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Andy Kaufman Returns After 20 Years (WTF?!?!?!)
PRWeb via Yahoo ^ | 5.19.2004

Posted on 05/19/2004 7:37:34 PM PDT by 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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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News
KEYWORDS: 2004obituary; andykaufman; comedian; democratvoter; hoax; obituary; pranks; unobituary
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To: NYC GOP Chick

This is a put-on, right?


Andy Kaufman got DEADED.


61 posted on 05/19/2004 7:59:44 PM PDT by alloysteel (Live well and prosper. Beam me up, Scottie....)
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To: Psycho_Bunny

My thoughts exactly!!!! IOW, who cares??


62 posted on 05/19/2004 7:59:59 PM PDT by lilmsdangrus
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To: lavrenti
Never heard of it!

However, there was a movie made about Tree Lounge and I met one of the lesser Baldwin brothers, who was taking a break from filming.

63 posted on 05/19/2004 8:00:00 PM PDT by NYC GOP Chick ("If I could shoot like that, I would still be in the NBA" -- Bill Clinton, circa 1995)
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To: Lancey Howard

Why is that a problem?


64 posted on 05/19/2004 8:00:10 PM PDT by NYC GOP Chick ("If I could shoot like that, I would still be in the NBA" -- Bill Clinton, circa 1995)
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To: NYC GOP Chick
Wouldn't it have been weird if he faked his death, planning to return in 20 years and then died some quiet, anonymous death in the meantime?

Rod Serling, is that you?

65 posted on 05/19/2004 8:00:17 PM PDT by Petronski (They could choose between shame and war: Some chose shame, but got war anyway.)
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To: cincinnati65

No, he'd do this. Let people stew in confusion for a while, then burst on Letterman.


66 posted on 05/19/2004 8:00:24 PM PDT by lavrenti (I'm not bad, just misunderstood.)
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To: Protagoras

When I see him arm-in-arm with Jim Morrison, I'll believe it.


67 posted on 05/19/2004 8:00:58 PM PDT by Salamander (“Those whom the Gods would destroy, they first make mad." Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
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To: Petronski
Rod Serling, is that you?

Yes, I'm Rod Serling. I'm hiding out on FR, disguised a woman in her late 30s who lives in NYC.

68 posted on 05/19/2004 8:01:38 PM PDT by NYC GOP Chick ("If I could shoot like that, I would still be in the NBA" -- Bill Clinton, circa 1995)
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To: lavrenti

I don't see the blog thing.....a leaked story to the press, a couple of "sightings" ala Elvis, and let the story build that way. I would think that the Andy way would be to show up where he was least expected, when he was least expected, and walk in like the last 20 years had never happened.


69 posted on 05/19/2004 8:02:50 PM PDT by cincinnati65 (Rooting for the Panthers since 1995.......)
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To: NYC GOP Chick

Did you ever go to Trees? Someone wanted to drag me out there but why would I go all the way out to a dive bar in Long Island? I have the International on 2nd Avenue. Anyhow, I'm a Daddy and have little time for this.

OMB, guess what's coming up on IFC? LOL!


70 posted on 05/19/2004 8:03:11 PM PDT by lavrenti (I'm not bad, just misunderstood.)
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To: NYC GOP Chick

This is a total hoax.

Notice how many times he states I won't be coming out in public.....and I wont be performing etc.

Total BS.
Yet creative by the hoaxer.


71 posted on 05/19/2004 8:04:06 PM PDT by rbmillerjr ("When you meet the unbelievers, strike off their heads” Surat Mohammed:4)
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To: Salamander

Jim Morrison is supposedly teaching English Lit at SW Louisiana State.

That is my all-time favorite dead person who ain't rumor.


72 posted on 05/19/2004 8:04:11 PM PDT by lavrenti (I'm not bad, just misunderstood.)
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To: lavrenti
Did you ever go to Trees? Someone wanted to drag me out there but why would I go all the way out to a dive bar in Long Island? I have the International on 2nd Avenue. Anyhow, I'm a Daddy and have little time for this.

Nah. I just don't hang out in bars.

OMB, guess what's coming up on IFC? LOL!

Too weird!!!

73 posted on 05/19/2004 8:04:18 PM PDT by NYC GOP Chick ("If I could shoot like that, I would still be in the NBA" -- Bill Clinton, circa 1995)
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To: daler

:) We can agree to disagree. :)


74 posted on 05/19/2004 8:04:28 PM PDT by bannie (Liberal Media: The Most Dangerous Enemies to America and Freedom)
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To: Psycho_Bunny
As a kid I didn't get him. After growing up and seeing his skits on SNL reruns and other specials I find myself laughing my ass off. My favorite is the Mighty Mouse skit he did on SNL. He put the audience in an uncomfortable position of not knowing what the hell he was doing. He turned the audience into the joke for the viewers.

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75 posted on 05/19/2004 8:04:34 PM PDT by AgentEcho (If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went. - Will Rogers)
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To: Lancey Howard

It's interesting that the Kaufman family hasn't denied this guy is the real Andy.


76 posted on 05/19/2004 8:06:05 PM PDT by Thane_Banquo
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To: dawn53

He was treated for lung cancer for only 5 months prior to his death; it metastasized 2 months after first diagnosis, it is hardly likely they buried the wrong man.


77 posted on 05/19/2004 8:06:14 PM PDT by Old Professer
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To: NYC GOP Chick

Carol Kane is a babe.

Buscemi is so ugly. Great actor, however.


78 posted on 05/19/2004 8:06:21 PM PDT by lavrenti (I'm not bad, just misunderstood.)
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To: Bommer

"Dan Ackaroyd has been doing it off John Belushi for the past 20 years."

A-freaking-men to that one.


79 posted on 05/19/2004 8:06:55 PM PDT by jocon307 (The dems don't get it, the American people do.)
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To: NYC GOP Chick

"disguised a woman in her late 30s who lives in NYC."

That was Salman Rushdie's gig for a while.


80 posted on 05/19/2004 8:07:11 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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