Andy Talks Tony Clifton with Merv Griffin

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  • čas přidán 25. 10. 2009
  • Andy Kaufman talks with Merv Griffin about mistaken identity.
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  • @johntomasik1555
    @johntomasik1555 Před 2 lety +87

    To this day when I watch these old clips of him, I still can't tell when he's screwing around and when he's being serious. The guy played his audience perfect.

    • @coyotehinderstein37
      @coyotehinderstein37 Před 2 lety +5

      what if i were to say that andy kauphman as you know him was just as much of a character as tony cliffton

    • @mthomas1973
      @mthomas1973 Před 2 lety +3

      The craft behind his work is that his performances always made you feel uncomfortable and on the edge.
      Dude was a genius.
      Smart enough to fake his own death. If anybody could pull it off, it's him There was an underlying theme of controversy in his act.

    • @robertmoldafsky9343
      @robertmoldafsky9343 Před 2 lety +7

      he is the ultimate troll!

    • @Machtyn
      @Machtyn Před 2 lety +3

      I don't think he was ever not screwing around. He was quite serious about that. The only time he was serious was his cancer announcement.

    • @meekeeboy
      @meekeeboy Před 2 lety

      Never serious in the way you are asking. Always serious as a performer

  • @amyntut
    @amyntut Před 2 lety +31

    It's a shame that so many people back then didn't get what Andy was doing. Pure genius. His impersonation of Elvis was so great that even Elvis himself said that it was the best he'd ever seen.

  • @leokimvideo
    @leokimvideo Před 2 lety +29

    Andy is so clever in his comedy it often takes years to fully understand exactly what he's up to.

  • @adamgardiner5869
    @adamgardiner5869 Před 5 lety +158

    I never laugh out loud at Andy Kaufman he's not quite my taste in comedy, but goddamn he was an absolute genius...undeniable genius performer and artist.

  • @jeebuz6627
    @jeebuz6627 Před 4 lety +151

    He’s wearing Tony’s jacket 😂😂

    • @lionslingshotwmd8711
      @lionslingshotwmd8711 Před 3 lety +11

      Tony's jacket had a design that looked like couch upholstery and black trim, andy just liked the salmon colored jackets

    • @mikeypl7
      @mikeypl7 Před 3 lety +6

      No he’s not

    • @kattrakee
      @kattrakee Před 3 lety +3

      Jeezbug :
      Just FYI :
      Clifton’s jacket has black trim on it .

    • @mynameisnotyours888
      @mynameisnotyours888 Před 2 lety +1

      😂😂😂he’s the greatest I mean besides Groucho n chaplin

    • @jonbon7219
      @jonbon7219 Před 2 lety

      Oh!!! Whoa WHoa whoa!!!!

  • @greg55666
    @greg55666 Před 10 lety +211

    "I'd rather wrestle a woman." That is the most brilliant answer I've ever heard.

    • @Surgicalsensei
      @Surgicalsensei Před 10 lety +6

      what makes it so brilliant?

    • @CandiceJoergan
      @CandiceJoergan Před 9 lety +11

      DaZ316x You have to have a sense of humor to realize that it was absolutely brilliant. Unfortunately, people like you...don't.

    • @Surgicalsensei
      @Surgicalsensei Před 9 lety +3

      Just because you don't think it's brilliant doesn't mean you have no sense of humor. Like I said, What exactly makes it so brilliant? You can't even explain because it makes no fucking sense.

