Reply #50: I still don't think it's true [View All]

[cmkramer]

I would never ever take anything in Wikipedia as the truth because anyone can put anything they want in there whether it's true or not. The same thing goes with IMDB and its trivia section. And like I said, the show was based on the stage show in Los Angeles which was done years before Kaufman died. Andy Kaufman wasn't sick in 1980 -- he was a regular on TAXI -- so it was unlikely that the reason why he didn't do the show himself was because of illness.

Another "famous" person who got their start on the show: Natasha Lyonne (she played "Opal")

I will say I think it is possible that as young up-and-coming comedians/actors Kaufman and Reubens may have talked about ideas for shows and that Reubens may have elaborated on a concept that started with Kaufman. But the whole "if Andy Kaufman hadn't gotten sick, he would have done the show" line, nope, doesn't work.

Getting back to the show, I always loved those snippets of vintage cartoons they showed.