Gene Kelly Talks About His Most Difficult Dance Number

Gene Kelly Talks About His Most Difficult Dance Number | Carson Tonight Show

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Жыл бұрын

Original Airdate: 11/07/1975
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@cluelessbeats Жыл бұрын

It's sad that this era of television is over, but I'm thankful for the memories, and these uploads so we can relive them. RIP Johnny, you were a true class act.

@bellsfs Жыл бұрын

The newspaper dance Gene talked about is from "Summer Stock" (1950) with Judy Garland. Unbelievably talented! ❤️ Love him

@tdunph4250 Жыл бұрын

Only Johnny could interview such iconic stars like Gene! Both gentlemen had such class!

@TurboGent Жыл бұрын

What an incredibly wonderful clip. Gene Kelly was a true gentleman in every sense of the word, truly a gentle man. I’ve always been mesmerized by how easy he made his dancing look, and equally amazed at his gentle demeanor. Such an elegant all-around entertainer with no ego. I forgot how much I admired him. A true role model. He has brought me so much joy.

@fredansell9276 Жыл бұрын

Gene Kelly had no ego? Gene Kelly was a fine dancer and many of his movies are great. But any movie he directed shows that he had an enormous ego. How about the Broadway number in Singin' in the Rain? That ends with a group of people including Kelly and then a close up that blows up and obliterates anything else and the camera stays uncomfortably long on his smiling face covering the entire screen.

@wendymoss1214 Жыл бұрын

Very athletic dancer, loved his choreography, great movies!!!

@sooz9433 Жыл бұрын

I had a huge crush on Gene Kelly when I was a young girl. I thought then and still do that he was so handsome. Love that little scar on he cheek he got as a kid. ❤️ Love Johnny Carson too. I miss the people I grew up watching.

@January. Жыл бұрын

Me too

@marionlosquadro9845 Жыл бұрын

He had a lot of class as well as having a lot of talent.

@threeballedtomcat9380 Жыл бұрын

Gene Kelly was the best of the best at what he did. No-one danced like him, no-one starred in as many movies as him that I know of. "Singing in the Rain" was just a great, great movie. Great upload, thanks for the memories this brings. 47 years have flown by since this show, and now they are gone from here. They will be forever missed....

@geraldmoran6387 Жыл бұрын

Fred starred in 31 musical films... Gene in 22...he retired from screen dancing much...much earlier than Fred!

@threeballedtomcat9380 Жыл бұрын

@@geraldmoran6387 Good info, thanks ! I was just going by what I had seen, I didn't look anything up. My mother was a big fan ( RIP, Mom)

@carollund8251 Жыл бұрын

My favorite will always be Donald O' Connor. Incredible dancing.

@trhansen3244 5 ай бұрын

@@carollund8251 O'Connor did things that neither Kelly nor Astaire could possibly do. He was totally unique.

@jamesfeldman4234 Жыл бұрын

This was an absolutely enthralling episode, featuring John, Edward, Sheldon, and Eugene.

@lwdfn7479 Жыл бұрын

Such an interesting interview. Gene Kelly right away turned his attention to Shecky Greene. Such a thoughtful thing to do. And talking about their real names! Such a personal conversation. You felt like you were in their living room. I grew up watching Johnny Carson (when I was able to stay up that late) and I am only now appreciating that was his magic. Thanks for posting!

@deserthound2605 Жыл бұрын

Shecky key is still with us today - 96 years old!

@springstud Жыл бұрын

i miss the old hollywood

@starbellak5154 Жыл бұрын

Gene Kelly & Fred Astaire..❤ ❤ Two of the greatest dancers of all time !! And good friends.

@uppityglivestockian Жыл бұрын

Kelly was a very athletic, gymnastic dancer, crackling with kinetic energy and sporty charm. Astaire was elegant, smooth, feline, with a lithe legato and a gracious gleam. The greatest movie ever made, in my book, is An American in Paris, starring Kelly and Leslie Caron. The next in line is Singing in the Rain, with him, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds and Jean Hagen. Astaire and Kelly were both fine actors who could also sing. Back then, for the studios to give you the time of day, you had to be the whole package. Thanks for sharing this segment from a great show that will never be matched. Paz.

