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ghostface176 t1_j6lb816 wrote

I never got it. People say he’s a genius and I cannot for one second see why. He just seemed like a whacked out actor who did some random shit that people thought was groundbreaking. Feel like I’m on the twilight zone where I’m the only one that doesn’t see the thing.

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gortlank t1_j6lo7t6 wrote

He was a troll. Either you were in on the joke or you were the joke. Most people were not in on the joke even at the time. Often, he was the only one in on the joke. Sometimes there was no joke, which was the joke.

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LookMaNoPride t1_j6mwvxx wrote

> sometimes there was no joke, which was the joke

Early Tim and Eric experiments.

He, honestly, kinda looks like a morph halfway between Tim and Eric.

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gortlank t1_j6mxtc0 wrote

Tim Heidecker has spoken about him being a big influences bunch of time, even at length in some academic settings lol

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g_r_a_e t1_j6ld8p9 wrote

yep that's one of the many layers of Kaufman's genius

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Greenhoused t1_j6llnu5 wrote

Same here . Never could see what the genius there was personally.

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IHateCamping t1_j6mwdwl wrote

I grew up watching Taxi and I loved him on there. I didn't really get his stand up, it just seemed odd - but it probably was over my head.

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BlasphemousButler t1_j6m3c77 wrote

I'm so glad I'm not alone...and neither are you friend.

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ghostface176 t1_j6mjzya wrote

We can do this. Together. Lol. I thought I was gonna get downvoted to hell. Glad we are not alone

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