Comedian Andy Kaufman, circa 1981. (Globe Photos/ZUMA Press) Most (myself included) never believed that, but it was easy to understand that the resurrection that began soon enough, sparked by the ...

The new film 'Thank You Very Much' examines the life and work of the polarizing late comedian and star of the 1978–1983 sitcom 'Taxi' Michael Ochs Archives/Getty; Jerod Harris/Getty Andy Kaufman ...

Andy Kaufman's unique brand of comedy could be as confusing as it was original. TV viewers fell in love with the comedian, who died in 1984 at age 35, during his five-season run as Latka Gravas on ...

What to make of a man who admits that Howdy Doody was the first friend he ever had and who devoted some of his final years in ...

Andy Kaufman never wanted to feel too far away from his audience. Early in his career, he found that bussing tables at Jerry’s Famous Deli in Los Angeles kept him grounded. But that didn’t ...

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Andy Kaufman as Latka Gravas on 'Taxi' circa 1979 (left); Joe Plummer and Jenifer Westphal in 2020.

His parents worked on the “Andy Kaufman Plays Carnegie Hall” special in 1979, so he grew up with Kaufman’s Beta tapes in his household. In the film, Braverman hopes to show Kaufman’s ...