Andy Kauffman Appreciation thread

[DanCa]

Because I watching an old taxi rerun.

[peekaloo]

1. That no talent, coattail riding, Hollywood phony?!

Not even a has-been, a never was!

:D

without my avatar I am naked. ;-)

[Gidney N Cloyd]

2. Thank you very much, Andy

[Az]

3. Andy was a troubled comedian

There is a trail of cruelty laced in his humor.

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

4. I barely know him, but

through the biography, the Carey biopic, a few re-runs of Taxi and the stuff that's online, but what I know I adore. The audacity of the 'The Great Gatsby' thing alone makes him a hero in my eyes. And the wrestling.

So PLEASE Mr. DVD-person -- give us some Kaufman in the UK!!!

[peekaloo]

5. My Breakfast with Blassie is available on VHS.

Genius.

Hilarious send up of 'My Dinner With Andre'.

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

6. Sadly I can't play NTSC format videos, only PAL

I think there's a documentary about his wrestling IIRC which is out in the US on video.

[peekaloo]

7. Sorry. I actually thought VHS was universal.

Dumb Yank. :dunce:

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

8. Don't worry -- one of my American professors didn't know!

He was dead chuffed that he successfully ordered a video online (Bill Hicks' Ninja Batchelor Party) which soon turned to annoyance when he discovered that he could only play it on the special faculty NTSC player.

Actually it was not uncommon for film fans - predominately horror - to buy US video players so they could import uncut films. DVD (& more liberal censors) is finally changing that.