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  • he sounds like tim heidecker at the start

  • I am not an Andy Kaufman fan but I think the "wreaks of McCarthy-ism" is a funny line.

  • @jksonny before that line, what made you click the video?

  • 4:00 jajajaja

  • His entire career was INGENIOUS from begining to end ...***Shameful that very few thought so at the time of his fame!!

  • @DrVegasIII  I Agree!!

  • "but what does that mean?" nobody was better at playing an idiot than andy.

  • Fck letterman! what a twat!

  • @ThePekkert I love how andy put him on the spot lol

  • @ThePekkert Letterman was obviously in on the joke and they admired each other greatly. Letterman had him on his show more times than anybody (over 10 times) and Kaufman even signed his will in Dave's office shortly before his death.

  • Andy came from space to teach us real humor !

    He was a brilliant clown

  • lol devo

    shits wak

    workin on a coalmine

  • god bless andy kaufman.

  • I just learned about this guy. But man he sure does speak the truth.

  • If Andy Kaufman was reading all these comments, he would most certainly laugh his ass off, especially at some exemplars.

  • Why isn't Letterman cool like this anymore?

  • @AgujaAzulMD difference between being in the 11:30 time slot, and 1:00 time slot. they expect the flag ship late show to be more corporate.

  • andy kaufman: the joke is that there is no joke! hehehehehe

  • WHAT IS THE ENDING SONG???????????

  • @headbanger623

    I Want You(Shes So Heavy) The Beatles

  • I think Letterman really liked Andy. I respect him for that. Even though he could be a tough guest to have on your show, and you never really know what to expect, Letterman repeatedly had him on. I like Letterman for that.

  • @TrygviMurt I can believe Dave truly liked Andy. Also, though, I think Dave and his people are/were super smart (like Andy was/[is?]) about what people will continue watching through their discomfort or possible dislike. It almost puts me in mind of Bev (don't recall her last name) the flustered baking lady Dave used to have on? Although, that was certainly not on the same scale of madness that Andy brought. :)

  • Pee-wee Herman and Andy Kaufman were both performance artists IMHO.

  • I love how he just owned letterman at the end there, taking the punch outta his joke and getting the last laugh himself

  • Where's the line between life and comedy? I think Andy shows how the line isn't so distinct. I guess that means that life, sometimes, is funny.

  • "You can't be on every minute of your life, Andy" - Yes he can, Dave.

  • I MISS THE TRIO CHANNEL ! LOL

  • i loved heartbeeps,saw it when it came out.i still love it. andy was great.

  • @gonzomoya420

    Spend a lot of time searching for people you cant stand eh? You just don't get it. He had the brains.

  • @njolnir he's an obvious troll, don't feed the trolls pls ;)

  • @gonzomoya420 You obviously have strong opinions and serious disdain for Andy Kaufman. So, it begs the question: why on Earth would you look up his video? I mean, it can't be just to write the silly comment you wrote. What is that about? A few too many 420 nights there Gonzo?? Internet Trolls (you) are very bizarre.......

  • @gonzomoya420 i wish you were dead, that'll be cool i think

  • @gonzomoya420 apparently you never spend enough time looking in the mirror. If you did, you would not be saying that.

  • @gonzomoya420 I really hope youre a fifteen year old, and not a grown man who still thinks putting "420" at the end of your nickname is cool. Andy just went over your head buddy.

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  • @Looter246 Hey Looter, I thought you're comment about gonzomoya420 must be 15yrs old w/ the 420 in his screen name was hilarious. Come on over to the "Is Andy Kaufman Alive" YT site and join in on some more ass kicking fun. I've got the guy ready to blow a head gasket.

  • @gonzomoya420 Tony Clifton is going to come over to your Mom's basement and kick your azz.

  • @famapublica Hey fama, chk out the "Is andy Kaufman Alive" YT site and observe how I've royally kicked GONZOMOYA420's ass. Come on over and join the fun!

