🎭 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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