Product Details

• Actors: Andy Kaufman
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Parade Video
• VHS Release Date: February 15, 2000
• Run Time: 35 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 1.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 0739600443
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #352,327 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

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From a tender age, Andy Kaufman knew he was going to be a star. He was a child obsessed with media entertainment who was confident that his obsession would lead him into a world of fame and fortune. Tank You Vedy Much! chronicles the many milestones of Kaufman's life, such as family crisis, childhood heroes, and his love for music and television that influenced and contributed to his notorious career. Though many of the clips are sharply edited and voiced over with the narrator's commentary, Tank You Vedy Much! does include great, rare footage, including the famous "Friday" skit with Larry Richards of Seinfeld, the Carnegie Hall gala with his "Grandma" Robin Williams, Andy with Dick Van Dyke, and the foreign man performing Mighty Mouse. --Rob Bracco

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86 of 87 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars NO Tenk You Vedy Much!, December 8, 1999

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J. A. Goodman (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Andy Kaufman: Tank You Vedy Much [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This videotape is the shoddiest product I have purchased from Amazon, ever! And I'm not blaming them...It's a 35 minute documentary recorded at 6 hr. speed with no hi-fi and looks as if it has been put through a lo-fi inducement device. The material appears to be taken from an NBC special on Kaufman from a few years ago, slightly rearranged and combined with some hideous and inaccurate narration. Also we get to see more Howdy Doody footage that is probably in the public domain, then we do of Kaufman footage. This tape even lifts promo material from the forthcoming Jim Carrey biopic. By all means avoid this tape and stick with something legitimate. I hope the people who made this thing get sued by the copyright holders (NBC, ABC, etc.) so at least I have a collectors item when this thing gets forced off the market. BUY THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK, OR BETTER YET, THROW YOUR 9.95 IN THE GUTTER, YOU'LL GET MORE FROM THAT!

64 of 64 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars "Tank You Veddy Much" Tanks, November 29, 1999

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Erskine White (US) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Andy Kaufman: Tank You Vedy Much [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This 35 minute retrospective of Kaufman's career is recorded in SLP mode, and the clips that are used look like 3rd generation dubs made on a home video setup. There is a good bit of Andy performing, but 90% of it is overdubbed with a horrible narration, so all you get is the visual. The whole thing looks and sounds like it was put together in somebody's basement using equipment bought from a local camera store. Obviously a quickie project to make a buck off the interest generated by the upcoming "Man On The Moon" film. Not worth the money I paid for it.

37 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Read the Bob Zmuda book!, December 3, 1999

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This review is from: Andy Kaufman: Tank You Vedy Much [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This video was obviously made after reading Revealed by Bob Zmuda as it appears to nearly quote the book verbatim. Do not bother with this video and get yourself the book. The video quality is absolute trash, and includes nothing along the lines of quality footage.