Lily Tomlin Performs As Lounge Lizard Tommy Velour | Letterman
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- Опубліковано 25 сер 2024
- Tommy Velour talks about life in Vegas and how we'd get more voters if they replaced booths with slot machines. Then Lily talks about how all characters are better with a good wig. (Air date: 5/19/82)
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I love that lily as lily is not even SLIGHTLY intimated by Dave or the audience reactions. Completely unwavered.
*intimidated
@@brucenator why would she be? She was famous long before David
@@brendalg4 I wouldn't say that she was. I was merely commenting that from the context of the sentence the OP probably meant to say intimidated, not "intimated."
@@brendalg4 why would she be? she's a jouxwish supremacist.
@@brucenator sorry I meant to respond to OP
This aired a few days after I graduated from college, I'm pushing 70 now.........this is one hell of a career!!! ❤
Lily Tomlin as Tommy Velour as Christopher Walken
That's who I saw him as too. Christopher Walken.
word...that makeup is wild.
Exactly 😂
@chinookvalley….that’s wonderfully demented…. I love it……
I was thinking of Nicolas Cage!
Wayne Newton has the same vocal timbre. I love this character. Never seen this one before. And a great interview with her, too. Thanks!
The first drag king
Annie Lennox, and later Lady Gaga did incredibly realistic male characters in their concerts that surprised fans
Not even close to the first, although she did it well.
@@nuthinmuffins5073Who was the first?
She fits and plays this role perfectly. If it wasn't told i wouldn't even recognise her.
I don't know why but i always felt that she was a lesbian. I never looked into it but i always had that vibe. I could be wrong...
@@startingbrandnew3055 Yup, she is. She and her business/life partner Jane Wagner have been together since 1971. In 2013, Tomlin and Wagner married in a private ceremony in Los Angeles after 42 years together.
That Tommy Velour bit had me rolling 😂. First time seeing this bit in 2023.
comedy genius. just damn genius.
Lily is a treasure.
"He can't help it that's he's not overly talented"! HA! I love Lily!
Always loved Lily. I don't remember this golden impersonation.
I do, hahaha, I remember her Tommy Velour character too well 😂
She had talents nobody knew how to use yet. A MASTER at her craft.
Lily Tomlin is one of a kind. So talented and just plain cool!
Tomlin is a national treasure.
I grew up in the 60s and she always came out with such a unique style of comedy.
Drag is an art form !
And, centuries ago in Europe, drag was worn in battle...by men. And Trans-masculine people led armies, ex. Joan of Arc.
@@kriskabinJoan of Arc was a woman-- a woman doesn't have to be a "man" or "trans-masculine" to have been powerful and courageous, yanno.
@@kriskabin Joan of Arc did not lead any army. Jeanne d"Arc, also known as Joan the Maid, was not a warrior --- _obviously._ You've been lied to.
EDIT 8-21-24: To be clear, you're right about women --- I am just pointing out that Joan of Arc was a 17-year-old maiden and religious fanatic who believed that God spoke to her and assured France's victory.
She was _of course_ not a warrior. She _of course_ never held a sword or any other weapon of war. Many people rallied behind her as a sort of prophetess, but she --- again, _of course_ --- had nothing to do with war itself.
@@bricaaron3978 Wannabe 💅🏻
@@TwisterTornado I beg your pardon? Did you have something of substance to say?
It's like Sammy Davis Jr. saw a ghost.
When I was in college in 1983 I took a date who I thought was hip and cool to see Lily's one-woman show and I was laughing my ass off and my date was sitting there silent and inert like a log and I'm still p*ssed off about it to this day, lol.
You just can’t help some people.
This is really crazy man! I never heard of this guy! Lily will always be incredible!
OMG, she was Walken before Walken was Walken.
Lily was able to indulge herself and immerse her self in playing a guy. But she walks on and every move. She makes looks like a guy move. She wasn’t fooling around at all. She’s an artist who is willing to put it out there in the most dangerous ways. And if you continue to listen, you find out just how much she poured into creating this character. Just an artist on the highest level.
David Letterman is a gift that keeps on giving!
I never knew about this character played by the the great Lily Tomlin!
This youtube channel is one of the greatest thing of 2022!
Well, I didn't know she had his then! She had him at the Tribute To Elizabeth Taylor with Michael Jackson in 1997!
Also looks like Christopher Walken...
I've never seen them together 🤔
My neighbor is his doppelgänger. This is him and Prince.
Seems like he could use more cowbell.
You took the words right out of my mouth.
Why the ellipsis?
I never saw this before. What a treat!
Check out Lily Tomlin as Tommy Velour w/ Michael Jackson & Elizabeth Taylor( it's here on UA-cam), It is a live show she did in Las Vegas where she does the lounge lizard act with Liz Taylor and Michael Jackson in the audience. Hilarious!
What a gem of a comic.
I always loved Edith Ann
and that's the truth
@@acbenepe I'm sticking out my tongue😛
And, the telephone operator. “One Ringy-Dingy”
@@100marymich Ernestine
Hahaha "take those voting booths out and put those slot machines in"! 'Tommy' talks tough! Tomlin genius.
what a great interview ... always loved her "Telephone Operator" character
She had a partner who wrote all her stuff. Tomlin tried often to give her [the writer] equal credit, but people didn't want to hear it.
One ringie dingie!
She had all the gestures,body language down as a dude 100%!
Lily was one of the funniest along with Gilda.
