"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 golden era for ...

He granted himself the title “World Inter-Gender Wrestling Champion” and managed to keep it. It was all part of his bizarre song and dance, and Kaufman was committed to the idea. In the film, he ...

The standup, who’s the subject of a new documentary, expanded the ambition of comedy. These videos show how far ahead of his time he was. By Jason Zinoman Andy Kaufman became one of the most ...

Even five decades after Andy Kaufman burst onto the national comedy scene, his friends and collaborators still wrestle, so speak, with what was real and what was part of the act. As you learn in the ...