# Milk & Cookies with the Man in the Moon **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 4, 2000, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milk-cookies-with-the-man-in-the-moon/21364 "2000-06-04T13:31:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Peta\_Tzunami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b487fb/32.png) [@Peta\_Tzunami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peta_Tzunami)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2000, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milk-cookies-with-the-man-in-the-moon/21364/1 "2000-06-04T13:31:46Z")
I thought I’d post this not because its any great question, but because it was something I thought interesting to know… Since all of our own videos are packed as well as the DVD player for our move (whimper), the other night PLD and I rented a videos from Hollywood Video including “Man in the Moon” with Jim Carey as the unusual Andy Kaufman. At one point, Kaufman takes the entire audience from a Carnegie Hall performance out for milk and cookies. I wondered to myself whether or not I would actual take him up on the invitation–it seemed everyone in the audience did. I just wonder, if you were in the audience, would you? Or, would it seem…I don’t know…strange? Like accepting candy from a stranger? After all, they don’t get much stranger than Andy K in his prime. 🙂 Just curious… ---
**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2000, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milk-cookies-with-the-man-in-the-moon/21364/2 "2000-06-05T16:19:56Z")
Hell, yea. Change to hang out with Kaufman, my God of Strangeness? In a second. On the Swiddlemobile at this moment is an “ANDY LIVES!” sticker with a Warhol-esque picture of Andy. The man was so far ahead of his time that we’re barely apprechiateing him now. And it’s free milk and cookies. I ALWAYS accept free food. (candy: no. Food: yes.) ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2000, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milk-cookies-with-the-man-in-the-moon/21364/3 "2000-06-05T21:38:17Z")
Knowing Andy Kaufman, my question would be, where did the milk come from, and what’s in those cookies? ---
**Author:** ![Argeable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5ac83/32.png) [@Argeable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argeable)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2000, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milk-cookies-with-the-man-in-the-moon/21364/4 "2000-06-06T01:54:03Z")
I’ve gotta go with Riddles on this one, if it’s food, especially baked goods, and free, then I’ll take it 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Argeable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5ac83/32.png) [@Argeable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argeable)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2000, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milk-cookies-with-the-man-in-the-moon/21364/5 "2000-06-06T01:54:09Z")
I’ve gotta go with Riddles on this one, if it’s food, especially baked goods, and free, then I’ll take it 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2000, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milk-cookies-with-the-man-in-the-moon/21364/6 "2000-06-06T15:24:05Z")
Tom Green’s parents probably wonder where they went wrong. I think it wasn’t their fault–their son is possessed by the spirit of Andy Kaufman. ---
**Author:** ![Peta\_Tzunami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b487fb/32.png) [@Peta\_Tzunami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peta_Tzunami)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2000, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milk-cookies-with-the-man-in-the-moon/21364/7 "2000-06-07T03:01:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > Tom Green’s parents probably wonder where they went wrong. > I think it wasn’t their fault–their son is possessed by the spirit of Andy Kaufman. > \*\* I’m not really pro nor anti-Tom Green, but I think Andy Kaufman was way more talented and clever than Tom Green. His goal is JUST to be outrageous for the sake of it…Kaufman seemed to have more of a purpose behind his antics–even if it was just an inside joke with _he, himself and him._ 😛 For the record, I think I **would** go for milk and cookies with Andy Kaufman, but I might be edgy the whole wondering if something strange or outrageous was happening or going to…although, I guess taking tens-of-thousands of people out for milk and cookies is about as strange as one needs to be in order to be considered outrageous! ---
**Author:** ![ThisYearsGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@ThisYearsGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisYearsGirl)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2000, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milk-cookies-with-the-man-in-the-moon/21364/8 "2000-06-07T16:55:14Z")
This thread reminds me of a time I was in downtown Asheville with a friend of mine, and we walked by this candy store. Right outside of it was this old man giving us candy, so I took some, but my friend starting freaking out. “You just took candy from a strange old man in Asheville! What are you thinking!?” So I guess since I cheated death/drug addiction than, I would take the cookies. ---
**Author:** ![ThisYearsGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@ThisYearsGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisYearsGirl)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2000, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milk-cookies-with-the-man-in-the-moon/21364/9 "2000-06-07T16:56:30Z")
This thread reminds me of a time I was in downtown Asheville with a friend of mine, and we walked by this candy store. Right outside of it was this old man giving us candy, so I took some, but my friend starting freaking out. “You just took candy from a strange old man in Asheville! What are you thinking!?” So I guess since I cheated death/drug addiction then, I would take the cookies. ---
**Author:** ![cervixvictim2009](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/65b543/32.png) [@cervixvictim2009](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cervixvictim2009)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2015, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milk-cookies-with-the-man-in-the-moon/21364/10 "2015-01-03T23:37:58Z")
I’d much rather it be cheese, crackers and pickled onions than milk and cookies… ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2015, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milk-cookies-with-the-man-in-the-moon/21364/11 "2015-01-04T00:13:18Z")
> [@cervixvictim2009](#): > > I’d much rather it be cheese, crackers and pickled onions than milk and cookies… …& brains. Zombies like brains. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2015, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milk-cookies-with-the-man-in-the-moon/21364/12 "2015-01-04T00:38:33Z")
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