David Letterman - Jerry Lawler - Andy Kaufman - Unedited

[MartyRotten]

This is CLASSIC TELEVISION. I met Jerry Lawler at a screening of the Kaufman movie "I'm From Hollywood" and got his autograph. He told the whole story behind the "feud" and how it was all put on. He's a really nice guy, actually.

[horseman420]

where did you get the uncensored footage? - great edit

[TheLadner28]

This was when Letterman was Letterman

[higyhagd]

was this scripted ?

[MrOshutup]

@higyhagd This was Andy Kaufman's' type of humor back then, shock reality humor. He was so good at it that no really knows when things were scripted and when he and the person he was fucking with got out of control for real. He was a real professional at it and no one has come close since.

[don417]

yeah, people with legit neck injuries have no trouble jumping up and down like he did. Social security cheats are more convincing than he was.

[tyblue10ful]

since the rock will be on jay leno it will be cool if john cena showed up on tonights show im a rock fan but it would be cool if he showed up while rock is doing an interview with jay leno that would be a good way to spice up wrestlemania

[Inapepe]

@tyblue10ful

Jesus man, ever heard of punctuation?

[Suckmypivot]

I hope to someday play a heel as good as Andy.

[oneblueorange]

I could watch this a million fuckin times and still laugh

[cjs2327]

@oneblueorange Yeah, I remember watching it live. I was thinking 'Oh CRAP! WTF just happened?!?'

All these years later, it's STILL classic!

[1EvilScooterKitty]

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[honeyb237]

andy kauffman was genius at making people think he was serious when he wasn't, his humor cracked me up!!!!

[QTWriter75]

They should have used this footage for Man on the Moon instead of Jim Carrey recreating this event. It would have been great.

[LiamTheGreat]

Lets see CM Punk do this and star in a top rated sitcom

[arturohernandez20]

2:32-2:38

wow Who's she? She's beauty

[Stevesk0011]

Plus he would've been escorted away by security in the middle of his rant.

[Stevesk0011]

if this was real....it would have been resolved by the time they came back from commercial. Don't ya think?

[Idolfan21785]

Andy "KAYFABE" Kaufman

[xjw3789]

I don't get ho ppl honestly thought this was real? This guys a horrible actor.. and an idiot!

[LEEKYLE99]

all 3 did a fantastic job making this as believeable as it was presented

[atl236136]

"...and some nights I wish Tom were here." Classic dry humor joke!

[GodHatesPortugal]

this was very real...lol...i love it because it hate kaufman..."what kind of a guy are you?" lol

[dreamy839]

@GodHatesPortugal Very rigged, do the research. Its all stagged nothing more than wrestling stick.

[tommyboy123yt]

@dreamy839 Yes, but still funny as all hell

[LEEKYLE99]

@dreamy839 lawler should be coaching some of the current pro wrestlers on how it's done per genius!

[Zeeeroou]

@GodHatesPortugal u know... this was all part of the show believe me or not. great actors!

[stonehopper1067]

best wrestling promo ever!

[vigo894]

According to Lawler, he actually slapped Jim Carrey harder than he slapped Kaufman, when they reenacted this scene for the movie, Man On The Moon.

[g3mmersl9]

lmfao a neck brace!

[tappakeggaday1]

And just think it all started when Kaufman was into mud wrestling with the ladies.Guess he couldn't handle a real man like he though he could.

[whales]

@tappakeggaday1 so ugh, this is kinda awkward, and im not sure how to say this, but uhh...this was staged. also there is no easter bunny (sorry)

[tappakeggaday1]

@tappakeggaday1 yeah it was, a Little later on I had seen the interview Jerry Lawler had talked about how it was all set up...... ........ NO EASTER BUNNY???!!!!!! your not joking right??!!

[LEGENDSR4EVR]

The audience has just been mind-fucked by the manipulative mastermind Andy Kaufman.......brilliance.

[kevinn510]

i wish wrestling today would do stuff like that

[evilviracocha]

totally fake... but the bitch slap looks real

[TheSmithersy]

@evilviracocha: It was real.

[TheRealRoadDogg]

@RedneckTexasGirl Maybe he's still faking it. Probably not, but Andy is one of those "you never know" kind of people. The world may never know.

