Frankie Avalon on InnerVIEWS with Ernie Manouse

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  • Опубліковано 8 гру 2009
  • Former teen idol Frankie Avalon sits down with Emmy-winning interviewer Ernie Manouse to recount his glory days, and reveals the big break that helped launch him to superstardom and the TV icon who helped make it happen. Episodes of InnerVIEWS with Ernie Manouse are available on DVD at houstonpbs.org.
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  • @russmaleartist
    @russmaleartist 10 років тому +24

    Frankie Avalon has a great voice . . . his “Venus” still is a standard for pop songs. As is said, it's a classic that really has no age.

  • @GlassSlipper722
    @GlassSlipper722 14 років тому +15

    It's a wonderful interview.
    I wished it could have been longer. There are so many wonderful stories to be told.
    May God continue to Bless you Frank.

  • @peternoone9629
    @peternoone9629 11 років тому +5

    I met him. He is a gentleman and a great talent who got good looks working against him. He was much more than just a cute guy. He has made a life out of music. Under rated as a musician by music business. This man is a real musical legend! Who cares what he looks like. He is a legendary musician, a gent and a great all round entertainer!

  • @TheSilvergold45
    @TheSilvergold45 10 років тому +11

    Frankie is a CLASS ACT !!
    AND A VERY TALENTED ONE AT THAT..

  • @antonioginez5994
    @antonioginez5994 3 роки тому +6

    Wow! Frankie Avalon still looks great for his age. He hasn’t changed a bit. Good looking and his hair still therefrom the time he was 19 years old in 1959. Venus was very famous back home . I was teen ager during that time. This song Venus is one of my favorites.
    Thanks for sharing…
    ❤️❤️❤️👍👍👍👏.

  • @innerdialogue7370
    @innerdialogue7370 3 роки тому +3

    Very good interview with Frankie Avaloni
    A top notch icon.
    And a good guy who seems to be firmly grounded and certainly very likeable.

  • @toolbass24
    @toolbass24 13 років тому +7

    I'm 17 and this guys music is amazing

  • @jarenelarson1026
    @jarenelarson1026 8 років тому +8

    Looks great and seems like a real good guy. No pretense and straight with his answers. Great interview...

  • @stephenvincent4989
    @stephenvincent4989 4 роки тому +2

    Frankie Avalon one cool guy both professionally & personally.

  • @augustinecerronejr7968
    @augustinecerronejr7968 6 місяців тому

    I'm from South Philly 10th and Bainbridge, As a kid in the 60s I saw all your movies in the theater. Love Ya Frankie God Bless 🙏✌🏻

  • @debramangum3680
    @debramangum3680 2 роки тому +1

    After listening to all the videos on Frankie !! I realized I am still in love with him and he looks so good!! Love his vitamins helps me feel good and able to play golf and tennis again - yoga thanks to Frankie!! His tribune to Bobby and James was out standing !! With he would come to wilmington or charlotte NC … CA girl and husband close to SF well in wine country Sonoma and Napa - adore you Frankie.

  • @brianhowell9921
    @brianhowell9921 4 роки тому +4

    i won a dance contest 1958 i won a 45 record venus loved it

  • @cyndyduggins6282
    @cyndyduggins6282 4 роки тому +2

    What an Honor that must have been. I didn’t grow up loving Frankie like my mom did but I definitely loved watching him when I was younger. ❤️

  • @symunir9022
    @symunir9022 2 роки тому +1

    Ernie Manouse is a wonderful interviewer. Watched several of his interviews and plan to watch a several more. Thank you.

  • @Muswell
    @Muswell 3 роки тому +1

    Really loved this interview.
    I guess he was 60/61/62 here. Still looking great.

  • @nashvilletennessee3194
    @nashvilletennessee3194 4 роки тому +3

    What a Great interview. You left no stone unturned accept the Beach movies! Learned so much from Frankie in this thanks to your great questions. Frankie has a great speaking voice and very personable manner! Bravo!

  • @salvationbordercountry3800
    @salvationbordercountry3800 4 роки тому +3

    One of the best interviews I've ever seen. I've always wondered about Frankie. He seems like a real regular guy. I like his perspective on marriage. But he had a good example to follow, not many people do.

  • @beanasmom44
    @beanasmom44 9 років тому +5

    Love you frankie you are timeless

  • @Landrew120880
    @Landrew120880 13 років тому +5

    The Jackie Gleason/Al Martino story was great. Especially being from Philly myself.

