Club Kids on Donahue: Part 1

[@COLovesYou1]

I don't know why I'm so fascinated by this

[@austinmears8636]

"I'm not addicted to drugs, I'm addicted to glamour"

[@mfallon130]

Meanwhile glamour was defined as drinking urine. Their glamorous ringleader was a murderer that went to prison and died of an overdose. LMAO they was addicted to drugs hunny.

[@SpenceDMann]

FYI: Michael Alig (first guy Donahue talks to) is the guy Macaulay Culkin plays as in Party Monster.

[@kirbfx]

James had the coolest outfit of them all.

[@deaddoll5]

james st. james is so gorgeous! His outfits are amazing!

[@Mitzi73]

Phil Donohue didnt see the giant elephant in this room: drugs.

[@bryaneff]

michael alig could barely talk he was so fucked up.. jeeze, dude looked like he was BLASTED

[@jennabeez]

eazyb123123 he is soooo wasted... this is one big PSA.

[@areyoutheregoditsmedave]

@@bryaneff he was totally coked up

[@monicalarkin4616]

Exactly

[@isaiah77721]

"Hey, let me invite you to my show for your story and then berate you..." -_-

[@randomtology2173]

what? youre a moron. its a talk show. they werent forced on there.

[@rareblues78daddy]

Guy In Audience: "How long does the fantasy last?" Michael Alig: "Until you kill someone."

[@quinnmorgendorffer8435]

Or o.d.

[@mfallon130]

I love Phil Donahue.. he literally called them out backhandedly left and right with his grandpa glasses. And they liked him for it!

[@theeturnone]

i remember this like it was yesterday .. .loved the 90s club scene

[@evem7670]

I’m watching this in 2023 😮

[@gingoyalho1400]

Me too, James is a baby.

[@Lizziebordensaxe420]

my dad and mom used to see them all the time in clubs and walking around. my dad used to know james st. james pretty well and angel crayzey

[@TheNouveauxdecadence]

James St James is STUNNING

[@kidlitfanful]

Off topic, but through a 20th century lense am AMAZED at how much touching Donahue does of his female audience members and guests. At the time, he was considered this wonderful male ally of feminism, but the hand-holding and hugging seems to be REALLY getting in their space without consent. On topic, you look fabulous, James St. James.

[@raffistewartx3]

Okay, honestly, I've watched this interview over and over. I live in NYC and I really want to bring back the club kids.

[@Thebigdogg123]

They were a bunch of rich kid drug addicts lol idk why people glamorize them

[@jillian5582]

It was a different time back then. I wish the club kids would come back too. But the young generation these days are different

[@Drea_A]

The girl in the latex mask is AMAZING. My jaw dropped. GORGEOUS

[@superstarjohnnyecko]

And you are too :)

[@clout9663]

this nigga never got a reply lmaoo

[@somethingclever6487]

She still is. And doing great things for the youth

[@jennabeez]

I feel like these people are the original Lady Gaga.

[@JimboNutley]

+zombiecrush Where do you think Lady Gaga got all her idea's from?

Tbh she is actually influenced by David Bowie

[@georgesoros8589]

Nihal Yüzbaşeva she's from New York so obviously she's been influenced by the past club scenes too

[@Gildedbutterfly1976]

Truth. She also stole the lead singer of Missing Person’s look.

[@JL0ndon]

@ she’s inspired by way more than bowie. She takes stuff from all over the place. I could give a couple examples like her name is based on a queen song called radio Gaga and she had her looks like Leigh Bowery. People can be inspired by more than one person at a time.

[@thedarthflagger]

I love the way they slagged on rupaul then but love and adore him now.

[@poisoncupcake74]

I LOVE IT!!!! "no phone calls please program was recorded" Im watching this in 2010 LOL

[@daveaf5281]

2022 here lol

[@NicholeCowper-p4f]

I watched Donahue.. everyday

[@TheLucykills1]

It's kinda funny how the guy said it doesn't have to end but sadly being a club kid only lasted through the 90s but I love all of them ❤

[@MsJennyjinx]

its richie rich from heatherette!!! fabulous! wish i could have been a part of this movement.