@finn-fredriklange6610 Жыл бұрын

Well described. The pirate movie took a great gymnast as well. I used to dislike musicals when i grew up. Now I cant Get enough. Thats entertainment 1,2,3 comes in a box I have watched numerous times. ❤️

@uppityglivestockian Жыл бұрын

@@finn-fredriklange6610 In my library too 👍✌

@nancywood9531 Жыл бұрын

When Fred Astaire had a screen test the directors watching him posted..... " Can't sing! Can dance....a little".... FACT!

@uppityglivestockian Жыл бұрын

@@nancywood9531 Well without a citation to where they wrote that or it was documented I'm gonna say ALLEGEDLY! lol But let's pretend what you say is true: were they right and he got way better, or were they wrong and later wore egg on their face? Either way, it's all academic now. ✌

@phillipecook3227 Жыл бұрын

If Gene Kelly hadn't danced a step I believe he could have been a successful actor: in his infrequent acting roles he actually had an intense sinister quality.

@redspice55 11 ай бұрын

I love Gene Kelly. I hear he was a very tough movie director but he produced perfection. He was a wonderful dancer and human being.

@Lava1964 Жыл бұрын

I have two left feet--so people like Gene Kelly always impress me to no end!

@hannahkirchner1656 Жыл бұрын

Interesting take on dancing. My parents were from the 50s and my grandmother from the 40s. Dancing was hugely important part of socializing. By the time I was growing up in the 70s, it was the disco era, but dancing was on its way out. I danced at a sockhop once, as part of my Catholic school. I felt like I'd missed something important. It's interesting to hear Kelly described dancing as a part of social interaction.

@Will_DiGiorgio Жыл бұрын

As bad of a rap as disco gets, I feel like it was starting to bring something back to dancing more akin to what dancing once was...

@kirnpu Жыл бұрын

I've always been envious of couples dancing because it looks like such a lovely way to enjoy music and someone's company together. I too feel like I missed out on something good. I participated in cotillion, learning to dance at 12 in the mid 60s, which I hated as a child. But by the time I was old enough to enjoy it the dance was gone. Disco was fun, but not the same thing.

@LtFaceMan Жыл бұрын

That is so true and sad. Dancing was the main form of social interaction for the young for CENTURIES. The fact that it just recently died out in history is a sad time to be in! :(

@kellig.6819 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for uploading so many clips this week! I love it❤

@skylark... Жыл бұрын

Gene was my favorite dancer!❤️

@bacchuslax7967 Жыл бұрын

What a gentleman. That’s elegance.

@deniswilliams2212 Жыл бұрын

Wonderful man so talented and humble No one like it anymore

@meijer78 Жыл бұрын

Any chance you can upload when Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire were on the same show? The date was May 4, 1976.

@gerryyaum Жыл бұрын

You can see the grace in his movements even at this more advanced age. Gotta love it.

@Will_DiGiorgio Жыл бұрын

Gene was a class act, of course most of the big Hollywood stars were back then... An era unfortunately long gone with rare exceptions.

@YesYou-zy7kp Жыл бұрын

The day when stars were stars. They were entertainers because they loved it. They would be who they were even if it paid nothing. Todays stars? Nothing but hot air.

@CasperLCat Жыл бұрын

Kelly was a truly American artist - he transformed dance from something European and effete, into something straightforwardly masculine, athletic, and full of humor and wit - a celebration of the ordinary man’s joys and passions.

@chrischristoferson1191 Жыл бұрын

This guy was a class act.

@RoryVanucchi Жыл бұрын

Can't go wrong with Gene Kelly.. people like him don't really exist anymore..

@czechhockeyfan4403 Жыл бұрын

Sadly.

@January. Жыл бұрын

Absolutely AGREE

@andrahunsaker4781 Жыл бұрын

Yes, such a “Class Act .”

@secondstring Жыл бұрын

He was a jerk. Widely known for poor treatment of fellow actors and workers on sets. "Dictatorial" was often used to describe his behavior. Total asshole. He is also widely known for "unwanted sexual advances" toward young actresses. And there weren't just a couple of instances of all of this behavior, it was pervasive throughout his career.

