Jerry Dunphy visits The Carpenters 21/2/1972

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  • California news reporter Jerry Dunphy gets a rare glimpse into the lives of Karen & Richard Carpenter at the zeinth of their careers. He visits them at their home on Newville Avenue where they are interviewed and joined by their parents, Harold & Agnes. There is a brief tour of their home as well as a trip to the studio where they can be seen putting the finishing touches on their current single at the time "Hurting Each Other".
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  • @mpa417
    @mpa417 5 років тому +53

    They seemed like two genuinely down to earth people and Karen's humility and class makes you think that she'd be exactly the kind of girl you'd have been happy to have married.

    • @roydidlock1867
      @roydidlock1867 5 років тому +5

      It is interesting that the same sentiments were echoed in a radio interview here in Australia in mid-2018 between a veteran(60 years) Australian broadcaster called Philip Brady and the star of an Australian Karen Carpenter tribute show. Philip, then a TV quiz host, met Richard and Karen when presenting a gold record during their 1972 Australian tour and spent some time with them. He described Karen and Richard as" like normal everyday people, I mean ,they really WERE superstars but never acted that way." There was an interesting moment as well when the young tribute star described Karen and Richards parents as "controlling", Philip replied, "but I can remember meeting their parents, THEY WERE LOVELY PEOPLE!!".

    • @zechariahjunior9736
      @zechariahjunior9736 2 роки тому

      Instablaster...

  • @dougmatheis108
    @dougmatheis108 Рік тому +17

    Karen was so pretty

  • @austinskaggs4184
    @austinskaggs4184 Рік тому +32

    I’m a huge Carpenters fan and I’ve never seen this. I’m just glad it exists. Karen was gorgeous before the illness took over her life.

    • @bruschmidt9943
      @bruschmidt9943 Рік тому +1

      Yes & horrible what Anorexia did to her that she failed to see. When you look in the mirror & see an 80 lb lady, how is that considered a success & an inspiration to continue the dieting?

    • @richardea4223
      @richardea4223 7 місяців тому

      ​@@bruschmidt9943That is not the case.

  • @captainfantastic9158
    @captainfantastic9158 2 роки тому +15

    @7.30: Two gentlemen treating a lady exactly how a lady should be treated. Lord, Karen was such a down-to-earth angel.

  • @auerstadt06
    @auerstadt06 6 років тому +48

    Karen would have been a great host on SNL

  • @mikepieruccini8583
    @mikepieruccini8583 Рік тому +12

    Never again you will see this special talent .

  • @jdub2591
    @jdub2591 2 роки тому +21

    Karen is a sweetheart 💕 A talent who left us too soon.

  • @impalaman9707
    @impalaman9707 3 роки тому +24

    I have a real fascination for the difference in a pop star between when you hear them SING and when you hear them TALK. It's like they're a different person. The best example of this is Elton John, but also Karen Carpenter. If you only ever heard Karen sing, you would get the idea that she is this wise, mature woman whose lived a little---and then when you hear her in an interview, she becomes this innocent, playful little girl that she really was in real life since she was just barely out of her teens at this time.

    • @ckrtom2
      @ckrtom2 Рік тому +3

      Very well said! It always fascinates me too.

  • @lucardillo70
    @lucardillo70 5 років тому +17

    How sweet is Karen when she answers about her relantionship with fans!!😍😍😍 It is a sade world without her!!

  • @jsavage7241
    @jsavage7241 Рік тому +11

    Richard Carpenter was born and raised in Downey on a street called fiddler. The cross streets was Clark and Foster Road in Downey I know I went to school with Karen back in Downey Senior high school back in 1967 and 66. I was in the band with her. They are what they are apple pie and everything else which is very true and I was very honored to have them as my friends.😂

    • @steverakes6182
      @steverakes6182 10 місяців тому +1

      Thanks for that story.

    • @richardea4223
      @richardea4223 7 місяців тому +2

      Born and raised in Downey? I am just wondering. Where does East Haven play a part in this?

    • @Tiffany.1970
      @Tiffany.1970 6 місяців тому +2

      Wrong Richard was not born and raised in Downey California...... Don't know where you find that incorrect info .... Here's the correct info on Richard where he was born and raised.....Richard was born on October 15, 1946, in New Haven, Connecticut, in the United States. As of 2023, he is 77 years old.

