@@FLASHAHOLIC_TV You can say that about the viewers in general. Andy was intriguing for a little while, but his schtick ran it's course very quickly and he had a very difficult time reinventing himself for audiences to accept. Man on the Moon paints a whimsical image of the man, but he was very flawed and failed far more than he ever succeeded. Even his wrestling persona was a failure despite it being entertaining.
there are so many swirling layers of history and feelings encapsulated here to take in. a smaller honesty inside a bigger honesty mixed with the masks we wear as humans. what a fascinating learning watch and experience. notice the song the band chose to play before the commercial breaks, "shes so heavy". without a doubt chosen by the band leader in the moment as a comment on Andy Kaufmann's conversation topics. but deeper than that I love the feeling of being unsure of what is real and what is an act. from the outside looking in, we as Ahhh audience will never really know.
What Andy is saying is true and David Letterman wasn't seeming to get it. The news paper side of the media was trying to turn the public against him by running him down and if the public are against him, then the broadcasters won't use him and if the broadcasters won't use him, then he can't do what his loves and his career is over. So why did the media want to destroy him? He comes across as a really talented and cool man.
Heartbeeps - $12 million budget, made $2 million at the theaters. Most extraordinary thing about the film is even though it is so low budget, they still managed to get John Williams to do the soundtrack.
Andy Kaufman was the master at getting in the last word. When Letterman makes the jab about the financial performance of Heartbeeps, Kaufman agreed with him for a brief second before realizing he could build on that and make a joke of his own to end on. That takes a lot of quick thinking on your toes.
His whole shtick was actually classical comedy in a sense of taking power from the audience to get a laugh. Andy, however, was always two steps ahead instead of one step. He was experimental in his approach to the classical comedy, but philosophically it was the same. He did have, however, a sort of passive-aggressive under-pinning, which kept you wondering if that was also a ploy, or if it was meant to look like a ploy, while he was able to make a joke out of saying what he really wanted to say anyway (whether getting someone else to say it or saying it himself). He was very smart.
Is it just me or does it seem like he's actually just being himself during the interview, but he knows that because he's Andy Kaufman that no one will bat an eyelid if he says stuff he's genuinely concerned about or what he feels? Guys he's getting into my head
The wacky, stilted exit is so, so much funnier given the context of Andy ranting about his negative reviews, and Letterman responding "you can't be on TV every minute of your life, Andy." Add to that Kaufman's brilliant physical comedy, and you have someone making you bust a gut laughing, just by walking off-stage.
Andy's embalmer whipped it good meaning andy's cadaver to make sure he was not just doing another boy who cried wolf again,lol I love devo's tune whip it, used to cover it
@williamsmith7609 I can't remember the title of the video. I saw it but didn't like it. To watch somebody swallowing a sword almost hurts although we know that it's only a trick.
Nobody could push an audience as far as Andy and get away with it without a punchline or explanation. Only Stewart Lee has come close to his bravery with the audience in my opinion.
Here is a real mind bender for you. The same people that voted Andy off of Saturday night way back in the 70's, are now senior citizens and are the same ones that are writing all of the nasty comments about Andy today. Andy was not a comedian, he was like the Greatest, Muhammad Ali. Ali would mess with the mind of his opponent so brilliantly in the ring that he would con his way out of being knocked out. Ernie Shavers, who just passed away spoke about this in detail many times along with many other fighters that had the champ in trouble. Andy did the same thing to audiences. He simply solicited reactions from the audience. He wanted them to hate him, other times, to feel sorry for him. The point is that he would take them where he wanted them to go. Many people hated this because they didn't possess the intellectual acuity to understand that the man was just messing with their minds. Isn't it ironic that these same fools back in the 70's are the same people today that were so easily duped by a con man that laughed at them behind their backs? Yes folks, these are the same people that voted for and placed a clinically insane man into the white house...But they hated Andy. There it is.
"I didn't know this guy was supposed to be funny, but more to just entertain in a sitcom. Danny Devito isn't funny to me, but he plays the/his part well.".
he was talented but the audience was right. they started hissing when he his material was getting sublime, vis a vis the mccarthy reference. he threw a lot against the wall thinking something had to stick. i guess he had to be on all the time.
There was a backlash against Andy. It was rightly deserved: His wrestling, his insults on women and finally his unfunny comedy. There is a place for satire, however, Kaufman thought he was a satirists, yet he failed miserably. This is, of course, my personal opinion of Kaufman which I went to see several times and left me uncomfortable and did not have fun. I thought he would amuse me, but it did not do the job.He had a totally annoying alter ego which came off as insulting the public. Sure he thought it would be funny, but in reality it just pissed many people off. Similarly to Sacha Baron Cohen's comedy, it just pisses people off. If comedy is meant to piss people off, then I have no clue what comedy is.
