New York Club Kids on Phil Donahue talkshow 1993 (complete TV show)

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  • The New York Club Kids appear on Phil Donahue's talkshow to talk about their life as a club kid. Michael Alig, James St. James, Richie Rich, Jenny Talia and others talk about the New York party scene, house music, drug use and having fun.
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  • @joemasters2270
    @joemasters2270 Před 6 lety +390

    "Are you drug-free?"
    "Yes, all my drugs are free!"
    XD

  • @lilacteeth
    @lilacteeth Před 9 lety +64

    Why are people hating on Donahue? Yeah, he's a little all over the place but Michael Alig, himself, said that Donahue was a giant hippy who gathered all of the club kids for a group hug before the show and told them that he wasn't going to shame or degrade the club kids. He also is playing devil's advocate because this is a TALK SHOW...the host has to play every card. It's plainly obvious whose side he is on the whole time.

    • @avedic
      @avedic Před 9 lety +3

      lilacteeth Hm...interesting take on Donahue. Didn't know that about the pre-show hug. Alig really said he did that? Kinda cool actually....

    • @CrackinJacks138
      @CrackinJacks138 Před 6 lety

      Joan rivers did it in a much better way

    • @parisz
      @parisz Před 26 dny

      @@CrackinJacks138 Gender rolls a la 80/90's...

  • @154990jr
    @154990jr Před 8 lety +243

    James is still living his fantasy. I live.

    • @hanktrill
      @hanktrill Před 7 lety +5

      John Charles I wish I could love this comment! So true :)

    • @moreodat479
      @moreodat479 Před 4 lety +1

      gawd that bieber cunt all up our cultures assssss

    • @natalier7204
      @natalier7204 Před 3 lety

      He thinks he’s Truman Capote

    • @barbarabavier675
      @barbarabavier675 Před 3 lety +3

      But Michael isn't.

    • @czechchicklet6890
      @czechchicklet6890 Před 2 lety +2

      @@barbarabavier675
      He's now dead, or were you implying that?

  • @uncageXtheXcolours
    @uncageXtheXcolours Před 9 lety +265

    James St James looks soooooo beautiful, his headpiece is exquisite! He's so lovely and everything he's talking about is beautiful

  • @Jezeroth
    @Jezeroth Před 8 lety +154

    "When you insult them, they love that. When you insult them, you are saying to them: I'm afraid of you, I'm old, I'm old-fashioned, and anything out-of-the-ordinary, I'm terrified of" THANK YOU DONAHUE.

    • @TheGravygun
      @TheGravygun Před 3 lety +2

      being offended doesn't necessarily mean being afraid maybe it means disgusted

    • @pparalaxx3014
      @pparalaxx3014 Před 2 lety +1

      He is worried

    • @mstwelvedeadlycyns
      @mstwelvedeadlycyns Před 11 měsíci +1

      ​@@TheGravygunRight people being disgusted=offended=insecure when a Lizzo loses weight and is skinny!

  • @wdjkncvgdfsbyt34jgvi
    @wdjkncvgdfsbyt34jgvi Před 7 lety +47

    I just love how everytime they get insulted they all just laugh and agree lmao

    • @HopefulInterventions
      @HopefulInterventions Před 10 měsíci

      They’re crazy! Michael Alig is a brutal murderer and died of a drug overdose.

  • @user-xf6rz3fw9o
    @user-xf6rz3fw9o Před 7 lety +37

    I'm 38 now and remember growing up watching all the shows that I knew were going to have club kids on them.I fell in love and adored them.

  • @kikiam7850
    @kikiam7850 Před 6 lety +72

    I love how the boss of one of the club kids stood up for her employee. I also get why Phil was saying those things at the beginning, to get the close-minded people to agree with him and listen more so that Phil can lure them in to hearing the club kids' side.

    • @ddl4374
      @ddl4374 Před 3 lety +6

      It's called entraining..you start where they are and then gradually relax in the reassuring safe zone you've created and they relax and open up some along with you.

  • @Pneumarose
    @Pneumarose Před 7 lety +110

    Michael was high as fuck.

    • @Pneumarose
      @Pneumarose Před 7 lety +2

      SuperSickSarah666 very true 😂😭

    • @jennifersimpson5288
      @jennifersimpson5288 Před 6 lety +1

      21BakDoor21 oh God. Have you ever been in a K hole?? It sucks!!!!

    • @stefanhoimes
      @stefanhoimes Před 2 měsíci

      ​@@jennifersimpson5288fr. And coming out of it is just agony. I will only ever partake if I'm around someone who isn't.

    • @stefanhoimes
      @stefanhoimes Před 2 měsíci

      Now.. several of them are sucking on lollipops. That's kinda common on molly and h.

    • @Amie-
      @Amie- Před 27 dny

      And?

  • @gabeash007
    @gabeash007 Před 6 lety +24

    I love how Richie Rich stood up for the girls

  • @juhyassmin
    @juhyassmin Před 9 lety +357

    UGH! James St. James is EVERYTHING.

    • @MajicFreeman
      @MajicFreeman Před 8 lety +19

      +Pet Monster Yeh Monsters make great pets.
      But, btw, James wasn't involved in the murder at all.

    • @lisalisa4576
      @lisalisa4576 Před 7 lety +9

      Majic Freeman no, but he didn't do anything when he found out about it.

    • @mandeloo9404
      @mandeloo9404 Před 7 lety +12

      Jasmine M. "Do not feed the drug child!"

    • @brodyparker2547
      @brodyparker2547 Před 7 lety +6

      Everything he is saying is so profound for those times.

    • @Jasmine-ct4qi
      @Jasmine-ct4qi Před 7 lety +1

      where is he?!

  • @LeXyStAr77
    @LeXyStAr77 Před 8 lety +246

    'James has a trust fund so for him it can go on forever',,truest of truths,, over 20years later and he's Still James st James!

