I played trombone in Rich's backup band for 24 shows in the fall of 1970. I was 19 years old. He was amazing. During that time, I had several conversations with Rich about how he developed his voices. As a result, I learned to do a few myself! Henry Fonda, Ed Sullivan, Peter Falk, Raymond Burr. Thanks, Rich!
People love to give tribute to those artists who are no longer alive and shower them with love and admiration. But I will say this Rich Little is the most prolific, skillful, talented and the BEST in what he does. God bless Rich
A true entertainment legend - who deserves a much bigger audience than he obviously had on this night. - I hope he lives comfortably these days, because he certainly deserves to. A true artist! ⭐️
I guarantee you that you will never hear vulgar language from Rich Little. A class act from a time when comedy was something you could share with your family.
I remember watching his CBC (Canadian tv) special, A Christmas Carol, when I was a kid. Also, his Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts appearances were fantastic.
Loved his show! I kept thinking to myself... If my parents were still alive, they would have really enjoyed it! Also, he has a book about his life called "Little By Little" and he donates the proceeds to The Gary Sinise Foundation. God bless him!
As a baby boomer, I grew up watching him on TV, and liked his impersonations, especially of Hollywood golden stars, and especially John Wayne. The aping of politicians never interested me, and I got tired of that Watergate ordeal when I was 13. Frank Gorshin was a funny and skilled impersonator and descent singer before he was ever the Riddler, and John Byner was really a good impersonator.
I just saw him doing this show in Nov 21'. It was great to be right next to the stage and shake his hand. I'm 55 and loved it. Some voices are before my time but loved all of it...especially the walks down memory lane from a by-gone era.
I waited on this guy's table after a show in Cleveland (1976), and after trying to put down a bunch of waters on the table in a tight spot, one slipped off my tray and spilled on their table and he gave me a Paul Lynn impression : "You dumeeee".
I heard an interview with Mr. Little once where he described an episode he went through. He was trying to get ready for an appointment and take a shower. Apparently there were reporters there that didn't want to take no for an answer to delay an interview with Rich. So Rich said okay but I'm taking my shower. So while he was doing so, they tried to ask him questions but Rich was using his voice talent and pretended that there were many different personalities in the shower with him. He had the reporters laughing so hard that they couldn't ask any questions. Rich pretended to be someone that dropped the soap and using his Truman Capote voice said, "I'll pick it up"!
Henning Andersen Johnny Carson’s Karnak always mystically knew the answer to a question before the question was asked. The answer is “it wears out the camel” to the question which is revealed later -“ Why isn’t sex ed and drivers ed taught at the same time in Iraq?” The joke is that the answer sounds innocent until you hear the question. Look up Johnny Carson’s Karnak on you tube to hear a lot of these...
