gortlank t1_j6lo7t6 wrote on January 31, 2023 at 5:04 AM

Reply to comment by ghostface176 in Andy Kaufman - 1970s by TheMegaSage

He was a troll. Either you were in on the joke or you were the joke. Most people were not in on the joke even at the time. Often, he was the only one in on the joke. Sometimes there was no joke, which was the joke.

seditious3 t1_j6m11od wrote on January 31, 2023 at 7:29 AM

Exhibit A: Tony Clifton

actfatcat t1_j6mme16 wrote on January 31, 2023 at 12:15 PM

Part troll part surrealist part genius

LookMaNoPride t1_j6mwvxx wrote on January 31, 2023 at 1:51 PM

> sometimes there was no joke, which was the joke

Early Tim and Eric experiments.

He, honestly, kinda looks like a morph halfway between Tim and Eric.

gortlank t1_j6mxtc0 wrote on January 31, 2023 at 1:58 PM

Tim Heidecker has spoken about him being a big influences bunch of time, even at length in some academic settings lol