Thx Mr. Burrows for all the great entertainment you have given us! Lew

great interview of james burrows'" very frank and gives a fantastic insight into andy kaufman..the man behind the comedy..

Hilarious seeing Mr. Burrows recounting the story of Andy Kaufman as Tony Clifton doing a disasterous rehearsal on "Taxi"!

I'm not sure, but I think Kaufman was the first Elvis impersonator, because he was doing Elvis when Elvis was still alive.

@nunya1738

10 жыл бұрын

Not sure either, but I absolutely remember his first tv performance as Foreign Man, and he was incredible. "My wife...she is such a bad cook (nervous, smiling, foriegn guy attempting standup, thinking they are all going to laugh), she's TERRIBLE! (smiling bigger, getting a little bit of false confidence, laughing at his character, not with it--it was great). After so many minutes of these few similar jokes, "Now, I'd like to do an impersonation for you...ELVIS PRESLEY (audience and we at home dying). Turns around, spends time bent over a trunk, taking his time. I remember saying to my Dad, "He's going to nail this". Then he turns just his heck and head around, i think, and gives the Elvis sneer, and it was all over.

@nunya1738

10 жыл бұрын

Nun Ya *neck

@rdecredico

8 жыл бұрын

+Monkof Magnesia He was not actually the first, but he was the best during that time.

@WesHuntermusicman

8 жыл бұрын

andy wasn't the 1st my friend...andy was Elvis' favorite of all the impersonator's out there but there were many other Impersonator's other than Andy in 77.

@blohmymind

8 жыл бұрын

Yes, think so too. I've heard it said that he was definitely the first to do Elvis on network TV. Amazing to think that we owe it to Andy for all those Elvis impersonations over the years. Maybe it wouldn't have been like that if everybody hadn't seen him do that archetypal impression of The King, serious but funny at the same time, when he appeared on Carson all those years ago.

The funny thing is that Carla's husband, on Cheers has a SMIDGE of Tony (CLifton) in him. The way he talked. Maybe it was a coincidence. I don't know. I just think of Tony Clifton when I watch Carla's husband on cheers. (Played by Dan Hyada).

sad - both Kaufman's death and how few really get how he took comedy to another level. what I'd give to have been there "live" during the Tony Clifton outburst on Taxi or similar lmao

Not sure I quite believe that account (sounds like a bit of rose-colored glasses)...