    • @greg55666
      @greg55666 Před 9 lety +24

      DaZ316x You seriously don't understand why "I'd rather wrestle a woman" is funny? How will explaining it to you help you? You surely know that you've already sucked the humor out of it, so explaining it to you isn't going to make you think it's funny. Nor is my explaining humor to you generally going to somehow teach you to have a sense of humor.
      But anyway, since you asked. Andy was doing this stupid thing wrestling women. Merv Griffin takes him all seriously and asks him a serious question, hoping for some kind of serious philosophical or psychological discussion or something, "tell me, Andy, what is it that makes you prefer to wrestle women?" And everyone listening is thinking, oh this will be good, Andy will explain himself for a change.
      Except, of course, it is actually the stupidest fucking question you've ever heard. It's normal to want to wrestle MEN? So Andy answers the question seriously and it is hilarious because you immediately realize what a stupid question it is and how funny it is that Andy takes the question as seriously as Merv, and gives a serious answer, except that the answer in a way is as stupid as the question.
      Then of course there's the tone and the timing and all that stuff that makes any comedian great because they just hit you in the funny bone with the surprise. Most humor comes from the surprise, the unexpected turn.
      On top of which Andy is completely missing the point of the question--Merv's asking why wrestling? Why women? But Andy acts like it's completely normal that he would want to wrestle, the only question is why women, but that question is of course dumb because of COURSE women.
      PLEASE don't respond with something about how you don't think it's funny. I don't CARE. You asked why it's funny; I told you.

    • @greg55666
      @greg55666 Před 9 lety +1

      Pasu suel I agree with everything you say here, except that I am not entirely sure that Merv was not in on the joke.

  • @otisandspauiding
    @otisandspauiding Před 2 lety +17

    Andy was an absolute genius. Tony Clifton may be my favorite character of all time. Andy was decades ahead of his time. He was the godfather of messing w people. May you rest eternally knowing that generations later are still laughing.

    • @r.roberts
      @r.roberts Před rokem

      So well said. Decides beyond our time as well, imho.

  • @dharmabeachbum6330
    @dharmabeachbum6330 Před 10 lety +54

    Merv Griffin should let people answer questions before he asks them another. He wouldn't let Andy finish a sentence.

  • @jn2050
    @jn2050 Před 7 lety +295

    I didn't get Andy at first, now I think he's a genius

    • @alexsmith5606
      @alexsmith5606 Před 7 lety +18

      i don't see it. he is interesting, but not funny

    • @rayjr62
      @rayjr62 Před 7 lety +1

      He was a dybbuk.

    • @NoWay-vz9xw
      @NoWay-vz9xw Před 5 lety

      @Silverbreaker , much*

    • @NoWay-vz9xw
      @NoWay-vz9xw Před 5 lety

      @Silverbreaker, Definition of mutch. chiefly Scottish. : a close-fitting cap (as of linen or muslin) often worn by old women or babies.

    • @anotheryoutubeaccount9852
      @anotheryoutubeaccount9852 Před 5 lety

      @@alexsmith5606 His main goal was your opinion of him - although, he was fine with people feeling he was funny.

  • @RodCornholio
    @RodCornholio Před 6 lety +69

    Listen to Tony Danza talk about working with Kaufman where he tells the story of Clifton getting fired from the Taxi show. Here we are, close to 40 years later, and laughing about a REAL life performance. His humor extends beyond the grave. Genius. He made everything a joke. Even making people wait to see if he showed up after his death. Method comic unlike anyone before or after, who pushed the boundaries beyond the bleeding edge.

    • @ebsenraptzski9522
      @ebsenraptzski9522 Před 4 lety +2

      his jagoffism extends beyond reality

    • @buzzkill808raven2
      @buzzkill808raven2 Před 3 lety +3

      you may be laughing but the whole time I'm yawning, eye rolling, and thinking of how sad and attention starved andy was, and how I doubt very much he could take what he dishes out

    • @Homelesshater
      @Homelesshater Před 2 lety +3

      @@ebsenraptzski9522 we get it, u missed the plot

    • @lorncampbell4943
      @lorncampbell4943 Před rokem +1

      Just watched that interview with Tony D. The recent snub Tony did made me look him up. Tony tells a great story and Andy sure left his mark on this world. A genius.

  • @SimpleManGuitars1973
    @SimpleManGuitars1973 Před 8 lety +155

    Tony Clifton is probably the single greatest character of all time. Man I love him.

    • @jackleeper6310
      @jackleeper6310 Před 8 lety +8

      I dunno... Foreign man is pretty great...