It seems like his wrestling fetish weirded everyone out and by the end he was struggling to find work. He had a few skits he probably came up with as a teenager that were wearing thin by the end.
Andy Kaufman was such a vexed and troubled American end like myself would stop at nothing to achieve satisfaction through company at the expense of release and ourselves it's the price some of us have to pay 4 comedy
I love that he delivered this "serious" litany against corporate media monopoly in a bathrobe and a turban.
Andy Kaufman was one of best comedian at that time and always
Don't you ever call him a comedian!!
Song and dance man.
Sometimes I'd like to go back in time, find Andy Kaufman and say "I get you, man."
He wouldn't of known what you meant. Probably say he wasn't Kaufman. PPL TRIED
Trilaanus He was quite literally the first troll
He didn't invent fucking with people but he did make it an art form.
I thought that too!!
Faked his death and created the character of Donald Trump
Imagine if Andy had a podcast today...
He currently sits half the time as a body double in the white house. But that could be too much for some to handle
Ben Askren a podcast? He’s a performance artist, podcasts are for people who can’t find work lol
Andy wasn't always funny, but he was always entertaining. There's a difference.
By the end he was using tv to push his agendas. 99.9% of the media saw through him.
@@FLASHAHOLIC_TV
You can say that about the viewers in general.
Andy was intriguing for a little while, but his schtick ran it's course very quickly and he had a very difficult time reinventing himself for audiences to accept.
Man on the Moon paints a whimsical image of the man, but he was very flawed and failed far more than he ever succeeded. Even his wrestling persona was a failure despite it being entertaining.
Andy Kaufman performed for an audience of one. @doddsino
It's great that Letterman was 'the only show' that would let him on television at the time, as Kaufman said.
Riz1music why? What happened?
Dave was pretty shitty to him, though. Lol
this never fails to crack me up just because of how serious he is acting while wearing that halerious turban
It's just a turban..
+lasoogneypubes When Andy Kaufman wore a turban, it was not just a turban.
there are so many swirling layers of history and feelings encapsulated here to take in. a smaller honesty inside a bigger honesty mixed with the masks we wear as humans. what a fascinating learning watch and experience.
notice the song the band chose to play before the commercial breaks, "shes so heavy". without a doubt chosen by the band leader in the moment as a comment on Andy Kaufmann's conversation topics. but deeper than that I love the feeling of being unsure of what is real and what is an act. from the outside looking in, we as Ahhh audience will never really know.
Totally.
excellent analysis and the man was absolutely brilliant
i feel like letterman really did love kaufman through and through
they seem like they had so much fun playing those roles
Always loved this guy.
Genius Andy ..miss him so much. (
Andy absolutely rolled letterman in the end. One of the best comebacks in the history of TV. The greatest comedic mind ever. Mr. Andy Kaufman
Two of my favourites, Andy Kaufman and a bit of the beatles in the middle.
I love that the band played The Beatles’ “I Want You (She’s So Heavy)”. That song is so mystical and strange, it fits Kaufman perfectly.
and, the next night the guests were Devo and Pee Wee Herman.....
an interview of Andy Kaufman, with an announcement that Peewee Herman and Devo will be there the night after. Yesiree.
Letterman always has a good way of putting things in perspective.
ANDY KAUFMAN, WAS SO SO SO AHEAD OF HIS TIME. PURE GENUINE REALISTIC LIVE COMEDY KING... IMPROV GOD !
PLEASE LIKE IF ANYONE AGREES
@RajpalNandedkar Yes, he was ahead of his time but he didn't want
to be called a comedian.
I just spent $80 for my friends and I to see a special screening of Heartbeeps. Brilliant film. His performance was genius.
Kaufman one night, Pee-wee the next....breaking new ground every damn night. What a show.
Peewee Herman and Devo, that was probably a good episode, too
+scwt89 i kno i was thinking wtf happened to entertainment?
At 5:00 Andy takes Letterman's joke and makes it better
I'm still waiting for my Heartbeeps refund.
Andy always cracked me up . He was an anti comedian and I got it .
He's still alive and will return in 2015
+writethis23 And I will be there to worship him.