[AndreDarkAngel]

@TheRealRoadDogg he's not faking his death... he would come back by now. I mean, he would be like 60 now, you know, I mean, he would come back before that age, because at that age there's a great possibility that he would really die before he would get the chance to tell the world all about it ;) plus somebody would notice him contacting his family, he surely would contact his family, I mean, you just don't leave people you love for 20 years and make them think you're dead, lol

[TheRealRoadDogg]

@AndreDarkAngel Unfortunately, this is true.

[ekasa21]

Jerry, You rule!!!

[chubwright79]

Wondering when david said they are nights i wish tom were here.Wondering if it was a reference to tom snyder from the tomorrow show.

[Reborn8303]

@chubwright79 I would Guess so lol

[sofapapa]

Love it how in Memphis, Kaufman is the bad guy and Lawler the good guy. Then on the show, they switch places in the eyes of the audience, whether or not they liked or respected wrestling. Just like the good ol' days of wrestling when wrestlers were on different sides depending on region.

[dustinkstnachkot123]

did my left ear die?

[olofpalme63]

classic

[AndrewsOpinion15]

bigzphillybirdfan what you know jackass !!!!

[BIGZphillybirdfan]

fake as hell

[jthornton17]

I couldn't warm up to him if we were cremated together. lmao.

[milkywaycenter]

In fact they were friends in real life..the whole thing was a put on. Watch Man in the Moon, with Jim Carey as Andy Kaufman.

[SvR2011Storylines]

they didnt know this was fake? dumbasses.

[ItsDuckSandwichFilms]

is it just me or when they cut to commercial, the music was sorta eerie

[joshpk84]

@ItsDuckSandwichFilms nope. just the awesome sounds of 80's keyboards haha almost sounds like the ghostbusters theme a little

[ImCockToasten]

I know this much, it was funny as hell!

[thescarycarrie]

Lawler and kaufman were FRIENDS. This was all an elaborate hoax. This is the true genius of Andy Kaufman, he had everyone fooled. He STILL has people fooled even after his death

[mandaladouble]

@thescarycarrie Did he really die?

[milkywaycenter]

@thescarycarrie Correct.

[TheRealRoadDogg]

@thescarycarrie Some people even thought that his death was staged. He did say if he faked his death, he'd come back 20 years later. That'd have been 2004. We're still waiting Andy!

[thescarycarrie]

@TheRealRoadDogg That would make my life. Sadly, I wasn't alive to experience it all first hand just yet. But after seeing Man On The Moon, I did some research and became obsessed with Andy Kaufman. I would love to get inside his mind, just for a few minutes.

[RedneckTexasGirl]

@TheRealRoadDogg apparently Andy isnt coming back. I like him too.......but wouldnt he have came back if he faked it?

[Moc870]

lawler is a hypocrite here he is saying that its not fake or fixed, and these days he is calling it sports entertainment, you wanna be dumb to think its real man, a guy throws a punch about a mile away from another guys face and he falls down, of course wrestling is fake who does lawler think his foolin

[prameszy]

@Moc870 do you want to look how many years ago this was, do you want to take some time and realize what kind of show the Letterman show is. Have you bothered to even see that they all know it is a work and they play on people like you getting mad because "you know it's fake". Think again before you post, do you really think Jerry Lawler and David Letterman are trying to fool anyone?

[Moc870]

@prameszy im on about wrestling not the letterman show

[epicseeds]

@prameszy you do realize that letterman had no idea that this was all staged right? have YOU bothered to read up on some history you wouldnt look like such a pompous tard-cart.

[milkywaycenter]

@epicseeds Correct

[CRYPTOCRYPTO2009]

So Lawler uses physical violence on Kaufman, punching him, and he gets to stay on the programme, even getting a handshake from Letterman. Kaufman, however, seems to be made to come off worse because he swore and threw coffee. They certainly have their moral priorites wrong on that show!

[Wang0Phat]

@CRYPTOCRYPTO2009 That was a scripted wrestling angle.......

[vAmpyr616]

@Wang0Phat ya but people didnt find that out until 10 years later... i bet vince wish he didnt turn that storyline down

[Wang0Phat]

@vAmpyr616 It was a different time. Kayfabe was common practice back then. It would be more impressive if they ran a storyline like that now and they managed to pull a fast one.

[jeffhardymado]

@CRYPTOCRYPTO2009 as a wrestler myself lawler should have slapped old pencil neck harder lmfao FAKE THAT !!! LOOL

[Lillian2167]

a classic! :)