The Don Lane Show (2.6.1980) Guests include: Village People & Valerie Perrine

[@laughingallthetime50]

Those were the days of happy music, actual lyrics and a chorus, and no bad language. The Village People had wonderful voices, great harmony and a joy to listen to.

[@BlytheWorld1972]

Yes a lot of people forget they had talent superb voices great leads and superb backing vocals ..

[@nutellapancake6957]

Exactly @laughingallthetime50 Music was creative and original. Now music is just ridiculous and lazy really since all the lyrics sound the same, so much swearing and no creativity. Singers also sound all the same with whinny voices. The Village People is one of the best bands out there in my opinion. Their voices and music were very great. In the Navy is what makes me hoping to join the U.S. Navy after college.

[@dizzman5546]

The village people almost seem daggy these days 😅😅😅

[@rsmith7912]

What a fanastic fun show when the Village People were the biggest band on the planet. Those guys must have had so much fun in those years. Somebody somewhere should make a film about the whole story of the Village People & resurrect these great tunes again for a whole load of new generations that weren't there at the time.

[@tegg02]

RIP Bert Newton. This is how I most remember him as a kid watching Don Lane Show. Bert was such a great sidekick and lots of fun.

[@Stansman63]

I rarely missed this show around this time..great memories.

[@thilohesse8883]

Never heard of this show before, but it must have been brilliant!

[@brutusalwaysminded]

Classic Village People appearance. Thanks! ❤

[@hwd7]

Thank you for these fantastic quality uploads. I remember watching this Live as an 8 year old kid, was a big fan of The Village People back then. This show is still more entertaining than 99% of the garbage on TV today, I don't even watch TV anymore.😂😂 01:15:00.. Wow! Sylvia won the Car!🚗 Q:Which Opera singer lived from 1861 - 1931, I guessed correctly as she's the only one I know of... 01:25:00. The Village People 🕺🏻🕺🏻🕺🏻🕺🏻🕺🏻

[@lilliehalumi8770]

I would have chills all over if I could shake the hand of David Hodo from the Village People. The way he danced raised my heart beats!

[@rafinhasupersayagin]

The best dancer from Village People

[@elizabethriedler]

David oozed sex appeal with his dance moves

[@grantharrison5307]

How good is this, why isn’t there a tonight show in Australia. Variety TV… where’s that gone too

[@TRVBAL]

I was just thinking this!

[@zentafergiefergie7044]

I absolutely love this era bert newton rip I hope your family will be ok 🌹🙏

[@audreydaleski1067]

My brother loved dancing. He was a great dancers. We always had fun!

[@jonharvey8919]

Nice see village people on TV show have fun ❤

[@cookie5335]

A lot of Aussie wanted an Aussie in the spot but Don taught them graciously how to do it

[@stutournay3173]

I was doing some research to find out who Valerie Perrine is. I had no intentions of watching any more but really enjoyed the whole show. 1.00.50 The drummer is Graham Morgan whom I had some lessons from around 1998. A very charismatic and good teacher. Quality of the video is very good considering the age of the show. These type of videos are usually quite grainy being copied from VHS tapes. Love the channel!

[@teresasandlin6750]

Apparently Glenn was married he always has wedding band on. Love there music!!

[@spikehofmann]

The Don Lane show was a gem of variety TV, by any international standards. A great host, a superb sidekick (Newton), always fresh ideas, always interesting guests. The genius behind the show was director Peter Faiman.

[@dizzman5546]

The 'Saba Lounge Suite' was the exact same my Aunty and Uncle had in their home back in the 80's . The Colour scheme and design was absolutely shocking. hahahaha.

[@LaurieBasile]

🤣🤣

[@Rico-je4yy]

"Late Night with the Devil" brought me here.

[@silvereagle2061]

Likewise.

[@juliannesingleton1386]

It should of been The Don and Bert Show , each complemented the other and I'm sure it would not of been the success it was without Bert , great fun times growing up with it , how lucky I was .

