Andy Kaufman on Letterman (June 24th 1980)
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Uploaded by AndyOnLetterman on Aug 28, 2008
Andy appearing on Letterman's show for the second time. This is the day after his first appearance on the same morning show.
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letterman was,is,and will allways be a horses cunt !!
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what did the lady scream out???
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Daxflame in 10 years.
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Andy was the original troll! Awesome guy!
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I'm watching this because I just got done watching Man On The Moon. I guess humour is really a personal thing because I didn't crack a smile. Actually this performance depressed me.
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This appearance occurred October 15, 1980, not June 24. His first appearance, a cameo, occurred two days earlier (not one), October 13.
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unsolved mysterys of the universe - people who watch videos they dislike.
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@goharma now, now. Robin Williams may not be in good movies anymore, but every single interview he does is HILARIOUS.
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Unsolved mystery of the universe - Andy Kaufman being on TV for any reason.
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Unsolved mystery of the universe - People who think Andy Kaufman was talented.
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I think appreciating Kaufman is a matter of being amused by the tensions created between 'ordinary' expectations and Andy's subversion of them. An audience member who feels uncomfortable, confronted, liberated, etc, while watching him, becomes another character in the scene for the amusement of everyone else. His canvas was the situation and everyone in it, not the comic monologue. He was willing for people to hate him in order for that situation to be funnier. IMO, a comedy genius.
thetwentyfourth 1 month ago 32
This takes comedy right to the dangerous edge. He dares to do a boring monologue, asks the audience NOT to laugh, then goes out collecting money from audience members. Brilliant. Are we seeing reality (which would be horribly sad) or are we seeing someone extracting comedy from the audience's discomfort and uncertainty? As Mark Twain explained, true comedy always grows from tension and discomfort.
LaszloBencze 3 weeks ago 21