[@Eragarev]

Honestly, I may have gone for this had I been there and old enough at the time. Well, if I had been there anyway.

[@dreamcatcher75418]

I'd like to see this interview take place today. The 2012 version. Donahue and the remaining club kids.

[@schwelty]

It's NEVER too late to revive a scene once forgotten.

[@LolitaLover191]

lol i like howthey asked if rupaul was some one they looked up to but rupaul was a club kid back in the day

[@tfangel]

"You can overdose and die." Well that turned out prophetic.

[@quinnmorgendorffer8435]

And become a murderer....😒

[@ashleyhowell4057]

And I oop

[@VB-3]

Some of you missed out on a golden age of night clubs in NYC. Will never be this interesting again.

[@cupcakedolphin]

I am so sad we do not have these clubs. The club kids were not appreciated enough. I have a collection of costumes and makeup ideas that are just stored away with nowhere to take them. I have always wanted to create a place like this to go and have fun.

[@elestivine]

FABOOSH thank you James for uploading!

[@ilovemyducky]

Ru Paul, Amanda Lepore, Richy Rich, James St. James All alive and well.

[@jasonledyard1]

She is so right... There really wasn't anything to do in Connecticut back then!

[@Jomanmusic]

This guy's sarcastic and pompous tone makes this video unwatchable

[@MissXxxXBombShell]

Richie Rich is one of the TOP FASHION DESIGNERS IN THE WORLD!!! Heatherette, look it up!! You better WERK bitch!!! James st James is another SUCCESSFUL CLUB KID!! A FABULOUS AUTHOR!!! RUPAUL... Need I say more?! RUPAUL'S DRAG RACE have changed the lives of so many ppl including me!

[@FriedAbortions]

Did anything ever happen to Kevin?

[@popoff7808]

***** Define success.

[@willow6969696969]

thanks for adding this I want to know if you could please add the footage that was aired on the geraldo show that was copied in party monster I love how close the two are and have not seen the real footage for a long time.

[@brittbro780]

They’re all so damn high they can’t even settle down lol

[@mutinlupa]

Michael Alig was kind of long in the tooth to be a club kid? He was like a 27 year old, balding club kid, he was 10 years older than most of the other club kids.

[@roxannefranklin3364]

James, you don't have any other talk show videos you taped, do you? If so, I wish you would upload them!!! I watch these over and over in-between reading your book over and over, I love it all it's awesome

[@onY0urmark]

James st. James is an angel.

[@saramoon4396]

The fact that the host says "do you let black people in?" Just shows how much of a backward thinker he is. This video is old and the scene is now more or less completely underground, from most mainstream media anyways .(obviously new media still keeps it alive, I follow the club kids on Facebook) but because of the extreme sudden outburst of it in the New York club scene it did shock everyone, being shocked by change is normal but it's acceptance that wasn't made, because we've began to fear change rather than accept it. At the end of the day people should be, and rightfully so, free to dress, look, decorate and express themselves in whatever way they choose. And why bother arguing over stupid comments by anti gay anti expressive anti artists anti club kid, morons who clearly got some sort of intrigue and therefore watched this video but just had to say something fucking idiotic about it because of their own standards and fears. By arguing back we feed they're insecurities. Having an argument in a KZbin comment section is as useful as a chocolate fucking teapot. Long live free spirits, long live fabulous clothes, long live glitter and sequins and long live the club kids! Peace x

[@cali243]

lady gaga is being discussed because she is from new york and has been very open about the fact that the club kids have inspired her in many ways mainly her style..... no club kids... no gaga & how is she ripping them off ? shes is giving them credit she is sending pretty much the same message to a newer audience. im pretty sure they all are very happy about the fact they inspire one of the biggest pop icons right now!!!!!

[@justynjonn]

Funny the reaction feom them when asked about RuPaul.

