Andy Kaufman and Carol Channing and Robert Goulet

Robert Goulet died recently and that seems reason enough to link to this footage of The Mike Douglas Show with Andy Kaufman confusing Carol Channing on a panel that includes a silent Goulet. Clips of Kaufman on Douglas have been utilized in the many Kaufman biography specials that have aired over the years but, sadly, nobody has thought of just re-running the whole episode(s). But thanks to YouTube we can watch more of it than has been seen in almost thirty years. Watch the Kaufman and Channing episode here, and watch a Foreign Man on Douglas episode here.

The YouTuber, SillyCrazyInsane, has an enormous collection of these cool Andy Kaufman rarities:

Andy Kaufman developing the Tony Clifton character at home.

An unaired, pre-Taxi, television pilot starring Andy Kaufman: Parts One, Two, Three and Four.

Andy Kaufman gushes over Slim Whitman.

Kaufman and pencil neck geek hating Freddie Blassie promoting My Breakfast with Blassie.

Lots more if you visit SillyCrazyInsane's channel.

Comments

[bartleby]

So Goulet died while waiting for a lung transplant, yes? Was it because he was classy enough not to use his celebrity status to be bumped to the front of the que? If so, he should get a plaque or something.

[yragentman]

carol channing, not Charo

[andy]

Yeah, what's up? As horrifying as she is (or they both are), I don't want to live in a world where people no longer know the difference between Charo and Channing!

[Listener Kliph]

Jesus Christ, is that ever embarassing. I knew it was Carol Channing but kept writing Charo. And I just finished watching Skidoo and everything - what's wrong with me? Cripes.

[andy]

Well, actually, that would explain it. Nothing like seeing Carol Channing in a see-through top to put your head in a tail spin.