Same as was 10.. I remember having to sit and do my homework before supper as usual.. then KISS lit up my afternoon.. my parents were horrified but for me it was life changing.... the early 70s .. no vcr's no Hbo 5 channels on the TV. No remote control... the best f times...thanks
well this is basically free publicity for the now-defunct wshe rock station from miami. the station took part in a national contest for a couple who had the longest kiss. apparently the young couple from davie, florida, won a free trip to l.a.
Me too with my grandma after school, I remember her laughing at them lol, I was seven years old and really didn't understand what was so funny about these scary people, I sure do now though 😂 what a bunch of dorks. Love em though!
yeah my mom was the same... she asked me "who and the hell are these guys" and I told her it was a new R&R band called Kiss. She just laughed and told me how silly they looked.@@williamsherman1089
me too coming home for lunch, from college; my dad from work. we at the kitchen dining table w/ the tele on - dad was of course like "what is this crap" ? eating tuna sandwiches and watching totie and gene banter a bit. then the performance which was fire breathingly historic.
The reason why Totie Fields was great in this episode was because even though Chaim (aka "Gene Simmons") Witz was trying to shock the audience with his "The Demon" persona, she saw right through it and could tell he was a mensch from back in Eretz Yisrael. "Is your mother watching?" "Just a nice Jewish boy." "You can't hide the hook!" That's why she called him out.
Mike Douglas had the Rolling Stones on US TV first before anyone and then KISS! He really had an open mind like Ed Sullivan did and Merv Griffin did. They all had cutting edge Rock acts on their shows first and helped promote them to become famous and household names across America. TV was the best way to reach millions of people instantly. Elvis and the Beatles benefited from TV the most! This footage is what UA-cam is for and best at! It’s like a cultural time machine you can go back and relive moments from the past or shows you missed the first time around like this one. It’s all preserved for posterity on UA-cam. Which is why I love UA-cam! What an episode! It’s amusing how Totie Fields sees through Genes act and isn’t intimidated by it. She even zings him and makes jokes at his expense. Very entertaining! Thanks to whoever uploaded this. I’m a KISS fan from back then as a kid but I didn’t see everything and now I can this show again. 👏🏻😮😊
I'm sitting here reading Ace's book No Regrets and came to page 120 where he talks about this interview. Had to check it out. Totie Fields is priceless! I love Ace and Paul is not only a prolific songwriter but IMHO one of the greatest frontmen in rock history. On December 29, 1977, I went to my first concert. I was 12. It was KISS ... and it was awesome!
The best part of this video is when she tells Gene you cant hide the hook...you hear Ace backstage laugh! Ha ..Haa..Haaaaaaaaa...cant mistake his cackle!
Why in the US do you convert all slavic people to jewish? Judaism is a religion and not an ethnicity. So being jewish is a simple choice, an etnicity you have a lirrle less choice in the matter and KISS is a slavic band. DO THEY LOOK LIKE JEWS? I couldn't care less what your religion is, its like leading with being attraxted to men, DID I ASK YOU?? but dwelling on the religion is crazy...but I think in the US...slavic is feared and that makes me grin.
Totie Fields (to Gene’s left) was a legendary comedienne who died in her 40’s from a blood clot. She was on Laugh-In and used to tour all over the country. Loved that she was on this show and delivered some ball busting to Gene, which was normal and expected on Mike Douglas and probably why she was booked on the same show . Part of the early Kiss act was to be outrageous and play foil to the status quo.
Gene Simmons was and still is in league with the evil dark forces of hell and he summoned several members from his army of demons to make Totie's life a living hell after she made that comment about him...
I’m always impressed with Peter Criss’s understated drumming in this clip. Very tasty fills in the pre-chorus sections and that little flam ( or whatever the precise terminology for it is) he uses right as they’re coming into the second vocal stanza is GOLDEN! Very subtle and probably nothing he’d ever have used at a live gig. But here on this small soundstage he could use it to great effect. He really was perfect for this band at this stage in their career!
