Go see the new film Carol Channing - Larger Than Life. Like a lot of folks on here, I thought of her as a caricature but the film had me in tears. She's really an incredible, one of a kind woman with a huge heart and a definite style! Just opened in San Francisco and elsewhere...LOOK FOR IT!
Carol is a living legend. More alive at 90 than most half her age. An original, do your homework people. Tony awards, Acadamy Nominated, 5000 straight Hello Dolly shows without missing ONE. What's your line. Nobody compares... Ryan, count ur lucky stars
Barbra did not fit the Dolly levi description. Phyllis Diller and Carol Channing had played Dolly. Then you look at Barbra; obivious differences. However, Barbra did an outstanding job. I love them all :)
Go watch Babs, and let us enjoy Carol. Carol defined "Dolly" and originated the role. Babs has admitted she was unsuited for it. If you prefer Babs, you don't understand the poignancy. Dolly is middle-aged, seeking a new lease on life despite her widowhood. Carol, in her 40s here, does a much better job at this than Babs.
Love Carol or hate her, she's a remarkable woman, an icon of the American theater and has done far more in nearly a century of life than you ever will.
Why are all the comments placed here 'PENDING APPROVAL"/ is it fair that if im not pro-Carol Channing i dont have a right to post? That's outrageous..
So NOT Barbra..Nothing can top Barbra's jaw-dropping rendition of this song in the movie musical..Especially the last minute of the song when Barbra stops in the middle of the street to deliver the earth shattering final note to the song as The Parade passes by.
Are you kidding me?? Comparing this beat up ol windbag to Barbra Streisand's performance is like comparing spam to sirloin steak..This is AWFUL..She reminds me of someone's well-meaning great grandmother not the object of everyone's obsession as played by Barbra..The scene in which Barbra is standing atop the stairs at the Harmonia Gardens to make her grand entrance tells it all..This is pure dreck!!
she owns this show..no one can ever top her. Streisands voice is great in the movie version, but this part wasn't written for a great voice, it was meant for Carol Channing.
If this scene proves anything, it's that Michael Stewart's book was as essential to the success of "Hello, Dolly!" as Jerry Herman's music and lyrics were and Gower Champion's direction was. Stewart was able to reduce Thornton Wilder's somewhat unwieldy plot for "The Matchmaker" into a tight package more suitable for musical staging.
@mikesterSTLMO As Carol said no songwriter writes intending for a voice as low as Carol's ( it was written with Merman in mind) , but Herman was enthusiastically on board the Channing Express helping tweak the numbers for Carol. To compete on Broadway in those great days where voices were a dime a dozen, you had to think outside of the box and provide much more. Channing, Merman, Harrison, and Mostel were far more than operatic vocal cords. They had stage presence and comic timing
@BTURNER1961 Elaine Stritch goes in that club, too. She can't sing to save her life, but it's pure magic when you watch her bare her soul on stage. I'd much rather watch her than someone give a "pitch perfect" but bloodless performance.
@mikesterSTLMO as a matter of fact, Carol Channing is a pretty good singer... It may not be the generic "perfect" voice you hear today, but she's not a bad singer. She has decent tone, she's perfectly on pitch, and she has a healthy vibrato. There is nothing wrong with her singing.
@57jakers I saw her in the 1996 revival and at 74 yrs old, she was great... Not a great voice but so fun and charming and a unique individual and she comes from the glory days of the American Music Theater.
@raddorf i disagree shes actually pretty good at acting and singing. Dolly is suppose to be a low singer. This mean she probably doesn't have the greatest head voice or even high voice at all. And she puts a lot of acting and emotion into her singing.
Dolly. Channing captured her when it came to acting. Streisand captured her when it came to singing. Bailey captured her when it came to spirit. Carol's charm blows me away. Barbra's voice lifts me to the heavens. But only a big, confident black girl can do what Pearl did. I wonder what Dinah Shore might have done with this part. Would she have surprised us?
