Andy Kaufman Impersonates Elvis Presley and Foreign Man | Carson Tonight Show
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The may be the highest level “joke” that’s ever been told, where it’s a requirement for you to be the greatest Elvis impersonator who ever lived in order to deliver the punchline.
Thank you very much LOL… Greatest punchline
That he was.
Very well put sir
What a talent!!! He makes me laugh 😂 so much. RIP. 🥰🥰🥰🥰
Even a Mexican can be Elvis
Elvis himself said Andy was amazing and by far the best he had ever seen doing him. He was very flattered and had nothing but great things to say about Andy. So sad we lost them both way to soon.
all that running jumping around on stage.
Wow! Didn’t know! Thanks. Happy Elvis got to see Andy’s impersonation.🥰🥰
Yes that's true Andy was his favourite imitator.
Really?? Are you sure he actually said that??
@@KingKenny. Yea there are many articles
“After the show baby”...lmao!!...how perfect was that??!!
yeah i had to go back and watch that part again lmao
I at reading this comment when he said it.
Well thank you, thank you very much. Uhuhuh.
And all the lines he used came from actual Elvis quotes during performances.
I heard "half of the show baby"
The entire act works up to that final "...thank you very much." as the punchline for everything. Genius.
Really? Spoilers!!!
What I love about Andy Kaufman is that he will dedicate most of his act to the set up of one joke. A true comedic genius.
Such a brilliant long-con.
This is seriously the best Elvis impersonation EVER!
Totally!
David DiMuzio yes I agree the best Elvis ever
Not even close.
A man named Eddie Miles gets that distinction.
Just look him up.
Eddie is the best impersonator in history
totaly agree, no one can do it better than Andy
Elvis Presley himself said that Andy Kaufman was his favourite Elvis impersonator.
I love the cut back to Latka saying "Thank you very mach" at the end.
One of a kind
CLASSIC indeed!
Legend has it, andy is still making the heavenly crew cry with laughter up in the heavens! RIP kaufman!
It's what makes the bit so genuis.
Yes, this was the "punchline" - pure genius
And you can hear Carson absolutely lose it right when he drops back into the Foreign Man voice and says, "Thank you veddy much." Johnny was in on the joke and GOT it, man.
I don’t think anyone needs to be “in on the joke” to appreciate the absurdity and hilarity of it.
I watched this Carson episode when it first aired on NBC. I still remember being blown away by Kaufman's Elvis. It still stays with me, some 41 years later. And yes, Elvis loved Andy's Elvis impression, more than any other impersonator.
Kaufman was Elvis's favorite Elvis impersonator.
I laughed out loud when the girl in the audience screamed and he said “ After the show baby!”, what a great ad lib and so quick!
Man that Elvis impression was such a letdown after he nailed Archie Bunker
Not many can truly make me lol, but you did!
Omg, it sounded JUST like him! 😂
LoLoL
😂😂😂
He was the only one Elvis ever complimented on his impression.
for those younger than me...Nobody did an Elvis impersonatlion really until Andy did it. We were shocked that he could talk normal let alone be Elvis. Andy was cutting edge always marching to his own tune.
Tom Hasting Elvis met a impersonator by his house in Beverly Hills in 1972. Those pics are all over the net. And there where impersonators long before that to. But you meant those who did it on TV maybe?
Oh wow, was this before Taxi?
Tom Hasting Johnny Cash did some impressions.
That was his whole act with the 'foreign man'. Conditioning the audience.. and then suddenly - bam- surprise !
Best comment and what I thought too!!! :)
Andy was brilliant. He could make you feel uncomfortable one second, laugh uproaressly the next, and overall be in awe of his incredible talents. I loved him!
This is the secret fantasy everyone has in highschool
To blow everybody's mind with your hidden talent after years of cringe
I wanna do now in college , should I do!?
What a nice thought! Thank you 🤙
@@amangadpale9284 DO IT!!! 💪
he wasnt cringe
The vocals were outstanding. Andy just killed it.
Black Death 1347 True, None of the ones now days have any kind of voice. Have never seen them song the slow ballads with the vibrato Andy had.
