Andy Kaufman Newsletter
Sign-up to receive daily news on Andy Kaufman by email.
Andy Kaufman Filmography
Source:
Theiapolis
Andy Kaufman Resources
Table of Content
Andy Kaufman: His early work
Kaufman first caught people's attention with a character named "Foreign Man" in the early 1970s. "Foreign Man", who claimed to be from Caspiar, an island in the Caspian Sea, would appear on the stage of comedy clubs and perform a number of bad impersonations (Archie Bunker, Nixon, etc). For example, he might say in a phony accent, "I would like to imitate Meester Carter, de President of de United States." He would then say in the same voice, "Hello, I am Meester Carter, de President of de United States. Thenk you veddy much." The audience would be torn between outrage at seeing such a bad act, and sympathy for the hopeless "Foreign Man", who would cry on stage once heckled enough. At that point, "Foreign Man" would launch into an
Elvis Presley impersonation good enough that
Elvis Presley himself would later describe it as his favorite. The audience would realize they had been tricked, which became a trademark of Kaufman's comedy.
-
"Latka" >>
Table of Content
Latest Film News
See Also:
