Large 1997 party to watch Ellen's coming out on national TV !
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- HISTORIC VIDEO from April 30, 1997 - Friends get together to watch what was a very big event at the time - Ellen's coming out on ABC-TV. Her show was preceded by a rotten interview with idiot Diane Sawyer, but we all had a great time anyway. Thanks, Ellen!
I was inspired to post these old home videos of mine after seeing the similar TH-cam videos recorded by Nelson Sullivan.
April 30, 1997 - Friends get together to watch what was a very big event at the time - Ellen's coming out on ABC-TV. Her show was preceded by a rotten interview with idiot Diane Sawyer, but we all had a great time anyway. Thanks, Ellen!
Is Diane Sawyer anti LGBTQ or do you think she was asking questions that the uneducated world would want to know back in 1997 ? To be honest I was really thrown off by her question about "kids trying it" like being gay is drugs or something . That type of question would probably not be asked now a days thank God . Any how I love these videos . ❤🏳️🌈
As someone who wasnt alive then, if she already announced was the show was about then isn't it less of a surprise? What had happened before the show aired?
@@cameronharrington6813 Yes, the announcement itself was no surprise but everyone wanted to see how it would happen, what the reaction would be and experience it together as a group. It was a Very Big Deal at the time.
@@captainknapton A lot of reporters get hassled because they asked "stupid" questions when in reality they are asking for the audience who may not know the answer. A good example of this is Keith Morrison's decades-old interview with Titanic Survivor Eva Hart. Barbara Walters always had a way of avoiding this by saying, "what do you think if some people might say...." and then asked the question. Diane just seems judgemental, though.
@@alan-light In Pakistan,it still is a big deal as homosexuality is a taboo here in year 2022.
How powerful that must have been. A room full of people seeing the experience they’ve lived through on TV, for the first time ever. God, the cheers after she said “I’m gay” - every LGBTQ person can feel that coming out experience deep in your bones. Absolutely love this, Alan. Thank you for sharing your memories with us.
imagine having these many friends
Yeah people were more outgoing before smartphones... I remember not one day would pass without visiting someone or hanging out with people u know... This generation glorifies staying home way too much imo
Imagine having any
I feel like this is such a rarity now. I’m 37- been out since 2002 and never experienced this. Gay men where I live are very catty and it’s lots of small cliques.
Why are nice guys gay!!!
yeah :(
So many generations of people being hostile to gay people, and there's not a single unlikeable person who appears in this video. Everybody seems so nice to be around.
It’s the internet. Because of technology I believe hate grew increasingly. Wish everything was still like it was in the 90s today, the box tvs, the phones. Etc.
@@july5699 the hate was always there, the internet just allowed more people to say what they think
@@july5699 id say quite the opposite. Ask any lgbtq person alive during the 90s and theyll almost all say it was significantly worse in the 90s.
I mean everyone except Ellen
Ironic look at Ellen now lol her toxic workplace they say
Closet door cookies, I’m dying! 😂 Crazy to think this happened years before I was born yet this video seems so modern. Seems like such a fun bunch of people. Wish people still had parties to watch TV, my mom has talked about doing that with her friends in the ‘80s.
Loved those cookies!
I went to a small party to watch the latest episode of IASIP with a group of college friends and I'm 23
I know, I started crying of laughter.
Last similar experience was having huge gatherings to watch Game of Thrones episodes. Me and my friends did that from season 4 until last season 8 aired in 2019! Then pandemic happened.
We need another explosive shows like GOT to bring everyone together to watch it and hype it!
That's what I was thinking! Seems so modern
How did you manage to gather every gay in Iowa for this? hahaha love your videos allan!
Haha - Iowa City is a liberal university town with lots of gays. Many in Des Moines too. The rest of the state - Fort Dodge, Muscatine, Dubuque... - not as many per capita.
Iowa City has a very liberal scene and at one time had one of the highest LGBTQ per capita (idk if it still does) along with SLC.
I love your channel. It's so rare to see such a supportive and comfortable group of friends. I never would have known what being gay in the 90s was like or how much an event like this meant to the gay community if not for this video.
