When Lynne Margulies was 25 years old, she met Andy Kaufman on the set of the film My Breakfast with Blassie. Two years later, just shortly before he died, Andy made Lynne promise she would keep his work alive. With the release of the new documentary Thank You Very Much, Lynne talks with Marc about fulfilling that promise over the decades by showcasing Andy’s comedy and also allowing the myths about him to persist. They also talk about Andy’s inspirations and why professional wrestling was a foundational part of his personality. Sign up here for WTF+ to get the full show archives and weekly bonus material! https://plus.acast.com/s/wtf-with-marc-maron-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Chapter 2: What was Andy Kaufman's influence on comedy?
It was pretty bad.
Because he'd been thrown out of SNL.
And he'd done all the wrestling.
That was already done, the wrestling.
Yeah, he'd done all the wrestling women. He was still wrestling in Memphis. No one knew he was doing the wrestling in Memphis. Because if you think about it, cable wasn't big at that time. And wrestling was all over the place. Now, but not back then. No one knew he was going to Memphis and doing all the wrestling. And wrestling guys? Yeah.
Yeah. So he's just being a wrestler.
Yeah. Yeah.
And that's where he pissed off. What's his name? Lawler. Yeah. Yeah. That wasn't about the woman. That was about him calling out being a heel and calling Lawler out.
Right. But after the neck brace thing, after the head, head, the. He kept going back because he wanted to get revenge. And that's what no one knew about. That's what's in I'm from Hollywood, is him going back to get revenge on Lawler. And he went over and over and over and over again.
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Chapter 6: How does the documentary 'Thank You Very Much' portray Andy Kaufman?
Like, there was something, like, you know, when I'm watching that, because I just got on Medicine for Anxiety after decades.
I've been on it since 2006. What are you on? Paxil.
Oh, this one's like a different one.
Yeah.
But when I'm watching that, like, there's always that part of your brain that wants to make excuses. I'm like, you know what, dude? Just lock in. Just go to the TM thing. Let's fucking resolve this thing.
Yeah.
But then minutes later, I'm like, I don't know if I'm going to do that. Yeah, yeah.
Well, when you have anxiety, it's a medical condition. Well, good. I'm working on accepting that. I don't think all the meditation in the world can get rid of... It's like meditating to get rid of your heart disease.
Yeah, I guess so. Okay, well, I like that framing. I'll take it. Because I always tend to think like it's a reasonable reaction.
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