Joan Rivers interviews Harvey Fierstein Torch Song Trilogy

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  • Опубликовано: 26 мар 2019
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Комментарии • 82

  • @lizardqueen9132
    @lizardqueen9132 Год назад +24

    Can't believe he's only 29 in this clip, he already had a play on broadway, was an established actor, and was openly gay in the early 70's. That's amazing, my 30 year old gay ass has a hard time being out in 2022, what an incredible person.

    • @BlondieSL
      @BlondieSL Год назад

      May we discuss more about your "Gay ass", please! LOL
      😁😜🏳‍🌈❤🧡💛💚💙💜🏳‍🌈
      The other day we were walking down the street and some guy walked up to us and asked me if I was Gay.
      I said,
      "Gay dear? Who dear? Me Dear? No Dear!"
      But I highly suspect MY HUSBAND!
      LOL
      Honestly, I'm so happy to have been born FAB-U-LOUS-LY Gay.
      I've been out for decades because when I got tired of people's stupidity, I said, ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
      'This is MY life! Go fix YOUR OWN LIFE before you try to 'fix' mine!"
      It was amazing how things changed when MY attitude changed.
      My advice is, DON'T LET ANYONE TELL *YOU* WHO YOU ARE OR HOW TO LIVE *YOUR* LIFE!

  • @jonathanrio6587
    @jonathanrio6587 4 года назад +91

    He was so ahead of his time for the 80's! What an iconic trailblazer!

    • @TheIggypop1
      @TheIggypop1 3 года назад +1

      An iconic cumblaizer..

    • @DT-my3jo
      @DT-my3jo 3 года назад +3

      Totally agree. Today he would be with his own interview show

  • @micklofy4020
    @micklofy4020 3 года назад +27

    "would leather gangs come up and annoy you kids, or?"
    "leather gangs would come up and cruise, what are you talking about?"

  • @WhatnGayH
    @WhatnGayH Год назад +6

    He’s such a class act he kept the conversation moving with his wit and humor so she wouldn’t focus on “being a homosexual”.

  • @tom_something
    @tom_something 2 года назад +9

    Aside from the timbre of the voices (night and day), everything about the way they speak is so similar. They're both from Brooklyn, but it's not just that. A straight man from Brooklyn with no connections to the entertainment industry would not sound like either of them. The accent, maybe. But not the tonality and word choice.
    They really sound like cousins who grew up next door to each other. It melts my California heart.

  • @giggles7179
    @giggles7179 3 года назад +56

    Harvey has this je ne sais quoi that puts even the most ignorant people at ease. He stood in the giant spotlight in a time when the AIDS epidemic was not only wiping out the gay community, but it also gave a lot of people a reason to fear and blame anything gay as well. He brandished wit and humor like a magic wand and it helped bridge the gap like never before. I can only hope that his name continues to resonate for years to come as the historic figure he was and is.

    • @jdb7752
      @jdb7752 3 года назад +3

      here here!

    • @KarlSaxell
      @KarlSaxell Год назад

      Agree 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

  • @singorexpire8892
    @singorexpire8892 Год назад +3

    What a character and what a clever man. Listen to him read his autobiography; it's a blast.

  • @seventiesmemories5116
    @seventiesmemories5116 4 года назад +36

    Harvey is amazing.
    And an incredibly nice, warm person too.

  • @ccaprio
    @ccaprio 4 года назад +21

    God I miss Joan Rivers, and I'm here just cuz I love Harvy Fierstein's voice 💕

  • @ThatsJustMyBabyDaddy
    @ThatsJustMyBabyDaddy 2 года назад +26

    Love Harvey. His new autobiography is excellent!!! ❤️

    • @rprimeauableful
      @rprimeauableful 2 года назад

      This is terrible, but I literally thought he was dead for a few years now. This was an unexpected good news that he still around

  • @AuntieMamie
    @AuntieMamie Год назад +2

    Doesn’t everyone love Mr Fierstein? He’s brilliant and beautiful. What an illuminating icon. His autobiography is equally as refreshing. He has gotten even better with age.

  • @mattoneill1272
    @mattoneill1272 2 года назад +9

    harvey needs much more recognition!!! what ease he has in these interviews

  • @mina-yu4hn
    @mina-yu4hn 2 года назад +3

    bravo for him. he is a trailblazer. good for him to be so brave and let people know i am who i am. good interview

  • @joesolese
    @joesolese 3 года назад +6

    What a beautiful man. Has lots of charisma and think this is already 35 hrs ago. LovedbTor he sing trilogy

  • @kathyhills5391
    @kathyhills5391 4 года назад +14

    I saw this amazing play in London, but with Anthony Sher in the lead and was so blown away by it that I went back three times in one week to see it again and again - and I didn't live in London at the time. On meeting Sher at the stage door, he told me the film was coming out and he would not be playing the lead. I was disappointed but he said to me: "GO TO SEE IT. You will love Harvey Fierstein" and I did and boy was he right! WHAT a talent.

