Andy Kaufman Meets The Masked Magician

[stereoimagery]

The sword retracts in his mouth, its not going in his throat. Its all staged, and planned.

[mackeymkay]

Andy and Bob pulling off a magic trick of their own it seems.

[Lasadialarwen]

is that rly the masked magician? I doubt it

[weirdcitykid]

Okay I have been really intrigued by this for years - does anyone know if that's real? I mean Andy appears to push the sword down which must be very dangerous?! And then blood?

Please answer if you know - I know Kauffman used semi-planned skits and improv - but there was usually a plan. This just came accross as dangerous.

[TerryOShea]

BLAH!! I NEED THIS POST LIKE I NEED A SHOTGUN BLAST TO THE FACE!! HOW BOUT A CHICKEN WING AND A MOIST TOILETTE!!!

[tonymontana1974]

@TerryOShea I SMELL A LOT OF PERFUME AROUND HERE MUST BE THAT TIME OF THE MONTH EH.

[hfelton]

It is Zmuda. You can see the Tony Clifton resemblance.

[MrOphachew]

Never saw this before? This probably predated the Valentino thing by almost twenty years.

[mahmoudkhalil100]

is this a val valentino parody ?? it looks old

[Killuminati1blood]

THE RINGS!!!

[DerekForPresident]

I just watched a couple of these, and if Andy could read the comments on these videos he'd be laughing his butt off!

[MeketoaI]

Lol...let me help you. 

[knightsteinfeld]

omg thats ... interesting

[ToiletPaperLol]

is that the same masked magician that reveals the secrets on that one show on fox?

[MrZulle89]

@ToiletPaperLol

It's Bob Zmuda, so no

[tqsuited]

andy kaufman sounds like steve guttenberg

[residue102]

Must be Kevin Booth. Or the backing singers from Dan the Band

[UngawaMagic]

lol magicians union

[limafilho27]

hahahahahahahahahaah what ca I say? there is nothing to say. there is just room for laughter. THANK YOU, ANDY. And thank you, Zmuda.

[trickz323]

yo whats wrong with andy ???

was this staged or what ??

[Funnysterste]

i rate all andy kaufman clips 5 stars before i watched them.

[Andybaby]

"Let me help you" lol

[unclesporkums]

Ha! That's one of my favorite parts too! Too bad they wouldn't let Andy using vegetable soup as fake vomit.

[jedenzniewielu]

I have no idea how they did this...

[feloniousbutterfly]

I love how they start out by revealing a shoddy magic trick, and then end by doing an actually impressive one.

Better than Penn n' Teller

[AndysCoffin]

oh wow you're right. I didn't even think of making that comparison and this was before penn and teller.

[CocoMac877]

u shud check out tommy cooper

[noisydope]

crap i almost thought the end was real i was like WTF

good bit though

[SteevDragon67]

that's bob zamuda! andy's writer and comedy conspirator!

[MillzThaLyricGod]

lmao

[1Th1617]

I met Andy Kaufman years ago when he was on "Taxi." A friend of mine who had a recurring role on the series invited me to a Christmas part. Andy & I went backstage and he gave me his overalls to wear and we wrestled!!! Seriously! And I pinned him (so he said but I do believe he let me...:)

He was a sweetie!

[1Th1617]

I meant "Christmas party."

[klwewf]

What year?

[DFADboy]

yeah its Bob, it was fake blood, only Andy, Bob, Andy's sister and sisters boyfriend knew about it though! there was also other sketches done on this show!its all in the book "lost in the funhouse"

[blueboydogs]

Well this is ominous now...., but I love love love Andy...he's my man, take it off Andy....

[akamissrubytuesday]

Andy looks great!... hard to believe - as of last week- it's now been 25 years since he passed. ;( - & The current Masked Magician Val Valentino.... needs to see this vid. :)

[klwewf]

He did see it. That's where he got the idea - hello!! :D

[BrandonHall123]

For the record, this is Bob Zmuda, otherwise known as the "other" Tony Clifton

[ALittleBitOfGreen]

yeah..it is definately Bob...because you can recognize his voice. hehe

[studlyfellow]

Look at his shirt. The masked magician is obviously Tony Clifton.

[8bluecheese]

Andrew is NUTS!

[JOJOROCKS44]

lol

[asianheat]

was this all staged???

[studlyfellow]

Watch the Masked Muscian as he walks in. He steps up onto the stage. Also, if you look closely when they do a wide shot, you can see that they're standing on a stage and the audience is down below them.

[asianheat]

Staged as in if this whole thing was a scripted...IS IT???

[Theunion538]

probably

[TheEmogician]

Masked Muscian?

[smoothcriminal24]

that was crazed!!

[nahro05]

haha

[gokinsmen]

Zmuda's character here is like a precursor to Gob on Arrested Development.

[tmgore64]

this is a precursor to Penn and Teller

[RS1963]

@tmgore64 Nope Penn and Teller where around back then.

[tmgore64]

@RS1963 Yes they were around back then, but then again they hadn't done anything like the masked magician at that time. Their act was different in the late 70s. Heck, they've even said in interviews that they were hugely influenced by Andy Kaufman.

[RS1963]

@tmgore64 Yeah I can see that. now that I think about it.

[willem01]

we were sick of that "ring trick" anyway!!....right?!

[cicatriz79]

the people wooping and hollaring are fucking annoying.

coked out idiots.

[annelo2419]

haha i think that IS BOB zmunda

[Vpopov81]

sounded like bob that was hilarious....

[movieofmenywatch]

LOL That was AWESOME !!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA

[PNCGOMEZ]

zmuda lol

[kentjames81]

wait let me help you

[f60563]

you think val saw this and got the idea for the fox special

[AGKMNII]

ahh what a good day

[kirkwanglers32]

ITS Bob Zmuda

[20842]

Is he the Amazing Johnathan ???

[magicd00d37]

Nah, this clip is too old. I think it's probably Bob Zmuda.

[klwewf]

It's Bob without a doubt!

[thewackyretard]

@magicd00d37 It is Bob Zmuda... it's in the book Zmuda wrote about Andy...

[slugmojo]

@magicd00d37 it is.

[bluewizowl]

That really does look like him, doesn't it? I doubt it's him though.

[ricarleite]

@20842 It is Bob Zmuda.

[alvindalvin]

This is where the modern masked majician got his idea. LOL!!!

[7beers]

I'd really like to shoot that idiot in the audience who keeps hollering YOWP!

[SparkyFlary]

omg! i think he bled when he put the whole sword down his mouth!

[Neekstarrr]

Nice job captain obvious, now why don't you tell us about other things any dimwit could see from watching the video?

[rawritsmariel]

wow. epic fail.

way to state the obvious.

&&you didn't think that this entire thing was planned out?

[SparkyFlary]

meh sorry for being so naive sheesh

[Lord00Henry]

HAHAHAHA LOL.

[lightningtheif5]

this is funny