Andy Kaufman

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March 26, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Box Brown: Is This Guy For Real? – The Unbelievable Andy Kaufman

Is This Guy For Real?: The Unbelievable Andy Kaufman Box Brown First Second A graphic novel about Andy Kaufman written and drawn by the guy that paid tribute to Andre The Giant using the same form – I’m in!

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March 25, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

TV Shows That Meant The World To Me: # 1 – Taxi

Taxi was an American sitcom – it ran from 1978-1982. I was just a kid – but it was one of those Friday night fish’n’chips family-sits-in-front-of-the-TV shows. The characters were colourful – well Louie De Palma (Danny DeVito’s breakout role) and later “the Reverend” Jim (Christopher Lloyd) were colourful and wonderful. They shouted a lot. […]

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November 18, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Bob Zmuda/Lynne Margulies: Andy Kaufman – The Truth, Finally

Andy Kaufman: The Truth, Finally Bob Zmuda/Lynne Margulies BenBella Books Bob Zmuda was Andy Kaufman’s writing partner and they took turns playing Tony Clifton, giving life to a grotesque. Zmuda has worked hard to keep the spirit of Andy Kaufman alive and here, in a book co-written with Kaufman’s partner Lynne Margulies, Zmuda does his […]

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November 3, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Andy Kaufman: Andy And His Grandmother

Andy Kaufman Andy And His Grandmother 1-2-3-4-GO!/Drag City/Process Media Obviously it’s fitting that Andy Kaufman’s debut comedy album (posthumous, or is it? – wink wink) is unlike most other comedy albums and is arguably an anti-comedy album since, of course, he was unlike most other comedians and more often/more likely an anti-comedian. This 48 minute […]