Boy George - First time with Johnny Carson [cc] 1984
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- This is Boy's second visit to the Tonight Show, though his first interview with Johnny Carson.
Talking about people's reaction to him, and his career.
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Fantastic to see Johnny Carson and a 22 year old Boy George. Great conversation. Great post! Thank you so much.
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Beautiful voice. I'm Black, but Elvis, Boy George and George Michael are my favorite White Boys.
Me too
Why is it necessary to say that you are black ? Are you implying that you would expect black folks to only like other black folk artists as their favorites and the same with white folks? We should like them for their artistry and not have to be almost apologetic. My favorite artists include Sammy Davis Jr and Leontyne Price. They are not "Black" artists, they are great "artists" who happen to be black.
sgnmath1234 exactly. Why oh why do some people make everything about race?...
🦓 Guess what ? I believe that it is o.k. if Mooky wants to announce anything , his age , sex , skin type . . . whatever .
That is called 'free speech' .
And , yes , Sammy is black . He had alot to deal with when touring around and looking for lodging or a place to eat .
Did you ever think about that ?
He also married a Scandavian woman , Britt May . Do you think that he noticed her skin type ?
Marvin Gay an Al Green are my favorite Black Boys.
Good old Carson could interview anyone and always gave them the respect they deserved. He was truly the king of the talk show circuit for many years.
Scott Matheson I think your right. Though, he says to George. You wouldn't be noticed in a part of LA that has this thing. Which, in retrospect, very very bad. He is saying, your a drag queen, your just the same as everyone else. Wooooops
Scott Matheson Still is
hii he is beatiful
Agreed. Johnny Carson was an extremely talented, one of a kind talk show host. And above all; a true professional. This interview with Boy George nails it.
Scott Matheson I am with you on that and God Bless
Boy George was 22 during this interview?? CLASS. CLASS. CLASS. Johnny was clearly accepting to him as well.
Johnny showed class to everyone. Didn't mean he liked or accepted every guest.
Big horrible creep should be in jail, and there just for its? Singing
He is so handsome when he is younger. i saw this just now
cyndy medina yea he was the total 80s look at the time.
@@litefoot900 Huh ??
I applause when he said: Why do you have to have an excuse to enjoy yourself? There is nothing wrong with enjoying yourself and dressing up if you want. Besides, he has such a beautiful voice.
What a beautiful human being, so intelligent. Boy George was so a head of his time and still is . Love him
Profound words that many people need to really LISTEN to:
"Why do you have to have an excuse to enjoy yourself?"
+Vanessa P ya but looking a certain way has nothing to do with yourself, it is not related to the the single person, dressing up is specifically for other peoples reaction and judgement. He was hiding his need for attention by making up an excuse saying its only for his enjoyment, ya fucking right, it is specifically and intentionally for others and their reactions. Case Closed.
ReliveTheDream He has said in many, many, other interviews that he was "dressing up" years before he was famous. He's been doing it since he was eleven. You don't know him personally, so you can't assume he's doing it for attention. That's like saying dying your hair a different color is for attention. You can dress up, dye your hair, wear makeup, etc. without doing it for attention.
It's like he said...why do Americans have to analyze everyone all the time! He is very talented and I loved him being a part of the diverse World that we live in. I admire that he found his own way and brought something different & unique to our otherwise dull conservative life!
Amen!!! Amen!! Amen!!!
BUT if I can't enjoy myself, why should someone like him be allowed to
I'm glad that Boy George isn't one of those dead pop stars
I just saw him in concert last week and thinking how lucky I was that he survived the 80's.
Sean Maher well
a friend who hanged with him died of a OD.........
He's just vaguely obese
@@danielueblacker9118 who?
This was actually a very good interview. Even though Johnny doesn't seem sure what to make of him, he approached George in a respectful manner and asked some very honest questions. This was a bold conversation for the time, and of course George handled it beautifully.
