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Andy Kaufman alive?
Posted on 5/23/13 at 2:03 pm
Posted on 5/23/13 at 2:03 pm
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I've heard this before, but never paid attention.
I'm a big Kaufman fan and if this turns out to be true, I really don't know how I would react.
1. Pissed because he did it and was depraved of his talent for 20+ years.
2. Amazed he pulled it off for so long and can't wait for the first live interview to see if it really him.
3. Astounded with the greatest troll move ever.
Tony Clifton
I've heard this before, but never paid attention.
I'm a big Kaufman fan and if this turns out to be true, I really don't know how I would react.
1. Pissed because he did it and was depraved of his talent for 20+ years.
2. Amazed he pulled it off for so long and can't wait for the first live interview to see if it really him.
3. Astounded with the greatest troll move ever.
Tony Clifton
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Posted on 5/23/13 at 2:15 pm to Beachtiger
Not for nothin, but Tony Clifton did a gig out here in Vegas about a month ago.
Posted on 5/23/13 at 2:17 pm to Beachtiger
That video sucks. That is in no way evidence. Dude was the greatest troll though.
Posted on 5/23/13 at 2:17 pm to JG77056
Looks more like the Skipper from Gilligans Island than Andy
Posted on 5/23/13 at 2:27 pm to Beachtiger
Dude trolled the city of Memphis, TN then the entire country.
The master of his trade for sure.
The master of his trade for sure.
Posted on 5/23/13 at 2:29 pm to TejasHorn
So in reading some of this I learned that the whole Tony Clifton persona was created at my workplace. Probably in the same little theater I'm always seeing free shows in. I know, csb.
Posted on 5/23/13 at 2:33 pm to Beachtiger
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Andy Kaufman alive?
Nah.
I remember being little and seeing his Mighty Mouse lipsing on SNL and thinking it was the funniest damn thing I had ever seen.
Posted on 5/23/13 at 2:36 pm to CocomoLSU
intergender wrasslin champ 
Posted on 5/23/13 at 2:36 pm to Beachtiger
That would be awesome if it was true. It really seems like something Andy Kaufman would do.
ETA: I haven't watched wrestling since high school, but I would pay money to see Andy and Jerry Lawler in the ring one more time.
ETA: I haven't watched wrestling since high school, but I would pay money to see Andy and Jerry Lawler in the ring one more time.
This post was edited on 5/23/13 at 2:38 pm
Posted on 5/23/13 at 2:43 pm to Beachtiger
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and was depraved of his talent for 20+ years
At first I thought you meant deprived....and then I remembered Andy....
Posted on 5/23/13 at 2:50 pm to Beachtiger
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Andy Kaufman alive?
Yeah, him and Pac live on a golf course in Arizona
Posted on 5/23/13 at 2:55 pm to Beachtiger
I trusted you, Andy. LINK
Posted on 5/23/13 at 2:56 pm to Beachtiger
Dude wasn't funny. Even a little.
Posted on 5/23/13 at 2:58 pm to LoveThatMoney
That's good because he wasn't a comedian
Posted on 5/23/13 at 3:07 pm to genro
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That's good because he wasn't a comedian
No? People sure treated him like one. Laughed at him all the time, at his antics. Why did he do the shite he did if he wasn't trying to be funny? Other than the obvious "he was a nutjob" answer?
Posted on 5/23/13 at 3:18 pm to LoveThatMoney
He was a performer, not a comedian in the classic sense. Like a Weird Al Yankovic.
Posted on 5/23/13 at 3:35 pm to JG77056
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Like a Weird Al Yankovic.
WTF? Terrible comparison IMO.
Kaufman did things to be funny, annoying, abrasive, offensive, shocking, etc. A performer is definitely what he was, and while it could be argued that some things he did were funny, most of them were entertaining (even if only to him).
Posted on 5/23/13 at 3:38 pm to CocomoLSU
Performance artist, maybe? I don't know if that's a real term for people. Sounds pretentious.
Posted on 5/23/13 at 3:40 pm to ProjectP2294
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Performance artist, maybe? I don't know if that's a real term for people. Sounds pretentious.
Kaufman was definitely pretentious...or at least his persona was.
Posted on 5/23/13 at 3:42 pm to ProjectP2294
He liked to go to colleges and just get on stage sing 99 bottles of beer on the wall. The crowd would boo like crazy. Then he would stop at 4 bottles. Then they (those who were left) would go crazy for him to finish the song. He wasn't a comedian. He was a performance troll.
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