Kurt Vonnegut interview on 90 Minutes Live - 1978
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7 жыл бұрынKurt Vonnegut interview on 90 Minutes Live - 1978
From Wikipedia: 90 Minutes Live was a Canadian television late-night talk show, which aired on CBC Television from April 19, 1976, to May 12, 1978. The program aired weekday evenings at 11:30 p.m.
Hosted by Peter Gzowski, the program was patterned after CBC Radio's This Country in the Morning, with both current affairs and entertainment features. Other personalities associated with the program included Allan Fotheringham, Rick Moranis, Andre Gagnon, Anne Ditchburn, Danny Finkleman, Valri Bromfield, John Harvard and Flo & Eddie.
@brendanmccabe8373 5 жыл бұрын
KZfaq has started recommending Vonnegut videos out of the blue don’t know why but it is a pleasant suprise
@dreamingrightnow1174 5 жыл бұрын
I'm not making this up: Me too. In my case, I'm sure it's because I was trying to remember which of his books had a certain scene in it and we did a few Google searches and found it was The Sirens of Titan. I guess the Google and the KZfaq talk to each other..
@brendanmccabe8373 5 жыл бұрын
Dreamingrightnow google bought KZfaq awhile back so they do talk but in my case I haven’t searched for Vonnegut in ages I just went on to KZfaq and first thing was a lecture by him
@asiddiqi123 5 жыл бұрын
I didn't search about him and I was recommend about him. May be I see some life and philosophy videos
@christopherwhite4073 5 жыл бұрын
It's me... I'm doing a paper on Sirens on Titan. I didn't read much before Vonnegut, but damn, he's AMAZING!
@OGCNNDSK 5 жыл бұрын
same here, thats pretty wild. ive been watching nothing but vonnegut interviews
@Carusus1 2 жыл бұрын
His books got me through high school. I would not have survived without his biting sarcasm and wit, his wry sense of humour about serious things. I miss him.
@deespence8629 Жыл бұрын
Same with me
@dedicated2WHOiLove Жыл бұрын
some will see this and think him crazy, but after this his masterpiece Galopicos was written.
@jonnyroxx7172 5 жыл бұрын
After many years, all of a sudden Kurt Vonnegut is in my life again. That makes me happy. Peace. JR
3 жыл бұрын
This is such a wonderful blast from the past. I'm quite positive I read every Vonnegut book at least once back in the day. It's refreshing to see/hear this conversation having been from these times and the (kind of) irony that it actually (in a funny weird way) still resonates so true today (2021). Thanks for sharing this video! I miss his wonderful authentic transparent curmudgeon humor. Such a wonderful talented man!
@derektrudelle4182 2 жыл бұрын
I saw him speak at The University of New Hampshire back in the early 90s. What a gift. Read every one of his books after that. Today, he still inspires me to give writing a go. God bless him.
@funeralgirl 5 жыл бұрын
i could listen to this man speak for hours
@kamuelalee 5 жыл бұрын
The 20th century Mark Twain, amazing man. RIP
@markmclawhorn9592 5 жыл бұрын
kamuelalee i thought his mannerisms + mustache felt familiar!
@tisiaan 5 жыл бұрын
Thinking the same... Although Kurt reminds me of a zillion people... What could that be?
@Homunculas 4 жыл бұрын
So it goes.
@ilqrd.6608 7 жыл бұрын
It's incredible how he even looked old in 1978. Wish he was still around though.
@samuelgriffin8339 7 жыл бұрын
He looks 56.
@gregorynasrallah1755 6 жыл бұрын
I agree with Sam, he looks quite well at 56.
@Cheeki_breeki6 5 жыл бұрын
10,000 cigarettes, 1,000 pints of booze as he once wrote.
@larrylovehandle8472 5 жыл бұрын
Samuel Griffin more like 756
@billytheweasel 5 жыл бұрын
yeah
@Tabletop_Epics 3 жыл бұрын
There is a powerful need for Vonnegut right now.
@bobbynicole10 Жыл бұрын
it's hard to tell whether he's talking or composing fiction on the fly. love it!
@shizzle1903 5 жыл бұрын
I learned about a wonderful person today. I try to do that more often each day lately.
