Editing Andy Kaufman (section)

===TV specials===
The ''Taxi'' deal with [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] included a television special/pilot for Kaufman. He proposed ''Andy's Funhouse'', based on a routine that he had developed while in junior college. The special was taped in 1977 but did not air until August 1979. It featured most of Andy's famous gags, including Foreign Man/Latka and his Elvis Presley impersonation, as well as a host of unique segments (including a special appearance by children's television character [[Howdy Doody]] and the "Has-been Corner").<ref>{{cite news|date=August 28, 1979|last=Maslin|first=Janet|title=TV: A 90-Minute Special With Andy Kaufman|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/08/28/archives/tv-a-90minute-special-with-andy-kaufman.html|website=The New York Times|access-date=July 30, 2016}}</ref> The program also included a segment with fake television screen static as part of the gag, although ABC executives feared that viewers would mistake the static for broadcast problems and would change the channel—which was the comic element that Kaufman wanted to present.<ref>{{cite web|date=August 3, 1989|last=Wickstrom|first=Andy|title=Andy Kaufman Still Surprises in a 1977 Video|url=http://articles.philly.com/1989-08-03/entertainment/26147012_1_latka-gravas-andy-kaufman-foreigner|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912033128/http://articles.philly.com/1989-08-03/entertainment/26147012_1_latka-gravas-andy-kaufman-foreigner|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 12, 2015|website=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]|access-date=July 12, 2016}}</ref> ''Andy's Funhouse'' was written by Kaufman, Zmuda and Mel Sherer, with music by Kaufman.<ref>{{cite web|date=July 22, 2013|last=Elisberg|first=Robert J.|title=Pal Mel|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-j-elisberg/pal-mel_b_3319754.html|website=[[The Huffington Post]]|access-date=July 12, 2016}}</ref>

In March 1980, Kaufman filmed a short segment for an ABC show called ''Buckshot.'' The segment was just over six minutes long and was called ''Uncle Andy's Funhouse''. It featured Kaufman as the host of a children's show for adults, complete with a [[peanut gallery]] and Tony Clifton puppet.<ref name="uncleandy">{{cite news |last=Arnott |first=Susan L. |date=July 18, 1980 |title=The Television Picture: What's Special... |url= |access-date= |newspaper=The Milwaukee Journal |id=[[GenealogyBank]] [https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/newspapers/image/v2%3A1477BBDEA50EB75C%40GB3NEWS-16087D7922406C65%402444439-1606872921C1B6BC%4052-1606872921C1B6BC%40?h=5&fname=Andy&lname=Kaufman&kwinc=&kwexc=&rgfromDate=1980&rgtoDate=1980&formDate=07/18/1980&formDateFlex=exact&dateType=range&processingtime=&addedFrom=&addedTo=&sid= v2:1477BBDEA50EB75C@GB3NEWS-16087D7922406C65@2444439-1606872921C1B6BC@52-1606872921C1B6BC@] (quasi-accessed November 28, 2024: [https://www.genealogybank.com/explore/newspapers/all/usa/wisconsin/milwaukee/milwaukee-journal?fname=Andy&lname=Kaufman&kwinc=&kwexc=&rgfromDate=1980&rgtoDate=1980&formDate=07%2F18%2F1980&formDateFlex=exact&dateType=range&processingtime=&addedFrom=&addedTo= search query], [https://infoweb1.newsbank.com/maximus/cache/0/snippets/bitonal_tiff_g4/16087D7922406C65/1606872921C1B6BC/sn_highlight_FFFF00_1606872921C1B6BC_2795_601_93_34_30_230_230.png preview image]). [[Google News Archive]] [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1499&dat=19800718&id=JiEqAAAAIBAJ&pg=6782,4112414&hl=en nid=1499&dat=19800718&id=JiEqAAAAIBAJ&pg=6782,4112414] (accessed July 13, 2016).}}</ref>

In 1983, a show very similar to ''Andy's Funhouse'' and ''Uncle Andy's Funhouse'' was filmed for [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]]'s [[Soundstage (TV series)|SoundStage]] program called ''The Andy Kaufman Show''. It too featured a peanut gallery, and [[cold open|opened in the middle]] of an interview in which Kaufman was laughing hysterically. He then proceeded to thank the audience for watching and the credits rolled.{{citation needed|date=January 2017}}