    • @josh05683
      @josh05683 Před 5 lety +4

      Angela TraumaMama All the money he has made was earned. Clearly you aren’t aware of drag/fashion. He has probably made more than you will ever see in your life.

    • @KaiDecadence
      @KaiDecadence Před 4 lety

      @@josh05683 It's like these people don't understand that ANYONE can invest money and there are people in the creative arts who do just that.

    • @agonistes06
      @agonistes06 Před 4 lety

      his book is just poetry. what a fabulous person he is!

    • @BleuEye
      @BleuEye Před 3 lety

      It must be nice...

    • @michaelbonica8822
      @michaelbonica8822 Před 3 lety

      Yes he does

  • @florencelovme
    @florencelovme Před 9 lety +31

    This is for those that dont "get" the 90s generation. In the 90s era, it was about the fun and sharing and being part of that community. There was no posers or pretentious clubgoers or any of that. we used to have fun and didnt have to think about it. Just that.
    only the over 30s will know the feeling.

    • @PwlgCo
      @PwlgCo Před 9 lety +2

      Hey if it helps to know,I;m 25 and I understand what you're getting at. I live my life for fun and when people act like I'm doing something wrong it's like ugh...

    • @strnglhld
      @strnglhld Před 9 lety +7

      Uhh. No. There have definitely been posers in every generation.

    • @historyiwitness5915
      @historyiwitness5915 Před 6 měsíci +1

      Exactly right. In the 80s and 90s it was about fun, creativity and dancing elbow to elbow with people of all walks of life, red, blue, white, black or green it didn't matter your skin tone or how much you had in the bank. Hard to convince folks who weren't there that this magical world existed. But it did!

  • @henrriettehueck2525
    @henrriettehueck2525 Před 9 lety +99

    I'm surprised at how gorgeous James looks here. Like absolutely beautiful, she's so graceful.

    • @christinecollins6648
      @christinecollins6648 Před 7 lety +6

      when I first saw him around back then some people thought he was too fishy. He has always had an edge however

    • @divereric
      @divereric Před 6 lety

      Louise Metric wait, James St. James transitioned?.

    • @snoozeking7497
      @snoozeking7497 Před 5 lety +6

      He was the original Club Kid. He told Michael Alig what to do and how to do it.

    • @Iburn247
      @Iburn247 Před 5 lety +2

      They re all pedos

  • @excellentviolet590
    @excellentviolet590 Před 7 lety +264

    Stay out all night and sleep all day? It's just called being 21😂😂😂

    • @jayblack2093
      @jayblack2093 Před 6 lety +10

      It's also total nonsense. Limelight was filled with B&T high school kids who'd go out once a week. I know because when I was 16 and 17 I was one. Maybe they'd sleep in on Sunday, but only a few people on that stage made any kind of life or living out of clubbing. The rest of the people on that stage came along for the chance to put on clothes and makeup and go on TV to promote Tunnel for free, and to get on Peter Gatien's good side (he's since been jailed for tax evasion and - bc he's a Canadian citizen - banned from the US). The woman on the phone who said Peter was exploiting the kids was right, of course... and Phil is an idiot for defending a club owner who made his living on the backs of "club kids" as young as 13.

    • @triciaharding513
      @triciaharding513 Před 5 lety +1

      A O science documentaries

    • @wiseguy9202
      @wiseguy9202 Před 4 lety

      Ditto. I was 15 to 17

    • @almareyes2192
      @almareyes2192 Před 4 lety +1

      I know this is old but ayee that's my life💯💯💯💯💯😂😂👋
      Except I stay up all night at work 😭😭😂

    • @dgenerated
      @dgenerated Před 3 lety +4

      @@jayblack2093 And Michael exploited them too, its called Business!.

  • @susandavid4463
    @susandavid4463 Před 8 lety +115

    Okay, to those young people who don't know: Phil Donahue was the original talk show and host. He wasn't like the ones, today, where they showcase tabloid-type fodder without really having much to say about it. Donahue was actually a journalist. It was his job to play "devil's advocate," to get to the bottom of why people behaved the way they did and what happened as a result. He did it to and for every single person who ever graced his stage. The only reason he left television was because he retired-he didn't have to. People responded to his actual journalism. I miss it.

    • @AshyRenay
      @AshyRenay Před 8 lety +7

      Or, he was an a$$hole. Sorry.

    • @susandavid4463
      @susandavid4463 Před 8 lety +25

      +Ashley Penrod What he was, was a journalist in the days when they were supposed to provoke and ask the tough questions, when they were supposed to question and probe for answers...my father was a journalist during the same period. You are now used to the propaganda journalists who are bought and sold by corporations and products, who are told what they can and cannot ask. It's tragic, because journalism is intended to open dialogue and force people to ANSWER the tough questions. Real journalism no longer exists. Which is why I gave up on it.

    • @jerseytomato100
      @jerseytomato100 Před 7 lety +23

      Donahue was NOT an asshole. He's asking questions that the average, Conservative, boring, middle-aged housewife living in Iowa with 20 cats would ask. Donahue himself was a staunch liberal.

    • @flawlessyellabone4020
      @flawlessyellabone4020 Před 5 lety

      @BuildBlok 85 racist af

    • @christiangrey6388
      @christiangrey6388 Před 5 lety +7

      I kinda miss him. Definitely for more the intellectual crowd. The Anderson Cooper of today's generation. My episode never got aired :(

  • @astralfluxaf
    @astralfluxaf Před rokem +17

    “I look like a heroin addict… but I’m not.. it’s just makeup.” - Ailig… never could keep his mouth closed could he? 🤦‍♀️

  • @JustJesstheMess
    @JustJesstheMess Před 5 lety +55

    38:00 Coast Guard guy gave me chills. Talk about expert foreshadowing. If only Alig had actually listened to that man and heeded his advice.

