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by Bob Zmuda (Author), Matthew Hansen (Author) "It was the summer of '62 and life seemed pretty innocent ..." (more)
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  • Hardcover: 306 pages
  • Publisher: Little, Brown & Company (Sep 1999)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0316681237
  • ISBN-13: 978-0316681230
  • Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.7 x 3.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 63,757 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Andy Kaufman was many things to many people. In fact, he was many people to most folks; his comic personalities including Latka in Taxi, Tony Clifton, Elvis and the milk and cookies man. To Bob Zmuda, who acted as writer, tour manager and fellow mischief maker throughout Kaufman's years of comic mayhem, he was Andy--his bestfriend.

With a Zmuda-approved movie Man On The Moon starring Jim Carrey about to chronicle Kaufman's on-the-edge lifestyle, it's clear the comedy world holds this wide-eyed performance artist in high esteem. In these pages Zmuda tells Andy's history with honesty and warmth. Certainly Kaufman was complicated and the text here hides little. Zmuda acknowledges a difficult artist with a voracious appetite for womankind and wrestling(often at the same time). In his chatty, informal style he also explains the get-away-with-it charm and shining talent which drew people towards this ashy but uncontainable figure.

This is half triumph/half confession. For the first time Zmuda explains the pranks that Kaufman's reputation was built on--a fake hypnotism act which went too far; a drunk alter ego throwing eggs at Dinah Shore. Like a magician gone to the other side, Zmuda proudly shows how it was done.

When non-smoker Andy Kaufman died of lung cancer aged 35 Bob Zmuda created an American version of Comic Relief in his memory. This obvious high regard makes the final chapters about Andy's death hard to deal with. Including diary entries from those last days, Zmuda's honesty is both touching and revealing and could stand alone as a fine study of human friendship. --Helen Lamont --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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A portrait of the late comedian best known for his role as Latka on "Taxi" follows his rise to success and examines his private life.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A one sided story, 1 Aug 2001
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This review is from: Andy Kaufman Revealed!: Best Friend Tell All (Paperback)
Whether or not it was just to make a quick buck I don't know, but Bob Zmuda's perspective on Andy Kaufman's life has a feel of something hastily thrown together. A lot of Bob's musings appear to be those of a lesser man trying desperately to cash in on his departed "friends" renaissance. He credits himself as the creator of many of their stunts and virtually claims that without him Andy would have been nothing. There are also large sections where Zmuda attempts do demystify Andy through the use of supermarket-magazine psychology... However, the book is informative and allows Andy fans a greater insight into his history, psyche and life in general...
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A funny and insightful look into the head of a comic genius, 7 Sep 1999
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This book defied categorization. It's certainly a fascinating and very funny read, but I can't say for sure if it's a biography of Andy Kaufman or Bob Zmuda's autobiography. In the end it doesn't matter -- the book is terrific reading. Co-author Matthew Scott Hansen takes a series of hysterical and hard-to-believe anecdotes and constructs a completely entertaining and sometimes moving narrative about two intertwined show-biz lives. If your only exposure to Kaufman was his goofy-sweet character on Taxi, you're in for a surprise, maybe an outright shock -- and that, apparently, is just the way Andy would have wanted it. Kaufman was a great many things other than a quirky sitcom character. In fact, although Taxi gave Kaufman a chance to reach his biggest audience, his work on the sitcom might have been the thing he enjoyed least. Zmuda delights in telling the tale of how he and Andy experimented with comedy in ways no one else ever had. They pulled off some brilliant practical jokes, wrote television shows that were years ahead of their time, and probably made more people uncomfortable than they made laugh -- and that may have been the point. A masterful comic writer himself, Hansen takes Zmuda's tales and deftly weaves them into a book that will make you laugh a lot more than it makes you uncomfortable. Read this and just try to imagine spending a day with Mr. X. I dare you.
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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars or Bob Zmuda Revealed perhaps, 9 Nov 2001
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Why is it that American biographies are always about the writer rather than the subject? Kaufman has gone off to Hollywood to become a star, but the reader learns how miserable Zmuda is in New York. Zmuda explains in detail the inspiration that led him to walk out on his job tossing burgers. Zmuda is having a bad time while his best friend is in the Philippines seeking spiritual healing for terminal cancer. As Andy Kaufman's friend and writer, Bob Zmuda is most definitely an authority. Obviously his position as writer provides insight into the inspiration behind Kaufman's pranks and sketches. Furthermore, Zmuda recounts his experiences in an anecdotal, amusing and frank way. His experiences as the employee of the anonymous screenwriter Mr X are one of the highlights of this book, and he links this well with Kaufman's Tony Clifton character. The way Zmuda fuels the reader into moral outrage over a real life event before revealing it was all a carefully orchestrated prank is masterfully reminiscent of Kaufman. This kind of biography has the advantage over a 'fan' biography in that Zmuda doesn't gloss over negative character traits: that Kaufman was a hopeless womaniser and could also be extremely selfish. (Neither does Zmuda hold back on his own character deficiencies - this is a very honest book.) However, a 'career' biographer would have added a depth of research and detachment that this biography doesn't provide.
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