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ANDY KAUFMAN PLAYS CARNEGIE HALL {TAPE 1 OF 2} (TV)
Summary
Part one of two. This special features comedian Andy Kaufman performing at Carnegie Hall. In this part, Kaufman, as lounge entertainer Tony Clifton, sings the national anthem and performs a nightclub act. The Love Family sings "Aquarius." Kaufman performs a comic rendition of "Oklahoma!"; does a routine about crazy people walking around New York City and brings a streetperson onstage; introduces a film short featuring singing cowboys and dancing girls and brings one of the cowgirls onstage; sings a "harvest song indigenous to the Caspian Sea"; offers women in the audience $1,000 to wrestle with him; and portrays the character Latka Gravas, popularized in the TV series "Taxi." No commercials. Continues with T86:1580.
Details
- NETWORK: Showtime
- DATE: June 12, 1980
- RUNNING TIME: 1:00:00
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T86:1579
- GENRE: Comedy/Variety
- SUBJECT HEADING: Comedy; Music, popular (songs, etc.); Parody; She Made It Collection (Loreen Arbus)
- SERIES RUN: Showtime - TV, 1980
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Bob Zmuda … Producer, Director, For the stage
- Chuck Braverman … Producer, For television
- Martin Berman … Co-Producer , For television
- Julian Goldberg … Director, For television
- Andy Kaufman … Performer