ok I came here for a Eartha interview.. what I did not expect was AN INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCE WOW and at 69!!!! She was a treasure! I pray to be as talented at that age.
Queen Ertha Kitt is so absolutely beautiful and wonderful!! Transparent and purely honest and real!!!! Salute the Queen of peeeeeeeerrrrection🐈⬛✨✨Ertha Kitt👑
She was a ball of fire, this one! Like most people of my generation, my first exposure to her was through her incredible voice acting as Yzma in 'The Emperor's New Groove.' But as I familiarized myself with her work the older I got, the more I realized what an absolute treasure she was. God rest this woman, though I know He's having a grand old time with her entertaining everyone in Heaven!
Somehow I stumbled upon video clips of Eartha Kitt and I absolutely love her! Such an amazing talent with a beautiful personality. There will never be another like her.
She seems ADORABLE. I wonder if she had an unpleasent or "unapproachable" side to her persona. I just LOVE her personality, charm and charisma. She was definitely 1 in a trillion.
Thank you for uploading this I couldn't remember which interview it was that she discussed doing tongue twisters and elocution...now I found it thanks to you.
She was so multi talented so smart this must have been a amazing time for her 1997 she was so happy love the hair and her attitude we still all miss ya & will never forget you miss kitt x
plenty more than Barbara & Donna...but I agree both of them are fantastic...there's also Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Dionne Warwick, Shirley Bassey, Nancy Wilson, to name a few more...
@@Dion_Mustard lets not forger Josephine Baker, Edith Piaf, Maria Callas, Mina Mazzini, Dalida, Sade, Dinah Washington, Ella Fritzgerald, Billy Holliday, Grace Slick, Phyllis Hyman, Annita Baker,and now Florence Welsch, Adele who are left as one talented and so many to mention who were and always be a good contribution to music
She said in an interview that is also on this channel, from 1998 on Good Morning America, that she just recently found out that her birthday was actually the 16th, not the 26th as she had believed for so long. She said that when she was visiting a college, the students had been able to locate her birth certificate and it had the correct date. This interview was before she found that out
I was just about to say what Darreyl said. It’s funny, my grandmother was celebrating the wrong birthday as well. My grandmother said she was born in a cotton field , which means the Midwife had to fill the paperwork out, which means it could be wrong or conflicting.
Love her!...but what is this accent Eartha has?! I have never heard any other American speak like her?! In this interview, is she basically admitting she puts this accent on?
Kind of an old Hollywood accent that was heard more often then....now especially after The Lion King, entertainers speak a more natural/colloquial way. Before then even cartoons spoke ina very different way, watch the old Snow White, she spoke so formally like Ms. Kitt.
The transatlantic accent was the go-to in old Hollywood around the time or just before Eartha hit the scene. She was from the south and absolutely would have had to put on an accent to make it in the business. She also spent a large portion of her career performing in Europe which would have slightly modified some sounds as well, I'd guess.
It's an act. This is a persona which she makes sure to laugh at at the end so the clueless don't come for her, in more ways than one. In real life she was more solitary and contemplative as well as a fearless activist who didn't suffer fools even at the White House much less play coy/charming to politicians who black listed her in return.
This video deserves a billion likes.
Eartha is greatly missed.
Yes she is greatly missed.
Rest in Heaven my South Carolina friend.
Ms. Eartha was "old-Hollywood" and an original, CLASSIC! Most of her kind are now (unfortunately) gone now!
i agree wholeheartedly ! once upon a time we had Eartha..now we have Rihanna and Beyonce (I sigh!) .
@@Dion_Mustard TRAGIC... but TRUE!
Eartha would have been 95 today. R.I.P to a one of a kind icon
ok I came here for a Eartha interview.. what I did not expect was AN INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCE WOW and at 69!!!! She was a treasure! I pray to be as talented at that age.
A force of nature. Exquisite.
Love her intellect and confidence, what a treasure.
Queen Ertha Kitt is so absolutely beautiful and wonderful!! Transparent and purely honest and real!!!! Salute the Queen of peeeeeeeerrrrection🐈⬛✨✨Ertha Kitt👑
They way she's making these 20 year olds melt!
And still does ❤️
She is a great example of a true survivor! Love her! How lucky is this audience!
"Excuse me, darling."
She was everything and more.
Her face when they hadn’t heard the commercial! 😄😄😄
LOLLLL
She was a ball of fire, this one! Like most people of my generation, my first exposure to her was through her incredible voice acting as Yzma in 'The Emperor's New Groove.' But as I familiarized myself with her work the older I got, the more I realized what an absolute treasure she was. God rest this woman, though I know He's having a grand old time with her entertaining everyone in Heaven!
I absolutely love how awkward she had them men feeling when she was serenading them ahahaha, what a confident lady
RIEP ms Kitt ❤
3:22 she looks adorable and petite. She had such a huge personality and charisma, is easy to forget she was very petite!
