Zmuda’s first book, 1999’s “Andy Kaufman Revealed! Best Friend Tells All” (written with Matthew Scott Hansen), came just before what is the definitive Kaufman biography, “Lost in the Funhouse: The ...

But his work on the series didn't capture the many aspects of his comedy, which was populated by various offbeat alter egos, including a wrestler named Andy Kaufman. The late, legendary performer ...

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 ...

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 ...

A new documentary shows how Andy Kaufman’s upside-down world of anti-comedy prefigured our own. Credit...Photo illustration by Javier Jaén Supported by By Jonah Weiner Jonah Weiner, a ...

One moment in Andy Kaufman's life changed everything that came after it. Close friends and family appear in Thank You Very Much, the newly released documentary on the life of the late comedian and ...

Aside from his best-known work on the 1978–1983 sitcom Taxi, Andy Kaufman was known for his assorted alter egos The late comedian's life and work are examined in the new documentary Thank You Very ...

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

“Andy saw himself as an entertainer, a showbiz personality, a song-and-dance man,” says Braverman. “He once said that he’d never told a joke in his life.” Kaufman had surfaced during a ...