Genre:
Comedy
Release Date: 11/20/2007
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD2
Run Time: 61 Minutes
Flags: Adult Humor
Distributor/Studio: Legend House
Performance footage and interviews combine to offer a hilarious look at controversial comedian
Andy Kauffman's surreal journey into the world of professional wrestling. He had kept Americans in stitches as a featured player on the hit television
sitcom Taxi, but
Kaufman would single-handedly destroy his small-screen career when he went on television to taunt Memphis-based professional wrestler
Jerry "The King" Lawler", and challenged females to fight him in the ring. As
Kaufman put every ounce of his energy into taunting
Lawler, his abrasive form of comedic performance art alienated the fan-base that had so ardently supported him during his days as lovable, squeaky-voiced cabbie
Latka Gravas on the series that propelled him to stardom. In this
documentary, fans are offered a rare glimpse into the genius of a comic who was so effective at duping the audience that many assumed his diagnoses with terminal cancer was just another warped gag.
~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
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