Horrible VHS transfer. Older folks will know the symptoms.
The Taxi deal with ABC included giving Kaufman a television special/pilot. He came up with Andy's Funhouse,
based on an old routine he had developed while in junior college. The
special was taped in 1977 but did not air until August 1979, on ABC. It
featured most of Andy's famous gags, including Foreign Man/Latka and his
Elvis Presley impersonation, as well as a host of unique segments
(including a special appearance by children's television character Howdy Doody
and the "Has-been Corner"). There was also a segment that included fake
television screen static as part of the gag, which ABC executives were
not comfortable with, fearing that viewers would mistake the static for
broadcast problems and would change the channel—which was the comic
element Kaufman wanted to present. Andy's Funhouse was written by Kaufman, Zmuda, and Mel Sherer, with music by Kaufman.
