expardisi (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

mmmh..nappy...I'm an italian teen-ager and Andy kaufman was an american show-man in the 70's...coff coff..in italy, all we know about him came by REM's song, and by MAN ON THE MOON(wathever, few people here knows him)oh, this make me so depressed...well... "tenk iu veddy much" for those videos unknown in my stupid italy, with my stupid italian television

explosiveshrooms (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

you can tell he wants you to hate him, that's why i think he's hilarious

Neptuneman07 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

You just mentioned some of my favorite comedians. Also, Ernie Kovacs and Howdy Duty are obvious influence on Andy Kauffman. I love abstract comedy that goes against the norms of a basic punchline/joke. But, I still think that Andy was a person who was stuck in his own galaxy. And that what made him funny is the ironic imaginative characters. Yes, he is imitating a little kid, but comedy is based on child-like observations. I agree with most of your stuff, but I disagree with the political stuff.

skipdillard (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

kaufman was great. a pure comedic genius, who kept u fixed to him and guessing.

moosenstine (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I don't think he thought of himself as a comedian, but (Possibly) an entertainer.Sometimes I wondered if, at some point, We became the Entertainment and Andy the Audience; (Through the looking glass as it were) He morphed from simple things that all people have done at some point in their life,to more and more bizarre put-ons and characters, pushing the envelope to places No One Has Gone Before, and survived; Likely a Most Unique and Once-In-A-Lifetime Character.

LJARSONBECK (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

ORIGINAL?? By mixing cultures into an 8 year old do you mean like Jackie Gleason or Jerry Lewis or perhaps Gracie Allen!?? Maybe you meant Joe E Brown or perhaps the racist based Minstrel Shows- yes each of these characters came first- It appears Kaufman fans like Obama fans refuse to see the truth. Beyond a TV show character Kaufman was the worst kind of entertainer- disrespectful of his audience. If he wouldn't have died you all would have found him as overbearing as we all did in the 80's.

mawyrob (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

He never claimed to be funny, he just wanted any reaction from people.

banalexistence (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

some say he couldn't hack it as a real comedian, maybe there's some truth to that

024yeknom (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

fuck no

IrishOwl (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

did he end up doing it?