    • @midnightrun2764
      @midnightrun2764 Před rokem +1

      Why? Sorry, but what happened to him? 🤔

    • @JH-rt2co
      @JH-rt2co Před rokem

      I wonder where that coast guard dude is now...(in 2022)

    • @heidistabbert3062
      @heidistabbert3062 Před rokem +3

      @@midnightrun2764 he died of a drug overdose a year and a half ago.

    • @joanndigiulio9650
      @joanndigiulio9650 Před rokem

      @Midnight Run Michael Alig is a murderer. He murdered Angel Melendez while strung out on heroin.

    • @hfxmusicman
      @hfxmusicman Před rokem +5

      How gorgeous is that Coast Guard guy though...damn.

  • @keysdirtyprada9269
    @keysdirtyprada9269 Před 8 lety +50

    I love Richie so much he's adorable

    • @KimmieB17
      @KimmieB17 Před 4 lety +2

      Yes, he created Heatherette.

    • @blondeleviathan4649
      @blondeleviathan4649 Před 2 lety +4

      Yes Richie rich is adorable! And mr. culkin should have played him in a movie, because they have such similar features ❤️❤️

    • @cuppacoffee75
      @cuppacoffee75 Před rokem +2

      Why wasn't Richie Rich in Party Monster?

    • @BlackBlurDarkness
      @BlackBlurDarkness Před rokem

      I WONDERED THE SAME THING!

    • @alesi86
      @alesi86 Před rokem

      @@cuppacoffee75 he came out in it, but not a main character

  • @Medallion2006
    @Medallion2006 Před 8 lety +68

    Oh good grief it was just dressing up, relax.

    • @zacdavid9919
      @zacdavid9919 Před 8 lety +6

      Until Michael Alig committed murder, sure.

    • @MajicFreeman
      @MajicFreeman Před 7 lety +3

      Sure, but the murder happened like 5 or 6 years later.

    • @InsectBaby
      @InsectBaby Před 7 lety +11

      Ms. Ravenwood It was actually pretty revolutionary you bigot

    • @samslost6011
      @samslost6011 Před 4 lety

      Amen

  • @samnyc2
    @samnyc2 Před 5 lety +61

    This was 25 years ago, the youngest here are around late 40's, 50 or more now, if they are alive. Would love to hear them interviewed now.

    • @katherinek3314
      @katherinek3314 Před 4 lety +12

      Check out James st James he's still doing drag

    • @joyhruska9377
      @joyhruska9377 Před 4 lety +7

      A lot of them are still around but quite a few are no longer in the spotlight. Michael can't seem to get it together, James St James is still doing things, Freeze is off the radar, Michael Mustafo still writes. Some have passed but a lot just grew up. Lol

    • @misspanera451
      @misspanera451 Před 4 lety +2

      Joy Hruska Well said

    • @ResidentEvilBiohazard
      @ResidentEvilBiohazard Před 3 lety +5

      Many work in the arts...painting, modeling, writing, film/tv, and some are even tv personalities or journalists.

    • @ladyred5468
      @ladyred5468 Před 3 lety +14

      Let’s not forget RuPaul he was apart of their group and is probably the biggest of them all (known wise)

  • @macarthurradio
    @macarthurradio Před 5 lety +53

    James St. James is absolutely lovely and I love his positive message and how he told that girl to start her own club kids group where she lived, and how fun is in everyone's hearts. The club kids were just colorful people and it's sad but interesting how a person's apperance greatly affects how people treat them. Michael Alig doesn't represent them all, it seems most were people just having fun.

    • @joed2818
      @joed2818 Před rokem +5

      Yes. All that is fine and dandy. But they played with fire the moment Heroin was incorporated into their drug smorgasbord. Doomed from the very first taste.

    • @joang6325
      @joang6325 Před rokem +2

      My cod 🐟 who needs a "friend" like james st james

    • @historyiwitness5915
      @historyiwitness5915 Před 6 měsíci

      James didn't do heroin@@joed2818 He was too busy being a Michael Alig knock-off, and not convincingly. James abandoned Michael when the latter was accused of drug distribution by the Feds, when everyone in the scene knew Alig didn't distribute drugs. That was Lord Michael and Steve Lewis. But James didn't want the contents of his then-upcoming book to be leaked, and they would have been if he gave sworn testimony in Brooklyn Fed Court. Great friend!

  • @avedic
    @avedic Před 9 lety +206

    This is such a cool time-capsule. I love the girl at 6:10...her eyes are lit up by this; you can tell she's loving it. I'm a straight guy(not even a little bi), but I adore gay culture and everything tangential to it. It's liberating and *_creative_*. And it's hilarious to see the faces on all the older people in the audience; they have no IDEA what to think of all this. I can't imagine how shocking it must have been for them in 1993. What's funny is...all the audience members' fashion/aesthetic look pretty *_strange_* now in 2015....while the club kids *_still_* look cutting-edge creative.

    • @battlecitysinner
      @battlecitysinner Před 8 lety +10

      avedic I'm straight too and I love this shit as well.

    • @SistaStroke
      @SistaStroke Před 8 lety +2

      +Kara Ashley (Karadactyl) 100% agree!

    • @jenniferhammit9656
      @jenniferhammit9656 Před 8 lety +1

      you are sooo right my dear!

    • @CuteDeadGirl666
      @CuteDeadGirl666 Před 7 lety +6

      Dude im 16 and out as gay, i do drag and am completely open. You'd be shocked about how many straight boys are just like you, but FYI we are all somewhere in the middle. Trust me. but being an ally is so amazing, you do you! Love yourself.

