Is Andy Kaufman still alive?

[banquo's_bumble_puppy]

Of all of the urban legends out there....I tend to believe this one....ie. Andy Kaufman faked his own death. Is Andy dead or alive???

[banquo's_bumble_puppy]

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/d/bradley-denton/buddy-holly-is-alive-and-well-on-ganymede.htm

[banquo's_bumble_puppy]

guess I shouldn't have watched "Man In the Moon" yesterday...

[Roy Batty]

Dead, very dead. Why on Earth believe in an urban legend :)
Faking an accident is one thing, Lung cancer? naa.

[Moose]

Andy Kaufman was certainly the sort of person who would gleefully fake his own death. But there is no way whatsoever he would have been content to leave it there.

By now, he'd have surely faked his own resurrection, too. I can't imagine how one can fake one's own return to life, but I've every faith Mr. Kaufman would have found a way to rub our naive little noses in his wacky brilliance.

[antoniseb]

Andy Kaufman died 22 years ago. I'm not sure he was sufficiently inclined to a reclusive lifestyle that he would have stayed hidden this long. We are a few years away from his 60th birthday. If he is doing this as a stunt, he should pull the trigger soon.

[Celestial Mechanic]

Is Andy Kaufman still alive? I hope to the Great Flying Spaghetti Monster that it is not so! He was a no-talent who had way more than his allotted 15 minutes of fame. He did not "play well with others", he only cared for the laughs he got from his idiotic "routines", such as his mugging to the "Mighty Mouse Theme". Good riddance!

[aurora]

he only cared for the laughs he got from his idiotic "routines", such as his mugging to the "Mighty Mouse Theme". Good riddance!

Well, all comics care about getting laughs. Good riddance to them all, says you?

Andy was the only one I ever knew that took his whole audience out for milk and cookies after the show.

[Van Rijn]

Well, all comics care about getting laughs. Good riddance to them all, says you?

Andy was the only one I ever knew that took his whole audience out for milk and cookies after the show.

That's nice, but I would have never been in that audience. I think you are reading things into CM's comments. Kaufman did tend to engender strong feelings. If I saw him on the screen, I changed the channel, fast. "Taxi" was the only place I could stand small doses, and even that usually went on longer than I could take.

I don't wish people ill just because I find them intensely annoying, but I saw more of him than I cared to.

[turbo-1]

That's nice, but I would have never been in that audience. I think you are reading things into CM's comments. Kaufman did tend to engender strong feelings. If I saw him on the screen, I changed the channel, fast. "Taxi" was the only place I could stand small doses, and even that usually went on longer than I could take.

I don't wish people ill just because I find them intensely annoying, but I saw more of him than I cared to.His Mighty Mouse routine was absolutely brilliant comedy, just as good as Steve Martin's bits at the time. It will go down as a classic.

[Van Rijn]

His Mighty Mouse routine was absolutely brilliant comedy, just as good as Steve Martin's bits at the time. It will go down as a classic.

Now, see, that's why comedy is so subjective. I absolutely hated that pointless routine.

But I liked Steve Martin.

[Moose]

Heh, and I have a rather fond place in my heart for it, and not only because I love the Mighty Mouse themes.

[Gillianren]

Now, see, that's why comedy is so subjective. I absolutely hated that pointless routine.

But I liked Steve Martin.

I wouldn't say I hated it; I just didn't think it was funny. Even when I was young and had less sophisticated tastes. However, I've always liked Steve Martin. (LA Story is one of my top ten all-time favorite movies.)

[Celestial Mechanic]

Well, all comics care about getting laughs. Good riddance to them all, says you?
No, just to those who do not play well with others. Specifically, the incident that sticks in my mind was an episode of Fridays where he messed up badly in a live on-air sketch and got into a fistfight with the cast and crew. A stand-up comic can do almost anything they want to; they're the only one up there. A comic on a stage in an ensemble has to be concerned to make the whole ensemble look good, not just him/herself. That is my beef with Kaufman.

Van Rijn mentioned Taxi; fortunately the program didn't revolve about him. If it had, not even the talents of Danny de Vito and Christopher Lloyd could have saved it.
Andy was the only one I ever knew that took his whole audience out for milk and cookies after the show.
That's sweet. Audience loyalty can be bought; talent cannot.

[snarkophilus]

Wasn't there a thing last year or the year before where they sold tickets to a mysterious show in New York on the 20th anniversary of his death (or supposed death)? I heard something about his reappearing at that show, and then there was something about doing DNA tests to confirm it really was him... but since I've heard nothing since then (and it would be big news), I tend to believe that they never did the tests because it wasn't really him.

[ToSeek]

Is Andy Kaufman still alive? I hope to the Great Flying Spaghetti Monster that it is not so! He was a no-talent who had way more than his allotted 15 minutes of fame. He did not "play well with others", he only cared for the laughs he got from his idiotic "routines", such as his mugging to the "Mighty Mouse Theme". Good riddance!

The impression I always got from him is that he was out to entertain himself, not his audience. In a performer, I find that unforgiveable.

[vonmazur]

If Elvis were alive, he would be 71, and doing denture creme ads....(Are you Hungry tonite, do your teeth fit alright.....?"

Dale in Ala

[Gillianren]

Ow! That's almost as bad as the version of that song in Top Secret!

[vonmazur]

Gillianren: Sorry! I could not resist the image of Elvis in a walker, wearing a silver jump suit.........

Dale in Ala

[Celestial Mechanic]

If Elvis were alive, he would be 71, [Snip!]
Jimi Hendrix would be 62 or 63: "'Scuse me, while I put my dentures back!"

Jim Morrison would be 63: "The killer awoke before dawn, he put his orthopedic shoes on, ..."

As would Janis Joplin:

Mercedes-Benz 2005

A song of great social import.

Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes-Benz?
My husband's been cheating, I must take revenge.
Spends all of his time with this worthless friends,
Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes-Benz?

Oh Lord, won't you by me, an HDTV?
Montel and Oprah are trying to find me.
I wait for delivery, each day until three,
Oh Lord, won't you by me, an HDTV?

Oh Lord, won't you please pay my legal bills?
I'm counting on you Lord, prove you love me still.
And while you're at it, how 'bout a refill?
Oh Lord, won't you please pay my legal bills?

All together now!
Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes-Benz?
My husband's been cheating, I must take revenge.
Spends all of his time with this worthless friends,
Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes-Benz?

That's it. :lol: