Frankie Avalon on InnerVIEWS with Ernie Manouse

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  • Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
  • Former teen idol Frankie Avalon sits down with Emmy-winning interviewer Ernie Manouse to recount his glory days, and reveals the big break that helped launch him to superstardom and the TV icon who helped make it happen. Episodes of InnerVIEWS with Ernie Manouse are available on DVD at houstonpbs.org.

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  • @russmaleartist
    @russmaleartist 10 лет назад +24

    Frankie Avalon has a great voice . . . his “Venus” still is a standard for pop songs. As is said, it's a classic that really has no age.

  • @peternoone9629
    @peternoone9629 11 лет назад +5

    I met him. He is a gentleman and a great talent who got good looks working against him. He was much more than just a cute guy. He has made a life out of music. Under rated as a musician by music business. This man is a real musical legend! Who cares what he looks like. He is a legendary musician, a gent and a great all round entertainer!

  • @GlassSlipper722
    @GlassSlipper722 14 лет назад +15

    It's a wonderful interview.
    I wished it could have been longer. There are so many wonderful stories to be told.
    May God continue to Bless you Frank.

  • @antonioginez5994
    @antonioginez5994 3 года назад +6

    Wow! Frankie Avalon still looks great for his age. He hasn’t changed a bit. Good looking and his hair still therefrom the time he was 19 years old in 1959. Venus was very famous back home . I was teen ager during that time. This song Venus is one of my favorites.
    Thanks for sharing…
    ❤️❤️❤️👍👍👍👏.

  • @toolbass24
    @toolbass24 13 лет назад +7

    I'm 17 and this guys music is amazing

  • @innerdialogue7370
    @innerdialogue7370 3 года назад +3

    Very good interview with Frankie Avaloni
    A top notch icon.
    And a good guy who seems to be firmly grounded and certainly very likeable.

  • @brianhowell9921
    @brianhowell9921 4 года назад +4

    i won a dance contest 1958 i won a 45 record venus loved it

  • @jarenelarson1026
    @jarenelarson1026 9 лет назад +8

    Looks great and seems like a real good guy. No pretense and straight with his answers. Great interview...

  • @TheSilvergold45
    @TheSilvergold45 10 лет назад +11

    Frankie is a CLASS ACT !!
    AND A VERY TALENTED ONE AT THAT..

  • @stephenvincent4989
    @stephenvincent4989 4 года назад +2

    Frankie Avalon one cool guy both professionally & personally.

  • @Muswell
    @Muswell 3 года назад +1

    Really loved this interview.
    I guess he was 60/61/62 here. Still looking great.

  • @debramangum3680
    @debramangum3680 2 года назад +1

    After listening to all the videos on Frankie !! I realized I am still in love with him and he looks so good!! Love his vitamins helps me feel good and able to play golf and tennis again - yoga thanks to Frankie!! His tribune to Bobby and James was out standing !! With he would come to wilmington or charlotte NC … CA girl and husband close to SF well in wine country Sonoma and Napa - adore you Frankie.

  • @augustinecerronejr7968
    @augustinecerronejr7968 9 месяцев назад

    I'm from South Philly 10th and Bainbridge, As a kid in the 60s I saw all your movies in the theater. Love Ya Frankie God Bless 🙏✌🏻

  • @cyndyduggins6282
    @cyndyduggins6282 4 года назад +2

    What an Honor that must have been. I didn’t grow up loving Frankie like my mom did but I definitely loved watching him when I was younger. ❤️

  • @Suchiazski
    @Suchiazski 12 лет назад +4

    I must be the only twenty year old on Earth who listens to rap and Frankie Avalon.

  • @symunir9022
    @symunir9022 2 года назад +1

    Ernie Manouse is a wonderful interviewer. Watched several of his interviews and plan to watch a several more. Thank you.

  • @Landrew120880
    @Landrew120880 14 лет назад +5

    The Jackie Gleason/Al Martino story was great. Especially being from Philly myself.

  • @ThomasDeLello
    @ThomasDeLello 3 года назад +1

    The "Beauty School Dropout" scene in Grease with Frenchie, the choreography girls and the stage work was wonderful...!

  • @annperez1654
    @annperez1654 2 года назад +1

    I am so glad Annette was not mention in this great interview.

