In his early days as a performance artist, Andy Kaufman would take to the stage and announce to the audience that he had very rare 16mm footage of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln that was shot by an early cinematic pioneer named Frederick Astor.
He would then show the rare and shocking footage, and most of the audience would be in tears by the time it was over. Andy solemnly concluded the showing by offering up a group prayer to the martyred president, and the stunned and saddened audience reverently joined in.
This is the documentary footage that Kaufman showed his audience ... the Zapruder film of the 1800s.
A clip from my tribute film, The Passion of Andy Kaufman. Music by Queen (Flash Gordon ethereal "rocket ride" theme). For more information, go to the Roman Wilderness page of my website, located at
http://subcin.com
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BrknPhoenixsays...Why the snl tag? Was this on Saturday Night Live before? If so I wouldn't buy it for a moment Well... I wouldn't anyway. If someone had it, it wouldn't be Andy Kaufman
swampgirlsays...That was a bit of tag trickery on my part. If you notice the related videos below, I wanted my other Andy Kaufman sift to show with this one.
rougysays...I've got mixed feelings about Kaufman. His Taxi character, Latka, is a television icon. And he did have a lot of other funny gags. And I felt really bad for him when that wrestler nearly broke his neck in what was supposed to be a play match. But he could be a real asshole, sometimes, too. Maybe it's the complexity of creative genius.
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