Sunday, January 17, 2010

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Top 10 Elvis Impersonators

 Top 10 Elvis Impersonators
>> http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,1952461,00.html
>> http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1952461_1952460_1952450,00.html

"Stand-up comedian Andy Kaufman was legendary for his bizarre stage acts, not to mention Latka Gravas, the wide-eyed foreigner on the '80s television show Taxi. Kaufman sometimes combined the two, performing as Latka in his comedy acts. Latka, of course, was an amateur comedian who couldn't do any celebrity impersonations — except for Elvis. "
 

Monday, January 11, 2010

The Greatest TV & Movie Alter Ego #5

Complex.com listed top 10 the greatest TV and Movie Alter Egos.
#5 Andy Kaufman & Tony Clifton 

• The legendary comedian Andy Kaufman created Tony Clifton as his audience-bashing lounge singer alter ego, who was famously kicked off the set of the TV show Taxi (on which Kaufman starred) for showing up drunk to the set. Occasionally played by Kaufman’s brother as well as fellow comedian Bob Zmuda, Clifton was the obnoxious yin to Kaufman’s own awkward yang. 

>> http://www.complex.com/blogs/2010/01/07/double-trouble-the-10-greatest-tv-movie-alter-egos/