Ugh
@@celestialwonders it took you 7 years to come up with that! 😝
@@zerofox7347 yeah, it took 7 years to ugh. Walk in peace ......🤡
Johnny used a lot of skill here!
YEAH 👍! To every statement you made!!! And, yes...... George had the uncanny ability (AND THE WIT!) to "handle" a conversation. George was NEVER AT A LOSS FOR WORDS. Another added plus.....there was such a smooth "flow" to his speaking. Absolutely 🤗 love 💕 this guy. And.....I always will
He was ahead of his time and had great music
"Why do you have to have an excuse to enjoy yourself?" I agree. :D
Love his voice!! An awesome singer!
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Carson, as always, is amazing. Boy George is much more than one might think. By the end of the interview I believe everyone was quite impressed with just how together this guy seems, especially for someone who was but 22 years old at the time.
Johnny Carson is being very respectful. It seems like Boy George has a chip on his shoulder.
I believe Boy George is an old soul ❤
Diane Dizayee I think he's just on the defense...
22 , plus suddenly thrust into the spotlight of stardom. That would be a lot to handle.
@@bigrigJim - Absolutely, and lets add to this that he is talking with a person who, at the time, was the most famous person on earth with almost absolute power to help you in your career.
He was sooooo beautiful & his soulful voice!!! Quick wit & charming. 👏👏👏👏😙
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I love when David Letterman told him 'I just didn't expect you to be so..'.then George said BEAUTIFUL? He was talented and had great songs-we got to hand it to him.
And..... such WIT!
Johnny seems so calm and open minded. as a gay person I would feel so comfortable talking to him about just about anything. He had old fashioned values, but still allowed himself to see all kinds of things with an open mind. I miss him.
+allthatjazzspaz95
Johnny's greatest gift was being able to ad-lib. He had in his mind a way the interview was going to go, but he knew who he was interviewing, and had the talent to go off-script and take the interview as far as it needed to go, and keep the viewer interested. He was a genius. If you were gay or straight, Jew or Arab, black or white, conservative or liberal, Johnny would be able to steer you into his interview.
...and that's why Johnny Carson is STILL regarded as the template for all talk show hosts!
Johnny puts people at ease (gay or not gay). :))
"dull ache" is exactly it...well said, and i agree. :)
He served in the Navy in WWII so He was exposed to Sodomy early on and then He entered show business in California so nothing like this would shock him. It's just weird that Boy George spent so much time trying to convince people that He wasn't gay and He dressed this way for "fun".
456swagger: I can't remember when he finally admitted that he was gay. He speaks of it freely now in interviews. I guess back then he feared it would ruin his career.
I love his way of thinking. He's right. We should enjoy ourselves more often.
ever notice that back then celebrities were much more honest! these days they are so polictically correct. scared to speak their mind.
Welcome to 5 years later from your comment and its even worse now. Quite disgusting really
Back in those days propaganda was not in.
they talk too much now. He was honest most wee very politically correct in the 80s.
Maybe, but don't forget he was a severe heroin addict so he had his own set of problems.
NO that was just Boy George, that has the backbone
Great host and really miss Johnny.......tasteful and not tacky....
That Liberace comment.... LMAO! I'm 24 and gay, it's amazing seeing him so forward in this time.
1980-1984: A fantastic time to be alive. The music was awesome. The world was in turmoil. Nothing new there i suppose. X
How was the world In turmoil? Life was great then!! I was 15 In 1984 & 1984 was the best year out of the entire 80s!! 😊💕
He was ,and Is,ALWAYS ENTERTAINING AND FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!
I remember the first time i saw Culture Club on MTV. I fell in love with George and the music . He has a great sense of humor. Carson is an American icon. ❤️❤️great interview.
I love watching his interviews . He loves to talk and is very open. Witty:-) love him
Boy George is a much better role model than justin bieber, miley cyrus and so forth....
