Oh! My! God! Honey, this was EVERYTHING. I will always adore RuPaul, but I've found that on occasion I need a reminder of the Ru and Michelle I fell in love with. They're entirely different creatures than they are today and so am I - I was a teenager in smalltown Wisconsin back then, hanging onto every clip of Ru, Deee-Lite, and the Club Kids I could find. Now, I've been working in drag for twenty-nine years myself. It's been a job for a long time and even the things you love lose their sheen when it's an obligation. In those moments when I revisit clips like this, I often find that for one fleeting moment, I'm thirteen and eager to take on the world again. Thank you so much for that. If I could ask: how did you come across this footage and is there more?
Thank you for watching! Inspiring to hear what the 'old Ru and Michelle' meant to you way back when. This footage was in my closet with a bunch of other VHS tapes. Finally digitized and uploaded it. Sadly, it's the only footage I have from this show. Enjoy!
Ru’s affectations and mannerisms were synonymous with 90s talk show hosts. The host’s personality sets the entire tone of the show. It was a big deal that Ru was the first gay person to host a nationally televised talk show. She had to create the mold all her own - engage with the audience, fill the studio with energy, and keep the views coming. To reduce her personality as fake just comes off as myopic because authenticity was never a metric for talk show hosts to begin with.
Give me a one way ticket back to the 90s
I'm coming with!
me too! heh
Or even the 80s, all of those days rocked ❤
Ill join you :-)
Literally
first off, love this thank you Harold!
second - that's Jamal sims in the cap dancing behind her, on the left!
You're welcome! Thanks for watching!
Ru doing all this in drag, you know those were long days of shooting. Loved The RuPaul Show!
Thanks for watching!
This was a real treat because it goes behid the scenes. I thought the fight was halarious though. Thanks for uploading this. R.I.P Jerry Springer
You're welcome!
RuPaul is a legend. So iconic. Kisses from Brazil!
Kisses back at ya! Thanks for watching!
Michelle is her ginger spice era... and she always been Rupaul kiss ass friend 😅
and loyal
WoW😉 No idea why this popped up in my recommendations but damn... I'm glad it did... Thanks sooo much for uploading & sharing this... Its fabulous ❤
Thanks for watching! 🤎
Wow who dug this out of the box in the attic or old Hollywood storage. Nice behind the scenes peek!
You're welcome! Enjoy!
Thank you so much for sharing this. ❤
You are so welcome! Thank you for watching!
I saw the thumbnail and thought it was Ginger Spice 😄
Gurl! Same!!
this is amazing, thank you
You're welcome! Glad you enjoyed it!
Oh! My! God! Honey, this was EVERYTHING. I will always adore RuPaul, but I've found that on occasion I need a reminder of the Ru and Michelle I fell in love with. They're entirely different creatures than they are today and so am I - I was a teenager in smalltown Wisconsin back then, hanging onto every clip of Ru, Deee-Lite, and the Club Kids I could find. Now, I've been working in drag for twenty-nine years myself. It's been a job for a long time and even the things you love lose their sheen when it's an obligation. In those moments when I revisit clips like this, I often find that for one fleeting moment, I'm thirteen and eager to take on the world again. Thank you so much for that.
If I could ask: how did you come across this footage and is there more?
Thank you for watching! Inspiring to hear what the 'old Ru and Michelle' meant to you way back when. This footage was in my closet with a bunch of other VHS tapes. Finally digitized and uploaded it. Sadly, it's the only footage I have from this show. Enjoy!
love your comment Giggles
Jerry Springer really spoke a word about TV in the 90’s 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
10:23 now there is Bob & Monets "love pink"
When TV was entertaining ❤❤❤
Is that Jamal Sims? ❤
Rupaul and Zuse the mash up I didn't know I needed 🤣🤣🤣🤣
So they modeled the drag race runway after rupauls original show? Werk❤
Michelle looks like Ricki Lake! Maybe it’s the makeup 😊
wow
My mic sounds nice 👌🏼
to which now i dont believe any of these jerry springer shows, how many actors and actresses were on jerry,
Rufus and Treynae are the clowns
Michelle as Old Spice
Do you have the Pointer Sisters’s interview?
Unfortunately I don't.
RuPaul is not a Hero like most people see him!
RuPaul had such a fake personality back then, unlike now a days she’s so much more genuine and wiser and grown up
Ru’s affectations and mannerisms were synonymous with 90s talk show hosts. The host’s personality sets the entire tone of the show. It was a big deal that Ru was the first gay person to host a nationally televised talk show. She had to create the mold all her own - engage with the audience, fill the studio with energy, and keep the views coming. To reduce her personality as fake just comes off as myopic because authenticity was never a metric for talk show hosts to begin with.