buying Andy's Foreign Man character for the Taxi character Latka." Kaufman's longtime manager George Shapiro encouraged him to take the gig. Kaufman disliked...

comedy drama film about the late American entertainer Andy Kaufman, starring Jim Carrey as Kaufman. The film was directed by Miloš Forman and also features...

collaboration with comedian and performance artist Andy Kaufman. Zmuda occasionally portrayed Kaufman's Tony Clifton character on stage and for television...

Smith. The film follows actor Jim Carrey as he remains in character as Andy Kaufman during the production of the 1999 film Man on the Moon, directed by Miloš...

early 1980s, as Simka Gravas, the wife of Latka, the character played by Andy Kaufman, winning two Emmy Awards for her work. She has played the character of...

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of whom had appeared on SNL before and after Fridays aired, such as Andy Kaufman, Billy Crystal, William Shatner, Mark Hamill, and George Carlin. (Carlin...

Tony Clifton is a character created by comedian and performance artist Andy Kaufman in the late 1970s. An absurdly foul-mouthed and domineering lounge singer...

men were also on and off again partners to Lawler. In the early 1980s, Andy Kaufman routinely wrestled women during his shows, proclaiming himself the “Intergender...

Superstars & Superbouts. Apter was friends with actor and comedian Andy Kaufman. Kaufman had been a fan of professional wrestling since childhood and visited...

States, best known for representing Jerry Seinfeld, Carl Reiner, and Andy Kaufman and serving as a producer for the sitcom Seinfeld. Shapiro was born in...

dispatcher Louie De Palma (Danny DeVito) and mechanic Latka Gravas (Andy Kaufman). Taxi was produced by the John Charles Walters Company, in association...

Andy Kaufman. A sweet-natured and lovable-but-goofy mechanic, Latka is an immigrant from an unspecified nation. He was based on a character Kaufman created...

acclaimed performances include Truman Burbank in The Truman Show (1998) and Andy Kaufman in Man on the Moon (1999), winning Golden Globe Awards for each film...

the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2023 by Ric Flair. On March 20, 2023, Andy Kaufman, known for his feud with Jerry "The King" Lawler, was announced as the...

instance in which Andy Kaufman refused to deliver his scripted lines, leading Richards to bring the cue cards on screen to Kaufman, who responded by throwing...

The film was directed by Allan Arkush, written by John Hill, and stars Andy Kaufman and Bernadette Peters as the robots alongside Randy Quaid, Kenneth McMillan...

variety show television series hosted by Dick Van Dyke on NBC in 1976. Andy Kaufman made his prime time debut on the show and became a series regular. The...

Murphy and David Ruprecht, and also appeared on The Andy Kaufman Show, a talk show parody created by Kaufman that aired as an episode of the PBS series Soundstage...

known for his feud with comedian Andy Kaufman, and for portraying himself in the 1999 Jim Carrey film about Kaufman, Man on the Moon. In 2007, Lawler...

portrait of Andy Kaufman's personal life and career, it premiered at the 80th edition of the Venice Film Festival. The film analyzes both Andy Kaufman's career...

My Breakfast with Blassie is a 1983 film starring Andy Kaufman and professional wrestler "Classy" Freddie Blassie. It is a mostly improvised parody of...

Introduce General Audiences to Andy Kaufman". MeTV. August 19, 2019. Retrieved December 22, 2020. Zmuda, Bob (2000). Andy Kaufman Revealed!: Best Friend Tells...

art-house film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, written by Charlie Kaufman and directed by Michael Gondry. He received his fourth Golden Globe Award...

Part Garbage 1982–2011. "Man on the Moon" is a tribute to comedian Andy Kaufman, with numerous references to his career including his Elvis impersonation...

Alternative Comedian". She was also the winner of the second annual Andy Kaufman Award (hosted by the New York Comedy Festival), Best Female Stand-up...

Andy Kaufmann (born c. 1967) is a former basketball 6'5 or 6'6 swingman/small forward who starred at the University of Illinois during the late 1980s and...

dominate the show and SNL would more closely resemble its current format. Andy Kaufman made several appearances over the season, while The Muppets' Land of...

occasional performances of comedians such as Steve Martin, Richard Pryor, Andy Kaufman, and George Carlin. In 1972, producer Burt Sugarman pitched the program...

major concerts in sports arenas and amphitheaters. Steve Martin and Andy Kaufman were the most popular practitioners of anti-comedy from the 1970s into...