She was the best! I saw her years ago when I went to the Merv Griffin Show. So funny, yet at the same time she came across as just a nice person. I still miss her talent and the way she made me laugh at a time in my life when I sure needed to laugh. I was barely in my teens but she made a wonderful impression. Miss you much, Totie.
I remember Totie Fields very dearly! She was my Mom and dad's favorite commedian; a short loud pushy broad. And in the 70's when Totie lost her leg, she almost made it to sainthood in my mom's book, since she had the same handicap. Amazing how someone can have a peripheral impact on your life!
Oh My!! Totie Fields! I sawher in person after she had her leg amputated and she made fun of the whole sad situation,she had everyone laughing with her. There is no one as great as she was. I know there has to be more live clips of her standup!! But where are they? RUclips. I will always love and remember the wonderful time I had with Totie She made me laugh many times. come on someone,find some clips of Totie Fields!!
thisclip was a reminder of the comedic gifts of Miss Totie Fields. She was one of a handful of women so talented in the 60's that male promoters and bookers actually forgot her gender and employed her in a time when everyone knew that women could not do stand-up. For a decade it was her, Phyllis Diller in Vegas, Minnie Pearl in Nashville . Before that, there was only Moms Mabley doing Harlem and the Chitlin circuit . Totie could not be kept down
I did not know how lucky I was in the early 1960s to see Mom’s Mabley and Totie Fields on the Mike Douglas Show. The talent!! Totie never got the big, big stage like Rivers did, but boy, she tore it up in those babydoll dresses and laid a path for women. Respect!
She's perfect in my eyes. Better than this image of being anorexic we have today. a sad commentary if you ask me. I like a woman with curves. She looks truly lovely here.
She said that, when she was 3 years old, she would come out in platforms, and sing, "So, you found someone who set you back on your heels. Goody Goody!"
Oh how much I love this lady. All she had to do is walk on stage and I would start smiling. My favorite comedian and I haven’t like anyone close to her until this southern lady name Leanne. She reminds me of Totie. Both so talented.
My late Mother used to love watching her on "The Ed Sullivan Show." I had almost forgotten, until seeing these clips, after over fifty years. I can hear my Mom laughing now at Totie Fields. Thanks for posting on RUclips.
OMG...........I was just going to say that in a post! I never realized it before until I saw this clip...........that is TOO funny!!! I never saw Totie Fields but i did see Divine back in 1983.
Totie was simply the greatest stand-up comedy ever she had few rivals. She could make me laugh from beginning to the end of her performances. She was my favorite guest star when she appeared on the afternoon talk shows. She told the best jokes. Miss Totie now you are making them laugh in heaven.
I'm BLOWN AWAY by her voice, too! I didn't remember that at all! I just thought that she was always a class act - and a fabulously funny woman ....and sadly a woman who was beset with such health problems. I will always remember how Merv Griffin always welcomed her to his show. RIP indeed, dear Totie!
Fantastic! Man, Totie Fields could really sing - she was a naturally funny and highly likeable entertainer ~ A mix of Garland and Rickles. A brave trouper who performed even after many personal health issues. She is missed. :(
Oh I remember Totie 🤗 Especially when she was on Ed Sullivan, throughout the 60s & 70s, Merv Griffin, Carol Burnett, Etc!! I’m just a young woman of 60, 😉, (with an “old soul”) who was blessed to have an awesome grandmother, who would let me stay up and watch the Best Ever (Variety/Comedy, Etc.) TV with her! was between (7-12) when she “babysat,” or I often slept at her house!! Many years later, I vividly remember watching, Totie’s 1978 Come-Back Concert, when seemed like All of “Classic” Comedy Royalty, & Many of Hollywood Royalty, as well, showing up for Totie, on her first show back!! at the “Sahara Hotel & Casino,” which just happened to be taped for HBO, in 1977. Totie, who had survived, breast cancer, complications from 2 heart attacks, complications after leg surgery to remove a blood clot, which led to her left leg amputation. All of these health issues happened within 3-5 years before her 1977 HBO Special Comeback, which she bravely, and hilariously, incorporated into her act, just as she had previously done with her weight issues, in her years before her recent health issues. (Check it out con RUclips!) Health issues, especially as severe as hers were, which Totie Indeed survived, through Many miracles, indeed changed Totie’s act, but I thought she was even more funny, and touching! Sadly, about a year later , sensational, hilarious, poignant, brave, and awesome come back, and just before another show at the Sahara, yet another blood clot shot to Totie’s heart, caused a fatal heart attack, and at only 48 years old, Totie, suddenly, passed away. Thankfully These Memories Will Live On, Through You All, You Tubers, Who Celebrate These Lives!! Trivia You may Know: Totie was not only a talented, hilarious, down to earth, just plain funny lady, she was also a hugely talented singer!!