  • @salvationbordercountry3800
    @salvationbordercountry3800 4 года назад +3

    One of the best interviews I've ever seen. I've always wondered about Frankie. He seems like a real regular guy. I like his perspective on marriage. But he had a good example to follow, not many people do.

  • @nashvilletennessee3194
    @nashvilletennessee3194 4 года назад +3

    What a Great interview. You left no stone unturned accept the Beach movies! Learned so much from Frankie in this thanks to your great questions. Frankie has a great speaking voice and very personable manner! Bravo!

  • @joanflanary6083
    @joanflanary6083 3 года назад +1

    Loved frankie growing up.Such a great singer. My idols were frankie and Fabian.

  • @plappin
    @plappin 3 года назад +1

    I just feel down the late Fifties teen idol rabbit hole -- these South Philly singers are great guys!

  • @beanasmom44
    @beanasmom44 10 лет назад +5

    Love you frankie you are timeless

  • @jackiemcmeekin6551
    @jackiemcmeekin6551 6 лет назад +1

    I never knew he wanted to be a trumpet player. I heard him play the trumpet in Bermuda at the Southampton Princess. He was a great player. Yes, Philadelphia has produced so many great singers, directors, etc. I agree that Philadelphia has so much to offer-great museums, fine theaters, wonderful restaurants and stores, the Kimmel Cultural Center, renowned universities and hospitals.

  • @robnad8583
    @robnad8583 3 года назад +1

    I enjoyed this interview with Frankie 👍

  • @watsonpaddy
    @watsonpaddy 5 лет назад +3

    what a lovely man

  • @cristinella2020
    @cristinella2020 2 года назад

    I love this guy since I was a kid

  • @gacj2010
    @gacj2010 4 года назад +5

    its a great wig ...makes him appear young

    • @lendrury2771
      @lendrury2771 3 года назад

      Cheap Kmart hairpiece

    • @gacj2010
      @gacj2010 3 года назад

      @@lendrury2771 It should have a little gray in it

  • @CrayHay
    @CrayHay 8 лет назад +3

    Venus is one of my favourite songs! It also featured on a Pearl soap advert.

  • @timsika7655
    @timsika7655 6 лет назад +6

    Great interview.

  • @milliesmith5068
    @milliesmith5068 4 года назад +1

    I like watching Frankie on American Bandstand.

  • @KenJohnsonMusic
    @KenJohnsonMusic 3 года назад +1

    No one really knows these celebrities, but Frankie seems like such a nice guy.

    • @Muswell
      @Muswell 3 года назад

      Yes. A really decent chap by all accounts. He's 82 now & still married to his wife for 60yrs. He found his Venus.

    • @pippishortstocking7913
      @pippishortstocking7913 Год назад

      I haven't read anything bad about him. Can't say the same for Frankie Valli of the Four Seasons. Man by different accounts that Valli dude treated women terribly & would bone anything with a pulse, absentee father too.

  • @sailingsam3815
    @sailingsam3815 2 года назад +1

    He has the it factor..very charming and good voice...he should play some trumpet on stage..

  • @gacj2010
    @gacj2010 4 года назад +1

    its william shatner style wig ...i like it

  • @ChachiTelevision1979
    @ChachiTelevision1979 12 лет назад +3

    Great reference!

  • @doloresm7396
    @doloresm7396 8 лет назад +1

    Just great talented people from Philly. I should know, I am from Philly and there is no place like home which is "Philly." The talent is amazing. I was so lucky to have lived there for close to fifty years. Love my Philly.

    • @Pamledger478
      @Pamledger478 3 года назад

      Why did American Bandstand leave Philly?

  • @FightingScotRunner22
    @FightingScotRunner22 11 лет назад +5

    Dudes got a set of ears!

  • @jasbegs1258
    @jasbegs1258 8 лет назад +2

    He is a lovely unassuming man.

  • @cjdmiracle
    @cjdmiracle 6 лет назад +3

    He doesn't age cause he lives right.

  • @michaelrochester48
    @michaelrochester48 3 года назад +1

    He mentioned the Eastman school of music in Rochester New York, a lot of famous musicians came from there

  • @alexmusni9883
    @alexmusni9883 Год назад

    Great singer

  • @soteriacharis6338
    @soteriacharis6338 9 лет назад +5

    How old is he is this video? Dang, he still looks mighty FINE!!!

  • @marysmith9361
    @marysmith9361 2 года назад

    Great interview! I'm about the same age as Frankie, Fabian, Bobby and the rest and it's really interesting to hear their life stories.

