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Bob Zmuda Discusses Andy Kaufman In Wrestling, Jerry Lawler, More Posted by Larry Csonka on 12.05.2009 Andy wanted Vince to be involved... Transcript credit: MondayNightMayhem.com Crank up the R.E.M. wherever you are or wherever you may be Mayhem Nation! Bob was welcomed back to the airwaves of "Your Home Of Wrestling Radio" by The Mayhem Crew for ...

One of my favorite "Taxi" episodes ever is when Andy Kaufman's character, the foreign-speaking auto mechanic Latka Gravas, discovers that his $3,000 penthouse apartment was $3,000 per month! Latka's stunned, looks around the place he now knows he cannot afford and starts saying: "Goodbye apartment; goodbye panoramic view.

I'M DYING UP HERE: Heartbreak and High Times in Stand-Up Comedy's Golden Era, by William Knoedelseder.

A glittering Elvis jacket, a Mighty Mouse figure, a wrestling belt for the self-proclaimed "World Intergender Wrestling Champion" - these were a few of Andy Kaufman's favorite things, and they now reside in a lovely, quintessentially suburban home in Wayne.

Sure, you could go as a zombie , a sexy [insert profession here] , or dude without a costume, but what's the use? You're just fooling yourself into thinking anyone will care or think anything other than "that person is amazingly lame." Save yourself.

William Loeffler can be reached via e-mail or at 412-320-7986. Anybody can be funny.

Was there ever a better live music show on television than Bert Sugarman's The Midnight Special ? I think not.

Anyone who's interested in the Leno/Letterman relationship, the feeding frenzy in the late 70s and early 80s when networks were sweeping up stand-up comedians and changing their lives overnight, and the importance and mechanics of getting a spot on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show needs to read William Knoedelseder's new book, . The centerpiece of the ...

I'm Dying Up Here is about what it's subtitle suggests: Heartbreak and High Times in Standup Comedy's Golden Era .

Reading the account of Bryce's meeting, or near meeting, or fictive meeting with Andy Kaufman in Weird NJ just reminded me of the genius of Kaufman's hoaxes.

As the DVD begins, an old man with an unkempt beard gives a bizarre recitation of the FBI warning seen on all DVDs.

'My Breakfast With Blassie' is a fly-on-the-wall view to a pair of genuine oddballs engaged in what appears to be a rambling but fun conversation.

By the late '90s, TV talk/variety shows had become increasingly stale . And then there was Tom Green, who exploded on the scene with a show that was irreverent, confrontational, and hilarious -- a mixture of the heady days of the original #Saturday Night Live, Andy Kaufman's talent for taking the joke too far, and a much more daredevilish take on ...

Sorry for the late post, but I knew it was going to be a busy day with two interviews and a doctor's appointment.

TAXIS are cool. They just are. Planes are cool. Bad for the environment, but cool.