  • @Suchiazski
    @Suchiazski 12 років тому +4

    I must be the only twenty year old on Earth who listens to rap and Frankie Avalon.

  • @timsika7655
    @timsika7655 6 років тому +6

    Great interview.

  • @joanflanary6083
    @joanflanary6083 3 роки тому +1

    Loved frankie growing up.Such a great singer. My idols were frankie and Fabian.

  • @ThomasDeLello
    @ThomasDeLello 2 роки тому +1

    The "Beauty School Dropout" scene in Grease with Frenchie, the choreography girls and the stage work was wonderful...!

  • @robnad8583
    @robnad8583 3 роки тому +1

    I enjoyed this interview with Frankie 👍

  • @annperez1654
    @annperez1654 2 роки тому +1

    I am so glad Annette was not mention in this great interview.

  • @watsonpaddy
    @watsonpaddy 5 років тому +3

    what a lovely man

  • @plappin
    @plappin 3 роки тому +1

    I just feel down the late Fifties teen idol rabbit hole -- these South Philly singers are great guys!

  • @CrayHay
    @CrayHay 8 років тому +3

    Venus is one of my favourite songs! It also featured on a Pearl soap advert.

  • @cristinella2020
    @cristinella2020 2 роки тому

    I love this guy since I was a kid

  • @jackiemcmeekin6551
    @jackiemcmeekin6551 5 років тому +1

    I never knew he wanted to be a trumpet player. I heard him play the trumpet in Bermuda at the Southampton Princess. He was a great player. Yes, Philadelphia has produced so many great singers, directors, etc. I agree that Philadelphia has so much to offer-great museums, fine theaters, wonderful restaurants and stores, the Kimmel Cultural Center, renowned universities and hospitals.

  • @milliesmith5068
    @milliesmith5068 4 роки тому +1

    I like watching Frankie on American Bandstand.

  • @ChachiTelevision1979
    @ChachiTelevision1979 12 років тому +3

    Great reference!

  • @sailingsam3815
    @sailingsam3815 Рік тому +1

    He has the it factor..very charming and good voice...he should play some trumpet on stage..

  • @susansprouse1023
    @susansprouse1023 Рік тому

    Fascinating interview.

  • @doloresm7396
    @doloresm7396 8 років тому +1

    Just great talented people from Philly. I should know, I am from Philly and there is no place like home which is "Philly." The talent is amazing. I was so lucky to have lived there for close to fifty years. Love my Philly.

    • @Pamledger478
      @Pamledger478 3 роки тому

      Why did American Bandstand leave Philly?

  • @gacj2010
    @gacj2010 4 роки тому +5

    its a great wig ...makes him appear young

    • @lendrury2771
      @lendrury2771 3 роки тому

      Cheap Kmart hairpiece

    • @gacj2010
      @gacj2010 3 роки тому

      @@lendrury2771 It should have a little gray in it

  • @jasbegs1258
    @jasbegs1258 7 років тому +2

    He is a lovely unassuming man.

  • @marysmith9361
    @marysmith9361 2 роки тому

    Great interview! I'm about the same age as Frankie, Fabian, Bobby and the rest and it's really interesting to hear their life stories.

  • @KenJohnsonMusic
    @KenJohnsonMusic 3 роки тому +1

    No one really knows these celebrities, but Frankie seems like such a nice guy.

    • @Muswell
      @Muswell 3 роки тому

      Yes. A really decent chap by all accounts. He's 82 now & still married to his wife for 60yrs. He found his Venus.

    • @pippishortstocking7913
      @pippishortstocking7913 Рік тому

      I haven't read anything bad about him. Can't say the same for Frankie Valli of the Four Seasons. Man by different accounts that Valli dude treated women terribly & would bone anything with a pulse, absentee father too.

  • @soteriacharis6338
    @soteriacharis6338 9 років тому +5

    How old is he is this video? Dang, he still looks mighty FINE!!!

  • @michaelrochester48
    @michaelrochester48 3 роки тому +1

    He mentioned the Eastman school of music in Rochester New York, a lot of famous musicians came from there

  • @cjdmiracle
    @cjdmiracle 5 років тому +3

    He doesn't age cause he lives right.

  • @its4it
    @its4it 9 років тому +2

    He looks better now than he did in the 50's.

