The Kaufman / Lawler feud had us kids at the edge of our seats, I remember everyone was talking about the slap and how Andy went crazy afterwards. Great theater from those two!
@@uncletony6210 I don't think so, wrestlers were pretty much the only people who understood Andy's shtick, all old Lawler interviews were done in kayfabe so they weren't his actual views.
@@siddharthbirdi If Jerry was 'in on the joke,' I'd have to say he's a better actor than 90% of Hollywood because he certainly had me convinced that he, in fact, hated Andy. It's possible though.
@@uncletony6210 He was among the best wrestlers of his generation with a deep dedication to his art, but you may be right there is no way to know for sure, on the other hand Kayfabe was a much more important thing back then as compared to now.
@@siddharthbirdi Andy Kaufman's whole act was Kayfabe. Outside of the ring, and Letterman, Lawler only had to act like he hated Kaufman for like 30 seconds.
I've got a ton of respect for Bill Apter. Even as someone on the younger side of things, I grew up on the old WOW magazines and they still blow me away today. With that said, the Kaufman/Lawler feud must have been insane to live through. Binge watched every interview and its incredible.
At first you think it's a set up, then you think nobody can stay in character that long, you start to believe it's real. The next moment you're convinced it's real, a moment later you're in doubt. It's the genius of Andy that is on display, when his fellow actors are good. It also shows his kind heart
I could listen to Jerry Lawler talk Andy Kaufman all day, for one he genuinely sounds grateful for what him and Andy did together, and he understands fully the magnitude of their partnership on the sport. As a child of the 70’s and wrestling fan as a kid, local wrestling was all we had, ( Big Time Wrestling in Detroit) Andy helped put a media spotlight on his Inter-gender worlds championship and feud with Jerry...I remember at this feud time I thought it was real
I watched Taxi around 1982 when i was 14 i am just now catching up on that great show, and on Andy Kaufman, it may be 35 yrs after his passing but what a talent i am discovering, well done Jerry, another thing re Taxi, it was a massive in it's day, but as a Brit the New York accent gives the show the extra dynamic that naturally bypasses Americans ,
The crazy thing about this whole act is that Jerry The King held it even after the death of Andy, I saw an interview where he told the interviewer 'why are you asking me about him?' 'I don't like him'
Jerry Lawler first match was in Jonesboro Arkansas and he can still do a flying dropkick I seen him a month ago at the Earl Bell Center and he did a flying dropkick on Tommy Wildfire Rich and it was awesome
I hate to admit that I had no clue that the Lawler slapping Kaufman on the late show was part of Kayfabe and they were friends. I only found out by watching Man on the Moon. Does this mean John Stossel was also in on it with David Schultz?
Stossel is too much of a humorless C U Next Tuesday to ever go along with such a long-time work. He's still bitter about it; just watch the episode of Dark Side of the Ring about Schultz.
@@richardtaylor5461*, Vince was not in power and had no money to do anything on that level before Lawler and Kaufman. Vince couldn't afford to do anything on any "sports entertainment" level without money. He was only made to look like the innovator of "sports entertainment", when in all actuality, all Vince did was go inti other territories as other more powerful promoters sat back and complained without fighting back, not even knowing that their money and their influence would've shut Vince down, had they only fought back to "save" their investments and their territories. Vince was not as powerful as you all may think that he was.*
@@ownknow8161 no but Vince when he bought the WWF in late 83 he hired Hogan and the rest was history moron Hogan and Vince made wrestling mainstream not idiot Kaufman and third rate lawler
@@ownknow8161 your a complete damn moron Vince was smart enough to hire Hogan to take wrestling above the level where it was at Jack reality Vince and Hogan was smarter buisness men then most wrestling companies at that time moron
@@richardtaylor5461*, I see that you're not receiving enough attention elsewhere, so here's a little history recap for you. After Vince bought the wrestling company/federation from his father, he, also bought GA Championship Wrestling. In doing so, Vince was literally out of money. LITERALLY. He had no money!!!! He had to sell GA Championship Wrestling just so that he'd have the money to be able to being Wrestlemania to the forefront. Had he not sold GA Championship Wrestling to the Crockets, he'd have never realized his dream nor seen his vision manifest. And remember this, 1985 is when Wrestlemania was manifested. Your statement about 1983 means absolutely nothing. Vince did not have the money to do anything that you believe he could do in 1983. These are the facts! Not only did he and his wife state it, but this is well-documented and well-known by sports journalists and by those who have been in the business for a while. So, before referring to someone as a moron from this day forward, why don't you do your research, first? Troll and pontificate elsewhere.*
i thought the audio was missing ..then when i maxed it out i heard 'something'. But, its not loud enough to hear. Well, at least there are subtitles :)
Jerry Lawler was the main guy in the Memphis wrestling league in the 70s and 80s. I watched the Memphis wrestling show for years on Saturday mornings when I was a kid. I lived in Oxford, Mississippi, and the network affiliates we got were in Memphis. Unfortunately, I moved to North Carolina a few months before the Andy Kaufman saga began. I really wish I had stayed in Oxford and seen that classic wrestling drama. It is the greatest episode in the history of professional wrestling. It is some of the best entertainment of any kind that ever happened.
