Prepare to poop yourself!

[puffpastry]

Has anyone else seen this?
Is this for real, or is it a joke?

[wing]

man... that is crazy!!!! no way. why would he leave his wife like that? i saw the movie... and have read a lot of stories. he REALLY was dying. he became serious about it. he had a funeral. i don't know... though he did claim that if his death ever was a hoax, that he would return after 20 years. hmm.

i don't even know if this is real or fake either...

[wing]

http://www.zap2it.com/movies/news/story ... 71,00.html

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/kaufman.asp

[XXGABEXX]

Damn. You beat me to the Snopes page, Jonathan.

As much as I'd love to believe it's true, I can't.

[wing]

"If the real Andy Kaufman were back, his story would be picked up by every major news service in the U.S. and a good many abroad, not merely a single "anybody can submit a story" free publicity service. And if the real Andy Kaufman genuinely wanted to demonstrate he was still alive, just one public appearance would serve that purpose far more convincingly than an unverifiable DNA test. Most important, if the Andy Kaufman I remember ? the brilliant, unpredictable, erratic, and unique comic genius ? had finally emerged from hiding twenty years after faking his own death, I have no doubts that he'd find a much more imaginative way of revealing his return than a free press release and a rather ordinary blog."

how true.

[theslumlord]

could you imagine?

that would probably make him the best comic ever.

[penelec]

David Blaine, y'all, the B Dalaney.

Yo, David: I know you lurk here. What if you did a trick where you went underground and came up 20 years later? Oh! Shizzitizzit! That'd be da bumrush.

But.

Takes a little... whatayamacallit?

Commitment? Yeah, that's it. Commitment. To The Craft.

[Rigsby]

I'm a big big fan so i'd love it to be true, but i'm less than convinced.

Wouldn't it be great though? We really need Andy right now and always.

Any news from Bob Zmuda on the subject?

[Rigsby]

"If the real Andy Kaufman were back, his story would be picked up by every major news service in the U.S. and a good many abroad, not merely a single "anybody can submit a story" free publicity service. And if the real Andy Kaufman genuinely wanted to demonstrate he was still alive, just one public appearance would serve that purpose far more convincingly than an unverifiable DNA test. Most important, if the Andy Kaufman I remember ? the brilliant, unpredictable, erratic, and unique comic genius ? had finally emerged from hiding twenty years after faking his own death, I have no doubts that he'd find a much more imaginative way of revealing his return than a free press release and a rather ordinary blog."

how true.

...and i'm not so sure about this, the element of doubt and confusion was always a big part of the work, despite the nudge-nudge wink-wink aspect of that movie, included largely for the benefit of viewers who may not love being confused and thus the producers and backers who wanted to make good money from the film. It was a hollywood movie after all. I think Andy's work was far more involved than that. Still not convinced though, sadly.

[Monkeyfist]

I dare to dream. I really want to believe it, and I fully believe he would pull a stunt such as that. And to release it on a blog, wouldn't that be the ultimate screw yourself to the media?

Just fanning the flames a bit.

[tiger vomitt]

Any news from Bob Zmuda on the subject?

they quote him in the articles as saying kaufman's been dead for 20 years.

[Rigsby]

Yeah, but isn't that from '99? His book says the same but i'm wondering if he's responded to these new claims.