How can you watch this and not smile. Bob "Tony" was very subtle during this performance, you can tell it meant a lot to him. Long live Andy Kaufman, Bob Zmuda and Tony Clifton.
Tony Clifton - an absolute CLASS ACT! To come out and funeralize that dead kid after he spent so many years using Tony Clifton's good name to get places. Absolute king.
Andy died 40 years ago next May. I still cry when I watch this movie, every single time. I was a kid, but my uncle and I LOVED Andy Kaufman. I stayed up late and we called into the number for SNL to keep him. I never missed Taxi. We loved everything about Andy. I lived in Western Kentucky and we could get the Memphis wrestling shows with him and Larry Lawler. My uncle was at the show where he read Gatsby in its entirety. He never stooped talking about it. I tear up a little every time I hear the song. Andy and Uncle Pat ARE the memory of my childhood. Yes, I got up off the couch and adjusted the vertical roll on my screen during the Andy Kaufman Special. We were freaking out that the TV was messed up, Nooooooooooo!!! Andy is gone. Uncle Pat is gone. But I am still here singing their praises.
Not sure what it is about this video, but it moves me. I can't quite put my finger on it. The lighting is just beautiful and the way this video is shot is simply stunning. Watching the crowd gently sing the words. Bob is doing Tony sand Tony is singing a tribute song about him. It's beyond wild. Bob's doing an amazing job trying to do a good performance of this song in the manner that the ridiculous character he is playing would do it. I could listen to this over and over.
When he did the nasally hack job voice you can hear emotions show through. Meanwhile he was backed up by an excellent bunch of musicians. What surprises me is that this glorious video has so few views.
@@jolee6751 He had a large empty cardboard box on stage. It was in a comedy club in Denver, I think, he had me hide under the box and promised to give me an introduction and I'd pop out like a jack in the box. He never did it. I don't know why.
I didn’t mean to laugh , I just thought WoW ...you were Dan in the box is all and I wonder so many things. I wonder if he was waiting for you to say forget this and come out from under the box and the audience would of laughed . I don’t know cuz I don’t know Andy or his work or his mind....but you have this memory forever . Cool
The Tony Clifton character was pure genius! I was born in '81, so didn't get to enjoy Andy live. He's such a great practical jokester that people still think he faked his death almost 35 years later.
This is just another reason why Tony Clifton is the most underrated vocalist of all time! Give this legendary entertainer the credit he is due! Not sure who this ‘Andy’ is, but Tony sounds epic as always!
This is Andy’s long time partner Bob Zmuda! He actually is said to have preformed Tony more than Andy did, there’s a great clip of Tony circa Idk when on TH-cam it’s called like “Tony Clifton tells a great joke”, hilarious and it’s Bob Zmuda again. Zmuda had spent the last few decades continuing Andy’s work, he even insists that Andy is alive still, something we know. Andy would’ve wanted, long rant short, Bob is an amazing comedian and Andy would be damn proud of everything he’s done since his passing
REM wrote the song for Andy, Tony performed it in honor of Andy. Andy was a legend, Tony is a Legend for his time, REM was a legend since before Andy died because they were starting around the time Andy Died, if they'd have wrote this song in 1984 they still would have been famous. These Guys are Art! Andy Kauffman R.E.M Tony Clifton
As great as REM is, if they were playing the same date and time and I had to choose, I would pay to watch Clifton perform rather than REM. I suppose this reality for many is somewhere near the core of the whole gag...it's the schtick (and I mean that in the most complimentary way) that just keeps on giving. LOL!