Return he did, reincarnated as a presidential candidate (sorry, I can't tell you exactly which one...)
i love the way he exits lol
+Mildred Mil he wanted to be on tv as long as possible lol
Its creepy to have the beatles "she so heavy" playing at the end
Brilliant the pretence is everything Letterman Stood No chance he would Love U Tube!!
What Andy is saying is true and David Letterman wasn't seeming to get it. The news paper side of the media was trying to turn the public against him by running him down and if the public are against him, then the broadcasters won't use him and if the broadcasters won't use him, then he can't do what his loves and his career is over. So why did the media want to destroy him? He comes across as a really talented and cool man.
5:13 oooooh he got you there, Letterman! hahahahahha
Everyone has their favs and their tastes. I'm not a huge AK fan. But I recognize that he was good at what he did. I think.
I guess if you confuse enough people, some of those people will consider you a genius.
Tim and Eric are very influenced by Andy Kaufman. They are keeping his entertainment style alive!
Love both but I don't see it.
+razorblade42069 How do you not see that?
+Jordan Evans Both are bizarre and surreal? Yeah, I can see that.
razorblade42069
Have you SEEN their interviews? Are you FUCKING joking?!!! Almost identical in every sense to Kaufman!
I'll agree with the whole "facade" thing though. Kaufman left the audience wondering.
Heartbeeps - $12 million budget, made $2 million at the theaters. Most extraordinary thing about the film is even though it is so low budget, they still managed to get John Williams to do the soundtrack.
why is it why is it that michael stipe talks like andy kaufman??
Andy Kaufman was the master at getting in the last word. When Letterman makes the jab about the financial performance of Heartbeeps, Kaufman agreed with him for a brief second before realizing he could build on that and make a joke of his own to end on. That takes a lot of quick thinking on your toes.
Well there's that interview with Jaoquin Pheonix lol
When Letterman said Got Change for a $20, Andy actually genuinely looked confused
His whole shtick was actually classical comedy in a sense of taking power from the audience to get a laugh. Andy, however, was always two steps ahead instead of one step. He was experimental in his approach to the classical comedy, but philosophically it was the same. He did have, however, a sort of passive-aggressive under-pinning, which kept you wondering if that was also a ploy, or if it was meant to look like a ploy, while he was able to make a joke out of saying what he really wanted to say anyway (whether getting someone else to say it or saying it himself). He was very smart.
Is it just me or does it seem like he's actually just being himself during the interview, but he knows that because he's Andy Kaufman that no one will bat an eyelid if he says stuff he's genuinely concerned about or what he feels? Guys he's getting into my head
Letterman. Let the man's honesty be greeted with some sort of honesty.
The wacky, stilted exit is so, so much funnier given the context of Andy ranting about his negative reviews, and Letterman responding "you can't be on TV every minute of your life, Andy." Add to that Kaufman's brilliant physical comedy, and you have someone making you bust a gut laughing, just by walking off-stage.
I love how Letterman says "Andy Cow-eff-men"
Pee Wee Herman and Divo tomorrow
Andy's embalmer whipped it good meaning andy's cadaver to make sure he was not just doing another boy who cried wolf again,lol
I love devo's tune whip it, used to cover it
That is amazing.
Are we not men?
What a 1-2 punch that was...
I love Heartbeeps though. It's probably my 2nd favorite thing he's in other than Taxi.
andy kaufman was a genius
Most amazing thing is, you don't know if he is serious right now - propably not xD
haha i have never seen letterman so young before =) he rules
Letterman's a lot nicer since he grew the beard. He really just seemed to have contempt for everyone back in the day.
Is it said as Andy cow-fman or co-fman? However it's said I love him!
Beatles song EVERY TIME he's on Letterman
I never know if AK is being serious or joking.. He has made being serious funny somehow,, i dont understand his comedy but i find it hilarious.
@purni733
No! Andy Kaufman is a genius!!
What happened to part 1??
letterman looks alot like moot
great
wheres the clip of him swallowing a sword ????? google censors?
@williamsmith7609 I can't remember the title
of the video. I saw it but didn't like it. To watch somebody swallowing a sword almost hurts although we know that it's only a trick.
i really wanna see the next night
Nobody could push an audience as far as Andy and get away with it without a punchline or explanation. Only Stewart Lee has come close to his bravery with the audience in my opinion.
I'm still waiting for Andy's refund so I can buy a ticket to see "Heartbeeps 2."
That's the same song.
I Want You (She's So Heavy)
1:49 sick burp!
Comedy god.