[@debkerr2393]

Love these original Village People. I sure miss Glenn Hughes, (the original biker) who passed away from lung cancer in 2001, Glenn and Ray, the lead singer were the only 2 straight guys in the group. All the others were gay which didn't bother me a bit, loved all these original guys.

[@anthonycarosella5744]

The only original member is Victor Willis, everyone else came after him

[@Jukebox45s]

@@anthonycarosella5744 - Actually, Felipe Rose (the Indian) is the only original member. You can see this if you check out their first album with the black & white cover where Felipe is the only one present.

[@kahlilboi]

Victor Willis was the first ​@@Jukebox45s

[@Jukebox45s]

@@kahlilboi - Willis is not on the album cover of the first album. It is someone else. Only Felipe is pictured.

[@silvereagle2061]

Harry Medved is still with us as is Val.

[@jcee6886]

I was in grade 6 back then. The village people and cant stop the music were HUGE!!

[@RobjS-y8o]

Valarie Perrine now suffers from Parkinson's disease at 80.

[@apollovizsla]

He forgot to introduce Felipe, the Indian!

[@supachaloopa3611]

It's rare to find interviews with the Village People. They were strictly controlled by Casablanca, treated like puppets actually, and were not allowed to mention anything about who was gay or straight, although it was pretty much obvious who was. I noticed Felipe Rose, the one dressed as a Native American, didn't elaborate on any details when Don Lane brought up the fact he was discovered dancing in a bar in Greenwich Village in New York. It was the after hours gay bar/sex club The Anvil, and he was a stripper there who danced dressed as a Native American (which he is). He gained popularity there and even posed nude for After Dark magazine shortly before being discovered by Jacques Morali & Henri Belolo at Casablanca Records. These days it would be no big deal to discuss your personal life, but back then the Village People were a huge money making machine for Casablanca and achieved cross-over appeal to a mass audience so presentation & reputation were very important. When disco was dying out in 1980 and Casablanca wanted the group to go into a new direction with New Wave/Romantic Movement in music, some members disagreed with the choices given and Casablanca reminded them they were simply bodies in costumes and could easily be replaced. That's exactly how they treat "Boy Bands" these days. Sad to think that you are raking in big money for your record company but the respect given is equal to the kind the janitor gets who cleans the recording studio at nights. Fun interview to watch anyway.

[@flashback1123]

Quality is excellent

[@dizzman5546]

I can almost see my daggy self in the audience as a shy teenager back in those days. Hahahaha

[@cookie5335]

Luv Valerie's shoes 👞

[@trevorbayers2175]

Did the background singers of the Village People ever actually sing live? I know the lead singer sang live much of the time, not here, but other times. But I don’t think the other guys ever sang a single note live, or even on the records. I think the other guys were glorified Milli Vanill’esque ‘’performers’’. On their albums, I always hear that there were other uncredited background singers, not these guys, these guys were just music video, and onstage lipsyncers because they were hot guys and the original album singers were not, and wouldn’t have fit the characters images.

[@SF-pq3sq]

Bert Newton Graham Kennedy aahhh those were the days. Men like many others in the day could take the piss out of everything.😊 RIP boys

[@silvereagle2061]

"Late Night With The Devil" (2024) brought me here.

[@gaywizard2000]

Fantastic! The guy who created the Razzies for worst movie awards was inspired in 1980 by a double feature of You Can't Stop The Music and Xanadu. I used to have a tradition of watching You Can't Stop The Music on New Years Day until we no longer used VHS tapes but after many years I found it streaming on CTV in Canada so I got to see it this year! " it takes more than a pretty face to get around this town!"

[@_._._._._._._._]

Can you spot the kiddy fiddler......? I'll give you a hint. First name Rolf. Second name Harris.

[@janettewebster2151]

You've not heard about Don & Bert's seedy pasts?

