterence,” and then turned around and winked at me. I don’t even think that’s a word. After she scanned each bar and put them in a bag and started to say the price, he kept interrupting her by yawning really loudly.

[@JM-fu6vy]

hahahahahahahahah

[@parkhd]

The very first scanning of the now-ubiquitous Universal Product Code (UPC) barcode was on a pack of Wrigley Company chewing gum in June 1974

[@linn4591]

I've heard that same story told with other celebrity names. Lately they've been saying it was Ellen DeGeneres. But I think Andy would like it.

[@lifesoldier]

GOD damnit

[@maxxbenzz7842]

Really? Wow

[@OurOregonlife]

I saw Andy in the beginning, and after decades I still come to the conclusion, he was either an amazing entertainer the best ever to hit the stage, or he was the most insane person ever to get paid for being nuts. Or both..... ingenious as he was there will never be another Andy.

[@mikeytrains1]

Closest we might have right now is Joe Pera, but yeah-that’s not really comparable

[@ZyxthePest]

@@mikeytrains1 Joe is like the anti-Andy in that his comedy is used to uplift and not cause chaos. I also truly believe Joe is closer to his actual real life self than Andy's stage persona.

[@MixedUp_]

@@mikeytrains1 I would say Oliver Tree is way closer to Andy Kaufman in his entertainment style

[@Joeyland]

If anything comes through on this video, its his sweet, gentle nature

[@santanacross4496]

Gosh he's handsome

[@kenshiroFNS]

You need corrective eye surgery

[@debbiegrimison6705]

Out of character he's very hot!

[@Soulbrothersunny]

gorgeous

[@EllEff652]

Is it the unibrow that does it for you?

[@kitkat43255]

Jesus. He is a human being, he gets tired. He's a genius and he could have said so many other things than "rude," but he didn't. This video just proves how real of a person he is. He's a sweet guy and I miss him!

[@joekempel932]

I really think it was a joke. Maybe just to himself, but still a joke. He said he was scheduled for 1 hour, but that he stayed on for an hour and 45 minutes. It's absurd to think that someone who was being booed would stay out there for an extra 45 minutes. And it would actually be the performer, forcing himself on a booing audience for an extra 45 minutes, who was being "rude".

[@michaelhaydenbell]

He's fucking joking around. Holy Christ...

[@teck0475]

this is part of his act this is how he worked he lived his life that way every moment for him was acting

[@teck0475]

@Let Your LIGHT Forever Shine i am god read your bible it say right in it i was created in his image making me a god so go forth hate other races other religions its ok and after go forth and multiply

[@MsNooneinparticular]

Yeah, he never cussed IRL. Unless he was in Clifton character. Very polite person for the most part.

[@Improperman]

it's krist novoselic

[@dirtyunclehubert]

Thir is and hes right now "donald trump". proof: "krist novoselic" and "donald trump" have never been in the same room.

[@jwardbass4452]

THAT'S who he reminded me of!

[@TheKardiacKid]

HAHA! I've been saying that for years!

[@AndySalinger33]

For sure! It's uncanny.

[@kewkabe]

Interesting that three years after Kaufman "died," this "Novoselic" guy appears out of nowhere and co-founds Nirvana.

[@tron3entertainment]

"Sometimes when you look into Andy's eyes, you get the feeling someone else is driving." - David Letterman

[@mariogentile4326]

The most authentic Andy you'll ever see for sure.

[@dan_hitchman007]

And even then he was mostly in character.

[@Ms.GreenJeans]

His genius of bending reality within comedy and mingling it with humans ability to say SO much while saying nothing. He made so many laugh. I miss uninhibited comedy so very much.

[@curtisunit]

It's neat to hear him talk about his San Diego gig. He had just done it. I was 10, sitting there with my mom at UCSD Mandeville Hall. She was a huge fan and I got a little of what he was doing. After the bunny hop incident he took the entire audience out for milk and cookies.

[@Joeyland]

Andy was doing "performance art" for lack of a better term, and these crowds were used to Freddy Roman and Alan King...

[@markratcliffe9483]

+Joeyland you can tell his homosexual tendencies really come out when he is tired. His buddy zmuda told in an interview recently he was struggling with being gay...