Here is a real mind bender for you. The same people that voted Andy off of Saturday night way back in the 70's, are now senior citizens and are the same ones that are writing all of the nasty comments about Andy today. Andy was not a comedian, he was like the Greatest, Muhammad Ali. Ali would mess with the mind of his opponent so brilliantly in the ring that he would con his way out of being knocked out. Ernie Shavers, who just passed away spoke about this in detail many times along with many other fighters that had the champ in trouble. Andy did the same thing to audiences. He simply solicited reactions from the audience. He wanted them to hate him, other times, to feel sorry for him. The point is that he would take them where he wanted them to go. Many people hated this because they didn't possess the intellectual acuity to understand that the man was just messing with their minds. Isn't it ironic that these same fools back in the 70's are the same people today that were so easily duped by a con man that laughed at them behind their backs? Yes folks, these are the same people that voted for and placed a clinically insane man into the white house...But they hated Andy. There it is.
"I didn't know this guy was supposed to be funny, but more to just entertain in a sitcom. Danny Devito isn't funny to me, but he plays the/his part well.".
In that last comment where I put company it's actually supposed to be comedy highest vocal text because sometimes it comes out funny
Letterman- the funnier man that day.
You literally can't make this stuff up people. They broke the mold after Andy
The wrestling was a huge hit to his legacy.
paul had hair?
he was talented but the audience was right. they started hissing when he his material was getting sublime, vis a vis the mccarthy reference. he threw a lot against the wall thinking something had to stick. i guess he had to be on all the time.
@PlanitReality Actually I admit it. I was pissed off when I wrote it. My bad.
Where's the first part?
Yes, that's it.
They were trying to cancel him even back then. AND--- Dave just Gaslights him all the way through
I'm pretty sure Sacha Baron Cohen got Borat's voice from pronouncing Kaufman correctly over and over again.
Andy wass misunderstood whether he's being honest or in a bit.
Donald Trump called. He wants his robe back.
Anyone else here because of Cinema Snob?
+puppymolly123 I am never would no about this movie otherwise. I love how honest Kaufman was with critics.
The OG well before Ferrell and Phoenix...the king of goofs. Talk show as an art form. 😂
Andy Kaufman The original troll
@gumdo666 any wasnt a comedian andy was a performance artist and entertainer.
Well, relax then, because he didn't really think that.
There was a backlash against Andy. It was rightly deserved: His wrestling, his insults on women and finally his unfunny comedy. There is a place for satire, however, Kaufman thought he was a satirists, yet he failed miserably. This is, of course, my personal opinion of Kaufman which I went to see several times and left me uncomfortable and did not have fun. I thought he would amuse me, but it did not do the job.He had a totally annoying alter ego which came off as insulting the public. Sure he thought it would be funny, but in reality it just pissed many people off. Similarly to Sacha Baron Cohen's comedy, it just pisses people off. If comedy is meant to piss people off, then I have no clue what comedy is.
pee wee/ andy/ tiny time the triumvirate of truth through discourse
He wouldn’t stoop so low
@gumdo666 Wow. That is the most small-minded comment I've ever read about comedy EVER.
Nah, that's just what stupid people say to convince themselves there's something here to get. There's not.
***** Yeah, excuse me, but that's not "black metal". That's "The Beatles".
she's so heavy, was it before andy wrestled?
great irony says the intergender wrestling champion of my house
"I apologize to my fans for being in that movie. And I am right now trying to legally refund their money"
R U having fun
Were all these issues he was having with the press just a joke?
It seems like his wrestling fetish weirded everyone out and by the end he was struggling to find work. He had a few skits he probably came up with as a teenager that were wearing thin by the end.
Andy Kaufman was a genius, however the interview here was kind of lame
I'm more excited about pee wee and devo
funny that pee wee was arrested for jacking off, Andy jerked us around for years
Andy Kaufman was such a vexed and troubled American end like myself would stop at nothing to achieve satisfaction through company at the expense of release and ourselves it's the price some of us have to pay 4 comedy
I think Andy just wanted to be a diva. In a turban.
There is absolutely NOTHING about this that demonstrates "genius."
Spydiggity he was just fucking with people in unexpected ways and some people are too impressed by it.
Do you like fishsticks?
Join us for PeeWee Herman and Devo tomorrow night
"Andy Cowfman"
Looking back now this was so stupid! Wasn’t even funny it was all staged for publicity.
Your usage of the quotation marks demonstrates a major deficit of intelligence.
A joke is only funny if it's obvious IT'S a joke....Andy Kaufman didn't know shit abou comedy.