40 years ago, when I was in college, I've had the blessing and the pleasure of meeting Eartha Kitt at a play she was doing called, "Timbuktu". She was the first African-American Catwoman on "Batman"!!! Eartha was one of the most beautiful, trailblazing women I've ever met!!! I've told her that I've been a fan of hers ever since she played Catwoman!!! And she did her signature growl!!! Needless to say, I've almost fainted!!! Ms. Eartha Mae Kitt, North, South Carolina's Greatest Export!!! Imitated by many, duplicated by damn few!!!!!
How cool that you met such an icon. What an honor and blessing!!!!❤ I had the honor of meeting Judith Jameison-so I know how you feel. It's an awesome feeling to have met greatness💓.
I love Eartha Kitt. She spoke her mind and made the First Lady cry at a luncheon. I loved it. Eartha Kitt made Lady Bird Johnson cry during a 1968 White House luncheon when Kitt criticized the Vietnam War and spoke out against juvenile crime: Kitt's speech Kitt told Johnson that the war was causing young people to rebel in the streets and not go to school. She said, "You send the best of this country off to be shot and maimed". She also said, "Mrs. Johnson, you are a mother too, although you have had daughters and not sons. I am a mother and I know the feeling of having a baby come out of my guts
She made mistakes with who she politically sided with. She was for Ho Chi Minh during the Vietnam War. Ken Burns showed in his book on Vietnam that the North Vietnamese murdered many thousands of landowners just to get their land.
😊Hi, I’m Brittney Lee Hill :D . Die, Assassin! I really enjoyed your Eartha Kitt upload! I’m still living in Orange County, California, within the city of La Habra right now… however, I will, for the last and final time, be moving to the county of Los Angeles, where Hollywood is! I’m moving there literally, as soon as possible. As in, right now. Yay, me ! I’m literally doing everything by myself right now so I’m proud that I figured out my Destiny. My destiny is to get married, become a wife and mother, for the first time, and then, to become a famous, American, actress (finally). I’m 31 years old, I’m, THAT, Millennial ! . I’m still middle class, and I am social climbing. I am going to marry someone, truly, wealthy (I’m just Middle Class, right now). You can join me wherever you see me in person :D ! See you on the big screen :D ! Family. Love. Love. Love. . signed, Brittney Lee Hill Friday, August the 2nd, 2019.
@@imgonewiththewindfab Nope. Two different women with different modum operendi. Eartha Kitt was all out performer. Grace Jones is a performance artist.
Yeah, that was interesting, but then Annie Lennox was carbon copy of Grace Jones, and they never did a duo or mashup either. So yeah, and this reminds me of where Lil Nas May have got his idea for Industry Baby. So weird I never saw this when I was coming up, because I was actually a fan! Gotta love that YouTUBE.
I love Eartha Kitt. I meet her in 2007. I was a cashier at Whole Foods in Westport CT. She shop there. She was with her daughter Cat. I was so happy to see her. I was surprise. Grateful i meet her
I have always loved Eartha's gravelly powerful voice, since i first heard her as a child. And her name always fascinated me, adding to the delight & intrigue! Cheers, 🍷 and thank you for posting this! 🎉
again, another one with no sense of History. Eartha Kitt was a major player in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950's to the point that it got her blackballed in America and she had to go to Europe to keep her career going, it wasn't until the 1980's that she returned to the World Stage from Europe and America suddenly rediscovered their darling sweet heart, Miss Eartha Kitt. she's not Under Appreciated, perhaps by the current herd of anthropoid hominids, but 'In The Day' she was a very well known and appreciated performer, humanitarian.
So underappreciated. No one was ready for her ironic humor and unabashed female sexuality. Even "feminists" don't really like it cuz she's too "straight" lol. She was also "cancelled" by LBJ and the FBI for speaking out against the Vietnam War just when her star was rising.
When did she pass away, I met Adam West and Yvonne Craig in person at a convention in NJ, less then 15 months before Yvonne (Batgirl) Craig passed away.
dear eartha, yesterday was your 87th birthday! rest in peace, whereever you are..we will see us some day..kisses from germany! you will never be forgotten.....
