Is it fair to compare Tom Green with Andy Kaufman?

Catherine Wheel · 10-23-2012, 07:45 PM

I think in certain ways their style of comedy was very similar. They both had an absurdist, surreal approach to comedy. Of course Tom Green was/is more juvenile in a lot of ways.

vixnix · 10-23-2012, 08:05 PM

I love Tom Green but I don't know any Andy Kaufman so I can't comment

Trotskilicious · 10-23-2012, 08:11 PM

Catherine Wheel · 10-23-2012, 08:14 PM

http://gregstacy.wordpress.com/2006/...rson-daly-age/

A Paler Shade of Green: Tom Green – an Andy Kaufman talent in a Carson Daly age

http://dolphindentist.blogspot.com/2...tom-green.html

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Andy Kaufman vs. Tom Green

pavementtune · 10-23-2012, 09:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vixnix

I love Tom Green but I don't know any Andy Kaufman so I can't comment

You might have heard of Andy Kaufman before:

vixnix · 10-23-2012, 10:01 PM

Yeah I know his name, from that song and from man on the moon, the movie. I didn't see it but I remember Jim carrey and Courtney love were in it. And he was on taxi wasn't he? Is that what that show was called? I never really watched that either, I just saw reruns because they played them at 5:30 or something in new Zealand which is when my mother turned the tv on so she could cook dinner without us annoying her. But that's all I remember. I haven't ever seen him doing stand up or anything.

The Omega Concern · 10-23-2012, 11:09 PM

Has Tom Green ever wrestled pregnant woman on Letterman?

Has Tom Green ever done the best Elvis impersonation ever?

Has Tom Green ever got his neck broken by a professional wrestler?

Was Tom Green a lynchpin in a top rated comedy?

When Tom Green dies, will people think it a hoax?

The answer is no and not even close. Kaufman had true talent and was a master of breaking the 4th wall of entertainment. He was Mad, he was Genius, Green by comparison is the ultimate poser.

Order 66 · 10-23-2012, 11:57 PM

tom green was hilarious but pathetic without the original show's format. i understand why he wouldnt want to do it anymore but he doesnt have much of a future without it unless he wants to do vh1 reality tv or something

Luke de Spa · 10-24-2012, 02:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Omega Concern

Has Tom Green ever wrestled pregnant woman on Letterman?

Has Tom Green ever done the best Elvis impersonation ever?

Has Tom Green ever got his neck broken by a professional wrestler?

Was Tom Green a lynchpin in a top rated comedy?

When Tom Green dies, will people think it a hoax?

yes to all of the above and the only reason people don't think any of it happened is because there was a global cover-up

Luke de Spa · 10-24-2012, 02:44 AM

i mean this goes right to the very top

the upper echelons of our society

Luke de Spa · 10-24-2012, 02:46 AM

i mean think about it andy kaufman was famously competitive protective of his reputation

he was also a jew. you know who else was a jew? henry kissinger

QED

noyen · 10-24-2012, 03:02 AM

only white people think about this stuff. some of us had to grow up on electric avenue and not sesame street.

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vixnix Socialphobic Location: we are champions, bathed in the heat of a thousand flame wars in the grim future of the internet there is only netphoria Posts: 12,035	I love Tom Green but I don't know any Andy Kaufman so I can't comment

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Trotskilicious Banned Location: I believe in the transcendental qualities of friendship. Posts: 39,602

10-23-2012, 08:14 PM	#4
Catherine Wheel Banned Location: Washington, D.C. Posts: 6,321	http://gregstacy.wordpress.com/2006/...rson-daly-age/ A Paler Shade of Green: Tom Green – an Andy Kaufman talent in a Carson Daly age http://dolphindentist.blogspot.com/2...tom-green.html The Inappropriate Thesaurus Andy Kaufman vs. Tom Green

10-23-2012, 10:01 PM	#6
vixnix Socialphobic Location: we are champions, bathed in the heat of a thousand flame wars in the grim future of the internet there is only netphoria Posts: 12,035	Yeah I know his name, from that song and from man on the moon, the movie. I didn't see it but I remember Jim carrey and Courtney love were in it. And he was on taxi wasn't he? Is that what that show was called? I never really watched that either, I just saw reruns because they played them at 5:30 or something in new Zealand which is when my mother turned the tv on so she could cook dinner without us annoying her. But that's all I remember. I haven't ever seen him doing stand up or anything.

10-23-2012, 11:09 PM	#7
The Omega Concern Banned Location: stay, far, away Posts: 8,997	Has Tom Green ever wrestled pregnant woman on Letterman? Has Tom Green ever done the best Elvis impersonation ever? Has Tom Green ever got his neck broken by a professional wrestler? Was Tom Green a lynchpin in a top rated comedy? When Tom Green dies, will people think it a hoax? The answer is no and not even close. Kaufman had true talent and was a master of breaking the 4th wall of entertainment. He was Mad, he was Genius, Green by comparison is the ultimate poser.

10-23-2012, 11:57 PM	#8
Order 66 Socialphobic Posts: 11,883	tom green was hilarious but pathetic without the original show's format. i understand why he wouldnt want to do it anymore but he doesnt have much of a future without it unless he wants to do vh1 reality tv or something

10-24-2012, 02:44 AM	#10
Luke de Spa someone more...punk rock? Location: Ice cream pig out in M1-aud is why i don't play plug in baby the wrong way, like you Posts: 22,217	i mean this goes right to the very top the upper echelons of our society

10-24-2012, 02:46 AM	#11
Luke de Spa someone more...punk rock? Location: Ice cream pig out in M1-aud is why i don't play plug in baby the wrong way, like you Posts: 22,217	i mean think about it andy kaufman was famously competitive protective of his reputation he was also a jew. you know who else was a jew? henry kissinger QED

10-24-2012, 03:02 AM	#12
noyen Immortal Posts: 26,816	only white people think about this stuff. some of us had to grow up on electric avenue and not sesame street.