the "balls" she is referring too is apart of the Maori Culture in New Zealand and they are called Poi. Poi are used apart of Maori Cultural performance by females.
I wouldn't say she 'ripped them off'. Bette was born and raised in Hawaii - she's had them in her act for years, and they're called poi balls there, too.
I watched this when I was feeling really shitty one day, and laughed my ass off. How the hell can I watch a pair of fake balls being swung around like that and still feel down?? "Ballin To The Oldies!!! Woooo!"
I love how she makes fun of the random exercise equipment comercials that play non-stop at eight in the morning that you're forced to watch if you're home with strep.
Laughter is the best medicine! Thanks to Bette for years of belly laughs, great music, movies! - Today 12-01-08 is her 63rd Birthday - she's 63 going on 13...........
Bette is my idol of all time and i am only 14 people think i am weird but i just say well at least she is better than the spice girls and she can sang i hate the spice girls there crap.
I just want to ask... Does anyone know what the "strings" to the balls are made of? I've done balls in my textile craft but the strings got to thin...
I borrowed this from the library today!!! It's really good!!!! I want this movie/show in a better quality! In the movie I watched there was a stripe coming up all the time and the sound was bad :(
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Bette Midler has spoofed Maori dances in her classic spectacles on stage before, even doing the New Zealand poi-ball dance in "authentic" costume in previous performances.
This is from her new show in Vegas, "The Showgirl Must Go On" - it is BAD on so many levels!
Yeah, thousands will see this show - but there's no respect for the mana of poi!
I thought poi was from New Zealand not Hawaii... Well either way it doesnt matter, shes good. How does she do that one where their both in the same hand going different directions?
Hahahaha I can hear Winifred Sanderson in this.
MistyMuffdiver 1 week ago in playlist More videos from DivineMissM
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JDHill1974 2 weeks ago
O.O I'm on the weird part of Youtube again.
XanosKnyghtshade 1 month ago
And remember, there is no greater fish stick than Mrs. Pauls'.
(bites fish stick)
Yes...oh yesss....they're even better RAW!
hell5309 1 month ago
Fucking FABULOUS!!!!
MissCAEH21 2 months ago
1:44 Whats tha name of that song??
martorellchristian 3 months ago
how the fuck can someone dislike this ? <.<
CherFann12 3 months ago
Gotta be the first time poi balls were used in a show of this caliber... pretty cool
89raider89 4 months ago 2
i love bette midler!!!!!
Rebaneller1955 4 months ago in playlist Bette Midler
... Lady Gaga copied the mermaid in the wheelchair >.>
ErikkChattman 4 months ago
POI BALLS!!! such a good Hawaiian Girl...
futuristfood 4 months ago
Isn't that Tisha Campbell from "Martin" and "My Wife and Kids" at 0:30?
HowieP 5 months ago
@HowieP No....that quick image did look like her, though.
mewdeeone 4 months ago
Waiting for Lady Xerox to copy this, too!
Chuck1974 5 months ago
Balls! Yes Balls! They can come up on my talent! xD
xxStevenNguyenxx 6 months ago
$39.95 For a Pair Of Balls ? :b
ill Take 3 ! (;
CherFann12 6 months ago 2
i love Bette Midler!!!!! I got to see her show in Las Vegas when i went and it was beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!
koolnesskid21 6 months ago
She has tremendous energy.
Mike6E 6 months ago
Gaga might get her balls sued off :P .
LifeInBrunswick 6 months ago
Suck. Her. Balls. LadyGaga.
JBerkeley 6 months ago
So many balls. I'm so happy.
crys2002 6 months ago
not just like....she iz adorable!!!
OsirisIxchel 6 months ago
I Wonder How Many Times She's Hit Her Face Doing That (; Lol I Love Her ♥
CarleyKathleen 6 months ago
@CarleyKathleen Lmao iWonder (x
CherFann12 6 months ago
great Balls.. lol.. they are actually Pois (google Maori Poi dance).. but the Devine and Fabulous Bette does a fantastic job :oD
angelagriffiths29 6 months ago
lol...there is sooo much that could go wrong in this video...but the divine miss m pulls its ALL together!
JAYCREEPBITCH 7 months ago
BALLS!
trumpetfruzia 8 months ago
0:28- That's great delivery.
LifeInBrunswick 1 year ago
Bette twirls balls very well.