@kennethbransford820 5 жыл бұрын
I can not believe this literary giant has so few comments. A most unique character.
@AudioPervert1 4 жыл бұрын
Having read 4/5 of his books .. he is so calm, dark, brutish and funny at the same time.
@bldjln3158 3 жыл бұрын
4/5ths of 14 novels? Okay...
@rockets4kids Жыл бұрын
@@bldjln3158 He just couldn't finish any of them.
@BebopMan 6 жыл бұрын
If this isn't nice I don't know what it.
@TG-nh7sh 5 жыл бұрын
Benja Harguindey very nice
@fmcneil50 5 жыл бұрын
Farting and tap dancing
@d7sfblab 5 жыл бұрын
omg, I just watched that lecture about half an hour ago. Spot on, you. ;)
@kmickey4498 6 жыл бұрын
Brilliant as always. My hero, Mr. KV
@justjoe942 4 жыл бұрын
That was really good. Enjoyed it a lot; keep recommending such things.
@annecyphers1492 5 жыл бұрын
God Bless You Mr. Rosewater
@ronvandermeer8977 3 жыл бұрын
Read your comment. Was verklempt.
@frankflapper445 5 жыл бұрын
To this day, I brush my teeth with warm water because of this man.
@colleenhoney 4 жыл бұрын
Did he advocate brushing ines teeth with warm water? Was there a reason? Thankyou :)
@kyle360123 4 жыл бұрын
happy to be here, some people are a joy to listen to
@snidepete5700 5 жыл бұрын
Gzowski was another man of whom we can all be proud...
@thetiktokman 5 жыл бұрын
are you related to Sneaky Pete?
@RiverFlotsam 5 жыл бұрын
Peter Gzowski and Kurt Vonnegut! This is something special.
@samuelwhite8516 2 жыл бұрын
"Your future will soon come to you and lie down at your feet like a dog who knows and loves you no matter what you are. And the dog of my future lying at my feet is snoring now." Kurt Vonnegut I just finished watching the documentary and love him even more knowing his flaws. The greatest writer of the 20th century 😑✌️
@iuseitToo 2 жыл бұрын
What's the doc. called?
@samuelwhite8516 2 жыл бұрын
@@iuseitToo It's called Unstuck In Time
@suzyweiss7813 3 жыл бұрын
Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt
@themudvillain4672 4 жыл бұрын
Crazy how in that time high schools were trying to ban Slaughterhouse 5, meanwhile when I was in high school, our teacher had to force us to read the same book and NOBODY wanted to read it lol I ended up reading it though and it became one of my favorite books ever.
@Carusus1 2 жыл бұрын
Most of the books we had to read in high school were dead boring. I think our teachers were born aged 53.
@derektrudelle4182 2 жыл бұрын
@@Carusus1 We were assigned to read Slaughterhouse 5 in highschool, but I wasn't in the class that assigned it. I was in the class that assigned The Scarlet Letter. Buzz kill. My classmates who got to read Vonnegut raved about him and I would only know why after graduating and finding my own damn books to read, thank you very much. Then I saw him speak at UNH and it was game over - read all his books after that, one after the other.
@deespence8629 Жыл бұрын
My high school English lit book had one of his short stories in it! That’s how I discovered him! He was a genius
@corneliushackl06 5 жыл бұрын
He attributes human behavior to chemistry and the audience laughs.
@rabokarabekian409 11 ай бұрын
Their chemicals made them do it. "Maturity is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists, unless laughter could be said to remedy anything." Kurt Vonnegut.
@daleeloph5283 5 жыл бұрын
I love Kilgore Trout
@GuitarWithBrett 7 жыл бұрын
Great interview!
@dr.greggrove4413 5 жыл бұрын
The owner of a trendy, free-spirit cafe near me adores Kurt's ideas. There's a little shrine on the top of a large bookcase. I rarely "hang my hat" on any human philosophy or personality, but the owner seems dog-gone happy!
@patrickfringer2666 2 жыл бұрын
so it goes
@BeesWaxMinder Жыл бұрын
Sounds a great place! I must visit sometime…
@MaxStevenson-ih5ji 4 жыл бұрын
Vonnegut was such a creative genius. I just started Jailbird..........