I DON'T CARE WHAT THE PEOPLE SAY.............................. what have you ever done................silly little you @silentevil77 beware the dark one doesn't come for your soul
silentevil77 The song is definitely crazy,can imagine what kind of crazy gay queens used to dance at this song having fun years before we watch it for first time!
The song is simple and the video visuals are simple. I dont believe its a song one should appreciate in a serious sense. Its clearly just a fun song by people having fun.
I got to see a recording of a performance of I Wanna Be Evil from a couple of years before she died and she was just fantastic. It seemed like if she hadn't been able to do a really great job then she wouldn't have done it at all.
Jujubee did a wonderful Eartha Kitt on Drag Race. Hoping it got a lot of young ones to look her up! Drag Race has introduced me to old music and new music that's now MY music! And anyone underestimating the talents of Ru's Girls needs to think again. There is only one Ms. Kitt, but that in no way diminishes the talents of impersonators. No kidding---the caliber of talent coming out of Drag Race in all its international franchises is PHENOMENAL. Singers, actors, dancers, writers, choreographers, makeup and hair artistes. And the costume design!!! Some performers construct everything they wear themselves. I am obsessed with the art and artists of drag. They have introduced the stars of the past to a whole new audience. Hey, if I have Ima Sumak on my playlist you can be assured Drag Race is bringing attention to the past in a loving, celebratory way. I've never missed an episode.
She was the original Catwoman on the old 60's Batman Series. That's how I first learned of her. Dad filled me in on her history as he did for a lot of stars of the them past. He saw a lot of movies in his dating years as he was a very popular boy in his tiny rural Montana community. The basketball team consisted of every boy in the high school. All 8 of them. Somehow he knew about the female stars but didn't have much to say about the men. My dear daddy liked women and respected them. Good thing too because he and Mom had 4 daughters!
Oh my god I love this fun, campy stuff by super cool talented people like her! Love the eras of the past! One day people will (hoepfully) look back at videos of today and think, "what were they thinking?!" lol great stuff!
Magnifique!!!!!!!!!!! We miss you Eartha!! She truly was fabulous and wonderful. I love this and most of her entire work. Who wouldn't? She was one of the most talented singers and performers of all time. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. That's all very well. But what kind of bizarre monster is she? What kind of creature is half woman, half cat, and whose scratch infects even the manliest of men with the virus of interpretive dance? No wonder the city can't sleep. Never before have the camp and the nightmarish existed in such perfect unison.
+Derek Smallshorts It is kind of interesting to think about, all right. She's like a combination vampire (can turn into mist/hypnotize) and were-kitty (can... well, turn into a cat), and a bit of succubus thrown in (everything else). Indeed, a potent combination.
Jane Russell used to own a bar in Sedona, Arizona and now and then she'd perform there. I remember Jane and Eartha both smashed getting up singing a few numbers. The bar had a blast, they were having so much fun.
Eartha Kitt was way ahead of her time. I’m glad to see people appreciate her today.
"No bruce no"
"Mike think of the children"
...
"She never could remember my name"
THAT THREW ME COMEDY GOLD😂
No cause she said john too 😂😂
I was literally so confused i had to run it back 😭 i felt gaslit
40 years ago, when I was in college, I've had the blessing and the pleasure of meeting Eartha Kitt at a play she was doing called, "Timbuktu". She was the first African-American Catwoman on "Batman"!!!
Eartha was one of the most beautiful, trailblazing women I've ever met!!! I've told her that I've been a fan of hers ever since she played Catwoman!!! And she did her signature growl!!! Needless to say, I've almost fainted!!! Ms. Eartha Mae Kitt, North, South Carolina's Greatest Export!!! Imitated by many, duplicated by damn few!!!!!
How cool that you met such an icon. What an honor and blessing!!!!❤ I had the honor of meeting Judith Jameison-so I know how you feel. It's an awesome feeling to have met greatness💓.
YES
I saw her in the show too!! "I'm herrrrrrre....."
I love Eartha Kitt. She spoke her mind and made the First Lady cry at a luncheon. I loved it.
