That was his act, to keep you wondering if you get it or not.. lol and then keep you coming back to see if you made the rt decision... MAN ON THE MOON! RIP
One minute you're wondering why you can't stop watching Andy Kaufman, next thing you know he's drinking chocolate milk and eating a sandwich and you just start laughing.
Genius , the whole special is trashing how fake and phoney t.v is. Absolutely brilliant, dismantles television norms one bit at a time. Was way ahead of his time kaufman. Class
and there is a slight difference : Kaufman really creates all his sketches in consideration of the medium, when Monty Python were more into surrealistic occurings that could sometimes have no consideration for the way it was broadcasted itself
This is pretty brilliant. There is the string of a theme running through, and it all comes together toward the end with the Howdy Doody segment. He deconstructs television- the Cindy Williams segment shows us what would've happened sometimes if Johnny Carson was more honest with some of the interviews he was forced to do. The segments with Bob Zumuda exposing the friendly host as a jerk- then Howdy comes on. It's the only sincere segment in the show. It's there that Kaufman tips his hand. He talks about going to see Howdy Doody in the Peanut Gallery when he was young but being "depressed because I could see what everyone was like when they weren't on camera, and I could see the man who was working your strings." But he still expresses love for Howdy as his first real friend. It's this contraction that creates an internal conflict in Andy as one of the first generation to become children of television. He loves the medium, but hates how phony and contrived it can be. That is what the special, and much of Andy's early comedy is about. Later in his career, I think we went a bit astray with the wrestlers and stuff, but this special is quite great.
Great points. He definitely liked to expose all the irony/hypocrisy of television. His satire was the first to really puts a mirror in front of all showbusiness. People didn't like that they did not know what was real/fake with Andy, but these same people were unaware that the same thing applied to the "real" people in entertainment. The only difference was that Andy let you know you were being bullshitted!
Andys appearances on Memphis wrestling were fantastic. Especially if you watch everything in chronological order, he had the perfect collaborators in Jerry Lawler, Lance Russell and Jimmy Hart.
@JM This comment of your's has to be one of the BEST I've ever read. As I noted above there is never a sneering or mean spirited aspect to the show or sketches. Kaufman was SO natural in his performance that the viewer forgets he's acting or playing. The 70s were the last decade before the magic of TV and film started to be stripped away both in how it was done and the even the magic of the stars. Even wrestling had become victim of the audience becoming smarter to the 'trick'. Those lucky enough to live in a time when the magic was still there had an experience that has sadly ruined things. Now? The internet has made it so we know everything so quickly that nothing has any real deep meaning.
I enjoyed this sooo much. As a fan of Andy though it makes you sad that he died so young. It is truly heartbreaking that a man so full of ideas and life couldnt shine just a little longer ....he is a freaking legend
Kaufman was pure genius,. I'm 30 minutes into it and I haven't stopped laughing a master at making people uncomfortable and in suspense anticipating laughter
I'm 45 so except for Taxi appearing as Latka I wouldn't have known about him. Over the past few days this guy growing on me. Especially the appearance on Letterman with Jerry Lawler. I love his outbursts when he got the slap and reading thru comments finding out he filmed his making fun of the Tennessee accent in Lawler's back yard. So funny
This is a gem of genius WAY before it's time. Decontructing TV (as mentioned below) and satiring it. But there is never anything cynical or sneering. A homage and kind warped view of showbiz as well as what the audience expects and the reality behind the scenes.
@@abcd-ug8tj And the people who are the real deal are also the ones who usually don't get the credit they deserve. Now, being a comic, is almost impossible. Maybe Andy saw how fake and self deceiving society was? And simply gave them a dose of themselves?
No matter what watching Andy always makes me too emotional. He was there when I was a little kid, introduced by his might mouse on snl, and I loved him. I remember parents didn't like him. But all us kids in the lare 70s early 80s,...we all loved him. There's no one who ever took his place. He was %100 pure heart.
Two days ago I finally got to watch Man on the Moon with Jim Carrey, and Andy Kaufman's been haunting me ever since. So today I'm watching his special and it's mindblowing. What a genius! Now, I think I understand Eric André a little more too.
One of the most original things I've ever seen on television. Yet so few views. That Howdy Doody bit is brilliant. Astonishing show, should be more widely seen and promoted.
The more I watch Andy the more I realize the comic genius he was. I think it will take decades for the general populace to catch up with what he was. Andy was a master at the awkward moment and the pregnant pause. And, Cindy Williams killed in this show!
OG. Precursor to Zach's between 2 ferns, tom green, trigger happy TV, Eric Andre, jackass, etc. He is the Atari to today's PS5, sometimes it's nice to play asteroids, but if you didn't grow up with it, it may seem remedial.