@randalllake2785 3 жыл бұрын
There were two books I insisted they read: Nancy Mitford’ s The Sun King, and Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughter House Five , both masterpieces to my lights
@andrewsoligo9337 Жыл бұрын
Happy 100th birthday, Mr Vonnegut!🎉
@brianjoyce9040 3 жыл бұрын
He was damaged by the war. He then refused to be a victim and made the world better by his perspective and zest for life. Irony and wit can get you through way better than depressive victimhood.
@jimrebr 2 жыл бұрын
Way ahead of his time! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
@stevehappybearjohannsen8350 6 жыл бұрын
kurt is awesome....
@cptlegendary 5 жыл бұрын
This guy was a visionary
@mjmcnult 5 жыл бұрын
Canadians: We need a picture of Peter Gzowski on one of our notes.
@kevgh3869 7 жыл бұрын
I wish i was into KV in 1978.
@Peirithous 2 жыл бұрын
PG: Do you really know the answer to everything? KV: I haven’t been stumped very often
@farber2 6 жыл бұрын
I remember seeing these guys on tv. Did a few interviews.
@darcywright1806 6 жыл бұрын
Vonnegut Essay in March/April 2018 issue of Writer's Digest
@Bubbadumdum Жыл бұрын
That is the kind of ashtray you build a room around.
@JLKDOOM 6 жыл бұрын
A total genius
@felipew6716 2 жыл бұрын
I have watched quite a few Vonnegut interviews, and I like how loose this one is. It has a bit of a Dick Cavett energy to it.
@Bix12 5 жыл бұрын
so it goes
@pgurl1971 4 жыл бұрын
He’s adorable
@brettb9194 5 жыл бұрын
lol Gzowski wants to light up too - great interview, miss the old pros
@SubjectOR-dt2tx 3 жыл бұрын
Amazing intelligent comedian
@caramason56 2 жыл бұрын
Brilliant, hilarious, and inspiring human 😊🤣❤️☀️
@fishermangunz6156 4 жыл бұрын
Marvelous
@HenryCasillas 3 жыл бұрын
💗
@hilariousname6826 Жыл бұрын
Gotta admire the way Gzowski never seems bothered by Vonnegut's non-sequiturs, non-answers, tangents, and incoherencies; just rolls along with them.
@d7sfblab 5 жыл бұрын
Going oblique to be the opposite. Standard procedure from him. Gorgeous stuff.
@lumberpilot 5 жыл бұрын
A Good King is a Good Thing.
@deespence8629 Жыл бұрын
I’ve read every book he wrote.. the man was a prophet!
@allencollins6031 11 ай бұрын
He was too human for his own good.
@silrak5405 5 жыл бұрын
He was ahead of his time regarding chemistry and behavior. Listen to Robert Sapolsky or Sam Harris on free will.
@superneko99 4 жыл бұрын
Sam Harris hahaha
@medotata5356 4 жыл бұрын
@@superneko99 What's wrong with Sam?
@daleeloph5283 5 жыл бұрын
We read Oepedis Rex in 9th grade as a literature assignmint in 1979
@dorianphilotheates3769 5 жыл бұрын
Dale Eloph - Oedipus- The original m@th@#%#!&#%.
@daleeloph5283 5 жыл бұрын
@Jack T well the guys I hung with were all little dirty minded perverts to begin with and I haveing discovered the Rolling Stones the previous year was a man of the world I found it interesting that that was were the term Mother F#@ker originated.And of course from the Stones I graduated to the Doors. The Killer awoke before dawn He put his boots on and walked on down the hall Father Yes son.. I want to kill you Mother I want to...auiiiiiigh
@pgurl1971 4 жыл бұрын
I think he’s my second favorite Kurt😌
@charlessmyth 2 жыл бұрын
Quite the raconteur, is our Kurt :-)
@thetiktokman 5 жыл бұрын
when smoking on TV was OK
@brendenhamilton 5 жыл бұрын
9:08 Genius!
