Lost in the Funhouse: The Life and Mind of Andy Kaufman

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In Lost in the Funhouse, Bill Zehme invites you on a wild, revealing, intimate ride inside Andy Kaufman's complicated mind and soul. Kaufman rose to prominence in the 1970s, the last original era of American Comedy, when a handful of young comedians looked away from Vaudeville to create a new form of the art. Working situations instead of bits, characters instead of jokes, these young funnymen would draw laughter in ways the entertainment industry had never imagined, and at the forefront of the movement was Kaufman.

Whether crooning as lounge lizard Tony Clifton, wrestling with women, or starring as the lovable Latka Gravas on the hit television show Taxi, Kaufman lived his life as a relentless performance. He also inspired, excited, and enraged those around him and those watching him. Working in full cooperation with Kaufman's family and friends, Zehme has created a probing look at the short life and untimely death of a comic genius with a rapier wit and a vastly darker side.

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