PHOTO OR ILLUSTRATION CREDIT TK
DEAD
OR ALIVE
HUFFINGTON
06.16.13
Depending on whom you ask,
Andy Kaufman either died 29 years ago, or he sure
fooled us. As evidence for the latter, they’ll point to his
career. Not the obvious one — his Taxi gig or his quickflaming stint on Saturday Night Live (which ended with
the audience voting him off the show as part of a stunt
he suggested, not thinking it would go that way). Even
at the height of his success, Kaufman told any reporter
who’d listen that all that flashy stuff was just to support his real work: his high-concept live act.