One time at a stand up Andy got an old woman up from the audience and freaked her out so much she had a heart attack. They had Doctors come up on stage and everyone was freaking but it was all a work. she was a plant,that's how far Andy would take things.
@@brentleach3106 The story i heard was Robin Williams was dressed as an old woman, totally unrecognisable, sat on the stage without saying a word, nobody knew it was him, for two and half hours, falling asleep, waking up. At the end Andy thanked all his guests "And Robin Williams" who proceeded to remove his make up. Needless to say the audience gasped.
i feel ya. centurylink isn't that much better. then youtube gives that stupid fucking "experiencing interruptions?" notification. I just want to tear my monitor in half
thats andy kaufman style. creating new genres of comedy or just entertainment. he knew what was funny and was true to himself. expect the gay part any of you guys know andy was gay? or atleast bisexual, makes his life story all the more sad.
Amadeus XLO are you fucking crazy? It’s all scripted. Guys in speedos pretending to fight. No one past two can seriously believe it’s real. Yeah attacking the fans, a guy getting beat up then winning despite impossible odds. You are delusional
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Any interview about Andy Kaufman is like finding a little bit of gold.
IKR? I'm not into wrestling at all, Andy brought me here.
SO TRUE SO TRUE
....When you're picking your nose.
Your right this is pure Gold
Love how he still credits Andy Kaufman. Both of them played great parts in the, first, greatest feud in pro wrestling...Legends!!
I totally bought this bit as a kid lol. Legends
Andy should be in the WWE Hall of Fame
binkymagnus Andy who??????
Tony Clifton Oh come off it, Clifton. You’ve been riding Kaufman’s coattails for decades.
I'm shocked this video revealed the feud between Andy Kaufman An jerry lawler was staged the whole time for a wrestling show.
Clifton was a hack comedian and sleazy no talent singer. Why Andy supported him I will never know.
YES YES YES YES!
indeed.. graceful man Lawler
a Hollywood star taught him manners, etiquette, and hygiene.
The "rivalry" between Jerry Lawler and Andy Kaufman was pure gold. A true gift to fans, and as funny now as it ever was.
The Kaufman / Lawler feud had us kids at the edge of our seats, I remember everyone was talking about the slap and how Andy went crazy afterwards. Great theater from those two!
Sweet of Jerry to give most of the credit to Kaufman, but Lawler was a brilliant adversary and kept the energy going very well.
And almost everybody believed that feud, it was great.
I think it was a real feud to Jerry. I think Jerry doesn't want to be seen as the "trollee" now that EVERYONE knows Andy was trolling.
@@uncletony6210 I don't think so, wrestlers were pretty much the only people who understood Andy's shtick, all old Lawler interviews were done in kayfabe so they weren't his actual views.
@@siddharthbirdi If Jerry was 'in on the joke,' I'd have to say he's a better actor than 90% of Hollywood because he certainly had me convinced that he, in fact, hated Andy. It's possible though.
@@uncletony6210
He was among the best wrestlers of his generation with a deep dedication to his art, but you may be right there is no way to know for sure, on the other hand Kayfabe was a much more important thing back then as compared to now.
@@siddharthbirdi Andy Kaufman's whole act was Kayfabe. Outside of the ring, and Letterman, Lawler only had to act like he hated Kaufman for like 30 seconds.