What a great sense of humor and an inspiration when she went through so much. I've read multiple times what a great person she was .. always very kind.
When I was 4, we met her at Lord and Taylor in Hartford. She was incredibly rude to my mother, who simply told her that she enjoyed her work, and nearly 50 years later, I still remember that.
Anyone who could make Ed Sullivan break up was talented. The guy seldom cracked a smile on stage though he had a sense of humor. I loved and knew Totie and miss her a lot.
My my! I recall seeing her on that very show; Ed Sullivan Show. Sadly, she later lost a leg. But what a trooper! Continued in show business til her death.
This was just great notice to only puts herself down in this song "HOW UNLUCKY TO BE ME" She was a great entertainer along with Phyllis Diller, and Sherri Lewis and there all gone sadely. Sad thetmy did not do the end where Ed Sullivan gives her a hug abd he barely did that to performers on his show.
I love Totie she was so talented and what a beautiful voice!
She was the best! I saw her years ago when I went to the Merv Griffin Show. So funny, yet at the same time she came across as just a nice person. I still miss her talent and the way she made me laugh at a time in my life when I sure needed to laugh. I was barely in my teens but she made a wonderful impression. Miss you much, Totie.
She looks like Divine in this clip (which is a great compliment!). Great voice and persona. She shoulda lived.
Your right.she has that dawn Davenport look from female trouble.
I remember Totie Fields very dearly! She was my Mom and dad's favorite commedian; a short loud pushy broad. And in the 70's when Totie lost her leg, she almost made it to sainthood in my mom's book, since she had the same handicap. Amazing how someone can have a peripheral impact on your life!
I loved her!! There will never be another Totie!
Oh My!! Totie Fields! I sawher in person after she had her leg amputated and she made fun of the whole sad situation,she had everyone laughing with her. There is no one as great as she was. I know there has to be more live clips of her standup!! But where are they? RUclips. I will always love and remember the wonderful time I had with Totie She made me laugh many times. come on someone,find some clips of Totie Fields!!
She had one hell of a voice and also a great sense of humor! I wish there were more clips of her!
You were perfect in every way! We Miss you so!!!
thisclip was a reminder of the comedic gifts of Miss Totie Fields. She was one of a handful of women so talented in the 60's that male promoters and bookers actually forgot her gender and employed her in a time when everyone knew that women could not do stand-up. For a decade it was her, Phyllis Diller in Vegas, Minnie Pearl in Nashville . Before that, there was only Moms Mabley doing Harlem and the Chitlin circuit . Totie could not be kept down
I did not know how lucky I was in the early 1960s to see Mom’s Mabley and Totie Fields on the Mike Douglas Show. The talent!! Totie never got the big, big stage like Rivers did, but boy, she tore it up in those babydoll dresses and laid a path for women. Respect!
Moms Mabley, maybe risqué but so funny ! Absolutely the best!
She's perfect in my eyes. Better than this image of being anorexic we have today. a sad commentary if you ask me. I like a woman with curves. She looks truly lovely here.
Yeah, you like the morbidly obese. The fat girls no one wants./
Sadly, she lost a leg to diabetes, before she died of complications 😪
I blush to say I'd completely forgotten she could sing. Damn, she was great, and I still miss her.
She said that, when she was 3 years old, she would come out in platforms, and sing,
"So, you found someone who set you back on your heels. Goody Goody!"
