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I've tried listening to the Nerdist a couple of times but couldn't get into it - mainly because they were always talking over each other most of the time. I'll have to give it another go.

For Podcasts, I listen to Adam Carolla- he had a great one with Andy Kaufman's buddy Bob Zmuda today.

and lately- the MarketPlace of ideas. Check out their episode on North Korea.

If this is subversive comedy, she is as brilliant as Andy Kaufman!

It seems that we're arguing somewhat different points here. On the one hand, it feels like Peggedbea and Berticus says that since the video is from/by EIT, it's implicitly and explicitly a parody and should be viewed in that context. And since it is a parody by that definition, the content should be viewed to amuse and not to titillate.
On the other hand, the definition of porn and the actual depiction in the video is what I think Shepppard is highlighting. The gender of the people in the video is irrelevant to the discussion, as is the label and desired reception, because the actual content of this sift is pornographic in nature. There are probably a hundred scenes from any given porn film that could be edited together to make a compilation like the one we're discussing, but I think Shepppard wanted to point out that the scenes themselves make that compilation inappropriate for this venue, regardless of how it was designed to be received.

Personally, I don't find Bill Hicks or Andy Kaufman funny for the sole reason of them being labeled as comedy. If someone is crass, rude and offensive, they're not funnier to me by just labeling themselves as parody.

Gervais seems to be quite a character in his private life. This is isn't the only record of him annonying his collaborators; here's another:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nB5S1UN7Rvk
That video is so out there that I wonder if Gervais is playing a joke on us; maybe he is the second coming of Andy Kaufman.

See, this is funny, that weirdo doing the Andy Kaufman impression was just a douchebag.

>> ^rasch187:
No one will think less of you if you make a playlist...


yes, but in this case each part is actually quite different.. so it's okay!

Don't know if this is the same Mel Sherer... But it looks like he did some work with Andy Kaufman. Before? After?

I have a good response to this television image, respect for the fans of Andy Kaufman and I hold onto what boasts to be a special edition of the FORMAN film MAN ON THE MOON. On October 31, 2008, I found out my mother had bought me a VHS/DVD unit with which I was able to run tapes like my passed-around MAN ON THE MOON. I like the way Carrey and Giamatti appear in MAN ON THE MOON and I like the song The Great Beyond. That is my favourite R.E.M. song. MAN ON THE MOON co-star Danny DeVito knew Andy Kaufman? They were co-stars at one time in a comedy? I enjoyed Kaufman and DeVito when they were syndicated in an over-the-air broadcast during my childhood and MAN ON THE MOON likewise represents Kaufman's childhood as similarly comic to the one I enjoyed and I am privileged that I got to enjoy with the eyes of a child broadcasts of the DeVito/Kaufman comedy. I was almost getting cynical lately what with the lack of clear comic direction I was encountering to keep me in good spirits and I wanted very much a pointer, more indications that Andy Kaufman-style comedy continues to be effective and an expression of very sweet, funny good-natured sentiments or what have come to be those and my MAN ON THE MOON tape sleeve has a Canadian Home Video Rating of PG which illustrates how sensibilities where Kaufman-type comedy is concerned change.

>> ^ponceleon:
I'm surprised no one made the Andy Kaufman connection. This is the old gag that Kaufman would do on Saturday Night Live...

I was gonna say the same thing...kids these days...can't even tell this guy is doing Andy Kaufman's standup "foreign man" act from 35 years ago.

I'm surprised no one made the Andy Kaufman connection. This is the old gag that Kaufman would do on Saturday Night Live...

But I prefer tuberculosis jokes!

Sort of unexpected, a la Andy Kaufman?

>> ^davidraine:
Up and coming is right... Guy needs to work on his timing, but his material is okay. I'm guessing he was a bit nervous to make his TV debut. Oh, and note to self -- If ever invited to be on television, watch an episode or two of the show first to see how it's supposed to go.

>> ^poolcleaner:
I dunno, I thought he was maybe doing a bit of dry deconstruction like Andy Kaufman's foreign man. In either case, it appeals for the same reasons; even if it was unintentional, it was unintentionally funny -- which works. Note to self: If I ever get invited to be on television, be awkward and wander around like I'm lost.


Maybe. I guess the key is to see how he develops. Regardless, I'm interested to see more of his work now, so it was a successful set from my point of view.

>> ^davidraine:
Up and coming is right... Guy needs to work on his timing, but his material is okay. I'm guessing he was a bit nervous to make his TV debut. Oh, and note to self -- If ever invited to be on television, watch an episode or two of the show first to see how it's supposed to go.


I dunno, I thought he was maybe doing a bit of dry deconstruction like Andy Kaufman's foreign man. In either case, it appeals for the same reasons; even if it was unintentional, it was unintentionally funny -- which works. Note to self: If I ever get invited to be on television, be awkward and wander around like I'm lost.

Andy Kaufman
= genius

Joaquin Phoenix = Kaufman wannabe/ lame copycat

Brilliant! Kaufman was an absolute genius.

Joaquin Phoenix wishes he was Andy Kaufman. By the way, I'm pretty sure Phoenix's entire burly rapper shtick is all an act. From what I hear, Casey Affleck is filming a documentary about method acting, and the whole point is to watch Phoenix to go into character for a year without breaking it.