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You've been waiting for it - it's here! We took a trip to New Haven, CT, the birthplace of Karen Carpenter to catch up with her old friends Frank Bonito and Carol Landino at a screening of our documentary. This short features Carol and Frank talking to writer/producer Randy Schmidt at the screening and a tour in the actual home of the Carpenters.
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[@SayItAintSo4real]

Awww, thank you so much Carol & Frank for sharing a little bit about your dear friend. And thank you Randy for making this happen. Two dear, sweet & precious friends here. Wow. I could listen to them tell stories of their times together with Karen for hours. They knew the core of her before all the fame, fortune & limelight. Karen was just *real*. Love this.

[@davidmichaelpascucci]

2:06 I love this woman. So real and honest. “You didn’t have posters on the wall in Agnes’ house. You might’ve had a vacuum cleaner at the front door…”!

[@Pizo53]

Wonderful to hear from two of Karen‘s childhood friends! Karen was truly a special young woman!

[@anglerfish8278]

but that voice. so beautiful

[@backtheblue280]

Karen Anne was an angel sent straight from heaven 💞 🌹 💖

[@3750jlt]

Thank you so much. You confirm what I have also thought about Karen and her nature and upbringing, especially about her reticence about being in the limelight. I did know that she was a big baseball fan. And a down-to-earth person. I am so grateful that her beautiful pitch-perfect voice and interpretations of so many beautiful songs will be heard by future generations. Rest in peace perpetual.

[@TheCarpenters-fj1sp]

Very interesting, Karen had two great school buddies there.

[@SteveBrant55]

Beautiful tribute. Thank you!

[@artistbrindle]

I remember meeting both of them at your book signing, they are so lovely and real ❤

[@scottyh8494]

That is lovely to get a further insight into Karen. I think she was more of a practical joker than Richard.😜🤪

[@kac3249]

That’s a nice video. I like Karen and Richard’s music and as i’m older I have enjoyed listening to her voice in the 🎶 songs.

[@rbf100]

Karen was such a beautiful teenager. Nice that she kept touch with all of her friends from the other coast of the country. Would have been quite a transition moving from New England to California.

[@michaelhwenig]

Her grade school and high school buds kept her grounded. This is priceless.

[@MiamiGirl123]

Thank you Randy

[@bjyokums]

THIS is priceless.....

[@rover8783]

Enjoyed this clip with Carol and Frank remembering their friend, Karen Carpenter. I hope there’ll be a longer interview with them included if there’s a future DVD release of the documentary.

[@wantingoneangel8976]

What I love about Karen Carpenter is way more than just her beautiful voice🎤, her outstanding Drummer talent🥁, her ability to make us laugh😁😃, her acting ability🎭, but even though I never knew her personally when she was alive, Karen Carpenter💐💐 seemed to me like a down to earth, sensitive, and kind person💙💙💙💙💙💙💙!! I also like the fact that Karen Carpenter collected teddy bears 🧸🐻🐨🐼 like myself and Mickey mouse 🖤💛❤️!!! I so wish I could have met Karen Carpenter💐💐 ,but she died when I was a Kid😢🌹🖤. Karen Carpenter was a very special person and do I believe that she's in Heaven 🙏💛✨ now 🙏 💛✨ and she is very well loved there✨💛🙏!! Maybe Karen Carpenter 💐💐 found the Man of her dreams ✨✨💛💛in Heaven and God loves them both💛💛✨✨🙏🙏🌟🌟!

[@vpwb]

Lovely! Karen was sweet and down to earth.

[@garrytiller3194]

Lovely lifetime friends. She’s a hoot! 🧡

[@greenharvestproductions6743]

She was special human being

[@kathypellette2509]

Wonderful interviews.I hope to see more of the Starving For ...documentary. As a big fan, I appreciate just about all their info😊😘🌼🌼🌼☀☀☀🌈🌈🌈🎶🎹🇨🇱🇺🇸

[@bartschwartz9233]

They grew up on Howe street in New Haven when I was a little kid and she was a young teen. She was a fan drummer in early 1960S. The house is no longer there now. Her dad was just a normal working class man. Mom was always feeding guests.

[@Shanna.Michele]

Literally this is the most beautiful thing I’ve heard and seen today. Love Karen so so much. I love these interviews ❤

[@johnsmith-ug5tp]

Hi Carol and Frank, did you know Mary Ann Lombardi? She grew up in New Haven and the day Karen died she was upset at work and had been crying. I asked what was wrong and she said Karen Carpenter died and she knew Karen and played with her at a friends house and how Karen was such a nice and friendly girl.

[@gregman1715]

Karen Was A Beautiful Young Woman I Just Wished She Could Have Saw This Herself Maybe Just Maybe She Would Still Be With Us❤💔🌹

[@puttentanesame6687]

Karen. Downey High School. Yep.

[@johnholliday5874]

Carol is probably right. Show biz was not something she ever really wanted. She simply followed Richard, as younger siblings are sometimes apt to do. And from all accounts, they were exceptionally close.

[@TheLarryBrown]

Younger siblings do not typically follow the older, they typically move a different direction. They can't compete with a sibling that will always be older, smarter, wiser, faster, and better. Karen wanted to play drums as well as Gene Krupa and that did not come from following Richard, that came from her high school buddy, Mr. Chavez.

[@jasonfrenell5314]

I disagree with her. I think her anorexia did not start when the family left New Haven. It clearly atarted when A&M execs pulled Karen out from behind those drums

[@vickiebohy7609]

Its seeds were planted long before she began performing. They usually start in childhood.

[@michaelhwenig]

Her dieting began long before her career. She dieted with the Stillman Diet while in high-school. Moving to “fitness oriented” California as a teenager was a factor. Her self image began in her childhood - probably a perfection oriented family which facilitated in their greatness but also unfortunately led to some problems in coping with it all.

[@bartschwartz9233]

💯 correct