What to make of a man who admits that Howdy Doody was the first friend he ever had and who devoted some of his final years in professional wrestling, wrestling women for amusement? The man was Andy ...
“Andy saw himself as an entertainer, a showbiz personality, a song-and-dance man,” says Braverman. “He once said that he’d never told a joke in his life.” Kaufman had surfaced during a golden era for ...
According to a report in Cinema Blend, holy f@ck, Andy Kaufman could be alive or maybe he’s still pranking us after all these years: The story begins at the 9th annual Andy Kaufman Awards, which were ...
Even five decades after Andy Kaufman burst onto the national comedy scene, his friends and collaborators still wrestle, so speak, with what was real and what was part of the act. As you learn in the ...
One of the most memorable highlights of “Thank You Very Much,” Alex Braverman’s consistently engaging documentary about comedy legend Andy Kaufman, doesn’t directly involve Kaufman at all. Well, ...
Director Alex Braverman attempts to define the undefinable career of the comedian and master hoaxer. By Daniel Fienberg Chief Television Critic Nearly 40 years after outré comedian Andy Kaufman‘s ...
Venice: This Safdie brothers-produced greatest hits album is a serviceable (if occasionally pedestrian) introduction to a comedy legend. For a fan of alternative comedy, seeing a young Andy Kaufman ...