@RoryVanucchi Жыл бұрын

@@secondstring hadn't read that but plenty of stories on difficult actors and entertainers. Astaire was a taskmaster as well but his results are the legacy. Lucille Ball could be tough or Crawford Crosby etc. Hollywood it's own world. I respect Kelly highly though Astaire my favorite, can't deny some great musicals from both.

@TrueBagPipeRock Жыл бұрын

Most versatile dancer I've ever seen I think. I am becoming more of a fan of ballet and ballroom and definitely missed out on a lot. In fact, I think a lot of frustration comes from the fact that there was never been another dancer like Gene. Not one who has done as much. I do like Derek Hough and a bunch of other dancers. I can even name them. No one I can think of comes close to Gene. What bothers me is the talent is out there, but we don't see it until it's too late. Steven McCrae could've been there if there were more cinematic roles to feature him, but I think by about 36, the age takes it's toll.

@felixthelmocevallosmorales41 Жыл бұрын

Eugene Curran Kelly (Pittsburgh, 23 de agosto de 1912 - Beverly Hills, 2 de febrero de 1996), más conocido como Gene Kelly, fue un actor, cantante, bailarín, director y coreógrafo estadounidense.

@uppityglivestockian Жыл бұрын

@Felix, bravo. Similar a los dos gigantes de opera que existieron en el mismo epoca, el Gran Placido Domingo y Luciano Pavarotti, rivales amistosos, asi fue con Kelly y Astaire. Grandes, todos, que hicieron el otro mejor como artistas. Paz.

@seanohare5488 Жыл бұрын

Gene Kelly did such influential art of dance on film and in the terrific singing in the rain film there s so many great numbers in oit

@lynnwood7331 Жыл бұрын

I have watched the newspaper Dance was a fantastic, , I have watched it over and over😸

@jillkjv3816 Жыл бұрын

I believe that was in Summer Stock, with Judy Garland.

@luishumbertovega3900 Жыл бұрын

11:29 Johnny: "Why don't you do that sometime..." I died laughing !!! 🤣

@OTseven 10 ай бұрын

We are so lucky to have them both, at the same times, in our lifetime. I'm grateful for that. 😊

@chevelle68100 Жыл бұрын

I adore Gene Kelly 💚

@lwdfn7479 Жыл бұрын

And Shecky Greene is still kicking around at 96 years young in 2022!

@karenleemallonee684 Жыл бұрын

Heaven, I'm in Heaven... 😍

@mary11976 Жыл бұрын

I can't hear that song anymore without thinking of The Green Mile. 📽️🍿

@karenleemallonee684 Жыл бұрын

@@mary11976 That does kinda put a bummer on it, but I'm pretty sure all the other times it's been used can remake it a beautiful tune! ❤️

@Poetic_Justice1962 Жыл бұрын

Two different styles, both geniuses at their own style.

@elizabethhestevold1340 Жыл бұрын

Priceless.😍😍🇩🇰🇺🇸🌅🎶🎵📽️

@bakerman10 Жыл бұрын

Love the cigarette smoke emanating across the screen at the beginning of the video.

@January. Жыл бұрын

It makes me think of all the poisonous fumes of secondhand smoke that cause cancer.

@bluetickfreddy101 Жыл бұрын

Good ole days

@franknemeth7430 Жыл бұрын

Moses suppose 'es with Donald O' Conner a true gem .

@jessenone3708 Жыл бұрын

I went by Eugene till I was about 5 or 6. My friends use to sing a song at me "Eugene, Eugene, Bluegenes". It upset me so much that when I found out my oither name, I stopped going by Eugene. and haven't for about 70 years now

@petegobeckli1386 Жыл бұрын

Jesse none. Eugene is uh great name. No reason for u to be ashamed of it, because others r immature & ENVY! u & your name. To heck with 'em.

@fredansell9276 Жыл бұрын

One consequence of his going by Gene rather than Eugene was when he met the woman who became his last wife. She worked for PBS, a series of individual programs on famous performers. One day the group was told that some of them would be working on a program on Gene Kelly. Many of her colleagues were very interested in working on that one, but this woman had never seen any of Kelly's movies. And she was the one picked to work on the show. As she tells the story, she had never even heard of Gene Kelly. She did not even know, based only on hearing the name, whether Gene/Jean Kelly was a man or a woman!