I was a teenager watching her on the Mike Douglas and Ed Sullivan shows. She was wonderful!
I forgot she had such a great singing voice.
SHe died when I was very young but they showed lotza clips on TV after her death. A true original.
I wish there were more clips of this fantastic lady. She was marvelous.
All I can say is those of us lucky enough to have seen her , were so lucky !!!
Why am I just now discovering the greatness of Totie Fields?
Oh how much I love this lady. All she had to do is walk on stage and I would start smiling. My favorite comedian and I haven’t like anyone close to her until this southern lady name Leanne. She reminds me of Totie. Both so talented.
OMG how I miss you Totie. Thanks for all of the laughs. RIP.
My late Mother used to love watching her on "The Ed Sullivan Show." I had almost forgotten, until seeing these clips, after over fifty years. I can hear my Mom laughing now at Totie Fields. Thanks for posting on RUclips.
the greatest female entertainer EVER. Love you TOTIE.
Miss her.She was on Mike Douglas a lot.A wonderful memory...rip sweet wonderful Totie,We still love you.
That's a talent we will never see again. ♥️
what a voice !
OMG...........I was just going to say that in a post! I never realized it before until I saw this clip...........that is TOO funny!!! I never saw Totie Fields but i did see Divine back in 1983.
I remember laughing my head off. Didn't realize she had a great voice too.
Yes, she was perfect :) Miss that sense of humor.
Not only was she funny and a Great talent, but she is had a very fine singing voice.
ALways loved her!
I had forgotten just how hilarious she was, but I never knew she had such a great voice! Really beautiful and well-trained!
excellent! i love youtube for allowing me to see these gems
Totie was the best!!!!!!!!!!!Own all her books...funniest!!!!
Funny and talented woman, and sadly mostly forgotten, Plus, she had a nice singing voice.
Comedic genius and a singing voice to boot. RIP
So adorable!! I just love her!! And her dress!!! I love it!!
Loved watching Totie. Great fun and so talented. Really love seeing her.
Totie was simply the greatest stand-up comedy ever she had few rivals. She could make me laugh from beginning to the end of her performances. She was my favorite guest star when she appeared on the afternoon talk shows. She told the best jokes. Miss Totie now you are making them laugh in heaven.
I'm BLOWN AWAY by her voice, too! I didn't remember that at all! I just thought that she was always a class act - and a fabulously funny woman ....and sadly a woman who was beset with such health problems. I will always remember how Merv Griffin always welcomed her to his show. RIP indeed, dear Totie!
I loved her so much in the '60s and '70s. A pity she passed away at such an early age.
She left us way too soon, I can laugh over and over watching her.
In my 60s, how did I not know of this woman until a week ago. What a talent and a loss to us all at such an early age. 🇦🇺 🦘
Fantastic! Man, Totie Fields could really sing - she was a naturally funny and highly likeable entertainer ~ A mix of Garland and Rickles. A brave trouper who performed even after many personal health issues. She is missed. :(
I remember her when I was kid back in the 60s. Just think she had her own show she would be awesome.
So funny, miss her.
Totie Way ahead of her time!!!!!!!!!
She was the BEST!
I can never get enough of Totie
Incredible voice!
Oh I remember Totie 🤗
Especially when she was on Ed Sullivan, throughout the 60s & 70s, Merv Griffin, Carol Burnett, Etc!!
I’m just a young woman of 60, 😉, (with an “old soul”) who was blessed to have an awesome grandmother, who would let me stay up and watch the Best Ever (Variety/Comedy, Etc.) TV with her! was between (7-12) when she “babysat,” or I often slept at her house!!
Many years later, I vividly remember watching, Totie’s 1978 Come-Back Concert, when seemed like All of “Classic” Comedy Royalty, & Many of Hollywood Royalty, as well, showing up for Totie, on her first show back!! at the “Sahara Hotel & Casino,”
which just happened to be taped for HBO, in 1977.