  • @gonzomoya420 HEY EVERYBODY CHECK THIS OUT! This piece of shit GONZOMOYA (my nickname for this fecal matter is GAGMOYA or GAYMOYA) has been on the AK Mighty Mouse site for months saying the same thing about Jews & Kaufman. Then he met me. I kicked his ass so hard so many times, he actually ran away from me & refused to reply back! I fucked up this guy's head to the point he started talking to others trying to get a sympathetic ear. Too bad the site was taken down yesterday for copyright reasons.

  • @gonzomoya420 Holy shit, you're right! What have i been doing watching his videos on youtube for hours thinking he's a comedy genious? Fuck, you convinced me. That Paul Shore line totally made me see the light. This guy sucks!

    Thank god, i read your comment otherwise i might thought he's way ahead of his time and actually really hilarious. Yeah, lol bro. Let's spread the word about this idiot on youtube and why people shouldn't think he's talented. That would totally not a complete waste of

  • @lessthanpinochet Hey dude, ya don't want to reply to this gonzomoya moron. He's a foot fetish fuck weirdo. Just a heads up.

  • @InstrinsicallyCorrec Yeah, i know. I've seen him say the same shit over and over on every Kaufman video.

    It's getting old and i'm sick of his idiocy.

    Haha, foot fetish? You have proof of that? Because that has to be the gayest fetish out of all the fetishes out there and it would explain a lot why he does what he does here. Löl!

  • she's soo heavy.

  • The bathrobe lol

    Pee Wee Hermann and Devo--what a show!!!!!

  • Was he the greatest or what! Miss him so.

  • Pee Wee Herman & Devo? Let's see tomorrow night's show too, eh?

  • He was full of shit.

    I like the promo for the next show - Devo and Pee Wee Herman. What a lineup.

  • @pessia61 Who was full of shit? I mean, you can't be talking about kaufman. Because, you would not be looking up his videos if you felt he was full of shit. That would make you pretty stupid lol. So, who are you talking about?

  • The great Bob The Dog?

  • it's weird to hear his real voice.

  • Man on the moon brought me here

  • Does Dave hate comedians?! wtf?

  • @joelt420

    Andy wasn't a comedian.

  • I had never seen Kaufman do Slim Whitman before I viewed these clips. As soon as he donned the "scatche" and started singing his yogi diaper, unnecessary turban and leather shoes with socks vanished and I could see Whitman in a suit. Kaufman's impersonations are still unequaled.

  • he is just messing with dave when he doesnt get the joke.

  • @RockNRollOverDose Exactly! You know how many people don't catch that?

  • brilliant the way he hooked letterman into that joke at the end.

  • DEVO and pee-wee on next? man, id like to see that...

  • Back when guests on Letterman actually left on camera and they didn't cut to a damn commercial every 5 minutes

  • I just saw Heartbeeps, it was a very cute movie. What are they all bitching about?

  • Wow. This man made David Letterman shit his pants and feel bad about his own joke, just to reverse it into his own.

    ....this guy....

  • The way he acts is artsy..I just remembered Man On The Moon "This is artsy-fartsy shit"..But he just comes off as a ... Enthusiastic, artsy, 2-sided person! Nothing's wrong with that, I mean, it's what makes him unique, and never forgotten. God he's amazing haha

  • @CourtneyxCourtney95

    "Man on the Moon" was a film, not a documentary. Andy Kaufman is one of the most sincere performers to ever live, he gave everything to his work, and cared very much that people dig and understand what he was trying to do. He was just way too ahead of the curve...

  • Deadpan humour at it's absolute finest, Andy Kaufman was amazing..

  • Look at Dave's hair..

  • What? The hair's just fine.

  • Andy seemed to be under the impression that he was onstage for himself. Eventually no one would trust or respect him.

  • @blope332: That's Andy's Slim Whitman impression. He was, he claimed, one of Andy's biggest idols.

  • huh?

