Carol Channing "Why I never played Mame" Two On The Aisle

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  • čas přidán 9. 06. 2020
  • In a 1997 interview Carol Channing talks to Two On The Aisle Critic Charles Gross about Jerry Herman & "Hello Dolly" and explains why she turned down Herman's offer to be Broadway's first "Mame"
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Komentáře • 68

  • @markmh835
    @markmh835 Před 3 lety +33

    One of my life's great memories is getting to see Carol Channing perform "Hello Dolly" on stage in Seattle in 1995. It was spectacular! Sadly, I couldn't get any of my friends to come with me so I went alone. And the theater wasn't sold out either. People had no idea what they missed. RIP Carol. 😢

    • @billfisher9238
      @billfisher9238 Před 3 lety +5

      i did marketing for that tour in '95. after Seattle it played Portland and we sold out the entire week. GREAT show.

    • @Broadwaybuff-pi1qg
      @Broadwaybuff-pi1qg Před 6 měsíci +2

      I'm jealous! I would definitely have gone with you to see the one and only Carol!! Glad you saw it anyway.

  • @SSLand-rg5ow
    @SSLand-rg5ow Před 3 lety +24

    If you weren't there, you can't understand fully. Channing was a star...is a star. I miss her.

  • @srichdway
    @srichdway Před 3 lety +15

    Excellent job of interviewing. He had done his homework, which really made this professional and fascinating. Well done.

  • @paulcanaday-elliott9834
    @paulcanaday-elliott9834 Před 3 lety +21

    “She did it all by herself. Just like I wanted her to.” LOL! Priceless.

  • @Samarastube
    @Samarastube Před 4 lety +27

    Oh this is exactly what interviews should be! What a treat.

  • @bowtieguy85
    @bowtieguy85 Před 3 lety +19

    He's lovely to look at 🥰

  • @Apollo_Blaze
    @Apollo_Blaze Před 3 lety +15

    She was so Real and down to earth...I wish all stars were like she was.

  • @johnpinegar8027
    @johnpinegar8027 Před 3 lety +13

    Carol was such a class act

    • @GodsFavoriteBassPlyr
      @GodsFavoriteBassPlyr Před 2 měsíci

      A true treasure... and one of the funniest people to ever grace a stage!

  • @jimtrue1465
    @jimtrue1465 Před 3 lety +15

    I saw Carol on stage as Dolly. She had broken her arm the week before, but there she was, on stage with her arm in a cast still being Dolly.

    • @cdgross
      @cdgross  Před 3 lety +6

      She was famous for never missing a performance.

    • @orion8835
      @orion8835 Před 3 měsíci

      Weird. She was beyond dedicated.

  • @yvangnutov8114
    @yvangnutov8114 Před 3 lety +12

    Love her , always positive, credible and naturally funny

  • @simonshackleton1647
    @simonshackleton1647 Před 3 lety +18

    That boy knows his stuff!

  • @omarchandler4983
    @omarchandler4983 Před 3 lety +11

    *She was so gracious and of course a TALENT AND A LEGEND!* ❤️💕

  • @zyxw2024
    @zyxw2024 Před 3 lety +6

    That was sweet!! I thoroughly enjoyed watching this interview. The two were wonderful with each other. Charlie & Carol. That could be a title for a new stage/screen musical. 😊

  • @CookieDeelite
    @CookieDeelite Před 3 lety +5

    What a gracious lady!

  • @AManAndAMouse
    @AManAndAMouse Před 3 lety +6

    It would've been interesting to hear if she had ever seen The Matchmaker before Jerry turned it into Hello, Dolly. It was on Broadway and on screen in the 1940s-50s with Ruth Gordon and Shirley Booth, respectively.

  • @drsunshine1959
    @drsunshine1959 Před 5 měsíci +2

    She was a wonderful, wonderful woman - I miss her.

  • @showtunestarpower
    @showtunestarpower Před 3 lety +7

    Channing is terrific!

  • @Rufus..Calhoun
    @Rufus..Calhoun Před 3 lety +3

    was on the front row of her one woman show in frisco. AMAZING

  • @officialmichaelcarrasco
    @officialmichaelcarrasco Před 4 lety +8

    This is so great!

  • @johnflynn9619
    @johnflynn9619 Před 3 lety +8

    Carol was a PRO. RIP

  • @jamesmoyner7499
    @jamesmoyner7499 Před 3 lety +6

    She was a wonderful actress and her laugh reminds me of Phillis Diller’s.

  • @MartinHomeVideo
    @MartinHomeVideo Před 3 lety +6

    Delightful!

  • @kennethwayne6857
    @kennethwayne6857 Před 3 měsíci +2

    "Healthy as a bedbug". First time I've heard that phrase. I must use it sometime.

  • @CurlylocksLA
    @CurlylocksLA Před 4 měsíci +2

    Adore Carol. And could anyone else make "triple by-pass surgery for six hours" sound like such a joyful event?

  • @c.d.macaulay66
    @c.d.macaulay66 Před 3 lety +19

    The “old timers” had class. Today’s celebs frequently act like spoiled children by comparison. Carol did not know Charles from Adam, yet she was so polite and generous with her answers. You can see she’s intelligent and gracious. Quite different from her public perception.