    • @Tiffany.1970
      @Tiffany.1970 6 місяців тому

      Karen's success and Richard brought alot of wealth n nice things to Agnes and her mum n dad

    • @Tiffany.1970
      @Tiffany.1970 6 місяців тому +1

      Had Karen took a different path of career maybe just playing as a drummer which Karen truly loved playing Karen's life would be some what different than the life she had as the lead singer

  • @ernestconnell8087
    @ernestconnell8087 3 роки тому +10

    This production is so early 70s. Gotta love it.

  • @chrismorgan8200
    @chrismorgan8200 5 років тому +20

    Poor Karen, Mama don't like the baby angel, but we love her

    • @JLSV1970
      @JLSV1970 Рік тому +3

      Heart-wrenching! Little did this Mother know that her Baby Angel would be one of the greatest singers of all time! Hello from Brazil!

    • @cabreraalliahmisha1013
      @cabreraalliahmisha1013 Рік тому +2

      Yea the domineering mom showed favourtism on richard but did not showed love on karen. But we do show love to karen & richard equally

  • @dianac2498
    @dianac2498 3 роки тому +17

    When an album was 4 bucks and a candy bar was a quarter. When you put a”aluminum foil on your tv antennas and went outside to play because tv was limited to just a few shows. When people could record based on talent rather than a fat wallet. Miss those days.

    • @jimmalloy7279
      @jimmalloy7279 2 місяці тому +2

      In 1972, a candy bar was a dime. It was a nickel in 1969.

  • @barbiepatterson9374
    @barbiepatterson9374 2 роки тому +7

    I grew up.loving to listen to the music of the Carpenters Richard and Karen Carpenter.

  • @denywilliam5257
    @denywilliam5257 2 роки тому +9

    Greatest singer!

  • @gvalley07
    @gvalley07 6 років тому +23

    When Jack Daugherty takes the coat off Karen at 10:20, she is absolutely beautiful! I enjoyed the whole recording studio segment. Thanks for the post.

    • @Osmone_Everony
      @Osmone_Everony 6 років тому +1

      Gladly I know how beautiful she was because I couldn't tell by the bad quality of this video.

    • @cimarronhopper4605
      @cimarronhopper4605 3 роки тому +1

      And then Jack stabbed them im the back tried to take credit for producing wich he clearly didnt

  • @raymondhetes9783
    @raymondhetes9783 7 місяців тому +4

    The pressure of that industry and HELLYWOOD GOT TO HER ,WORN HER OUT

  • @gabrielainda3536
    @gabrielainda3536 5 місяців тому +2

    I will love Karen Carpenter for ever

  • @Branner
    @Branner 5 років тому +39

    Notice how the mother refers to Richard as "Richard" but Karen as "her, she." It's telling.

    • @Tiffany.1970
      @Tiffany.1970 6 місяців тому +1

      Very well observed I never liked Agnes or her dad they stuck around as Karen was wealthy

    • @Slot-e4q
      @Slot-e4q 6 місяців тому

      My heat breaks because Karen had a lot to live for but it seems the mom and dad didn’t know how to help her I know Richard loved her

    • @Slot-e4q
      @Slot-e4q 6 місяців тому +2

      Their music is great

    • @Tiffany.1970
      @Tiffany.1970 6 місяців тому

      I've been listening to the Carpenter songs from the early beginning one song that just is beautiful is song for you this song really compliments Karen's voice I recommend this song to all the Carpenter fans and folk who love Karen's sweet voice ...let me know your thoughts on the song I have mentioned 👍🎶😍

    • @richardea4223
      @richardea4223 4 місяці тому +1

      ​@@Tiffany.1970Seriously! What gives you the right to pass judgment on people you have never met. Karen loved her parents. You don't know their arrangement. You don't know the whole situation. To call them money grabbers, especially Mr. Harold Carpenter, is out of bounds. Mr. Carpenter loved his daughter and it literally killed him after what happened. So before opening your trap and speaking like a fool who got stuck in a hornet nest, you might want to re-engage your brain-that is if you have one. It's none of our business to assume something we don't know 😎

  • @idontmindifisaid
    @idontmindifisaid 4 роки тому +15

    This is such a treat! Thanks for sharing. It is so exiting to look at them being so humble and talented!

  • @RitaSora
    @RitaSora Рік тому +3

    10-15-22 Happy 76th Birthday Richard!
    Thank You for all of the music.Love You!

