Send this to any loved one with depression. Ace's laughter cures it.

The legend says: when Iron Maiden saw this interview they were so impressed that they wrote a song about it. It's called "Ace is high"

Ace Frehley is so hilarious in this interview 😂😂😂

This interview never gets old!

I love how Ace being Ace annoys the crap out of Paul and Gene... I LOVE ACE !!! The true ROCKSTAR in that band.

We can hardly hear it but Peter wrote in his book about this show. Gene tried to 'correct' them all the time and to 'manage the situation'. When Ace says that he doesn't do drugs (and sounds ironic), Gene says 'He's kidding.' When Peter is talking about collecting guns, Gene says 'Toy guns.' Also when Peter talks about dreaming about being a gangster, he adds 'In the movies'. Peter also wrote that this was the first time they could show their real selves to the public with Ace. He was fired a few months later.

Best rock group interview I’ve ever seen. I have watched this for years and lose it every time.

Ace was D.R.U.N.K. Drunk but basically stole the show

Ace is like the Joker

I wonder how the interview would have played out if Gene sat next to Ace and Peter sat next to Paul

Ace is a national treasure.

Gene was SO pissed and could not hide it no matter how hard he tried.

I miss Tom Snyder. He was so damn great at talking to people. Too bad he kept taking a backseat to shows that had more obvious forms of entertainment.

09:48 This is a key moment. I can see Peter’s frustration of not being listened to or taken seriously. Gene talks over the top of him and you can see Paul after he cracks his joke look over at Gene and quickly stops joking and becomes serious. If Gene would’ve just gotten a stick out of his ass and enjoyed the interview like everybody else he would’ve been fine.

I always come back to watch this interview every year when I think about it lol Ace and Peter were the best part of that band idc what anyone says I think if gene and Paul were as laid back they would have never split the original band up

The "Spaceman" is the most down to earth.

Gene and Paul were so pissed off by the charismatic personality of Ace and Peter. No matter how hard Gene and Paul tried telling jokes they couldn't compete with Ace lol

Best part is watching Gene lose it.

Hands down, this is the fanciest interview I have ever seen. Great vibe, pure rock and roll 😂

Ace literally was brilliant here.

Gene: the jewish lawyer accountant demon of the band.

what a great, fun show! thats what its all about.

"actually I'm a plumber" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Ace and Peter were having a great time. Paul and Gene were like mad parents 😅😅😅

Final score: Gene 0 - Ace 1000

Peter Criss and Ace Frehley were the true talents of KISS…💙💚

Ace IS the Best!!!

Did anyone else notice how fast Gene shot Ace down when they were talking about Japanese vs German remote helicopters and Ace wanted to give the Heil Hitler salute??😂

9:06 Peter tells Ace “you’ll suffer in the dressing room later” 😮

Ace is a Legend his humor is great

Gene is such a Debbie Downer .

Ace and Peter were rolling down a mountain of cocaine in this interview. The beginning of the end. But DAMN...this is one of the greatest ROCK interviews EVER

I'm a huge KISS fan! This interview is very famous. Gene and Paul were obviously not digging Ace that night. Tom Snyder, however, seemed to get a kick out of it. Less than a year after this, Peter would leave, thus breaking up the original four. Did you see the recent A&E two-part doc on KISS?

you're literally watching the end of Kiss, this was the exact moment when Paul and Gene became a team against anyone else in the band.

Ace Frehley - The Tom Snyder Show 10/31/1979 (Complete)

Good old Ace!! Reminds me of the three Stooges.

Wow! I have never watched this til today😂. I was 6 yrs old when this aired. After seeing this I can truly say that Gene Simmons was and is a true hater! Omg I would cringe if I was him. He should be so ashamed of trying to ruin this interview. He obviously cant handle the fact that NOBODY is paying him any attention. His personality sucks! Ace and Peter saved this from being a boring piece. No wonder they wanted them out of the group. Gene and Paul have zero personality aside from the stage.

Omg ACE was friggen hilarious

27:01 "The Germans make the best ones at the moment" 🙋🏻‍♂️ *AUSTRIAN PAINTER SALUTE* Right in front of Gene and Paul... ✡️😡✡️ "Don't do it!" 🐻😆🎸 "I'm not doing anything!" Savage Ace ⭐🌠👨‍🚀🎸

Ace 😂 I have watched this numerous times and it still cracks me up

This is one of the best Rock n Roll interviews ever! Ace became a legend to his fans that watched that night

Tom, Ace and Peter definitely had a great time.

These are the kind of Rock Stars young kids will never see again. Or in most cases, never, ever see.

I still remember faking asleep to watch this. A small B&W tv w/ small vol knob 😅 I saw it though 😢

BEST INTERVIEW EVER BY KISS! ACE IS THE BEST!!!!