This is literally the first time me thinking people like her shouldn't pass away.×
What a talent. She owned that song
Somehow I stumbled upon video clips of Eartha Kitt and I absolutely love her! Such an amazing talent with a beautiful personality. There will never be another like her.
Could this get any cooler, absolutely perfect 👏👏👏♥️♥️
Omg What A Woman ....what A Talent ....what a Class..❤
What a Queen! Eartha was Spectacular!!!!
This is so lovely, I wish I was there! I also love the tables with the lamps, just lovely!
The RuPaul show is this old? Wow.
Back when you actually needed talent
-entertainment museum ❤️
She seems ADORABLE. I wonder if she had an unpleasent or "unapproachable" side to her persona. I just LOVE her personality, charm and charisma. She was definitely 1 in a trillion.
Thank you so much for this! Honestly! So much energy and a love for life!
An absolute one off. Intelligent, talented and still so sexy. RIP darling Eartha.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS AARON!!! 🐼💯🫶🏼♥️😻
What a performer! And such a great sense of humor.
Thank you for uploading this I couldn't remember which interview it was that she discussed doing tongue twisters and elocution...now I found it thanks to you.
She was something else! I'm glad she was able to get away from those people she stayed with as a child.
Eartha Kitt is absolutely wonderful!!
What a nice time in 1997... I was 18...
#angelmclaughlin 🥰 that Eartha was ..A original soul honey 🥰 that smile came from the inside 🥰 when I watch this video ⚡
I didn't even know this show again a thing wow. RU IS A LEGEND
She was so multi talented so smart this must have been a amazing time for her 1997 she was so happy love the hair and her attitude we still all miss ya & will never forget you miss kitt x
Pull the levahh kronk
WRONG LEV VAHHH!!!😂
There will never be another!! Queen Cat lady.
EARTHA WAS A DOLL!!!!
Class act who made something out of nothing..still loved and admired to thus day ❤️ rrrrr
Jujubee also play as her in the snatch game of love
Classy Lady
THANK YOU crying
she is a class lady😘
This was the year I was born :D
Two words class Act!!!!!
wow great entertainer!
Legend!
Ru is so forced she's painful.
My two favorites😍
Why doesn’t World of Wonder just release the full episodes on YT?
Maybe they don't own the rights to it
What's the name of the background song during Rupauls entrance?
The best stars
Oh my Lord
Class…voice….there’s nothing like that anymore…other than Barbra and Donna…
plenty more than Barbara & Donna...but I agree both of them are fantastic...there's also Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Dionne Warwick, Shirley Bassey, Nancy Wilson, to name a few more...
@@Dion_Mustard lets not forger Josephine Baker, Edith Piaf, Maria Callas, Mina Mazzini, Dalida, Sade, Dinah Washington, Ella Fritzgerald, Billy Holliday, Grace Slick, Phyllis Hyman, Annita Baker,and now Florence Welsch, Adele who are left as one talented and so many to mention who were and always be a good contribution to music
@@typhoon2minerva indeed..and many more...
I bet Rue would do this interview so much different now at his age
What a beautiful talented woman.... But why would she say tat she’s turning 69 years old in Jan 26 when her birthday is on Jan 17th ? 🤷🏻♀️
She said in an interview that is also on this channel, from 1998 on Good Morning America, that she just recently found out that her birthday was actually the 16th, not the 26th as she had believed for so long. She said that when she was visiting a college, the students had been able to locate her birth certificate and it had the correct date. This interview was before she found that out
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I was just about to say what Darreyl said. It’s funny, my grandmother was celebrating the wrong birthday as well. My grandmother said she was born in a cotton field , which means the Midwife had to fill the paperwork out, which means it could be wrong or conflicting.
OMG IT'S JUJUBEE!!!
Wow Valentina is so great on here
5:21 😂
Love her!...but what is this accent Eartha has?!
I have never heard any other American speak like her?! In this interview, is she basically admitting she puts this accent on?
I think the character Hannibal Lecter speaks like this, I love it.
Kind of an old Hollywood accent that was heard more often then....now especially after The Lion King, entertainers speak a more natural/colloquial way. Before then even cartoons spoke ina very different way, watch the old Snow White, she spoke so formally like Ms. Kitt.
The transatlantic accent was the go-to in old Hollywood around the time or just before Eartha hit the scene. She was from the south and absolutely would have had to put on an accent to make it in the business. She also spent a large portion of her career performing in Europe which would have slightly modified some sounds as well, I'd guess.
even the rich have a story.
o.k. but what would she do if it was cold at night
RuPaul's audience.
At the start of the show: All Gay men and straight women
After she sings: all straight men and Lesbians
Wait because juju and Valentina did great
MONOTONOUS
OMG…did she LOVE men!!!
It's an act. This is a persona which she makes sure to laugh at at the end so the clueless don't come for her, in more ways than one.
In real life she was more solitary and contemplative as well as a fearless activist who didn't suffer fools even at the White House much less play coy/charming to politicians who black listed her in return.
Whahha eartha chose the gay guy from the audience