Mott the Hoople and the Game of Life Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Andy Kaufman in the wrestling match Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Monopoly, twenty-one checkers, and chess Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Mister Fred Blassie in a breakfast mess Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Let's play Twister, let's play Risk Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah See you up in Heaven if you make the list Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Now, Andy, did you hear about this one? Tell me, are you locked in the punch? Andy, are you goofing on Elvis? Hey baby, are we losing touch? If you believed they put a man on the moon Man on the moon If you believe there's nothing up my sleeve Then nothing is cool Moses went walking with the staff of wood Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Newton got beaned by the apple good Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Egypt was troubled by the horrible asp Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Mister Charles Darwin had the balls to ask Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Now Andy, did you hear about this one? Tell me, are you locked in the punch? And Andy are you goofing on Elvis? Hey baby, are we loosing touch? If you believed they put a man on the moon Man on the moon If you believe there's nothing up his sleeve Then nothing is cool Here's a little agit for the never-believer Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Here's a little ghost for the offering Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah There's a truck stop instead of Saint Peter's Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Mister Andy Kaufman's went wrestling Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Andy, did you hear about this one? Tell me, are you locked in the punch? Andy, are you goofing on Elvis? Hey baby, are we losing touch? If you believed they put a man on the moon Man on the moon If you believe there's nothing up his sleeve Then nothing is cool If you believed If you believed If you believed they put a man on the moon Man on the moon If you believe there's nothing up his sleeve Then nothing is cool If you believed they put a man on the moon Man on the moon If you believe there's nothing up his sleeve Then nothing is cool
I did for karaoke one night. This one lady cried, came up to me and said she loved Andy Kaufman. We chatted about it. She was several years older than me and saw it all go down in real time, while I have just seen the movie and clips on TH-cam. I want to dress like Tony Clifton and do this song for karaoke, but I don't think anyone would get it. Might be offensive for some reason.
its so fucking funny watching the crowd bob their head and sing along having absolutely no idea what their being exposed to,,,Andy Kaufman still pulling peoples chains 30 years after his death,,, Thank You Bob for keeping Andy around,,,what happened to" stormy justice" ???
I watched Jim and Andy on netflix the other day. I'm lead to believe that its actually the production crew from the film man on the moon in the audience.
A little disrespectful towards R.E.M. not mentioning them at the start of the performance as they did write this fantastic song which is my favourite tune of all time but on the plus side what an excellent cover, love it!!!😎
Kaufman's sense of humor has made him immortal. Long after his passing we are all still guessing about Tony Clifton's identity. Is he Bob Zmuda? Is he Andy's brother? Did Andy Kaufman fake his death to allow himself to completely disappear inside Tony Clifton's hammy persona?
Tony Clifton was never a man of "respect", you know. Besides, he's been "disrespecting" the memory and talent of Andy Kaufman since Andy got him a job in "Taxi", that was the whole point.
Aussie Outlaw Sadly no. Pretty much Andy and His Comedy partner, Bob Zmuda, Both played Tony Clifton even when Andy was still with Us. So now as Andy is no longer with Us, Bob has fully taken over the Tony Clifton character to keep Andy’s Soul alive. Rest in peace Andy. You absolute genius!
In our hearts and memories always, but we all know if that was Andy the performance would be so much better, it would be the mischieveous, disrespectful, overconfident, shit singing Clifton, not this tired aged Zmuda still getting a paycheck off of his old friend. RIP Andy, the funniest fucker i ever see
Zmuda was Andy's writer, and his "Clifton" was always funnier in my opinion. There really was no Andy without Bob- it was a comedy duo- even though it was never promoted that way.
That's Bob Zmuda....not Andy, they each did Tony. Bob is a very talented guy, much more Tony than Andy's Tony. Andy's Elvis on Carson was EPIC! Look it up....
Then you've clearly never listened to them properly in the first place. You prefer a tired old half arsed Zmuda renidition over REM's? Sort your life out.
It's sad to watch Tony age with his creator and puppet master, he seems tired and the essence of Clifton is dead, it's just Zmuda singing dressed up as clifton, there's no act or personification anymore, it's not just karaoke, it's an act and Zmuda doesn't do his and Andy's creation justice anymore. RIP Andy, RIP Clifton
His friend aswell, Andy was his gravytrain when alive and so long after Andy's death, he's still getting paid because of him. No Tony Clifton will ever beat Andy's, although Jim Carey gets 2nd place for his exaggerated Clifton performance
This is a character created get Bob Zumuda and Andy Kaufman. Andy always denied he was tony even tho he was. Now Bob keeps it alive in his honor..... just how Andy would want it...
![[Live] : ONE FIGHT NIGHT 24 วันนี้!! “จาร์เร็ด vs กุสตาโว”](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/ENNA-fsT67c/mqdefault.jpg)
How can you watch this and not smile. Bob "Tony" was very subtle during this performance, you can tell it meant a lot to him. Long live Andy Kaufman, Bob Zmuda and Tony Clifton.
Tony Clifton - an absolute CLASS ACT! To come out and funeralize that dead kid after he spent so many years using Tony Clifton's good name to get places. Absolute king.