Aggie Halford And apart from kidnapping and falsely imprisoning a male escort...
what!! He is totally wacked out! He imprisoned a young male escort with the help of a friend- chaining the kid to a wall and anally raping him repeatedly for days on end, before the kid broke free, jumped out the window and ran for help. A few years earlier while living in NYC, he called the cops claiming a (female) prostitute had stolen his cocaine. The cops arrived and found Boy George in a state of drug-induced psychosis, raving mad, with a bag of coke sitting in plain sight. He was given a slap on the wrist and got off with a week's worth of community service picking up trash in lower Manhattan.
That's a bad hat Georgie boy.
yeah right
Miley hasn't done anything that George didn't do so I can hardly see how he is better or worse than she is as a role model.
Boy George definitely made the 80's great!
Wow George was so awesome then and even now on the Voice Global. He's a great guy and great Mentor-coach. He's still alive and kicking in his 50s. It's a Miracle.
❤🎉 Great interview.
Actually this was a much better interview than I expected.
Saturday Night Live did a spoof on Boy George. They called him Boy George Burns. The actor playing him was dressed like Boy George but was a lot older looking and wearing glasses and talking like George Burns.
Classy interview by Carson and BG was interesting, as he always was in the Clock of the Heart era.
Man, nothing like the 80's! Boy George was the first and the most famous drag queen EVER! And she was pretty too.
+JohnHenryNhammer AMEN!!!
try again. the phrase drag queen started showing up in slang around 1870 or so .... drag shows started being popular in the 1920s. we all love george. but he certainly wasn't the first.
JohnHenryNhammer that would be Divine in the 70's. George was less a dragqueen and more 'GenderFuck'.
JohnHenryNhammer no, don't compare his style and his good taste to clothes to chatty drag queens. No, no.
JohnHenryNhammer he doesnt call himself a she..hes not a transgender..hes a gay man that dresses like a woman without changing his gender
this shows why johnny was the best, god I miss him
ftlshome1 class act for sure.
I can see the difference between the questioning back then and now on a talk show. Seems like Johnny is quite invested in his looks and appearance rather than his musical talents. Well, you can’t blame people for curiosity but my point is everything is different now and I love the fact that he’s completely polite and laid back regarding the host’s attitude
He's right ..too many people fighting and not getting along as we should .. he is a person and a person to look up to . he stands for peace and peace is what this world should be all about .. no races no colors ..no gender !
i like his music since day one i knew he was an oddball but something mysterious about made me a fan of his....he's a very talented singer n writer and down to earth....im happy he beat
his drugs demon
What a WONDERFUL interview! Thanks for posting this :)
Johnny was respectful and good natured. Such a talent and he is missed.
I've always loved him. I dressed as him for Halloween in 4th grade. Those 80's shoulder pads! he looks like he's wearing the curtains and the rod! 🤣 I would love to see his Shirley Bassey impression!
I like Boy George, then and now.
Wow The crowd really loved him
Excellent interview. I believe this interview style is why Carson was on for so long.
22 and more intelligent and full of substance than people twice his age
Johnny was such a good interviewer. This is a very good interview with Boy George can't believ
e it was 33 yrs go. Still love Boy George. Thanks Johnny.
Boy George is a genius
We gotta give George's mother credit such a amazing woman she is.🥰🙏💕
Always loved this man since 1983. I think he is awesome and he alms a lot of dense 💜💜
He was beautiful then and still is now. It's really sad that he had to explain himself back then.
We loved him in the UK.
So young yet so smart.
2:22 love the finger clap!
Shows how much we've moved on from persecuting people that are different, we've learnt how to embrace people that are different.
I love this guy till today
Boy George is not just pretty face he is very smart as well can hold his own with the best of them.
What a WONDERFUL VOICE...
Boy George could certainly give an intelligent, informative point of view, an excellent interview
very intelligent in his answers! woohoo...awesome Boy George!
Gosh I miss those days ❤ Johnny Carson was so comfortable & genuinely curious. Not a nasty person.
A great interview all the way around!
B.G is sooo adorable.Xx
Love it when he sang. He had a great voice then and still does!