    • @Paracelsus23
      @Paracelsus23 Před 7 lety +4

      I don't know what the hell you're talking about.

    • @madpriest7822
      @madpriest7822 Před 6 lety

      same

    • @wes11bravo
      @wes11bravo Před 3 lety

      I heard he can rhyme any word.

    • @richardpowell3259
      @richardpowell3259 Před 3 lety +4

      I agree. The way he sold Tony as legit. A terrible singer who has an attitude and thinks hes it. Its genius. His manager dresses like Tony to sell the illusion of 2 diff. people.

  • @williambeatty5779
    @williambeatty5779 Před 2 lety +38

    Andy was a Genius. His ability to talk total fakery with total sincerity was hilarious until Politicians began to emulate it.

  • @CusterFlux
    @CusterFlux Před 10 lety +157

    Zmuda must've been at home watching, pissing his pants laughing: as for how Andy managed to keep a straight face - that's what got him on Merv in the first place.

    • @DocToxicTF2
      @DocToxicTF2 Před 4 lety +8

      Zmuda and Kaufman both must have had a fucking good time just by planing all this shit they did.

    • @assmane999
      @assmane999 Před 4 lety +3

      The way he keeps a straight face with a because he was able to convince itself it was true. He says it like a fact.

  • @swaninabox1488
    @swaninabox1488 Před 2 lety +11

    You see.. Applause wasn't what Andy wanted. He thrived off of the bemused looks on peoples faces. I have to love Nick Nolte even more for absolutely buying into it.
    When he is getting ready to be Elvis in those live shows, it has me in stitches.. He makes the audience wait for so long it is incredible, but you know he is going to give this wonderful performance. I swear he even manages to work in the hisses and pops from the vinyl he copied, more like a mynah bird than an impressionist. I'd say he listened to those records a million times.

    • @michaellavery4899
      @michaellavery4899 Před rokem

      Thanks for that. I wondered if the pops and hisses were on the recording i was listening to.

  • @themoviedealers
    @themoviedealers Před 8 lety +235

    God bless Linda Lavin for playing along. :-)

    • @shitchops
      @shitchops Před 7 lety +5

      she could have said "yes i seen them both on the stage at the same time" :D

    • @kevinlynch523
      @kevinlynch523 Před 5 lety +18

      She's not really playing along. In the Carnegie Hall show, Andy and Tony DID appear on stage at the same time (though she might not have seen that part). In that and the other instance Kauffman references here, Kaufman had his partner Bob Zmuda take on the role of Tony Clifton (dressed in a very convincing Tony Clifton disguise) and surprise the audience by coming on stage and picking a fight with Kaufman, just to add an extra layer to the charade. That was a brilliant stroke by Kaufman, and he was very smart not to lean on that trick too many times, lest the ruse become transparent.

    • @malahammer
      @malahammer Před 3 lety

      It looks like absolutely everyone did :)

    • @vickidunn5770
      @vickidunn5770 Před 3 lety +1

      @@kevinlynch523 Andy Kaufman always did things very purposefully. Whether people liked what he did or not, it was always well thought out.

  • @flaviuscountry
    @flaviuscountry Před 4 lety +16

    I love Andy so much! So soft spoken. I’d love more people like him on earth. Tony was such a jerk!

  • @depaola63
    @depaola63 Před 6 lety +17

    Classic times !! * I am 55 this year and remember ALL this !!

  • @jimmyjennings4089
    @jimmyjennings4089 Před 3 lety +23

    This man had so many people fooled and I even heard an interview with Danny devito and he said that even when Andy died he and others thought he was joking and it was a stunt, even the girl that played his wife when he was ladka, I think her name on the show was simka she went up and actually poked Andy's body in the casket at his funeral, when I heard that I knew this man was a comedic genius.

    • @TyDie85
      @TyDie85 Před 2 lety

      Yea, Carol Kane played his wife. I saw that interview as well. I loved the entire talk/interview.