    • @CuteDeadGirl666
      @CuteDeadGirl666 Před 7 lety +1

      i mean you may be right, they could be gay. there's nothing wrong with that

  • @BoundInHumanBones
    @BoundInHumanBones Před 8 lety +40

    I've got a thousand things to say about this but lets just say
    James st James is soooo fabulous! And so beautiful !
    and leave it that way.

    • @K3vinK
      @K3vinK Před 4 lety +1

      He was always a step above them. Even when Alig spoke down to him.

  • @Sweetamber222
    @Sweetamber222 Před 7 lety +40

    Binge watching all these club kid interviews.

    • @amykramer4515
      @amykramer4515 Před 5 lety +2

      SweetAmber same here it's crazy

    • @ZELLA706
      @ZELLA706 Před 5 lety +3

      Me too. Right before was a Marilyn Manson interview binge session.

    • @amykramer4515
      @amykramer4515 Před 5 lety +1

      Trigg Bell 🤣 it happens

    • @ZELLA706
      @ZELLA706 Před 5 lety +1

      Amy Kramer and who knew I would be so intrigued with Marilyn. He is so incredibly intelligent. It’s hypnotic.

    • @amykramer4515
      @amykramer4515 Před 5 lety +1

      Trigg Bell yes he really is very intelligent he's good friends with the Osborne's he's also very business savvy.

  • @dmcoffman
    @dmcoffman Před 7 lety +416

    It's so strange that Michael Alig is known as the ringleader of this movement because every time I watch videos of the Club Kids, he is ALWAYS the least interesting, most unoriginal, and most annoying of the group.

    • @Howard007
      @Howard007 Před 5 lety +74

      Nelson Sullivan is the Man!

    • @citizendame6329
      @citizendame6329 Před 4 lety +46

      Bc you only see him for a few moments on camera, and everyone acts differently with a camera suddenly shoved into their faces plus they're trying to work. He was probably different when they were really partying on drugs and in private among closer friends. Running around a club schmoozing with guests for a few minutes at a time is going to be boring of course. The real fun happened after hours and in private convos and parties. Plus he was a party promoter, so he set all props up, came up with wild ideas, sent invites, etc., so he really was the ringleader. He's the one who took control and led the parties. He spent a lot of time running around doing sound checks, making sure everyone got in, had drink tickets, any complaints when to him, etc. He was busy until the parties finally wound down.

    • @vickydee2437
      @vickydee2437 Před 4 lety +28

      He was the most outrageous of them all if you read James book youd understand. He thought about party ideas that were never done before and this was long before internet and cell phones

    • @thedrunkenramblingsnorthea4201
      @thedrunkenramblingsnorthea4201 Před 4 lety +1

      actually agreed yes.From what i've researched on the club kid movement (I was only born '92 lol to be fair) I believe that he did put work into being an influencer but then more interesting and less awful people turnT the party up

    • @shamismcgillin584
      @shamismcgillin584 Před 3 lety +15

      He had the drugs that’s why! Lmao

  • @nz229
    @nz229 Před 8 lety +17

    james is EVERYTHING in this

  • @Vanessa-fd3mr
    @Vanessa-fd3mr Před 7 lety +13

    I love James st. James. I'm so glad he's on Bravo now and still doin his thang.

    • @historyiwitness5915
      @historyiwitness5915 Před 6 měsíci

      He's a wannabe Michael Alig now and that's exactly what he was in the late 80s and early 90s. Betrayed Michael, too, first chance he got by refusing to testify that Michael wasn't involved in distributing drugs. Fortunately others in the scene myself included were willing to take the stand, and the Fed conviction was run concurrent. I'm sure MA won't get much sympathy here, but one shouldn't serve decades for something unless they actually committed that specific crime.

    • @HRH-THO-II
      @HRH-THO-II Před 6 měsíci

      ​@historyiwitness5915 I am friends with several people that are on that stage and if you're trying to tell us that he wasn't involved in drug distribution that shit just won't fly. Just because they couldn't prove it beyond a reasonable doubt doesn't mean " he wasn't involved". And Michael was only convicted of 1st degree manslaughter, nothing to do with drugs....and I happen to own 4 of Michael's paintings. I think he was a wonderfully talented artist.

  • @maryjaneg8328
    @maryjaneg8328 Před 8 lety +163

    It is so rude how the audience reacted towards them. some of the club kids were troubled but not all of them. It's so interesting hearing about their lives.

    • @harrypels
      @harrypels Před 8 lety +17

      +Maryjane Garza Imagine being so misunderstood and so very culture-defining at the same time.

    • @maryjaneg8328
      @maryjaneg8328 Před 8 lety +14

      +Sonderguard yes. I really couldn't stand alig after the whole murder thing though.

    • @tyrstocry3493
      @tyrstocry3493 Před 6 lety +3

      Maryjane Garza it was a different time, to be fair.

    • @JudaBGC
      @JudaBGC Před 6 lety +1

      that's culture

    • @archer9855
      @archer9855 Před 6 lety +4

      guinness4life That is the same with every generation...Every generation have a youth that defines THEIR culture. Discos, raves, Woodstock, etc. So, yes, they were culture-defining, and you'll see it every decade.

  • @Tom5thousand
    @Tom5thousand Před 7 lety +34

    I like at 14:25 Phil is talking to someone else and Michael stomps his foot and James is like "we have to pay attention to Michael!" Right there just says it all about Alig haha.

    • @jlee7904
      @jlee7904 Před 6 lety +7

      Tom I know right he was always like me me me me me

    • @raccoonchronicles5134
      @raccoonchronicles5134 Před 4 lety +6

      Yeah, I caught that too.

    • @K3vinK
      @K3vinK Před 4 lety +8

      He has a punchable face.

    • @Annuska1995
      @Annuska1995 Před 3 lety +3

      Though he was talented in what he did but he was a childish arrogant little sociopath. Karma got him in the end.