I've got a ton of respect for Bill Apter. Even as someone on the younger side of things, I grew up on the old WOW magazines and they still blow me away today. With that said, the Kaufman/Lawler feud must have been insane to live through. Binge watched every interview and its incredible.
I miss the WoW magazines
Bill Apter is one of the nicest guys in the business, and very underappreciated for his great contributions
Before there was the internet...there was Bill Apter.
At first you think it's a set up, then you think nobody can stay in character that long, you start to believe it's real. The next moment you're convinced it's real, a moment later you're in doubt. It's the genius of Andy that is on display, when his fellow actors are good. It also shows his kind heart
I could listen to Jerry Lawler talk Andy Kaufman all day, for one he genuinely sounds grateful for what him and Andy did together, and he understands fully the magnitude of their partnership on the sport. As a child of the 70’s and wrestling fan as a kid, local wrestling was all we had, ( Big Time Wrestling in Detroit) Andy helped put a media spotlight on his Inter-gender worlds championship and feud with Jerry...I remember at this feud time I thought it was real
Lawler's voice is so different from the announcer's table.
I watched Taxi around 1982 when i was 14 i am just now catching up on that great show, and on Andy Kaufman, it may be 35 yrs after his passing but what a talent i am discovering,
well done Jerry,
another thing re Taxi, it was a massive in it's day, but as a Brit the New York accent gives the show the extra dynamic that naturally bypasses Americans ,
Never watched it yet but I like Andy is it worth a watch i take it?
@@Thedrysurrealbloke Here's an episode to give a flavour, also look up Vic Ferrari 'Latka'
ruclips.net/video/KZCA2BTTfPw/видео.html
@@Thedrysurrealbloke Taxi - Split personality ...hilarious
Great interview.
Eye opening.
It's true. They were dear friends. Long live Kayfabe.
The crazy thing about this whole act is that Jerry The King held it even after the death of Andy, I saw an interview where he told the interviewer 'why are you asking me about him?' 'I don't like him'
😮😲
I saw it too and it was great....Andy would have loved it!!!
thanks for the shoutout, bruddah
Great interview.
Jerry Lawler would be a great radio show host !!! Great speaker !!!!
I totally fell for it.
Class Act !!! Lawler !!!
You are far more legit than most of the youtubers I've been watching ! Glad I found your channel! Subscribed!
Jerry Lawler first match was in Jonesboro Arkansas and he can still do a flying dropkick I seen him a month ago at the Earl Bell Center and he did a flying dropkick on Tommy Wildfire Rich and it was awesome
Great stuff
Legend
My right ear is jealous!
I watched these Pro Wrestlers like since long before the Hulkamania arrived and it's nuts. Thanks for all the good clean viciousness....
I hate to admit that I had no clue that the Lawler slapping Kaufman on the late show was part of Kayfabe and they were friends. I only found out by watching Man on the Moon. Does this mean John Stossel was also in on it with David Schultz?
Stossel is too much of a humorless C U Next Tuesday to ever go along with such a long-time work. He's still bitter about it; just watch the episode of Dark Side of the Ring about Schultz.
love ya king
Every bit of it was genius
*Jerry Lawler and Andy Kaufman changed professional wrestling forever; Vince and Hogan rode the waves.*
Wrong Hogan and Vince took wrestling to a whole new level while Kaufman and Lawler was small change to Hogan and vince
@@richardtaylor5461*, Vince was not in power and had no money to do anything on that level before Lawler and Kaufman. Vince couldn't afford to do anything on any "sports entertainment" level without money. He was only made to look like the innovator of "sports entertainment", when in all actuality, all Vince did was go inti other territories as other more powerful promoters sat back and complained without fighting back, not even knowing that their money and their influence would've shut Vince down, had they only fought back to "save" their investments and their territories. Vince was not as powerful as you all may think that he was.*
@@ownknow8161 no but Vince when he bought the WWF in late 83 he hired Hogan and the rest was history moron Hogan and Vince made wrestling mainstream not idiot Kaufman and third rate lawler
@@ownknow8161 your a complete damn moron Vince was smart enough to hire Hogan to take wrestling above the level where it was at Jack reality Vince and Hogan was smarter buisness men then most wrestling companies at that time moron