  • @josephkolozi9364
    @josephkolozi9364 Před 2 lety +6

    He can be dead serious and hilarious at the same time.

  • @351cleavland
    @351cleavland Před 7 lety +5

    The timing of this is brilliant! Not just Kaufman but Merv as well. It has room for disbeleif, reactions from all and thinking. This was such a different time : D

  • @roccomarciano6099
    @roccomarciano6099 Před 6 lety +13

    Andy Kaufman was a genius.

  • @butcherboy2008
    @butcherboy2008 Před 3 lety +10

    Linda Lavin's improv skills are underrated.

  • @issy_b_onair
    @issy_b_onair Před 4 měsíci +1

    I adore the moment at the 2:12 mark when he smiles when the woman turns her head. He's so enjoying listening to her corroborate his tale! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @SparkySINN
    @SparkySINN Před 5 lety +5

    Tony Clifton is a great creation. Wonderful.

  • @unclesporkums
    @unclesporkums Před 14 lety

    Thanks for posting this footage of Andy, I've only read about this interview in "Lost in the Funhouse".

  • @greg55666
    @greg55666 Před 10 lety +31

    Jesus, Nick Nolte looks amazing! And Linda Lavin looks great too!

    • @AnnaZombi
      @AnnaZombi Před 5 lety +3

      Oh, that's Nick Nolte, I thought it was Gary Busey and that I'd discovered the reason he went mad.

    • @gavinbrando8255
      @gavinbrando8255 Před 2 lety

      @@AnnaZombi 😂🤣

    • @chipperprime
      @chipperprime Před 4 měsíci

      It is amazing the guests that Merv could line up for daytime TV.

  • @hotdog7988
    @hotdog7988 Před 6 lety +1

    Much love to all comedians, Thanks for the laughs and the interest.

  • @alanw505
    @alanw505 Před 5 lety +9

    We are still dealing with the phenomena that was Andy Kaufman to this very day.

  • @zippyoffrainbow8174
    @zippyoffrainbow8174 Před 2 lety +3

    There’s a saying
    “you can fool some of the people some of the time but not all of the people all of the time”
    Kaufman broke the mould.. legend

  • @boat6float
    @boat6float Před 10 lety +2

    This is so great! Andy is in all his glory

  • @evhvariac2
    @evhvariac2 Před 11 lety +31

    Funniest part of the video: Nick Nolte "I don't know Tony"

  • @glasgowgee5323
    @glasgowgee5323 Před 2 lety +2

    Years ahead of his time , honestly wish he was still around to share his genius today

  • @sleightofmind2016
    @sleightofmind2016 Před rokem +2

    This never gets old to me.

  • @Clark.Griswold
    @Clark.Griswold Před 7 lety +123

    Andy never died, he went on to play bass for Nirvana and changed his name to Krist Novoselic.

    • @jedipayton
      @jedipayton Před 6 lety +1

      Krist is about 6'4", Andy was very short. Try Again!!

    • @JohnDoe-op8nn
      @JohnDoe-op8nn Před 5 lety +4

      Adam Henshel you try again you don't know shit about shit you little shit

    • @linkbiff1054
      @linkbiff1054 Před 5 lety +1

      And grew a few inches

    • @markmartinez8990
      @markmartinez8990 Před 5 lety +2

      Krist Novoselic is 6'7. A friend of mine joked about Krist looking like Andy in Nirvana.

    • @buzzkill808raven2
      @buzzkill808raven2 Před 3 lety +1

      don't compare that moron to Krist!

  • @STC987
    @STC987 Před 3 lety +2

    One of the most creative and intriguing personalities of all time.

  • @mikeodonovan9299
    @mikeodonovan9299 Před 5 lety +5

    Tony Clifton was the greatest lounge singer that has ever lived

    • @Mike1614b
      @Mike1614b Před 3 lety

      and Bill Murray

    • @r.roberts
      @r.roberts Před rokem

      So much so that I told my kids I wanted Tony C. to officiate my funeral. If only that were possible.