    • @jambutty2218
      @jambutty2218 Před 3 lety +4

      He has no manners.

  • @amandagiacomo1058
    @amandagiacomo1058 Před 9 lety +37

    I love how the host assumes that because someone has facial piercings, it's okay to touch their face.

  • @DawnAYoung-vk4on
    @DawnAYoung-vk4on Před 10 měsíci +2

    Richie Rich said it best… it’s just like creative minds that make movies and such. It’s creativity and should never be looked down upon. Creativity and passion built this world we live in. Why shun those who can make life more interesting, beautiful and fun

  • @Emmy-ox3hf
    @Emmy-ox3hf Před 9 lety +22

    James St. James is so wonderful! Love him!!

  • @MissJennjenn
    @MissJennjenn Před 10 měsíci +3

    I would have been a club kid! I love how free they are and its art!

  • @NewyorkRican2191
    @NewyorkRican2191 Před 6 lety +18

    Micheal in this show was incredible high and was losing control. You can clearly see it based from his previous two appearence from the Geraldo Show. It's truly tragic that his out of Control drug use lead to the murder of Angel with Wings. Rest in peace Angel.

    • @Fnanaanf
      @Fnanaanf Před 8 měsíci

      He’s sniffling nonstop and so jittery. Definitely high, yup

    • @historyiwitness5915
      @historyiwitness5915 Před 6 měsíci +2

      You do know that Angel was supplying the heroin, right? So it's not actually that surprising he'd be involved. Not saying what happened was justified -- Angel was my downstairs neighbor and a nice enough person -- but its takes 2 to Tango.

    • @NewyorkRican2191
      @NewyorkRican2191 Před 6 měsíci

      I knew Angel well enough to know he was not a bad person at all but made questionable choices as it relates to dealing drugs at the clubs. He always showed love to everyone at the clubs. I don't agree with selling drugs but this was not an excuse to end someone life in the matter that happen.

    • @historyiwitness5915
      @historyiwitness5915 Před 6 měsíci

      By showed love@@NewyorkRican2191 don't you actually mean sold them drugs? Angel was not outgoing, he was quiet. His wings and his drugs were the loudest part of him. Nobody said it was an "excuse" but it's reality that when you are a drug dealer and deal with drug addicts, bad things happen.

    • @historyiwitness5915
      @historyiwitness5915 Před 6 měsíci

      Also@@NewyorkRican2191 this video aired before Michael began taking heroin. I know, because I was there. At this moment in time it was coke, K, and X. There was no heroin in his system, which is what led to Angel's death, so not sure you're seeing what you think you're seeing.

  • @dawnagordon2333
    @dawnagordon2333 Před 7 lety +26

    So sad Michael end up killing Angel . All high at time. Rip Angel

  • @TheOfficialTarynTots
    @TheOfficialTarynTots Před 3 lety +22

    Im watching these old vids after hearing about Michael Aligs death. Anyone else?

    • @SusieSynth
      @SusieSynth Před 3 lety +1

      Oh my god ge died???

    • @jeyDsixx18
      @jeyDsixx18 Před 3 lety +1

      I didn’t find out til like a month ago, I’m surprised it didn’t get more media coverage but it did happen on Xmas during a pandemic so I’m not shocked it got put on the back burner but it didn’t even come across my recommendations, I had to go looking for the party monster movie and ended up stumbling upon ernies pee-ew episode saying he had died...

    • @TheOfficialTarynTots
      @TheOfficialTarynTots Před 3 lety +1

      @@jeyDsixx18 I saw it scrolling on the bottom of the screen while watching the E channel when it happened. Idk who he was before that.

    • @jelly5289
      @jelly5289 Před 2 lety

      No fucking way . That’s wild

  • @avedic
    @avedic Před 9 lety +36

    *33:30* - "And you're drug free?" _"Yeah, I'm drug free..._*_rolls eyes_*_"_
    heh....

  • @tanyamarinelli3567
    @tanyamarinelli3567 Před 6 lety +6

    richie was so good to me at limelight thank for everything.

  • @nightlyterror
    @nightlyterror Před 9 lety +18

    James is such an intelligent old soul

  • @Shamariah2011
    @Shamariah2011 Před 5 lety +5

    I had my tongue pierced in 1993. I was a club kid goth who ran raves. I wasn’t in New York but it was happening all over the us of a

  • @LadyMcGiusti
    @LadyMcGiusti Před 8 lety +25

    Oh Limelight...I wish I could say I remember the times...but I don't. Because I had an awesome time ;). Also, I used to work at a video store in NYC that rented to the Gaitiens. Peter's wife was very nice.

    • @AshyRenay
      @AshyRenay Před 8 lety

      I cannot imagine his wife being nice at all. We can all blame "Party Monster" for that, I suppose. :) But if she was anything as portrayed in the film, no. She was many adjectives, but nice is not one of them. I truly am glad to hear that maybe the movie went too far, and she was probably a pretty cool person.

    • @divereric
      @divereric Před 6 lety

      Brutella deKill do you did go there during those times?

    • @Wickedgarden375
      @Wickedgarden375 Před 4 lety

      Omg tell me all about the 90’s♥️

    • @timafiggy
      @timafiggy Před 3 lety

      i went to SoundFactory 94

  • @jnanashakti6036
    @jnanashakti6036 Před 4 lety +8

    I remember watching this as a young girl in Kansas... and I just wanted to be there with them so badly.

    • @David-hr8mq
      @David-hr8mq Před 2 lety +2

      Same, I was watching in Nebraska and wanted nothing more than to go to New York and join them.

