Andy Kaufman ALIVE

[bascule]

Apparently Andy Kaufman has just pulled the greatest practical joke of all time. 20 years ago today he faked his own death. He has come out of hiding and confirmed his identity by giving DNA, hair and blood samples, and fingerprints. You can read about it here:

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...234/726q1.html

He has also launched a blog, which is available here:

http://andykaufmanreturns.blogspot.com/

This quote was particularly humorous:

I got a call today from some investigators at the LAPD who said they wanted to "ask me a few questions" about my disappearance 20 years ago.

I told them about the statute of limitations (7 years) on faking ones death, but they persisted and said they have "other ways of getting to me."

[bascule]

NEVER MIND! Apparently it's a hoax:

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/kaufman.asp

So much for trusting Yahoo News...

[renderman]

Hehehe. Some people will believe anything if it's in the 'press'

Too bad it was'nt true though.

[astcell]

So much for Yahoo! being the ulitmate news authority.

[Xodia]

Or maybe he wanted us to think it was a hoax...

Hey, at least Tupac is still alive.

[spahkle]

ibi dibi dah!

[astcell]

Who knows what to believe. The hoax can be a hoax. Unless, the hoax of a hoax is the hoax.

[Zhym]

I might have believed that for half a microsecond if the Yahoo article didn't look like it were written by a caffeinated 7th grader.

If you want your fake news to be believable, it helps to learn how to write a news article that reads like a news article.

[astcell]

If you want your fake news to be believable, it helps to learn how to write a news article that reads like a news article.

Yup, then you can join CNN, NBC or ABC and really warp the facts and get paid well for it.

[Thorn]

Yup, then you can join CNN, NBC or ABC and really warp the facts and get paid well for it.

Let us not forget the NY Times. If you fake news there, you get book deals after they fire you.

[astcell]

Let us not forget the NY Times. If you fake news there, you get book deals after they fire you.

Just don't think or writing anything Pro-America while you work there, you'll be branded and they'll never do a movie about your life.

[phobal]

Hey, and as if you haven't heard enough whining from ranchers and the Canadian media, yesterday last year, a cow from Alberta tested positive for BSE! Such great fucking times.

[KeLviN]

just what we need... another excuse to nuke kanadia.

i'm kidding, i love our 51st state....

can we get back to kaufman?
he's my hero.

[astcell]

Hey, and as if you haven't heard enough whining from ranchers and the Canadian media, yesterday last year, a cow from Alberta tested positive for BSE! Such great fucking times.

Do like they do in America. Lower your testing standards.

[Gadsden]

If he was still alive, it would not be the biggest hoax of all time, it would be the biggest disappointment of all time.. I always found him damn annoying..