Editing Andy Kaufman (section)

===Appearances===
Although Kaufman made a name for himself as a guest on [[NBC]]'s ''Saturday Night Live'', his first prime-time appearances were several guest spots as Foreign Man on the [[Dick Van Dyke]] variety show ''[[Van Dyke and Company]]'' in 1976.<ref name="vandyke">{{cite news|date=September 20, 1976|last=Sharbutt|first=Jay|title=Van Dyke springs hour of lunacy|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2199&dat=19760920&id=4rYrAAAAIBAJ&pg=6644,3134911|newspaper=Lawrence Journal-World|access-date=August 26, 2016}}</ref> He appeared four times on ''[[The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson|The Tonight Show]]'' in 1976–78, with Foreign Man doing his imitation of [[Johnny Carson]]'s sidekick [[Ed McMahon]], with no change in voice: "Ha ha ha. Ha ha ha. How hot ''was'' eet. Ha ha ha." Kaufman also appeared three times on NBC's late-night concert series ''[[The Midnight Special (TV series)|The Midnight Special]]'' in 1972, 1977, and 1981.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://comedy-and-humor.com/andy-kaufman/|title=Andy Kaufman – Comedy and Humor|work=Comedy and Humor|access-date=November 13, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> Kaufman appeared on ''[[The Dating Game]]'' in 1978, in character as Foreign Man, and cried when the bachelorette chose Bachelor #1, protesting that he had answered all the questions correctly.<ref>{{Citation|title=Andy Kaufman en The Dating Game (1978) (Subtitulado)|date=April 8, 2016|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUUZNGbpc84|access-date=November 25, 2017}}</ref>

His ''SNL'' appearances started with the [[Saturday Night Live season 1|first show, on October 11, 1975]]. He made 16 ''SNL'' appearances in all, doing routines from his comedy act, such as the Mighty Mouse singalong, Foreign Man, and the Elvis impersonation. After he angered the audience with his female-wrestling routine, executive producer Dick Ebersol announced on the show that viewers would be allowed to decide Kaufman's fate. On the November 20, 1982, episode, ''SNL'' held a phone vote, and 195,544 people voted to "Dump Andy" while 169,186 people voted to "Keep Andy".<ref name="passion_tally">{{cite video|people=Alan Graham (producer)|date=February 21, 2008|title=The Passion of Andy Kaufman|url=http://www.stickam.com/subcin|format=[[SWF]]|medium=Archive footage|publisher=Subterranean Cinema|access-date=March 20, 2008|time=2:20:00|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005174736/http://www.stickam.com/subcin|archive-date=October 5, 2011}}</ref>

During the ''SNL'' episode with the phone poll, many of the cast members stated their admiration for Kaufman's work. After [[Eddie Murphy]] read both numbers, he said, "Now, Andy Kaufman is a friend of mine. Keep that in mind when you call. I don't want to have to punch nobody in America in the face", and [[Mary Gross]] read the Dump Andy phone number at a rate so fast that audiences were unable to catch it. The final tally was read by [[Gary Kroeger]] to a cheering audience. As the credits rolled, announcer [[Don Pardo]] said, "This is Don Pardo saying, 'I voted for Andy Kaufman.'"<ref name="passion">{{cite video|people=Alan Graham (producer)|date=February 21, 2008|title=The Passion of Andy Kaufman|url=http://www.stickam.com/subcin|format=[[SWF]]|medium=Archive footage|publisher=Subterranean Cinema|access-date=March 20, 2008|time=2:10:55–2:20:33|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005174736/http://www.stickam.com/subcin|archive-date=October 5, 2011}}</ref>

Following the poll results, Kaufman made one more appearance on the show via a prerecorded 30-second message on [[Weekend Update]] (then called "Saturday Night News"). In the message, Kaufman expressed his gratitude for being on the show and said he had resorted to buying time on low-rated independent TV stations to be heard. After wrapping up, anchorman [[Brad Hall]] said, "It's pretty sad. NBC would like to announce that not only is Kaufman still banned from this show, but he now owes the NBC television network several thousand dollars and some change." This was Kaufman's last appearance on the show.

