In his stage act, he challenged women to wrestle him, virtually always pinning them and proclaiming himself "The Inter-Gender Wrestling Champion Of The World".
The following year he sold out Carnegie Hall for a one-night-only performance, but his work was becoming more experimental and controversial since his signature routines had lost their surprise value. In 1978, Andy embarked upon his biggest mainstream success, the ensemble sitcom Taxi, where his Foreign Man character had been developed into the mechanic Latka Gravas. This commitment often extended to his offstage behavior as well. The unifying thread of these acts was a total commitment to his chosen character, no matter what reaction he got, so long as a reaction was evoked. Over the years Andy made many guest appearances on SNL, usually adapting his stage material, ranging from further Foreign Man exploits to a "serious" reading of The Great Gatsby. Reportedly, Elvis Presley himself thought Kaufman's was the best he had seen.)Īndy's big break into the mainstream came as a special guest on the first Saturday Night Live in 1975, where he performed a childhood routine: simply standing next to a record player playing the Mighty Mouse theme song and doing little other than standing there nervously until each appearance of the line "Here I come to save the day!", which he would grandly lip-synch. (And this was in the days before doing an Elvis impression had become a cliche. To their applause, the Foreign Man reverted back to his "normal" voice - "Tank you veddy much." - and the act ended. Revealing that his suit was a disguised Elvis outfit, the resultant serious, extremely accurate impression was enough to bring the audience to their feet. But then came the last impression, "de Elvis Presley". One signature routine worked as follows: When Andy appeared on stage he was already in character as " Foreign Man", stumbling through weak jokes and wretched impressions in broken English, to the audience's displeasure since they did not know this was a character. more complex all were based on defying audience expectations. Some were simple routines he conceived as a child, others were.
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As he began to stake out a career as a professional entertainer in the early 1970s, he unveiled a colorful variety of strange acts on the comedy club circuit. Born and raised in Great Neck, Long Island, Andy was something of a gadfly. Andrew Geoffrey "Andy" Kaufman (JanuMay 16, 1984) was perhaps the most eccentric performer to emerge from the comedy scene of the 1970s.
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