  • @fredsalfa
    @fredsalfa Před 9 lety +27

    Hes got everyone confused - Hahaha

  • @eddietavaresjr.4773
    @eddietavaresjr.4773 Před 4 lety +3

    A legend and a genius is born Mr. Andy Kaufman the master of making people laugh.

  • @RossenContent
    @RossenContent Před 4 lety +5

    2:13 I may be wrong, but it looks like Andy cracked an out-of-character smile right there

  • @user-co7kx6jc8k
    @user-co7kx6jc8k Před 7 měsíci

    It makes me happy to see that I am one of many that love Andy. I often felt like I was the only one that got it.

  • @michaelsix9684
    @michaelsix9684 Před 2 lety +2

    Merv was great, did so many great shows and can't believe he isn't mentionned today

    • @chrisnalina1755
      @chrisnalina1755 Před 2 lety

      Why are his old shows not on every night like Carson and Cavett?

  • @kevinbirge2130
    @kevinbirge2130 Před 4 lety

    Subscribed. No hesitation. I miss you, Andy.

  • @trollskullkid69
    @trollskullkid69 Před 5 lety +3

    I like Andy's smirk at 2:18. I've seen that "I fooled them" smile loads of times before

  • @jameszahendrix8697
    @jameszahendrix8697 Před 3 lety +7

    He’s the man that made trolling into an Art

  • @culwin
    @culwin Před 6 lety +21

    "I'd rather wrestle a woman" - same

  • @frankbonini9128
    @frankbonini9128 Před rokem +3

    Andy May Not Be the Greatest Comedian Ever ... But, He Might Just Be Amongst the Greatest Performance Artists Ever

  • @oilersridersbluejays
    @oilersridersbluejays Před 9 lety +65

    Andy Kaufman was a genius. A lot of people didn't and still don't get him at all, and the rest only really have the jist of him. The guy would just say or do something to see what the reaction would be. He would play on people's minds and have a blast out of it. He and Bob Zmuda were complete lunatics. Unfortunately, Andy really is dead. He's ultimate prank was to die but leave an air of mystery about it where people would always question his death. He died but pretended to be alive but pretended to be dead if that makes any sense. RIP Andy. Genius...

    • @GreatIntellect13
      @GreatIntellect13 Před 8 lety +2

      I'd say he was definitely ahead of his time, I love the way he talks to people, though. They don't tend to get HOW he talks to them and it's hilarious when they take him seriously.

    • @s1sters118
      @s1sters118 Před 5 lety +3

      Can't agree, I love some of his stuff but so much of what he did was really pranking people or being an ass hat as you rightly say to provoke a reaction , sorry but that's not comedy genius

    • @jeneraljax29
      @jeneraljax29 Před 2 lety

      @@s1sters118 pranking people is hilarious actually

  • @josejoven4202
    @josejoven4202 Před 6 lety +1

    One of my favorite comedians.

  • @michaelduncan298
    @michaelduncan298 Před 5 lety +5

    Tony Clifton still owes me $86 from a loan in gave him in 72'. That jerk has been ducking me for 47 years.

  • @r.roberts
    @r.roberts Před rokem +2

    Andy Kaufman was unique, a once in a lifetime entertainer. I don't think anyone ever really understood him; Kaufman appeared to love being a riddle wrapped in a mystery wrapped in enigma. He lived in a universe much different than ours: His universe intersected at times with ours, we only could catch a glimpse of him When Kaufman allowed us to pear into his universe. When we lost Andy Kaufman we lost a true genius.

  • @ALRULZ1965
    @ALRULZ1965 Před rokem +2

    Nick Nolte sitting there wondering, "can I go back and do a line yet?"

  • @marjeune
    @marjeune Před 7 lety +38

    I think Nick Nolte knew the gag but he don't want to wreck Andy's act.

    • @TS-qq7vr
      @TS-qq7vr Před 5 lety +2

      Nolte should've half Nelsoned Merv when the camera was switched. Quit being a putz, Merv.