+Aaron Price as Elvis ? Listen to Ben Portsmouth
+Aaron Price so right
after andy imitates elvis he goes back to that voice again. no one does that anymore
@@lv2533 I don't think anyone else ever did that. Andy Kaufman was a genuine original.
@Daniel S this was mid 70s. johnny carson hated elvis impersonators. when jim carrey went on the tonight show and _pantomimed_ elvis, johnny didn't even invite him over to sit down and talk.
Andy was a comic genius. like the time when he read the entire Great Gatsby in front of an audience. hysterical man
get real. isnt genius. its off the wall and unfunny. people feel like intellectuals if they act like they get it and call it genius, hilarious etc
@@MM-rr1kp 😂 stop crying, comedy is subjective
@@TC8787-yq7og you probly like bob dylan too
@@MM-rr1kp you probably think your opinion carries more weight than anybody else's. I feel sad for you that your first response to somebody enjoying a comedian is to immediately shoot it down, must be a miserable outlook on life.
@@MM-rr1kpwhat he said ∆
The “thank you very much” at the very end was priceless. You can hear Carson explode in laughter when he says it. That has to be one of the best acts on Carson ever.
It's a brilliant piece of book-ending, because it makes the Elvis part only a part of the Foreign Man act. Such a long-con, and the perfect killer ending to that act.
This is one of the greatest performances of all time still, after 40 or more years. Unreal to the next level..
You have to truly love someone to do a valid impression. You can’t fake from a place of contempt, it always rings hollow.
Everyone laughing at the beginning because they know the spiel by now. He’s already famous from taxi.
But imagine seeing him for the first time in the comedy club … not knowing the foreign man is a character and not his actual voice. And seeing him basically bomb up there …
Then magically transform into Elvis. 🤩
I wish I could time travel and go into the improv his first night doing this
this is truly one of THE greatest performances of all time
The vocals were amazing. He had a lot of talent.
This is pure talent right here. I remember watching this at 13. This is dated March 3rd, 1977. Elvis passed away 5 months later, August 16th
Brilliant! Scary-good Elvis impersonation. What blew me away was the quality of singing.
You can all just stare at me while I catch my breath.
Yes, but those weren't his word's, those were Elvis' words! Elvis only had to turn around and they'd go plain crazy. Elvis knew how to play an audience. He had the talent, the rest were just imitators and this guy is a joke. Freddy Star did a much better impersonation of Elvis than this guy and all those who came later and Elvis said Freddy Star was good.
@@JohnDeCarteretElvis you dont get it!
@@JohnDeCarteretElvis Elvis also said that Andy Kaufman's impersonation was his favorite. No one is ELVIS. I wish he was still around. But Andy did a really great job. Elvis could laugh at himself and surely enjoyed even the comments intended as humor.
After the show, baby.
John De Carteret
You totally miss the point man.
This was latka doing elvis.
Not Andy doing elvis.
The joke is … an Eastern European man who speaks broken English with a high pitch voice.
That can do a near perfect elvis impression.
Singing and talking.
It’s all a build up the the punchline.
Where he says “thank you very much” as Latka.
That is the joke.
The very end.
He was great , he died so young , rest in peace Andy and Elvis
Amazing ! Andy Kaufman had every detail of Elvis down perfectly !❤
He was born in 1949, so he was a kid when Elvis was at his height. Back in those days all the little boys wanted to be like Elvis. Many wore their hair like his and learned to play the guitar and sing. It wouldn't be surprising to learn that Andy was one of those little Elvis fans.
@Tyrel J. haha
I remember watching this episode of Carson and was blown away along with everyone else.
Best part was watching Johnny's reaction--he loved him!
Elvis said Andy was his fave Elvis impersonator!
Reading about the sense of humor he had I think he would found his acts funny even without the impersonating
Andy said Elvis was his favourite Andy impersonator
I love Andy's Elvis. There are others, especially today, that have the voice down better, but Andy is a joy to watch.
I love how much Johnny loves this. You can hear him cracking up in the background, and then of course Andy turns around and asks if he’s doing a good job. Perfect.