[@Robbiestarduzt]

James St James

who is the one with that huge thing on his head? is it James St James? he is fabulous and totally rocks 😍

[@deannalopez6158]

That’s him.

[@DustyCustard]

Wow.. this might've *just* still been newsworthy in the UK circa 1983, but 1993??!!?? America. So outrageous.

[@jehabib]

Im just wondering but is Lisa Edelstein in this vid??

[@Gildedbutterfly1976]

I went to Limelight and all the clubs in Los Angeles at the time. That was the golden era! Now it just sucks like everything else.

[@Iceis_Phoenix]

Limelight was in n.y

[@Gildedbutterfly1976]

@ Yes, I meant to clarify that.

[@KhloeWest]

6 degrees of separation, Miss Damiana! I popped this out of the HuffPo post to see who had this wonderful footage...I was pleasantly somewhat not surprised to find it was you! Where EVER did you come across this? If I missed, I RuPologize, but what year is this from?

[@andmaketherain]

@punk19 Did he take an arrow to the knee?

[@Promthanius]

James St. James is the best!! And he was the original!

[@billiebutton18]

Richie Rich is one part of Heatherette and one of the Club Kids.

[@annaluthi6184]

My mom and I never missed CLUB KIDS on Donahue! Our mother taught us to be open minded in life,

[@cartoonnewsforyou]

Hey guys! Really love the channel! You should visit Amy's Mythic Mornings. She has some great songs with her and her animal friends for the whole family to enjoy.

[@idadudenmanner]

@babygaga4421 You could also say that the Club Kids "ripped-off" the Celebutantes (James St. James WAS a Celebutante before he was a Club Kid), and you could also say that the Celebutantes "ripped-off" Warhol's Factory Superstars. Gaga taking style tips from Club Kids, Celebutantes, etc., and making music statements that could be likened to Madonna, it's just her expressing her art in the age that she's living in, which has been influenced by all that's come to pass before.

[@arturocas90]

Answer from IMDB "Party Monster" trivia: The "Club Kids" were a real group of people in the 1980s, young people (usually twenty five was considered too old) who would go to clubs and make themselves into celebrities with bizarre antics and self-styled images. The Club Kids made their entire livings based on the fact that they were Club Kids - party organizers, club owners, and talk show hosts paid them obscene amounts of money simply to show up and party.

[@isalexandrathere]

RICHY RICH! i love them all!!

[@JamalHoltmedia]

What happened to Kevin? the only thing i can find about him on the internet is him in this interview -.-

[@FriedAbortions]

"not doing any harm to anyone else"

[@quickmix21]

conneticut girl wasnt she named princess botanical

[@craxygood]

@BLAKPEARL69 It's actually Richie Rich, he is one of the successful club kids. He has a clothing line called Heatherette. It's funny because in the movie Party Monster Richie Rich is in it and Maccauley Culkin was in a move where he was named Richie Rich. Funny how things work out lol.

[@knowinthatrowan]

what were their reactions to rupaul? i didnt quite hear it

[@carlhopkinson]

"There's nothing to do." == "There is nobody home in my cranium." LOL

[@Ameg13]

Why did they all make that noise when she mentioned rupaul???????

[@eelaynuh]

Is that Angel in the overalls?

[@Redonx]

"Do black people get in?" oh my god I'm dying from laughter.

[@MilesBellas]

1:11 Alig foreshadows ?

[@eksophia]

Instant nostalgia

[@arturocas90]

While their main idea of expressing themselves and be whoever they wanted to be is a positive message...after watching "Shockumentary", the craziness of the drugs and gross-out shock nature of their parties is just NOT, it's twisted, sick and that's something they NEVER talked about on these shows they appeared... Indeed, the looks are not the problem, it's great!...what was behind all that was the main problem and look how it ended...with the death of one of their own.

[@Ediblesz]

Where was Angel?

[@SeanDaPaulSeh]

this is a trip and a half

[@unfortunatebeam]

@brandies8up what do you mean everything now is so fucked up and sad? why?

[@raffistewartx3]

Well, I'm trying!! I have a few friends interested in bringing it back too. :)

[@rareblues78daddy]

Man, these kids must have cleaned out Tish and Snooky's.

[@bruh-ju2yg]

sophia looks like millie bobby brown

[@kirbfx]

Mike and Kevin at 7:14 were coked out of their minds. That is why Kevin is talking a mile a minute.

[@justatube]

the host is neslie nielson. btw rest in peace to him.

[@KCNYC]

Limelight was a well designed club, it had so many back rooms..a bathroom in the dj booth

[@jillian5582]

You mean a DJ booth in the bathroom lol

[@lydiadellculookin9307]

Nothing like ole' NYC Nightlife!!

[@ScarlettKingsbury]

James St James looks fucking AMAZING

[@Dana-oj8um]

Michael is sooooo high in this video

[@QUBIQJimmyC]

I have Richie's cd single for "Magic."

[@kevinmiller5640]

I live for this and for those who think being a club kid is dead HA

[@josephtrom3973]

Michael Alig was released today.

[@LadyGaGadigga]

i think that interview is one of the best ones. if you compare it to the geraldo stuff which i find kinda boring..cause james not in it. and michael&james both look so beautiful there :D aaaaahah and richie is so funny.

[@ladyp1234]

LMAO that man's face at 2:02 he must fear clowns

[@kaisaklaani]

I liked Kevin's speech. I was getting upset at Donahue lashing at them all for being out of controlled unfocused teenage brats,when he doesn't know them personally to accuse.

[@DjChaos667]

no, Jenni is Jenni Gitsie came after Mike went to Texas looking for new Kids after this show

[@lucymeltsmyheart844]

I predicted Michael wouldn’t make it 3 years after his release.

[@ryanthegale]

@mutinlupa Michael Alig is the only reason Limelight was what it was. He was the ORIGINAL club kid. So it makes sense he's going to be older than the other club kids. But he did start when he was younger obviously.

[@LegalAlien100]

It is so ironic that at around the 9 min mark, Donahue asks if black people would get in to the clubs and then when a black woman asks a question he completely sideswipes her!!! Priceless!!

[@Poolzclosed]

actually i think he is just a normal guy, trying to communicate an idea that is generations ahead of him, I think he did pretty well, he even corrected himself for calling them nayerdowells.

[@raffistewartx3]

*Scene. But yeah, James was in clubs in NYC and dressing up before the club kids were even a thing.

[@LASongwriter]

Phil is a great guy ... and will always be the catalyst for Oprah ... they are both "out there" and "in your face" ... but Phil did open the door for this kind of dialogue ...

[@madisonthing]

Richie Rich...."I'm sooo bored!" I wish I was a part of this scene..... ooohhH! MADISON thing

[@skunkrocker]

@theDC4L This comment needs more thumbs up! Man, Michael would be pissed if he saw that...

[@supermanthathoe100]

"We're all future superstars, if not now" - Richie Rich. Now look at you....got youre own brand, "Heatherette" work!

[@JubeProductions]

i like how "the club kids" try to validate what they do and make it seem like it's all just innocent fun and games. anyone catch Donahue asking if "black people" are allowed to get into the clubs, like it's 1959 or something and the most shocking part is that the clubs are not segregated. way to stay on top of the issues there Donahue.

[@Thebigdogg123]

I have seen confederate flags at a lot of underground early club kids events and outlaw parties that are posted online

[@raffistewartx3]

Right? I feel like some of these '90s talk shows just brought people on that they could make fun of. Like that dad who went on Ricki Lake and was pissed that his son was a goth, and then the son came out dressed elaborately.

[@jonquil4000]

This was guys and girls just having fun. Dressing up and being who they want to be,

[@scorzi]

I was too young for the Limelight, but the people I've met who did the club scenes at Limelight and Tunnel and Palladium said the whole drug and sex thing was 100% true.