Mike Douglas was kind of like the mirror image of Dick Cavitt in terms of talk show host style. He was the totally square midwesterner, while Cavitt was the farm boy who moved to the east coast and became educated, urbane, witty, and was in tune with the art of his guests. What they shared was that both instinctively understood the power of television as a mass medium and delighted in promoting entertainers.
I noticed in early interviews like Tom Snyder. When the band was on there …what I’m trying to say is Gene Simmons always respects his mother Totie said “Is your mother watching today..”Gene replied “ Actually she is.”😂
Thanks for posting this Mike Douglas show. I can’t stop smiling at Gene Simmons skinny legs. I love them. I wouldn’t even know it was him if he hadn’t stuck out his tongue. Thank you for that Gene
God what a great era!!!! 👍🏼 I'm 60 now and I remember them then and sill love them now. I miss the original group but time changes, things happen and the show must go on. Great group. 👍🏼
If I'm not mistaken that's comedian Robert Klein on the panel I saw this particular show live on channel 2 CBS in New York City and I went out and bought the album a week later and it became a fan ever since
I was 10 , early 70s 5 channels on the tv no remote control . No vcr's Hbo yet.. had to come home from school do my homework first before dinner.. Mike Douglas was on live around 3-4 in the afternoon.. dad came home around 5 watching the News back then tv was torture... then one day.. KISS one afternoon changed my life.... the parents were horrified.. but ud kids were never the same that afternoon...
Mike Douglas Show was so under rated but presented so many huge acts before they were superstars. Even Gene Simmons admitted Mike Douglas was so influential in there meteoric rise.
Absolutely, I did have this song, as I remember it was on a 8-Track tape, LoL 😆, but yea I was in the Columbia house music club and definitely ordered it through their buy one get 12 free tapes or record's.
KISS essentially launched in popularity from 1974 through 1977 and beyond...in the face of quite a few naysayers. This was a big part of the KISS history. KISS was like the weird, skinny kid from down the street who swore one day he'd be a muscle-bound ladies' man...and while people scoffed....it happened. Today, the guy they're laughing at is valued at almost ONE BILLION DOLLARS.
I remember watching this as a 10 year old.Mike Douglas was my parent,s favorite show .My mom thought was that it was diabolical and demanded that we change the channel, which we never did.I was hooked on kiss after this .I bought every magazine and album that they had. YOU WANTED THE BEST ! YOU GOT THE BEST ! THE GREATEST BAND ON THE WORLD ! KISS !!!
are you kidding me...that was robert klein on the end ..he is legend in the field of comedy was on the Johnny Carson show 82 times alone he is still working while kiss is collecting social security
Gene is a master at playing to the crowd..he knows how to use makeup, costume, outrageous appearance to maximise commercial exposure…clearly, it was all about making $$$ and Totie saw right through it !
@@masterofreality5528Believe it or not, no… not all bands are/were in it for the money, but KISS definitely were. You’re obviously not a musician, or else you’d know that at least half of us are in bands strictly for the love of music and the catharsis of playing live. There’s also a huge contingent that are in bands just to get laid. In all actuality the money grubbers are a fairly small minority. Believe me, there are much easier and more reliable ways to make money than being a career musician.
Really? I dunno. I personally think they peaked about a year later, around the time “Alive!” came out. They were still a bit rough around the edges here.
all these years later when so many people laughed and said they would nt make it....they absolutely killed it...one thing is for certain...tears are (NOT) falling...not bad for a former taxi cab driver (Paul) and a nice jewish boy that could nt hide the hook lol
Effectivement. Et combien dans le lot de gamines de 14 ans, au final moins intéressantes que passé l'âge de 16, car d'après "Gene juice Monopoly" plus aptes à apprécier poils et sueur... entre autres joyeusetés starifiées. Sacré lui.
Seen them in "76. They were cutting edge at the time! Broke the mold! Gene's flame spitting was so gargantuan! You could feel the heat off of it! Amazing!