LOL the only thing i have ever seen her perform as is the white queen from Alice through the looking glass in the 1986 TV movie, I love her in it and she is my favorite character, and i like this too, but i still like the white queen best
As a teenager I LOVED Streisand in the movie; now older I see how miscast she was - as SHE HERSELF admits. the whole point of the show is that this a woman well into her life, who wants to grab a last slice of the action. Channing's age and vocals actually lend more poignancy!
@DaveDeShrubber If there was "snarling hatred" in her voice, it probably wasn't toward LBJ. she mentioned on the view that she was friends with Lady Bird, LBJ's wife who died a few years ago.
and screw everyone who's been hating on carol in every youtube video she's in. she's a remarkable woman.
@abcandxyz123 Maybe it's because Hello, Dolly! won best musical in 1964, and since this is a retrospective show, it wants to showcase the best musical winners of previous years...?
She's Really scary. Barbra Streisand was a lot better at this role. And If She looks that old in 1964 and she's still living, I think it's about time for her to die!
one of my favorite speeches from one of my favorite shows. I saw Carol do it over 20 times here in Rochester and more than 20 in NYC. Had dinner with Carol years ago at the Tony Awards banquet -- she is amazing.
what i love so much about her is she isnt astounding at every single aspect of musical theater but that she is just amazing at all the different aspects and what most people dont realize is that 2 b in musical theater its the package deal not perfection in everything. haha like my run on sentence anyone?(:
Streisand sings the song with her usual flair, but isn't believeable in the actual role. She said herself she was TOO young for Dolly and that Carol Channing WAS the character...It's the very fact that Channing 'struggles' with the song that brings pathos.. the extra dimension in the subtext and performance is she may just be too old to get back in the parade. .
Carol Channing was a Tony Award winner for Hello Dolly, this is twenty plus years later. She was forty when the movie was being made, Gene Kelly the director thought she was too old he hired Barbara Streisand. I wish he had replaced Walter Matthau too, he was too old for Barbara Streisand's Hello Dolly but perfect for Carol Channing's Hello Dolly
lol i dont know which carol channing your listening to but the woman in the video cant really sing. She has such a crazy and warm personality that it makes up for it but that doesnt make her voice good.
Thanks very much! I always wondered how Hollo Dolly was on Broadway. I do admire and love barbara Straisand's Dolly. However, her age did not make sense. Broadway hits are depending on early productions. Carol Channing's this performance show how she made Dolly triumphant musical. That led to Luis and Barbara. Nowadays "Dolly" jump to Barbara and Luis.. However, Carol's creation and success made it possible the tow to bloom more. She is THE real first Dolly. Thanks!!!
barbra certainly gave it the old college try, but she was much too young for the character of dolly levi. dolly was intended to be a mature woman. "the matchmaker", on which "hello dolly" was based, starred shirley booth, & she was brilliant in it. carol was nominated in '67 for an oscar for her work in "millie', but did not win. carol will ALWAYS be dolly, baybees..!
My wife and I were fortunate enough to see her in Hello Dolly in Cincinnati. At the end, we too were standing and applauding wildly. Outstanding actress and singer - smart enough to capitalize on her uniqueness. Since my wife died, this song has more meaning than ever. Thanks for everything Miss Channing
I def turned on the volume and thought Abba was playing in the background...but I found out I left my itunes on... lol That would be cool if Carol Channing was singing a little ABBA though.
I spent a lot of time finding whose that voice was, it's beautiful and has a lot of character. I lost the recording of her hello dolly and got disapointed finding just barbara strainsands versions :( which in my oppinion doesn't have the same emmotive charge. Thanks for posting this video.
what nonsense! streisand is pretty boring in a very miscast and middling version of the great broadway hit, in which channing lit up manhattan with her legnedary performance. keely destroyed the musical version and as channing has said, barbara is a great singer, but she ain't no comedien.
