Here's what they're saying about Andy!
Links:
The Official Andy Kaufman Homepage
Official Man on the Moon Website
| .... | What a guy Andy was, indeed.
Jim Carrey
Wow. This is quite a site. Thank you. Something about reading all those testimonials, one after another, really touched me. I got more of a feeling of Andy from that then from any of the other websites out there. So I really mean it, thank you. Lynne Margulies Andy would be proud of this site. Bob Zmuda The Kaufman family has founded Zilch Publishing, and will now sell Andy's books, poetry and short stories from their website "AndyKaufmaninPrint.com" which is located at: http://www.andykaufmaninprint.com. I hope all of Andy's diehard fans will stop by and order any of the books that strike their fancy. You'll also see a portion of their site dedicated to links to other Kaufman-related WWW sites. We strongly recommended to the Kaufman's that they include your site as one of the few pages worthy of mention. We have always admired your site and wish you nothing but the best for now and always. Kindest regards, The Andy Kaufman Home Page Your Video Tour is awesome!!!!! BoB Kerman "Hi, Great Web site. Also, thanks for pitching our book ("Andy Kaufman Revealed"). "Andy" is selling well (thanks to Bob Zmuda's tireless promotion). Also, we have a developing Website, Andykaufmanrevealed.com, that is coming together. Look there for an upcoming audio track of Tony Clifton sounding off about the book as well as his participation in the movie. Best regards, Matt Hansen One of the many sadnesses in a very sad world is the fact that there seem to be too many of us who don't live out their most cherished, personal, beautiful dreams - not because we *can't* do so, but because of fear that others won't think well of us, won't understand our dreams. To speak in somewhat tired metaphors, I suspect that each of us holds a beautiful seed within ourselves that is a gift that God wanted us to share with others...but we never nourish our seeds, never let them flower, because we're each afraid that only we will find those blossoms beautiful. (Some of us even pervert their given gifts and use them only to hurt others.) Andy was different. He knew and realized the gift within him, the deeper meanings of it only understandable by him, and nurtured it despite the confused reactions it often brought out of other people. The flower of his gift slowly developed and became more and more beautiful as time passed. It blossomed in ways that few gifts do, stretching itself in every direction, but most of all towards the sky and stars and moon... He was not given a long time to live compared to most of us. But he used the time that he had with a rare wisdom. That wisdom was not immediately understood by many people, but as time passes we are catching up with it. The beautiful flower of dreams that he left the world with endures, in every smile, every laugh, and every tear that his work brings to a person's face. Andy Kaufman is a testament to what is possible in every life if we only have the courage to truly live and love...and an emblem of the true, wondrous beauty that can exist in one unassuming person. Miss Rori Andy was a funny Sum'bitch was'nt he? I was just a kid when he was a rising star, so his early work I have still not seen, but I read, and watch everything I can about him. Something is bothering me about this whole "man in the moon" shit. I'm not sure what it is YET. Something about certain people that are in the public conscienceness, that when they pass we just can't seem to let them go. Andy is one of those people. Is it a testimony of his great genious? His insanity? I can't say. But I can tell you this as silly as this may seem, I don't think he is gone. In fact I know he is still here. Two years ago his was the eeda wob guy from "Taxi", and now I'm writing about him, and telling you he is never left. Talk about a come back! Recently at the premiere of "Man in the moon" Tony Clifton burst in and really got the best of James carrey, screaming insults and handing out press releases. He seemed to get the best of carrey, and I'm thinking carrey even on his worst day should be able to get over on Zmuda. Was it Andy? Is Tony Clifton a real person? What's the deal here really? A prankster, a misinthrope, a cretin, a nice guy, a child, innocence, sincerity, asshole, genious. These all describe the man Andy Kaufman. Yes Andy does live, in the hearts of all his fans, old and new. Will Andy have his laugh, and show up at one of the screenings of the new biopic made about him? God I hope so, I hope he just happens to be the one theatre I am sitting in, so I can shake his hand and tell him thank you. Thank you Andy, for making me think, for making me wonder, and thank you andy for making me laugh. Andy you have made my life better, and I am sure I speak for all of your fans when I say Thank you, you funny Sum'bitch. Silver The first time I saw Andy was a bit he played (I think it aired on SNL) where he played to the bongos of the first tune of the Music Man. CAsh for the cotton goods CASH for the merchandise, whaddya talk whaddya talk, where do you get it....... All the audience were stupified till they caught on what he was doing, its the Music Man, once you caught on it was magic. But first it was very strange. Then it was the reading of the Great Gatsby, pure genius, getting the audience against him purposefuly. I thought he was a genius or very very mad. I think it was a touch of both, same feelings I have for Frank Zappa and his genius madness provocation. I love them both and I hope they live in our hearts (at least some of us) I wish they were still with us. Jack Hunt Sure, I'll post. Why not? Like most of us, I first heard of Andy through Taxi, although if that's all I knew about him, I probably wouldn't be writing this today. I was never a big fan of Latka, and even feel the infamous Mighty Mouse sketch on SNL is a bit overrated. A few years ago, however, I saw I'm From Hollywood while living at home with my father, and was absolutely stunned by what I saw. Times appeared when I was almost disgusted by what I saw, only to be pulled back to see it as this extraordinary prank. I laughed, but in sheer amazement of what Andy had managed to do with his circumstances. With the wrestling portion of his career, Andy founded a new form of art, one where the entire world could be the canvas, and events could be orchestrated into interactive tableaux. Needless to say, this has inspired me to attempt the same thing myself. But Andy was indeed the originator, and he did it by just following his amazing muse. Through his example and his work I am learning the true meaning of bravery, and see his example as leading to an art form that will be more fully examined in the next century. We can all be artists in this respect, if we never forget how to play like we did as little children, and figure out how to play with others in our daily lives. Whether we're loved or hated for it doesn't matter. What's important is to transform the world through our imaginations. To see a generation transform the world into a million different funhouses would be Uncle Andy's greatest legacy - one that will assure that he will never, ever perish. When I grew up, my mother hated Andy Kaufman. She saw him as sexist swine. I can even remember seeing him voted off SNL, and him meekly thanking those who voted for him, and thinking "Good Riddance." But I can also remember the last five minutes of "In God We Tru$t," and seeing this extraordinary fire in his eyes. It was a force that could not be contained, but could easily be feared and misunderstood. Even amongst those now discovering him and waking up to their hindsite, it's still being misunderstood. It saddens me to see so many people attracted to Andy on the WWW focus exclusively on obnoxiousness and Tony Clifton-style thuggery. That side to Andy existed, but so did hope and friendliness and boundless love for the people around him. Just like it does in all of us. Andy teaches us that awkwardness, anger, evil, love, good and evil exist in all of us, and that we are never all just one person. We are different people for everyone we meet, and as long as you know what's inside, it doesn't matter how many masks you wear. Egos, personalities - they are all just playacting. It's the lessons we can learn from these selves inside of ourselves that count. I feel in many ways when I go to these sites like what Andy must have felt when he introduced Howdy Doody as a guest on his legendary ABC special. I am trapped in the box of my own subjectivity, yearning to push forward, to make the fantasy REAL, to connect with this utter beauty I see before me. And like him, were I to meet him, there is so much I would like to say. But I would end it the same way he did that incredible interview by saying that I love him, and that he had given me the strength and inspiration to live an extraordinary life through his example. Maybe it isn't a friendly world. But we should treat each other like brothers and sisters. Any further objections to the contrary should be resolved by a wrestling match and some milk and cookies. This burn's for you, Uncle Andy. Franz Semon continued - pages |
