Lost in the Funhouse: The Life and Mind of Andy Kaufman

428 Pages·2001·2.11 MB·English

by  Bill Zehme

LOST
IN THE
FUNHOUSE
THE LIFE AND MIND OF ANDY KAUFMAN
“Comprehensive … if you want the facts, this is
the
only [book] you need.”
—The New York Times Book Review
“If I had lost the Andy Kaufman I first met in
1975, I found him again in Lost in the
Funhouse.”
—Lorne Michaels, Saturday Night Live
“Fascinating and frequently hilarious.”
—Kansas City Star
“Insightful.”
—The Plain Dealer (Cleveland)
“Nobody, not his family or his ‘best friend,’ got
as close to the truth about Andy as did Bill
Zehme in Lost in the Funhouse. His six years of
research unmasks the distortions and allows the
reader to meet the real Andy.”
—Stanley L. Kaufman (Andy’s father)
“Entertaining … comprehensive … [Zehme]
interviewed more than 200 people who had
known or worked with Kaufman; had full
access to Kaufman’s family as well as the comic
performer’s personal papers; utilizes his
manager’s diaries; and did some diligent
reporting. … Zehme’s a pro.”
—Chicago Tribune
“What a gift … to have a book that helps you
enjoy once again Andy Kaufman’s wild and
wondrous mind. It’s brilliant!”
—Carl Reiner
“Excellent.”
—Esquire (England)
“Bill Zehme’s bio of Andy Kaufman gets a firm
grasp on the slippery master. … Zehme’s book
hasn’t a dull page.”
—Artforum
“Bill Zehme was dedicated to revealing the true
Andy Kaufman story and I’m so grateful for
that. This book is the interesting, funny, sad,
unique and-finally and completely-true story of
a very special life!”
—George Shapiro, Andy Kaufman’s manager
and co-executive producer of Man on the Moon
“Ingenious … the best possible guess of what
this singular comedian was all about.”
—St. Petersburg Times
“Zehme writes with a verve that is rare among
biographers, sometimes letting the prose go
into a voice reminiscent of Kaufman’s own
speech patterns.”
—Ft. Worth Star-Telegram

For Lucy Ellen,
with love very extremely