[@HannibalOrJustRex]

+Mark Ratcliffe Interesting fact: If you pay close attention you'll notice that he doesn't show any kind of sexual tendencies in any direction. There is actually nothing sexual about this interview at all!

[@markratcliffe9483]

are you a girl? your gaydar is WAYY off.

[@mclmrtn]

+Mark Ratcliffe Did you know it has actually been proven that "gaydar" is terrible? www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2015/09/08/new-study-finds-that-your-gaydar-is-terrible/

[@rdecredico]

+Joeyland More like he was trolling the audience.

[@HaikuAutomation]

What an honest, truthful person, that had to protect himself to make a living by trolling the world. And we are still talking about him. Genius, got the entire world wondering, considering, contemplating, never knowing but thought they did.

[@creamnall]

Andy was a genius pf the arts, God bless the man

[@aracelyemmett3493]

He's a genius in the sense he made money being unfunny and lame.

[@janorhypercleats]

That was great, that was the real Andy Kaufman. I've never seen him out of character before. Just a young experimental comedian expressing his feelings after a gig.

[@CaptainBeefheart90]

colorful personality

[@zachmohl]

Even his "real life interview" is in character. This guy is fascinating. Do we thing he's an absolute genius or a guy who just loved to piss people off?

[@PoeLemic]

I think it was the second part that led him to the first part. He hit something by accident that got him well known ...

[@avadakedavra69]

Zach Mohl Both.

[@e.l.norton]

He was no genius. Unbalanced.

[@Seamonkey555]

Genius. Everyone who knew him agreed. A pure genius.

[@e.l.norton]

Every celebrity describes every other celebrity they work with as a "genius". The word has no real meaning in Hollywood. Just another inflated descriptor.

[@retthok]

Well, I think one of his best routines that I have come across is the David Letterman Show with him yelling at Jerry Lawler. Hilarious.

[@plutoplatters]

Another You Tube Account jesussssssssssssss. you're an idiot.

[@MrJimmyRivers]

Thanks for posting. I wanted to hear him talk normal forever. It was cool to see.

[@Riz1music]

After a hard night's work, Andy Kaufman gave his buddy Seth Schultz what he wanted. Thanks for posting this clip of a generous and misunderstood genius of a performer.

[@mandysowell7622]

I can't help but wonder if a lot of the hate Andy still gets has anything to do with his wrestling bit. If so, then bravo for not understanding that wrestling is fake, and Andy was just using that medium for his own amusement. But, it's also kind of cool, considering a negative reaction was what he was going for anyway. 

[@Seamonkey555]

Andy respected wrestlers never even calling Jerry Lawler anything but Mr. Lawler privately. But yeah, he got the art of that form of entertainment.

[@SpellsOfTruth]

He liked gettin a response from people, kzbin.info/www/bejne/aJu0YXZmd9uEqNU watch this, he told jerry lawler(who was in on the entire thing) that if he could give up all the money, all the fame, and just do wrestling, he would do it in a second. He loved playing the villain and getting a negative response from everyone, but still getting everyone to respond. The problem with this is, people never really accepted wrestling was fake till the late 90s. But doesn't that say something about the wrestlers? They were so good at faking this shit that everyone thought it was real for 50 years. I hate that people talk down about pro wrestling, when pro wrestling is about 10% actual wrestling, 10% gettin in shape, and 80% getting a reaction outta the crowd. Which is exactly what andy did his entire career.

[@KyleEdwardsPhoto]

I think a part of it stems from the fact that he was more of a performance artist than a comedian. Publicly, he was pigeonholed into the comedian category because no one really knew how to categorize him (and people like categorizing everything), so when he wouldn't deliver the typical comedian approach, they got mad as though it was HIS error for not conforming, rather than their error of being incorrect in the first place.

[@superbrotherx]

LOVE Andy Kaufman. He was an innovator. He worked hard. He was real. and he was funny and he was ENTERTAINING. I remember being a kid and even though I was confused, I loved the guy. GREAT interview Joeyland. Thank you.

[@krislawson9314]

I freaking LOVE HIM.......when he died we all lost a great great performer and a great man. There will NEVER be someone like him again. EVER!!!!!

