What a lovely man. No one knows the "real" Andy Kaufman but I like to think it's interviews like this that bring us closest to his "real" self.

@grant5603

4 жыл бұрын

Well said

kaufman was just way ahead of his time, where now we would way more accepting of his comedy. genius

Great interview. Btw this resembles the way I see world while I have migraine attacks

@biggiedogs2505

3 жыл бұрын

"See world"? Hahaha. Aight, Good for you man, Good for you...

He done an interview like this on Johnny Carson where he was just being himself he was a man of many voices my favourite character was Vic ferrari

I saw the movie first time in 2001 but back them I didn't understand it much and I had no internet to find out about this guy. I have been a fan of Elvis a few years too. But better late than never. I read there will be new book out in October by Lynne Margulies and Bob Zmuda. Looking forward to it!

I grew up on that old new York tv just like Andy did but I sure remember a lot more about it than he did.

he's being honest; because in the movie "man on the moon" the same things were said.

He was such e genius! I believe he had Aspergers because he shows almoust every sign and he was so weird in such a nice way, beautiful mind

Never seen this before. Thanks for uploading it! :)

@zargo5211

5 жыл бұрын

U still alive?

it's hard to keep my eyes off that guy's hair

@krisscanlon4051

2 жыл бұрын

Its amazing

Thx for the up, SillyCrazyInsane. I got all choked up.

I think this is Andy's only 100% serious, non-put-on interview (okay, minus the part about wrestling being real). I hate to psychoanalyze, but it's so telling that Andy started performing as a kid for hours and hours...just for himself. And then his baby sister who couldn't talk. This was close to the end of his life, and I wonder if he just wanted to open up a bit.

that hair was great man

maybe we would be more accepting today. no way to find out, now! but yeah, he was just so brilliant. a true entertainer.

Everyone who thinks this is a fabrication, "you are lost in Andy's ways, the joke is on you and maybe someday you'll get it". Everyone who made a hair comment, "you are small minded, this is about Andy, not the interviewers hair. You are missing the point of this video." This interview, to me, is very insightful. A very rare view of the "Real Andy". He's so great, his genius overpowers your better judgement. HAHAH... the legend lives on.....

wow ,,,this is gold

The cough. Knowing what it would be just breaks my heart.

i dont think this was 100% serious... he seems a bit more shook-up and nervous than he should be

Nice Interview

yeah. great, isn't it? I read it on the Facebook group for Andy. it is called "Dear Andy Kaufman, I hate your guts" you can already find it on Amazon and you can already pre-order it.

i love his silent film story hahahaha!!

LOL That SO reminds me of that scene in Firefly where River is almost PSYCHOTICALLY TERRIFIED of Shepherd Book's hair! LOL

Tom Cottle's hair is hilarious! What was he thinking?

God I just learned about him but watching all these videos of him from around 5 years before his death, you can hear it already. Sad.

best glitch video ever

Andy kaufman is trolling here, kaufman left no prisoners

i think never being serious would start to take its toll on someone

Tom Cottle's hair. Holy Shit.

i don't miss VCR's. not one little bit.

omg...I cannot believe I have missed this interview. lol, I thought i have watched all Andy clips here on youtube. But this is new for me!! thanks. please take a look at my Tribute to Andy! thx

You can hear him take in short quick breaths after each sentence.

@TheBeachAndTheNelson

9 жыл бұрын

+Danimal300zx I think he might of had a little Social Anxiety also.

Kaufman is a God, for real!

Wow an rare what appears to be serious interview with Andy.

@Worldofbubba

7 жыл бұрын

Puzzle Dust it sure is.

@Allrightteam Tom Cottle What About Andy Kaufman

Achievement unlocked. Troll level 89 reached.

why do i feel the afro man is very LONELY..LOL

I think the interviewer is Sheperd Smith father.

Part 2??

If that guy stood on his head he'd be a shrubbery with an upside down dude popping out of it.

@tkanenigga Actually his last appearence on tv was on Letterman

What year was this?

I have just finished the Bob Zmuda book about Andy Kaufman.. which led me to this.. Much Thanks for sharing

Tom was the inspiration for the chia....

@AndrewsOpinion15 Ha ha ...I agree with that one!

Cottle's hair makes his head look like a giant bubble...

that dudes hair is fuuucked up lol

god give us back andy kaufman in return will give u opera winfrey !!!