@xirilla 5 жыл бұрын
Kurt Vonnegut invented Life Couching... It was too early though. Now, he would have plenty of customers. lol
@hilariousname6826 Жыл бұрын
Damn - I thought I had invented Life Couching - although, I have to admit, my dad was pretty good at it ... !
@ThePreparedNorseman Жыл бұрын
Being told what to do is what the people want, just like Milton said.
@thebacons5943 Жыл бұрын
Wrote Slaughter House Five less than five blocks from my house in Iowa City
@thetiktokman 5 жыл бұрын
a true genius
@kennithumperovitch1312 Жыл бұрын
Chemistry is the basics of all humanity.
@charlesl8162 4 жыл бұрын
So it goes.
@TimoKotilainen62 5 жыл бұрын
Somebody should make biography of Kurt Vonnegut - and cast Nathan Lane as Kurt!
@brianjoyce9040 3 жыл бұрын
Too short
@pamcory7992 3 жыл бұрын
Nathan Lane?
@rabokarabekian409 11 ай бұрын
It's finally been done as a subjective documentary: "Unstuck in time."
@grunthostheflatulent269 6 жыл бұрын
My word (nyuk-nyuk,) this man (was) is so intriguing! Incidentally, AgI is the only one of the nicest things to get dumped on with. Imagine, men organizing the physical task of dumping chemistries upon people from the cowardice of an aircraft. It is ALL chemical weapons, whether gasoline, bombs, vx, rads..
@phixxxer11 5 жыл бұрын
BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS
@ericchristen2623 Жыл бұрын
He was right about technology, as the unabomber was. It has been used and abused since inception...
@hahnfurst2195 2 жыл бұрын
"I figured out how to keep humanity from hurling itself off the cliff. To start, we're all going to post our favorite Rant(s) on 11-11 at 11:11. ~ xoxo Hahn Furst” #FLICKiT #HappyBirthdayKurt #HappyBirthdayFyodor #HappyBirthdayLeo
@YxriFPS 5 жыл бұрын
Who else is here because of a school essay
@kamuelalee 5 жыл бұрын
Had to read Cat's Cradle in high school. He was a great writer...Slaughterhouse Five particularly
@krishnapartha 5 жыл бұрын
No doubt our modern day prophet. Such wisdom and wit. And entertaining as well.
@Kube_Dog 5 жыл бұрын
Don't get too excited. He had a finely crafted public image. I like him too, but it's an act. A very good writer.
@ericchristen2623 Жыл бұрын
Asking the writer of Harrison Bergeron about censorship is stupid
@brendenhamilton 5 жыл бұрын
2:30 love this moment
@nolan412 5 жыл бұрын
Mentions his brother got into cloud seeding.
@sms667 4 жыл бұрын
Kurt's fucking wrecked. I still love him with all my heart though.
@dwen5065 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, that might explain it.
@rabokarabekian409 11 ай бұрын
Guesses are not facts. Ignorance is not evidence.. Synthesis is not analysis. Kurt wrote he was himself surprised he wasn't an alcohol addict. On the other hand, after his self-described, "lame suicide attempt", he wrote that he was nutty about every 90 days no matter what was going on. Watch "Unstuck in time" andhow his kids describe their harrowing experiences of him when they were little.
@allencollins6031 11 ай бұрын
@@rabokarabekian409He just saw too much.
@randalllake2785 3 жыл бұрын
Forgot to add my five children
@sexobscura 3 жыл бұрын
I know I forgot your name
@pleasequietdown8946 5 жыл бұрын
great interviewer. but i really wanted to hear the end of the free speech arc 14:45
@abrahamsaldana2674 5 жыл бұрын
17:40
@MrNvona Жыл бұрын
Listen
@kendrickjahn1261 7 жыл бұрын
Is that interviewer Geraldo's Dad?
@sbwification2 6 жыл бұрын
Peter Gzowski en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Gzowski
@docamitverma 6 жыл бұрын
Could not they put the ashtray a bit closer ?
@jeffcavanaugh9986 6 жыл бұрын
Amit Verma nah, needs to be farther away. Lol.