Kaufman made a number of appearances on the daytime edition of ''[[The David Letterman Show]]'' in 1980, and 11 appearances on ''[[Late Night with David Letterman]]'' in 1982–83. He made numerous guest spots on other television programs hosted by or starring celebrities like [[Johnny Cash]] (1979 Christmas special),<ref name="johnny">{{cite news|date=December 2, 1979|title=Whole Family Joins Johnny For Special|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1873&dat=19791202&id=DlQgAAAAIBAJ&pg=3718,885757|newspaper=Daytona Beach Morning Journal|access-date=August 26, 2016}}</ref> [[Dick Van Dyke]],<ref name="vandyke"/> [[Dinah Shore]],<ref>{{cite news|date=November 13, 1979|last=Sasso|first=Joey|title=TV Ticker|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1665&dat=19791113&id=OVgaAAAAIBAJ&pg=5506,2044050|newspaper=The Times-News|access-date=August 26, 2016}}</ref> [[Rodney Dangerfield]],<ref>{{cite news|date=November 29, 1983|last=Sherwood|first=Rick|title=Dangerfield gets respect|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1454&dat=19831129&id=k0hOAAAAIBAJ&pg=6905,7786640|newspaper=Star-News|access-date=August 26, 2016}}</ref> [[Cher]],<ref>{{cite news|date=March 7, 1979|last=Winfrey|first=Lee|title=Cher's picking up pieces after 2 broken marriages|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19790307&id=-YgxAAAAIBAJ&pg=6965,3347521|newspaper=[[The Montreal Gazette]]|access-date=August 26, 2016}}</ref> [[Dean Martin]],<ref>{{cite news|date=June 6, 1974|title="Comedy World" Premieres|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=950&dat=19740606&id=48JaAAAAIBAJ&pg=6976,1711999|newspaper=The Evening Independent|access-date=August 26, 2016}}</ref> [[Redd Foxx]],<ref name="nytimesobituary"/> [[Mike Douglas]],<ref name="nytimesobituary"/> [[Dick Clark]],<ref>{{cite web|date=November 25, 1978|title=Connie Francis Makes Rare Appearance|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1876&dat=19781125&id=IIYsAAAAIBAJ&pg=4436,5857449|publisher=The Herald-Journal|access-date=August 26, 2016}}</ref> and [[Joe Franklin]].<ref>{{cite web|date=February 2, 2015|last=Cattuna|first=Emily|title=Remember When: Mourning the loss of radio and TV pioneer Joe Franklin|url=http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2015/02/remember_when_mourning_the_loss_of_radio_and_tv_pi.html|website=nj.com|access-date=August 26, 2016}}</ref>

He appeared in his first theatrical film, ''[[God Told Me To]]'', in 1976, in which he portrayed a murderous policeman.<ref>{{cite news|date=March 14, 2014|last=Dowd|first=A.A.|title=Larry Cohen's God is a deranged God|url=http://www.avclub.com/article/larry-cohens-god-deranged-god-202176|newspaper=A.V. Club|access-date=July 11, 2016}}</ref> He appeared in two other theatrical films, including the 1980 film ''[[In God We Tru$t]]'', in which he played a [[televangelist]],<ref>{{cite news|date=September 26, 1980|last=Corry|first=John|title=A Monk Meets Huckster and God|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9501EFDE1538F935A1575AC0A966948260|website=The New York Times|access-date=July 11, 2016}}</ref> and the 1981 film ''[[Heartbeeps]]'', in which he played a robot.<ref>{{cite news|last=Smith|first=Stacy Jenel|date=January 2, 1982|title=Andy Kaufman: His Humor is Frustrating, Strange|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2457&dat=19820101&id=YBlbAAAAIBAJ&pg=4073,453435&hl=en|newspaper=Bangor Daily News|access-date=July 4, 2016}}</ref>

[[Laurie Anderson]] worked alongside Kaufman for a time in the 1970s, acting as a sort of "straight man" in a number of his [[Manhattan]] and [[Coney Island]] performances. One of these performances included getting on a ride that people stand in and get spun around. After everyone was strapped in, Kaufman would start saying how he did not want to be on the ride in a panicked tone and eventually cry. Anderson later described these performances in her 1995 album, ''[[The Ugly One with the Jewels]]''.<ref>{{cite web|date=January 2012|last=Stern|first=Amanda|title=Laurie Anderson|url=http://www.believermag.com/issues/201201/?read=interview_anderson|publisher=The Believer|access-date=July 11, 2016}}</ref>

In 1983, Kaufman appeared on Broadway with [[Deborah Harry]] in the play ''[[Trafford Tanzi|Teaneck Tanzi: The Venus Flytrap]]''.<ref>{{cite web|date=November 8, 2007|last=Del Signore|first=John|title=Deborah Harry, Recording Artist|url=http://gothamist.com/2007/11/08/deborah_harry_r.php|publisher=[[Gothamist]]|access-date=July 13, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160714180040/http://gothamist.com/2007/11/08/deborah_harry_r.php|archive-date=July 14, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=April 21, 1983|last=Rich|first=Frank|title=Stage: "Teaneck Tanzi", Comedy from Britain|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/04/21/theater/stage-teaneck-tanzi-comedy-from-britain.html|website=The New York Times|access-date=July 13, 2016}}</ref> It closed after just two performances.<ref>{{cite news|date=April 22, 1983|title="Teaneck Tanzi" Closes|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/04/22/theater/teaneck-tanzi-closes.html|website=The New York Times|access-date=July 13, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|date=2016|last=Dietz|first=Dan|title=The Complete Book of 1980s Broadway Musicals|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ux5UCwAAQBAJ&q=dan+dietz+teaneck+tanzi&pg=PA170|isbn=9781442260917|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|access-date=July 13, 2016}}</ref>