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Andy Kaufman: Tank You Vedy Much [VHS]

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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!

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.

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.

Shameful, opportunistic, amateur production. Very poor quality - I thought my VCR had broken. It hadn't. Little Kaufman material. Mostly low level talk over. Will be hated by non-Kaufman fans - hated even more by Kaufman fans. Absolutely no redeeming features. Save your money.

Talking about the terrible things. Take this video... please, take it. This video is so bad, it's terrible.

The quality of this video is VERY poor, recorded in EP. It's only 35 minutes long.

It is barely more than a series of still photos, and very little actual footage of anything. The narration is too general and incredibly boring.

Believe the other reviews, this is really bad. Do save your money and get the really great Midnight Special, the Andy Kaufman Special, Andy Kaufman Revealed!, and Lost in the Funhouse.

I have had it with Kaufman. This video is ruining my image. That two bit hustler does not know the meaning of the word funny. Watch this if you want to know just how bad Kaufman is. Lovingly,Tony Clifton

If I tried to make the worst possible "documentary" about Andy Kaufman, I couldn't come close the depths achieved by the producers of "Tank You Vedy Much". It's just horrifying that something of so little value could actually be sold to the public. I watched it the way someone might view a terrible traffic accident -- hoping that it might turn out better than it looks, but really knowing that it couldn't.

Aren't there laws protecting the public against something like this? There certainly should be!

This is probably the most disappointing video I have EVER seen. How they managed to take the life of this brilliant performer, and make it so painfully boring is truly beyond me, yet they did. The few good moments of the movie are the actual clips of Andy's performances, however even these are marred by voice-overs and awful music. Listen to me and the other reviewers and save your money. It will be much better spent buying ANY other Kaufman video or book.

To be honest I must admit that I had more fun reading the reveiws than I did watching the video-it's worse than a home movie - but for any true Kaufman officianado, it's a must have. Truly a video to be "experienced". First I was dissapointed, then I was angry, by the end I was resigned (to having been duped out of 13 bucks)and now I'm genuinely amused. Andy was the ultimate at putting us on and taking risks so purchase this video AT YOUR OWN RISK (and let the buyer beware:)

A documentary on Andy Kaufman with actual sketches are present, but the narrator continuously speaks over the footage preventing the viewer from hearing Andy's performances. The narration, in my opinion shouldve been done during still pictures and the actual live scenes would have been self explanatory.