“Cutting edge”? In 1976? Really? Glam was already over by then and punk was getting started. This was definitely popular at the time, no doubt… but far from ‘cutting edge’.
Michael Delaney Dowd Jr. (August 11, 1920 - August 11, 2006), known as Mike Douglas, was an American "Big Band" era singer, entertainer, television talk show host of The Mike Douglas Show, and actor.
@@dane21dc So what if this person used Wikipedia? SOMEONE did the research to get those facts. (I think some people go online to let out the whiny b**ches they keep in during their average existences.)
So cool seeing Gene from years ago, thin and with the boots looks like an NBA player instead of a rockstar. The evolution of the make-up over the years, not to mention semi-straight hair. Very cool 👍
More like KISS wasn’t ready for megastardom at this time. Gene is downright embarrassing here. A year or two later they got their thing down and hit the big time, but America was definitely ready for it. There had already been a lot edgier things before this.
Really is a miracle that kiss made it from then to now, didn't look like they got off to a very good start. But who knew how things would change over time I just don't know how they could wear makeup for decades
You must have had a lot of courage to dress like that in '74, before the punk wave. Kiss and those who dressed and behaviored like them were forward, social innovators
What? Glam happened a good 5 years before punk. The original Alice Cooper band were wearing makeup, heels, and dressing in women’s clothes as early as 1969… five years before this interview/performance took place. The glam thing was much bigger in the UK, but it was also happening here in the states in cities like New York, L.A., San Francisco, and a few others starting around ‘72. The most outrageous band of that whole scene was the New York Dolls, and I definitely don’t need to say where they were from. In other words, by the time this happened in ‘74, it was already played out enough to where the only people who found it ‘outrageous’ were the squares in middle America. Courage had very little to do with it. It’s not like the members of KISS dressed like this in their everyday lives. They were performers. It was all just showbiz.
In 3rd grade, Fairview OK, we had a talent show. My 3 friends and I went to our principal to explain our pitch for a KISS lip sync. Maybe he'd heard of them by then, but we explained that it would involve crazy makeup, spiked boots, spitting fake blood, fire. We did not compete. In 12th grade, another city, we competed in the talent show doing "I love it loud". Got 2nd place. Rigged but a circle complete. : )
Watched the new movie about Casablanca Records. At the beginning of the movie Kiss played at Casablancas 1974 grand opening celebration and the fire sprinklers came on and ruined their gig, wonder if that’s true. Anywho that brought me to Mike Douglas 1974 show. Gene’s spitting fire was epic and what a beginning. That show was so kind to this band, I’m sure Casablanca had something to do with them getting on the show.
I was 9 and forced daily to watch this talk show. THIS WAS THE BEST DAY OF MY YOUNG LIFE!!!!!
I'll bet it was!
GENE SIMMONS FUCS MK ULTRA IN THE ASS😮
mike douglas make's me moist
Funny I was 9 then too!!! I was born late December of 63. This changed my world and my youth. Loved them and had to see them. 😅
Same as was 10.. I remember having to sit and do my homework
before supper as usual.. then KISS lit up my afternoon.. my parents were horrified but for me it was life changing.... the early 70s .. no vcr's no Hbo 5 channels on the TV. No remote control... the best f times...thanks
In 1974, this must have shook up a few people. Kudos to Mike for having them on the show
It wasn't comparable to The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show. But this was far more entertaining.
well this is basically free publicity for the now-defunct wshe rock station from miami. the station took part in a national contest for a couple who had the longest kiss. apparently the young couple from davie, florida, won a free trip to l.a.
His voice ❤❤❤😌😌 it’s so calming
You can't hide the hook....Priceless
Nose?
@@robalex9387Yes
@@MrSouthofBoston thank you
Most hide it with plastic surgery.
@@robalex9387hahahaha....she noticed he had a big nose, that's why she said that
Believe it or not, I remember watching this on TV!