  • @user-ct4im4nd6r
    @user-ct4im4nd6r Před 6 měsíci

    This is why he was genius His bits carry on every where he went They were ongoing with every show It was magnificent

  • @_maryade
    @_maryade Před 14 lety

    yay!! great vid!!

  • @h0m3rj5
    @h0m3rj5 Před 7 lety

    bloody brilliant. on of a kind. truly.

  • @MapleSyrupPoet
    @MapleSyrupPoet Před 5 lety +1

    Love Andy...thank God for Andy...genius 👽💆

  • @TelecasterLPGTop
    @TelecasterLPGTop Před 10 lety +252

    Kaufman was a genius, he made them all look like FOOLS.

    • @Powertuber1000
      @Powertuber1000 Před 7 lety +9

      He was a true F-ing genius...

    • @valuecalc
      @valuecalc Před 7 lety +2

      He was just Latka from Taxi to many.

    • @valuecalc
      @valuecalc Před 7 lety +1

      Alfred, neither did the Taxi fans who saw Andy only as Latka.

    • @josha.8290
      @josha.8290 Před 6 lety +10

      How did he make them look like fools?
      And what makes him a genius? I've heard alot of people say they think he's a genius. I don't really see it. Definitely had his own style.

    • @josha.8290
      @josha.8290 Před 6 lety +5

      harooni22 But how does that make him brilliant? It's quite easy to say random shit and confuse the hell outta people. It's also quite easy to act nervous and shit like that. I'm not hating on the guy but I'm not seeing the brilliance of his act.

  • @greyeyed123
    @greyeyed123 Před 6 lety +1

    What's so brilliant about this is that his "act" is not just him, but you, too. Sometimes you know you are part of it, and sometimes you don't...but you are always a part of it! Because you can't help yourself.

  • @marjeune
    @marjeune Před 7 lety +30

    The Tony Clifton was the ultimate character that Bob Zmudo and Andy Kaufman made up.

    • @zoewells3160
      @zoewells3160 Před 3 lety +4

      Made up? What are you talking about? This video clearly states that he’s real!

    • @supertouring22
      @supertouring22 Před 2 lety +2

      @@zoewells3160 Andy Kaufman was a character played by Tony Clifton, everyone knows that

    • @AsherBarkin
      @AsherBarkin Před 2 lety

      @@supertouring22 lol

  • @ytb441
    @ytb441 Před 11 lety +33

    Hahaha the funniest part is that he wears tonys jacket

  • @eluberimabib4070
    @eluberimabib4070 Před rokem

    So unbelievably brilliant.

  • @dimitreze
    @dimitreze Před 7 lety +14

    Only Andy and Sacha Baron Cohen can do such a thing.

    • @alexsmith5606
      @alexsmith5606 Před 7 lety +2

      yes, but Sasha is funny. not sure what Andy is going for here. i honestly don't. It's funny only to him

    • @oilersridersbluejays
      @oilersridersbluejays Před 7 lety +4

      He's trolling. Way ahead of his time but nowadays most people get it.

    • @alexsmith5606
      @alexsmith5606 Před 7 lety +1

      we get the he is trolling, but he is not funny (and apparantly a lot of his "trolls" were staged where people where in on it)

    • @1qwasz12
      @1qwasz12 Před 7 lety +1

      Andy thought his calling was to be famous. But that gets boring for a genius. Throughout his career, Andy could be talking to giants like Merv, Carson, and Letterman; he always left them guessing about his reality via television. Kaufman, like David Lynch and Stanley Kubrick, became an auteur by manipulating the medium itself. Intelligent people are fond Andy for his courage and likeability. Most of the rabble are trying to find a "comedian" that doesn't exist in the modern and post-modern world.

    • @joegrennon
      @joegrennon Před 7 lety

      Sacha Baron Cohen is not funny...he's an unsophisticated twat.

  • @A2Z83
    @A2Z83 Před 14 lety +9

    "Wjhy don't you ever blink?"
    I remember blinking used to be known as a sign that you are lying.

