>>Last night I just caught the tail end of a film biopic essentially about the dissolution of Andy Kaufman, "Man on the Moon", played by Jim Carey.
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>>Now there have been several seminal TV sit-coms from the USA, that were loved over here: Rhoda, Taxi, Cheers, Frasier, Friends. And Kaufman, as Latka, was one of the main draws. Apart from this, esp. as he died quite young, I don't think a lot was known of him over here. From this film though it appears that, outside of his role in Taxi, he was, to the British senses, about as funny as a dose of distemper in a dog's home. And he was nutsoid, arrogant, single-minded in his conviction of his own talent and funniness and self-destructive.
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>>Did you guys really find him all that interesting and hilarious, outside his Latka role?
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>Not me. I agree with your last statements. Latka was funny. That's about it. His wrestling stunts were stupid. I never cared for it.

Carey was very apt to play the role. I've just realised what annoying get the Kaufman character, in the film, reminded me of - Jim Carey himself, with all his inane, insane clowning and gurning on chat shows, that reflect his Ace Ventura character.