Andy Kaufman Lives!

Andy Kaufman lives, or so the story goes. Could it be that he was pulling the greatest prank of all time and we were none the wiser?  Is Bob Zmuda telling the truth about Andy Kaufman reappearing after 30 years of assumed death?  If so, it’s anarchy in the streets.  Nothing will be the same again and nor should it. Andy Kaufman is a force of chaos and we need that gleeful anarchist spirit to grace our lives again.   I want to see him return to SNL to break his ban and then proceed to “Fridays” up the proceedings.  Break character, pull stunts within stunts within stunts, and in general proceed to make a patsy out of us the audience because we deserve it (and because it is hilarious).  Bring that live anything can happen spirit back to that long running comedy institution.  We see people doing parts of Andy Kaufman’s acts and bits, but nobody has the gall to combine the elements.  Some people play the heel or will do something strange on a talk show, but they will not put it all together.  They are too afraid to take the bit too far or to truly assume the role of the showbiz villain.  We need villains in our life; they make everything that much better (see Kanye West).  Andy Kaufman is a true original and seeing him assume the stage again would be an act of pure surrealism. 

So if and most likely when Andy Kaufman returns, I don’t want to see any lame Splitsider think piece or whatever articles about what this means or what not (How can a website devoted to comedy be so dry and self-serious?  They even have a humor section for Chrissakes!  A humor section on a comedy website, I said good day sir!).  All it means is that Andy Kaufman beat us and we’re damn glad he did.  The man is a legend already, seeing him return from the grave after 30 years would make him something more or whatever.  The point is that Andy Kaufman lives and I can’t wait to see him back and I’ll wrestle anybody who thinks otherwise.

That’s not the end of the piece it’s merely the beginning.  This is the end.

That’s my lame impression of Andy Kaufman.  Take it as you will.  Or don’t.  I could care less.