Andy Kaufman on Letterman (February 23rd 1983) Part 1

[quintfl]

greatest comedian ever

[mafiahitmen100]

rip andy u will b missed

[dedbusted]

@mafiahitmen100 "Will" be? He's been dead for 27 years.

[gdwhat]

the audio on this is all messed up....i got really scared when i heard the left channel cutting on and off i thought my fucking 150 dollar headphones where fucked...i was about to get all fucking mouthy with some customer service ... lol

[whales]

He died of cancer about a year after this broadcast. Too soon, too soon. R.I.P Andy

[Dufflad00]

peace and love y'all. Life is too short and painful to be mean.

[uhavemooface]

Andy Kaufman was like these people on you tube Amazing'Kzen. So Andy wouldn't say shit about you tube other then way to go for them they are doing what they like to do.  That is what Andy did. He did what all of us would never have the balls to do.

[xthexupwardxfallx]

did anyone ealse notice that he looks like he had a stroke in this

[SquirrelGoneBananas]

andy kaufman was the bestest funniestest troll ever!

[adamtzsch]

Eating breakfast with Andy xxx

[TwoPlusTwoIsGay]

He didn't have a cold. He had lung cancer. LOL.

[TheSicktricks]

@TwoPlusTwoIsGay fuck that was harsh

[theonlyantony]

wow...and 'Manic Depression ' playing us out ! Class!

[Frequent2001]

whats with his face?

[ArxVirtus]

what's up with the audio? it's only in the right speaker except for a few short seconds around 1:55-2:15

[isntdustinswift69]

what is a video cassette?

[KirkCliff2]

@isntdustinswift69 Ever heard of VHS?

[786myfist]

ʎɐqə ɯoɹɟ pɹɐoqʎəʞ ɐ ʎnq ı əɯıʇ ʇsɐl əɥʇ sı sıɥʇ



[rayheyheyhey]

ɯoɹɟ ʇɥƃnoq oslɐ ı ʎnƃ ǝɯɐs ǝɥʇ ǝq ʇsnɯ ʇı ʇnq sıɥʇ noʎ plos oɥʍ ʍouʞ ʇuop

[jazzician12]

hell yeah manic depression on the way out hahaha 

[kaitlinan]

It makes me sad every time Andy coughs.

[rufus231]

Letterman audiences have giggled like little children since he began. It's like live canned laughter.... What a dumb crowd . (All his shows )

[projectlyfe362]

arguing on youtube is like the special Olympics. no matter who wins, your all retarded.

[phantomofthedrivein]

@projectlyfe362 that's just an idea isn't it?

[dasuprmastr]

he was either a genius or insane... but i think he was both of it. i´m only 31 years old and from europe, so i discovered him just a few years ago, but this was a completly new sujet. it´s not simple comedy, it was also "activity-based art" (i hope i used the right term :) )

[scotty123123]

@dasuprmastr

"Performance Art"

[SuperGuyincognito]

@dasuprmastr The joke is on the audience. There isn't an ounce of humour or talent in Kaufman, unless you're a barbarian who thinks foreigners are funny because they have a funny accent.

[ritalate]

@SuperGuyincognito I think you're funny because you equate people who find accents humorous to barbarians. Everyone has an accent and finding a way to amuse yourself via different accents isn't barbaric but generalizing people and trying to make yourself sound like a better person through belittling others who find Andy Kaufman funny is rather conceited.

[SuperGuyincognito]

@ritalate The only reason this tripe had been shown is because n*gger and k*ke jokes hadn't been kosher for decades. It appealed to the same audience, though.

[ritalate]

@SuperGuyincognito most humor is based on cultural stereotypes and derogatory epithets. Like... who runs the Kwik-E-Mart in the Simpson's? I'm sure they wouldn't stoop so low to actually racially stereotype...? Perhaps, the Simpson's stereotypes aren't directly negative but they could still be seen that way... except, everyone knows it's a joke and it's funny and so they don't get all PC about it.

[SuperGuyincognito]

@ritalate You write like a stereotypical dumb little boy.

[ritalate]

@SuperGuyincognito And your writing is like the brilliance of ten golden suns glistening through the eyes of the daughters of God.

[Vamphaery]

It makes total sense that Andy gravitated toward pro wrestling. What he did was not that dissimilar from old fashioned wrestlers "working" a crowd.

[wegotmarriedinafever]

@Vamphaery i agree. it always upset me that more people dont make that comparison.

[MsPicassos]

What is the cause of death(andy k.)

[trulysarcastic]

@MsPicassos he died from a rare form of lung cancer, bizzare since he never smoked

[TheFoal]

Anyone think the theme sounds like Manic Depression by Hendrix????

[weedipikia]

@TheFoal It definitely is.

[Neurolanis]

"Now we won't have to tip her so much."

And this was before "Seinfeld" and "Pulp Fiction".

[lilzondeck100]

comic genius.

[btwall60]

This is great Letterman, way before he did the Palin rape joke.

[CaramelHoteI]

@btwall60 Any jokes about Palin getting raped are funny.