[@dunlap4info]

I think watching this video is the first time I've ever heard Andy speak in a normal voice, out of character. I only ever remember hearing his "foreign man" voice or maybe Tony Clifton. Seems strange to hear his real voice and getting perhaps a glimpse of the "real" Andy.

[@TimsFoyleHeadgear]

Mandy Pandy Yeah, almost just a normal guy. Who could've thought.

[@Joeyland]

+Mandy Pandy Thats what I thought the first time Seth showed me the footage, I financed it cause I thought its was unique and I knew how close Andy and Seth were so I wasn't surprised by the access he had. It did surprised me how many people still didn't buy it as real.

[@rat_finkdiam]

He seems like he was a really cool and pleasant dude. What a comic genius. I wish Jim Carey explored more of that side. You can only fit so much in a biopic movie without boring the audience.

[@dougthemoleman]

I like how he turned the "get outta here" guy into an aspie having a meltdown.

[@gginflo]

Saw him at San Diego State college. He invited the entire audience across the street to Jack in the Box for a bag of fries after the show. He was great.

[@mstalcup]

In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I’ve been turning over in my mind ever since. “Whenever you feel like criticizing any one,” he told me, “just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.” He didn’t say any more, but we’ve always been unusually communicative in a reserved way, and I understood that he meant a great deal more than that. In consequence, I’m inclined to reserve all judgments, a habit that has opened up many curious natures to me and also made me the victim of not a few veteran bores. The abnormal mind is quick to detect and attach itself to this quality when it appears in a normal person, and so it came about that in college I was unjustly accused of being a politician, because I was privy to the secret griefs of wild, unknown men. Most of the confidences were unsought - frequently I have feigned sleep, preoccupation, or a hostile levity when I realized by some unmistakable sign that an intimate revelation was quivering on the horizon; for the intimate revelations of young men, or at least the terms in which they express them, are usually plagiaristic and marred by obvious suppressions. Reserving judgments is a matter of infinite hope. I am still a little afraid of missing something if I forget that, as my father snobbishly suggested, and I snobbishly repeat, a sense of the fundamental decencies is parcelled out unequally at birth.

[@BreathlessOblivion08]

mstalcup ??

[@zyxwut321]

It's so hard to watch Andy Kaufman and EVER know if he's really completely out of character. There almost seemed to be no real independent personality behind the façade. You never knew if and when he was truly sincere.

[@dreamcatcherjulie1]

He looks very sad to me. Like his outer character we always saw is some protective shield from his feelings. I loved him in everything he was in, including taxi. A great show. Very sad the world lost his talent when he died at a young age. I have never seen him as his true self. Thanks for the video.

[@JimsEquipmentShed]

I never got this guy, and I suppose I never will. There were a few funny moments on Taxi, but even that character grew old after about five episodes.

[@SomeOne-ji8ny]

Don't understand the "genius" part everyone keeps saying

[@trialgoddess]

Andy had such an amazing comedic mind. I wish he had lived longer...his blue eyes were just mesmerizing. His Elvis impression was priceless.

[@knotskop]

He is/was a highly intelligent person. That's for sure.

[@mmark292tbib2]

How could you not like this guy

[@BTeamHooligan]

Total Tony Clifton at the end there!

[@jasminespencer3992]

That’s cool to see the real Andy, especially the first part talking about the audience right after his show

[@rdecredico]

Raw fucking genius.

[@Joeyland]

+rdecredico Randy?

[@jessi1971]

I wished I would had been old enough to had enjoyed one of his shows in person, I thought he was great and seemed real polite and nice!

[@isrulius]

The movie Man on the Moon failed miserably at portraying the real Andy. Instead they portrayed some weird unlikable caricature of Andy that was miles away from who he really was.

[@oceanguy1249]

Jim Carrey really understood the character and would've done a great job portraying him but Milos Forman altered his delivery and changed his performance too much.

[@p.z.arnott2329]

@@oceanguy1249 I think much of it also changed on Carrey's shoulder in the Netflix documentary, 'Jim and Andy.' He was "method acting," even when they're not shooting, to everyone's annoyance.