Me too with my grandma after school, I remember her laughing at them lol, I was seven years old and really didn't understand what was so funny about these scary people, I sure do now though 😂 what a bunch of dorks. Love em though!
Cool!
yeah my mom was the same... she asked me "who and the hell are these guys" and I told her it was a new R&R band called Kiss. She just laughed and told me how silly they looked.@@williamsherman1089
me too coming home for lunch, from college; my dad from work. we at the kitchen dining table w/ the tele on - dad was of course like "what is this crap" ? eating tuna sandwiches and watching totie and gene banter a bit. then the performance which was fire breathingly historic.
Me Too!
I was 11 when this aired.. My mom was speechless……lol
hehe
The reason why Totie Fields was great in this episode was because even though Chaim (aka "Gene Simmons") Witz was trying to shock the audience with his "The Demon" persona, she saw right through it and could tell he was a mensch from back in Eretz Yisrael. "Is your mother watching?" "Just a nice Jewish boy." "You can't hide the hook!" That's why she called him out.
Gene Simmons mentioned his interaction with Totie Fields in his autobiography KISS and Tell. :)
And then you can hear Ace’s unmistakable high-pitched cackle coming from the backstage immediately after she says that. Too funny.
Mike Douglas had the Rolling Stones on US TV first before anyone and then KISS! He really had an open mind like Ed Sullivan did and Merv Griffin did. They all had cutting edge Rock acts on their shows first and helped promote them to become famous and household names across America. TV was the best way to reach millions of people instantly. Elvis and the Beatles benefited from TV the most!
This footage is what UA-cam is for and best at! It’s like a cultural time machine you can go back and relive moments from the past or shows you missed the first time around like this one.
It’s all preserved for posterity on UA-cam. Which is why I love UA-cam!
What an episode! It’s amusing how Totie Fields sees through Genes act and isn’t intimidated by it. She even zings him and makes jokes at his expense. Very entertaining!
Thanks to whoever uploaded this. I’m a KISS fan from back then as a kid but I didn’t see everything and now I can this show again.
👏🏻😮😊
Kiss was a no talent band then and still is...garbage
@@williamM-18
In your opinion.
Millions of others disagree.
I'm sitting here reading Ace's book No Regrets and came to page 120 where he talks about this interview. Had to check it out. Totie Fields is priceless! I love Ace and Paul is not only a prolific songwriter but IMHO one of the greatest frontmen in rock history. On December 29, 1977, I went to my first concert. I was 12. It was KISS ... and it was awesome!
Same - Portland, Or with Cheap Trick!
@@rumginray I was at that show right up front. August 13, 1977. It was really hot that night. Good times.
I was at the 12/12/77 concert with AC/DC in Louisville.
Also my first concert, 3 days before my 13th birthday.🤘
11/22/77 San Antonio with Detective* 14 yo 1st concert too🤟
The best part of this video is when she tells Gene you cant hide the hook...you hear Ace backstage laugh! Ha ..Haa..Haaaaaaaaa...cant mistake his cackle!
Holy shit you're right!!! Ha ha haaaaaaaa
"Wouldn't it be funny if under this he was a nice Jewish boy?" I love the irony... Totie Fields had no idea that Gene's mother was indeed watching.
And he IS a nice Jewish boy.
@@steveb1164 "You can"t Hide the hook"!
@@MrDoneboy”you should only know”
Why in the US do you convert all slavic people to jewish? Judaism is a religion and not an ethnicity. So being jewish is a simple choice, an etnicity you have a lirrle less choice in the matter and KISS is a slavic band. DO THEY LOOK LIKE JEWS? I couldn't care less what your religion is, its like leading with being attraxted to men, DID I ASK YOU?? but dwelling on the religion is crazy...but I think in the US...slavic is feared and that makes me grin.
Hey that is a great story! For once, I chose to believe what the random person in the comments tells me!