  • @masterofwit339
    @masterofwit339 Před rokem +2

    It’s awesome coming back to this 30 years later. This is what my 90’s looked like, only I wasn’t nearly as creative and donned huge wide leg jeans, thrift store baby tees and shell toes. Raves were the place to be. Acid was the thing to take. Dancing took place all night. I saw a lot of things as a young teen that opened my eyes wide and taught me a lot (what to do/what not to do). I got married and had a baby at 21 so this phase only lasted a few years, but it was the _most_ freeing, authentic and exciting. Looking at the world today… the 90’s were nothin 😂

  • @ascent8487
    @ascent8487 Před rokem +4

    Jennytalia is Jenny Dembrow and is involved with an organization that works with young women. She’s actually done very well for herself and is a contributing member of the community.

  • @pilimt1498
    @pilimt1498 Před 8 lety +99

    I would've definitely hung out with these people. No doubt about it.

    • @KidsWithGuns1992
      @KidsWithGuns1992 Před 5 lety

      My current friends are just like this, we always go to gay clubs and dress up in drag and all over the top. It's pretty much the exact same thing (even the bars we go to have this sort of scene, tonnes of them where I live) minus the catty bullshit and self centred-ness

    • @KidsWithGuns1992
      @KidsWithGuns1992 Před 5 lety +2

      @John Luke Brand Well no that was just Michael, and that was unusual / not premeditated. The rest is coo

    • @ddl4374
      @ddl4374 Před 3 lety +4

      They could be as elitist and cliquey as any other social milieu.. it wasnt all warmth sweetness and light.. some of the folks on the stage weren't welcoming to all, were exclusive and excluding of anyone nerdy ordinary and not 'cool' artistic or fabulous enough to impress..

    • @chilenapromedioRU
      @chilenapromedioRU Před 2 lety +2

      I always stayed away from the attention seekers, heavy drug users.

  • @IncubusOfDeath
    @IncubusOfDeath Před 2 lety +4

    We were going in there from 1987 to the mid 90s...the best times ever. The Shampoo Room, VIP Room, our school friend, DJ Divine, was spinning the turntables sometimes on a Wednesday night, and get us on the guest list.

    • @neilm7902
      @neilm7902 Před rokem +2

      Yeah, Limelight really was one of the best clubs to ever exist in NY. At least IMO.
      Lots of fun and good memories within those church walls.

  • @samslost6011
    @samslost6011 Před 4 lety +4

    If I had known how fantastic Phil is I would have started watching him years ago

  • @kalijasin
    @kalijasin Před 9 lety +9

    St. James was on The Jerry Springer Show, Geraldo, Joan Rivers Show, America's Next Top Model cycles 5, 7, & 11, Rupaul's Drag Race, etc.

  • @ApricotDaddy
    @ApricotDaddy Před 8 lety +11

    wow James looks so ethereal :O

  • @MrJeyzii
    @MrJeyzii Před 8 lety +16

    So sad that this time ended, it would be my time x

    • @TheKingArther
      @TheKingArther Před 7 lety +4

      Ms. Ravenwood We are already too hot and sexy to burn. We are too fabulous, that the devil and god turn away because we are to damn hot and sexy.

    • @AmberAmber
      @AmberAmber Před 7 lety +2

      Ms. Ravenwood
      You seem sooooo very sad & broken.
      I sincerely hope you learn to find love & peace in the rest of your life.
      Hatred hurts the vessel which stokes it as much as those receiving your hatred.

    • @Clariccy
      @Clariccy Před 6 lety

      the 90´s generation is still around

    • @Clariccy
      @Clariccy Před 6 lety

      and people with those faves and subscriptions are not " just like this "
      what the fuck lol

  • @Graanvlok
    @Graanvlok Před 6 lety +5

    I'm so in love with this culture. x

  • @koopatroopa187
    @koopatroopa187 Před 8 lety +44

    James St. James looks magical. Like he came off the set of Legend or something.

  • @7somekindofsomething
    @7somekindofsomething Před rokem +6

    38:02 best piece on the show. We all choose our paths. Try to do it with caution for yourself and understanding for others.

  • @Simsrockslol
    @Simsrockslol Před 7 lety +44

    James St James looks beautiful here

  • @jeanielowe3246
    @jeanielowe3246 Před 2 lety +5

    I was so sorry to hear about that young man from Cuba that came here to America with his family as a kid, and he was killed. Awful. My heart and prayers are with his family. 🙏💔😔

  • @ivorytower99
    @ivorytower99 Před 2 lety +4

    I used to hang at Limelight, back in 92-93.

  • @matsuoooooo
    @matsuoooooo Před 9 lety +35

    michael was outta pocket in this and i love how james carried herself like the queen she is

    • @jerseytomato100
      @jerseytomato100 Před 7 lety +1

      he looks like someone dripped bleach into his eyes. What's with all the red around them?

    • @joyhruska9377
      @joyhruska9377 Před 4 lety +7

      That was part of the downfall! Nobody could contain Michael and Peter created him!! Peter Gatian was as evil and crazy as Michael!!

    • @dgenerated
      @dgenerated Před 3 lety +6

      James is a MAN!.

    • @9852323
      @9852323 Před rokem

      HE*

    • @historyiwitness5915
      @historyiwitness5915 Před 6 měsíci

      Because you knew either one of them@@joyhruska9377 ....Peter Gatien did not create Michael Alig. And no, Peter is neither evil nor crazy. Take your misinformation about people you never met and drop it in a hole.

  • @SomethingOhMy
    @SomethingOhMy Před 7 lety +4

    Maaaaaan! I remember watching these type of shows as a little girl. I felllll in looooovvvveeee. I just knew I was gonna grow up, move to NY and be just like them.

  • @coleslaw9449
    @coleslaw9449 Před 7 lety +2

    LIVING FOR THIS

  • @wogfun
    @wogfun Před 7 lety +8

    Donahue, a true OG of daytime television.