Andy died 40 years ago next May. I still cry when I watch this movie, every single time. I was a kid, but my uncle and I LOVED Andy Kaufman. I stayed up late and we called into the number for SNL to keep him. I never missed Taxi. We loved everything about Andy. I lived in Western Kentucky and we could get the Memphis wrestling shows with him and Larry Lawler. My uncle was at the show where he read Gatsby in its entirety. He never stooped talking about it. I tear up a little every time I hear the song. Andy and Uncle Pat ARE the memory of my childhood. Yes, I got up off the couch and adjusted the vertical roll on my screen during the Andy Kaufman Special. We were freaking out that the TV was messed up, Nooooooooooo!!!
Andy is gone.
Uncle Pat is gone.
But I am still here singing their praises.
He was about as funny as herpes
@@kevo1978 but that is the thing with herpes...it stays with you for life and just randomly pops up to cause chaos.
REM's cover of Tony's tune here is pretty good.
Not sure what it is about this video, but it moves me. I can't quite put my finger on it. The lighting is just beautiful and the way this video is shot is simply stunning. Watching the crowd gently sing the words. Bob is doing Tony sand Tony is singing a tribute song about him. It's beyond wild. Bob's doing an amazing job trying to do a good performance of this song in the manner that the ridiculous character he is playing would do it. I could listen to this over and over.
When he did the nasally hack job voice you can hear emotions show through. Meanwhile he was backed up by an excellent bunch of musicians.
What surprises me is that this glorious video has so few views.
It,s really a mixture of sadness and joy. Andy was just so brilliant!
Even if there's just one person in that audience completely confused wondering why so many people came to see him, than Andy is smiling in paradise.
I had the pleasure to perform on stage with Andy Kaufman. It was a very weird experience for the audience but I loved every minute of it.
Dan what did you do on stage with Andy?
@@jolee6751 He had a large empty cardboard box on stage. It was in a comedy club in Denver, I think, he had me hide under the box and promised to give me an introduction and I'd pop out like a jack in the box. He never did it. I don't know why.
@@dankemetick4492 LoL, that was his plan and memory he left you with 😊❤️
I didn’t mean to laugh , I just thought WoW ...you were Dan in the box is all and I wonder so many things. I wonder if he was waiting for you to say forget this and come out from under the box and the audience would of laughed . I don’t know cuz I don’t know Andy or his work or his mind....but you have this memory forever . Cool
He's a great actor. I love this version actually. Bob well done. Tony comes through you like no other.
Seeing a creation of Andy after he passed away perform a song aboit Andy is beautiful.
i cried just now
The Tony Clifton character was pure genius! I was born in '81, so didn't get to enjoy Andy live. He's such a great practical jokester that people still think he faked his death almost 35 years later.
Now, playing Donald Trump
This is just another reason why Tony Clifton is the most underrated vocalist of all time! Give this legendary entertainer the credit he is due!
Not sure who this ‘Andy’ is, but Tony sounds epic as always!
This is Andy’s long time partner Bob Zmuda! He actually is said to have preformed Tony more than Andy did, there’s a great clip of Tony circa Idk when on TH-cam it’s called like “Tony Clifton tells a great joke”, hilarious and it’s Bob Zmuda again. Zmuda had spent the last few decades continuing Andy’s work, he even insists that Andy is alive still, something we know. Andy would’ve wanted, long rant short, Bob is an amazing comedian and Andy would be damn proud of everything he’s done since his passing
Legendary and very fitting having Tony Clifton sing this song. Love it
What makes it work is because he sings it (almost) straight, he respects the song, and he has a first class band backing him up.
Fantastic Bob! love you, Tony Clifton is genious!
Brilliant horn section
If you're still around when I die, I want you to please sing this at my funeral. With the full brass band!
We MISS you Andy
You've gotta wonder if Andy's in that audience.
From one cosmic thing to another.. I don't know where he is. But you will find him. In the eyes of whatever you're looking at. It's there.
I wanted to impress you the most so I told you the last. Or at least for today. I don't know if you'll appreciate it but that's okay
Damn, that's a good looking band.
🤛🇺🇸🤜👍 Paul from Denver great tribute to Andy Kaufman and his creation Tony Clifton
So so good yet so sad
This performance does a lot!
Big time Tony!
And finally that song makes sense to me
rip andy we miss you tony should have done this song a long time ago it just goes together perfectly.