  • @its4it
    @its4it 9 лет назад +2

    He looks better now than he did in the 50's.

  • @susansprouse1023
    @susansprouse1023 Год назад

    Fascinating interview.

  • @sonofatiger
    @sonofatiger 7 лет назад +2

    One nice big brother .

  • @JohnJonesRocketCity
    @JohnJonesRocketCity 11 лет назад +3

    Thank alot now I cant stop looking at them. :-)

  • @KS-hz8fy
    @KS-hz8fy 2 года назад

    Legendary “Venus”

  • @maureenmcgovern6119
    @maureenmcgovern6119 3 года назад

    My mother had an incredible crush on Al Martino.

  • @gphilipc2031
    @gphilipc2031 9 лет назад +1

    Lucky man...still has great skin even with all the sun exposure.

  • @dannysvinylrainbow4852
    @dannysvinylrainbow4852 2 года назад

    Love Frankie Avalon! I just posted the disco version of Venus on my channel

  • @jumpink66
    @jumpink66 10 лет назад +2

    cool

  • @ChachiTelevision1979
    @ChachiTelevision1979 12 лет назад +1

    I'm 27, but you're not alone.

  • @jlee9735
    @jlee9735 7 лет назад +2

    Remember when Frankie Avalon used to do the Sonic commercials now I had a friend of mine that was a manager of a Sonic that they were filming at and he went to different locations but my friend I won't name is name was the manager of the Sonic were Frankie Avalon was going to shoot his commercial and he didn't have nice things to say about Frankie Avalon you know what you see on camera isn't always what you see off so that's all I'll say

    • @Luvparis07
      @Luvparis07 3 года назад

      I agree. He may be talented but some celebrities you meet in in person aren't always what appear to be when the cameras are rolling. My friends met him at some social function one evening and they also didn't have anything nice to say about him. They felt him to be arrogant and rude.

  • @user-mu4br4vt2h
    @user-mu4br4vt2h 3 года назад +2

    venus is a nice dream come true...listen it makes me get into dream immediately...enjoy

  • @cocoaorange1
    @cocoaorange1 Год назад

    What year was this interview? I am guessing the late 90's or early 00's.

  • @Muswell
    @Muswell 3 года назад

    He said the Alan Ladd film was in 1958 & they chose him to do it because of his huge following. But Venus was released in 1959. . ????

  • @lendrury2771
    @lendrury2771 Год назад

    Avalon loves his liquor. Pint of whiskey a day I heard
    3 packs of camel cigarettes a day too

  • @Chewi863
    @Chewi863 13 лет назад +1

    @KonaCoffee247 Can you provide a link? Otherwise it's just hearsay

  • @thewonderfulworldofderek6087
    @thewonderfulworldofderek6087 4 года назад +1

    Do you know gaslight theater 50s music

  • @lendrury2771
    @lendrury2771 2 года назад +1

    Avalon can't get it up . 35 years now I heard. Jeez with all his money you would think he would fix the problem ugh

  • @Gjd94
    @Gjd94 11 лет назад +2

    @KonaCoffee247 he'll still be more famous than you ever will.

  • @tedibair
    @tedibair 8 лет назад +1

    JOSEPH McBLOGGS - He was 69 here according to Robert Lee..
    Whats it like being perfect Pal?
    oh Yeah... and...
    What Did you ever do in your life? Do tell us...

  • @tedibair
    @tedibair 8 лет назад +2

    JOSEPH McBLOGGS - Just checked... he was born in 1940 so 2003 would make him 63 in this interview. Shame on you Robert Lee!!! lol
    I can understand everything you say now McBLOGGS!!! lol Fancy looking like him at 63...
    Care to send a pic of yourself?

  • @martadoso9
    @martadoso9 10 лет назад +1

    FRANKIE AVALONI....

    • @CrayHay
      @CrayHay 8 лет назад

      +martadoso9 - Avallone

    • @martadoso9
      @martadoso9 8 лет назад +1

      +Craig Haylett COOL...

  • @lendrury2771
    @lendrury2771 4 года назад

    Dude got some ears like freaking water pitchers

  • @cryvsspy
    @cryvsspy 11 лет назад

    Why follow an interesting comment with an irrelevant and strange attack?

  • @lendrury2771
    @lendrury2771 2 года назад +1

    Avalon is wearing a very cheap hairpiece