LifeInBrunswick 1 year ago
Gotta luv sexercise.......... :))
QcAngel69 1 year ago
it is so wonderfully weird
TheYay121 1 year ago
She is the BEST !
rickzappala 1 year ago
yes BALLS ladies and gentlemen!!!
ktheterrible 1 year ago 2
BALLLLSSSSSSSS
MsLovelybones12 1 year ago
My god do i freaking love Bette!!! She is sooo amazing. I laughed so hard at this...BAALLLLSSSS!!!!!!!
cloudeekd 1 year ago
lol...wheelchairs and BALLS......lol...only Bette......lol
spadetheaceforme 1 year ago
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lol what is this ?_?
HotaruLied 1 year ago
@kimashton Bette, mermaid and Balls- now that's entertainment!! LOL
talbab1994 1 year ago 2
sexercise :)
RandomTalkingMonster 1 year ago
Balls are the solution. :-D
Puff154 1 year ago
HAHAAHA I LOVE HER jokes
lovedapizza 1 year ago
yo look at her face bahahhha
StoneyEnd444 1 year ago
she is awesome
HughesMob 1 year ago
hahahha great
barrymorestreep 1 year ago
the "balls" she is referring too is apart of the Maori Culture in New Zealand and they are called Poi. Poi are used apart of Maori Cultural performance by females.
nancyboysnz 1 year ago
She is HILARIOUS!!!
100Cheerleader 2 years ago 5
LOL she's hilarious. the four of them had to have practiced that like crazy to not die laughing!
RavenOnnix 2 years ago
If anything, they practiced to the point where it was no longer funny.
hell5309 2 years ago
oh my i have some of those lol got them 3 yrs ago in hawaii..
moochie987 2 years ago
Happy Birthday Bette!!! :D
NellieLovett1995 2 years ago 2
DIVA!
CHERADICTO 2 years ago
they toitally ripped off the maori
lol
Maori have had "balls" for years but they're called poi
Farrlap 2 years ago
I wouldn't say she 'ripped them off'. Bette was born and raised in Hawaii - she's had them in her act for years, and they're called poi balls there, too.
SeattleGLAM 2 years ago
Thank God she didn't rip off their balls.
That would have sucked.
hell5309 2 years ago
were there seriously mermaids in wheel-chairs? LOL
rgrmatt69 2 years ago 4
i am soooooo confused YET oddly ENTERTAINED!!!
LMAO
leoma1985 2 years ago
OMGosh I remember this from when I was little. This made me fall in love with her.
crazziii 2 years ago
I'm just back from Las Vegas where I saw the show of Bette performing now. She is absolutely Fantastic!!!
sgarlone 2 years ago
i saw this in kiss my brass i was only 12 but very funny.
AlexaBabyy5 2 years ago
o....m....g..... How RANDOM hahahaa
di5n33 2 years ago
What.. the.. hell?
fjays 2 years ago
I saw this show live...whatever year it was....90 something maybe. It was a riot! Love Bette!
hockeyham3 2 years ago
That has to be one of the funniest things I have ever watched or heard!
She is hilarious!
AndyAdrenaline14 2 years ago
Don't cha just LOVE the poppa wheelies? Kind of makes you want to get your own chair - ha
those Harlettes are awesome, funny as all get out too
henleyst 2 years ago
I watched this when I was feeling really shitty one day, and laughed my ass off. How the hell can I watch a pair of fake balls being swung around like that and still feel down?? "Ballin To The Oldies!!! Woooo!"
imstillpurple 2 years ago 2
FAN-TAS-TIIIIIIICCCCC!!!!!
ragazzo1976 2 years ago
woo funny ladyy
StoneyEnd444 2 years ago
pois are actually easy with practice.
savannahts 2 years ago
who knew Bette was a poi boi?!
vxhorusxv 2 years ago
I love how she makes fun of the random exercise equipment comercials that play non-stop at eight in the morning that you're forced to watch if you're home with strep.
Celestialdome 2 years ago
What is that by the way, ropes?
RL789 2 years ago
she plays with balls!
fanofalice2 2 years ago
how in the hellll did they do that at 1:31???
RL789 2 years ago
Mentally, I put myself in this as coming on as an aged merman king who juggles cantalope melons.
hell5309 2 years ago
"they cant take away my dignity!!!" and she's in this mermaid costume talking about balls, lol. brilliant
ModernitySlays 3 years ago 2
Who or what is Mrs. Paul?
hell5309 3 years ago
It's a company that sells fish products, like fish sticks.
stphncrmr 3 years ago
baaaaaaaals)))))))))))
great performance!!Bette is adorable and so divine!!LOVE IT
natatata88 3 years ago 18
Mama Empresso is most impressed! SHE IS WAS AND ALWAYS WILL BE THE DIVINE ONE!! Toodles
EMPRESS0FIRELAND 3 years ago 2
:DDDDDDDDDDDDDDD omg Bette youre so divine! :D
Lowensteinova 3 years ago 2
she does the most random shit! its awsome!