  • @GreatMindsThinkForLikes

    "Disappointment Act" is funny because Carol is always a thrill!

  • @michaelreilly3513
    @michaelreilly3513 Před 3 lety +14

    Charlie's cute lol.

  • @vickifriend9285
    @vickifriend9285 Před 3 lety +1

    I saw her twice as Dolly in London. She was wonderful, she’s no Streisand but she’s CAROL. Also watch her at the Hollywood Bowl. Marvellous

  • @DrewWasMe
    @DrewWasMe Před 3 lety +10

    And there was Charles Lowe, in the background, who ultimately made sure Carol could never recover from the cash-box caricature of Hello Dolly that was originally a brilliant performance. Charles Lowe ultimately made sure Carol could never be successful without her caricature. He could control the persona and generate the media attention based on that. She had talents so much more well trained and deeper than he ever let her show. Charles Lowe, with the many since "allegations" is a type of "Mama Rose" that hasn't been discussed or explored because of the time period in which it happened.

    • @glennntx
      @glennntx Před 3 lety +3

      Tell me more about this...

    • @kennethwayne6857
      @kennethwayne6857 Před 3 lety +3

      In short, another 'Colonel' Tom Parker?

    • @this_Joe_Smith
      @this_Joe_Smith Před 3 lety +3

      I saw him back there looking kind of . . . . irked?, as if thinking ". . what's she saying over there without my approval"

    • @maxipazz8214
      @maxipazz8214 Před 3 lety +4

      If that’s the bloke in black he looks quite a scary character

  • @sashek8451
    @sashek8451 Před 18 dny

    In my mind I always remember her doing Mame and I’m like wait, did she though? lolol

  • @diytom3448
    @diytom3448 Před 9 měsíci

    Very nice interview.

  • @thelivinglegend1928
    @thelivinglegend1928 Před 9 měsíci +1

    She’s adorable

  • @davidmarks8318
    @davidmarks8318 Před 3 měsíci

    Love her

  • @XX-gy7ue
    @XX-gy7ue Před 3 lety

    WONDERFUL

  • @vitoalbertolippolis2082

    What a class act.

  • @stephenr3910
    @stephenr3910 Před rokem +1

    I saw her in "Jerry's Girls" with Leslie Uggams and Andrea McArdle.

  • @maestroclassico5801
    @maestroclassico5801 Před měsícem

    Carol was a star. I love her story of David Merrick. He was not an easygoing producer.

  • @george-nm9ol
    @george-nm9ol Před 3 lety +5

    It's too bad she never did it again 😞

    • @ukuleleeddie1953
      @ukuleleeddie1953 Před 3 lety +2

      15 years would have been 2010. I think she could have still done it.

  • @deanloren
    @deanloren Před 3 lety +4

    Charlie is a star like carol

  • @larrykampf7192
    @larrykampf7192 Před 3 lety

    Was this the GMCC event at Lincoln Center @1997?

    • @cdgross
      @cdgross  Před 3 lety

      This was at the Mr. Abbot Awards at the Copacabana

  • @brianeduardo1234
    @brianeduardo1234 Před 5 měsíci

    Mr Gross is gorgeous

  • @Spiderman7Bob7
    @Spiderman7Bob7 Před 4 měsíci +1

    I saw Carol Channing in the original "GENTLEMEN pREFER bLONDES" WHEN i WAS IN hIGH sCHOOL And I was sorry they picked Marilyn Monroe for the movie version . They changes the script so much that you wouldn't think it was the same story . But that's Hollywood for you .

  • @Consrignrant
    @Consrignrant Před 3 lety +2

    You're in intensive care after a bi-pass and in serious danger. No one is eating a steak 2 hours later.

  • @thehockeyfinn
    @thehockeyfinn Před 3 lety

    oh hey it's ryan stiles

  • @sibionic
    @sibionic Před 3 lety +2

    this is excruciating - on both sides

  • @littleladybugmom
    @littleladybugmom Před 3 lety

    Was Carol a man ???

    • @MiiZzJ0kEr
      @MiiZzJ0kEr Před 3 lety +1

      i was thinking the same but a lot of the older stars of the old days had bad facelifts and start looking manly but i do not think she is a man because it would of been leaked long long ago

    • @littleladybugmom
      @littleladybugmom Před 3 lety

      @@MiiZzJ0kEr she's so tall also.

    • @MiiZzJ0kEr
      @MiiZzJ0kEr Před 3 lety

      @@littleladybugmom yes that is true also if u see a interview of jeanne carmen as a older women she looks like a sexy drag queen lol

    • @Broadwaybuff-pi1qg
      @Broadwaybuff-pi1qg Před 6 měsíci +3

      She used to joke that she once entered a Carol Channing contest at a gay bar and came in third!

    • @davidwesley2525
      @davidwesley2525 Před 3 měsíci

      ​@@Broadwaybuff-pi1qgEven Dolly Parton Didn't Win a Dolly Parton Look a Like Contest.

  • @callmeonkeshiasphone
    @callmeonkeshiasphone Před 2 měsíci

    SHE WAS GONNA GET HIS NAME RIGHT, SO PRESENT

  • @MaxRyan777
    @MaxRyan777 Před 3 lety +6

    What a dear! Love her!!