@rgaleny 6 жыл бұрын
THE HORROR, THE HORROR
@rgaleny 6 жыл бұрын
WELCOME TO STOICISM
@enricodonati3861 5 жыл бұрын
@@rgaleny ?
@mcsuibhne005 4 жыл бұрын
His cheek must have been sore on account of his tongue being lodged in there so often!
@billytheweasel 5 жыл бұрын
Mark Twain in process
@danandersen813 2 жыл бұрын
Americas Dan Turell,theyre both forgotten by many youngsters now,because not anybody gets to know about them in school,or they,the damn rascals,dont listen and learn!They were both entertainment with learning.Get smart and have fun; read Kurt Vonnegut!And for us Danes,also Dan Turell.I wonder if Turell ever got translated to english.Poems ,essays,Crimestorys?
@shaiaheyes2c41 3 жыл бұрын
17:22 ..........
@mackdmara Жыл бұрын
There are two kinds of intolerance. Those that think you cannot allow the profane to be in books; Those that think only the profane should be allowed in books. Unfortunately both are wrong and neither will stop trying to censure the other. I live according to my morals; You live by your morals. I want to convince you of my convictions, not repress yours. There is a difference. Unfortunately, we are beholden to both extremists. I worry that people fear being rational and up lift the padded room.
@Jazzinthecountry 2 жыл бұрын
The end there, about his brother; the genesis of Ice Nine.
@rabokarabekian409 11 ай бұрын
Nope, that thought was from a GE scientist. Later, K asked another scientist about it, and he needed about 20 minutes to decide it was not possible. Interestingly, in much later times room temperature ice has been made, but only under very tightly controlled conditions.
@pmvoice88 5 жыл бұрын
Dead ringer for Marc Maron.
@kermitefrog64 Жыл бұрын
Isn't he the author of Slaughter House Five?
@allencollins6031 11 ай бұрын
Yes
@thefluffyguy8574 3 жыл бұрын
2:16 check it
@MahmoudIsmail1988. 2 жыл бұрын
I love Vonnegut may his soul rest in peace, but I think he might be inebriated in this video
@rabokarabekian409 11 ай бұрын
Noooope. He himself said he was surprised that he wasn't a routine drinker.
@Thomas_Geist 5 жыл бұрын
“Gaslight.”
@rabokarabekian409 11 ай бұрын
In high school, not only did I read K, but also Mein Kampf (silly silly silly), the Satanic Bible (hilarious), but even that most dangerous of all: The Holy Bible. I've been fine for 68 years so far. But that's just Kismet. My daddy had borderline personality rage issues. My estranged mommy was psychotic for years. She had a brother locked in her parents' attic since he thought the U$A civil war was still on. My sister was psychotic. My brother was a druggie wastoid. I had a psychotic first cousin who died of suicide. Maybe re-reading K's stuff has helped my chemicals act sane enough? Certainly, realizing what a farce everything is has gotten me through a lot, including my wife being in a rage for about 40 years, my daughter being a drunken slut for a few years, and my only son slowly dying over 13 years from the devastating, hellish torture of Wilson's Disease. As my recovered daughter had tattooed on her wrist - And so it goes.
@cjpreach 5 жыл бұрын
RE: the First Amendment - the right to Free Speech does not guarantee and Audience for your material. It also does not mandate that a Particular person MUST read or hear the speech you are free to express.
@audioporcupine3725 Жыл бұрын
Who ever said that it did? Ridiculous comment.
@cjpreach Жыл бұрын
@@audioporcupine3725 Those who demand an audience because "THEIR side ought to be heard." That's why certain points of view are mandatory via our educational system, as well as "sensitivity training" in various organizations. If you're not capable of garnering an audience, simply establish your version of indoctrination by taking over the organizational leadership positions. You know, just like the NAZI Party did in the 1930s.
@brendenhamilton 5 жыл бұрын
17:26 cloud seeding :/
@Unakanon 4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, then it cut out when he started talking tornados. (Vonnegut was the target at Dresden.)
@TheEleatic Жыл бұрын
KVJ was God incarnate.
@ericchristen2623 Жыл бұрын
Those zealous pretentious school teachers nauseate me!
@fatcabin 5 жыл бұрын
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