The greatest, Andy Kaufman (a German name-Kaufmann- meaning businessman) who got the job done of being funny without all the filth and profanity... A truly fascinating character.
The Howdy Doody segment brought a tear to my eye. Really sweet.....makes you remember what it felt like to be a kid. This guy was so much more than a troll....
I paused it at 46:42- Unbelievable how much he looks like Elvis from the side! I was in awe! Andy Kaufman was a brilliant and funny man, but oh Lordy, I find him so attractive! There's another video of Andy Kaufman on YT that I love. He's on the Carson show and wearing a tight black outfit with a cool looking black jacket and he's singing an Elvis song. Not sure of the title of the song, but Nicolas Cage sang the same song in the movie Wild At Heart. Also, Andy's black jacket reminded me of Nicolas Cage's Snakeskin Jacket in Wild At Heart (the back of the jacket). Anyway, Andy Kaufman has a beautiful singing voice and so does Nicolas Cage. Andy sort of looks like Nicolas. They're both gorgeous and good-looking!!
An enigma wrapped inside of an enigma, wrapped inside of an enigma, wrapped inside of an enigma, wrapped inside of an enigma, wrapped inside of an enigma,
The more Andy material that I find the more that I doubt his death. This guy was playing the audiences, playing tv, playing pop culture, playing everybody.
![Andy Kaufman - That's When Your Heartaches Begin 1979 [HQ DVD]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/6C1vKsILQRY/mqdefault.jpg)
The brilliance lies in his guts to even do something like this at the time.
the show makes you feel like a kid again. kaufman was a gift to the world.
It makes me feel like I'm on acid.
Damn you either get this guy or you don't, but if you do it's one hell of a ride
This strikes me as the best thing to say to people that say he is not funny.
That was his act, to keep you wondering if you get it or not.. lol and then keep you coming back to see if you made the rt decision... MAN ON THE MOON! RIP
He was incredible, he doesnt want you to simply hear the jokes lol.
Perfect!
From the start, I always thought he was hilarious! I love unique people who dare to be different than anyone else!
Rest in peace 🙏
Andy Kaufman
17 January 1949 ~
16 May 1984⚘
allegedly
The Howdy Doody interview was surprisingly touching
Andy Kaufman was the original troll....and probably one of the best!
Andy Kaufman's version of its a friendly world makes me both happy and sad...
It makes me just hysterical.
Your pfp makes your comment 10* funnier
It was played at his funeral and everyone who was there sang along with him
One minute you're wondering why you can't stop watching Andy Kaufman, next thing you know he's drinking chocolate milk and eating a sandwich and you just start laughing.
Genius , the whole special is trashing how fake and phoney t.v is. Absolutely brilliant, dismantles television norms one bit at a time. Was way ahead of his time kaufman. Class
As if Monty Python didn't do the same at exactly the same time...
@@andreys7729 that doesn't deminish what Kaufman made, it just makes more amzing stuff to explore, and it's not as if they were so many
and there is a slight difference : Kaufman really creates all his sketches in consideration of the medium, when Monty Python were more into surrealistic occurings that could sometimes have no consideration for the way it was broadcasted itself
@@andreys7729 which monty python sketch is where they do exactly the same ?
This is pretty brilliant. There is the string of a theme running through, and it all comes together toward the end with the Howdy Doody segment. He deconstructs television- the Cindy Williams segment shows us what would've happened sometimes if Johnny Carson was more honest with some of the interviews he was forced to do. The segments with Bob Zumuda exposing the friendly host as a jerk- then Howdy comes on. It's the only sincere segment in the show. It's there that Kaufman tips his hand. He talks about going to see Howdy Doody in the Peanut Gallery when he was young but being "depressed because I could see what everyone was like when they weren't on camera, and I could see the man who was working your strings." But he still expresses love for Howdy as his first real friend. It's this contraction that creates an internal conflict in Andy as one of the first generation to become children of television. He loves the medium, but hates how phony and contrived it can be. That is what the special, and much of Andy's early comedy is about. Later in his career, I think we went a bit astray with the wrestlers and stuff, but this special is quite great.
in his search for real he found what most people find in wrestling. Its what he loved as a little kid.The wrestling is tied into it all.
Great points. He definitely liked to expose all the irony/hypocrisy of television. His satire was the first to really puts a mirror in front of all showbusiness.
People didn't like that they did not know what was real/fake with Andy, but these same people were unaware that the same thing applied to the "real" people in entertainment. The only difference was that Andy let you know you were being bullshitted!