  • @walterdefreitas8817
    @walterdefreitas8817 Рік тому +3

    Wow, very good interview, Fascinating ...

  • @janeporter818
    @janeporter818 5 років тому +11

    This is really cool to get a rare glimpse into the life of superstars Karen and Richard Carpenter back in their prime! Also loved seeing them in the recording studio too! Karen was so beautiful and healthy here before her mental illness took over three years later and she died of a heart-attack on February 4, 1983 at the age of 32. Richard is gorgeous here.

  • @alexguitarandcover1476
    @alexguitarandcover1476 5 років тому +11

    Karen is cute hahaha

  • @maggiethecat1538
    @maggiethecat1538 4 роки тому +12

    Poor Karen. Never got support from her parents. Especially her mom. That's why she never felt good enough. Her mom would never tell her she loved her or give her hugs. Sad.

    • @emsparamedic5183
      @emsparamedic5183 Рік тому +3

      Karen got love and support from her Dad. It was her mom who seemed to loathe her own daughter, perhaps was even jealous of her.

    • @maggiethecat1538
      @maggiethecat1538 Рік тому +1

      @@emsparamedic5183 her Mom always praised Richard, not Karen, made Richard the golden child. Her mother seemed like a toxic narcissist.

    • @cabreraalliahmisha1013
      @cabreraalliahmisha1013 Рік тому +2

      When i watched karen carpenter dies 2.4 1983 her dad harold was devastated when he lost his only daughter at such a young age his eyes were in tears i can see the pain of her dad and richard in their eyes but her mother was the only one who didnt cry when her daughter died early.

    • @maggiethecat1538
      @maggiethecat1538 Рік тому +1

      @@cabreraalliahmisha1013 her mother was the reason Karen never felt good enough. Her mother was a malignant narcissist

    • @cabreraalliahmisha1013
      @cabreraalliahmisha1013 Рік тому +1

      @@maggiethecat1538 yeah i know right

  • @Sameoldfitup
    @Sameoldfitup 4 роки тому +9

    “I don't know what's worse: to not know what you are and be happy, or to become what you've always wanted to be, and feel alone.

  • @TheGoldFinger2023
    @TheGoldFinger2023 7 років тому +9

    Thanks for sharing!

  • @emsparamedic5183
    @emsparamedic5183 Рік тому +11

    Karen's Dad clearly was proud of BOTH of his kids. Their mom clearly had a fascination and eyes only for Richard, very strange. So many parents would have loved and adored children such as Richard and Karen. Mrs. Carpenter knew what a fool she looked like to the world after Karen died and how she treated Karen leaked out. My opinion of their mom will never change. I don't refer to her as a mother, because that implies someone who actually is a loving being.

  • @raymondhetes9783
    @raymondhetes9783 Рік тому +5

    They were the kids next door

  • @jaquayvius
    @jaquayvius 3 роки тому +6

    The Carpenters and their Music have had a Great Impact on My Life Growing Up. I'm so Proud to have Grown Up Listening to their Good Stuff. It's also Awesome how Karen was a Pisces as I Am.

  • @shawnb3101
    @shawnb3101 7 років тому +27

    I forgot just how Beautiful Karen was...

    • @cimarronhopper4605
      @cimarronhopper4605 6 років тому +3

      Shawn B omg she was gorgeous olivia was way too hot for my tastes but i loved karen

  • @jackietrujillo9612
    @jackietrujillo9612 Рік тому +8

    Karen looked great there. Her mom seems cold dozen look at her its sad to treat ur daughter like that. l think when Karen started her eating disorder it was destroying her inside of her mom love. and wanted sone from her.

    • @monilaninetynine3811
      @monilaninetynine3811 9 місяців тому

      So many mothers don't like their sons but adore their daughters

  • @norberthofmann8391
    @norberthofmann8391 2 місяці тому

    She was so lovely, wonderful human.❤❤❤

  • @chrismorgan8200
    @chrismorgan8200 5 років тому +8

    Mama Carpenter running thangs

  • @stevenburger7158
    @stevenburger7158 Рік тому +3

    FREAKY FACT: KAREN CARPENTER (CARPENTERS) 40th ANNIVERSARY OF HER PASSING AWAY FEB. 4, 1983 > WAS JUST '4 DAYS' FROM BURT BACHARACH PASSING FEB. 8, 2023! REMEMBER > IT WAS BURT'S SONG "CLOSE TO YOU" THAT *LAUNCHED* THE 'CARPENTERS' METEORIC CAREER (1st Song/Mega Hit) & MANY MORE FOLLOWED JUST LIKE THAT > 1 SONG RELEASES = ANOTHER HIT!!