Totie, who had survived, breast cancer, complications from 2 heart attacks, complications after leg surgery to remove a blood clot, which led to her left leg amputation. All of these health issues happened within 3-5 years before her 1977 HBO Special Comeback, which she bravely, and hilariously, incorporated into her act, just as she had previously done with her weight issues, in her years before her recent health issues.
(Check it out con RUclips!)
Health issues, especially as severe as hers were, which Totie Indeed survived, through Many miracles, indeed changed Totie’s act, but I thought she was even more funny, and touching!
Sadly, about a year later , sensational, hilarious, poignant, brave, and awesome come back, and just before another show at the Sahara, yet another blood clot shot to Totie’s heart, caused a fatal heart attack, and at only 48 years old, Totie, suddenly, passed away.
Thankfully These Memories Will Live On, Through You All, You Tubers, Who Celebrate These Lives!!
Trivia You may Know:
Totie was not only a talented, hilarious, down to earth, just plain funny lady, she was also a hugely talented singer!!
What a great sense of humor and an inspiration when she went through so much. I've read multiple times what a great person she was .. always very kind.
I loved her then, and love her now.
Totie fields was an amazing talent.there will be only one totie fields.
Melissa McCarthy: Are you ready do "The Totie Fields Story"?
Totie' deserves a movie about her!
holy shit thats a good idea
Good question.
She deserves some one much bettrr
Loved this lady!
She WAS perfect.
I didn't realize what a beautiful singing voice she had.
I loved Totie comedy sketch. I do miss her.
One of the great women of comedy that I feel there wasn't enough of her...so sad.
Yes, Totie - you WERE lucky to be you!
When I was 4, we met her at Lord and Taylor in Hartford. She was incredibly rude to my mother, who simply told her that she enjoyed her work, and nearly 50 years later, I still remember that.
Wow how sad.
I watche d her in the 60s on the Mike Doulas show. I just loved her comedy .
and i miss her...
She was great. She was so lovely. She makes me laugh.
An excellent singer too, Wow!
She is & was perfect 💋💞
Anyone who could make Ed Sullivan break up was talented.
The guy seldom cracked a smile on stage though he had a sense of humor.
I loved and knew Totie and miss her a lot.
her best line ever in my opinion I am going to start my diet on Tuesday because everyone else starts theirs on monday
hilarious when she turns around and says "well i'm swollen"
I Miss her.
A STAR.
She's so devine.
I was pretty young when she was popular. I don't think I ever heard her sing. She actually was pretty good.
A real funny lady. The good old days
Ahhhh the old days
That dress with the daisys is really retro.
i love her!
what a doll !!!!
Notice everyone in the audience is dressed up. Today, most studio audiences are full of people in t-shirts.
she was amazing!
i remember her when her from when i was a child ... i remember thinking se was funny but i didnt remember her being such a good singer
My my!
I recall seeing her on that very show; Ed Sullivan Show.
Sadly, she later lost a leg.
But what a trooper! Continued in show business til her death.
sort dave, very funny
"I know a phony broad when I see one."
That whole talented bunch
Of folks who careers started before 1970’s were great. Everything else is overrated
I loved to see her on Ed Sullivan and Merv Griffin as a teen but don't remember that great voice.
legend
💖💖💖💖
by todays standards she is thin....lol Totie was fantastic!
For those that love Totie check her out on here on The Mike Douglas Show as she meets Gene Simmons from Kiss.
Watch the video of Totie with Carol Burnett...hysterical.
Good singer to.
Divine
This was just great notice to only puts herself down in this song "HOW UNLUCKY TO BE ME"
She was a great entertainer along with Phyllis Diller, and Sherri Lewis and there all gone sadely.
Sad thetmy did not do the end where Ed Sullivan gives her a hug abd he barely did that to performers on his show.
when did this show come up???? what did year???????1967?? please let me know thank u.
I am convinced Divine modeled his look on Totie Fields. Look at Totie’s profile and tell me I’m wrong.
I atched her on Mike Douglas in the 60's
Wow, Divine was definitely influenced by her!
Its all about da bass
Much better as a singer rather than a screaming maniac to be honest...
This is the Ed Sullivan Show.
what year was this aired
Circa 1966