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Andy Kaufman: The Truth, Finally
Andy Kaufman: The Truth, Finally | Bob Zmuda, Lynne Margulies
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For the first time ever, the two people who knew Andy Kaufman best open up about the most enigmatic artist of our generation. Comedian and "Taxi" star Andy Kaufman, known for his crazy antics on screen and off, was the ultimate prankster, delighting audiences with his Elvis and Mighty Mouse impressions while also antagonizing them with his wrestling and lounge-lizard alter ego, Tony Clifton. Some say he died in 1984, while others believe he performed the ultimate vanishing act. In "Andy Kaufman: The Truth, Finally," Bob Zmuda, Andy's writer and best friend, and Lynn Margulies, the love of Andy's life, reveal all--including surprising secrets that Andy made Lynne and Bob promise never to tell until both of his parents had died. Hilarious and poignant, this book separates fact from fiction, and includes a candid inside look at the Milos Forman film "Man on the Moon," which Zmuda coexecutive produced and featured Jim Carrey as Andy, Paul Giamatti as Zmuda, Courtney Love as Margulies, and Danny DeVito as Andy's manager, George Shapiro. Finally, Bob Zmuda shares in detail the reasons he believes Andy Kaufman did, in fact, fake his own death, including exactly how he did it and why he will return.
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TobeyTheScavengerMonk
Andy Kaufman: The Truth, Finally | Bob Zmuda, Lynne Margulies
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I love Andy but this book does not, as it purports to do, provide any #truth about whether he faked his death or not. The truth in the title is that basically Andy was bisexual, and the author, his best friend, thinks that's icky. Zmuda is homophobic and includes two disgusting stories about things he did with women who thought he was Jim Carey in a costume. It was a bad book and you should not read it. #maybookflowers

Ubookquitous Thank you for letting us know why we shouldn't waste time on it. It helps when honest reviews help me eliminate a book off the list 7y
Moray_Reads Wow, that sounds really unpleasant... 7y
Eyelit Zmuda sounds super awful 7y
TobeyTheScavengerMonk @Eyelit He's done a lot of good work to help the homeless through the Comic Relief program, but his own words in this book make him seem like a pretty rotten guy. 7y
Hobbinol 😬 7y
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