  • @1stnspc
    @1stnspc Před 11 lety

    I'm not old enough to appreciate this when it was all happening, but I love Kaufman's sense of humor.

  • @director7685
    @director7685 Před 3 lety +16

    Tony Clifton was my neighbor in Albany New York and he is a real person. Merv is acting as if Kaufman was a liar.

  • @richardsiciliano7117
    @richardsiciliano7117 Před rokem +2

    No one played a room, or a crowd, like Andy Kaufman did. No one.

  • @Rammshtyn
    @Rammshtyn Před 6 lety

    Nick Nolte, Rhoda, and Andy. What a mix of guests.

  • @StevenTorrey
    @StevenTorrey Před 9 lety +6

    He ends up sounding like a friggen lunatic....

  • @johnnybirk7890
    @johnnybirk7890 Před rokem

    It's probably the best live comedy ever in history

  • @mandysowell7622
    @mandysowell7622 Před 9 lety +59

    "How come you never blink?" Lmao

    • @madpriest7822
      @madpriest7822 Před 6 lety

      hahahahaha

    • @avlisk
      @avlisk Před 3 lety

      Blinking shows deception. Andy obviously telling the truth.

  • @CrystalClearNews
    @CrystalClearNews Před 9 lety +3

    I hope more of his interviews with Merv are here. The one promoting Heartbeeps the one with Orson Welles guest hosting, and Hermoine Gingold

  • @storkonstage
    @storkonstage Před rokem

    So once in a while a get totally hooked on Andy Kaufman. I think the most genius comedian ever. So clever. And always he got my tears out. Laughing and crying. Cookies and milk. The second most genius in this terrain is Jim Carrey. Man on the Moon is epic. Treasures of life.

  • @Kohntarkosz
    @Kohntarkosz Před 2 lety +1

    The part that makes is brilliant is when Linda Lavin jumps in, it's like she's being drawn into Andy's routine, without Andy even trying.

  • @jacksandler35
    @jacksandler35 Před 4 lety +2

    Brilliance!!

  • @theseeker3771
    @theseeker3771 Před 7 měsíci +1

    The way he looked at that laughing woman was brilliant..... but knowing Andy that was probably one of his plants....

  • @Rainbownites
    @Rainbownites Před 4 lety +3

    Dude is amazing to keep straight face!

  • @americafirst2291
    @americafirst2291 Před 5 lety

    Tony Danza said it best he was way ahead of its time thanks Andy

  • @pmacc3557
    @pmacc3557 Před rokem

    Judge Tony is ferocious!

  • @Mdg897
    @Mdg897 Před 7 lety +18

    Is that Gary Busey or Nick Nolte? I swear, THOSE two are the same dude. Nevermind Kaufman/Tony Clifton being the same person.

    • @E3E--
      @E3E-- Před 7 lety

      Pretty sure that's Nick Nolte, but yeah. I understand what you mean. Very similar guys, but Nick has that drunkard drawl way of speaking. I love it.

    • @WanagiAkicita
      @WanagiAkicita Před 6 lety +1

      Busey's teeth are bigger. Busey looks crazy now, because a motorcycle accident warped the shape of his head. Shattered skull, it didn't form back the same way. One of his eyes is higher and bigger than the other.

  • @peaceofmind9965
    @peaceofmind9965 Před 4 lety +2

    I knew Merv. Truth. Rest in peace buddy.

  • @TheBigScat
    @TheBigScat Před 7 lety +45

    You know this is all a hoax, and yet Kaufman actually makes it sound believable. And Linda Lavin is unwittingly helping perpetuate the scam. Beautiful.

    • @aedan2063
      @aedan2063 Před 6 lety +1

      TheBigScat I think it was because him and bob zmuda was playing tony Clifton as well

    • @SOS-School_Of_Survival
      @SOS-School_Of_Survival Před 5 lety +2

      Kaufman and other brilliant comedians, like Norm MacDonald, are beyond the understanding of the plebes

    • @colmwhateveryoulike3240
      @colmwhateveryoulike3240 Před 2 lety

      Pretty sure she was playing along lol.

