Thanks DA! I think what the film MAN OF THE MOON really didn't get the grasp of what was so funny about that Kaufman sketch, because when the dumb skit dies in the middle when Kaufman forgot his lines, the audience is thinking, "What the hell is going on?" Then Richards brings out the cue cards. Funny shit.

Nevermind Kaufman getting pissy(or provoking) and starting a little schuffle.

What I dig about Kaufman is that he understood the athletic art and showmanship of Pro Wrestling, years before the smarks existed in mass. He played himself as the Hollywood elitist jackass heel to the Jerry "The King" Lawler-face very darn well.

Just watch the infamous brawl with Lawler on David Letterman's show