[moby406]

Tee Neck tansi???

[ryszard68]

Aah so that's where Avid stole the neckbrace idea from... Thing is Andy could get a laugh with just a look, without seeming to try, although it was obviously so well thought and acted out. He was a true original that's for sure.

[cshargeit]

sambos-- the steak was thin but still tough.. the chicken was frozen sometimes even on your plate. the waitress- you see

[mightyafrowhitey]

lmfao. wow. can't really blame him for wanting to rub her belly... I'd want to too. but I wouldn't have the audacity to actually do it.

[AmazingXzen]

*ahem*

This is a video about Andy Kaufman. Not how people hate black people or how people hate their jobs or whatever. I'm sure if Andy were still alive he'd go, "Wtf?" You tube has some over reactant people on here. Don't you people have anything better to do? Seriously, it's kind of ridiculous... :/

[FullmetalJudgement]

Actually, if Andy were still alive, he'd probably play along, and act like the most blatant racist bigot you could think of. He was great at playing off people like that, which is why he was so brilliant.

[grecon001]

@AmazingXzen If Andy were here, he'd say "Hey, can you help me get these maggots out of my eye-socket?"

[infinitycrops]

Wow - Letterman with a real head of hair!

[unclesporkums]

A little factoid: When Andy played the referee in Teaneck Tanzi (which closed after one performance), according to the audience, he was up to his usual shananigans, as he demanded to see everyone's ticket stubs, and he said if he caught someone without one, he threatened to personally eject that person from the theater!

[lonelygnome1]

Now we don't have to tip her so much.

[tornado1929]

Andy loved grouper. Fish was his favorite. Love him , miss him

[WilsonGuitar]

Whenever I listen to this guy I feel like my IQ drops by 30

[BeastSynthesis]

you're not funny.

[WhitneyGetz]

I think you guys are really harsh and mean with each other, always fighting and saying rude things. Every one of us should learn how to play nice. All the girls and boys and postmen, solders, chasers, tollbooth operators, bus drivers and everyone. Okay?

[unexist001]

okay

But I strongly disagree with you.

[unexist001]

We need people like this so we can point our fingers and say : That's the bad guy.

hehe

[itoohavetwounclues]

Well said. I think a lot of insecure, angry people use internet sites like youtube as a release valve for their frustrations. Relative anonymity gives them the security they need to be complete assholes.

[WhitneyGetz]

@LOLDISNEYLAND

Oh no, it's all so shocking! And clever....so, so clever.

[kiya12667]

@LOLDISNEYLAND dont you dear talk about black people or any one. you take your racist comments and eat it.

[LOLDISNEYLAND]

I apologize.. I love you so very much. I ate my comments now and got indigestion. I guess I now realise how terrible I am. Sorry. Please forgive me.

[TheWillIamLee87]

@WhitneyGetz fag

[ButterOnCorn]

fat face Kaufman was hillarious.

[PLASMAVITY]

i agree with you,grandpa !

[Missknowitall77]

tissues, lol

[xz0p]

haha Rofl 2:57

[xanthprime]

Always knew he had proverbial huge cajones.  But at 1:24 it looks like he is smuggling a squirrel.

[pokerrear]

what the fuck are you talking about?

[markyp19]

why did they play manic depression by hendrix when they cut out of that show.

[xxGOWfreakxx]

im glad he seems better than he was in the 1980 interview

[SOLIE6226]

Blassie King of Men ,

I'd Rather be a King in Hell Than a Stooge in Heaven Blassie .

[tygersflowerz]

The present might've lasted HIS lifetime... hahahaaa....!

ooohhhhh that's bad. :-(  That wasn't nice.

>:-)

[keflar5]

PMSL thats not a film PMSL

[heyimericv]

February 23th <------ th?

[alphadot]

really..... where do you live on earth

[Sshelly34213]

fckin weird lol I love him.

[spacegeek]

that guy Fred is an asshole >: P

[wingedhamham]

Yeah he was kinda rude to the pregnant waitress...

[hunyghan]

This shows weird!

[HarryMulholland]

your wierd :P

[HankLandMan]

You're both weird, learn how to spell and use grammar both of you.

[abtragedy]

Correction: You're both weird. Learn how to spell and use grammar, both of you.

[Valgorian]

Actually... Hank's grammar was fine. By adding a comma it makes no sense. It would be like me randomly, adding commas, wherever I feel like dur,ing a sentence. So think twice before, trying to mock someone, okay? Think you can do that for me? Be a good girl and go play nice now.

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[abtragedy]

Haha... how wrong you are, but I'm not about to get into to a grammar argument, it's rather pointless. I was just trying to join in on a pointless argument, just to show them how pointless it actually is. I was being picky.

... but truly, a comma does belong there.

He could have said, "You're both weird. Both of you should learn how to spell and use grammar." In that case, a comma wouldn't be needed.

[abtragedy]

who the hell are you?! you're putting down every single one of my comments... how do you find these comments?! haha.

[YouDickwod]

motherless lucker I mean fucker!