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You Can’t Make This Up

Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond

You Can’t Make This Up

Netflix

True Crime, Documentary, Tv & Film, Society & Culture, Film Interviews

4.21K Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2018

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

This week we're talking about the Emmy nominated documentary film, Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond, Featuring a Very Special, Contractually Obligated Mention of Tony Clifton. (Yes, that is the real full-length title.) The film documents Jim Carrey's transformation into Andy Kaufman by using over 100 hours of behind the scenes footage from the set of Man On The Moon. And here to discuss that transformation and the making of this film are comedian Michael Ian Black and the film's director, Chris Smith.

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0:00.0

Welcome to You Can't Make This Up, a companion podcast from Netflix.

0:04.0

I'm Wiltschobridge.

0:08.0

I'm the editor of Netflix as a joke and I'm super happy to be hosting this week's episode.

0:12.0

As you know, every other week on You Can't Make This Up, we bring super happy to be hosting this week's episode.

0:12.5

As you know, every other week on You Can't Make This Up,

0:14.8

we bring in a new interviewer

0:16.0

to talk about a Netflix series or film with special guests.

0:19.3

And all of those stories are surprisingly true.

0:22.0

This week we're not solving any murders or joining any

0:24.3

cults. Instead we're getting to know Jim Carrey Andy Kaufman and of course Tony

0:28.8

Clifton in the Emmy-nominated documentary film, wait for it, Jim and Andy, The Great Beyond,

0:34.3

featuring a very special contractually obligated mention of Tony Clifton.

0:38.8

But we're just gonna call it Jim and Andy.

0:41.5

Jim and Andy uses behind the scenes footage from the set of Man on the Moon

0:46.4

to document Jim Carrey's transformation into Andy Coffin both on screen and off.

0:51.5

Here to talk about the film is comedian Michael Ian Black and the director. and

0:54.0

the director Chris Smith.

0:56.0

You might know Michael from the Netflix original show,

0:58.0

Wet Hot American Summer,

1:00.0

or maybe you listen to his insightful podcast

1:02.0

How to Be Amazing.

1:04.0

Chris and Michael sit down to talk about how Jim Carrey, Andy Kaufman, in the making of this

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