Andys appearances on Memphis wrestling were fantastic. Especially if you watch everything in chronological order, he had the perfect collaborators in Jerry Lawler, Lance Russell and Jimmy Hart.
@JM This comment of your's has to be one of the BEST I've ever read. As I noted above there is never a sneering or mean spirited aspect to the show or sketches. Kaufman was SO natural in his performance that the viewer forgets he's acting or playing. The 70s were the last decade before the magic of TV and film started to be stripped away both in how it was done and the even the magic of the stars.
Even wrestling had become victim of the audience becoming smarter to the 'trick'.
Those lucky enough to live in a time when the magic was still there had an experience that has sadly ruined things.
Now? The internet has made it so we know everything so quickly that nothing has any real deep meaning.
You were doing well there until the wrestling bit at the end, which is so much linked to everything that went before I can't believe you missed it.
I enjoyed this sooo much. As a fan of Andy though it makes you sad that he died so young. It is truly heartbreaking that a man so full of ideas and life couldnt shine just a little longer ....he is a freaking legend
Riiiiiight, diiiieed.
what you dont believe he died i would like to know finally.@@HAM-TV
@@user-iy9je1ff8h If you think he died,.. that only proves how talented he is.
Kaufman was pure genius,. I'm 30 minutes into it and I haven't stopped laughing a master at making people uncomfortable and in suspense anticipating laughter
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I'm 45 so except for Taxi appearing as Latka I wouldn't have known about him. Over the past few days this guy growing on me. Especially the appearance on Letterman with Jerry Lawler. I love his outbursts when he got the slap and reading thru comments finding out he filmed his making fun of the Tennessee accent in Lawler's back yard.
So funny
When Andy was born they broke the mold because Andy was one of the most original Comics ever. Surreal, yet hilarious.
The ending is very touching, he made a video of this and had them play it at his own funeral for his send off, it's a Friendly World!
So sad that we lost this fantastic man so soon.
This is a gem of genius WAY before it's time. Decontructing TV (as mentioned below) and satiring it. But there is never anything cynical or sneering. A homage and kind warped view of showbiz as well as what the audience expects and the reality behind the scenes.
@@abcd-ug8tj And the people who are the real deal are also the ones who usually don't get the credit they deserve.
Now, being a comic, is almost impossible.
Maybe Andy saw how fake and self deceiving society was? And simply gave them a dose of themselves?
For the longest time, people thought his true voice was "the foriegn man."
I remember him, he was cool.
No matter what watching Andy always makes me too emotional. He was there when I was a little kid, introduced by his might mouse on snl, and I loved him. I remember parents didn't like him. But all us kids in the lare 70s early 80s,...we all loved him. There's no one who ever took his place. He was %100 pure heart.
Two days ago I finally got to watch Man on the Moon with Jim Carrey, and Andy Kaufman's been haunting me ever since. So today I'm watching his special and it's mindblowing. What a genius! Now, I think I understand Eric André a little more too.
One of the most original things I've ever seen on television. Yet so few views. That Howdy Doody bit is brilliant. Astonishing show, should be more widely seen and promoted.
He brought so much to the table i think most people were overwhelmed by his intellect those of us that got him are better people because of that
Oh yeah, you-the select few that got him.
Note how much taller his seat is compared to his guests.
I recall a show where he sat like, 6' taller than the guests.
funny
20:00 She was In Finland too :) its my homeland. In -79 i was nine years old. Frisco with out hills :)
This man was a genius...
agreed.. he saw people being controlled before the internet was invented
what do you mean?
Andy was a bloody genius.So influential and so original.Much missed.xx
He was so ahead of the time, we didn't even catch up yet.
Spike Milligan was doing this off the wall stuff back in the 50's
And Burt Lahr was doing it in the 40s.
I love this brilliant performing gift...and such a brutal and lovely mirroring the TV culture.
He has an uncanny ability to make me laugh just with his face
"do you have any hobbies?"
"no"
"do you have any diseases?"
yes. aggressive lung cancer.
STD. 😄
watching this while stoned is amazing
He was at his best when ever he imitated Elvis!
I am in tears from laughter. This is so timeless.
I actually liked it. Funny, cute, and even touching at times. Very nice.
Nobody can be Andy not even Jim Carrey,but then again Andy is anyone he wants to be
Jim disrespected Andy with his impersonation imo
@@lego4271 Jim did a great job in that movie and he was FULL of respect for Andy. He loved Andy. He truly did.
Andy Kaufman was a good kid at heart who wished instead he was Tony Clifton.
i just love this man, he is the most amazing artist I've ever seen in my whole life
genius... it took me a really long time to get his character... it's haunting... almost, post apocalyptic.. mind=blown
He is addictive.