Eartha Kitt made Lady Bird Johnson cry during a 1968 White House luncheon when Kitt criticized the Vietnam War and spoke out against juvenile crime:
Kitt's speech
Kitt told Johnson that the war was causing young people to rebel in the streets and not go to school. She said, "You send the best of this country off to be shot and maimed". She also said, "Mrs. Johnson, you are a mother too, although you have had daughters and not sons. I am a mother and I know the feeling of having a baby come out of my guts
Her cat growls omg her voice!! She was a cat in her past life u swear
At what point of the song so I can listen for it when my husband and child give me some time to breath after dinner tonight lol.
She's catwoman before
She was a goddess, the living incarnation of Bast.
Given that she played Yzma, who turned into a cat in the end, I'm not surprised.
She was Catwoman for crying out loud
Eartha Kitt was a GODDESS! Nuff said.
IS a GODDESS ! She will live on in our hearts snd souls❤
She was the one the industry couldn’t break!!! #FOREVEREARTHA
Thank you!!! Stars like Cardi B, Lizzo and Nicki Minaj should be thanking her!!!
There's never been or ever going to be another woman like Eartha. She was awesome in every way. 👏 love her ❤
She made mistakes with who she politically sided with. She was for Ho Chi Minh during the Vietnam War. Ken Burns showed in his book on Vietnam that the North Vietnamese murdered many thousands of landowners just to get their land.
I know I miss her on Batman LOL!
So true!
well thank goodness!
I hope you have gone back to eating meat. Plants don't have over 15 nutrients essential for human life.
THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER EARTHA KITT
ninosimone x grace jones tried
I'M GoneWithTheWind! FABULOUS!! Lmaoooooo
😊Hi, I’m Brittney Lee Hill :D . Die, Assassin! I really enjoyed your Eartha Kitt upload! I’m still living in Orange County, California, within the city of La Habra right now… however, I will, for the last and final time, be moving to the county of Los Angeles, where Hollywood is! I’m moving there literally, as soon as possible. As in, right now. Yay, me ! I’m literally doing everything by myself right now so I’m proud that I figured out my Destiny. My destiny is to get married, become a wife and mother, for the first time, and then, to become a famous, American, actress (finally). I’m 31 years old, I’m, THAT, Millennial ! . I’m still middle class, and I am social climbing. I am going to marry someone, truly, wealthy (I’m just Middle Class, right now). You can join me wherever you see me in person :D ! See you on the big screen :D ! Family. Love. Love. Love. .
signed,
Brittney Lee Hill
Friday, August the 2nd, 2019.
@@imgonewiththewindfab Nope. Two different women with different modum operendi. Eartha Kitt was all out performer. Grace Jones is a performance artist.
@@KristineMaitland ... Well I believe Taylor Dayne out-did her completely, sorry not sorry. Now sashay away foolz.
The French subtitles just enhance the experience
Rattrapons les!
One of a kind! Eartha Kit - a challenger in many ways, impossible to forget
Well of course she eightied the hell out of the eighties.
Who would she be if she wasn't taking the epitome of everything and making it better than anyone would have hoped? Love Eartha
Gabriel Csaba thats so true !!
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Hahahahaha gold
hahah perfect way to describe it
she was a total high camp and outrageous diva 70s 80s. RIP EARTHA.x
40s, 50s,60s,70s and 80s
I wish she and Grace Jones had done a video together. They didn't even have lines together in Boomerang and that was such a crime.
U right
Eartha did do a cover of Grace's "Do or die," but it's a pity they didn't make it a duet. That would have been amazing!
Right! I listen to both of their music daily as i get ready! Boomerang changed my life as a child ❣️👌🏾🎰
I think two forces that powerful interacting together would have cause a disturbance in the time space continuum 😂
Yeah, that was interesting, but then Annie Lennox was carbon copy of Grace Jones, and they never did a duo or mashup either. So yeah, and this reminds me of where Lil Nas May have got his idea for Industry Baby. So weird I never saw this when I was coming up, because I was actually a fan! Gotta love that YouTUBE.
I love Eartha Kitt. I meet her in 2007. I was a cashier at Whole Foods in Westport CT. She shop there. She was with her daughter Cat. I was so happy to see her. I was surprise. Grateful i meet her
I don't know what I just watched but it was amazing. Eartha Kitt at her most Eartha Kittest.
weishauptogram I agree with you wholeheartedly!! Eartha forever!!