Not only is her accent Southern, Her heritage is African American. Her mother was from Georgia/father German. Read her autobiography published in 2002.
She is about 30 years too old for this role, but she is still amazing. Carol Channing, is indeed, LARGER THAN LIFE.
clairetm63 1 week ago
Unfortunately, she's not so friendly toward her gay followers. It makes me think twice about her now.
auaiao9 2 weeks ago
Go see the new film Carol Channing - Larger Than Life. Like a lot of folks on here, I thought of her as a caricature but the film had me in tears. She's really an incredible, one of a kind woman with a huge heart and a definite style! Just opened in San Francisco and elsewhere...LOOK FOR IT!
FogBuffy 1 month ago
I'm Sparticus
mattwypacostacos 1 month ago
@mattwypacostacos he he nice one
TheFunnyman25 1 month ago
@mattwypacostacos Thank you so much. The whole reason I'm looking up Carol is because of Whose Line :)
DFTBACleaves 1 month ago
Finleykj, I could not agree more.....she is a living legend and one hell of a character to boot! Love her, she is an absolute hoot....
MsGinger1970 1 month ago in playlist Favorite videos
Carol is a living legend. More alive at 90 than most half her age. An original, do your homework people. Tony awards, Acadamy Nominated, 5000 straight Hello Dolly shows without missing ONE. What's your line. Nobody compares... Ryan, count ur lucky stars
Finleykj 2 months ago
@ShanghaiForever hahahaha thats y im here
waiting4summer09 2 months ago
That woman sounds like Ryan Stiles :D
ShanghaiForever 2 months ago
get 2 the point
lolster98 2 months ago
If Lady Gaga ever considers an acting career, a Carol Channing biopic would be most suited to her.
Messylin 3 months ago
Who the hell is this old ugly broad? Why would someone pay her to sing with a voice like an old gay man.
CaptainFortyTwo 3 months ago
@CaptainFortyTwo Think of her as the original Britney Spears. Why would someone pay Britney Spears to sing with a voice like R2D2.
leftyla 3 months ago
@CaptainFortyTwo LMAO old gay man and i usually dont judge people but ur right
lwclark96 3 months ago
Barbra did not fit the Dolly levi description. Phyllis Diller and Carol Channing had played Dolly. Then you look at Barbra; obivious differences. However, Barbra did an outstanding job. I love them all :)
fabulousbroadwaygirl 4 months ago in playlist fabulousbroadwaygirl's favorites
love :)
ithinkimkari 4 months ago
Ryan Stiles
Jdiggity101 4 months ago
Go watch Babs, and let us enjoy Carol. Carol defined "Dolly" and originated the role. Babs has admitted she was unsuited for it. If you prefer Babs, you don't understand the poignancy. Dolly is middle-aged, seeking a new lease on life despite her widowhood. Carol, in her 40s here, does a much better job at this than Babs.
divita711 4 months ago
Love Carol or hate her, she's a remarkable woman, an icon of the American theater and has done far more in nearly a century of life than you ever will.
divita711 4 months ago
Why are all the comments placed here 'PENDING APPROVAL"/ is it fair that if im not pro-Carol Channing i dont have a right to post? That's outrageous..
dickdujourr 4 months ago
Someone is screening unpopular comments before approving them..Is this how YOUTUBE works?
dickdujourr 4 months ago
So NOT Barbra..Nothing can top Barbra's jaw-dropping rendition of this song in the movie musical..Especially the last minute of the song when Barbra stops in the middle of the street to deliver the earth shattering final note to the song as The Parade passes by.
dickdujourr 4 months ago
Are you kidding me?? Comparing this beat up ol windbag to Barbra Streisand's performance is like comparing spam to sirloin steak..This is AWFUL..She reminds me of someone's well-meaning great grandmother not the object of everyone's obsession as played by Barbra..The scene in which Barbra is standing atop the stairs at the Harmonia Gardens to make her grand entrance tells it all..This is pure dreck!!
dickdujourr 4 months ago
@dickdujourr That is your opinion. Now go watch Barbra and let the rest of us enjoy Carol. If you can't say something nice, don't say it at all.
divita711 4 months ago
Lady GaGa: the poor man's Carol Channing
angrycitizen7 5 months ago
She's amazing. Truly one of a kind. Irreplaceable.
