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		Zmuda saw Andy Kaufman performing as the Foreign Man at the Improv, and was fooled as everyone else was by this transformative trickster.
		Bob Zmuda did go on to create Comic Relief which has since raised over 50 million dollars to aid the homeless population of the United States.
		Bob Zmuda continues to carry on the spirit of his long lost friend, Andy Kaufman.
	www.andylives.org /bob.html (680 words)

	Bob Zmuda
		Bob Zmuda is an American writer, comedian, producer, and film director.
		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).
		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 Fridays television appearances.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/bo/Bob_Zmuda.html (198 words)

	Bob Zmuda (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Bob Zmuda is an American writer, comedian, producer, and film director.
		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).
		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 Fridays television appearances.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Bob_Zmuda.html (254 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Andy Kaufman Revealed!: Best Friend Tells All: Books: Bob Zmuda,Matthew Hansen (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Zmuda is having a bad time while his best friend is in the Philippines seeking spiritual healing for terminal cancer.
		why?, zmuda proves himself a great writer with his anedotes and tales and even when we come to the end of the book we still wonder is kaufman really dead anf if he isn't i'd love to meet him.
		Bob Zmuda, Andy's best friend and co-conspirator in numerous hijinks, has given us full access to the life of Kaufman.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Andy-Kaufman-Revealed-Friend-Tells/dp/0316681237 (1156 words)

	The Tony Clifton Story Script Review
		Kaufman and Zmuda then put their heads together and came up with a screenplay that would become one of the greatest and smartest comedies to never be committed to celluloid.
		Zmuda, having read a copy of the script, pleaded with Kaufman not to make the film, realizing that if it bombed the way he felt it was going to, their chance to make The Tony Clifton Story would evaporate as well.
		Bob Hope and Groucho Marx also have had numerous cinematic moments were they’d face the camera and comment directly to the audience on a scene’s action.
	www.filmbuffonline.com /ReadingRoom/TonyCliftonStory.htm (1880 words)

	Amazon.ca: Andy Kaufman Revealed : Best Friend Tells All: Books: Bob Zmuda (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Although Zmuda touches upon Kaufman's obsessive-compulsive behavior and the possibility that he might have exhibited a form of multiple personality disorder, this highly absorbing memoir will be read less for its insights into Kaufman's psyche than for the immediacy with which it recounts his brief but blazing career.
		Bob Zmuda was there, and the stories he tells are simply a "data dump" of some important (to any researcher wishing the complete picture) behind-the-scenes insight into the whys and wherefores of Andy Kaufman's career milestones.
		Zmuda's collaboration with Andy from very early in his celebrity should review the tape of Andy's various on-stage appearances, and look closely at Andy's victims, shocked or harried TV engineers, and most especially Andy's hecklers -- and you will find that quite often you are looking at none other than Bob Zmuda.
	www.amazon.ca /Andy-Kaufman-Revealed-Friend-Tells/dp/0316610984 (2338 words)

	Andy Kaufman Revealed!
		alled ''a Copernicus of comedy'' by his longtime writer Bob Zmuda, Andy Kaufman was one of the most influential comedians of the last quarter-century.
		His penchant for such tomfoolery was so much a part of his persona that when he died in 1984 at the age of 35, no one could be quite sure that he had actually expired.
		Even Zmuda expressed doubt, noting that Kaufman had once jokingly vowed to pretend to be dead for 10 years before staging his return.
	partners.nytimes.com /books/99/09/26/bib/990926.rv103930.html (263 words)

	Press Release: Andy Kaufman Revealed! by Matthew Scott Hansen and Bob Zmuda (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Zmuda explains how Andy's contagious obsession with the Houdini-like art of smoke and mirrors became the genesis for Kaufmanism, pranks of mythic proportion that to this day still have many people fooled.
		Zmuda also delves into Andy's highly publicized foray into professional wrestling and explains how he and Andy turned this off-beat obsession into one of the strangest crossover careers in celebrity history.
		Bob Zmuda is the recipient of an Emmy, numerous Ace Awards, the Justice In Art & Media Award (JAMA), and a Grammy nomination.
	www.twbookmark.com /jrun/books/3/0316681237/press_release.html (962 words)

	Andy Kaufman: Bob Zmuda
		Bob Zmuda, Andy's writer, best friend, author of Andy Kaufman Revealed: Budd Friedman would use Gatsby to empty out the club at the end of the night.
		Bob Zmuda, his best friend and manager is throwing a party this Sunday for his return at the House of Blues in LA. The invitations stated:
		Bob Zmuda: One part of the Taxi deal was that Andy would get his own one-hour special, and he could choose his own guests.
	www.lycos.com /info/andy-kaufman--bob-zmuda.html (417 words)

