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Bob Zmuda is an American writer, comedian, producer, and film director. Zmuda is best known as Andy Kaufman's sidekick, co-writer and friend. Zmuda occasionally portrayed Kaufman's Tony Clifton character on stage and for television appearances (It's rumored that it was actually Zmuda playing Clifton when he appeared on Late Night with David Letterman).
In 1986, Zmuda founded Comic Relief, an annual event that raises money to help homeless men, women and children in the United States. The event is televised on HBO, and is hosted by comedians Robin Williams, Billy Crystal and Whoopi Goldberg.
In 1999, Zmuda wrote a book about Kaufman's life, entitled Andy Kaufman Revealed!, which unveiled a lot of the tricks and hoaxes that the two pulled off in front of audiences and television cameras in the 1980sMillennia: 1st millennium 2nd millennium 3rd millennium Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s Years: 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 Events and trends.
Later that year, Milos FormanJan Tomas Forman (born February 18, 1932), better known as Milos Forman is a film director, actor and script writer. Forman was born in Caslav, Czechoslovakia and was orphaned at a very young age as his parents died at the concentration camp in Auschwitz directed Man On The Moon, the story of Kaufman's life. Zmuda created the "Tony Clifton" make up for the film, and also appeared briefly as "Jack Burns", a stage manager that gets into a brawl on stage during one of Kaufman's FridaysFridays was the name of ABC's weekly late-night hour-long live comedy show, which aired on Friday nights from 1980 to 1982. The program was ABC's attempt to cash in on the success of NBC's popular Saturday Night Live''. Like SNL, each week, Fridays featur television appearances. Zmuda was also the co-executive producer for the film.
Filmography
- Andy Kaufman's Really Big Show, (1999) tv special
- Man on the MoonMan on the Moon is the name of the 1999 film, based on the unusual life and career of comedian Andy Kaufman. The movie, starring Jim Carrey and directed by Milos Forman, begins at Kaufman's childhood, where you see him performing imaginary television prog, (1999) film
- Batman ForeverBatman Forever ( 1995) (official on-screen title is simply Forever is regarded by some as less serious than Batman and the 1992 sequel Batman Returns''. This third film in the modern series of live-action Batman movies stars Val Kilmer as Batman and Chris, (1995) film
- I'm From Hollywood, (1992) tv special
- Punchline, (1988) film
- Comic Relief, (1986) cable tv special
- My Breakfast with Blassie , (1983) film
- D.C. Cab, (1983) film
- Andy Kaufman Plays Carnegie Hall, (1979) video
- Andy's Funhouse, (1977) tv
