🎭 July 28, 1982 The Slap That Shook America Live on Late Night with David Letterman, Memphis royalty Jerry “The King” Lawler slapped eccentric comedian Andy Kaufman on national TV and the world was never the same. What folks didn’t know? It was all a masterclass in performance. Months earlier, Kaufman, fresh off Taxi, took his Inter-Gender Wrestling Champion act to the South where Lawler and the Mid-South team welcomed chaos. Kaufman taunted Memphis, Lawler pile-drove him into fame, and the duo
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🎭 July 28, 1982 The Slap That Shook America Live on Late Night with David Letterman, Memphis royalty Jerry “The King” Lawler slapped eccentric comedian Andy Kaufman on national TV and the world was never the same. What folks didn’t know? It was all a masterclass in performance. Months earlier, Kaufman, fresh off Taxi, took his Inter-Gender Wrestling Champion act to the South where Lawler and the Mid-South team welcomed chaos. Kaufman taunted Memphis, Lawler pile-drove him into fame, and the duo
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On July 28, 1982 professional wrestler Jerry “The King” Lawler and comedian Andy Kaufman appeared on NBC's Late Night with David Letterman. Kaufman and Lawler had been having a wrestling feud in Memphis and they decided to take things up a notch on Letterman. The unlikely duo decided to “work” Letterman by staging a confrontation. After some trash talking, Lawler stood up and laid Kaufman out with a slap across the face. And TV history was made. Kaufman, the self proclaimed Intergender Wrestling
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On July 28, 1982 professional wrestler Jerry “The King” Lawler and comedian Andy Kaufman appeared on NBC's Late Night with David Letterman. Kaufman and Lawler had been having a wrestling feud in Memphis and they decided to take things up a notch on Letterman. The unlikely duo decided to “work” Letterman by staging a confrontation. After some trash talking, Lawler stood up and laid Kaufman out with a slap across the face. And TV history was made. Kaufman, the self proclaimed Intergender Wrestling
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Jerry Lawler and Andy Kaufman on The David Letterman Show (Uncensored) WARNING: This uncensored video contains explicit language. July 28, 1982 - Memphis Wrestling gained national attention when Jerry Lawler landed a historic piledriver on actor and comedian Andy Kaufman at the Mid-South Coliseum in Memphis on April 5th, 1982. Soon David Letterman came calling to invite the two as guests on his show. As Lawler and Kaufman traded insults during their segment, Lawler rose and slapped Kaufman right
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Jerry Lawler and Andy Kaufman on The David Letterman Show (Uncensored) WARNING: This uncensored video contains explicit language. July 28, 1982 - Memphis Wrestling gained national attention when Jerry Lawler landed a historic piledriver on actor and comedian Andy Kaufman at the Mid-South Coliseum in Memphis on April 5th, 1982. Soon David Letterman came calling to invite the two as guests on his show. As Lawler and Kaufman traded insults during their segment, Lawler rose and slapped Kaufman right
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