Totie Fields (to Gene’s left) was a legendary comedienne who died in her 40’s from a blood clot. She was on Laugh-In and used to tour all over the country. Loved that she was on this show and delivered some ball busting to Gene, which was normal and expected on Mike Douglas and probably why she was booked on the same show . Part of the early Kiss act was to be outrageous and play foil to the status quo.
in her 40s?! She looks 65 here! Wikipedia has her as 43 or 44 on this show. I know people looked different back then, but damn.
Gene Simmons was and still is in league with the evil dark forces of hell and he summoned several members from his army of demons to make Totie's life a living hell after she made that comment about him...
Hard work for gene to be in this show,
My deepest respect!
Greetings from Germany,
Kreuzzer!
Gene did a good job, but you can definitely tell he's nervous. And his mom was definitely watching.
I’m always impressed with Peter Criss’s understated drumming in this clip. Very tasty fills in the pre-chorus sections and that little flam ( or whatever the precise terminology for it is) he uses right as they’re coming into the second vocal stanza is GOLDEN! Very subtle and probably nothing he’d ever have used at a live gig. But here on this small soundstage he could use it to great effect. He really was perfect for this band at this stage in their career!
Sucks
Imagine being able to show Mike Douglas in that interview the final concert of Kiss after a 50 year career
Gene is too skinny
“He’s up for adoption”. Hahaha great line.
The Mike Douglas thing was so weird. He was the squarest guy in the universe, but he had amazing guests, Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon, Zappa, Patti Smith
oh wow!
His interview with Frank Zappa was great.
MOBY GRAPE even!!
Mike Douglas was kind of like the mirror image of Dick Cavitt in terms of talk show host style. He was the totally square midwesterner, while Cavitt was the farm boy who moved to the east coast and became educated, urbane, witty, and was in tune with the art of his guests. What they shared was that both instinctively understood the power of television as a mass medium and delighted in promoting entertainers.
I don't think Hendrix ever did Mike Douglas he was on Dick cavett
I wanted to say and can’t believe no one else has commented on how great Paul’s voice is on Firehouse, best I’ve heard him sing it.
Great decade to be a part of.
In retrospect, yes. Still, I remember how at the time so many people were bitching and moaning about how boring and awful it was. We had no idea.
Totie Fields with her "you cant hide the Hook" remark was absolutely priceless. R.I.P.🪦 Ms.Totie Fields taken way too soon. 1930/1978
Was that implying about Jewish noses?
😂
That and "he's up for adoption" She stole the show.
Aw man...she passed four years later? And at 48?
I noticed in early interviews like Tom Snyder. When the band was on there …what I’m trying to say is Gene Simmons always respects his mother
Totie said “Is your mother watching today..”Gene replied “ Actually she is.”😂
Thanks for posting this Mike Douglas show. I can’t stop smiling at Gene Simmons skinny legs. I love them. I wouldn’t even know it was him if he hadn’t stuck out his tongue. Thank you for that Gene
God what a great era!!!! 👍🏼 I'm 60 now and I remember them then and sill love them now. I miss the original group but time changes, things happen and the show must go on. Great group. 👍🏼
If I'm not mistaken that's comedian Robert Klein on the panel I saw this particular show live on channel 2 CBS in New York City and I went out and bought the album a week later and it became a fan ever since
I thought that was him.
Gene gets outed, by Totie Fields, and totally freaks out! PRICELESS!
She got him perfect..all he could do was wiggle his nose 🤣
I was 4 yrs old..
and alrdy listening to this kind of music.
😎
Ace laughing up a storm backstage lol
Mike Douglas was just the best with new guests
I was 10 , early 70s 5 channels on the tv no remote control . No vcr's Hbo yet.. had to come home from school do my homework first before dinner.. Mike Douglas was on live around 3-4 in the afternoon.. dad came home around 5 watching the News back then tv was torture... then one day.. KISS one afternoon changed my life.... the parents were horrified.. but ud kids were never the same that afternoon...
❤
Mike Douglas Show was so under rated but presented so many huge acts before they were superstars. Even Gene Simmons admitted Mike Douglas was so influential in there meteoric rise.
their
Kind of like the John peel show in uk
Mike Douglas was a template for people like Oprah Winfrey, as well as Merv Griffin. and many other talk show host who followed years later.
