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 ...

Andy Kaufman (as Latka) on 'Taxi' Jim Britt/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images/Wavelength EXCLUSIVE: Acquisition news out today will have comedy fans giving thanks — Thank You Very ...

"He's performing for an audience that doesn't know it's watching a show." Drafthouse Films has revealed an official trailer for Thank You Very Much, a documentary film about the iconic loved/hated ...

Andy Kaufman died 41 years ago. Milos Forman’s “Man in the Moon,” in which Jim Carrey played Kaufman, came out 26 years ago. R.E.M., whose title song to the Kaufman biopic was a hit, has retired. So ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

From stand-up to 'Saturday Night Live' to wrestling to death, the confrontational entertainer gets his second documentary showcase in two years. By Daniel Fienberg Chief Television Critic I’ve sat ...

"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 ...

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CHICAGO — 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 ...