She is everything 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Thank you 💐
And all those men were just Kens.
Nobody puuurrrrs like Eartha! Thanks for the wonderful entertainment you provided us "Eartha creatures through the years!" You are missed Ms Kitt. :-(
GoodSpiritBadBoy I
I have always loved Eartha's gravelly powerful voice, since i first heard her as a child. And her name always fascinated me, adding to the delight & intrigue! Cheers, 🍷 and thank you for posting this! 🎉
I love all the throwback references to Catwoman!
She was an under appreciated icon.
again, another one with no sense of History. Eartha Kitt was a major player in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950's to the point that it got her blackballed in America and she had to go to Europe to keep her career going, it wasn't until the 1980's that she returned to the World Stage from Europe and America suddenly rediscovered their darling sweet heart, Miss Eartha Kitt. she's not Under Appreciated, perhaps by the current herd of anthropoid hominids, but 'In The Day' she was a very well known and appreciated performer, humanitarian.
@@RIXRADvidz I agree. But I think she sould be more remembered now. Her talent, Charisma and personal convictions/activism makes her extra ordinary
So underappreciated. No one was ready for her ironic humor and unabashed female sexuality. Even "feminists" don't really like it cuz she's too "straight" lol. She was also "cancelled" by LBJ and the FBI for speaking out against the Vietnam War just when her star was rising.
@@TemujinMSM Hi. her Spirit is still around
Not under appreciated by me!
Remember what she said ....he desire is that us earth angels keep moving in love ... I salute this woman ... they didn't give her her due .❤❤❤❤
I just discovered her music tonight.
I knew her from Batman, but I had no idea how cool her music is.
She's my new favorite.
Me and my dad would dress in denim and sunglasses and listen to this in a red 80's convertible and my god...I felt godlike.
I met this fantastic lady twice in NYC. She’s one of my idols til the end of time! RIP Eartha Kitt!!😘👍🏻🤩🌇☺️🌹🎉❤️🎊
Lucky!
OMG !! This is amazing!! I wish I could travel back in time and meet her ):
She's the only woman I would ever call a role model or a hero ...iconic
Tell us the stories. I know I wanna know everything.
When did she pass away, I met Adam West and Yvonne Craig in person at a convention in NJ, less then 15 months before Yvonne (Batgirl) Craig passed away.
This song lives in my head rent-free and I am 100 percent here for it! What a treasure she was, and we have things like this song/video to prove it!
I saw Eartha Kitt live in concert back in 1995. Phenomenal. 🧡🧡🧡🧡
Eartha Kitt will always be iconic. 🐱🖤
She fit in perfectly with every decade of music.
I have to agree. 2023 and this shyt is still fresh.
dear eartha, yesterday was your 87th birthday! rest in peace, whereever you are..we will see us some day..kisses from germany! you will never be forgotten.....
2:44 W...was Eartha the original wig snatcher?
James Angulo She was the original gangsta, if that necessitates wig snatchin', then so be it. :p
Damn strait! (Plus she loved and supported drag and homosexuals all the outliers. Wasn't she the best?!)
@@arranaburden5667 Go and check I LOVE MEN in German tv show. GAY APOCALIPSE.
This is an old comment but I basically just made this same comment lol!
James Angulo Literally
First time watching this: lol what a silly song
Sixth time in a row: *I DON'T CARE WHAT THE PEOPLE SAY*
I DON'T CARE WHAT THE PEOPLE SAY.............................. what have you ever done................silly little you @silentevil77 beware the dark one doesn't come for your soul
silentevil77 The song is definitely crazy,can imagine what kind of crazy gay queens used to dance at this song having fun years before we watch it for first time!
The song is simple and the video visuals are simple. I dont believe its a song one should appreciate in a serious sense. Its clearly just a fun song by people having fun.
@@Ethericrose I'm with you. We lived through La Macarena and Gangnam Style and Tarzan Boy. People take themselves too seriously.
It's actually "WHAT THE PEOPLLLL SAY"
I maintain that this is the greatest music video ever made.
europop16 EVER!