[@frasert8779]

That’s why I searched out this clip to see what he was like unrehearsed. Carey was method acting of course but you’re right it seems like he was way more coherent and aware than Carey’s portrayal of him was. Carey kind of made him seem like he was psychologically deranged instead of a slightly weird guy putting on a calculated performance. But who knows

[@michaelhaydenbell]

@@p.z.arnott2329 Jim Carrey from what I have seen appears to be woefully, uncomfortably lacking in self-awareness. Being around a human being like that in real life is cringeworthy and obnoxious, and when you become that rich and famous, it's easy to insulate yourself from that self-awareness.

[@ZyxthePest]

@@p.z.arnott2329 Watching the doc, I can't help but feel that Milos and Jim were in on the joke from the get go and planned for this doc to drop decades later. Things got far, far too outrageous towards the end with Carrey going to Andy's family and telling her that Andy was in him and the fact that certain outrage scenes seem almost TOO perfectly cherry picked. Just a thought, I guess. I don't know what really happened.

[@Starrman69]

This is great, having caught Andy when he wasn't "on" . This is the real Andy, relaxed/exhausted and just talking. Thanks for posting!

[@popeyethegrump1952]

Andy is beautiful

[@MEBP76]

Andy was a genius. For me, he was playing all the time with the audience, it was part of his performance, and he enjoyed it.

[@christianziebarth5649]

This is *not* Andy Kaufmann out of character. He is putting people on again.

[@jhjustice4all]

how do you know?

[@jhjustice4all]

***** never said otherwise.

[@МареевАнтон-щ8ж]

В этом весь он!

[@Wildernessence]

You could say this about any person you ever meet.

[@christianziebarth5649]

Wildernessence Yes, of course. Andy just did it to a greater magnitude than almost anyone else.

[@kcuhc84]

Some of the Taxi cast have said they had conversations with Andy where he was not "in character" they would talk about family and so on. He was, according to them, during down time, a normal guy. The film gave the impression Andy was "on" 24 hours a day.

[@Pearl12762]

I was in high school when Andy become famous, and I thought he was brilliant and hilarious. Many, many, MANY people did not understand or "get him." He was truly avant garde, thinking outside the box. Honestly, there were few people in the middle; you either hated him, and didn't understand that he was breaking ground, or you loved him. Luckily I was in the latter group. That being said, however, I think Andy was a strange dude. Always wondered if he was on the Aspergers continiuum. And while I wanted to believe he was alive, when the 20th anniversary came and went with no Andy, I gave up that fantasy. Plus I think Bob Schmuda would have come clean by now, and IF Kaufman had tried a stunt like that (faking his own death) his best friend would have been in on it. No, sadly he is dead, but we can enjoy his performances here. I've watched the Elvis impersonation he did in '77 on the Tonight Show a zillion times. Andy was a triple threat: he was a comic genius, plus he had a great singing voice, PLUS he could dance. I wish he had lived, because he really pushed the boundaries of what we considered 'entertainment' and I would have liked to see how far he would take his act. RIP.

[@daltonbedore8396]

he took it all the past his death. you're not the only one who wasn't sure he actually died. that's farther than anyone could hope to 'take their act'

[@jasonthomas8217]

aspberger's syndrome is a disease that falls on the Autism Spectrum. and i agree. that is dead on. he was autistic.

[@bite-my-shinny-metal-ass]

Robin Folkers I saw a clip earlier with Jerry Lawler being asked to say about Andy's death and Jerry was still in character saying they were foes etc. I would think Andy didn't die back then but just disappeared from the industry as his game finished and he did investigate human behavior as much as he wanted so he just moved on.

[@bite-my-shinny-metal-ass]

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[@davidbellardo9791]

Seen him twice loved it. Really miss him. Almost got his autograph.

[@vonmilash823]

When not in character he actually had no eccentricities at all. Very interesting (completely normal) side to him.

[@jamescolquhoun6528]

+Austin-Smith Kelly yup

[@TheFreeAdviceMan]

We played a few arcade video games together while talking about Anything and Everything. Best, JP Fenyo Thanks for sharing this... very much appreciated....

[@repurposedart9897]

My heart hurt watching this...

[@SomeOne-ji8ny]

Why?