I am wondering if it is because it's Iowa ? Or because it is a University town ? Maybe most are connected to the University ? That many gays and lesbians coming together across different age groups putting differences aside and focusing on what connects them for the greater good seems rare . My area seems to have too many cliques and focuses on division . Everyone in the video seems to get along and is pleasant to each other . None of the division that seems to be prevalent in other areas . Nice to see . Wish I had similar in my late teens ( 18 , 19 ) and early 20's and even now . As soon as I graduated high school I should have moved away to a different area . This group of friends during that time period seems rare . I wonder what ties or organizations brought them together ? Word of mouth ? Organizations on campus ? Nice to see .
Brilliant. I explain to my students how whenever there was a gay character on tv we used to call each other to arrange a watch party. They have no idea how things have changed and the risks and chances that so many have taken.
i wish my teacher was like that, you're a great teacher
Not a single cell phone. Man, I miss the 90's! It's really cute I see people cuddling.
@Randy Lahey18 where
@@daniellex51484 if you don’t know get off your phone XD
I came from your "Friends reaction to Princess Diana's death" video. I love your videos because it gives me knowledge on how people live back then. I love that it's such a simple times.
It was a wonderful time, but not a simple time.
i feel so overwhelmed watching these home videos, you really have talent making these. It feels the comfort of having a good community, one that everyone shares respect and often same experiences. This means so much to me, being gay and having a whole community in which you can share memories and then remembering them is amazing. Love to see more💐im so happy to have found your channel💞
Thanks! I am happy you like them. I just added another video, gay pride parade video I took in the 1990s.
@@alan-light thank u so much!! Im gonna watch it just right now💐happy pride btw💞
@@alan-light if ellen kept aye gross it would lasted longer. 2nd season was 16
yes!!!!
It's so weird seeing people together, without phones, surrounded by a single tv
Even though I use the net daily, I miss those days.
What a house! And an absolute beast of a TV for 1997 😂
It was 1997, not 1957. That TV is not that special
@@prebenjaeger All subjective my dude. I was 9 in 1997 and we didn't have a TV like this (nor did anybody I knew for that matter). So TO ME, at the time, something like this might as well have been a cinema screen.
@@prebenjaeger
This guy had a huge ass house and huge ass TV for 1997. No questions about it buddy.
These flat-screen tvs were like 2k
watching this made me tear up for some reason. so much of the recorded history that our community has from the 90s is full of trauma and pain. a lot of my own family think that's what the "gay experience" is- just a choice to live a harder "lifestyle" where suffering is inevitable. it's so nice to just see footage of our elders being happy and healthy, enjoying this milestone with friends. thanks for your videos
I'm obsessed with the fashion of everyone in this video omg
Sameee!!!
I mean the same fashion trends come back every 20 year so yeah most of the outfits look really nice
Alan, thank you so much for posting these videos. I'm in tears!
I was lucky enough to be raised by two wonderful moms in the 90s, one of whom is no longer with us. Watching this video made me feel like she was right next to me, and I know she would have LOVED watching this. I'm making plans to show my other one this video soon - I know she'll just love it.
I can remember watching this with them, and how important it was to them! I didn't really appreciate it back then, but certainly do now.
Thank you again!!!!
Edit : I showed this to her, and she brought me her wall calendar, flipped to April 30th and said "I have it marked on my calendar and celebrate Ellen's coming out every year!" 🥺😭🥰
Wow❤
thhhaaaank u for sharing this
❤️❤️❤️
If only Ellen could see this video herself, how you guys enjoyed her show and her in person.
I bet she has or will
Oh wow, this is such a great home movie!! Do you mind if I use a snippet of this footage? I'm making a video essay about gay media in the 90s, and this would be such a perfect clip to illustrate how big a deal it was that Ellen came out on TV like this :)
Yes, of course you may use as much as you wish. Thanks for asking, and good luck with your video essay.
@@alan-light Thanks so very much!
