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5 unusual facts about Andy Kaufman


99 Bottles of Beer

Comedian Andy Kaufman exploited this fact in the routine early in his career when he would actually sing all 100 verses.

Great Neck North Middle School

Andy Kaufman, comedian / actor, known for his role as Latka Gravas in Taxi.

The Transformed Man

He noted that "you cannot tell if Shatner is play-acting or painfully serious. The result is a must hear, (unintentional?) comedy classic," comparing this attraction to that of comedian Andy Kaufman.

The Ugly One with the Jewels

Many of the pieces are autobiographical (including one in which she reminisces about working on stage with the late comic Andy Kaufman).

This Friendly World

The song is noted for being performed by entertainer Andy Kaufman.


Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski

Ed Wood led to a succession of offbeat biopics, including The People vs. Larry Flynt; Man on the Moon, about the short life of comedian Andy Kaufman; and Autofocus, chronicling the downfall and subsequent murder of Hogan's Heroes star Bob Crane, which they produced.


see also

Blassie

My Breakfast with Blassie (1983), movie starring Andy Kaufman and professional wrestler "Classy" Freddie Blassie

Mister X

Norman Wexler, American screenwriter, in Bob Zmuda's Andy Kaufman Revealed

Norman Wexler

In the book Andy Kaufman Revealed, Bob Zmuda, Kaufman's friend and writer, relates his experiences working as an assistant for an extremely eccentric, Academy Award-nominated screenwriter, prone to pulling stunts that ranged from the bizarre to the profane.

Still Sickly Business

Joe Beats - Production on "Andy Kaufman," "Love Love Love," "Come Come Now," "Majority Rule," "Threewrite and "Whore Monger.

This Friendly World

In Man on the Moon, a movie dedicated to Andy Kaufman, "This Friendly World" was performed during Kaufman's funeral by Jim Carrey.