StoneyEnd444 3 years ago 4
Laughter is the best medicine! Thanks to Bette for years of belly laughs, great music, movies! - Today 12-01-08 is her 63rd Birthday - she's 63 going on 13...........
bassandguitarguy 3 years ago 5
*giggles insanely* WTF? this is extremely weird but entertaining and omg i wish i could see a Bette Midler concert
sixthenergy 3 years ago 3
this is sexually awsome.
StoneyEnd444 3 years ago 19
this is from kiss my brass concert..cuz i saw this.
AlexaBabyy5 3 years ago
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shes fanny....
fantastic2008 3 years ago
Wheeeeeeeeee!
MislaidAlbum 3 years ago
Hahaha! I love this video! I tried it myself at home. It was harder than I thought, I hit myself all the time! :P
MJtjedaementje 3 years ago
Maybe we weird, mayby we've just got good taste! I've loved her since 1977. She is just the best and the greatest of them all!!
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fengfipe 3 years ago 4
Bette is my idol of all time and i am only 14 people think i am weird but i just say well at least she is better than the spice girls and she can sang i hate the spice girls there crap.
operastar1994 3 years ago 4
I just want to ask... Does anyone know what the "strings" to the balls are made of? I've done balls in my textile craft but the strings got to thin...
lovebettemidler 3 years ago
When they were sold during her "Miss Millennium" tour in '99, it was 3 thick yarn pieces braided together.
proudmary4ever 3 years ago
okay!! Thanks! I'll try again :P
lovebettemidler 3 years ago
I borrowed this from the library today!!! It's really good!!!! I want this movie/show in a better quality! In the movie I watched there was a stripe coming up all the time and the sound was bad :(
lovebettemidler 3 years ago
a one-hand butterfly!?!?! good job bette!
(wow)
thepoiboy 3 years ago
hehe i love delores delago!
samantharox1327 3 years ago
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Bette Midler has spoofed Maori dances in her classic spectacles on stage before, even doing the New Zealand poi-ball dance in "authentic" costume in previous performances.
This is from her new show in Vegas, "The Showgirl Must Go On" - it is BAD on so many levels!
Yeah, thousands will see this show - but there's no respect for the mana of poi!
kiwidiva 3 years ago
Good at poi... Hahahahahaaaa! Heh.
MikeICoN 3 years ago
She's so good with her balls! My friend goes around and screams "BALLS!" XD :P
lovebettemidler 4 years ago
this is awesome!!
dmwhs07 4 years ago
i love these things! I actually found a place online to buy them. I'm gonna get some! XOXO-natasha
ahsatanllesob 4 years ago
SHE IS THE BEST
CUPCAKE69456 4 years ago 4
I thought poi was from New Zealand not Hawaii... Well either way it doesnt matter, shes good. How does she do that one where their both in the same hand going different directions?
yeukelduck 4 years ago 2
it is m8. its called a one-handed butterfly... check out homeofpoi for lessons
virtualrocko 3 years ago
Shes good at poi
AlexeiKowalski 4 years ago
Bette midler is the best hats own of my fav patr of the show when she playes delores. shwe rocks operastar1994
operastar1994 4 years ago 3
I forgot Bette can do poi balls. She IS from Hawaii you know.
putasuzia 4 years ago 2
I saw this concert live!!!! it was awesome.
wiguy2007 4 years ago 3
Such Energy! Such Talent! Such Balls !!!!
Joshlemizrahi 4 years ago 3
Crazy woman - fortunately :)
(she's got a smart figure here!)
boyline 4 years ago 2
it is so funny and she is so talented
danameshollywood 5 years ago
bwhaahahahahahahahah!
mariah777carey 5 years ago
OMG she is freakin' brilliant!
muhie711 5 years ago
Calling Mrs. Paul!!! love it!!! Thanks.
om92555 5 years ago
who is mrs Paul? i always thought is was Mrs Pole - but still don't know what that means.
spikejunior 4 years ago
Mrs. Paul's fish!! Just trying a little bit of humor. I love Bette
om92555 4 years ago
Not being located in the US, I don't know that brand. Thanks for the info.
spikejunior 4 years ago
what does that mean?
samantharox1327 3 years ago
Hey! Wow.. my depression is suddenly gone.... hahaha.
vitajoergensen 5 years ago
This just got me out of the "muddy bank of degredation". ROFL. XD
imightjustbeinsane 5 years ago
hahaha bloody brilliant !
andyeyecandy 5 years ago
YES!!!!i love the Poi Balls!
IsntSheDivine 5 years ago
HILARIOUS LFMAO LOL^^
maximal29 5 years ago