Preach it👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑
Lol please check out her I Want To Be Evil. It's early, it's in black and white, and I believe u might love it equally ❤️🕊️
"It's been six hours!"
..... Yeah, I'd do this with Eartha for six hours straight.
almost everyone would have :)
You have more stamina than me. Even though I'm 38 and reasonably fit, I'm not sure I could keep up with Eartha Kitt.
What do? Dancing almost naked with bunch of same almost naked handsome sweaty muscular guys around?
I have no idea how i found this, but this was insanely catchy and now i love it. I love Eartha Kitt so no idea why i've never heard/seen this before.
One of her very best tunes!
How delightful and whimsical. As much as I love Eartha, how did I ever miss this when it came out new??
I love this, never seen before today but I have always loved Eartha Kitt and the diversity of her achievements and talents. A goddess!
Love this woman. Miss her ❤
Eartha was a show and that's why you went and paid your hard earned money to see her class act on the stage.
I got to see a recording of a performance of I Wanna Be Evil from a couple of years before she died and she was just fantastic. It seemed like if she hadn't been able to do a really great job then she wouldn't have done it at all.
To her very fingertips !
I was hoping the women going to find their men would fall for Eartha, too.
Me too!
I would for sure have ended up dancing around her in my undies too *heart eyes*
Oh my that would be fabulous
indeed... theses days they would have...
The wives would probably fall for Eartha too. The lady just oozed sex, charisma and pheremones from every pore.
I love Eartha Kitt! R.I.P Eartha! She always be a queen to me!
I have never seen this and I am a huge Eartha Kitt fan. This is AH-Mazing. I love it. 😍🥰🤩
this has been my favorite music video since 2016. I love Eartha sm, may she rest in glory
something about this music video is a gem
Jujubee did a wonderful Eartha Kitt on Drag Race. Hoping it got a lot of young ones to look her up! Drag Race has introduced me to old music and new music that's now MY music! And anyone underestimating the talents of Ru's Girls needs to think again. There is only one Ms. Kitt, but that in no way diminishes the talents of impersonators.
No kidding---the caliber of talent coming out of Drag Race in all its international franchises is PHENOMENAL. Singers, actors, dancers, writers, choreographers, makeup and hair artistes. And the costume design!!! Some performers construct everything they wear themselves. I am obsessed with the art and artists of drag. They have introduced the stars of the past to a whole new audience.
Hey, if I have Ima Sumak on my playlist you can be assured Drag Race is bringing attention to the past in a loving, celebratory way. I've never missed an episode.
She was the original Catwoman on the old 60's Batman Series. That's how I first learned of her. Dad filled me in on her history as he did for a lot of stars of the them past. He saw a lot of movies in his dating years as he was a very popular boy in his tiny rural Montana community. The basketball team consisted of every boy in the high school. All 8 of them. Somehow he knew about the female stars but didn't have much to say about the men. My dear daddy liked women and respected them. Good thing too because he and Mom had 4 daughters!
What a performer!!! Awesome lady. Loved her.. grrrrrrrrr...
This video is pure gold, oh my God.
The wives with their bed head hair at the beginning had me rolling😆. Idk what to say about this except its perfectly Eartha!and i love it!
One of the most underrated bops in the history of bops.
Stephen. I knew Eartha. A beautiful fun Goddess. I treasure the memory.
I wish I had known this song a decade or so ago, it would have helped a great deal in my life, not to mention it's just so catchy and fun.
She's such a diva
Eartha Kitt channelling some strong Grace Jones vibes there!! Love it!!
Oh my god I love this fun, campy stuff by super cool talented people like her! Love the eras of the past! One day people will (hoepfully) look back at videos of today and think, "what were they thinking?!" lol great stuff!
YES YES YES!!! Give it momma!! I'm gonna do this for one of my drag shows this month. I have a great idea ☺️
Omg, she ROCKS...
SHE IS ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS
This is November 26, 2024....I'm hearing this song for the first time. Wow...
One of the greats. There'll never be an other, folks!
Ms. Eartha always puts a smile on my face.
This is what happens when you carry Madame Zeroni up the mountain.
I THOUGHT SHE LOOKED FAMILIAR
Omg yusssss!