  • The man was brilliant. Love or hate him he was. His form of comedy was before its time. He was the only one ever in on the joke.

  • @necroticjonathan - before his time? And just when would he be in his right time? Not anytime since he kicked the bucket. You're a dumb ass.

  • @necroticjonathan I don't think genius is needed to be the only one to get the joke. It's as if you start farting and say that's your new type of "art" and nobody else understands or appreciates it.

    Then you are your own genius in your own way for your own pleasure.

  • its so hard to know when hes joking!

  • aw he is so innocent. i love you andy!

  • what year was this?

  • What a great man...a genius. Of all the clips of Andy I've seen, this seems as close to the "real" Andy as possible...but, who knows? Thst's the nature of the genius!

  • @Stereolabdream I agree.....I think we actually saw the normal, real Andy for a minute there

  • he keeps repeatin words a lot..

  • I would have loved to meet him. He seems very honest person.

  • I would love to walk off of a tv show to the beatles' i want you (she's so heavy).

  • So unique. Always amazing Andy - absolutely not afraid to try anything. He just had to put that fake mustache on. It's crucial. The assistant sword man is better dressed than him. He was exactly what he was supposed to be. I'm still not sure exactly what that is but I'm crazy about it! What a great singer too!

  • tom green could never do what andy kaughman did....but he came close.

  • as in he built up a collection of fans then made a really terrible movie? lol

  • Ya gotta respect his honesty, or faking it, whatever it is, that's his act, you just don't know, and he's not telling. His fake wrestling stint was the best.

  • I loved Heartbeeps...so there

  • Yes Andy, you have fans, more than ever now, too bad that you can't see it.. At least, not in this life..

  • So ahead of it's time! I was just a baby when this aired and I always wonder how people reacted to this kind of stuff and if they really appreciated this type of comedy?? Hell this is so good even it aired today it would be ahead of it's time.

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  • i remember seeing this when they aired it.

  • Seriously. People come to a clip of the great Andy Kaufman and instead of admiring how great the man is they just start attacking each other. How's that possible?

  • People are stupid, that's why.

  • Humanity is screwball, for the most part.

  • ROFLMAO

  • Damn, that's brilliant and subversive. He totally takes the piss out of every actor who's ever appeared in a dreadful movie, and does it using the very system created to perpetuate fame and greed.

  • Wow, am impressed by the adult nature of ppl... never ceases to amaze me how "adults" can hide behind a computer screen to bash one another.. Wow,, bravo,, applause..... so mature. Geesh,,,, enjoy life,, it's too short. Why waste your time and breath arguing with a computer screen,, Either you like something, or you don't, it doesn't make one person better than the other,, it simply shows the diversity of mankind. is what seperates us from ROBOTS LOL (even Andy would cringe)

    have a nice day

  • I don't say anything I wouldn't say in real life. ;-)

  • ROFLMAO Andy was sooooooooo funny,, RIP

  • ....aaaaaand it's still talking.

  • OMG.. i see and hear a lot of Tim Heidecker in him...

  • I just CAME!

  • That last punchline was great.

    Andy was a cutie ;D

  • I've seen quite a bit of Andy's stuff, and never found him entertaining. Yes, the movie wasn't completely accurate, however, it actually made him seem more interesting than he actually was.

  • So, you're a Jim Carrey fan - not a Kaufman fan. That's cool. Nothing really wrong with that. But, why draw more attention to an individual you find uninteresting by commenting on one his classic clips? That's where you lose me.

  • he could have made it as a country singer

  • After just watching some clips of Heartbeeps, I can see why he's so apologetic.

  • Andy has become very overrated. His comedy, or so called art, was not cutting edge, and when people booed, it was because he ripped them off

    So he wanted to be different, and wanted attention? So do a lot of people, but that does not make them talented. Man on the Moon was entertaining, but his actual life was not so much.

