Andy Kaufman Plays Carnegie Hall(1980)

Andy Kaufman Plays Carnegie Hall Synopsis

Andy Kaufman's legendary sold-out Carnegie Hall performance, featuring all of Kaufman's classic routines, including Foreign Man, Elvis, conga drums, plus Andy wrestling women and even taking on a real male wrestler! Also appearing is a menagerie of Kaufman's collection of human oddities, including the infamous Tony Clifton, The Love Family (a sub-Partridge Family singing group who do a bang-up version of "The Age of Aquarius" complete with synchronized dance movements), Grant Bowman the "Happy New Year Man" (straight from Times Square, where Andy found him), "cowgirl" Eleanor Cody Gould and an uncredited, surprise big name guest as Andy’s grandmother. Bob Zmuda appears as Andy's referee, and at the end of the show, Andy takes the entire audience out for milk and cookies.

Andy Kaufman Plays Carnegie Hall (1980) is a comedy, music, tv movie and documentary film directed by Bob Zmuda, released on June 12, 1980 with a runtime of 1h 17m. It stars Andy Kaufman, Bob Zmuda and Robin Williams. Viewers rate it 7.0 out of 10 across 3 ratings.