BarrettTL 5 months ago
She came to my school today and I was one of the few people to actually notice her. It was amazing and I was basically frozen.
chad2CCC 5 months ago
she owns this show..no one can ever top her. Streisands voice is great in the movie version, but this part wasn't written for a great voice, it was meant for Carol Channing.
flight69twa 6 months ago
Lady GaGa: the modern man's Carol Channing.
check0boardz 6 months ago
Wonderful wonderful Carol Channing!
jvagell 6 months ago
I need the hat for next year's Playa Hater's Ball.
Katacus 7 months ago
@Katacus lmao, that was golden!
EpicEbonyPrincess 6 months ago
OMG her voice is so obnoxious
ctrg13 7 months ago
This song is about her drug addiction
ninjagouru 8 months ago
If this scene proves anything, it's that Michael Stewart's book was as essential to the success of "Hello, Dolly!" as Jerry Herman's music and lyrics were and Gower Champion's direction was. Stewart was able to reduce Thornton Wilder's somewhat unwieldy plot for "The Matchmaker" into a tight package more suitable for musical staging.
rickinchvilleva 8 months ago
Look. At. That. Hat.
I want one.
ChaseSpace 9 months ago
@ChaseSpace I agree.
sweetfuckingchrist 8 months ago
She's ready to rejoin the human race. lol
tailiclouds 10 months ago
She's so cute.
RaWrZzZz 10 months ago
god i love this woman ever since i saw her in throughly modern millie
KooBooBear 11 months ago
@KooBooBear
So do I, great singer en actress
miffy1950 7 months ago
the spot is awful
theduff4256 1 year ago
A very discret hat....
DonErection 1 year ago
@DonErection hehehe, your name may be vile though but that was funny
silvershields 1 year ago
it's like the story of the nice ice skates in Home Alone 2.
wattever333 1 year ago
Happy 90th Birthday, Carol!
LIBeachcub 1 year ago
every time I see anything Carol Channing, I immediately think of Ryan Stiles's impressions of her on Whose Line. :)
Aftershines 1 year ago
Streisand may have been too young for the movie - but she made those songs her own and vocally sent us to heaven!
Brennboy 1 year ago
@maxamiliano5 That's a great point.
lcowles 1 year ago
Is it just me, or shouldn't the star of a musical be able to sing? Jeesh! My ears are bleeding.
mikesterSTLMO 1 year ago
@mikesterSTLMO As Carol said no songwriter writes intending for a voice as low as Carol's ( it was written with Merman in mind) , but Herman was enthusiastically on board the Channing Express helping tweak the numbers for Carol. To compete on Broadway in those great days where voices were a dime a dozen, you had to think outside of the box and provide much more. Channing, Merman, Harrison, and Mostel were far more than operatic vocal cords. They had stage presence and comic timing
BTURNER1961 1 year ago
@BTURNER1961 Elaine Stritch goes in that club, too. She can't sing to save her life, but it's pure magic when you watch her bare her soul on stage. I'd much rather watch her than someone give a "pitch perfect" but bloodless performance.
lcowles 1 year ago
@mikesterSTLMO as a matter of fact, Carol Channing is a pretty good singer... It may not be the generic "perfect" voice you hear today, but she's not a bad singer. She has decent tone, she's perfectly on pitch, and she has a healthy vibrato. There is nothing wrong with her singing.
jtcarey2 1 year ago
I'm auditioning for this musical, & I have to sing this song,,,
Should I try use Carol's voice or Barbra's voice as insperation?