  • It sounds like you know Andy from the movie and not much of his work, ttytt

  • Again, drawing attention to him by adding to the comment count. He obviously has an effect on you (like him or not). Your obsession with telling everyone why you think he's "no good" & "overrated" is one of the things he based his career on. Good job. Your next comment will be another testament / tribute.

  • You couldn't possibly be "wanting attention" yourself here? ;-) If he was so boring, you wouldn't have looked him up.

    Yes, I often watch videos of people I find boring.

  • i know you were just being rational, but i have watched videos of people i find boring

  • Well I can't relate to that. Can you enlighten us as to why?

    That's the thing though. I feel like on some level you don't find him boring. lol Because in watching the videos you must be searching for something you know is there... you just don't see it or get it quite yet. But you want to. Andy can definitely bring that out of people.

  • i dunno, to see if i'm right or not, lol

    wow damn you're deep man, i just think its funny, theres like a tension you can feel with this kind of comedy its like taoism or some shit man, you know like black and white at the same time lol

  • To see if you're right or not? O.o lol So you don't even know if you really dislike him or not, and you're spouting your crap. You freely admit you think he may have something.

    That's just simple common intelligence more than depth. lol

    Enough. I've gone back and forth with too many stupid people already.

  • wow yeah your so awesome why even talk to anyone else

  • And you're so awesome we really want to hear you think outloud while you decide whether Andy's "got it," in your mind or not. :p :-)

    I could follow this, by calling you a name. But you know you're all those things.

  • well thank you for not calling me a name at least, what difference would it have made anyway

    i dont know what you mean when you say i'm all those things, but i don't even know what we were talking about in the first place. i'm glad we are however, because i feel that by talking to each other we are better off as individuals

  • I'll tell you this trash mouth, you guys always resort to that, you can't say anything else libber so go for that....Letterman was out of line with Palin..I am not a fan of hers, but he was out of line and should have been fired and you should be off the internet with you language or have your ears boxed or your mouth washed out with soap young man,

  • why were they playing "I Want You (She's So Heavy) at the end?

  • he reminds me of krist nosovelic

  • Amazes me how something as apolitical as an Andy Kaufman performance manages to spur Liberal vs. Conservative insults by Youtube members.

  • Letterman and Kaufman. great team up. always funny

  • Letterman was in on the joke you dumbass. Why do you think Andy was there?

  • Not only is Letterman a self indulgent, eagotistical ASS - HOLE......BUT....so is anyone that holdshim in regard ......and in YOUR "EXCEPTIONAL "case jinx21fan that includes being a "PEA BRAIN PISS - HEAD" as well! now GOFAWKYERSEFF!!

  • I've always found loudmouth motherfuckers on the internet to be fucking pussies in real life.

    They yap in chat rooms, or threads like this, because in real life they'd get their pussy asses kicked.

  • IWith a "monicer: like inx21fan, I would exercise great caution before acting on cleraly bad judgement and limited mental capacity here "WHISTLEBRITCHES"

    some of us don't BULLSHIT!......You are "doggie paddling" in a very deep pool here RAINMAN......SO GO BACK TO YOUR SAFE WARM BED & HUG THE KITTY NIGHT NIGHT BEFORE YOUR OUT OF CONTROL BIG MOUTH WRITES CHECKS YOUR ASS CANT COVER!

  • Whatever you 60 year old wanna be tough guy. You're a fucking goof, how's that cheque?

    You're a fucking Palin loving idiot.

  • Ooops, just saw your profile old man .... your just a fucking right-wing nut that is upset over that Palin thing.

    That explains everything ... go to hell you fucking old nut job.

  • jinv21fan I harbor no grudge against homosexuals (whatever YOU guy's do in the privacy of your home with "consenting adults") is YOUR business. I mearly attenpted to express my opinion about Letterman it was YOU who opted to take issue with it.

  • and apparently you've always been an idiot

  • jinx21fan: RAINMAN......You are such a "TYPICAL LIB"......SO tragically stupid that you don't know......what you don't know......It is a mirical that you remenber to breath!