	Amazon.de: Andy Kaufman Revealed!: Best Friend Tells All: English Books: Jim Carrey,Bob Zmuda,Matthew Scott Hansen (Site not responding. Last check: )
		But, as Zmuda tells things, he rose to the challenge--letting Kaufman confide that he had a daughter he'd never seen, keeping his mouth shut at the appropriate times, and otherwise fulfilling best-friend duties with aplomb.
		Zmuda makes the mistake of assuming that his own history will be of much interest to the reader, who is ostensibly reading a tell-all about Kaufman, not his best friend.
		Although Zmuda touches upon Kaufman's obsessive-compulsive behavior and the possibility that he might have exhibited a form of multiple personality disorder, this highly absorbing memoir will be read less for its insights into Kaufman's psyche than for the immediacy with which it recounts his brief but blazing career.
	www.amazon.de /Andy-Kaufman-Revealed-Friend-Tells/dp/0316681237 (1446 words)

	Andy Kaufman Revealed! : Best Friend Tells All Summary
		Judging by Bob Zmuda's book (released in anticipation of a biographical movie starring Jim Carrey), Kaufman wasn't the easiest guy to be a best friend to.
		But, as Zmuda tells things, he rose to the challenge--letting Kaufman confide that he had a daughter he'd never seen, keeping his mouth shut at the appropriate times, and otherwise fulfilling best-friend duties with aplomb.
		Zmuda makes the mistake of assuming that his own history will be of much interest to the reader, who is ostensibly reading a tell-all about Kaufman, not his best friend.
	www.shvoong.com /f/books/168918-andy-kaufman-revealed-best-friend-tells (449 words)

	Books: Bob Zmuda's Andy Kaufman Revealed! Best Friend Tells All! (Weekly Alibi . 11-01-99)
		Bob Zmuda is a hack who barely understands simple sentence structure.
		Zmuda is, in fact, a humorous and entertaining storyteller who has spent years dedicating himself to developing his award-winning writing and producing skills.
		Similarly, Bob Zmuda claims to "tell all" in his book, but perhaps Andy Kaufman's co-conspirator still has a few tricks of his own up his sleeve.
	weeklywire.com /ww/11-01-99/alibi_speeder.html (337 words)

	SPLICEDwire \| Bob Zmuda interview (1999)
		Bob Zmuda never tires of talking about Andy Kaufman.
		Enthusiasm leaps around behind his wild but benevolent, bespectacled eyes with every question he hears about the madman comedian and legendary hoaxter, who was his closest friend from Kaufman's early stand-up days until his untimely death from cancer in 1984.
		But what's going to be amazing is when this documentary comes out (from this 120 hours of videotaping he did on the set) you'll see.
	www.splicedonline.com /features/zmuda.html (1657 words)

	Combustible Celluloid - Interview with Bob Zmuda
		Zmuda praises Forman for his approach to the casting.
		Zmuda admits that at first he was not a big supporter of Carrey.
		Zmuda says that they once talked about it and decided that if Kaufman were to play dead and go into hiding that he would come out after 10 years.
	www.combustiblecelluloid.com /intzmuda.shtml (1055 words)

	Andy Kaufman Revealed! - Bob Zmuda
		Zmuda knows all, and is willing to tell what he knows.
		Zmuda believes it was a sort of gift to his family, Kaufman's way of sharing with them the exhilaration and defeats of performance.
		Zmuda is too smart - and too entertained by Kaufman's nasty streak - to fully perpetuate the myth of Saint Andy, lovable scamp.
	www.culturevulture.net /Books/Zmuda.htm (688 words)

	Bookreporter.com - ANDY KAUFMAN REVEALED: Best Friend Tells All by Bob Zmuda & Matthew Scott Hanson
		Bob Zmuda, Kaufman's lifelong friend and writing partner, tells the complicated, maze-like tale of Kaufman's short life and work (he died at age 36 from a brain tumor) from a very interesting perspective: the back-seat.
		Clearly, Zmuda wishes that he had been the one to stand in the spotlight but he doesn't want us to think that.
		Instead, he wants us to believe that he has written a really interesting tell-all that is wrapped in the love with which he served Kaufman's genius for as long as they knew each other.
	www.bookreporter.com /reviews/0316610984.asp (412 words)

	Bob Zmuda - Information at Halfvalue.com
		Bob Zmuda is an American writer, comedian, producer, and director.
		Zmuda created the "Tony Clifton" make up for the film, and also appeared briefly as Jack Burns, one of the producers, who gets into a brawl on stage during one of Kaufman's Fridays television appearances.
		Stanley Kaufman, Andy's father, criticized Zmuda's influence on the film shortly after its release, writing in the form of Andy speaking from beyond the grave.
	www.halfvalue.com /wiki.jsp?topic=Bob_Zmuda (365 words)

	Andy Kaufman Revealed! \| The Onion - America's Finest News Source
		As a biographer, Zmuda suffers from a problem of perspective: In some ways he's too close to Kaufman to write about him, and in others too distant.
		The "revealed" of the title is only half there for the sake of a joke: Zmuda explains what went into such creations as Tony Clifton, Kaufman's wrestling career, and other elaborate pranks that played themselves out in public.
		Only in its closing chapters, which address Kaufman's sudden death from cancer in 1984, does Zmuda let his guard down and portray his friend in terms that are moving as well as entertaining.
	www.theonion.com /content/node/19872 (438 words)