[@miguelrenteria7672]

Hi do you have any rare singer songwriter Paul Williams rare tv Aussie 70s or 80s appearances?

[@pbs4535]

What really happened to Disco Music? I liked it when it was popular still listen to it.

[@2prize]

They're all so soft spoken

[@TONY_FEZ]

The Rolf Harris segment aged like milk.

[@booth2710]

I winced

[@OntheTruthSide]

The Village People danced like Rod Stewart.

[@ilsy74]

Ah i noticed a mistake. The station ID you played is from 1985. (Several variations of it played between 1984 and 1986). I dont even recall there being a station ID in 1980. Shows used to start without warning (within 30 seconds of starting time more often than not).

[@LaurieBasile]

Purely added to give it a retro feel.

[@cookie5335]

How long was the don lane show. 1.5 hrs

[@LaurieBasile]

The Don Lane Show was scheduled for 90 minutes every Monday and Thursday night. However, without fail, it would always run overtime on those nights.

[@PRR5406]

The Village People made Gay acceptance acceptable.

[@cygil1]

Geez was Burt Newton ever not middle aged?

[@LaurieBasile]

😂

[@dalekwatcher]

😂😂😂

[@matthewsteele6666]

I remember this episode

[@aniac.3921]

Please add automatic English subtitles. English is not my native language and I have trouble understanding them. Thank you.

[@LaurieBasile]

Thanks @Ania C. Unfortunately, captions are unavailable for this video.

[@OntheTruthSide]

44yrs ago

[@dizzman5546]

Oh my god - . 44 years ago !!!!😮😮😮😮

[@rockndisco3874]

Can you upload Village People on Merv Griffin Show?

[@LaurieBasile]

Sorry, l prefer to focus on Australian content.

[@rockndisco3874]

@@LaurieBasile do you have the video of Village People concert in Australia?

[@maxipazz8214]

The is the guy who played the Indian still alive? In fact we any of the Them?

[@purpleaudkoala1]

All alive apart from Glenn the biker

[@patbest7057]

Love don Bert village ppl miss Perrine needed the emotional lift after awful 2022 Oscars fiasco

[@johnnytalens5265]

i thought village people represent manhood growing up having them as my ideal image to be a man...but latee i found they were a gay group...i waa a bit heldback..coz im not sure id like to be identified aa one..

[@mjames4709]

Great to see Rolf.

[@suea1702]

good move leaving out rolf harris in the credits

[@SF-pq3sq]

Australia has good reason to love Rolph Harris???😳😳 well the kids loved him🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😳😳😳😳

[@cookie5335]

Yes, Jake the peg

[@anthonycarosella5744]

Boring interview with Valerie

[@ZedThirtyOne_Z31_]

Taj Mahal steals the show..............

[@gaywizard2000]

I was 12 in 1980 and always felt jilted I missed the Disco era. Village People is still a really interesting and powerful development in gay rights/ acceptance , and I feel comfort in hearing them speak like the gayest men around like back then is really something! They sound just like the gay friends I have now, and people didn't know? I guess it was different times, no one knew. This interview was insanity!

[@Ciclopea2]

I think most people knew they were a gay act, much like they knew about Elton John and even Queen, they were just great entertainers on top of the "gay flamboyance" so most people didn't mind that much.

[@gaywizard2000]

@@Ciclopea2 no one knew Freddy or Elton were gay! It was a huge shock for people when Freddy died of aids but helped people realize the gays were everywhere!

[@Ciclopea2]

@@gaywizard2000 even their biographies reveal many knew, it was just an unspoken truth they didn't disclose or made their entire personality. Basically who they slept with was nobody's business and they didn't flaunt their sexuality for social points like many artists do today, it was taboo to do that publicly, but trust me, not everyone, but many people did know. Of course AIDS was this monster people were terrified of and didn't know that much about, so when Freddie got it of course it was a shock, and people assumed back then only gays got it so they did the math. I'm sure Rock Hudson was also shocking, but many knew he was closeted.