[@PlanetRockJesus]

comic genius who helped change comedy forever.

[@mws755]

This guy was awesome. Him and Peter Sellers both

[@Pearl12762]

Except I think Andy was a kind and gentle soul. Peter Sellers was a nasty whack job. He banned his own children from his life. He was an egotistical jerk who liked drugs, women, and himself.

[@jamesshelton4530]

A performance artist deals in spontaneity and Andy was a true master. He was always in the zone. He treated everyday life as though it were a stage, and it is.

[@bgmiller5]

This is such an experiment in psychology, and he knew it. Wearing an I Love Grandma shirt and testing these people's patience...lmao.

[@kevet1968]

This man is a sweet soul and I think he found delight in forcing people to accept the absurd performance because sometimes the only way the audience could do that was to reach up and find the sweet soul in themselves.

[@musicwithmorals]

He looks like Sufjan Stevens

[@TheSpittingDramaLlama]

He’s def playing up at the start of the interview. He was never out of character.

[@zoewells3160]

Yeah, especially when he acts like he doesn’t wanna he booed when we all know he thrived off exactly that.

[@absurdrhino]

WHAT ARE YOU DOING STILL READING THE COMMENTS? THE VIDEO IS OVER! GET OUTTA HERE GET OUTTA HERE C'MON GET C'MON GET OUT WHOOOOO WHOOOOOO

[@TheOliverKraft]

😂

[@jonahwakes1095]

I guess you can never be too sure when it comes to old Andy, but I do think this video does a good job of conveying what his actual, true personality was--that of a sweet, good-natured young man who loved having fun & entertaining everyone he could

[@Good-Win2015]

Am I the only person who sees Chris Novoselic?

[@johnhoey6422]

Krist

[@DylanMac95]

they look similar lol. if Krist could act and do andy kaufman he would have been a good choice for an andy kaufman movie. jim carrey did such a great job

[@95vamos]

It's sort of funny because Courtney Love played Andy's wife in Man on the Moon. Also there is some live performance on Nirvana some here, in which Krist does a thick funny euro character and did it quite a bit and it reminds me of Andy. All in all, great guy, all in all.

[@Good-Win2015]

Daniel Valdivia even more - in the movie you can hear songs of REM - one of Kurt's favorite bands

[@95vamos]

Lot of connections, Funny Enough.

[@JasonVoorhees10100]

amazing personality. he cares more about the people and their feelings. he just wants people to be entertained. all i see is a child at heart

[@derekwalker87]

I think people misunderstand Kaufman, acting as if he's doing this all purposefully, as part of an act. I think, more realistically speaking, he had a neurological disorder (Asperger's?) and he didn't really know how to exist in social situations, which is why his speech often seems scripted and rehearsed. Same for his mannerisms. He wasn't playing a "character," either. Latka was a character. Kaufman's stage persona was very much him. Whenever a camera was on him, he felt he had to be "on," as well. It has a lot to do with the expectations people had for him, and his wanting to satisfy said expectations.

[@kweaver2459]

Derek Walker always thought that as well

[@st.ashhole4192]

u have assburgers

[@gavinward1714]

I've been sort of fascinated by Kaufman, Belushi, and Farley recently. It seems (to me) they all had some sort of autism..

[@jmcieslak0]

that's what he wants you to think. it's very planned and deliberate.

[@rhagedorn]

Andy was one of the most talented and creative entertainers who ever lived. He died way too young but fortunately, he'll live forever in his videos.

[@floofytown]

Man, if that's the real Andy, he's got Asperger's. I wouldn't doubt it. He's a really smart guy with Asperger's and a real drive and talent to make people laugh. He was a true genius, mostly because he was so unconventional and didn't seem to notice.

[@WeedWhacker2010]

Interesting....I just watched "Man in the Moon" again, on Netflix, and stumbled on this great clip about Andy Kaufman. I find him fascinating...I'm old enough to have seen his rise to fame, on TV, in the late 70s - early 80s. I wasn't sophisticated enough, then, to appreciate whether he was a "genius", or just someone with a psychological condition, as yet undefined....hmmm. Doesn't matter, the man deserves respect if for nothing else, for just exemplifying what it truly means to be Human. I don't know about 'you' (anyone reading this, now or a thousand years from now) but in much of Human society in the 20th-21st century (when I lived) most people were painfully aware of what *others* thought of them, and their actions, and thus were influenced, and hampered, by those perceptions. Andy Kaufman, on the other hand, never seemed to have those inhibitions. It's like he remained in a childhood mindset, even has he became an adult. Perhaps *that* is something that all of Humanity should strive for??

