"The Dog" and Andy Kaufman

My entry today is about 2 unconnected items that have caught my attention today. First, after showing the movie "Dog Day Afternoon",  which is based on a real bank robbery, I started searching information about the real person portrayed by Al Pacino - John Wojtowicz.  To my surprise, I discovered that there is a documentary about the real man that was just released in August of this year.  It sounds interesting, and is on my list of films I must see.  Here is Bob Mondello's review of the new documentary "The Dog". This is the "true" story of the man Al Pacino played in "Dog Day Afternoon":

NPR Review

The second item, and even more interesting, is about a new Andy Kaufman book written by his friend and writing partner Bob Zmuda.  In the new book,  “Andy Kaufman: The Truth, Finally” (BenBella Books), written with Lynne Margulies, Kaufman’s girlfriend,  Zmuda reveals that Kaufman is still alive after faking his death, and that the 30 year time limit is up this year and Andy will soon return. Here is a link to a recent (September 28, 2014) NY Post article:

Andy Kaufman Alive!

This isn't the first time there was talk of Andy's return. Just last year his brother said he was still alive, only to admit that he had been a victim of a hoax.  There is a full entry on snopes.com that talks about all of the "Andy is alive" rumors.  They declare that Andy is, in fact, still dead.