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Original Title : My Breakfast With Blassie Year : 1983 Director : Linda Lautrec , Johnny Legend , Mark Shepard Writer : Linda Lautrec , Johnny Legend IMDb : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085979/ Genre : Comedy Synopsis: Comedian Andy Kaufman & professional wrestler Classy Freddie Blassie eat breakfast & discuss life. There you have it again. A parody of an apparently popular art-house film My Dinner With Andre which gives the audience a look at two men discussing their life over dinner, My Breakfast With Blassie has Andy Kaufman and wrestling legend "Classy" Freddie Blassie discussing various random subjects over their diner breakfast. In typical Kaufman fashion, this is an unusual, improvised bit that pushes against the edge of what the audience may be able to bear. Look no further than Kaufman going on stage in his standup and reading The Great Gatsby as his bit. The interactions between the two are interesting, but go on a bit too long for my tastes. I think this w...

Since the actual footage is not in the movie "I'm From Hollywood" here is the clip! Classic television. Here's a bonus clip of Kaufman's tirade without the bleeps. Yay dirty words!

Original Title : I'm From Hollywood Year : 1989 Director : Lynne Margulies , Joe Orr Writer : Lynne Margulies , Joe Orr IMDb : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0173920/ Genre : Comedy, Wrestling Synopsis: Wrestling documentry about comedian Andy Kauffman's break into professional wrestling. Mainly focuses on his feud with Memphis wrestling legend, Jerry "The King" Lawler, and features interviews from his "Taxi" co-stars, announcer Lance Russell, and Robin Williams. This DVD is exactly what the synopsis here says it is. It was not originally intended to be anything but live appearances by Andy Kaufman at Memphis Wrestling shows. Five years after Kaufman's death, this 60-minute documentary was released with added "interviews" with Tony Danza, Robin Williams, and a few others talking about Kaufman's obsession with professional wrestling and his appearances at this time. It's hard to really review I'm From Hollywood as a film. Largely what ...