When Tony Clifton showed up and wreaked havoc on the set of the late '70s and early '80s sitcom Taxi, the cast was not amused. The alternate persona of comedian Andy Kaufman — who played Latka Gravas ...

MOBILE, Alabama – Andy Kaufmann might have died in 1984, but Tony Clifton lives on. "I've been around for a while," Clifton said. "You can go to YouTube the old Merv Griffin Show. I haven't aged a day ...

Taxi director James Burrows told the story on the July 18 episode of Smartless. Not only did Clifton get fired, but he almost started a fight with his costars. Kaufman wore facial prosthetics and loud ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. In a rare appearance, the famous lounge lizard Tony Clifton will perform a ...

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When it was announced in the late ’90s that Jim Carrey had been chosen to play Andy Kaufman in a major Hollywood biopic, my gut reaction was skepticism. Carrey, then at the height of his star power, ...

Andy Kaufman is the only other person besides Elvis Presley to continuously perpetuate a half-serious belief among the public that the rumors of his death have been greatly exaggerated. According to ...

Tony Clifton lumbered into the vacant Comedy Store on Sunset Boulevard on Wednesday afternoon, decked in his usual powder blue tuxedo shirt and sunglasses with a glass of Jack Daniels in one hand and ...

A performer from a bygone era will be skating in the attacking zone late tonight at Orleans Arena. Making an appearance at the first of the Las Vegas Wranglers’ two midnight games this season is the ...

Twenty-five years after his death, Andy Kaufman receives almost universal adulation — even from those who lambasted his work as tasteless and unfunny when he was still alive. Those brickbats were most ...