Andy Kaufman Returns After 20 Years (WTF?!?!?!)

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[NYC GOP Chick]

Andy Kaufman Returns After 20 Years

Wed May 19, 9:00 AM ET

New York City, NY (PRWEB) May 19, 2004 -- Twenty years ago, on May 16, 1984, most of the world believed that we had lost a comedic legend forever. This has turned out to be what will inevitably be known as the greatest comic prank ever conceived. Andy Kaufman, by all accounts, is alive and well at age 55 and is now living in New York City on the upper west side. To his loyal supporters and fans, Andy says "sorry about faking my death," in a recent interview with ABC News at his apartment. In order to reach legendary comic status and seal his place in the history of performance art, he said it was "necessary to go away for twenty years."

Andy Kaufman's official site has been launched at:
http://andykaufmanreturns.blogspot.com/

Even though he has technically returned, Andy says that he plans to maintain his low key lifestyle that he has led for the past twenty years. He has resumed contact with friends and family. Fearing the possibility of this scenario and the potential for another hoax, Kaufman's family has contracted with independent auditors Ernst & Young to determine if this in fact the real Andy Kaufman. He has subjected himself to medical examination and submitted DNA, hair, blood and fingerprint samples to the auditors. Ernst & Young and the Kaufman family report that with a 99% probability, this is indeed the real Andy Kaufman. His mother says, "It's good to have Andy back."

In 1999, a new crop of Kaufman fans were born after Jim Carrey starred in the hit film Man on the Moon. "Andy's bizarre mix of comedy and performance art will inspire fans and comedians alike for generations, especially after this stunt," says Jim Carrey.

Andy says he will make only occasional public appearances, sometimes in disguise so that you won?t know if it?s really him or someone else. Kaufman was famous for pulling this stunt with the Tony Clifton character, sometimes played by good friend Bob Zmuda.

Andy says fans should tune into his website for ongoing updates to his adventures in life. As always, Andy's stage has been the world, testing the boundaries of our beliefs, our sources of information, and our perception of reality. "It's good to be back," Andy writes on his website.

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[Jorge]

I'll tell you what's freaky about it: how totally and completely un-funny I found him.

I agree. He came across as someone who was trying WAY too hard to be funny to actually be funny.

I never found him funny at all.

I like the movie about him(was it Man on Moon?), because it showed what a wacked out mental case he was.

And this "faking his death" and returning 20 years later is just morbid and pathetic at the same time.
The joke's on Andy Kaufman.

[NYC GOP Chick]

Huh? Are you saying that the SS# is a fake?

[freebilly]

This is so bogus, and even if it were true-- Who gives a rat's a$$? We got Islam-0-Rama-dama-ding-dongs cutting off peoples' heads, flying planes into buildings, and setting off Sarin laced explosives.

Kaufman has as much relevancy as Janet Jackson's nipple (or Alexandra Kerry's nipple ((or John Kerry's nipple brain for that matter))), and I'm supposed to care about him and The Bunny Ranch and whether he wants to wrestle women...?

Hey, Andy, if you're alive please die.

You ain't been missed bad enough for me to care....

[eastforker]

No, I am saying he is not lited as dead in the ssa death master file, that is if his birthday is 1/19/49.

[NYC GOP Chick]

The mystery deepens...

[fish hawk]

Let me just say, If he isn't dead, he should be. Sorry but I never liked him the first time around.

[L.N. Smithee]

Jim Morrison is supposedly teaching English Lit at SW Louisiana State. That is my all-time favorite dead person who ain't rumor.

FWIW, Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek wrote a novel based on the premise of Morrison's "faked death," placing the mysteriously vanished singer on a remote island, where he quietly raised a family.

[eastforker]

List of dead andrew kaufman;
KAUFMAN,ANDREW Sep 24 1904 SSA Death Master File
KAUFMAN,ANDREW Jul 7 1900 SSA Death Master File
KAUFMAN,ANDREW Apr 8 1935 SSA Death Master File
KAUFMAN,ANDREW Jun 13 1956 SSA Death Master File
KAUFMAN,ANDREW Jun 11 1914 SSA Death Master File
KAUFMAN,ANDREW Feb 8 1914 SSA Death Master File
KAUFMAN,ANDREW Mar 11 1893 SSA Death Master File
KAUFMAN,ANDREW Jan 9 1904 SSA Death Master File
KAUFMAN,ANDREW Nov 9 1976 SSA Death Master File
KAUFMAN,ANDREW May 18 1888 SSA Death Master File
KAUFMAN,ANDREW Aug 9 1896 SSA Death Master File
KAUFMAN,ANDREW Apr 26 1907 SSA Death Master File
KAUFMAN,ANDREW Apr 14 1888 SSA Death Master File
KAUFMAN,ANDREW Dec 16 1880 SSA Death Master File
KAUFMAN,ANDREW May 4 1880 SSA Death Master File
KAUFMAN,ANDREW Feb 25 1901 SSA Death Master File
KAUFMAN,ANDREW Apr 18 1983 SSA Death Master File
KAUFMAN,ANDREW May 23 1898 SSA Death Master File
KAUFMAN,ANDREW Feb 5 1883 SSA Death Master File
KAUFMAN,ANDREW Nov 24 1874 SSA Death Master File
KAUFMAN,ANDREW Nov 20 1963 SSA Death Master File
KAUFMAN,ANDREW Oct 21 1905 SSA Death Master File
I don't see him here!!!

[NYC GOP Chick]

Fascinating! Where did you find this?

[eastforker]

You have mail

[L.N. Smithee]

Interestingly (or not), I saw Blondie perform that ["Rapture"] (among others) at City Hall Park a few weeks ago!

After nearly twenty years, that song has finally grown on me. There are so many different aspects to it, and excellent musicianship throughout, all the way down to the bells and the latin bird chirps. It took a LOT of guts to record that song the way that Mike Chapman and the band did.

[eastforker]

Do you remember when the Texas seven was on the loose, I had all of their criminal records.

[Imal]

I'll give the kid credit, it's a funny concept. But there's no chance that I would choose to come out of hiding this way.

[wireman]

Maybe this time he'll be funny!

I doubt it.

[NYC GOP Chick]

It grew on me too, over the years. :)

[Salamander]

Please...don't tell me it ain't rumor.
I just couldn't take it.....:))


[and what *are* they doing in the Hyacinth House, anyway??]...LOL

[NYC GOP Chick]

Too bad you didn't put them up on the web! ;)

[norton]

Ernie Kovaks,
Sid Ceaser (sp),
Steve Allen;
Carlin, Bruce, Berman, Newhart;
Brooks, Baluchi, Radner, Chase;
Even the gang that surrounded (gag) Carol Burnet (choke);
Even Jim Carey and (when they were good) Robin Wiliams and the dork that did "sleeper" and "Everything you wanted to know..." before he went over the edge:

Comedians.

Andy Kaufman; poser, side show, sometimes clever, always insulting and rarely as much as his intro suggested.

If he's coming back now, its only because the Kerry campaign needs a headliner.

[ladyinred]

How weird is this? I am just stunned!

[eastforker]

What is realy fun is when we get a thread on here about a home invasion where it gives the perps name, and some start saying he shouldn't have been shot or whatever, I pull up his arrest record and it's about a mile long, that usualy shuts them up prety quick.