“Andy saw himself as an entertainer, a showbiz personality, a song-and-dance man,” says Braverman. “He once said that he’d never told a joke in his life.” Kaufman had surfaced during a golden era for ...

Andy Kaufman's unique brand of comedy could be as confusing as it was original. TV viewers fell in love with the comedian, who died in 1984 at age 35, during his five-season run as Latka Gravas on the ...

What to make of a man who admits that Howdy Doody was the first friend he ever had and who devoted some of his final years in professional wrestling, wrestling women for amusement? The man was Andy ...

Even five decades after Andy Kaufman burst onto the national comedy scene, his friends and collaborators still wrestle, so speak, with what was real and what was part of the act. As you learn in the ...

My favorite Andy Kaufman story — that doesn’t involve wrestling, pouring water on Michael Richards or bringing sex workers on the set of a network sitcom — is the time he shared headphones with Danny ...

“Thank You Very Much,” directed by Alex Braverman, uses archival footage and interviews to explore the appeal of a stand-up who didn’t tell jokes. By Alissa Wilkinson When you purchase a ticket for an ...

Famous comedian, actor, and wrestler Andy Kaufman was recently inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. Kaufman is known for his performance art comedy which blurred the lines between reality and fiction.