I miss Johnny Carson. He did good interviews. And did funny skits.
George O'Dowd looks so differently now but he still has his beautiful eyes they have always been. Still love his voice
he was so handsome... if only.... :)
What a lovely human being. And no silly arguments about pronouns or non-binary talk. He’s a very unique intelligent and well spoken boy/man with his own style.
Back in 1984 I really liked Boy George and my sister thought he was a completely off the wall freak. Guess who she liked? Michael Jackson, LOL
I liked both
Amazing man wish everyone would stop commenting that horrible word... Good interview and love love love the look!
I Love Boy George.
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Me too. Love his music!!!!!
Boy was funny. I never seen him speak, only singing and shocking people.
Thank you Boy George. very well out!
This interview is about 30 years ahead of its time. Amazing.
He's too adorable..."Love you Boy George!!"
This guy came out of nowhere and hit it big along with men at work Cindy lauper and Duran Duran and wham what a era 80s and others hit it then they drifted away in the 90s
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Boy George and Carson... both remain icons in 2020👍
The Liberace gag was funny. Johnny Carson epitomized cool non judgemental behaviour.
It’s surprising to read the comments and see everyone praising Johnny Carson for being so nice to Boy George. What else would he have done? Boy George was a guest on HIS show. This was a time when Americans weren’t always saying rude things to everyone and tweeting insults for breakfast. Carson was the HOST, not a guest host. He was a professional and already a part of Hollywood-a place where many people are different anyway. It would have been super stupid to invite an entertainer on your show and be rude to them. It’s not likely he’d be able to book anyone good after that if you’re dumb to them. George was beautiful, wonderful and very popular. It seems it would be effortless to be nice to him. Carson wasn’t doing George any favors. He did ask dumb, repetitive questions and 22 year old George handled them like the pro he already was. 🌸
I loved boy Georges songs.
He was ahead of his time. What’s wrong with being different? Carson was cool here.
Carson could adapt and interview anybody, he was a total genius. No one today in the same profession could carry his lunch.
I worked a drag queen party in a casino showroom a couple of years ago and I was surprised at how many people bought tickets. We did a full rehearsal before the show. the cast was actually part of the crew. It was a fun and good day.
They don't make the like Johnny anymore. He researched his guests "I read the article in Rolling Stone about you..." He's non judgmental and casual while sincerely asking his guest about themselves instead of telling his guest what he thinks about them. Classic. Funny now Boy George's cross-dressing is commonplace in America.
Yeeess totaly true Boy George , and very good video material too 😀
Love, love, love this guy! I've always loved Culture Club! Boy George! 💜💙❤️
George is a very bright and intelligent guy ...I could listen to him speak for hours
I admire George, He always knows what he's talking about.
Such a wit, at such a young age! Brilliant!!
Love you Boy George, I understand you,,, I'm from America and I love lots of sense of humor,,
He is a likeable and decent guy. His guise is interesting, but hey, he is an excellent artist.
Jonny was the best great interview with boy George
Johnny doesn't quite know what to make of George, but he's still respectful and not making fun of the guy. An example of what made him a great interviewer.
I’m pretty conservative and I grew up in a time where Boy George was either loved or hated. I liked a few of his songs but wouldn’t admit it like most at that time. It shocks me that Johnny was so generous because that’s not how the world was back then. And watching this, Boy George was light years ahead of his time
Happy 60th birthday Boy George!!!
I love this person!! :)
I had such a crush on him when I was little❤
Boy George doing him and being him and careless about what people or what the world had or have to say go boy George
Love the Liberace comment
People misjudge what they don't understand.
80s kids saw it as a cartoon character not a lifestyle.
Oh how times have changed !!
Was really cool to see how they clicked with each other and how cool Johnny was with him. Hard that may have been to keep his image relevant but it was still awesome cuz he could have made jokes about him and I think it is because of Boy George himself that jokes did not happen. So is like Boy George I thought he was beautiful and actually still lives attractive as a coach on The Voice.
He was shy at the beginning