Was?
what great hair!
I loved her show as a kid. The characters were awesome. The phone operator or the little kid were my favorites.
Such a brilliant woman, I really love her style. She is a real class act.
LOVE LILY!!! Now, then, forever and always. A true comic genius.
Hearing Lilly's voice coming from "him" is mind blowing!
Yes, very danke schoen.
Tommy V looks a bit like Nicolas Cage
She’s incredible. I don’t remember this at all!
I love her, and Richard Pryor!
Love you Lily
She's a genius
She’s absolutely brilliant
I know exactly what Lily Tomlin looks like and this creature does not look like Lily. What an amazing performance.
Lily is very committed.
Geez, what a talent!
I have never before seen Tomlinson play this character. It was great👍
The lovechild of William Fichtner and Chris Walken
Absolute genius! Thanks for uploading this historical gem.
Tommy Velour out here using Tony Clifton's good name to get places
yeah ... both a totally fictional characters ...
Velour and Clifton perform together in Vegas. I would pay to see that 😂
She was a real pro!
Note to conservatives: this is a drag performance. A drag KING performance. Drag isn't only about ultra perfect femme fatales. It's about donning the outside wrappings of a character and entertaining an audience. It can be funny, dramatic or absurd. This is drag. Not the grooming of children. It is an art. In my mind, the epitome of human artistic expression. Living, breathing sculpture. I am fascinated by the ability they have to transform themselves ... into bugs, birds, furniture and movie posters, too.
Why conservatives ?
@michaelthomas366 so you haven't been paying attention to right-wing insanity lately.? 🙄
@@kriskabin…labeling people are we…racist much?
You need to get out and meet people. You have a very simplistic prejudicial way of thinking about a huge swath of people. Not to mention, if you honestly think this the “epitome of human artistic expression” then you’ve likely lived a very sheltered life devoid of literature, movies, concerts, and art museums.
lol look at the choades trying to pretend that right-wingers haven’t been at war with drag. You weaklings really do need to try harder. We can see you. We know what you are.
Would never have figured out in a zillion years who this really is. Amazing.
Looks like the love child of John Travolta and Nicolas Cage.
legend
Lily Tomlin. What a talent. What a star. Love her tons.
Dave was epic in the 1980s.
This is the greatest thing I've ever seen.
That's some balls on her to pull this off back then😂 love her
She's just genius!
This is wild. She’s beyond brilliant.
Lots of talent in one package.
She , Lilly Tomlin did a fantastic job that night on Dave Letterman.
Looks like Bob Dylan and Christopher Walken at the same time. She's the best.
LOVE LILY
Miss seeing Edith Ann, too. And that's the truth.
Lily Tomlin as Cage.
Lily Tomlinson is brilliant, and so demanding of herself.
For me her pinnacle was 9 to 5!
Drag king finest. People don't realize, drag can both mock and celebrate gender identities at the same time.
Lily is so beautiful
Did you see her in Grrr commercial? Gorgeous
Wow! She totally looks like Christopher Walken!
Yes! Hilarious!
“He can’t help it that he’s not overly talented.”
Nobody can!
Tommy Velour looks like a sickly Nicolas Cage
She’s great
It's so weird to hear Lily Tomlin's voice coming out of this guy's mouth. The makeup dept. did a great job!
Looks kind of like Bob Dylan
True, A sexy smoldering genius.
Tony Clifton comes to mind.
In a kind of interview that wouldn't be seen on a TV talk-show today, she talks about how she pushed back against executives in a way that wouldn't be done today, for material that wouldn't be done today. I can't help but feel that all the trailblazers' work has been overgrown by fear of the executive and worship of the gold. The number of times I've encountered bad and incorrect change requests from clients, to be told by staff that, "we have to do what the client wants," and not considering the audience or the integrity of the material... It's frustrating and heatbreaking.
Lily is a genius. My favorite part is when Tommy first sits down, either he (or Lily) starts to instinctively cross their legs, but quickly switches to a man-spread. Story of my youth, censoring such gestures to try and appear more masculine.
I love her! Especially from the many characters on Laugh-In. I have the album of "Ernestine", the Cheerleader and Edith Ann!!!!!!! The Richard Pryor Show and she and Jane Fonda in everything they do!
So glad I watched. Lily is really extraordinary.
It’s the FRIZZ! 😮
Her smile is so lovely.
What a great audience...so schmaltzy, love Tomlin.
Puffing that dart like it's his job...
I've never seen this, this is amazing!
Also add a tad of Nicolas Cage in there
Beautiful... Thank you
Brilliant
I see Andy Williams and Sammy Davis, Jr. 😅
Love child of Sammy Davis Jr. and Christoper Walken
One of my favorites
She was really pretty lady. When I was young not so much, but now I see it. Same with Carol Burnett.....both where uniquely cute and fun ladies.❤
Awesome Dave.
Lady Gaga. At that Awards show. Anyone ‘memba? Did not realize it was a tribute to Lily as Tommy. Maybe she didn’t, either. But Gaga as a dude, and then hangin with Kanye afterward is forever burned into my brain.
A touch of Nicholas Cage?
He's what would happen if Nick Cage and Christopher Walken had a baby
At 2:40 Letterman says "I think sh--- I think he's right."
Feel Nick Cage in this.
Yipes. I was SURE that was PRINCE
I miss her!
She’s not dead
@@denisebrownstone1751 I didn't say she was dead.
NGL she looks handsome lol