Thank you all! (:
Supadupatight 1 year ago
@Supadupatight - Carol Channing, everytime. Barbra takes the fun out of it.
Messylin 1 year ago
@Supadupatight use your own voice. don't try to mimic them. they are individuals and that is why they were/are so successful.
jtcarey2 1 year ago
can someone explain the "i' m Spartacus" quote i keep on hearing?
macaholic29 1 year ago
@macaholic29 Watch Whoose Line is it anyway - the episode with special guest Robin Williams - Scenes from a hat
pyrokar1990 1 year ago
that hat is fukin hard core
spinkydoodle101 1 year ago
She has more than enough talent for me!!
pattigeeful 1 year ago
Can't talk, can't act, can't sing, can't dance, not attractive. Let's give here the starring role!!!
57jakers 1 year ago
@57jakers shut up, she's broadway royalty.
nandesneto 1 year ago
@nandesneto She's also going to be 90 years old and still kicking. So, she's doing a whole LOT of things right!
lcowles 1 year ago
@57jakers I saw her in the 1996 revival and at 74 yrs old, she was great... Not a great voice but so fun and charming and a unique individual and she comes from the glory days of the American Music Theater.
jtcarey2 1 year ago
Why this is dry an barren as I am
koushiro27 1 year ago
@koushiro27 HAHAHAHA! YES!
anddlizzle 1 year ago
@koushiro27 ha ha just saw that episode of "Who's line is it Anyway". Hilarious!!
raddorf 1 year ago
@raddorf i disagree shes actually pretty good at acting and singing. Dolly is suppose to be a low singer. This mean she probably doesn't have the greatest head voice or even high voice at all. And she puts a lot of acting and emotion into her singing.
a2l4y7 1 year ago
Dolly. Channing captured her when it came to acting. Streisand captured her when it came to singing. Bailey captured her when it came to spirit. Carol's charm blows me away. Barbra's voice lifts me to the heavens. But only a big, confident black girl can do what Pearl did. I wonder what Dinah Shore might have done with this part. Would she have surprised us?
sbergman27 1 year ago
Her voice is atrocious.
BroadwayKid2008 1 year ago
@BroadwayKid2008 That's the way she was!! And people loved it..so please show some respect!
drummerlead 1 year ago
LOL the only thing i have ever seen her perform as is the white queen from Alice through the looking glass in the 1986 TV movie, I love her in it and she is my favorite character, and i like this too, but i still like the white queen best
youngbull42185 1 year ago
As a teenager I LOVED Streisand in the movie; now older I see how miscast she was - as SHE HERSELF admits. the whole point of the show is that this a woman well into her life, who wants to grab a last slice of the action. Channing's age and vocals actually lend more poignancy!
jimdivax 1 year ago
Amazing and incredible woman. Would love to meet her someday.
msparis2 1 year ago
Love this so much, so profound, so beautiful!
thenadiasaharishow 1 year ago
:) i just love this carol you are the brightest star in our universe
oliviamulgrew 1 year ago
Absolute magic! A truly great star!!
funnyguy52 1 year ago
I feel sorry for Carol Channing whenever I hear her sing the LBJ political version of Hello, Dolly! ; you can hear the snarling hatred in her voice.
DaveDeShrubber 1 year ago
@DaveDeShrubber If there was "snarling hatred" in her voice, it probably wasn't toward LBJ. she mentioned on the view that she was friends with Lady Bird, LBJ's wife who died a few years ago.
and screw everyone who's been hating on carol in every youtube video she's in. she's a remarkable woman.
Soufriere84 1 year ago
@abcandxyz123 Maybe it's because Hello, Dolly! won best musical in 1964, and since this is a retrospective show, it wants to showcase the best musical winners of previous years...?
...naaaaaaaaahhhhh.
