As a seven year old in the 70's I used to watch this show. We Gen X'ers didn't have a kids channel except Saturday morning cartoons (and only for about three hours once a week because then Wide World of Sports would come on) so we watched adult shows and loved them. Taxi was one of those shows. Great memories :)
When Andy was in full Latka mode, his speech sounded so "melodic," almost like a marimba solo in the way that the "pitching" of his speech went up and down.
He was very musical in general. That was one of the secrets of his comic timing. Check him out when he first starts becoming Vic Ferrari. The sing song he uses with that one phrase repeated over, and over.... very similar to his Elvis impression.
Did you know Taxis weren't named Taxis before this show. When Kaufman died the labor unions conspired, under order of the Mafia, to change the name as a tribute to Andy. Just goes to show even really big jerks have big hearts for the one's they love.
In Andy's case, most likely ad-libbed. He had a photographic memory and not a lot of desire to hang out on the "Taxi" set, so he had an arrangement with the producers that he only had to show up twice a week - once for initial read-through, and the night of the live taping. Plus, this scene was part of his stage routine, whenever he would play Foreign Man onstage. He gave Foreign Man the name Baji Kimran. Though seldom used, that's probably how they came up with Latka's cousin "Baji."
Hated rehearsing for taxi and really didn’t consider himself a comic. He was much more in his element when he was in the middle of his feud with Jerry Lawler and wrestling women down in Memphis.
Andy had a photographic memory and did not like to rehearse. He read the script once and knew it. Just like Jackie Gleason and other great comics. Moe Howard and Harpo Marx had the same ability.
I think u are thinking of Marilu Henner...shes the freak with the hyperthymesia (or in simpler terms: total recall memory). There is a documentary on the condition and shes one of the people in it.
Here's the joke in English: There was a bunny who was trying to jump over a pond. In the pond it ran into a frog, the frog said: What are you doing here, this is my pond, go away! "I'm just trying to jump over the pond" the bunny replied. "Get out of my pond you filthy mammal!" the frog FROWNED. It was very mad that the bunny was in the pond. "No, I'm just trying to get out of the pond, stop being mean to me you filthy pond dwelling amphibian!" The bunny was very mad now too. " I'm a nice little bunny and you're a filthy peasant". The frog then became very angry and said "I'm beautiful in my own way". As the two animals argued they suddenly heard very loud footsteps in the distance, and as they could here them come closer, the ground shook. The two animals could now see a big tall human " and they both screamed in unison "Please don't attack me". The human then suddenly stopped walking and said: Does anybody want to marry me?
37 dislike it is so funny. I loved watching this show. So sad Andy was only 35. We need shows like this today. So many crime and reality. Nothing with heart and humor. I hate the laugh tracks they put them in where is not even funny. Tv now is just junk so glad I don't have cable don't even miss it.
I love Carol Kane, but this series ended when Simka was introduced. Up until then, Latka was a believable character. Adding more than one character like him was just too much. Even sitcoms need to be tethered to reality.
Great video clip. I found this because my pal came to be a lady-magnet - and he's obese He began attracting girls overnight. He acted like it was normal for a while. He finally came clean two days ago. He mentioned he learned from the Jake Ayres Master Attraction Formula. Google it if you want to know about it... He is on a date today with a gorgeous girl... Lucky guy!
The real joke is.....not only is he going to save the country .......he's going to save your hero's asa like, Sen.Warren, A Slap a ho who's picture no dout hangs over your bed and america's sweet heart, hillary, who's foundation didn't even pledge a dime for texas or florida. So chew on that for 8 more years of Trumps victory's.....oh...trump give a mill of his own $ for texas....what a guy....your just a fish out of water
Humoristic standard were pretty low in the 80's. Kaufman was overrated, people are missing an era, not him, but they see him as a symbol of this era. And the fact he died young created the legend.
A father is enraged by his daughter's virginity being taken by her boyfriend. So he goes to his house and pounds on the door. When the door opens he confronts the daughters boyfriend to which the boy replies with "Don't worry, it won't happen again."