Lynne margulies told me this is in fact him being himself here. no joking around or any characters being played.

@FT-op4do

6 жыл бұрын

Dustin Wilson lynne margulies is a bitch cashing of on Andy's fame

@FT-op4do

6 жыл бұрын

Dustin Wilson yeah sure tricking people that he is still alive just so she sells books.

@Worldofbubba

6 жыл бұрын

Andy WANTED THAT DIPSHIT!!!! andy would love the fact people think he's alive, he talked about the idea of faking his death long before he really passed, Lynne and bob keep the gag going FOR andy because that is what Andy wanted, andy did not wanna be forgotten. just because bob makes up stories or over dramatizes things doesn't mean he or Lynne want money, andy would appreciate every bit of this. you really are not a fan of andys and do not understand his work at all.

@FT-op4do

6 жыл бұрын

Dustin Wilson even his brother said that he didn't love her.she just happened to be his girlfriend when he died.i am a fan more than you bitch but I'm not stupid like you.zmuda and margulies exist and make their living only because of andys fame. so don't tell me that all their books documentaries and interviews is because they want to keep his legacy alive.

@FT-op4do

6 жыл бұрын

Dustin Wilson what?his brother played the Tony Clifton character for years and even staged an incident with Andy's supposed daughter coming forward.and he didn't make any money out of that unlike zmuda and margulies.what did you want him to say? That his dead brother is still alive?

May 26, 1983

@sdd619

9 жыл бұрын

Another You Tube Account He died in 84

Bahahaaaaaa

Tom, was your hair electrocuted?

@mcfreddyd Did you grow up with this or is it just for "DAS"?

0:59 Nice haircut.

After this, Andy brought the Kleenex box adorned with a different garnishment on Letterman in February, claiming he still had "a cold". Either he was setting up the 'death bit' in advance or he knew he was sick long before letting anyone else know. He also mentioned fasting to beat "the flu" in April '83 to a Glamour mag journalist he wrestled. Hard to believe a health nut like him would avoid the doctor if he was sick that long. But maybe he thought he could beat it with alternative medicine. He seemed like that type too...with the psychic surgery & TM :\ He does sound nasally congested here & on Letterman, and the coughing is apparent in his November appearances with Lawler & at the Improv (where he breathlessly performs on the congas & does his laundry). I tend to think he had AIDS & knew he was dying because his peers were dropping like flies from the disease. He spent time in San Francisco near the Castro--a gay district--while living with Lynne. AIDS was largely a gay disease at that time in the U.S. And of course incurable. Many celebs lied about having various cancers so the truth wouldn't come out. Andy died a full year before Rock Hudson, the "first celebrity AIDS death". There was no HIV test at that time. To be clear: I think Andy was a sex addict rather than a strictly gay man. He could've contracted it anywhere: the brothels, the college wrestling tours, the bathhouses. One thing is certain: the whole "his only vice was chocolate" thing is crap.

pity the video is so bad. seems like a good interview...he being himself.

@triplePguy 1983

Toms hair is ridiculous!!!

tom garfunkle

@adriansmith2182

3 жыл бұрын

Lol

Is this a sketch?..what's up with the hair?..and what the hell was that about the box at the start,was he coming on to him?

@mcfreddyd FRED DURST !!!

@bungbung13131 it does, like always trying to be cool

@666fannyfart I understand your dilemma...but please don't side with the genitalia! Genius is always discernable (as I'm sure you know) by the ability to raise the question in the audience "Penis or Genius!?"...it is nearly always the case that the artist called emphatically "Genius" is the biggest Penis... Andy's Genius was in just the ambiguity that you feel...I think he would have loved the idea that people didn't know-he certainly created the "penis" character evident in this interview...

I met Tom and was a really nice guy. But that haircut was never in stlye! Sad about Andy. he really did die and his mind was gone toward at the end.

@esol5750

7 жыл бұрын

his mind was gone?

@Worldofbubba

6 жыл бұрын

Don Diego Vega his kind was gone? Andy wasn't Andy because he knew he was probably not gonna make it. He did the top and tried his best before passing, Andy never and still today hasn't lost it in any way, Andy will always be Andy.

Bravo BRAVO !!!! Grade Aaaaaaaa fuckin ShitE

What a goof!!!!

This ranks up there as one of the most boring interviews ever.