  • @IanPunter
    @IanPunter Рік тому +3

    Investing in socal real estate in 72 was a brilliant idea. The stock market was dead for another ten years beginning the long bull run in fall 1982.

  • @gabrielofficial7859
    @gabrielofficial7859 3 роки тому +4

    💓💓💓💓💓💓

  • @georgebur
    @georgebur Рік тому +1

    First class!

  • @magg9113
    @magg9113 4 роки тому +7

    No idea how she could see that she was anywhere near being overweight. Such is the mystery of that disorder

    • @monilaninetynine3811
      @monilaninetynine3811 2 роки тому

      People kept telling her that she was fat and she was chubby as a little girl. The eating disorder wasn't just about not being fat. It also seems to be tied to the heavy touring schedule that they adopted. Sometimes people have difficulty adapting to schedules, different circadian rhythms, jetlag, etc. and integrating a decent diet into that lifestyle. So, I think that also played a HUGE role in the development of the disturbing patterns that formed. Very complex situations.

    • @showgirlsaroundtheworldada4484
      @showgirlsaroundtheworldada4484 Місяць тому

      Because tv always made you look heavier ..lots of stars wanted to be thinner.and yes in this video she was pretty thin.

  • @ritaamezcua598
    @ritaamezcua598 3 місяці тому

    Good on him . And Karen

  • @MarcusStaAnaBurSelF
    @MarcusStaAnaBurSelF 3 роки тому +10

    I'm gonna find a girl like Karen, go out with her, and marry her.

    • @bruschmidt9943
      @bruschmidt9943 Рік тому +2

      Karen will never be duplicated. She was a one-off. Being similar in ways is still not the same thing.

  • @alicinhasilverstone
    @alicinhasilverstone 5 років тому +2

    Beualtiful Richard, karen😍

  • @conceicaoferraz1785
    @conceicaoferraz1785 6 років тому +4

    lindos pra sempre no meu coracao

  • @user-fb3vd8yn5i
    @user-fb3vd8yn5i 23 дні тому

    Just ordinary people with extraordinary ability.

  • @754759119
    @754759119 3 роки тому +9

    How come Richard owned shopping centers in 1972, and has a net worth of only 12 millions in 2020?

    • @monilaninetynine3811
      @monilaninetynine3811 2 роки тому +1

      Maybe he spent up his money. 🤷

    • @bruschmidt9943
      @bruschmidt9943 Рік тому +4

      For one thing, the Family Mausoleum, grounds & landscaping cost about the same as a yacht & he paid for that.

    • @emsparamedic5183
      @emsparamedic5183 Рік тому +8

      The performing arts center he and his wife donated to USC wasn't cheap, he has a vast car collection, 5 kids, and charities he donated to. So, Richard has done a lot of good with his money and enjoyed some things himself. Good for him.

  • @charleshouse6295
    @charleshouse6295 7 місяців тому +1

    So sad Karen thought she looked heavy when In today's world she would have been considered perfect for her size. Still do not quite understand how people close to her let this go on. She should have been hospitalized and forced fed or something equivalent to that for that time. Such a shame to lose her

    • @showgirlsaroundtheworldada4484
      @showgirlsaroundtheworldada4484 Місяць тому

      Back then the twiggy look was really in...unlike this day and age where super porker thunder thighs are in.

  • @norberthofmann8391
    @norberthofmann8391 2 місяці тому

    Now i am realizing, what' s gone wrong there...Karen was cooked smaller flame, not much respected....later not got producing her own LP. But I like to tell the world. ..that i ever loved her as free woman, respecting what she liked do...❤❤❤❤I am stil loving her

  • @pennyfleming3006
    @pennyfleming3006 8 місяців тому +1

    A mother with this approach would be canceled now. She just would have been the extreme helicopter parent of her time.
    Always support the boy over the girl certainly wasn’t uncommon.
    But she’s clearly also got her own agenda. No qualms finishing other peoples sentences.