@@alan-light Hi again! If you're curious, I finished my video essay! It's half 90s gays history, half videogame review. Folks I've shown it to have said that your footage was a huge highlight for them, thanks again so much for letting me use it! It really added something special to the video! :)
(your footage is at 47:14, if you wanna skip to it)
th-cam.com/video/O0yvSzPSqrQ/w-d-xo.html
This video has a lot of atmosphere in it. When I watch it I feel that I’m in 1990’s and I am there on that party with all of you. Thanks! You have a talent!
i wish i could experience that
Hooowwwww does this only have 500ish views?! It’s so freaking sweet
and only 30 comments.
I'm in awe at the sense of community here. As a bisexual person but from a different country, we really dont have this here- we barely have anything! We're all in hiding. The last time I went out with my friends in a double date, we got yelled at. I love to see what this sort of closeness and community looks and feels like. Baking cookies for everyone, looking at the TV together...
The cookies, the people, the atmosphere what a fabulous group of people
I am almost jealous of this lived friendship. Thank you for sharing. Greetings from Germany
All those people gathering to watch a TV episode on a 19” television......😂
I have a feeling that you were doing these recording stuffs knowingly thinking that it would become big one day
Wow! The fact that so many people have gathered to watch a show, and in the meantime they have fun, nobody is staring at devices, everyone is interracting with each other... says a lot about the times we live in and the bad direction that today's eorld has taken....
It makes me incredibly sad when i watch 80s 90s home videos, because i know that these times will never come back... even the people that lived through those times are now completely changed to worse... and i got only around 5-6 years in the end of the 90s to experience this kind of lifestyle! I am sad that my children wont grow in this type of atmosphere... :(
As someone who's only grown up in the world we live in today, I too really miss this atmosphere and am so sad that I'll never get to experience anything like it. It just seems so lovely, like you said, no one's on their phones and everyone's just genuinely enjoying one another's company, interacting with one another, being decent and respectful. I don't see anything like this today. What a lovely time it seemed to be.
I don't know where you live, but here in Italy when we have a party between friends we interact, dance and talk. No one's sitting on their phone the whole night 😂
It could be theme maybe! Mobile-free party.. with cookies :)
Dont know what world you live in or the parties you go to, but as an 18 year old, when I go to parties with people who are my age, nobody is on their phone. It has nothing to do with what time period we’re in and all to do with whether or not a party sucks. If I’m bored at a party, the company is boring, I’m either leaving or distracting myself from the mess, if a party is lively and the company is accepting and fun then why would I be on my phone. Older people seem to have made this idea that all young people do is go on their phones, and yet I look at the older people in my town, around the world and all they can seem to do with their time is complain on Facebook all day.
@@marilynm4354 I agree, as a 20 year old I honestly think that the ones constantly on their phones are mainly old farts addicted to facebook.
I’m barely realizing how big of a deal this was and the impact it caused that allowed us to live the way we do these days and unfortunately we don’t realize how many things we take for granted.
Omg, that "Ellen, are you coming out or not?" Scene. 🥰😂
Closet door cookies - have a thumbs up for that alone LOL
I could call all the friends I had in my entire life and there still would be plenty of space in that room
I only knew about a dozen people there myself. Nobody there knew everyone else, probably not even the hosts because of tag-alongs. It was a fun night.
As a member of the LGBTQ+ community these videos mean so much. I was just a kid during these times but it’s such a nostalgic look back at that time and it’s also so important to see gay life back then.
I was also the friend with the camcorder growing up and it makes me want to dig up those old movies I have.
I’m so thankful you saved these and beyond thankful you’re sharing these with the world. Thank you so so much.
4:41 okay but this was the late 90s and the guy lying on the floor's (with the can next to him) fit is still 🔥🔥
every single person on this tape looks so loving and caring for each other. I would love to be friends with all of them..
Look at all those cute 90s boys! I remember when this happened and how big of a story it was.
I was only 10 in 1997, but when Ellen did that back then, it really inspired me and made me understand that it was okay to be who I was. It took a while, but I finally had enough courage to finally come out a little over three years later: November 11, 2000. 🙂
I’d literally give anything to have this many friends. I really was born in the wrong time.
