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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Dec 4, 2007 21:03:34 GMT -5
One of the greatest heels and works of all time, a clip of Kaufman doing what he did best antagonizing the crowd in his feud with Jerry Lawler www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAjHULaNy00and for good measure, that Letterman confrontation- www.youtube.com/watch?v= kv73yzYuE_M link broken up on that one due to language. I still think they should induct him into the celebrity wing of the Hall of Fame one year, now that it's more of an all wrestling kinda thing, and not just strictly WWE stuff.
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Post by Johnny on Dec 4, 2007 21:46:16 GMT -5
That top clip is great.
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Post by Rube on Dec 4, 2007 21:54:18 GMT -5
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Dec 4, 2007 21:55:57 GMT -5
Any of his I'm from Hollywood stuff is great.
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Post by Mozenrath on Dec 4, 2007 23:51:48 GMT -5
He was definately a natural.
Jerry Lawler is pretty damn unappreciated, himself.
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Post by Big DSR Energy on Dec 4, 2007 23:53:36 GMT -5
I love the Kaufman/Lawler angle. And I love how the heel ultimately won the feud, even without beating Lawler in a match.
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Post by vampyur on Dec 5, 2007 0:20:41 GMT -5
"...you farm and you plow and you farm and you duaaaaaah!"
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Post by Jock Ass on Dec 5, 2007 0:23:37 GMT -5
"Is that how you talk in Memphis, Tennessee?" I laugh every time I hear that.
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Post by Vice honcho room temperature on Dec 5, 2007 0:43:09 GMT -5
I love that special Comedy Central used to air all the time about this.
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Post by Hobby Drifter on Dec 5, 2007 0:47:53 GMT -5
With wrestling being as obviously scripted as it is now, why can't something like this happen again? I hear that question asked at least once a month. The answer is always, Because Andy Kaufman's been dead for almost a quarter of a century. That stuff would not work with anyone else. You couldn't get Kevin James in there hating on the South and women without it looking rediculous. Proof? See Will Sasso, K-Fed, and YOUR WCW WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION, David Arquette.
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Post by Vice honcho room temperature on Dec 5, 2007 0:53:00 GMT -5
With wrestling being as obviously scripted as it is now, why can't something like this happen again? I hear that question asked at least once a month. The answer is always, Because Andy Kaufman's been dead for almost a quarter of a century. That stuff would not work with anyone else. You couldn't get Kevin James in there hating on the South and women without it looking rediculous. Proof? See Will Sasso, K-Fed, and YOUR WCW WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION, David Arquette. I would but no one wants to challenge me for my intergender belt. Its an open challenge everynight in my bed room ;D
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Post by Jock Ass on Dec 5, 2007 0:59:24 GMT -5
I still think they should induct him into the celebrity wing of the Hall of Fame one year, now that it's more of an all wrestling kinda thing, and not just strictly WWE stuff. Only if Lawler would be the one to induct him would that be proper.
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Post by Vice honcho room temperature on Dec 5, 2007 0:59:53 GMT -5
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Post by Kash Flagg on Dec 5, 2007 8:13:30 GMT -5
Kaufman is my idol.
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Post by hobo on Dec 5, 2007 12:52:29 GMT -5
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Post by Joekishi on Dec 5, 2007 12:54:17 GMT -5
the first time i saw this stuff was when Comedy Central kept showing those tributes to Andy Kaufman, that's just some good wrestling stuff.
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Post by TRMcGillicutty on Dec 6, 2007 0:30:59 GMT -5
It's too bad Kaufman didn't have the wrestling ability or the training, because he could've been a mega heel for a very long time. R.I.P.
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Post by Reverend BTY on Dec 6, 2007 1:15:09 GMT -5
God Kaufman was gold. Please tell me he's in SOME hall of fame somewhere. I don't care what it's for but damn he deserves it.
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Post by Triple Kelly on Dec 6, 2007 1:25:57 GMT -5
In Bill Apter's Highspots shoot interview, he talks about knowing Andy and how Andy would talk ALL about wrestling til all hours of the night with Bill and Susan Sexton and Susan would get bored and say in that Aussie accent, "Oh for f***'s sake, cahn't you tawk about anything else?!" Bill said Andy's all time wrestling idol was Buddy Rogers and Andy would imitate him with his heelish "I have the brains" routine.
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Post by Reverend BTY on Dec 6, 2007 1:32:23 GMT -5
Off topic but nobody would rather watch Vinny eat hot dogs in comparison to anything. NOBODY.
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