I remember watching this the first time it aired. !!!! I was stunned! Blown away by the utter shock and contrast. Superbly designed and executed. Andy was a master. Genius!
"Thank You", "Thank You Very Much", Andy! you are missed.
....ladies and gentlemen, Andy has left the building........ (?)
There have been many talented, funny stage performers. This performance by Andy Kaufman is on a level of genius that very few entertainers in any medium could hope to achieve.
Don't get the genius in his performances .
In today's world he would be kicked off the X faxtor or whatever those talent shows are called.
@@SomeOne-ji8ny are you a millennial?
@@SomeOne-ji8ny are you a millennial? Your answer seems to seal it.
@@SomeOne-ji8ny I agree.
He's a talented guy... but no genius. Since when is being weird akin to genius?
@@jamess.9361 Andy was such a genius he convinced you he was weird 🤣🤣🤣
this guy was so far ahead of his time, no one knew what to make of him. He was pure genious!
+badcoach2000 I saw him from the very beginning and just loved his totally unique and off the wall comedy, and then he did Elvis, and that just totally blew me away!!!!!
That's possibly the funniest thing I have ever seen. I nearly peed myself laughing 😂. God bless that man he was adorable.
I hope your bladder's doing fine.
Love how long he takes combing his hair, and when he says you can all just watch him while he takes a drink and catches his breath. So great that Elvis enjoyed watching him too. Very sad they both died way too soon.
That last, “Thank you very much” kills it.
I love watching Andy perform. What a talent!
Andy's parody of Elvis was so dead on and so funny that even Elvis himself was a big fan of it.
Elvis said that Andy Kaufman was his favorite impersonator.
MaskedMarvyl False.
Andy Kaufman said that Elvis said that Andy Kaufman was his favorite impersonator.
@@randythompson5154 , True.
Research.
He said he loved the impersonation! Not that it was his favorite! But that's only because, people weren't really impersonating him at that time! It wasnt til after he died,that Elvis impersonating became a thing!
and lisa wasn't a fan of any of them
Andy was so great doing this,. the audience thought that "Elvis" was going to be done by foreign man, but he knocked it out of the park
Dude that IS the joke lol. Foreign man is a perfect Elvis impersonator
Loved Andy Kaufman. He said, "I never told a joke in my life." Everything was "performance" comedy.
I never get tired of watching this! Not only was his Elvis spot on, but the set up with Foreign Man was pure genius!
I actually remember seeing this bit on TV those 42 years ago. It was one of the best one-joke performances ever.
Andy does the best Elvis impersonation I have ever heard. What a genius. RIP Andy if you really gone..
You guys have to understand this was Andy's act for the early part of his career. He spent hours and hours getting the Elvis down to that-- which your grandparents would say was spot on. When he did this in most venues as foreign man doing "poor impressions" it would completely bomb. In the act, he would do more than two bad ones to the point where people just thought he sucked and they paid to get in. And then he did this spot-on Elvis and blew people's minds, which is what Kaufman was all about.
So he would act like an ass for an hour then be half competant for 15 minutes? Hilarious.
It's an absolutely brilliant premise for a joke, and incredibly ballsy because it requires A) making the audience incredibly uncomfortable while intentionally bombing as "Foreign Man," but not losing them too much, and B) following up those intentionally horrible impressions with an absolutely showstopping impression. In fact, an impression wouldn't have cut it--it had to be a full-on song and dance number from an icon like Elvis, and it had to be played straight and damn near perfectly to work. Look at some of the Elvis impersonators of today--they still don't have it down quite as well as Andy did, and Elvis was still alive at this point!
Dash Nude
I think that's hilarious. Check out the Great Gatsby bit to see just what a genius troll he was.
He does look like him but the Elvis voice is one of those thing nearly everyone can do and people will know who you are imitating and Elvis suit is so iconic you could wear it with a beard and a blond wig and people would still think Elvis
This was Elvis's favorite impersonation of him. And only 5 months before he died. : (
Died? When did Elvis die?
seattwa when did Elvis comment on this so called impersonation?
@@Lot_2023 Elvis did not die he just went home
@David Get well, soon. Moron.