An Armenian sheepherder, Inyaman, and his wife, Brebhna, are in a bar. Inyaman accuses Brebhna of having an affair with the butcher, Yakhod. "What's going on between you?" Inyaman asks her. "Nothing!" she replies. "Nothing at all!" "Do you expect me to believe that?" Inyaman bellows, shaking his finger at her and saying he has proof of her infidelity. "It's not true... it's not so," Brebhna vehemently pleads. "Oh, yes it is," says Inyaman defiantly, storming off to Yakhod's place to have it out with him, with Brebhna following. Inyaman charges up the steps to Yakhod's house and pounds on the door, as Brebhna screams for him to stop. When the door opens, Yakhod is standing there, pretending to be the village idiot. Blinking stupidly, he stares into the open space and mumbles, "Inyaman, Yakhod's away!"
latkas foreign language was proof that andy was an uniquely talented genius. this was not a rehearsed thing. this gibberish just came out of andys brain , fluently. try to come up with such a real language sounding gibberish only for 10 seconds, i dare you. andy was a gift to us - too bad he ___________________. (add your point of view on his fate there.)
Volumegood he isn't dead to me. i dont regard him as over 30 years dead. i am so happy that i found out about andy, and i just want his sense of humour to live on. which is the number one way to make sure he never truely dies. WELL - AND SINCE HE IS DONALD TRUMP ANYHOW.....
As a seven year old in the 70's I used to watch this show. We Gen X'ers didn't have a kids channel except Saturday morning cartoons (and only for about three hours once a week because then Wide World of Sports would come on) so we watched adult shows and loved them. Taxi was one of those shows. Great memories :)
I would never have chosen to watch “kids” shows. I always preferred this II d of thing.
@@fowchiiiliedpuppiesdied Me too. I think all of us did. We matured faster too.
When Andy was in full Latka mode, his speech sounded so "melodic," almost like a marimba solo in the way that the "pitching" of his speech went up and down.
He was very musical in general. That was one of the secrets of his comic timing. Check him out when he first starts becoming Vic Ferrari. The sing song he uses with that one phrase repeated over, and over.... very similar to his Elvis impression.
The human side of Louie. He really loved Latka.
"What's the matter? You've heard it already?"
Louie is perhaps the best role in any sitcom ever . danny devito is a legend
shoromeo Al Bundy, George Constanza, nuff Said
Louie is top 10, but Latka is Number 1!!!
Cough. Gilligan. Cough, cough.
And than there's Don knotts. Aka..Barney Fife
I agree 👍 Louie is the best
Kaufman is awesome. did u know that the taxi company in gta vice city is called Kaufman? A tribute to Andy Kaufman and Taxi
James McCaffrey-Fan learn something new everyday👍🏻
Did you know Taxis weren't named Taxis before this show. When Kaufman died the labor unions conspired, under order of the Mafia, to change the name as a tribute to Andy. Just goes to show even really big jerks have big hearts for the one's they love.
Oh wow
❤️
The eyes. The accent. The catchphrase. Brilliant!
Pure comedy genius..
One of Andy and Danny's best moments!
latka is like a lovable alien
That face of yours is what is lovable.
I used to watch Taxi on Nick @Nite when I was a kid but I never understood the show, I just enjoyed the dialogue between the characters.
In Andy's case, most likely ad-libbed. He had a photographic memory and not a lot of desire to hang out on the "Taxi" set, so he had an arrangement with the producers that he only had to show up twice a week - once for initial read-through, and the night of the live taping. Plus, this scene was part of his stage routine, whenever he would play Foreign Man onstage. He gave Foreign Man the name Baji Kimran. Though seldom used, that's probably how they came up with Latka's cousin "Baji."
apparently he was at uni with the real latka shared a room with his friend who told him to make a charictor based on him
What an arrogant twit.
read somewhere hw didn't like to rehearse. a true comic, brilliant and courageous.
Came here specifically for 1:17
That is the best part. Hands down.
It's the best best part from anything, ever. :P
I'm going to use the punchline as my ringtone.
only Andy Kaufman could make hearing a joke in a made up foreign-language funny
Yes, 100%. I don't think anyone else could do it
Amyone else think the Minions are based on Latka?
+itwontcomeout5678 That was an over the top reaction, wasn't it?
It was a bit. I have a feeling itwontcomeout5678 has bigger problems than laundry stains.