  • @zigman8550
    @zigman8550 Рік тому +2

    I wonder who's 1970 Mustang Mach 1 is sitting in the driveway at 1:09?

    • @showgirlsaroundtheworldada4484
      @showgirlsaroundtheworldada4484 Місяць тому

      Don't doubt it was Richards he is an avid car collector even today

    • @judywright6889
      @judywright6889 Місяць тому +1

      I heard Richard say in another interview, that both he and Karen had Mustangs. 🤷‍♀️

  • @Jimmy_one67
    @Jimmy_one67 Рік тому +4

    There’s something not right about the parents . Well the mother . I’ve read that the mother was pure unadulterated evil , is that true? I also wonder if Karen wore a hair piece or if that was all her own hair

    • @monilaninetynine3811
      @monilaninetynine3811 10 місяців тому +1

      I think it's all her hair, but I'm not sure. The mother is very cold and all about Richard.

    • @Jimmy_one67
      @Jimmy_one67 9 місяців тому

      @@monilaninetynine3811 Thankyou for your reply. I think you’re lovely

    • @user-ik9mo8wm7q
      @user-ik9mo8wm7q 6 місяців тому

      Definitely, she’s wearing a wig but it’s a well done wig.

    • @showgirlsaroundtheworldada4484
      @showgirlsaroundtheworldada4484 Місяць тому

      In the 70s everyone wanted to look like I dream of Jeannie. You could buy a fake hair pony with a braid crown on it for 30 bucks at an Oriental wig store. Then if you wanted a nice real hair one it was about 100.00. I bought lots of those til I got the high dollar one. You put your short hair in a piny tail and you put the crown over it and hooked it in with the little comb inside it then you pinned the crap out of it and you could swing it around even . They were so cool. 8 would still have one today but my hair is down to my butt.font need it

  • @anyoutubeaccount
    @anyoutubeaccount Рік тому +1

    4:37 I can see Madman Across The Water (Elton John), Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon (James Taylor), A Young Rascals compilation, The Soft Parade (The Doors), and Bookends + Bridge Over Troubled Water + Sounds Of Silence by Simon and Garfunkel -- all on his record shelves

  • @lynnewilson1191
    @lynnewilson1191 Рік тому +1

    Anyone know where or what that shopping center/s are now?

    • @zigman8550
      @zigman8550 Рік тому +2

      Not sure if the shopping centers still exist but I know the two apartment buildings do.

  • @summerislander4672
    @summerislander4672 3 роки тому

    You wouldn't happen to to have the Redd Foxx interview with his wife Betty Jean would you?

  • @ThePianoMan1953
    @ThePianoMan1953 Рік тому

    So, at 13:30 what did she say was in the middle of the bouquet of flowers??

    • @virginiasummer2619
      @virginiasummer2619 Рік тому

      Cake

    • @ThePianoMan1953
      @ThePianoMan1953 Рік тому +2

      @@virginiasummer2619 Hi Virginia. Actually, I think I figured it out. I listened many times and I'm guessing that she said "tape." People trying to sell them their "next big hit" with a demo tape. $$ 😊

    • @ckrtom2
      @ckrtom2 Рік тому +1

      @@ThePianoMan1953Great catch. That makes sense. I thought she said cape or cake!

  • @jamese.morris2891
    @jamese.morris2891 Рік тому

    The captions were cracking me up.... What the heck ? Making each other crap ?

  • @Tiffany.1970
    @Tiffany.1970 6 місяців тому +1

    Calling her ie karen was disrespectful not really surprised hogwash from her mum agnes if it wasnt for Karen's voice her mum would be on the road to ruins i never liked that mother ..... She had a shifty look about her .... Karen should have told her mum to butt out of Karen's life

  • @paulschnyder938
    @paulschnyder938 Рік тому +3

    Dad seems stoned out of his head

  • @MarcusStaAnaBurSelF
    @MarcusStaAnaBurSelF 3 роки тому

    0:43 I don't like that kind of artstyle too much.

    • @richardea4223
      @richardea4223 Рік тому +2

      There is always a couch potato, Monday morning critic.😎

  • @stephenrafter1980
    @stephenrafter1980 3 місяці тому +1

    I don't think Karen knew who she was or what she wanted. A lost soul. Hee image her job her life. She was confused. It shows in the way she sings, it comes from the confusion and worry and anxiety inside her. She just didn't know. It's like she was on her own.