Shiiiiiit😝😂
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Faaaaaantastic!!! love Ms Eartha!
Still the queen, Lady Kitt. And we still miss you. RIP.
Ms. Kitt❤. Masterclass. Thank you 😊
This is gay gold in the form of video, love you for ever Eartha
Miss Kitt Was years ahead of all the treads. One of a Kind
Magnifique!!!!!!!!!!! We miss you Eartha!! She truly was fabulous and wonderful. I love this and most of her entire work. Who wouldn't? She was one of the most talented singers and performers of all time. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Eartha Kitt with a Rocky Horror vibe? What's not to love!
She is amazing I love her voice and her music
There was only one EARTHA & this was FAB U LOUS!
How could I forget this fever dream existed?!?! 😻
Her ensemble is everything!!
I usually don't care for 1980's music but I love Eartha. I like her 50's era.
Have you tried Grace Jones 80s music? I had to been born to Nipple to the Bottle 🍼 👶🏾 my theme song lol
she was wonderful
thanks and much love
you got it!!! and much love to you too
Yes she is very funny
There's only one Eartha Kitt. And she's Perfection.
Eartha Kitt is indeed an icon!!! From small town North, South Carolina to stardom!!!!
Get it Yzma!
I love her style ..unique.
The song Sho Jo ji brought me here.
Yzma doesn't care what Kuzco thinks.
She tickles me every day!!!! I love her music
I absolutely love Eartha!!!!
So lovely , no one else like her.
Make her god-damn movie about her. She was a Gay God when she came out in the 80s.
Wait. She said she was straight
@@unchartedraider7547 I think they meant when she came out and openly supported the lgbt+ community
How have I missed this gem my whole life 💎
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. That's all very well. But what kind of bizarre monster is she? What kind of creature is half woman, half cat, and whose scratch infects even the manliest of men with the virus of interpretive dance? No wonder the city can't sleep. Never before have the camp and the nightmarish existed in such perfect unison.
+Derek Smallshorts It is kind of interesting to think about, all right. She's like a combination vampire (can turn into mist/hypnotize) and were-kitty (can... well, turn into a cat), and a bit of succubus thrown in (everything else). Indeed, a potent combination.
Derek Smallshorts Catwoman, of course.
i was scratched by eartha kitt and i am never going back.
A virus that starts with interpretive dance and ends with becoming a cat ...
The virus of interpretive dance that ends with martial arts moves in nothing but a jockstrap.
This just made my year. Thank you Ertha and every woman out there.
What a legend
the more I learn about her the more I adore her
Jane Russell used to own a bar in Sedona, Arizona and now and then she'd perform there. I remember Jane and Eartha both smashed getting up singing a few numbers. The bar had a blast, they were having so much fun.
This would make such a good lip sync on rupauls drag race
OMG yes.....do tell Ru, will you? :-)
none of those sad queens on that show could ever dream of pulling a lip sync of this excellence
theyd never do it justice
@Nostalgic Storm Waver i- um i meant u care too much ab the show not me, fool xbvchjdcnb lmaooo omg
@Nostalgic Storm Waver i feel like you knew that but just felt like being edgy.... clownery
Eartha was a singular fabulously talented woman. Unlike anyone before or since. Total fan of this Wonder....
I had no idea Eartha Kitt made music videos in the 80s. Quintessential camp; I love it.
She was a one off amazing woman.
My kind of dance music! This packed the gay clubs 35 years ago!
Still has it,... I never stopped dancing to this song 😂
An absolute ICON
I wish I could have seen an Eartha Kitt/Grace Jones duet!
I think I just realized, those bunch of cats, wasn't her turning into cats. She turned the men into cats then summoned them to her later... Wow
The Ultimate seduction technique.
I live for Eartha!!
Classic Ms Kit at the beginning. Miss that sound.
I know right?! Have you heard her sing, I wanna be evil
It's such a naughty song and don't you just love how she purrs out pure during the opening monologue.
+Jenny C James Yes!
The songs go together.
I Don't care what the people say.
I think the same. ❤❤❤❤a great voice.
Fantastic video, R.I.P. Eartha
what a wonderful performer plus she had fun all the way with it.