They are
He left us waaay too soon. The man was a comedic genius
Agreed
It's art.
Everything good is over.
Wonderful wonderful! Thanks!
Ad lib takes uber brass ones and intelligence. This was awesome. Danny is here now!
Hated rehearsing for taxi and really didn’t consider himself a comic. He was much more in his element when he was in the middle of his feud with Jerry Lawler and wrestling women down in Memphis.
Genius performer
Andy had a photographic memory and did not like to rehearse. He read the script once and knew it. Just like Jackie Gleason and other great comics. Moe Howard and Harpo Marx had the same ability.
I think u are thinking of Marilu Henner...shes the freak with the hyperthymesia (or in simpler terms: total recall memory). There is a documentary on the condition and shes one of the people in it.
I'm going to miss Devito as much as Robin Williams once he goes! Legend!
Then let's make the most of him while he's here and making some of his finest stuff 😊
Came here looking for Kaufman, left with amazing DeVito moments
I wonder what the characters of that sitcom would think of Uber.
LATKA!! LATKA!!! LATKA!!! :)
Well hello there, beautiful.
Damn he's a hell of an actor!
Art in its purest form.
“Art”
Talented son of a bitch right there.Lost one hell of an actor when Andy passed away...
ANDY KAUFMAN WAS A CLASS ACT. HE WAS HILARIOUS.
Danny Devito kicks ass
I love how Danny Devito is in this with Andy Kaufmen. Along with Man on the Moon. He plays Jim Carry/Andy Kaufmans manager :P
What's the matter, you heard it already?
LOL
Here's the joke in English:
There was a bunny who was trying to jump over a pond. In the pond it ran into a frog, the frog said: What are you doing here, this is my pond, go away! "I'm just trying to jump over the pond" the bunny replied. "Get out of my pond you filthy mammal!" the frog FROWNED. It was very mad that the bunny was in the pond. "No, I'm just trying to get out of the pond, stop being mean to me you filthy pond dwelling amphibian!" The bunny was very mad now too. " I'm a nice little bunny and you're a filthy peasant". The frog then became very angry and said "I'm beautiful in my own way". As the two animals argued they suddenly heard very loud footsteps in the distance, and as they could here them come closer, the ground shook. The two animals could now see a big tall human " and they both screamed in unison "Please don't attack me". The human then suddenly stopped walking and said: Does anybody want to marry me?
@ALittleBitOfGreen yes it part of his stand up routine "foreign man"
This is his bongos routine
I think Danny Devito was confused at his joke
Literally laughing!!
Anya manya codavay!
comprobaciones cientificas !!!!! el hombre hace ese intercambio ???
And to think, Judd Hirsch first auditioned for the role of Latka...before Andy did and before he auditioned for the Alex.
Really???
@@stimpy1414 really
& I used to think that Latka & his country was fictional, but, like a Borat type, they really exist.
@MrHansdampf123 yeah, they also named it Kaufman Cabs :D
its not quite the same as the bongos routine... context is different due to the follow up.
This whole show is an ad lib
Have to admit good show.
Ingamungacochivay.......hmm...oh..i get it HAHAHAH XD!
@wiseguy20001 that has to be like one of my favorite movies!!! :D no on will ever truly be as great and Andy but Jim Carey does a damn good job
37 dislike it is so funny. I loved watching this show. So sad Andy was only 35. We need shows like this today. So many crime and reality. Nothing with heart and humor. I hate the laugh tracks they put them in where is not even funny. Tv now is just junk so glad I don't have cable don't even miss it.
T Missing Link Videos I’ve heard knock knock joked funnier than this crap. It’s just a guy doing a dumb accent 😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴
I love Carol Kane, but this series ended when Simka was introduced. Up until then, Latka was a believable character. Adding more than one character like him was just too much. Even sitcoms need to be tethered to reality.
HAHAHAHAHA😂😂😂😂😂.
The weirdest thing about this is that I understood every single word?
I don't find it funny, why would he joke about such a thing!!! Clearly not a dog lover...
when I'm dead just throw me in the trash
Sounds like a Sim
That Conway guy looks like Keith Richards of the 70s!
