History Funny / ManOnTheMoon

'''Andy Kaufman:''' Uh, I don't know, why did the Siamese twins go to England?\\

'''Mr. Besserman:''' Okay, maybe that one's not for you...

* During dinner at an Asian restaurant, George is placed in the awkward position of noticing that there is an enormous booger hanging out of one of Andy's nostrils as the latter soulfully explains what he wants to accomplish as a performer. Midway through the conversation, while George is distracted, Andy takes the booger (which is fake) out ''and places it in his other nostril'' just to mess with him further.[[note]]Inspired by a bit from 1983's ''My Breakfast with Blassie'', down to Kaufman explaining to Fred Blassie that he's thinking about marketing the fake boogers with the gimmick that they've actually been up his nose.[[/note]]

* George's total exasperation at Andy pulling a BaitAndSwitch on the Lake Tahoe audience by having Bob play Tony Clifton while Andy crashes the performance: "Look at you, you're so proud of yourself. You're like some stupid kid who says 'Look Dad, I got an F!'"

* Tony Clifton being dragged ''literally kicking and screaming'' off of the Paramount lot by two security guards after derailing the ''Taxi'' rehearsal: "You guys ever come to Vegas -- ''you're not getting in!''"

'''Foreign Man:''' Eet ees a very small island in the Caspian Sea. It sunk.

''Note: As some of these moments are directly inspired by material from Creator/AndyKaufman's multimedia work, notations are included for those interested.''

* As George screens Andy's special for the perplexed [=ABC=] executives, one of them falls for the ten or so seconds in which the screen briefly dissolves into static, getting up from the conference table and whacking the screen just as Andy hopes home viewers will do: "[W]e're the number one network, can't we get decent TVs?"

** Then Andy just slams the record player shut and the screen goes to pitch black for about 15 seconds. The void is broken by his ''sloooooooowly'' leaning into the frame.[[note Inspired by...]]Inspired by the opening sequence of Andy's 1977 ABC special, in which Foreign Man tries to convince the audience there's no show, but once "only my friends are here" turns on the in-universe TV.[[/note]]

** Then Andy just slams the record player shut and the screen goes to pitch black for about 15 seconds. The void is broken by his ''sloooooooowly'' leaning into the frame.[[note]]Inspired by the opening sequence of Andy's 1977 ABC special, in which Foreign Man tries to convince the audience there's no show, but once "only my friends are here" turns on the in-universe TV.[[/note]]

** Then Andy just slams the record player shut and the screen goes to pitch black for about 15 seconds. The void is broken by his ''sloooooooowly'' leaning into the frame.[[note]]the opening sequence of Andy's 1977 ABC special, in which Foreign Man tries to convince the audience there's no show, but once "only my friends are here" turns on the in-universe TV.[[/note]]

** Then Andy just slams the record player shut and the screen goes to pitch black for about 15 seconds. The void is broken by his ''sloooooooowly'' leaning into the frame.[[Inspired by]]the opening sequence of Andy's 1977 ABC special, in which Foreign Man tries to convince the audience there's no show, but once "only my friends are here" turns on the in-universe TV.[[/Inspired by]]

** Then Andy just slams the record player shut and the screen goes to pitch black for about 15 seconds. The void is broken by his ''sloooooooowly'' leaning into the frame.

-->'''Foreign Man:''' No, I am from Caspiar.
-->'''George Shapiro:''' Caspiar, huh?
-->'''Foreign Man:''' Eet ees a very small island in the Caspian Sea. It sunk.

'''Andy Kaufman:''' [''After a beat''] Wh-why doesn't the other one just learn how to drive?

'''Andy Kaufman:''' [''After a beat''] Wh-why doesn't the other one just learn how to drive?