Cindy is so pretty here
The more I watch Andy the more I realize the comic genius he was. I think it will take decades for the general populace to catch up with what he was. Andy was a master at the awkward moment and the pregnant pause. And, Cindy Williams killed in this show!
Wow how have times have changed…
Just so interesting to know that Cindy Williams worked with Andy Kaufman and Robin Williams.
Simply
I like him
God rest his soul
Oh my god. Bob Zmuda wearing the same shirt as he wears in Andy's Improv show. He must love that thiing.
He's so good you forget that he's acting the whole way.
I love the salmon colored blazer
That Luncheonette sketch transition. Wasn't prepared 😂
I wish that happened when I drank coffee
Cindy Williams is as delightful as you would think
this geniuosity is far beyond our square perceptions, trends, machinery...
this is true brilliance and set up all future comedy. The Jimi Hendrix of comedy
this is some good stuff. especially that ending. we need some more of that these days
so pure
This dude is on a whole nother level.
taped July 15, 1977 aired August 28, 1979
All these years and I had never watched this! Thanks
This guy was completely tapped. Genius giant of comedy and entertainment.
OG. Precursor to Zach's between 2 ferns, tom green, trigger happy TV, Eric Andre, jackass, etc. He is the Atari to today's PS5, sometimes it's nice to play asteroids, but if you didn't grow up with it, it may seem remedial.
The one true king 👑
he got those grown people to make animal sounds and THEY WENT ALONG WITH it ;)))))
This was awesome!
The greatest, Andy Kaufman (a German name-Kaufmann- meaning businessman) who got the job done of being funny without all the filth and profanity... A truly fascinating character.
I think he took profanity to a whole other level !!!
i didnt know that about his name translation, thank you :)
Not the inventor of, but surely the greatest innovater in, meta humor.
The Howdy Doody segment brought a tear to my eye. Really sweet.....makes you remember what it felt like to be a kid. This guy was so much more than a troll....
His version of 'Treat Me Nice' is still probably the best version I've heard IMO.
This is so radical!
He was a grown up kid I wonder what his childhood was like❤️
Fabulous. And what's cool is to watch the Carnegie Hall performance of Elvis, then watch this one. Shows how he tweaked it.
Absolutely awesome! Thank you so much for posting it.
thanks-he was one of the greats
Andy's interview with Cindy reminds me of alot of conversations and relationships Ive had with women down through the years hahaha
Thanks for sharing. Despite the included FBI and Interpol warnings advising you not to.
... Should probably get going on that Kickstarter campaign.
They don't mean shiite
There's only one like him. He's the greatest , no one can come close to entertaing like him.
the best thing ive ever seen
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Please watch more things. There's funny bits in this. But it shouldn't top anyone's list of best things they've ever seen.
I love this. Such an enigma.
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I paused it at 46:42-
Unbelievable how much he looks like Elvis from the side!
I was in awe!
Andy Kaufman was a brilliant and funny man, but oh Lordy, I find him so attractive!
There's another video of Andy Kaufman on YT that I love.
He's on the Carson show and wearing a tight black outfit with a cool looking black jacket and he's singing an Elvis song.
Not sure of the title of the song, but Nicolas Cage sang the same song in the movie Wild At Heart.
Also, Andy's black jacket reminded me of Nicolas Cage's Snakeskin Jacket in Wild At Heart (the back of the jacket).
Anyway, Andy Kaufman has a beautiful singing voice and so does Nicolas Cage.
Andy sort of looks like Nicolas.
They're both gorgeous and good-looking!!
He was insane!
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Andy is a heck of a mind trip i miss this guy
Thank you for uploading this. Andy is always entertaining.
Thank you for uploading this, simply wonderful.
one of the best comedy specials ive ever seen
What an Icon!
Thank you for posting this.
He was the biggest mind-f#%k ever 😆
Andy kaufman the GOAT
Thankyou god for this man
ANDY... YOU ALWAYS BE GREAT.
An enigma wrapped inside of an enigma, wrapped inside of an enigma, wrapped inside of an enigma, wrapped inside of an enigma, wrapped inside of an enigma,
wrapped inside an enigma,wrapped inside an enigma,wrapped inside an enigma, wrapped inside an enigma,wrapped inside an enigma,
...wrapped inside a wrapping of an enigma !!???
This was soo racist!
I can’t help but think you are missing something.
Excellent show
The more Andy material that I find the more that I doubt his death. This guy was playing the audiences, playing tv, playing pop culture, playing everybody.
Jim Carey did a very good job at playing this guy
A vanguard for our times.
WOW. Amazing!
Amazing
Genius. All comedy learned from this man.
unparalleled genius. he was always trying to push the envelope.
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