  • @FightingScotRunner22
    @FightingScotRunner22 11 років тому +5

    Dudes got a set of ears!

  • @alexmusni9883
    @alexmusni9883 Рік тому

    Great singer

  • @gacj2010
    @gacj2010 4 роки тому +1

    its william shatner style wig ...i like it

  • @JohnJonesRocketCity
    @JohnJonesRocketCity 11 років тому +3

    Thank alot now I cant stop looking at them. :-)

  • @sonofatiger
    @sonofatiger 7 років тому +2

    One nice big brother .

  • @KS-hz8fy
    @KS-hz8fy 2 роки тому

    Legendary “Venus”

  • @maureenmcgovern6119
    @maureenmcgovern6119 2 роки тому

    My mother had an incredible crush on Al Martino.

  • @gphilipc2031
    @gphilipc2031 9 років тому +1

    Lucky man...still has great skin even with all the sun exposure.

  • @ChachiTelevision1979
    @ChachiTelevision1979 12 років тому +1

    I'm 27, but you're not alone.

  • @dannysvinylrainbow4852
    @dannysvinylrainbow4852 2 роки тому

    Love Frankie Avalon! I just posted the disco version of Venus on my channel

  • @Chewi863
    @Chewi863 12 років тому +1

    @KonaCoffee247 Can you provide a link? Otherwise it's just hearsay

  • @jlee9735
    @jlee9735 7 років тому +2

    Remember when Frankie Avalon used to do the Sonic commercials now I had a friend of mine that was a manager of a Sonic that they were filming at and he went to different locations but my friend I won't name is name was the manager of the Sonic were Frankie Avalon was going to shoot his commercial and he didn't have nice things to say about Frankie Avalon you know what you see on camera isn't always what you see off so that's all I'll say

    • @Luvparis07
      @Luvparis07 2 роки тому

      I agree. He may be talented but some celebrities you meet in in person aren't always what appear to be when the cameras are rolling. My friends met him at some social function one evening and they also didn't have anything nice to say about him. They felt him to be arrogant and rude.

  • @jumpink66
    @jumpink66 10 років тому +2

    cool

  • @cocoaorange1
    @cocoaorange1 Рік тому

    What year was this interview? I am guessing the late 90's or early 00's.

  • @Muswell
    @Muswell 3 роки тому

    He said the Alan Ladd film was in 1958 & they chose him to do it because of his huge following. But Venus was released in 1959. . ????

  • @lendrury2771
    @lendrury2771 Рік тому

    Avalon loves his liquor. Pint of whiskey a day I heard
    3 packs of camel cigarettes a day too

  • @thewonderfulworldofderek6087
    @thewonderfulworldofderek6087 4 роки тому +1

    Do you know gaslight theater 50s music

  • @user-mu4br4vt2h
    @user-mu4br4vt2h 3 роки тому +2

    venus is a nice dream come true...listen it makes me get into dream immediately...enjoy

  • @tedibair
    @tedibair 8 років тому +1

    JOSEPH McBLOGGS - He was 69 here according to Robert Lee..
    Whats it like being perfect Pal?
    oh Yeah... and...
    What Did you ever do in your life? Do tell us...

  • @lendrury2771
    @lendrury2771 2 роки тому +1

    Avalon can't get it up . 35 years now I heard. Jeez with all his money you would think he would fix the problem ugh

  • @Gjd94
    @Gjd94 11 років тому +2

    @KonaCoffee247 he'll still be more famous than you ever will.

  • @martadoso9
    @martadoso9 10 років тому +1

    FRANKIE AVALONI....

    • @CrayHay
      @CrayHay 8 років тому

      +martadoso9 - Avallone

    • @martadoso9
      @martadoso9 8 років тому +1

      +Craig Haylett COOL...

  • @tedibair
    @tedibair 8 років тому +2

    JOSEPH McBLOGGS - Just checked... he was born in 1940 so 2003 would make him 63 in this interview. Shame on you Robert Lee!!! lol
    I can understand everything you say now McBLOGGS!!! lol Fancy looking like him at 63...
    Care to send a pic of yourself?

  • @cryvsspy
    @cryvsspy 11 років тому

    Why follow an interesting comment with an irrelevant and strange attack?

  • @lendrury2771
    @lendrury2771 4 роки тому

    Dude got some ears like freaking water pitchers

  • @lendrury2771
    @lendrury2771 2 роки тому +1

    Avalon is wearing a very cheap hairpiece