This was like within a month or two of taking over the radio. Must have been a wild ride.. writing the rules as they went.
You bet something from this interview served as inspiration for making the final scene between Joker and Murray Franklin.
I was born in April 1974 ❤😅I'm a fan
Firehouse performance is perfect KISS.
I simply love Paul saying he was completely embarrassed when Gene said that he was Evil Incarnate - lol!
Very cheesy😂
This is a all-time classic when kiss made it debut you wanted the best and you got the best the hottest band in the world Kl⚡⚡
Well, it could have been worse, had Ed Sullivan lived another 10 years, he would’ve had no other choice, but to book them for his show
@@yell0wberry lol
LOL it was literally AWFUL
I could listen to young Gene's speaking voice all day.
Really??
Yes, it's too soothing.
Just a baby demon here.
He does have a beautiful voice.
He was so thin!
The Demons of Rock were im great spirits this day. Peter was keeping his litter box clean which is behind his kit if you look closely. 😊😊😊😂😂
“Firehouse “, one of my favourites.
Absolutely, I did have this song, as I remember it was on a 8-Track tape, LoL 😆, but yea I was in the Columbia house music club and definitely ordered it through their buy one get 12 free tapes or record's.
wow he was slim 😱
woohoo! love that raw, live sound. this is so cool!
KISS essentially launched in popularity from 1974 through 1977 and beyond...in the face of quite a few naysayers. This was a big part of the KISS history. KISS was like the weird, skinny kid from down the street who swore one day he'd be a muscle-bound ladies' man...and while people scoffed....it happened. Today, the guy they're laughing at is valued at almost ONE BILLION DOLLARS.
And yet they still blow dog. Just goes to show, P.T. Barnum was bang on in his assessment.
I remember watching this as a 10 year old.Mike Douglas was my parent,s favorite show .My mom thought was that it was diabolical and demanded that we change the channel, which we never did.I was hooked on kiss after this .I bought every magazine and album that they had. YOU WANTED THE BEST ! YOU GOT THE BEST ! THE GREATEST BAND ON THE WORLD ! KISS !!!
Been in the Kiss Army since 77, can't believe I have never seen this before. Incredible stuff. Thanks for sharing
You need to use specific words to get different videos.
They laugh at him... But this man has become a legend. Well all of those nobody's have been forgotten in time.😂
Mike Douglas, Eartha Kitt, Robert Klein, Dr. Joyce Brothers.. forgotten in time eh? you are clearly uneducated.
And in time he will be forgotten.
are you kidding me...that was robert klein on the end ..he is legend in the field of comedy was on the Johnny Carson show 82 times alone
he is still working while kiss is collecting social security
@@robertdoble7665yeah right
@@clwww Yeah you know best.
Gene is a master at playing to the crowd..he knows how to use makeup, costume, outrageous appearance to maximise commercial exposure…clearly, it was all about making $$$ and Totie saw right through it !
Gane parece un travesti jajajajaja realmente ridiculo ver a un adulto pintarse como mujer
All bands are in it fir the money. All of them have their personas and doing shit for the fame. Kiss just does that 100times better
@@masterofreality5528Not all actually are. Plenty are for the music. Kiss just wasn't really one.
@@bluewhye8832 All of them sell t shirts, coffee mugs etc. Kiss just do it better
@@masterofreality5528Believe it or not, no… not all bands are/were in it for the money, but KISS definitely were. You’re obviously not a musician, or else you’d know that at least half of us are in bands strictly for the love of music and the catharsis of playing live. There’s also a huge contingent that are in bands just to get laid. In all actuality the money grubbers are a fairly small minority. Believe me, there are much easier and more reliable ways to make money than being a career musician.
Priceless. These hippie cats lock lips for 4 days and the concert was canceled 😂
Gene Simmons is one of the wealthiest rock stars in the world now. And still playing live with KISS.
