Monday, June 29, 2009

Andy Kaufman's Arm(y)

By the time Andy made his last TV appearance on the ill-fated show, "The Top", his cancer had supposedly eaten through his left arm, making it so fragile it could break if anyone so much as touched it according to a number of sources.

So why is he able to use the arm without any problems on the show? During the course of the program, he uses it to wave, make gestures as he talks, and even do the famous ZZ Top "arm twirl" when introducing their video. If the arm was really so fragile, is it plausible that he could do anything but leave it motionless at his side...much less twirl it around? And why is he so twitchy?

See for yourself:


Part I (Waving, gestures, etc.)


Part II (Arm twirl, gestures, etc.)

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  2. andy was on a starvation & amphetamine diet around then is what I've heard. his personal dr. leo Marx helped him loose weight this way.
    -to answer why he was so jumpy..

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