🤛🇺🇸🤜👍Paul from Denver love hearing Andy's Creations singing about him Tony Clifton
This is the first time I've heard this song, I think this is the way Andy would have wanted it
Andy Kaufman is my favorite stand up comedian and best of memphis wrestling wrestling and god bless you Andy Kaufman so much rest in peace
Art imitating itself.
God rest your soul Andy.
One if the funniest men in history. Top 5. Love ya Andy
Love this version. Very tender.
Te queremos Tony ;)
I'm a huge REM fan and I love this!
Better than REM yeah yeah yeah
Bob makes us cry yeah yeah yeah
Andy we miss you yeah yeah yeah
Fantastic!
REM wrote the song for Andy, Tony performed it in honor of Andy. Andy was a legend, Tony is a Legend for his time, REM was a legend since before Andy died because they were starting around the time Andy Died, if they'd have wrote this song in 1984 they still would have been famous. These Guys are Art!
Andy Kauffman
R.E.M
Tony Clifton
Tony Clifton the greatest song he ever song thank you very much❤
As great as REM is, if they were playing the same date and time and I had to choose, I would pay to watch Clifton perform rather than REM. I suppose this reality for many is somewhere near the core of the whole gag...it's the schtick (and I mean that in the most complimentary way) that just keeps on giving. LOL!
As a long time Andy/Tony fan... Thank you...this is really really wonderful..it made my day!
That's real soul! RIP Andy!
Mott the Hoople and the Game of Life
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Andy Kaufman in the wrestling match
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Monopoly, twenty-one checkers, and chess
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Mister Fred Blassie in a breakfast mess
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Let's play Twister, let's play Risk
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
See you up in Heaven if you make the list
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Now, Andy, did you hear about this one?
Tell me, are you locked in the punch?
Andy, are you goofing on Elvis?
Hey baby, are we losing touch?
If you believed they put a man on the moon
Man on the moon
If you believe there's nothing up my sleeve
Then nothing is cool
Moses went walking with the staff of wood
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Newton got beaned by the apple good
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Egypt was troubled by the horrible asp
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Mister Charles Darwin had the balls to ask
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Now Andy, did you hear about this one?
Tell me, are you locked in the punch?
And Andy are you goofing on Elvis?
Hey baby, are we loosing touch?
If you believed they put a man on the moon
Man on the moon
If you believe there's nothing up his sleeve
Then nothing is cool
Here's a little agit for the never-believer
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Here's a little ghost for the offering
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
There's a truck stop instead of Saint Peter's
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Mister Andy Kaufman's went wrestling
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Andy, did you hear about this one?
Tell me, are you locked in the punch?
Andy, are you goofing on Elvis?
Hey baby, are we losing touch?
If you believed they put a man on the moon
Man on the moon
If you believe there's nothing up his sleeve
Then nothing is cool
If you believed
If you believed
If you believed they put a man on the moon
Man on the moon
If you believe there's nothing up his sleeve
Then nothing is cool
If you believed they put a man on the moon
Man on the moon
If you believe there's nothing up his sleeve
Then nothing is cool
Grandeeee Tony, ¡España te quiere!
One hell of a band!
Superb singer ! Awesome im 2020. Rip Andy !
Great arrangement!!
I did for karaoke one night. This one lady cried, came up to me and said she loved Andy Kaufman. We chatted about it. She was several years older than me and saw it all go down in real time, while I have just seen the movie and clips on TH-cam. I want to dress like Tony Clifton and do this song for karaoke, but I don't think anyone would get it. Might be offensive for some reason.
Classy performance mr Clifton loved it
Way to go Tony, another great performance!!
Vi el reportaje de Andy y Jim, así conocí a éste personaje Tony! 👍
This is how it’s done!
This is the best Tonys ever sounded! 😀
I love this.
great version I love it
This is the ultimate tribute to Andy Kaufman. Tony Clifton butchering a song dedicated to him.
LMFAO!
True, and yet it hits ya right in the feels.
The Talented Mr Tony Clifton 😎
He's singing it quite well actually
No shit dip shit
WOW!
I believe
its so fucking funny watching the crowd bob their head and sing along having absolutely no idea what their being exposed to,,,Andy Kaufman still pulling peoples chains 30 years after his death,,,
Thank You Bob for keeping Andy around,,,what happened to" stormy justice" ???
I watched Jim and Andy on netflix the other day. I'm lead to believe that its actually the production crew from the film man on the moon in the audience.
love it
still missing you, Andy!
Sending love to the woman smiling to the camera at 2:58
thank you. more please.
