Andy Kaufman 1978

[MISSYOUMOSSIE]

I'm the first to plus 1 this

[wastedyouth8]

I feel like the warped recording near the middle almost made it better. Gotta love the Man on the Moon

[forfunk49]

The "Shave and a Haircut" line at the end of this bit is probably the closest he ever came to letting people in on any joke. Absolute genius takes a generation to appreciate? Unfortunately so.

[UgLyKoerner]

He was cool and different but you cant get away with this shit now. U have to be serious in the industry.

[DeadJ0ker27]

absofuckinlutley brilliant. him, tom green, tim heidecker, and zach galifianakis are all amazing.

[TeenCretin]

Jeez, ....television....was that fucking traffic information necessary across the screen while Andy is doing his thing? Is that any way to treat an artist? Would they do that to the Bolshoi ballet? Fucking TV assholes.

[ESmithStringSlinger]

I had this on a cassette tape.All I remembered was eve-don-a-go,and I found it.Thanks for posting,robatsea2009!!

[luizberger]

pepe tibib bah okedjo bo be! hahah kaketi bebe ba! haha!

[edgluhrs]

I've watched this and the shorter bongo clip from the Carson show a few dozen times. Funny as hell!

[EskilIsDaShit]

<3

[dcavalli9]

Anybody have the lyrics?

[ternak001]

4:32 theres Bob Zmuda, Andy's co-conspirator, in the front row all the way to the right

[obeythepenguin]

Nice bongos

[brushford001]

I can imagine trying to do this and just falling flat on my arse...

[godelnahaleth]

@brushford001 When I was 29, I had to do something similar to this... I played a girl who so high on some kind of drug that she couldn't speak properly, and I had no scripted words, but was just expected to say random syllables non-stop for 5 minutes just like this and act crazy... it sounds so easy, but WOW was it hard!! It was THE hardest role I've ever played, and when I see him do this so easily, I find it to be very impressive. X-)

[xander7ful]

His was the comedy of the absurd. Once, after a performance in Philadelphia, he put the whole audience on double decker buses and treated them to ice cream. Absurd.

[66richardson]

The best thing about this sketch is, no-one can quote it in the comments section!

[okzon]

@66richardson

"Si?"

[88naka]

@66richardson "eiah boquedobe balacu jambalayah babe bau cadabud" best part

[johnnyrock30]

Naxtea obviously hasn't two brain cells to rub together. He sang a tribal song to start it off then proceeded to continue the skit in the same tribal dialect. Brilliant... to people with half a brain.

I return you to your Family Guy and South Park....

[EmilieMirandaa]

@johnnyrock30

While I agree with you about Naxtea, South Park is actually pretty funny. Just South Park, though. Family Guy can go suck a fuck.

[rudrarrr]

what is this about??

[rayman961]

frikkin hilarious comic genius

[worthlessprotoplasm]

This is funny and I don't know why.

[mrentilli]

@worthlessprotoplasm

That pretty much describes Andy's work in a single sentence.

[proflonghair07]

brilliant

[EarlSnohomish]

Do you know what show this was, Rob?

Thanks for posting!

[robatsea2009]

it was part of a special called "Variety 77" broadcast at the start of 1978

[EarlSnohomish]

So this was on CBS then. Thanks!