Harvey Brownstone Interviews Rich Little, The Man of a Thousand Voices
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ส.ค. 2024
- Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth interview with Rich Little, Legendary Impressionist, “The Man of a Thousand Voices”
About Harvey's guest:
Today’s special guest, Rich Little, is an iconic star who’s been entertaining us for over 60 years with his incredibly accurate impersonations of celebrities and politicians. He’s dazzled us with his uncanny ability to channel everyone from Jimmy Stewart and John Wayne to Cary Grant, Jack Nicholson, Truman Capote, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Clint Eastwood, and dozens more - even Dr. Ruth, Carol Channing, Julia Child and Kermit the Frog.
He’s perfected the voices of every US president since President Kennedy, and last year, he got rave reviews for his astounding portrayal on the New York stage of Richard Nixon, in George Bugatti’s brilliant play, “Trial on the Potomac - The Impeachment of Richard Nixon”.
Our guest has appeared on hundreds of TV shows including Jackie Gleason, Dean Martin, Carol Burnett, Laugh-in, The Lucy Show, The Tonight Show, Hollywood Squares, and dozens more. He’s recorded 9 comedy albums. He had his own TV variety show, and was the star of “KopyKats”, AND he’s starred in 3 HBO specials.
And who can ever forget the Emmy-award winning special, “Rich Little’s Christmas Carol”, which was a tour-de-force one-man show, with our guest portraying W.C. Fields as Scrooge, Humphrey Bogart as one of the ghosts, and Paul Lynde as Bob Cratchit.
This year he released a newly updated version of his fabulous book, entitled, “Rich Little: People I’ve Known and Been”, with all proceeds going to benefit veterans, through the Gary Sinise Foundation.
He’s won too many awards to mention, and he’s the only celebrity to have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the Palm Springs Walk of Fame, the Las Vegas Walk of Fame, and the Canadian Walk of Fame in Toronto.
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Rich Little was hands down the most entertaining guest we’ve ever had on our show!! What a delight it was to chat with him. He was doing his Vegas show that night, so I was restricted to only 30 minutes with him. I tried to make the most of every precious moment. Thank you so much Rich for giving me the interview of a lifetime!!!
Rich Little is the best of the best impressionists. Harvey Brownstone is the best of the best interviewers.
Thank you so much! You’ve made my day with this beautiful compliment. I greatly appreciate your support of our show!🙏❤️
My jaw is aching from grinning nonstop! I'm 63 years old, grew up watching Rich Little on TV and he honestly sounds better than ever, how wonderful to hear voices like George Burns, Jimmy Stewart and Cary Grant again. This man is a national treasure and I must buy his book! Harvey, I'm a big fan of your wonderful TH-cam channel but this has gotta be one of my Top 5 favorites--THANK YOU 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉😊❤❤
I’m so thrilled that you enjoyed this very entertaining conversation. Thank you so much for being a loyal viewer of our show. ❤️
I met Rich Little in 2003 at the Bing Crosby Centennial at Gonzaga. Rich delighted the Crosby fans with his imitation of Bing. And when Bing's nephew, Howard, got up to sing Rich's hand went up and he yelled "Taxi!" Brought down the house!
I wish I had been there! Thanks for sharing!!
“You never gave me gas, not once”🤣🤣 I love Rich’s impression of Paul Lynde! So talented!!
Well darling, YOU’VE never given me gas either!!!
Harvey, it was marvelous to see Rich Little, after all these years. The interview was delightful!
Thank you so much for watching. This is one of my all time favorite interviews!
Harvey, you know your guests so well and ask all the right questions.
Thank you so much for really “getting” what I do. That means the world to me. I appreciate you so much!❤️
This has to be one of my very favorite interviews. Two friends sharing laughs. I could have listened to Rich for hours. What a funny, charismatic, and loveable man. He has not aged in 20 years. I hope he comes to Niagara Falls some time (or Hamilton) I would love to see him again. Great interview!.
I enjoyed him so much.
Bravo! Another great interview! 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌😍
Thank you so much! I’m really happy you enjoyed it.
