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Schmo
02-28-2025, 11:59 AM
I never got into Andy Kaufman’s shtick. But I wonder - was he a comic genius, someone on the autism spectrum, or both?

Chocolate Moose
02-28-2025, 03:44 PM
He was something huh?!!!

cd637299
02-28-2025, 10:24 PM
AK was one of a kind, and you can take that one way or the other.

Outside of Latka, whenever he did standup, one never knew what to expect. He once said “I never told a joke in my life.” He was an experiment, if you will, to get reactions.

Whether reading “The Great Gatsby”, lip-synching the Mighty Mouse theme, or picking a fight with Jerry Lawler—his picture appears in the dictionary next to “Enigma.” ;)

Is his 1979 one hour TV special available? i vaguely remember it.

cd