VRNProductions 1 year ago
she is so great
dobbytHebrave 1 year ago
Love that monologue at the beginning. But when she says "oak leaf," I just die.
DivaBehavior 1 year ago
@abcandxyz123 ...this was a retrospective show, it was definitely a later year
gabsylv 1 year ago
She is Dolly!!!
dlmorrow11 1 year ago
She's Really scary. Barbra Streisand was a lot better at this role. And If She looks that old in 1964 and she's still living, I think it's about time for her to die!
mr40sfan 1 year ago
@mr40sfan
"Well, Thank You Maestro!" You must be the Judge of Entertainment? HA!
chicagoSUGANO 1 year ago
She cant sing she cant dance she cant act. But she is one of my favorite performers EVER :D
Selendomono 1 year ago
one of my favorite speeches from one of my favorite shows. I saw Carol do it over 20 times here in Rochester and more than 20 in NYC. Had dinner with Carol years ago at the Tony Awards banquet -- she is amazing.
allancuseo 1 year ago
Met miss channing last night she and her husband are wonderful people.
cavalos659 1 year ago
Met miss channing last night she and her husband are wonderful people.
cavalos659 1 year ago
I want that hat.
dented42 1 year ago
In what year was this?
mykelinkc 1 year ago
@mykelinkc the sign says 1964, this is about how old she looked on 1950s game shows
veggiet2009 1 year ago
what year is this? she doesn't look young, at least 70.
wattever333 1 year ago
@wattever333 I think it might be the tonys 25th anniversary special, which was in 1971
PiecesOfRainbow7 1 year ago
Excellent performance here,
MANUELFARINELLI 1 year ago
epic performance
SaverinoMusic 2 years ago
looks like the hats in My Fair Lady.
westsidestory97 2 years ago
Happy 89th Birthday, Carol Channing,
the one and ONLY Dolly Gallagher Levi!
WillScarlet16 2 years ago
I LOVE Carol Channing and Hello Dolly.
BenedictRoend 2 years ago
I love her..
Katlina2010 2 years ago
I wish I could wear a hat like that. Fantastic!
InverseDream 2 years ago
Wowzer, I cant decide if I lvoe her or Barbera..O.o Though, I haven;'t heard her sing my favorite 'Hello Dolly'
celticgurl93 2 years ago
what i love so much about her is she isnt astounding at every single aspect of musical theater but that she is just amazing at all the different aspects and what most people dont realize is that 2 b in musical theater its the package deal not perfection in everything. haha like my run on sentence anyone?(:
MSMstudios442 2 years ago
why dont YOU just die instead...asshole
BroodingARTist 2 years ago
She is just amazing. She still has great pitch and delivery. Clear as a bell just like the trained stage actress that she is.
ozzboy 2 years ago
She, by far, makes a better Dolly! Oh, How I love this woman!!!!
Mikeyboy609 2 years ago
What a woman!
AtLastOnTheGround 2 years ago
There is only one Dolly and that is Carol Channing
stevent222 2 years ago
Streisand sings the song with her usual flair, but isn't believeable in the actual role. She said herself she was TOO young for Dolly and that Carol Channing WAS the character...It's the very fact that Channing 'struggles' with the song that brings pathos.. the extra dimension in the subtext and performance is she may just be too old to get back in the parade. .
jimdivax 2 years ago
Carol Channing was a Tony Award winner for Hello Dolly, this is twenty plus years later. She was forty when the movie was being made, Gene Kelly the director thought she was too old he hired Barbara Streisand. I wish he had replaced Walter Matthau too, he was too old for Barbara Streisand's Hello Dolly but perfect for Carol Channing's Hello Dolly
caprice6 2 years ago
Agreed.
sashaqueenie 2 years ago
I think so.
molotov1955 2 years ago
so beautiful
TheCousants 2 years ago
The show 'Hello Dolly' was written for Ethel Merman but she didn't feel like doing another show at that point in her life.
