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Around 2010, I worked at a coffee shop for a man who believedAndy Kaufman was still alive.
It had been a generation since Kaufmans apparent death, in 1984, from lung cancer.
To Brown, Kaufmans onstage persona was necessarily tied to Kaufmans wrestling fandom.
During his stints as a wrestler, Kaufman took heat as hard as he could.
By the time Kaufman and Lawler start wrestling, its clear what made them such good collaborators.
Box Browns fairly simple line illustrations are a great match for the subject matter.
… Ill just be a complete pig.
A chauvinist shit heel.
Zmuda replies, The womens libbers are gonna go completely apeshit.
Andy laughs and says, Ill be totally hated!
… And I bet I score with like 80% of the chicks.
This year, we learned a lot of those guys werent joking at all.
Brown asks the question Is This Guy For Real?
knowing that its somewhat unanswerable; Carrey assumed the answer was Yes and went from there.
When Andy Kaufman died at the age of 35, his funeral wasnt attended by hisTaxicostars.
Brown quotesMarilu Hennersaying, We all thought this was just another one of Andys put-ons.
None of us believed him.
This may have been one major downside of Kaufmans gimmick.
UntilKaufman reveals that hes been faking death for over thirty years, that may be the best well get.
Harry Waksberg is a writer and lazeabout based in Riverside, CA.
He is the creator and writer of the web seriesDoing Good.