  • @arisguess8756
    @arisguess8756 Před 3 lety +5

    James is ahead of his time at this age and the things he has being exposed to and stills chooses Love and to protect the kids instead of attracting them to New York like all the club kids were doing he was actually telling them to find it within them. My god. Bless it be your heart James 6:00

  • @AlbanianMan
    @AlbanianMan Před 8 lety +121

    James St. James was HOT back then!

  • @aprilmae8421
    @aprilmae8421 Před 10 lety +11

    Jenny Talia haha love the name choice!!!

  • @raymondsolisjr.1262
    @raymondsolisjr.1262 Před 4 lety +5

    Money, Success, Fame, Glamour

  • @axelemorales
    @axelemorales Před 8 lety +15

    The gorgeous girl with the nose ring at 34:30 is literally April Ludgate.

  • @YeahNah100
    @YeahNah100 Před rokem +1

    This is Amazing ❤

  • @nathantye9864
    @nathantye9864 Před 7 lety +2

    James St. James looks flawless! OTT STUNNING

  • @erindiazmclaughlin
    @erindiazmclaughlin Před 7 lety +6

    LoL...I partied all night. Then went to work. Got off of my shift. Slept for 3 hours. Then grabbed my Club Kid outfit and went to the next party. I miss the good old days.

  • @KennKennX3
    @KennKennX3 Před 9 lety +12

    You tell them james!

  • @hangsambo12
    @hangsambo12 Před 7 lety +5

    " We do this just for fun. And ketamine. Actually, just ketamine. Please help us.".

  • @danehlers9989
    @danehlers9989 Před 8 lety +21

    That Phil Is sure annoying.......He's a real CLOSE talker too.

  • @kamrul828
    @kamrul828 Před 8 lety +22

    is it just me or does Phil come as a pervert with his hands

  • @jenjen462
    @jenjen462 Před rokem +3

    Always surreal to me seeing Michael Alig in these and the Jeraldo scenes...talking about "this could be a stepping stone or a road block...you could overdose and die".

  • @sds4life17
    @sds4life17 Před 7 lety +2

    24:35..Sophia..."This does Not come from Sears" Best Line Ever! Legendary!

  • @jessefowler2733
    @jessefowler2733 Před rokem

    For no reason, I'm rewatching these interviews. I was a part of it and it lives on! We have built a city on the exact same principals. It is Black Rock City, and it exists for only about a month each year. More and more people are learning about it all over the world as Burning Man. It exists officially for 8 days.

  • @ryans7146
    @ryans7146 Před 9 lety +17

    I was ten years old when this aired....and I remember this show and Guess what I became... It all turned into eat, sleep, rave, repeat. Did anyone else get chills when Angel spoke. These people really did change the way mainstream was viewed. Of course we ended up having to go underground for awhile because of all the bad press but no press is bad press. Now Candy Kids and Club Kids have taken over the EDM scene and we have events like Electric Daisy Carnival, SnowGlobe, and Nocturnal Wonderland. one of the OG female club kids died in Miami from an OD (thought it was Jenny but I'll have to look that person up) and of course the infamous murder of angel. It does start as just pure good fun. I've been in the scene for 16 years. I survived.

    • @lauraserrano848
      @lauraserrano848 Před 6 lety

      Ryan Singrossi how old was she when she died ????

    • @christenryan278
      @christenryan278 Před 6 lety +3

      When did angel speak?

    • @christenryan278
      @christenryan278 Před 6 lety

      Laura Serrano angel was a gay guy and went by him he.... but I didn’t realize he spoke on here?

    • @ryans7146
      @ryans7146 Před 3 lety

      @Pampel Moose yes, I'm aware. I was referencing the 94 Geraldo Rivera show. My video had switched because it was on auto-play and I didnt realize I was commenting on the Donahue show when that comment was written.

    • @ddl4374
      @ddl4374 Před 3 lety

      Wait Angel was there ?
      Where?

  • @kymtruglio6125
    @kymtruglio6125 Před 7 lety +6

    love James st James! such close minded audience. I wish they'd do a where are they know and see what those audience members have to say now. Kudos to all those club kids who paved the way for the community now!

  • @winterlynn9012
    @winterlynn9012 Před 5 lety +2

    Ah that opening clip with the girl dancing in the cage from the 1992 movie "Bad lieutenant" with Harvey Keitel awesome movie and awesome era. This whole video makes me miss the 90s. I was just 9 years old when this aired but I remember watching it and living in NYC at the time I remember the fashion, music and era well. I used to always pass the limelight and think as soon as I'm a teenager or old enough to get in I'm going! Unfortunately the scene changed a bit and limelight closed by the time I was old enough to experience it.

  • @rebeccak5753
    @rebeccak5753 Před 8 lety +8

    James St James looks beautiful!

  • @MindBat
    @MindBat Před 7 lety +11

    Everyone on stage must be coked up to the gills.

  • @EvelynThomasElite
    @EvelynThomasElite Před 10 lety +78

    michael alig was beyond high,,,, he was blowed out!

    • @K3vinK
      @K3vinK Před 4 lety +5

      Wanted to punch him in his insufferable face.

    • @lovealwayswinslovealwayswi51
      @lovealwayswinslovealwayswi51 Před 3 lety

      He killed angel chain sawed him and dismembered him he was found on the shore of states Island in a suitcase

    • @twistoffate4791
      @twistoffate4791 Před 2 lety

      @@lovealwayswinslovealwayswi51 Actually, it was a box, not a suitcase. But it doesn't really matter because a man, Angel, was brutally murdered, which is horrific and sad. He wasn't innocent, but he sure didn't deserve to die the way he did.

    • @christianmohr2993
      @christianmohr2993 Před rokem

      So was his asshole 🤣

  • @Bellissimma
    @Bellissimma Před 6 lety +2

    So glad we live in a more accepting time.

