Andy Kaufmann was one of the funniest people ever. His brand of work was always working to catch the viewer off guard to get a response. He didn't alwsys care if you laughed, but he always cared about getting a reaction.
One of the best examples of this was his "Foreign Man" bit. This is the character that was the model for Latka Graves on "TAXI." He would completely slaughter jokes in the foreign man persona, and then segue into an "impersonation." He would do Elvis, and Andy's Elvis was spot on. The transformation from "Foreign Man" to Elvis was huge and always got the reaction. He would close the bit as the "Foreign Man" saying "Thank you very much."
The best speech of the night came from Kunio Kato who won Best Animated Short for his film La Maison en Petits Cubes. He came to the stage and thanked the academy in broken English finishing with "Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto." As the crowd went nuts, he broke into a plain vanilla American English accent and said "Thank you very much."
It was beautiful! Thanks Kunio Kato, "Best Oscar Speech."
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