I suppose the party's hosts knew almost everyone at this party, except for a couple of tag-alongs, but I only knew about a dozen of the people myself. It is rare for most people, then or now, to have that many friends.
You've got a friend in me
I feel so comfortable watching this. I wish I could go through the screen and sit there with these guys and get some drink, talk a bit, just enjoy the moment
Me too
Same
I remember when that TV used to be the ‘thing’ our wealthy neighbors had it, we were so young and small we felt it was a movie screen 😂😂
Alan, the guy in the glasses 1:30 is so sweet, and I’m so curious about everything with him. I can’t quite accurately express my feelings each time I try to write it out but. I really hope his life has gone well, he seems like such a sweet gentle soul.
Is he doing alright these days?
I want to also say EVERYONE in this video is so sweet, and I hope for the best with each & everyone one of you. Such an actually cool group of people ❤
Hi, I’m happy to say yes. His name is Patrick and he is doing fine today. I just saw him over Easter in fact. Several friends got together at a local restaurant and he was one of them. Today he lives in Madison Wisconsin with husband. He is going to retire next month, at just 54 years old. You are right, he is very sweet. One of those people everyone likes. I’m glad I could give you good news about him. There are several others in the video who have died. I’m glad you didn’t ask me about them. I like delivering good news.
I have never had so many friends in my entire life, never mind so many friends together in the same place.
They're just such likeable and loving people. It makes me so angry to think that anybody could hate any of these individuals without knowing them.
I remember watching the Puppy Episode by myself that night as a 10 yr old gay kid and being so overjoyed and excited, and I knew that somewhere my people were gathering in groups and feeling excitement and celebrating this moment. It's amazing looking back from 2021, in retrospect it seems like it shouldn't have been such a big deal, but it was so profound and it mattered so much. Watching this is like watching myself that night. Thank you for posting this and the rest of your content.
I’m fully Hetero and ran up on your videos somehow man. They’re kool, get to see the world from your side and how you live and it seems like it’s a lot of good people and love you’ve been surrounded around in life and that’s all that matters. Much love man.
Amen from another hetero
your videos are makin me cry man its just . its so nice ! seeing everyone so happy in these . im so glad you uploaded them, thank you so much
This is absolutely amazing to watch! Thank you for these memories for us youngins who can see how far we have progressed in 24 years and where we need to go. I was born in 1997 and have really appreciated both this video and your reaction to Princess Diana's death. May we continue to fight for equal rights for all! #BLM #TransVoicesMatter
Nostalgia for the 90's is a different kind of thing. It feels like it was yesterday, and my memories don't feel too different from today, but watching this video really highlights how much things have changed. It's a weird kind of feeling.
on an unrelated note, what a lovely home!
Love this content! Time capsule.
Everyone here passed the vibe check. What a beautiful piece from the past. Thanks for sharing. 💕
Finding these videos made my night. I was born in 97.
Thanks for your comment Molly! I'm happy you enjoy them.
I love how everyone is just so relaxed and enjoying each other's company. What a lovely time capsule to watch.
No one busy with their smartphone... so beautiful
Good point!
this is a gem
Closet door cookies got me 🤣🤣 this footage is so awesome to see and not a lot of time has passed truly but with tech now days... this is just so cool to get a glimpse of this
God I wish I got a round of applause when I came out all they said was ‘we know’.
I was 3 weeks old when this was filmed… wow things look different
Wow. I grew up gay in Iowa in the 80s and 90s and didn’t realize people gathered like this then. Dumb, I know, but I was just a kid-and lonely.
It’s heartwarming to know you all had each other.
These videos are so sweet and authentic, I love TH-cam! Much better and more real than most “vlogs” we see on TH-cam
I love how the gays still sit the way you did in the 90s! We upholding tradition 💪
This channel have me sobbing
What a special moment to be able to revisit. Thank you for sharing this and being brave enough to be yourselves
I kinda wish i grew up in the 70s-80s it seems so fun. Since I grew up in modern day it would be awesome to be in that day and age
I’m loving all the flannels, this was such a beautifully captured moment
This was so fun to watch! Like time traveling!
