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Together Kaufman and Rosenberg co-founded Bob's Discount Furniture with Rosenberg owning two-thirds of the company and Kaufman one-third. Rosenberg acquired a building in Newington, Connecticut, previously owned by a furniture company which had gone bankrupt, [6] [7] and re-opened it in 1991 as the first Bob's Discount Furniture store. [6] [8] [7]
Robert Garnell Kaufman (April 18, 1925 – January 12, 1986) was an American Beat poet and surrealist as well as a jazz performance artist and satirist. [1] In France, where his poetry had a large following, he was known as the Black American Rimbaud.
Robert Alan Kauffman was born on July 13, 1946, in Brooklyn, New York, to LeRoy and Anne Kauffman. He attended Scarsdale High School in Scarsdale, New York. [2] The Kauffman family operated a business in the saddle and bridle industry known as Kauffman's Boots and Saddles, located on East 24th Street in Manhattan.
Bob's Discount Furniture is known for its odd yet curiously effective TV commercials, ads that convincingly pin the discount Bob-O-Pedic against brand-name Tempur-Pedic mattresses. Privately held ...
A friend of Andy Kaufman claims the iconic comedian is still alive. Kaufman's writing partner, Bob Zmuda says 35-year-old Kaufman faked his own death in 1984 and will be returning sometime in the ...
Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams, which grew from a small North Carolina-based upholstery maker to a national retail furniture chain, is shuttering operations, citing weak sales and trouble securing ...
However, Kaufman had the last laugh, enlisting his brother Michael or his showbiz partner Bob Zmuda to play the role, [6] with Kaufman making unannounced appearances on stage during Clifton's act. [7] Rodney Dangerfield was a big fan of Andy Kaufman, and he hired Clifton to open for him for two shows at Bill Graham's venue Fillmore West.
And when I die, I won't stay dead is a documentary film about the life and work of African-American poet Bob Kaufman, directed by Billy Woodberry which was shown at International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2015, [1] opened MoMa's Doc Fortnight in 2016 [2] and won the award for Best Investigative Documentary at Doclisboa International Film Festival in 2015.