@jessenone3708 Жыл бұрын

@@petegobeckli1386 yea but I was 5 years old when that happened

@jessenone3708 Жыл бұрын

@@fredansell9276 my aunt called me Jesse jene

@cynthiawilliams737 9 ай бұрын

Gene Kelly did well because he realized early in his career that he had to show many talents he could tap well but he knew Ballet would put him over the top as a dancer!

@noeldown1952 Жыл бұрын

Shecky is still with us. 96 years young, still going.

@January. Жыл бұрын

Great news 😊

@phillipecook3227 Жыл бұрын

Who is he? ( from the UK)

@joebunda Жыл бұрын

@@phillipecook3227 Old time Borscht Belt comedian. Of course, I'm assuming you're asking about Shecky Green and not Gene Kelly.

@phillipecook3227 Жыл бұрын

@@joebunda Thanks.

@felixthelmocevallosmorales41 Жыл бұрын

JOHNNY CARSON 23 DE OCTUBRE DE 1925 23 DE ENERO DE 2005 79 AÑOS

@daedralord1 Жыл бұрын

I like to try guess the year just by looking at johnnys hair and clothes before I look in the description

@manofiske3318 Жыл бұрын

"Sadly", I don't have to 'guess'; seen all of these when they initially aired.

@deerhoda7574 Жыл бұрын

Gene Kelly ❤❤❤

@anniecrestani1121 Ай бұрын

That's Gold baci x

@equine2020 4 ай бұрын

Wow. Talent & looks.

@LauraC-hq7sm Жыл бұрын

I wish I could dance with Gene Kelly

@JimC Жыл бұрын

Gene Kelly discusses the newspaper dance from the movie *Summer Stock:* kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rrRpnK9nqazMgZc.html

@GodsFavoriteBassPlyr Жыл бұрын

This was the age of GIANTS. And they were known for ONE thing.. TALENT. I miss this age.

@saran3214 11 ай бұрын

Shecky Greene is 97 now. He was a successful Las Vegas performer, said to be extremely funny in person.

@genataylor460 Жыл бұрын

My name is Eugenia, named after my grandfather, who died in 1918, during the flu epidemic. I have never used that name, always used Gena. I even had my social security card under the name Gena until I joined the Army in 1967, where the recruiter told me, correctly, I needed to have my birth certificate name on my social security number.

@puppylove422 10 ай бұрын

Wow, gene is a looker. Beautiful soul :)

@Jim-qd2kv Жыл бұрын

Classic!

@vincentsolomitajr4029 Жыл бұрын

What year was this?

@markbirchette8740 Жыл бұрын

Singing In The ☔!!

@sundriesrebecakundomal2920 Жыл бұрын

❤❤❤❤❤

@wynbock Жыл бұрын

2nd LIKE!💋 6:30PM TEXAS 09/13/22

@lawncuttingplusdelta Жыл бұрын

Just north of Seattle wash …. Paul from delta bc Canada 🇨🇦 🇺🇸

@Warp75 Жыл бұрын

London 🇬🇧 00:38 14/9/22

@felixthelmocevallosmorales41 Жыл бұрын

MAZATLAN SINALOA MEXICO 05: 50 PM

@mexicanspec Жыл бұрын

I wanted to see the ad. I have a cough.

@kennethwayne6857 10 ай бұрын

He looks great for 63!

@jgoel3266 Жыл бұрын

How was Gene Kelly not the top guest?😳

@toinimoore3463 Жыл бұрын

He no doubt was but he lived in L.A. hills he probably called said he was going to be late because of traffic going to Burbank and I so enjoyed Gene Kelly his personality is wonderful and he is so talented and I enjoyed his honesty!!

@Scathingly 10 ай бұрын

IMO, the greatest male dancer of all time was (and through the magic of videos and old films still is) Gene Kelly. Why? He was the most innovative, artistic, athletic, fleet-of-foot, romantic, wide-ranging contemporary dancer who fairly oozed testosterone. Others, of course, may think otherwise and I would never deign to question their choice simply because in this field, all choices are subjective. To quote Lily Tomlin-"and that's the truth."