    • @mstraction
      @mstraction 2 года назад +1

      I saw it in NY and was blown away...there was a hetero couple in front of me and after the 1st act they left and never came back...the husband kept mumbling under his breath he couldn't wait to get the hell outta here...I was happy because I had an unobstructed view...that play was LONG...but flew by like it was 5 minutes...

    • @kathyhills5391
      @kathyhills5391 2 года назад +1

      @@mstraction Well I'm not gay and I loved it. You don't have to be gay to appreciate this fabulous play. The hetero couple who walked out did not know what they were missing.

    • @sarcasticallyrearranged
      @sarcasticallyrearranged Год назад +1

      I'm so envious of anyone who saw the play. I've seen the movie many times over, but it's not the same!

  • @MaleOrderBride
    @MaleOrderBride 4 года назад +9

    He is so witty and charming!!

  • @CofyjunkyPNW
    @CofyjunkyPNW 4 года назад +13

    My best friend introduced me to 'Torch Song Trilogy', the film, thirty years ago, and I thought Fierstein was a riot! 😄

  • @NinaTaralon
    @NinaTaralon 2 года назад +5

    "... You're so relaxed about being gay" - what a time... I've been there, bi myself, but I never noticed how much it was a no go at that time in Germany

  • @loucrappi5869
    @loucrappi5869 2 месяца назад

    It would have been nice for him to make a sequel to that movie I would love to watch it sometimes I put that movie in I was lucky enough to find it on CD or dvd it was really nice bring back memories at that time

  • @dvdly
    @dvdly 2 года назад +5

    Wow, he really killed it. David Brenner must've been thinking, "He stealing my act!"

  • @jdeyon2996
    @jdeyon2996 4 года назад +13

    That was incredible. Iconic.

  • @bertrandkurtrussell2873
    @bertrandkurtrussell2873 2 года назад +4

    I met him, he's a cut-up and a seriously funny guy.

  • @randalrand
    @randalrand 5 лет назад +29

    What a gem of a clip. Harvey is so funny. Thank you for sharing.

  • @phil-ys3cf
    @phil-ys3cf 3 года назад +5

    i love and admire him so much!

  • @saltpepper1894
    @saltpepper1894 3 года назад +6

    Harvey is the best! going to watch torch song trilogy now ;)

  • @abcdefg-en6dn
    @abcdefg-en6dn 2 года назад +2

    I just come here after watching Torch Song Trilogy and Harvey is so full of charming and funny tho! 🤣

  • @FaliusAren
    @FaliusAren 4 года назад +15

    Harvey's sittin there like "no I have not suffered a single day in my life as a gay man in the us in the 80s 🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂"

  • @wotan10950
    @wotan10950 Год назад +1

    So much fun! Two Jewish New Yawkers! I think Harvey even had Joan speechless a couple of times.

  • @denobeesun
    @denobeesun 3 года назад +14

    Makes me sad they were laughing at him not with him. I’ve felt that way before...

    • @GARY84ROCKS
      @GARY84ROCKS 3 года назад +6

      My sincere empathy for your negative experiences... I hope you're overexaggerating about the truth of this clip... because I'm not seeing that.... everyone seems to be well-meaning. But you may be right.

  • @kristian4527
    @kristian4527 3 года назад +3

    Harvey and Joan THE icons

  • @barrett7893
    @barrett7893 2 года назад +2

    He was so amazing 🤩 What a legend!!

    • @BlondieSL
      @BlondieSL Год назад +1

      Not was. Still is!
      He's alive and "well" and can still throw out snappy retorts with a quickness!

  • @Zyryne1
    @Zyryne1 10 месяцев назад

    Torch song trilogy ended it's debut run the day I was born. That's awesome. 😊❤

  • @TallonC
    @TallonC Год назад +1

    What a couple of voices.

  • @davidmaholchic6146
    @davidmaholchic6146 3 года назад +2

    Oh to go back to such a time…

  • @wilmafistfit4788
    @wilmafistfit4788 5 лет назад +7

    Love Harvey

  • @nateboytwo
    @nateboytwo 2 года назад +1

    OMG - he’s SO funny - love him💛💛💛

  • @christianfranz2686
    @christianfranz2686 2 года назад

    Yassss ugh oh my god I love this man I wish I could some day meet him

  • @BrianHAlexander
    @BrianHAlexander 2 года назад

    Thank you for posting this!!!

  • @audiobooksmore3374
    @audiobooksmore3374 10 месяцев назад

    I knew Harvey was talented, but I never realized how funny he is!!

  • @mysoullovessoul558
    @mysoullovessoul558 3 года назад +6

    What an icon. I still prefer the drag name 'Bang Bang-ladesh!'

  • @omorado
    @omorado 2 года назад

    Oh how times have changed!

  • @corra7
    @corra7 Год назад

    Harvey! The best!

  • @alonzotanner1226
    @alonzotanner1226 4 года назад +1

    He's so great.