So? Roger waters is too and he is trying to spread a good message unlike gene
Live???? They haven’t played live in years!!! Backing tracks are ruining live music.
...up until last week!
Of course he's rich he's a money 🤑💰 grubbing Jew
@@samzach2057, perfectly honest response! And yet So true
So glad this exists.
Great guitar tone with no toys in the signal chain👍
None at all?
Imagine trying to manipulate a stomp box with those shoes🤣
@@subg8858guitar, cable, and amp here.
I would love to hear how the kissing couple is doing nowadays. God bless you guys.
Gene is such a brilliant showman. This was way out there in 1974
He grabbed it and ran
Damn, Gene’s voice sounded more calm back then.
I was unable to see them in concert when they were in San Bernardino, CA love them!❤❤❤❤
Did you know Gene was born in Telaviv, Isreal, speaks four different languages, and was once a seventh and eighth grade school teacher? TRUE!
Yes he was.
Haifa actually
I never knew this was in Philly in the kyw studio that’s amazing Philly born and raised baby ♥️✌🏼
Mike Douglas was great.
This was incredible!!!
I saw this at my friends house in '74!
Back in the day these were high Teck props. I love seeing this band at their start. Who would have known?
“You can’t hide the hook”
LMAO
Like the kissing couple too.
Yeah a lot of beard for lip smacking for hours :)
I was born a few days later after this show aired on tv. 😊
Early Kiss was amazing
“Amazing”? Ok then.
@@Shikta-poobah67 yes, “amazing”.
Ok then.
@@Shikta-poobah67 yep… “ok, then” 🤷🏻♂️
@@llg3pe 🥱
Fricken awesome so raw with loads of primal energy ..the way in which rock n roll ought to be produced
So wonderful to see them performing firehouse that early! Thanks for sharing!
I was 12 years old when I saw this performance the first time.
That lady made this show truly special!
This is Kiss at it's best.
Really? I dunno. I personally think they peaked about a year later, around the time “Alive!” came out. They were still a bit rough around the edges here.
I remember this interview! Funny!
simply amazing and iconic
Kick ass. Young, raw and hungry. The true Kiss.
6 months No wonder still honey moon stage! Wow this interview year before I was born.
As an 8 year old My World would not be the same,REMEMBER THIS TILL TODAY!
wow. Ive seen this MD show...I was 4
weird FLASHBACK! I remember this
all these years later when so many people laughed and said they would nt make it....they absolutely killed it...one thing is for certain...tears are (NOT) falling...not bad for a former taxi cab driver (Paul) and a nice jewish boy that could nt hide the hook lol
And 5,000 women later, Simmons is STILL performing!
Effectivement.
Et combien dans le lot de gamines de 14 ans, au final moins intéressantes que passé l'âge de 16, car d'après "Gene juice Monopoly" plus aptes à apprécier poils et sueur... entre autres joyeusetés starifiées.
Sacré lui.
I think Gene’s sword has the chickenpox.
Seen them in "76. They were cutting edge at the time! Broke the mold! Gene's flame spitting was so gargantuan! You could feel the heat off of it! Amazing!
“Cutting edge”? In 1976? Really? Glam was already over by then and punk was getting started. This was definitely popular at the time, no doubt… but far from ‘cutting edge’.
I don’t know why, but Kiss back in the 70s terrified me as a kid. Especially Gene.
Gene was the scariest. He looked wicked. 😂
Same. He was terrifying.
Me too. Had a poster of kiss on my wall when I was a kid and I couldn't sleep at first because Gene was so scary.
🤣
he looked specially scarier in 1974. Holy shit
Thanks
I always think that Paul Stanley is one of the most underrated rock vocalists. The man can sing!
Yo creo que tiene una voz hermosa!
He’s so thin here
NOW THAT IS WHEN KISS WAS KISS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ace's guitar solo was top notch. And these guys were still green.
Saw this on my BDay!