Rich is the best at his age he still cracks me up not to mention he still has those little grey cells working at 100%. ❤
That’s for sure! That wasn’t an interview. It was a performance!!
I laughed a lot watching this video. Rich has still got it.
He sure does. He had me totally enchanted.
The GOAT!
Me or Rich? Just kidding. It’s Rich of course!
Harvey, I was very impressed that you thought to discuss the humor behind the impressions. Getting the voice is one thing but saying something funny in that voice is a whole other skill. That what fascinates me about impressionists, not the voice but what they choose to say with that voice. Thanks,!
I’m so glad you enjoyed this most entertaining episode of our show. Thank you so much for watching!
Thank you for celebrating one of our dear talents 🇨🇦
I’m so glad you enjoyed this very special episode of our show!
A wonderfully endearing interview, the storytelling on Mr. Litte's part and the charming rapport between guest and host makes this warm, insightful, and a throw-back to the great quality, even cozy interviews of the past...Harvey you bring this style back in 2022, it's fresh and most welcome! Excellent!
WOW thank you so much for such a lovely comment! I grew up loving Jack Paar, Mike Douglas, Dick Cavett and Merv Griffin, and I try to incorporate a blend of their styles into my interviews. So you’ve given me the greatest possible compliment. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!❤️
@@harveybrownstoneinterviews8980 Exactly! I was thinking of Mike, and really a soupcon of each, making for a thoroughly unique Harvey!!
Thank you so much!! You’ve made my entire week with these compliments, which mean the world to me!
First thing I watched this morning. Set the tone for the day. I’ll be walking around laughing all day. Fabulous interview, great guest, fabulous connection between the two of you. Thanks for this one, definitely one of my favorites ❤️😂
Thank you so much for your beautiful generous comment!! You’ve made MY day!!!❤️
What a wonderful way to start my day. What a surprise to wake up to a Rich Little interview by one of the best interviewers I know. The interview made me so happy but also a little sad realizing all the great talent that is no longer with us. I am glad you asked Rich to write a book as I agree with you that it would be a great read. Thanks for such a great, as always, interview Harvey.
Thank YOU so much Terri for your loyal support of our show. It’s comments like yours that sustain me!!!❤️
Very entertaining.
He sure is! I loved it!
Harvey Brownstone. What a great interview yet again. So funny and so interesting. Well done!!
Thank you so very much Deb!
What a great interview, Rich and Harvey made such a great “impression” on me today!! lol I do encourage everyone to spend an hour with these two, as usual Harvey had done his homework, such a delightful interview, I personally would love to see Harvey on some network with a weekly or perhaps even daily show???
Thank you so much for believing in me and my show!
Love this great interview , always Loved Rich , fun interview for sure , I recommend everyone Subscribe , to Harveys great great interview shows , Thanks Loved it
Thank you so much Kevin for your warm and enthusiastic support for our show. I put my heart and soul into every interview, and your feedback and support mean the world to me ❤️❤️❤️
one of the best!
Yes! I couldn’t agree more! I hated to see it end!!
I was wondering what happened to him ,he is an amazing & funny comedian & when he impersonates a character he actually looks like that person is quite freaky but ,what a talented man . What has happened to our society we don’t have these entertainers any more ,so sad that this generation don’t know what wonderful laughs we used to have once . 😊
So true. Thank you so much for your support of our show. Please spread the word that I’m keeping classic entertainment alive.
Hilarious - I loved that Rich was gearing up to do George Burns while Harvey was doing his introduction, the expression, the cigar and the whole shtick. The interview brought out the best in Rich and brought me back to the many times over the years that I saw him on Ed Sullivan and the Carson show. The man is truly an icon and I couldn't agree more with Harvey that if Rich were to do a memoir he'd have a truck-load of stories to tell after more than 60 years in show business. Thanks Harvey for a wonderful interview!
Thank you so much Robert for watching, and for your lovely comment. I hope Rich takes our advice and writes a memoir!!
