Carol Channing, Oprah Winfrey--1984 Chicago TV Interview, "Jerry's Girls," Female Impersonator 

I thought the same thing but then I realized this is the small show Oprah did to get her launched to a national show.

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@@PandoraBoxxscurvy!

HE WAS SICK WITH WITH A COLD IN 1984. PRAY IT WASNT HIV

Insulting for Ms Channing

That could be better described as Parody. The old Northrop Frye definition of Satire was it was exaggerated humor mixed with a point of attack, usually against a monstrous injustice or person, etc. Parody would be exaggerated humor, a point of attack, but mixed with love for the thing.

Thanks for the clarification.

She must be who richard Simmons got his style from!! So similar!

@@beautifulwoman7341 Carol is gay herself. Lesbian.

​@@littleme3597 no she isn't . She's had several husbands . Why just make that up for no reason ?

​@beautifulwoman7341 not

Soul

Carol is so amazing here. AND Oprah is adorable!

ALSO having a little cold explains some... ugh I feel so bad he had gotten a cold. :(

Carol Channing....what a beautiful soul! Love you Pandora! 🇨🇦🤓🏳️‍🌈

I fell in love with you Pandora, when you did Carol on RuPaul´s drag race many years ago 🥰 I quote you still 🤣 Raaassberry!

This is when Oprah was like us, before she got rich and wacky.

This was the same Carol Channing that had difficulty acknowledging her father's African ancestry to Larry King. What a charming lady, right?

@@MrJerry9691 - I'd like to see that interview before I make comment. Larry King had a way of pushing things that were not germane to the conversation, that almost became harassing, bordering on irritating. The week Liberace died he had some of his closest friends on ... They all wanted to talk about what a great and generous and talented guy he was, and Larry COULD NOT stop obsessing about Liberace's sexuality. It became almost creepy. (If it's any comfort to you, I was a huge fan of Meryl Streep, until I saw her stand and cheer Roman Polanski at some awards show in 2003. Then I was just done. I think a lot of people were after that.)

Oprah had to start somewhere, I love her now because she is living her truth unapologetically.

@@Louilou86 Yes! Oprah and her dear friend, Harvey Weinstein Both lived THEIR Truth. A lot of famous people did.. Mussolini...Ceausescu.. Stalin.. Mao... AOC.. Those who were true to themselves. The list goes on and on. Life would have been so much better had they just lived THE Truth instead.

That's what I wondered about.

I don’t think that’s accurate. There are many clips of her sans gloves and she’s pale. However, I think you’re right about her having Black heritage, but she didn’t pass as white; she was pale-skinned.

@@elspethcoogan1499 Did you watch the video?

@@elspethcoogan1499 She was half black but passing as white.

@@isabellavalencia8026 So now you’re saying she was “half Black”, whatever that means. Maybe you mean mixed-race, which is more appropriate. By the way, she wore wigs most of her professional career. There are clips on RU-vid when she doesn’t wear a wig, her natural hair being on the somewhat thin side.

Please be aware Carol herself laughed and said she hadn’t any idea if that is actually true! She simply interjected it into her last book to make a splash - You honestly can’t believe a WORD Carol says 😊

@@ronronizetti2534 but it's true. They did a genealogy test years later and reviled that she indeed had black roots.

Her father was African American mixed

Her grandmother was black. Her father 1/2 black. That means she's at least 1/4 black.

Nearly all African Americans have mixed ancestry.

Interesting observation. In the late 80s or early 90s, Carol revealed that her father was half black. So Carol could be a distant relative of Diana Ross.

​@@Colorbrush21could be a reason why she's wearing those white gloves, too.

Instead of what?!

@@ronronizetti2534 she was black. she has black ancestry . Carol's paternal grandfather was black. Carol revealed her black ancestry in 2002.

@@simonab.1808 Oh, dear , you can't believe a word Carol says! Lol :) Look for her videos, you'll find several that show her laughing and saying "well, I really don't know that that's true!" ... I think it was book-filler - but she's definitely part Jewish (*but again, can you believe her! ? :) - One things for sure, she never passed! And never intended to

@@ronronizetti2534 She did pass. Also, how ypu kmow she was part Jewish? Anyone can be Jewish. Be careful. Never , EVER THINK THAT A PERSON CAN NEVER HAVE AFRICAN ROOTS. MANY BLACK FOLKS PASSED DUE TO DEMONS LIKE YOU

@@turquoisepurple7sky151 - Pass for what? I think you need to re-read my comment and listen to CAROL's INTERVIEWS where she both dispels the black ancestry claim AND claims to be Jewish. (HER statements, not mine - "German-Jewish" to quote her precisely, on her mother's side) In practice she was a Christian Scientist. I don't think that makes her a demon ... and practically all mankind has African roots, WHAT is your point?

This is early Oprah during her Chicago days, before she went national.

@@aeichler .... Carol some years ago sang at my church in Altadena, Ca. Her very good friend is a member of my church. He and another lady took care of her affairs when she passed. I believe he said cremated. I think he used to be a costume designer. When she appeared at the church I couldn't make it. I regret not attending. 😞

She did in her eighties.

When it was convenient… smh sad

I never knew!

He sounded more like Tootsie

"This presentation *focuses on* the *myriad ways* in which the *powers-that-be* in the *United States have been systematically dumbing down Americans as a society for a very long time* - *all by meticulously calculated design."* - ARTICLE - *"The Dumbing Down of America - By Design".*

Intention. Every bit of this.

He does NOT. It's not even close.

This is the real reason she covers her hands and has all those different colors on hers because she's actually black and trying to pass as white so she puts light makeup on if you look her neck and her forehead or white

@@isabellavalencia8026 nonsene and Im black. Mix race ppl are not striped like a zebra. either is poorly done makeup or its the tape recorder funky picking up her hues

@@callmeonkeshiasphone wrong. Learn more about her

She was!

He was mixed, her grandfather was

That was a time when anyone could get on AM Chicago and rattle off a bunch of nonsense. I’m sure the producers didn’t warn the drag queen to prepare any material.

How do you know? I have never heard this before.

Wrong. No she was not.

No. This is not the place for LGBTQ agendas.

Was carol a closet drag 👸?

Carol was a man.