  • @riverebec1
    @riverebec1 2 года назад +3

    He was actually an attractive young man.

    • @BlondieSL
      @BlondieSL Год назад +2

      He was. Time does change us all.... sigh...

    • @riverebec1
      @riverebec1 Год назад +1

      @@BlondieSL So true and so unfair...HEAVY sigh...

  • @josephmartelli9010
    @josephmartelli9010 4 года назад +1

    One of my favourite humans

  • @brianhollenbeck8633
    @brianhollenbeck8633 3 года назад

    I remember this interview..😁

  • @josephsf2452
    @josephsf2452 Месяц назад

    Harvey was so far ahead of his times.

  • @Elmogrl71
    @Elmogrl71 2 года назад +1

    I am gonna use this place to go off on something I saw on RUclips tonight that I can't comment on because they turned off the comments. Arsenio Hall was asked back in the 80s why he didn't have Harvey on his show. He said "When he does something I'm interested in I will have him on my show. This is MY SHOW" Really???? I have always liked Arsenio. Arsenio, Harvey is amazing. Guess you needed more culture in your life. And you should be interested if your audience is. They made you who you are.

  • @ShatnerLover
    @ShatnerLover 3 года назад

    I love him so much

  • @wejcynp8943
    @wejcynp8943 2 года назад

    I love Harvey

  • @marynywarriormomof1248
    @marynywarriormomof1248 Год назад

    Love him he’s so funny

  • @deandrep4380
    @deandrep4380 11 месяцев назад

    Harvey Talk Clearly

  • @audreys8306
    @audreys8306 Год назад

    Grant Shaud was in Torch Song Trilogy

  • @jimkreider9997
    @jimkreider9997 2 года назад

    This was hilarious.

  • @patrick4324
    @patrick4324 2 года назад +3

    I actually remember this sin of you when it was aired the 1st time... Harvey was way before his time.... It's a shame how the gay community has forgotten all about the trail blazers....

    • @BlondieSL
      @BlondieSL Год назад

      You sure nailed it, PS PS!
      As someone who was out there marching and demonstrating for OUR RIGHTS, to now see the younger Gay people now, is a bit heart breaking.
      They are enjoying the fruits of our work... ummm.... no pun intended.... and not appreciating what lead to our freedoms.
      But, perhaps a new round of FIGHTING FOR OUR RIGHTS is about to take off again with the
      repuGliKKKunts and their CORRUPT S.C.O.T.U.S. trying to take our rights away.
      NEWS FLASH.... we are NOT going to allow that to happen or continue... NOT AGAIN!
      🏳‍🌈❤🧡💛💚💙💜🏳‍🌈

  • @DT-my3jo
    @DT-my3jo 3 года назад +1

    I love this man. But just remember: I’m the pretty one!

  • @MikeA15206
    @MikeA15206 Год назад

    Did Joan even read that intro before hand?

  • @raynekraven
    @raynekraven 6 месяцев назад

    G-Q outfit? what does that mean?

  • @Drezzedtokill
    @Drezzedtokill 2 года назад

    Hahahaaa

  • @HalifaxViewers
    @HalifaxViewers 13 дней назад

    Compare this interview with Barbara Walter’s, it’s clear who the ally was and wasn’t

  • @bradleycotton3237
    @bradleycotton3237 3 года назад

    “Christmas eggs! Get your Christmas eggs right here! Christmas eggs!”
    Elmo: “Hi!”
    Lightning: “Hello!”
    Elmo: “Who are you?”
    “Well, I’m the Christmas Bunny!”
    Lightning: “No, you’re not! You’re the Easter Bunny!”
    “Aw, yeah? Then how come I got all these here Christmas eggs?”
    Elmo: “Those aren’t Christmas eggs! Those are Easter eggs!”
    “Shhh... Okay, okay! Those are Easter eggs and I’m the Easter Bunny. But it’s usually my season and it’s still Christmas! I gotta move these here eggs! Whaddya say, little fella? How ‘bout a lovely Easter egg for a Christmas present? Oh, it makes a very unique gift!”
    Elmo: “Really?”
    🎶Buy your friends an Easter egg for Christmas! Easter eggs are useful as can be!
    Take your Christmas money to your local bunny and you can lay an egg beneath the Christmas tree!
    Easter eggs no longer just for Easter. Now that we got Christmas every day.
    It’s the universal gift! So give a pal a lift
    And buy a Christmas Easter egg today!🎶

  • @scottlevine7646
    @scottlevine7646 2 года назад

    I LOVE Joan. Like love her love her. But this is just cringe. 2022 sucks in 1,000,000 ways, but we’ve come a long way, baby.

    • @BlondieSL
      @BlondieSL Год назад

      We have and now, S.C.O.T.U.S. and the repuGliKKKunts are trying to push US ALL back 100 years!
      VOTE BLUE UP AND DOWN THE TICKET. VOTE OUT ALL GOP and literally save ALL of our freedoms that THEY are chipping away at!