  • senial old fart stop ranting lol

  • lol

  • Letterman was one of the few people to support Andy's career when the rest of the showbiz world wouldn't touch him. This was toward the end of his life after the Fridays freakout, repeated movie bombs, "offensive" wrestling bit, et. cetera.

    I personally dislike Letterman's style of comedy and public attitude, but he deserves props for having Andy on his show so often toward the end.

  • Letterman's an asshole

  • totally agree!!

  • Why?

  • Yeah, why? Do people here know him personally?

  • I agree... (but I like him!! ;-))

  • Why? He's a genius. You hate him because of off colored jokes about the adult daughter of a wicked, lying, hypocritical idiot?

  • Letterman clearly let's his guests know if he hates 'em or not ...

  • Wow! Letterman looked like a moron back then too?

  • Pee-Wee Herman, Devo, Dr. Ruth, Andy Kaufman...oh the 1980s.

  • Holy Fack! when you watch people like Andy, Brother Theodore, Chris Elliot etc.

    you realize how really lame late night tv has become

    SNL/Letterman and all the even more lame spin offs have become so careful and emaculate that it makes these clips even more brilliant

  • You're right. And, the FCC doesn't help.

  • I must be one of the few people that actually liked Heartbeeps. And come on, there are movies out there that are far worse than that film.

  • Aw I wanna see Pee Wee and Devo!!!!!!!

  • Hehe... Devo yes. Pee Wee, not so much.

    Pee Wee asked Andy for permission to revamp the concept for "Andy's Funhouse" into "Pee Wee's Playhouse." So in a sense, he's got Andy to thank for his career.

    And as a result we are now stuck with the poor man's version of Andy's Funhouse.

    Andy should've been the one to enjoy success with his own concept. Alas, not to be.

  • always will be a crazed genius!

  • what song are they playing at the end?

  • I Want You (She's So Heavy) - by The Beatles

  • Wow for a while when Andy was speaking, I forgot Letterman was even there. What a charachter.

  • So many people get trampled by Letterman but so far I've seen only Jim Carrey and Andy Kaufman REALLY steal the show from him. They are both amazingly talented actors...damn.

  • Eddie Murphy did it once.

  • letterman must've loved this stuff. click on me if you dig andy kaufman.

  • The U.S. went down the shitter when Andy Kaufman died. Coincidence?

    Seriously though. The U.S. was a pretty amazing country, then it became a shitty one pretty much the exact same time.

  • I personally blame it on the past policies catching up with us, but yes I long for the 1980s.

  • and thats because becdause you never had to earn a crust during them...

  • no, I just hate what America has devolved into.

  • That is interesting, isn't it?

  • Hahaha I love how he took the "Change for a 20" joke back. That was pure win.

  • Joaquin isn't even in the same league as Kaufman. With joaquin you know it's crap, with Kaufman it was new and pure genius. Long story short: Phoenix can't even rock a sweet stache.

  • Lol, best celebrity interview ever besides Juaqine Pheonix.

    I also love how they are playing THe Beatles, "I Want You," in the background.

  • Lol. Andy didn't care about what people thought of him. I admire the hell out of him.

  • devo and peewee on the one episode would have been great!

  • I love both Andy and Dave, it's great to see them together.

  • This is so fuckin weird. I just saw Heartbeeps for the first time about an hour ago. Andy speaks to me from beyond! Yes!

  • Letterman's poor attempt at the end (the crack about the change for a 20$) is the best part... you just can't outsmart Andy...

  • Actually you can kind of see... he almost did. Andy saved himself and continued the joke with a good comeback (which shows his brilliance), but.. Letterman almost got him. ;-) Let's admit it. :-)

    I love Letterman, I live somewhat near him actually. Many of my family have met him... so I can't diss the guy, I think he's cool.

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  • The song at 3:40 is She's so Heavy right? It's bugging me, I can't figure it out.

  • yup it is. by the great beatles!

  • Yes, I want you (She's so Heavy) by the Beatles