Andy Kaufman's unique brand of comedy could be as confusing as it was original. TV viewers fell in love with the comedian, who died in 1984 at age 35, during his five-season run as Latka Gravas on the ...

There are few comedians who polarized audiences like Andy Kaufman. His style of deadpan humor was deliberately designed to make people uncomfortable—and he achieved that with long, pregnant silences ...

When Andy Kaufman passed away in May 1984, it was the final full stop in a life that seemed to be endlessly self-regenerating. Or was it? Rumors that this was another of his bizarre stunts were rife ...

Andy Kaufman (as Latka) on 'Taxi' Jim Britt/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images/Wavelength EXCLUSIVE: Acquisition news out today will have comedy fans giving thanks — Thank You Very ...

Andy Kaufman died 41 years ago. Milos Forman’s “Man in the Moon,” in which Jim Carrey played Kaufman, came out 26 years ago. R.E.M., whose title song to the Kaufman biopic was a hit, has retired. So ...

I've sat through enough duplicative documentaries over the years to know that there's very little harm, but also very little illumination, in viewing multiple projects about Fyre Festival or that ...

“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 ...

James L. Brooks recounted the moment he knew Andy Kaufman would be a great fit for his sitcom Taxi. Brooks, 85, tells PEOPLE ...

The new film 'Thank You Very Much' examines the life and work of the polarizing late comedian and star of the 1978–1983 sitcom 'Taxi' Michael Ochs Archives/Getty; Jerod Harris/Getty Andy Kaufman's ...