  • @hollysorensen7212
    @hollysorensen7212 Před 6 lety +10

    NO PHONE CALLS, Y'ALL!!! THIS WAS PRERECORDED!

  • @KarateKidKay
    @KarateKidKay Před 8 lety +11

    These kids looked tripped the fuck out. I try not to judge but it seems like they've all been neglected in some way and have turned to this and whatever comes with it for comfort

    • @ms.ravenwood
      @ms.ravenwood Před 7 lety +2

      KarateKidKay they are abused neglected teens and young people

  • @emotionalgurl7696
    @emotionalgurl7696 Před 8 lety +5

    I FUCKING LOVE THESE PEOPLE

  • @shananagans5
    @shananagans5 Před 4 lety +5

    Aleg was 27 years old in 93. It was time for him to grow up. He didn't. He continued the drugs and parties and ended up in prison for killing his drug dealer. He is now out of prison and trying to capitalize on his history.
    You can't make this stuff up.

    • @marley92282
      @marley92282 Před 2 lety +3

      He’s dead now. Heroin OD.

    • @twistoffate4791
      @twistoffate4791 Před 2 lety +1

      @@marley92282 Correct you are. Some say he died on Christmas Eve 2020, while others say Christmas Day 2020, but that's just a dispute over the exact hour. Bottom line: He had picked his heroin drug habit back up before his 2017 drug arrest, and ultimately died from it.

  • @mollymindfreak
    @mollymindfreak Před 7 lety +7

    love how the intro featured that super edgy scary tongue ring! lmao

    • @GirtheAlienGoldfish
      @GirtheAlienGoldfish Před 7 lety +3

      Back then, that was scary.
      So was Marilyn Manson. lol
      Oh, the 90's...

    • @Clariccy
      @Clariccy Před 6 lety

      lol people just imitate the 90´s shit

  • @kitanakahn101
    @kitanakahn101 Před 10 lety +36

    Michael n Kevin need to chill down and behave professionally like how James St. James carry himself. Being rebel and defensive will not give good impressions especially to people who don't understand them and trying to understand them... wish this was happened in more sophisticated way back then.

    • @momijiroxable
      @momijiroxable Před 10 lety +3

      do you mean Michael and Richie? haha

    • @kitanakahn101
      @kitanakahn101 Před 10 lety

      Kevin Londono maybe

    • @alexziggyful
      @alexziggyful Před 10 lety +11

      Michael, was obviously quite high, Richie was probably high too but he was totally being Richie. Michael just wanted more attention...and let's face it, Donahue was a horses ass-he was rude, arrogant, self serving and boorish. James certainly had the most command of the situation. But think about it, the format of this show was totally about riling people up, those on stage and in the audience and Phil was a master at pissing people off to the point of making them look foolish, and if he couldn't make them appear stupid and out of control he would make some back-handed comment under his breath to the camera to make a lame point that the guests/audience members were the ones lacking in judgement. Donahue was a dickwad.

    • @gabeash007
      @gabeash007 Před 6 lety +1

      James was on drugs like the rest of them lol he was just on whole different high

    • @SuV33358
      @SuV33358 Před 3 lety

      Yep....very unbecoming

  • @infjard
    @infjard Před 7 lety +27

    amazing to see people in the audience express their disapproval in such a peaceful manner. what the hell happened? why did we all start trying to kill the opposites of us?

    • @Clariccy
      @Clariccy Před 6 lety +5

      came up when more and more people had platforms to express themselves on the internet

    • @Kat-of2uh
      @Kat-of2uh Před 3 lety

      Group think and cancel culture.

    • @TheGravygun
      @TheGravygun Před 3 lety +2

      the intolerant left has been doing this for years nothing new it's just the mainstream media has weaponized it

  • @christinatuttle8442
    @christinatuttle8442 Před 2 lety +4

    "It's not hurting anybody"
    Yeah except for Angel who was murdered in cold blood for drugs

  • @johnconcerto8721
    @johnconcerto8721 Před 5 lety +7

    "wE aRe JuSt ThErE tO HaVe FuN"... Deep.

    • @tabbydarling
      @tabbydarling Před 4 lety

      Rodion Raskolnikov they called during the taping......

  • @crypandora66
    @crypandora66 Před 8 lety +13

    Damn James looks straight asian here!! Haha you can hear his little lisp too aww!! And I didn't recognize Michael without the dots all over his face haha They all look killer but James is obviously Queen!

  • @jelly5289
    @jelly5289 Před 2 lety +3

    I love richie so much, he’s so pretty n cute 🥺🤍

  • @denisespurlock
    @denisespurlock Před 3 lety +5

    "You could overdose and die." Michael A. (How ironic.)

  • @Reality.juiced
    @Reality.juiced Před 3 lety +3

    Thank them for me being able to walk around in the bible belt and now I get nothing but compliments for it.

  • @pjangels609
    @pjangels609 Před 3 lety +5

    Forget the kids, I'll take the coast guard guy any day.

  • @user-my5wy2eo8g
    @user-my5wy2eo8g Před 9 měsíci +1

    I lived in CT when this was happening I wasn’t so out there like these young ppl.. but I enjoyed going to the Limelight ughh sooo much fun.. since she’s kinda right there wasn’t alot to do in CT.. New Haven had cool clubs she should of gone.

  • @thisuserlovesgvf
    @thisuserlovesgvf Před 8 lety +2

    James st james slaying the whole game !!!

  • @johnconcerto8721
    @johnconcerto8721 Před 5 lety +6

    Phil Donahue is hilarious.

    • @lorenabautista2242
      @lorenabautista2242 Před 5 lety

      I agree, he was not as insulting as Geraldo, that guy was a total prick when these kids were on his stupid show.

    • @colinchampollion4420
      @colinchampollion4420 Před 9 měsíci

      He copied Geral d o😂🎉