[@YouRube.]

don't label people to already existing labels. Everybody is unique

[@floofytown]

MarvelousScape Everyone is unique, yes. But humans have always strived for order to aid in understanding, and labels help us compartmentalize and reach that goal. Labeling is not belittling.. it's assigning concepts we already understand to help explain something we don't. It might be a bit confining, but any smart human understands this and takes labels with a grain of salt. A label on a mental or physical illness or condition can instill a newfound sense of optimism in a suffering patient! And, in fact, it routinely does. Refusing to label an autistic child to serve his or her uniqueness does nothing to help us understand how to treat him or her. Proposing an enlightened label for Andy Kaufman doesn't undermine his genius; it merely satisfies the human urge to qualify.

[@floofytown]

1. Your English is phenomenal, being it's not your first language, so, props!! 2. Good points all around. It can be limiting, the labeling thing. Sounds like Holland is a little extreme with its treatment of labeled individuals, which is not ideal. Relegating Asperger's-diagnosed people to a life of gov't aid ain't so great for their well-being, as they're usually 100% functional, productive, sometimes extra creative people, or for the general opinion of people with Asperger's. I can see where you're coming from now. While I don't think generalizing and assigning labels is inherently bad, and can be very helpful in recognizing patterns and explaining behavior, people's response to labels can be very ignorant and detrimental, yes. I think we can agree on that.

[@YouRube.]

Agreed again! Maybe it'll take some years to get this labeling thing going as it should be. So it will be nothing less then positive for all of us

[@EVERTONFC.]

Sigh. .Needed now more than ever mate. X

[@krispykreme3176]

He was in character for the interview also lol Andy just seemed like a guy who got bored easily and didn't mind fucking with everyone, even if they weren't in on the joke he liked to amuse himself. He was very much ahead of his time

[@murraymae]

You were there. I'll take your word for it. And I appreciate the post!

[@readmelancholystrumpetmaster]

This interview is also a put on. He couldn't turn it off.

[@AlexO-sx6ff]

This guy would be very popular on youtube, he was just so ahead of the time.

[@DavidMiller-pw1fr]

Right at the very end when he's pretending to be an asshole he did the Tony Clifton face

[@STEVECVNT]

His rendition of This Friendly World still brings a tear to my eye every time I hear it, truly a beautiful cover for as much as he was doing it as a goof. Helluva guy

[@esotericed8736]

He's alive !!!

[@smokejc]

stop.

[@Mcflysandwich]

Get the fuck out.

[@jhjustice4all]

that is pretty disrespectful. he is dead. he will most likely"live on" through youtube videos for a decade or two, but the guy is dead.

[@ButterOnCorn]

jhjustice4all The misunderstanding that leads people to believe he died on May 16, 1984 is in no way elaborate. It is painfully simplistic. It is however so far removed from anything that most of you would ever consider doing that it is literally inconceivable to you. Therefore you do not see it.

[@jhjustice4all]

***** do you have any evidence that he is alive? no? okay then. he's dead, yo.

[@epipd5712]

Andy, so happy you were you. I don't care which you that you were. You will always be my favorite. smiles.

[@UglyToontown]

"Is that what you wanted?" "Is this what you want?" ... even after an exhausting gig where he's really down on himself (and if you've ever hung out with comics you know how hard they take it when they can't work a room) these guys ask him to dance like a clown.

[@makavelismith]

It was the end of an interview and you could see him laughing through the fake annoyance. I don't think it was a dance monckey dance kinda thing but just a typical way for them to end the interview.

[@dictionarypictionary9872]

seems like a sort of cool down to me. I suppose if he's just had a tough crowd a bit of attention like this would cheer him up.

[@zoewells3160]

It’s definitely a bit. But still closest to out character he got on camera. But not actually out character.