Andy Kaufman's Elvis Presley Impression on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show, 1977

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Channel: Johnny Carson

Views: 6,010,161

Rating: 4.8062253 out of 5

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Id: 9kpBzUQHYtM

Length: 6min 28sec (388 seconds)

Published: Tue Dec 03 2013

Reddit Comments

[u/misswilde86]

Gah, the whole set up of this bit has been cut out of the video, which is the whole point, really. It's several terrible one-note impressions, ending on this.

[u/Vohdre]

This was August 4th, 1977.

Elvis Presley died 12 days later.

[u/twyst976]

Of all the ways I was expecting this to go, that was not it. I was expecting all kinds of goofy Kaufman escapades but this was a solid comedic impression. Sometimes I forget just how amazingly talented he was.

[u/Sbmizzou]

It just occured to me that the Andy Kaufman that you know (sort of the weird guy), was also a character. That you never got to see the real Andy Kaufman (like, what his siblings knew).

[u/findthatthing]

Recently watched "Man on the Moon" starring Jim Carrey. Apparently Jim's method acting was so intense it took months before he could remember how to behave like himself. There is a documentary on it "Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond" which goes deeper into the story.

[u/SumaniFumani]

Mott the Hoople and the Game of Life (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

[u/holdenforrye]

Thank you very much

[u/dangil]

I did not know that