It was one of those spontaneous television moments you hope to see, although, given today’s post-Nipplegate precautions and the general uneventfulness of the medium - it almost never does. Twenty-five years ago tomorrow, wrestler Jerry “The King” Lawler slapped comedian Andy Kaufman on Late Night with David Letterman, striking through the plastic predictability of TV in a memorable moment that seemed to surprise everyone involved — Kaufman, Letterman, Lawler, and the viewers.
I’ll post the video clip below and you can read the entire transcript of the event here. Also, I’ve included R.E.M.’s “Man On The Moon” in honor of Mr. Andy Kaufman.
MP3: R.E.M. - “Man On The Moon”
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