The Overnightscape #740 (Tuesday, September 16, 2008 / 2:31:00 / 138 MB / theovernightscape.com) - Tonight’s subjects include: An Interview With (a man who claims to be) Andy Kaufman, area code 740 in Ohio, recap of the interview situation, ran out of coffee, screwed up the recording, voiceover artist Ken Scott at ThatVoiceGuy.com, That Girl, Marlo Thomas, a visit to Whole Foods, ostrich eggs, The Oranges, a 20% chance, expensive shopping, Allegro Coffee - Sumatra Blue Batak, snack review (Go Raw “Simple” Flax Snax - New Bite Size Version), tomato powder, our economy is collapsing, AN INTERVIEW WITH ANDY KAUFMAN, voice modulator, AndyKaufmanLives.com, Stephen D. Maddox, package, personal check, career overview, children’s entertainer, Mighty Mouse, Dick Van Dyke, the first episode of Saturday Night Live, Taxi, has-beens and careers that crumble, money and fame, wrestling women, the stage doesn’t end at the end of the stage, Fridays, Jack Burns, Melanie Chartoff, Michael Richards, Weird Al Yankovic’s “UHF”, John Lennon, the origins of the idea of faking his death, Elvis, hoaxer Alan Abel, jerky, the supposed death in May 1984, how “Elvis” faked his death, “The Song That Never Ends”, getting recognized, phone call, money, new identity, “The Running Man”, travel, apartments, the character “Claire”, blood clot in leg, Video Toaster, “Photo Claire”, working at Walt Disney World, public access television, the new generation, books, getting involved in stuff on the Internet, history of the websites, Geocities, 20 year anniversary of the death, Enrique, different characters, getting onto Twitter, Retarded Policeman, testing the waters, @TheAndyKaufman, YouTube, the future of video, Commodore 64, conspiracy theories, hurting people’s feelings, the quality of the answers on Twitter, cave paintings, preserving digital media, FastBoards, Archive.org, fragments, cartoons, The Rampler, people who want proof, discovery process, the future, watching cartoons all day, adult life, keeping your freedom, Ron Paul, the presidential campaign, the Santa campaign, Scavenger Hunt, “Bubba Ho-Tep”, “Man On The Moon”, Laurie Anderson, The Muppets, “The Tony Clifton Story”, The Carnival Video with Troy, the information trail, health, transcendental meditation, the 25th anniversary, Santa/Elvis hybrid, meeting new people, The Allusion Forum (waveandwake.org), another forum, people listening in the future, END OF INTERVIEW, see it was real, and a Flax Snax update. Hosted by Frank Edward Nora (frank@theovernightscape.com)
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September 15th, 2008 at 1:30 pm
very interesting, I was sort of expecting the voice disguise - i think ill have to say 15% convinced, how about contacting that guy who saw him at the fun park through his website or something, would be good to get an expert on Andy Kaufman trivia to ask a bunch of questions. Also did he say he had lung cancer that time he was coughing? that would be very serious
I hope not. Well who ever he is certainly has made these past few days very interesting, I think the chase maybe better then the prize though, couldn’t someone easily find his house who lives in that state?
I know he dosnt wanna be bothered but if your gonna be the center of conspiracy, expect to be investigated.
September 18th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
Frank, this may be one of the greatest ONS ever. You conducted the interview perfectly, and this guy’s pretty amazing. I’m thinking that he’s way too laid back to be pulling a hoax - does not seem insincere in the least. I’m about 90% convinced that it’s Kaufman.
Kudos on what could a very historic audio recording!!!
Brian
September 18th, 2008 at 7:50 pm
Great interview! As for the listener that stopped listening all together because of two 2-hour episodes is thinking… Why not just skip those episodes and continue listening? Some people do not make any sense to me. Have a great weekend and keep up the fantastic talk shows!
September 18th, 2008 at 11:20 pm
Great interview Frank. You asked all the right questions and Andy gave very good answers. One thing I heard during the interview was very heavy labored breathing by Andy. For someone who is in good shape even at 59 this is kind of uncommon. Did anyone else hear that or did I just have a bad feed. Keep up the great shows and its great to have all the new listeners contributing on twitter as well.
October 4th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
SANTA IS DEAD
October 20th, 2008 at 4:19 pm
Like many things on internet a monumental waste of time, could
have been more fun if the accent would have been more in the
vicinty of Andy´s. But this is just plain lazy untalented crap.
Sorry.
November 14th, 2008 at 3:25 pm
You would think whatever studio he went to would release some sort of statement about having “Andy Kaufman” come and record a 2 hour phone conversation 24 years after his death.
FISHY