@@richardtaylor5461*, I see that you're not receiving enough attention elsewhere, so here's a little history recap for you. After Vince bought the wrestling company/federation from his father, he, also bought GA Championship Wrestling. In doing so, Vince was literally out of money. LITERALLY. He had no money!!!! He had to sell GA Championship Wrestling just so that he'd have the money to be able to being Wrestlemania to the forefront. Had he not sold GA Championship Wrestling to the Crockets, he'd have never realized his dream nor seen his vision manifest. And remember this, 1985 is when Wrestlemania was manifested. Your statement about 1983 means absolutely nothing. Vince did not have the money to do anything that you believe he could do in 1983. These are the facts! Not only did he and his wife state it, but this is well-documented and well-known by sports journalists and by those who have been in the business for a while. So, before referring to someone as a moron from this day forward, why don't you do your research, first? Troll and pontificate elsewhere.*
i thought the audio was missing ..then when i maxed it out i heard 'something'. But, its not loud enough to hear. Well, at least there are subtitles :)
THE REIGNING KING
Jerry Lawler the real king of wrestling to me more then hogan,flair,savage or anyone else
That Apter Comb Over.......Oh The Humanity
Jerry Lawler was the main guy in the Memphis wrestling league in the 70s and 80s. I watched the Memphis wrestling show for years on Saturday mornings when I was a kid. I lived in Oxford, Mississippi, and the network affiliates we got were in Memphis. Unfortunately, I moved to North Carolina a few months before the Andy Kaufman saga began. I really wish I had stayed in Oxford and seen that classic wrestling drama. It is the greatest episode in the history of professional wrestling. It is some of the best entertainment of any kind that ever happened.
Most people play by the rules, Andy made his own.
Every time he says "Memphis" I hear "Meyemphis Teyenisee, where ya plow the fields and farm the farms and blah blah". 🤣
Sorry sir.
One of the main reasons WWEs HoF is a joke is they have a celebrity wing and Kaufman wasn't the first inductee
8:54 U FUCKIN LEFT HIM HANGING APTER!!!!😅😅😅😅😹😹😹
the video is 4:59 long...
Nice
One time at a stand up Andy got an old woman up from the audience and freaked her out so much she had a heart attack.
They had Doctors come up on stage and everyone was freaking but it was all a work.
she was a plant,that's how far Andy would take things.
ZIGSVIDS isnt the story it was Robin Williams dressed as the old woman!? I can’t remember anymore
@@brentleach3106 The story i heard was Robin Williams was dressed as an old woman, totally unrecognisable, sat on the stage without saying a word, nobody knew it was him, for two and half hours, falling asleep, waking up. At the end Andy thanked all his guests "And Robin Williams" who proceeded to remove his make up. Needless to say the audience gasped.
That crazy Andy!😁😁😁! Bless his heart, he knew the value of shock value!
He shouts it out to Bill here tho..
i agree with the beginning of sports entertainment, but there have been celebrities in wrestling before.. muhhamad ali vs gorilla monsoon.
Was Andy really aroused whilst Jerry was piledriving him?
This would be more enjoyable, if the video didn't stop and start. Thanks Hugesnet......the worst internet provider on the planet!
i feel ya. centurylink isn't that much better. then youtube gives that stupid fucking "experiencing interruptions?" notification. I just want to tear my monitor in half
Its not fake they get beat up badly
JERRY THE KING LAWLER SUCH GREAT GUY NOT DICK HE PLAY AS HEEL LOL ????
I knew everything was a Lie
cesar Rodriguez bullshit your a fucking liar douche.
It was gimmick. A damn good one. But I'd take NWA sanctioned wrestling over that Memphis horsehit any day of the week. Long live Gordon Solie.
thats andy kaufman style. creating new genres of comedy or just entertainment. he knew what was funny and was true to himself. expect the gay part any of you guys know andy was gay? or atleast bisexual, makes his life story all the more sad.
I don’t know why people believed it. It’s a fake sport anyway
What brand of fucking stupid are you on?
Ask John Stossel if the ass whipping he received on camera was fake.
Stupid.
And you are a fake person. You probably don't exist.
Amadeus XLO are you fucking crazy? It’s all scripted. Guys in speedos pretending to fight. No one past two can seriously believe it’s real. Yeah attacking the fans, a guy getting beat up then winning despite impossible odds. You are delusional
It's still real to me god dam it
James Harris ok believe what you want to 😂
I read about Lawler in PWI before I saw him wrestle. It made me want to see him wrestle.