I may not be a big fan, but after hear this just to see how well they truly are. i would love more then ever to hear their music. in 1979 i was 17 yrs old. Like they say: The show must go on. ...i've been thinking of what they say about superhero, Why not ''The KISS SUPERHERO'S''

I remember watching this

8:38 Paul: "when you see all these people screaming... and crying and all that" Ace: "crying... 'aw, i spent all that money'" 😂😂😂

Who knew that an interview with a plumber could be so entertaining ❤

I wouldn't ve able to stop laughing like Ace could make anything funny just by laughing its contagious I think everyone is used to him like brothers

The Gene "timeout" at 13:43 is so classic!

The dynamics of their personalities is crystal clear in this interview. Gene wanted so much to be taken seriously. Paul seems a bit torn between what Gene wants and the careless comedy of Peter and Ace. It was easy to see how that couldn't continue. That said, KISS was cutting edge and changed the rock scene forever, but they would have never made it without the gimmickry and makeup. They weren't the most talented band, but they did the most with what they had. I had the opportunity to meet them later in 1987 when they were unmasked. Peter had been replaced by Eric Carr and Ace was replaced by Bruce Kulick. We won tickets to see them in Beaumont, Texas. We also won backstage passes and were supposed to have dinner with the band. Got to meet Paul and Eric. Gene wouldn't even come into the room, and nobody knew where Bruce was. Then the promoters had us between the crowd barrier and the stage and Gene's bodyguard got all bent out of shape about it, so we had to move out from there. The show wasn't good. Wasp opened (those guys were weird), followed by Poison, and then KISS. We ended up just leaving early. On the upside, I got a date with the hot DJ at the radio station.

Ace looks like Bill Hicks.

The first shot of Peter and he looks blitzed out of his mind

I'm surprised he didn't ask what kind of bait do you use to catch rock bass

30:25 Ace = LEGENDARY

I never gave this interview much scrutiny, if you want to call it that, until after I watched KISSOLOGY : Volume 2 with the commentary by Gene and Paul. 😮😱 😳 Oh my God. I don't know how the four of them kept it together. Read the No Regrets book by Ace Frehley. That speaks volumes as to what the difference was in that group. Paul Stanley seemed like he could be wild, if willing, but knew when to be serious. Watching this I couldn't tell 🤷 whether Peter was chemically influenced or not. Ace Frehley, however, reveals, in his bio, that he had beer 🍺 when he woke up (that day), champagne in the limo on the way to the interview and more champagne at the studio. What a waste of talent!!!

Gene "a bass" player! Probably only plays scales!

Ace & Peter are so genuine and funny 🤣 They just act free & Real 🤙🏾

Get Em Ace😂😂

What a beautiful modesty' bath they had to take (Gene S. and Paul).. Qué hermoso baño de humildad que se tuvieron que pegar estos dos...Hermoso cuando la arrogancia se tiene que bajar del caballo de esa manera, y bajar a tierra. Muchas veces las risas el humor, colocan las cosas en su lugar.

Ace has the best laugh ever...

J'adore Kiss depuis le collège 1978 my god 😮, too bad we don't have the translation when they speak (in french) I've watching it for years i understand a little , in this show the angle is different we can see the 5 people talking together.

Great interview

I'm sure I'm not the only one to mention that Tom, who I really love, introduces KISS in his intro as "4 guys from NY" But I'm pretty sure they're from the Detroit area....

Bass player like a fish😂

Well there’s 32 minutes of my life I’ll never get back

25:40 ace talking about the space station pretty cool

Bass 🦈 player

The bass 🦈 player spits blood

6:42 first look of death 👀

14:45 George lmao

D’oh D’oh D’oh D’oh

I read on a KISS fansite that Ace took 🍾&💊 before the show because he got so nervous, despite performing to millions on stage. Despite the risky combo he took, this made the Spaceman into a laughing comedian on live TV on Halloween night with KISS.

Wait a minute you come around being vampire that's not bad 24:37 2:38

Yea....Ace is funny. But, he's correcting Gene & Paul with facts which of-course they appear to be rather upset with.

Think of it start from the middle in A as a positive negative scales mathematical sequence that has equals and positives in a mathimatical scale

D’oh

It's pretty amazing that someone in the band plays a fish.

It would have been so pure if they had broken up after the Dynasty tour

He said bass player, like the fish 😂

Same day as a plane crash

😡Gene🤨Paul😂Criss🤣Ace

D’OH

Ace Frehley D’oh

The bass 🎣 player 😂

Ace frehley you are crazy 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Ladies and gentlemen Mr Ace Frehley

Mutiny. Gene and Paul ambushed

12:30 this is when Ace just takes over the interview and pisses off Gene and Paul SO much! lol I will forever be an Ace Frehley fan because of this.

The Bass player 😅😅😅

George the 🐠 bass player

The first thing he did was made a joke 😂 typical ace😂

I Have a copy of Peters Band Chelsea....

And all the money went to Stanovich and Simmonski

Gene is seething.

😂

He said bass like the fish not bass guitar

9:25 I dont take drogs 🤐🤐

Gene was a great fish player...