I know Rich Little, as the entertainer who crossed the picket line at the Frontier Hotel in our town in the nineties. Not a good look, as thousands of regular folk were unemployed. I haven't forgotten.
I’m sorry to hear this. He shouldn’t have done that.
This was so amazing to see! I wanted this interview to go on for much longer since I also am a huge fan of Rich Little as you are! I can only imagine how much fun you had with this show!
I especially loved Rich Little briefly mentioning Don Rickles as Don was my 2nd fave comedian of all time, so I always love to hear stories about him! Speaking of which, have you ever tried reaching out to Mindy Rickles to interview her about her dad?
If I can make one suggestion, the title you have for the chapter beginning around 23:07 is "RIP Julie Andrews" which kinda gives the wrong impression that Julie Andrews has passed away rather than the fact that many of her guests she had on her show have passed away. I would suggest maybe changing that title so as people don't get the wrong idea, just a thought.
So glad you enjoyed my interview with Rich Little. I’d been told by his publicist beforehand not to go beyond 30 minutes, because Rich was performing that night in Vegas, and didn’t want to exhaust himself before the performance. So I kept the interview short. After we finished filming, he said “Harvey this was the best interview of my career. I could have kept going much longer.” My heart sank. I learned an important lesson that day: if my guest is enjoying him/herself, don’t worry about time limits. Just keep going!!! To answer your question, I’d love to interview Mindy Rickles. Hopefully I’ll find a way to make contact with her. Thanks for the comment re the Julie Andrews title. My editor sends his apologies, but unfortunately it can’t be fixed at this point. Sorry about that.
@@harveybrownstoneinterviews8980 You really are an amazing interviewer!
No worries, I just thought I'd mention it.
Thank you so much! I put my heart and soul into every interview, so you have no idea how much I appreciate your wonderful feedback. ❤️
Rich Little is a BIG talent! So are you Mr. Harvey. PS -- did RL ever imitate actor David Janssen?
Thank you for your kindness to me. I’m sure Rich has imitated David Janssen at least once!
@@harveybrownstoneinterviews8980 I can't find any info on that. But I know if anyone is in the know, it would be you Mr. Harvey to research this. Bless you.
@MsBackstager bless you too my dear friend
"You do me so wellll ...when I die ...they should bury you" 😁😃👍
That was hilarious. What did you think of the interview?
@@harveybrownstoneinterviews8980 well researched, and presented 🎁 👏 intelligent interviewer 🗣
Thank you so much. I put my heart and soul into every interview, and feedback like yours means the world to me. ❤️
Loved this interview! What a treasure…despite his wee dig atJoe Biden.
You can blame me for the Biden joke. I think I threw Rich (or should I say George Burns?) with my question about Gracie. Rich had to think quickly of something to say so he came up with that comment about Biden. He’s 83 and I think we can easily forgive him.
But it’s comedy , we have lost the sense of humour the world used to know , this what is wrong with our society we are too serious .Let’s laugh at ourselves we need happiness in the world .
@ritamontesalvo6823 amen to that!
Ever pick your nose 👃 with your pinky? ...who knew the pinky was this practical
What? That’s all you can say about this fabulous interview???
@@harveybrownstoneinterviews8980 don't you do comedy Harv?
No. I do interviews.
@@harveybrownstoneinterviews8980 just keep doing ...and having fun with it ...don't take yourself to seriously, it helps 😃✌
Great advice. Thanks.
Rich Little's book would deal with all the celebrities he knew. I'm sure people wouldn't care about his personal life. So the book he wrote is good enough. No need for another book about his life.
Gee thanks for speaking for all of his fans. We appreciate it.
Rich Little became an American citizen. Proud Canadian? I think not.
He did not relinquish his Canadian citizenship. Many big stars from Canada who made their homes in the US became dual citizens. There’s nothing wrong with that.
Now that the Tropicana has closed, I hope he is able to find another residency in Vegas
Fingers crossed!
Little was an amazing impressionist but I never found him funny. Even Carson said the same thing. he wasn't really a comedian although he always wanted to be known as one.
He’s had a damn good - and LONG - career. How many entertainers can say that?