# Andy Kaufman 30 years later

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andy-kaufman-30-years-later/699908>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 29, 2014, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andy-kaufman-30-years-later/699908 "2014-09-29T22:13:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andy-kaufman-30-years-later/699908/21 "2014-10-01T00:09:03Z")

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> [@cochrane](#):
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> Different strokes, I suppose. We all have our own opinions of what’s funny.

Ditto. Guy cracks me up, and he’s mostly before my time.

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**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andy-kaufman-30-years-later/699908/22 "2014-10-01T00:12:06Z")

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Yeah, there’s a reason he’s considered a genius by pretty much the entire community of comedians, and it isn’t because of a lack of clothes.

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**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andy-kaufman-30-years-later/699908/23 "2014-10-01T00:24:52Z")

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Andy was an acquired taste. I liked some of his stuff, but some of it was too out there for me.

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**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andy-kaufman-30-years-later/699908/24 "2014-10-01T00:40:31Z")

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> [@cochrane](#):
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> Andy was an acquired taste. I liked some of his stuff, but some of it was too out there for me.

Certainly. A lot of his comedy ventured out into absurdism and more “performance art,” but that’s exactly what I loved about him. That type of humor just tickles me so.

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