@David Smith He was making a joke originally, buddy; from my estimation, likely hinging on the popular theory that Elvis's death was in fact staged and that he went on to live outside of the public eye for a number of years afterward.
And then he's just being a jerk because you seemed not to realize that.
"After the show, baby" 😂😂😂😂
The Best Elvis Impersonations Ever.
We Miss 🥺 You Andy.
Johnny’s involuntary cackle at the end
5:59
*"Wait a minute...wait a minute.*
*Sumthin' wrong with ma lip!!"*
"You remember that? I got news for ya baby I did 29 pictures like that"
In 2020 I hope that Andy comes back. We need him more than ever.
we need a 70's comedian? why lol
Well, we sure need his hygiene tips!
@Desiree Hall, or did he?
His attention to detail that literally nobody else would think of, in an era before Elvis impersonation was a thing, is just mind-blowing. Down to the nose twitch lmao. And it was so loveable because, sure it had a few jabs, but, it wasn't a making-fun-of impression - it was a genuine homage.
His Elvis voice is so fucking spot on. God damn.
Goctagon Andy was good but a true Elvis fan would never saw spot on. We have listened to Elvis all our lives and can hear the difference. Andy did a great job though
Both still here and a good thing too👍
Andy influenced me in more ways than I ever realized. Looking back on the 3000 shows I have performed live since 1982...there was a lot of "andy" at those venues. Thanks AK for all the fun and uncertainty you gave us!
I am KC & I approve this message
Andy was one of a kind. I still find him funny.
"after the show baby" lmao
The best imitation of Elvis for sure. I didn’t know he had it in him.
Still holds up. Kaufman = Brilliant beyond time.
We lost one of the greatest comedians in history!!!!! Rip Andy , we will never forget you !!!!!
Amazingly creative and different! He took it to a new level, a level very few have gone since.
Brought a very much needed smile to my face. Thank-you veddy much.
I always laugh when Andy sings Elvis so well, because I'm waiting for the "tank you very much" at the end.
Comedic genius, Andy provides a master's course in standup. Listen for Carson howling with laughter offstage, after the Archie Bunker impression, LOL
I truly enjoyed his impression of Elvis Presley. His voice is almost close to his, particularly when he imitates his talking. I also admired his role as Latka Gravas in Taxi.
Johnny's hearty laugh at the end just makes my night.
One of the greatest of genius performances in TV history.
Loved the guy. Genius, or daredevil. Way ahead of his time. I forgot how well he did Elvis. Funny
Glad you liked it.
Unfortunately, this classic clip of Andy doing Elvis is woefully diminished by those who post this clip with Andy ONLY doing Elvis and not the entire clip of which precedes the Elvis act that is key to the entire genius of this clip.
*Most clips on You Tube of Andy Kaufman doing Elvis Presley to near perfect impersonation, just don't get it.*
_They'll only show him doing Elvis._
But in reality, you must watch the entire clip,
the full act to really appreciate the genius of his Elvis act.
The full act includes two purposefully terrible impersonations that precede the Elvis act. First of which is of Carol O'Connor of "All in the Family" getting into his 'Meathead diatribe' against his son-in-law, Michael, and doing an embarrassingly terrible job of it in his high-pitched accented voice.
He then tells the audience his next impersonation would be of Ed McMahon, which he again does in his high-pitched accented embarrassingly terrible
approach.
So, now Andy has the audience all primed up, expectation nil, not to at all expect anything worth seeing upon announcing his next act to be an impersonation of Elvis. The audience, after watching two wilted impersonations is by now inured to any claim of a genuine, right-on impersonation. He then continues to play with he audience by turning around and donning his Elvis costume.
By then he turns around and does a tour-de-force, knocked out of the ballpark of Elvis like no one has ever seen before. The first two impersonations are necessary to see in order to lower any expectations by the audience and thus raise the audience's shock and delight when he does do his Elvis so right-on perfectly. But most clips won't show the drama of the entire clip that makes this the classic it is.
Dog Brindle Thank you very much.
+Michael Safrin Right you are, sir.