@NorthWalesKid Жыл бұрын

The greatest of all time. Astaire danced in a way that made you feel inferior, Kelly danced in a way that made you feel you could dance that way too

@Momsdailyagenda Жыл бұрын

To see the big cloud of smoke is too funny! Times have changed.

@manofiske3318 Жыл бұрын

Oh they've ('times') changed, alright. Still 'the big cloud of smoke' only now it's a bunch of jerks toking away, openly, publicly and shamelessly on their stupid "weed" that's become the common source.

@redspice55 11 ай бұрын

@@manofiske3318 I agree. I hate, hate, hate smoking of any kind!

@Bigbadwhitecracker Жыл бұрын

I don't remember that set.

@kennethsouthard6042 Жыл бұрын

I think that was the 2nd set after the show moved to Burbank.

@jillkjv3816 Жыл бұрын

Good thing! That upholstery was pure 1970's! ;)

@TrueWalker88 6 ай бұрын

Blowing smoke in front of the host's face as he's introducing a guest on a TV show is unimaginable these days. People just smoked everywhere back then, even indoors, in the workplace and doctor's offices, which seems so disgusting now.

@kathrin-mariasamarrastehle6538 Жыл бұрын

@rommeldumate6098 Жыл бұрын

Johnny Carson looks older than Gene Kelly...

@pauldockree9915 Жыл бұрын

Shecky Greene and Ed McMahon? Okay.

@campbellsmom6787 9 ай бұрын

Did they really have Shecky Green on before Gene Kelly?

@brendanjobe6895 Жыл бұрын

LOL @ Shecky Greene smoking a cigarette. He actually was a chain-smoker. I bet he died young from lung cancer and COPD. JUST KIDDING! He's still around at 96.

@billwhelpley6825 Жыл бұрын

Who is the guy to Kelly's right 'Sheldon'?

@kirnpu Жыл бұрын

Shecky Greene

@Loveinthe808 Жыл бұрын

shecky green.....a comedian

@mary11976 Жыл бұрын

And still living! He's 96. 😁

@kirnpu Жыл бұрын

Holy moly - I had no idea. I thought he was long gone.

@Loveinthe808 Жыл бұрын

@@kirnpu still alive..from Wikipedia Born: April 8, 1926 (age 96 years), Chicago, IL

@sashrill 11 ай бұрын

nowadays they dont even dance. they just pop molly and girate. :(

@Chupatsups Жыл бұрын

Imagine Trump and Kelly being in the same room. The contrast would be unbelievable.

@sharksport01 Жыл бұрын

Get a life.

@daveconleyportfolio5192 Жыл бұрын

Imagine you crying if they happened to get along. Guess you are unaware that Gene Kelly in private life rubbed a lot of people the wrong way because he often had a sharp tongue and a big ego. Many high achievers do.

@manofiske3318 Жыл бұрын

'Imagine' you blessed of a _true_ imagination.

@josephconsoli4128 Жыл бұрын

It's interesting how much the world has changed. The homophobic comments were taken so casually - "....you'd be called a sissy (gay)" so what? "woman make the best dancers....to a man anyway". Yes, unless your gay! I grew up as a kid in this era and I see now how prejudice the world really was. "Be "normal" or be cast out"

@mikecee3058 Жыл бұрын

People were much more honest back then. Now we have a country half-filled with snowflakes.

@manofiske3318 Жыл бұрын

"homophobic" LOL You mean , normal. male(men) + female(women) = life Any other formula(go ahead keep lying to yourself) = death, ultimately for *humankind*

@josephconsoli4128 Жыл бұрын

@@manofiske3318 First, don't attempt to get into politics, second, it's at least 2% of the population. No life choice will ever dominate and threaten humankind.

@WGARVA 2 күн бұрын

Gene always made sure everybody knew he was Str8, didn't he....hmm. Anyway.... It's interesting that Gene would never get up and sing anything live on talk shows. Probably not his cup of tea, but I like his singing in the movies and on variety shows.