Michael Delaney Dowd Jr. (August 11, 1920 - August 11, 2006), known as Mike Douglas, was an American "Big Band" era singer, entertainer, television talk show host of The Mike Douglas Show, and actor.
Thank you Wikipedia
@@dane21dc So what if this person used Wikipedia? SOMEONE did the research to get those facts. (I think some people go online to let out the whiny b**ches they keep in during their average existences.)
What a shitty birthday
So cool seeing Gene from years ago, thin and with the boots looks like an NBA player instead of a rockstar. The evolution of the make-up over the years, not to mention semi-straight hair. Very cool 👍
That's what I thought, he's so thin there.....
Even though Gene is 25 in this interview, he looks and sounds like he’s in his teenage years
He's actually 24.
The interview and the cutting shows, America was not ready for kiss at this time!they were much to early here at this show!
More like KISS wasn’t ready for megastardom at this time. Gene is downright embarrassing here. A year or two later they got their thing down and hit the big time, but America was definitely ready for it. There had already been a lot edgier things before this.
The cheesy skull and crossbone outfit is hilarious.
that was all real leather and not breathable, I don't want to know how it smelled
@@staciehrv6387 Gene is one of those people who just looks like he probably stinks!!
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Really is a miracle that kiss made it from then to now, didn't look like they got off to a very good start. But who knew how things would change over time I just don't know how they could wear makeup for decades
My grandmother wore makeup all the way up to her last days at the age of 96. It can be done.
Gene is so in character here!! It was so believable in the early days. Nothing forced.
Really? Seems pretty damn forced and awkward from where I’m sitting.
Gene Simmons looks like he bought that outfit at the Halloween store
Well they didn't have a lot of money at that point. 12-18 months later things (success) were about to change.
There weren’t “Halloween stores” in 1974.
Ace's mother sewn it together
They actually purchased a lot of stuff for their outfits from sex shops.
@@PISStopherNolan Same as the Sex Pistols did a couple of years later
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Amazing guitar tone
I was in 6th grade when this aired. Rockin!
I remember this, I was 9.
You must have had a lot of courage to dress like that in '74, before the punk wave. Kiss and those who dressed and behaviored like them were forward, social innovators
Glam was a few yrs before this and far more outrè.
This is black metal before black metal very daring like extreme to look like this even punk didn’t take it this dark
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What? Glam happened a good 5 years before punk. The original Alice Cooper band were wearing makeup, heels, and dressing in women’s clothes as early as 1969… five years before this interview/performance took place. The glam thing was much bigger in the UK, but it was also happening here in the states in cities like New York, L.A., San Francisco, and a few others starting around ‘72. The most outrageous band of that whole scene was the New York Dolls, and I definitely don’t need to say where they were from.
In other words, by the time this happened in ‘74, it was already played out enough to where the only people who found it ‘outrageous’ were the squares in middle America. Courage had very little to do with it. It’s not like the members of KISS dressed like this in their everyday lives. They were performers. It was all just showbiz.
They were ahead of their time.....
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In 3rd grade, Fairview OK, we had a talent show. My 3 friends and I went to our principal to explain our pitch for a KISS lip sync. Maybe he'd heard of them by then, but we explained that it would involve crazy makeup, spiked boots, spitting fake blood, fire. We did not compete. In 12th grade, another city, we competed in the talent show doing "I love it loud". Got 2nd place. Rigged but a circle complete. : )
Things I love about this. The "worried" music that they play when Gene enters. Gene trying to be in character, until Tote Fields bursts his bubble.
Sure miss those days
Watched the new movie about Casablanca Records. At the beginning of the movie Kiss played at Casablancas 1974 grand opening celebration and the fire sprinklers came on and ruined their gig, wonder if that’s true. Anywho that brought me to Mike Douglas 1974 show. Gene’s spitting fire was epic and what a beginning. That show was so kind to this band, I’m sure Casablanca had something to do with them getting on the show.
Spinning gold 📀 rocks.
I can’t believe I’ve never seen this.