REM rules
Andy lives through tony!
This song succeeds in being good, even being botched by Tony Clifton.
Fucking hell I am getting chills that Tony Clifton performing a song by REM that was written by Andy Kaufman
Hilarious and sad at the same time
Wonderful 😇
Classic
un saludo de argentina
A little disrespectful towards R.E.M. not mentioning them at the start of the performance as they did write this fantastic song which is my favourite tune of all time but on the plus side what an excellent cover, love it!!!😎
Back at here again.
bro. whoa
Kaufman's sense of humor has made him immortal. Long after his passing we are all still guessing about Tony Clifton's identity. Is he Bob Zmuda? Is he Andy's brother? Did Andy Kaufman fake his death to allow himself to completely disappear inside Tony Clifton's hammy persona?
I am Tony!
No! I am Tony!
Tony Clifton hey 👋 Tony!
Tony Clifton was never a man of "respect", you know. Besides, he's been "disrespecting" the memory and talent of Andy Kaufman since Andy got him a job in "Taxi", that was the whole point.
Tony Clifton says GO FUCK YOURSELF!
How did REM get the creds to perform with a singer of Tony Clifton's level of high art? Hey, Tony, why are you slumming, you *#!! #!*&^!
The band sounds great lol
REM is dead to me now. TONY IS KING !!
Oh man...
So Andy is still Alive
+Aussie Outlaw YEP!
Of course.
Aussie Outlaw Sadly no. Pretty much Andy and His Comedy partner, Bob Zmuda, Both played Tony Clifton even when Andy was still with Us. So now as Andy is no longer with Us, Bob has fully taken over the Tony Clifton character to keep Andy’s Soul alive. Rest in peace Andy. You absolute genius!
In our hearts and memories always, but we all know if that was Andy the performance would be so much better, it would be the mischieveous, disrespectful, overconfident, shit singing Clifton, not this tired aged Zmuda still getting a paycheck off of his old friend. RIP Andy, the funniest fucker i ever see
Zmuda was Andy's writer, and his "Clifton" was always funnier in my opinion. There really was no Andy without Bob- it was a comedy duo- even though it was never promoted that way.
That's Bob Zmuda....not Andy, they each did Tony. Bob is a very talented guy, much more Tony than Andy's Tony. Andy's Elvis on Carson was EPIC! Look it up....
Is this the real Tony Clifton
Volaire!
See! I told you Tony was real! D:
Oh, I don't think he's with REM. Just doing the song. OK Tony. You're swinging, man.
this isn't half bad.
ShadowArtist very true.
How many people in the audience are on acid???
Tony is losing it... too damn nice.. but it was awesome to watch
Mott The Hopple lol
So is that Bob Zmuda?
Very likely. Although Paul Giamatti also did Tony in the movie.
@@paulj6756 no dope it's F Bob......
Yes holy Lord
So scary to watch
Spoiler, they didn't
WHAT THE HELL WAS THIS MESS!!! YEAH YEAH YEAH!!
Pump the chicks
Now officially no reason to ever listen to REM ever again.
Then you've clearly never listened to them properly in the first place. You prefer a tired old half arsed Zmuda renidition over REM's? Sort your life out.
It's sad to watch Tony age with his creator and puppet master, he seems tired and the essence of Clifton is dead, it's just Zmuda singing dressed up as clifton, there's no act or personification anymore, it's not just karaoke, it's an act and Zmuda doesn't do his and Andy's creation justice anymore. RIP Andy, RIP Clifton
SavzShotz Pro it’s certainly an interesting character evolution, whether by choice or not
Wrong.... he wasnt there to be a fool.... this was an homage or tribute. Also Clifton was never a GIANT fool like you imply
Moron snowflake whiner.
Tony Clifton getting rougher around the edges with age seems perfectly fitting to me.
WRONG dope
How does it feel to so totally disrespect the memory and talent of Andy Kaufman?
His friend aswell, Andy was his gravytrain when alive and so long after Andy's death, he's still getting paid because of him. No Tony Clifton will ever beat Andy's, although Jim Carey gets 2nd place for his exaggerated Clifton performance
Kaufman would have loved this!
This is a character created get Bob Zumuda and Andy Kaufman. Andy always denied he was tony even tho he was. Now Bob keeps it alive in his honor..... just how Andy would want it...
You completely don't get it. I feel sorry for you.
Which cold blooded creatures gave this a thumbs down?