Andy Kaufman on Letterman (June 24th 1980)

i would hope that he wouldn't see a pediatrician about CANCER. to boot a pediatrician deals with youths not adults brainiac.

no, he was diagnosed after seeing a doctor. he ignored symptoms for years and never saw a pediatrician.

he was diagnosed 3 years after this. he is faking it.

WOW that audience was....wow.....was all that random unecessary laughing from the audience necessary?

it sad watching knowing that the coughing is not an act and its killing him

Andy is doing everything in his power not to bust up laughing @ 1:12. I love this piece he did.

Which ones DID you care for? And, which ones did you NOT care for?

all he has to do is blink, and it cracks me up.

Poor Andy =( The cancer went to his brain & died of liver failure

This is the genius of Andy Kaufman; to this day, he still fools people! Lol. Andy used reality and make-believe together to confuse people, to poke fun at what people call reality by turning the audience into part of his act. Andy had only one kid and never married. He did have lung cancer, but may not have known how serious it was at this point. What is clear is that it was all an act (and Kaufman was 'thrown out' as part of this act.) Hope that doesn't spoil the gag for everyone.