Why aren't there any comedians like Andy Kaufman now?
Why aren't there any comedians like Andy Kaufman now?
Colton Nelson
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Julian Wilson
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Asher Mitchell
Comedians are funny now adays
Brayden Russell
in the day no one, literally NO ONE liked Andy Kaufman
His role on Taxi shows what a massive talentless sellout he was.
Luke Gutierrez
Nah everyone loved him, zoom zoom, especially on Taxi
Carter Morgan
The closest person I can think of is Gregg Turkington with his Neil Hamburger routine
Mason Fisher
Joaquin Phoenix got pretty close with I'm Still Here.
Evan Evans
Because every poster on Yea Forums is Andy Kaufman
Jack King
they wouldn't dare wrestle women down like Andy
Christian Sanders
Zachary Diaz
Was it autism?
Isaac Nelson
Literally the least funny woman on the planet.
Luis Bailey
He was more of a performance artist than a comedian. A lot of times getting a laugh wasn't the point.
Eli Perry
>sellout
Nah. It's fine if you aren't smart enough to appreciate his talent- not everyone is- but there's no way anyone could call him a "sellout."
Joseph Jones
What’s that Gregg Turkington prank call album? The name escapes me but it was audio kino
Caleb Wilson
Really unfunny "actors" dudes who only got anywhere because of neopotism?
Jaxon Campbell
did you not watch his shows? theres one on youtube where he just pretends hes having a panic attack the entire time and the crowd is dying laughing
Ryder Williams
Kaufman was as much a performance artist as he was a comedian. It's rare to be able to combine those aspects successfully.
Ian Peterson
Isaac Thompson
He not funny
Sebastian Brown
Found it
Jayden Martin
What do you mean? "I'm just pretending to be retarded" is still very much en vogue it's how Sam Hyde convinced a generation of Reddit fags he was actually funny
Gabriel Allen
he came around at a time when standup was just telling street jokes on stage. literally doing anything unexpected in a comedy club back then blew people's minds. you can't replicate that now.
Christian Ross
a lot of artists dont care about laughs and will do silly shit just to get a reaction. eric andre and sam hyde come to mind. but the difference is, for them the motive might be political or mean spirited, but with kaufman it was genuinely JUST for the reaction. at least as far as we know, the fact he died early mythologized him and made him a huge enigma.
personally? I think andy was just a jew with that mental illness gene in him.
William Richardson
care to extrapolate?
James Anderson
Look up the meaning of that word
Adrian Hill
Andy Kaufman said himself, he's not a comedian "I never told a joke in my life, I'm a song and dance man'
Wyatt Ross
huh???
what u mean??
Angel Davis
Phil Fish is acting now?
Gabriel Ward
I thought he was Berkowitz for a split second.
Evan Sanchez
"extrapolate" evidently doesn’t mean what you think
Kayden Murphy
>yes I just read kaufman's wikipedia page today, how could you tell?
Jaxson Ward
Ryan Price
meaning...?
Samuel Garcia
He was the worst character on Taxi which really says something about boom booms and their taste.
Robert Kelly
I seriously doubt that anyone in our generation finds him funny. people think it makes them intelligent if they like him, but really it's brutally unfunny.
>that's the point, it's not comedy it's art!
exactly, it's post-modern nonsense and the only reason to consume his work is to signal to others that you are "smart enough" to "get it"
William Bennett
I still don't like him. Post literally one funny thing he ever did.