Yup
His Elvis impersonation is stupendous! He was a genius.
as under appreciated in his own time as Norm Macdonald,.. Andy was the first Troll, his comedy was for him, it didn't matter if you didn't get it, he did, and that was god enough,.. lol. watch his audition for Saturday Night Live if you don't think so :P...
He looks like nicholas cage in the Elvis' shoes 🤣🤣🤣
This is fucking brilliant !!
I was listening to this on headphones and wow that Elvis impersonation was the best I've ever heard...
This guy had perfect timing when doing Elvis.His greatest impersonation was that people thought he was foreign .Great comedian.
One of the greatest skits ever!
Eight of the best minutes on television ever!
No better impersonation of Elvis has ever been done.
+evilcowboy He get's the total feel of Elvis, and the women are screaming, imagine Elvis walking out on stage and doing something with him, that would have been completely incredible!!!!!
And that is worth exactly what?
Take a look at Freddie Starr, nuff said !!
@@dingdong289 who the hells freedy star?
Bruce Campbell as 'The King' in Bubba Ho Tep,
Especially in the commentary track of that movie.
The two best Elvis impressions I saw Andy Kauffman here, who had the voice spot on here, and Andrew Dice Clay when I was in Las Vegas.
The dead fucking seriously flawless accuracy is what makes this act of Andy's so Great!
Most favorite Andy Kaufman impersonation of our ELVIS!
Extremely ahead of his time... Even ahead of our time.
Roger Allen what does that even mean?
Oh yes
@Craig O'Neill, seriously? You can't figure out what that means?
It means that no one understood Andy Kaufman because..he didn't want them to.
well then maybe someone in the future will find him funny
As an Australian the only thing that I ever saw of Andy Kaufman was man on the moon. I had no idea how truly talented and funny he was!!
Andy was truly brilliant. For a second there, I almost thought that was Elvis...
You can really see that this guy was at another level and WAY ahead of his time...
Joe Cap in
Yup. Genius.
He was right on time
He was too smart for his audience many times..
Joe Cap
Ahead of his time?
He was a moron
We sure miss Andy Kaufman; what a gifted, and extremely funny, funny man...there will never be anyone like him.
An incredible mind. A definite edge of sarcasm towards life in general but light years ahead of his time.
OMG, I used to watch Johnny Carson every night when I was in High School. I saw this episode the night it aired. It blew my mind and now I just found it on TH-cam. Thanks for posting it, it brought back a ton of memories for me.
WOW, one of the BEST imitations of Elvis Presley, I have ever heard! That Andy Kaufman was AMAZING!!!
Andy is a truly talented and comedic genius.
Seeing andy Kaufman doing Elvis was wonderful .I loved how he sung, danced . He has a great singing voice ,great moves . Rest in peace andy . It's been nearly 42yrs in August of 2019 that the real Elvis Presley died . Back then I felt lost without him making music ,movies . I still miss him to this day for he was my idol .
Johnny was thoroughly enjoying this performance
Am I the only one amazed by this! I thought he was just a jokester all the time. Makes me want Elvis now!
+Nicole Right on!!!!!
Daniel Appleton are u dumb? It's all apart of the act. The first two he made it seem like his impressions were litterally the same voice as his characters voice and than Elvis came to actually do a real impression when they figured it was gonna be the same voice. And than he finishes it with that voice
Gods Child I think Daniel got it. That's why he said it was his way of setting up the audience. I'd let Daniel answer for himself but he died three months ago.
Thankyou veddy much at the end just crushed it! Legendary
Carson's laugh at the end...
Johnny was the best at finding up and coming young comedians.
Excellent impression
Imagine being in the audience to see this live. Unbelievable!
I can see Mr.Andy Kaufman is very passionate in his stuff.
I did this bit for a talent show when I was in the sixth grade. Nobody understood that I wasn't imitating Elvis, I was imitating Andy Kaufman. I did the same patter, including the part about a song he did in 1927. Kaufman was the most original comedic talent ever, I think. His whole life was like a stage performance.
"After the show baby"😂 ive never seen a more accurate Elvis than Kaufmans
Brilliant. His Elvis is fantastic.