  • @Lyric1235
    @Lyric1235 Před 11 lety +1

    what a performance..amazing

  • @rcoles82
    @rcoles82 Před 4 lety +1

    Hahahaha so good, what a legend !

  • @shimatetsuo2019
    @shimatetsuo2019 Před 2 lety +1

    Brilliant in the sense that, even though Merv proclaims out loud he doesn’t buy it, Andy has a way of making Merv doubting himself by the end

  • @BomChickyBowWow
    @BomChickyBowWow Před 4 lety +6

    God level trolling.

  • @HiIamQ
    @HiIamQ Před 11 lety

    This is marvelous...

  • @chrissullivan40
    @chrissullivan40 Před 5 měsíci

    I like how the lady played along.

  • @ButterOnCorn
    @ButterOnCorn Před 11 lety +1

    Kaufman wrote a screenplay for a Tony Clifton biography. In the screenplay Clifton dies at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles from cancer.

  • @zoewells3160
    @zoewells3160 Před 3 lety

    Andy Kaufman was dedication incarnate

  • @anotheryoutubeaccount9852

    Nick Nolte - "I don't know Tony". That was one of the best Kaufman support comments ever.

  • @charlespatterson8412
    @charlespatterson8412 Před 3 lety +4

    People believe what they want to believe.
    "It's Magic..."

  • @LVCID777
    @LVCID777 Před 2 lety

    Just brilliant

  • @saintcruzin
    @saintcruzin Před 2 lety

    Andy forever putting people on....Unique...

  • @raygordonteacheschess5501

    Linda Lavin had it going on back in the day.

  • @alanw505
    @alanw505 Před 5 lety +1

    Throwing eggs at Diana Shore back then would be like throwing eggs at Betty White today. Ha! I love Andy Kaufman.

  • @MsMaggyW
    @MsMaggyW Před 10 lety +21

    Maybe Kaufman's a real good liar, but the presenter is still being kinda rude, telling him to his face, I mean... I didn't really like how he was treating him in this interview...

    • @inthefade
      @inthefade Před 10 lety +7

      I just think it is too bad that he's spoiling the fun.

    • @Riza31417
      @Riza31417 Před 10 lety +5

      Merv Griggin was always rude to everyone.....

    • @greg55666
      @greg55666 Před 10 lety +3

      Hm. I wonder if it's part of the act. Let me think about that one.

    • @MsMaggyW
      @MsMaggyW Před 10 lety +1

      I disagree, I think genuinely-interested-interviewer = real. I used to do interviews for a radio station, and I NEVER prepared my questions in advance. If it was somebody I didn't know, I'd check out their official website, or fb page, or read up on them just a bit to get a general idea, but it's so much easier to ask questions when you actually want to know the answer and don't know it yet. You don't need to be rude; you just need to know the surface of what a person does and be interested in digging deeper.

    • @MsMaggyW
      @MsMaggyW Před 10 lety +1

      ***** I don't think the show airs anymore... this was several years back. But, some people I interviewed did say they had more fun on that show than on CTV Montreal, or similar tv stations, because they weren't being interviewed to a person with a fake smile plastered on, always reading the same questions off a list lol!

  • @bubbadano1508
    @bubbadano1508 Před 4 lety +2

    I swear I saw Tony Clifton this past Saturday at the grocery store parking lot.

  • @alexr9650
    @alexr9650 Před rokem

    Holy shit lmao. Literally 5 seconds in and I’m laughing. That look andy gives at the audience.

  • @robkunkel8833
    @robkunkel8833 Před 2 lety

    A slightly different twist, who is that guy on the set toward the end, at 4:17? The voice is familiar.

  • @StingWolfpack
    @StingWolfpack Před 3 lety +2

    lol Nick Nolte adds very much to the story "I dont know him"