	Variety.com - Comeback kidders
		Zmuda had been on morgue duty in Thailand, and public service was once again on his mind.
		Zmuda believes the org's brand recognition remains strong among the people who grew up with it.
		Inspired by Bob Geldof's Live Aid, he organized a show at the Comedy Store in Hollywood -- Zmuda played Tony Clifton, the beloved character he'd helped his good friend the late Andy Kaufman create; Williams and Goldberg volunteered standup -- and the place sold out.
	www.variety.com /article/VR1117953901.html?categoryid=14 (751 words)

	Moriarty's Rumblings From The Lab #13AMERICAN BEAUTY, Santana's Supernatural, Bob Zmuda's Andy Kaufman ...
		Zmuda seems very happy with Jim Carrey in the book, with the actor contributing a backword that has to be held up to a mirror to be read.
		MIKE by Dennis Perrin, a scathingly funny look at the regrettably short life of Michael O' Donoghue, this book is invaluable not just as a look at someone's life, but also as a collection of their work.
		Zmuda is confident the stuff was funny, and doesn't have to over-explain it.
	www.aintitcool.com /?q=node/4354 (2090 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Bob Zmuda is an American writer, comedian, producer, and director.
		Zmuda created the "Tony Clifton" make up for the film, and also appeared briefly as Jack Burns, one of the producers, who gets into a brawl on stage during one of Kaufman's Fridays television appearances.
		Stanley Kaufman, Andy's father, criticized Zmuda's influence on the film shortly after its release, writing in the form of Andy speaking from beyond the grave.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Bob_Zmuda (290 words)

	iFMagazine.com Features - "HI I'M ANDY. THIS IS THE STORY ABOUT MY FRIEND BOB"
		After the film was released the screenwriters admitted that during their research they had also looked for a pivotal moment, a strange event or excuse that would explain the strangeness of Andy.
		When I mention the event Zmuda chuckles, admits to nothing and then grows silent for a moment saying, “Tony is still with us even though Andy is not.
		Zmuda recalls at one book signing “This guy came in with a three foot sub and chips and kept eating really loudly and I thought he was pulling an Andy on us, but I’m not sure.
	www.ifmagazine.com /feature.asp?article=666 (1342 words)

	Gettingit.com: Tony Clifton: Joke's On Us
		Now, 15 years after Kaufman's death, Bob Zmuda is pulling aside the curtain to let the rest of the world in on the practical joke the two played on Hollywood.
		BOB ZMUDA: That's really where I came to play an intricate part in Andy's career.
		and your both moron's because bob zmuda himself has told us that andy was tony, and then he was tony.
	www.gettingit.com /article/247 (1739 words)

	Kestrel’s Nest — A weblog by Eric Wagoner » Bob Zmuda remembers when he (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Bob Zmuda remembers when he first saw Andy Kaufman, when Andy did his Elvis impression at the Improv.
		Hi, I’m a conceptual artist from the Bay Area and wanted to contact Bob Zmuda for a future project.
		I don’t have any info about Bob Zmuda but I’m also looking for him or a way to contact him.
	www.ericwagoner.com /weblog/archives/1999/10/14/bob-zmuda-remembers-when-he (790 words)

	Andy Kaufman Revealed! : Best Friend Tells All Summary
		Kaufmans death from lung cancer at age 35 (hed never smoked) stunned his fans and the comic community that had come to look to him as its lightning rod and standard bearer.
		Bob Zmuda, Kaufmans closest friend, producer, writer, and straight man, breaks his twenty-year silence about Kaufman and unmasks the man he knew better than anyone.
		A movie about Kaufman starring Jim Carrey, directed by Milos Forman, and co-executive produced by author Bob Zmuda and Danny DeVitos Jersey Films, is scheduled for national release in fall 1999.
	www.shvoong.com /books/168919-andy-kaufman-revealed-best-friend-tells (227 words)

	From Revealed
		Bob: I’ll tell you why, because faking your own death is illegal.
		I don’t want to do that for a living, be a criminal.
		Bob: Well, because I don’t think anyone would be able to stand up to questioning.
	www.andykaufmanlives.com /bob (392 words)

	CHICKENHEAD PAST: BOB ZMUDA - tastes like chicken
		Bob: It's the first time I ever wrote anything like that, and I'm quite tickled with the reception.
		Zmuda, you go as Tony." So I went as Tony Clifton to Hefner's party.
		No part of this website may be reprinted or re-transmitted in whole or in part without the written consent of the publisher.
	www.tlchicken.com /view_story.php?ARTid=1481 (1523 words)

	Ground Control to Major Bob -- The Bob Zmuda Interview - Filmcritic.com
		Zmuda says, “Jim said he would never again approach a role like this.
		Zmuda explains the name, “R.E.M. were saddened when Andy died.
		Zmuda describes an encounter with a woman who was begging to know.
	www.filmcritic.com /misc/emporium.nsf/95a45e26914c25ff862562bb006a85f2/78e6ef02701f7b518825682600123be0?OpenDocument (845 words)

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