Andy Kaufman

[rowens]

Here’s a little ghost for the nonbeliever.
Here’s a cover of a song
that hasn’t been written.

There’s no piece of the pie
at your funeral.

Does that make this all a failure?
And all that comes after just
another failure,
then another routine bit?

Andy Kaufman in the wrestling match…

Yeah…yeah…yeah…yeah...

Here’s a little ghost for the nonbeliever.
Here’s a cover of a song
that hasn’t been written.

There’s no pie in the face
at your funeral.

So does that make all of it a failure?
And all that comes after just
another
and another routine?

Yeah…yeah…yeah…yeah...

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Andy Kaufman;
or, The Death of Tony Clifton

Here’s a little ghost for the nonbeliever.
Here’s a cover of a song
that hasn’t been written.

There’s no piece of the pie
at your funeral.

Does that make this all a failure?
And all that comes after just
another failure,
then another routine bit?

Mr. Andy Kaufman’s gone wrestling…

Yeah…yeah…yeah…yeah...

Here’s a little ghost for the never-believer.
Here’s a plagiarized song
instead of St. Peter.

There’s no pie in the face
at your funeral.

So does that make all of it a failure?
And all that comes after just
another
and another routine?

Yeah…yeah…yeah…yeah...

[Brownlie]

Here’s a little ghost for the nonbeliever.
Here’s a cover of a song
that hasn’t been written.

There’s no piece of the pie
at your funeral.

Does that make this all a failure?
And all that comes after just
another failure,
then another routine bit?

Andy Kaufman in the wrestling match…

Yeah…yeah…yeah…yeah...

Here’s a little ghost for the nonbeliever.
Here’s a cover of a song
that hasn’t been written.

There’s no pie in the face
at your funeral.

So does that make all of it a failure?
And all that comes after just
another
and another routine?

Yeah…yeah…yeah…yeah...

---

Andy Kaufman;
or, The Death of Tony Clifton

Here’s a little ghost for the nonbeliever.
Here’s a cover of a song
that hasn’t been written.

There’s no piece of the pie
at your funeral.

Does that make this all a failure?
And all that comes after just
another failure,
then another routine bit?

Mr. Andy Kaufman’s gone wrestling…

Yeah…yeah…yeah…yeah...

Here’s a little ghost for the never-believer.
Here’s a plagiarized song
instead of St. Peter.

There’s no pie in the face
at your funeral.

So does that make all of it a failure?
And all that comes after just
another
and another routine?

Yeah…yeah…yeah…yeah...

Loved Andy in heartbeeps. That's about all I know about the man.

[billy]

i'll google kaufman and have another read later

[rowens]

I was making a series of poems about people named Andy. Next is Andy Griffith, then Andy Richter, sAndy Duncan, Raggedy Andy, and Andy Ryder (Winona Ryder's long lost twin brother).

[R.C. KITCHENS]

Andy Kaufman was unique in how he would do things for the controversy or inside joke only known to him.
From what I hear, he reluctantly did "Taxi" and part of the stipulation for doing Taxi was that Tony Clifton
be hired for some appearances. The wrestling angle was just great with Jerry Lawler. Being a big wrestling
fan, I recall seeing the old footage and it was good.

[rowens]

I took my wrestling character very seriously. Nobody liked me. I was a heel. And I didn't hang out with anyone back stage. Plus, I stiffed my DDT.