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The Comedy Festival (TCF) and Ziddio.com, the user- generated Web site created by Comcast, announced The Andy Kaufman Award will be presented at The Comedy Festival on November 16 at 10 p.m. in the Emperors Showroom inside Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.

The Andy Kaufman Award recognizes comedians who have an original approach and was created to carry on the essence of Kaufman’s unique and zany style as a performer. All performers who would like to be considered should submit a video up to five minutes in length at www.ziddio.com/theandykaufmanaward. Eight finalists will be chosen by a panel that includes TCF, Shapiro/West and The Andy Kaufman Estate.

The finalists will compete in a live performance at TCF, and the winner will be chosen based on their humor and on how closely they reflect the originality, courage and clean performance of the late Andy Kaufman. The Award is open to U.S. performers 18 years of age and older.