How long ago this was taken is nostalgic.. It's like walking down the memory lane..
Wow, this was so lovely to watch! Thank you
I feel so peaceful watching this video
Look how much fashion, hair styles and glasses have changed since then. Lovely video.
I'm glad you recorded this.
Make this video go viral
And have ellen hve them in her show
That "Do you know him?" at 1:07 hahahahaha
No-OH!
Yes🤣
This channel is pure gold! Kudos to everyone!!!
Im 20 and the watching these videos on this channel just makes me feel so good... If there are more videos like this , I would love to see
And not a single phone in anyone’s hands. Just people living in the moment.
You guys just seem to exude 'family' - makes me so happy to see, how wholesome man, hot diggity dog.
This is really really really beautiful thank you for making all this available ✨💖🚣
How come you've never sent this video to the Ellen DeGeneres show !! Omg wow
I did - twice. Never heard anything back, yet.
This whole account is the most incredible time capsule! It's so interesting to see life in a time that I didn't live through (being 18 years old). Seeing the reactions and excitement reminds me how only recently LGBT people were fearful of coming out, I feel so grateful to live in a time and a city that is so accepting.
I miss the days before binge watching. I miss the days of TV parties. My sister always had friends over for 90210 and party of 5. That was their thing.
I miss the 90's😭❤️
How are the people in this video doing today? Do they still meet? Are there new couples or old ones still going on? Thanks for this historical video!
Well, there are a lot of people at the party and I only knew about a dozen people there. I can't give an update on the people I didn't know, but I can say that the blonde woman sitting on the couch, in black, wearing glasses, at 7:51 (also seen in the thumbnail photo) later passed away of cancer. Also, at 2:02, my friend Shawn (dressed in the plaid shirt with t-shirt underneath) passed away in 2014 of undisclosed causes.
@@alan-lightrest in peace
I'm not even gay and I cried a little watching this. Seeing how you guys cheered when Elen said was gay, laughed and then cheered again when she was hugged. That was such a symbolical moment, showing mainstream you could "embrace" and accept gay people and there was nothing wrong about it. I know it sparked hope in every little heart.
And the world progressed a lot since then, but at the same time, it is also stuck and even going backwards in a lot of questions. Unfortunate, but it means that we all just need to keep fighting for progress, to social topics, and vote for those who will seek these things and improve society and not the ones who want to go back to the dark ages so they can spread their prejudice.
People were way more accepting back then, nowadays it seems you have to be a certain way for people to like you
We all need to get rid of social media for a year. Do a social experiment 2023
This is the most wholesome video ever. I love how everyone is just enjoying themselves fr❤❤
Me too ❤❤❤
Closet door cookies!!! That was great. 😀
what a great video! oh my goodness the atmosphere and just everything about the way people interact with another is so cool
Omg.. 90's vibes!!!
This is soooo heart warming and cute! No cell phones and just pure togetherness!
this video is making me emotional i dont know why, makes me want to travel back in time and give everyone there a hug.
Wow world was so much different back time. Love this video
Omg this is so beautiful 😍, the clothes the vibes the atmosphere..everything.
Couldn’t stop smiling while watching this.. love when people are openly themselves (anything’s fine by me as long as you aren’t hurting yourself or someone else). And I love seeing an authentic and genuine little piece of the past in video form 💗
This is fantastic. Thank you for sharing this piece of history!!
Hello Alan, you have just showed me what life really should be like
With a bunch of good friends and a loving family 💞
It’s crazy that those were different times for gays. Wow how time has changed !!
4:33 Is that a microsoft commercial? 😂
Close, but no cigar! That was the Volkswagen ad that Microsoft later parodied
Idk why this was recommended to me but this was lovely ☺️ also damn what a big house!
Such a fun group of friends!
people back then seems genuinely happy compared to this generation
god.... wish I could've got to experience this time
I was a kid when that episode aired. I think I’ll watch it tonight. Great video! 🌈