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His band Tenacious D was just taking off, and he didn’t want to mess with that. And then there was the fear factor.
Andrew Buss is the author of Top Five: How High Fidelity Found Its Rhythm and Became a Cult Movie Classic. He has carved out a niche for himself as a pop culture expert, with a heavy emphasis on comedy. He has written for publications like Vanity Fair, New York magazine’s Vulture, Consequence of Sound, and The Laugh Button, where he spent five years serving as editor. Currently, he is a contributing editor of 800 Pound Gorilla News.
He has written oral histories on such films and TV shows as Zoolander, Superbad, Airheads, The Jerk, High Fidelity, Clerks the Animated Series, Gremlins 2, The Freshman, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, Freaks & Geeks, and Thief.
Since 2014, Andrew Buss has also been the official archivist/historian for Andy Kaufman. He will also serve as an Archival Consultant on the upcoming untitled documentary on the legendary performer, which will be executive produced by David Letterman and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.