His liver is was as shriveled and black as Keith Richards, as well.
I'm fired.
@spiderboy42 Inga Munga----- what?
wie bin ich hier gelandet
Man is Devito short.
Just coz you don't get it!
I dated a guy like this
I just realised, Latka is alive and well and living in the White House -finally- after a sex change. “Thank you very much”.
Pingu 🐧
A todos nos hizo gracia el chiste, no ?, genial
YOUR FIRED
OK BUT I QUIT
@tygersflowerz it was all a joke lol
Cute
Lmao
Anybody here understanding this guy?
People from the Caspian Islands.
jasminne mcdonald We're not supposed to understand it really, just follow their movements which convey some meaning
Or the Polish.
GIBBERISH, at it's finest!
OK BUT I QUIT
making fun of jokes....
Latka Gravas was simply a nonsense foreigner!
Great video clip. I found this because my pal came to be a lady-magnet - and he's obese He began attracting girls overnight. He acted like it was normal for a while. He finally came clean two days ago. He mentioned he learned from the Jake Ayres Master Attraction Formula. Google it if you want to know about it... He is on a date today with a gorgeous girl... Lucky guy!
Here because of Jim Carrey
That is so sad
Great scene! Terrible cinematography...hold the camera still you hack!
he hated the show so much lol
de latino no tiene nada mal titulado-----
The Joke is simple... Donald Trump is in the white house !!
The real joke is.....not only is he going to save the country .......he's going to save your hero's asa like, Sen.Warren, A Slap a ho who's picture no dout hangs over your bed and america's sweet heart, hillary, who's foundation didn't even pledge a dime for texas or florida. So chew on that for 8 more years of Trumps victory's.....oh...trump give a mill of his own $ for texas....what a guy....your just a fish out of water
Is that Melania Trump?
Jim Carey did it better
Humoristic standard were pretty low in the 80's. Kaufman was overrated, people are missing an era, not him, but they see him as a symbol of this era. And the fact he died young created the legend.
Here fishy fishy
Obviously you have no sense of humor and dropping here to lay your manure... Go somewhere else Gringo !🙄😏👊
HERE'S A CHALLENGE!
Based on Latka's motions, and facial expressions, tell the joke in English.
A father is enraged by his daughter's virginity being taken by her boyfriend. So he goes to his house and pounds on the door. When the door opens he confronts the daughters boyfriend to which the boy replies with "Don't worry, it won't happen again."
An Armenian sheepherder, Inyaman, and his wife, Brebhna, are in a bar. Inyaman accuses Brebhna of having an affair with the butcher, Yakhod. "What's going on between you?" Inyaman asks her.
"Nothing!" she replies. "Nothing at all!"
"Do you expect me to believe that?" Inyaman bellows, shaking his finger at her and saying he has proof of her infidelity.
"It's not true... it's not so," Brebhna vehemently pleads.
"Oh, yes it is," says Inyaman defiantly, storming off to Yakhod's place to have it out with him, with Brebhna following.
Inyaman charges up the steps to Yakhod's house and pounds on the door, as Brebhna screams for him to stop.
When the door opens, Yakhod is standing there, pretending to be the village idiot. Blinking stupidly, he stares into the open space and mumbles,
"Inyaman, Yakhod's away!"
Jon Goldney LOL! GOOD one, Jon!
+Steven Scott My pleasure... I'm sure it's not the original joke but at least I made some sense of the punchline. Best wishes.
latkas foreign language was proof that andy was an uniquely talented genius.
this was not a rehearsed thing. this gibberish just came out of andys brain , fluently. try to come up with such a real language sounding gibberish only for 10 seconds, i dare you. andy was a gift to us - too bad he ___________________. (add your point of view on his fate there.)
I believe he died, but in doing so becoming immortal.
Volumegood which is why we call guys like him "legends".
***** Truly, I'm guessing he has affected your life as well as others.
Volumegood he isn't dead to me. i dont regard him as over 30 years dead. i am so happy that i found out about andy, and i just want his sense of humour to live on. which is the number one way to make sure he never truely dies.
WELL - AND SINCE HE IS DONALD TRUMP ANYHOW.....
Hubert Shitmeyer He smoked as Tony Clifton