Lucky for Carol.
But Merman would have been GREAT.
And was one of the many gals who did do the role for a time after Carol left.
Ginger Rogers did also and Pearl Bailey did an all black version.
PutannaXXX 2 years ago
Why was her cat on fire?
ysbaddaden2003 2 years ago
she's okay...but no offense to anyone, i like Barbra Streisand better.
ErikthePhantomOpera 2 years ago
I love her. This is best I've ever heard her sing.
nicktelecast 2 years ago
It must be the only one who wasn't shadowed by Barbra's rising star.
greeklawyer2002 2 years ago
lol i dont know which carol channing your listening to but the woman in the video cant really sing. She has such a crazy and warm personality that it makes up for it but that doesnt make her voice good.
Selendomono 2 years ago
This song gets me everytime.
handelfan610 2 years ago
Sublime!
RichardSkipper 2 years ago
Beautiful
markbob120 2 years ago
No one does it like Carol! Love Ya!!
sfbassoonguy 2 years ago
is she the mouse from tumbellina?
ColdCaseSweetHeart 2 years ago
Yeah, that was her!
iamThespian 2 years ago
OMG SHES THE MOUSE OUT OF THUMBELLINA!
i mean her voice! OMG I LOVE HER! I LOVE THE SOUND OF HER VOICE!
wait she is the voice for the mouse right?
ColdCaseSweetHeart 2 years ago
OMG. I was thinking that toooo!!!!!! I think she is!!!
JoPatronum 2 years ago
Thanks very much! I always wondered how Hollo Dolly was on Broadway. I do admire and love barbara Straisand's Dolly. However, her age did not make sense. Broadway hits are depending on early productions. Carol Channing's this performance show how she made Dolly triumphant musical. That led to Luis and Barbara. Nowadays "Dolly" jump to Barbara and Luis.. However, Carol's creation and success made it possible the tow to bloom more. She is THE real first Dolly. Thanks!!!
ramunenakayama 2 years ago
barbra certainly gave it the old college try, but she was much too young for the character of dolly levi. dolly was intended to be a mature woman. "the matchmaker", on which "hello dolly" was based, starred shirley booth, & she was brilliant in it. carol was nominated in '67 for an oscar for her work in "millie', but did not win. carol will ALWAYS be dolly, baybees..!
supremes70sstyle 2 years ago
i love her so much... i dont know why. shes so weird and she cant really sing but shes awesome nonetheless
Selendomono 2 years ago
she went to my school and we got meet her and see her perform it was cute because shes 88 years old now but it was great!
16sicily 2 years ago
Amazing!!!!!!!!!!
PRNeneChulo 2 years ago
i think that was kind of horrible
mr40sfan 2 years ago
My wife and I were fortunate enough to see her in Hello Dolly in Cincinnati. At the end, we too were standing and applauding wildly. Outstanding actress and singer - smart enough to capitalize on her uniqueness. Since my wife died, this song has more meaning than ever. Thanks for everything Miss Channing
brandonichero 2 years ago
You know if you want to really thank
Miss Channing use this:
Carol Channing
Channing - Kullijian Foundation
101 First Street
Suite 443
Los Altos, CA 94022-2778
USA
Good luck!
4262009AP 2 years ago
channing all the way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
tomluvspatti 2 years ago
I'd have to go with Channing as well
franz0woyzeck 2 years ago
I'd go with Channing anytime.
AlbinoTanuki 2 years ago
I def turned on the volume and thought Abba was playing in the background...but I found out I left my itunes on... lol That would be cool if Carol Channing was singing a little ABBA though.
Wonderxandra 2 years ago
lol :)
JeffyJeffjeffm31191 2 years ago
may be some carrol impersonator should sing "mama mia"?
etraig 2 years ago
Carol Channing is a Broadway legend!
charlie06840 2 years ago
This is a wonderful chance to see, close up, a major performance by one of the most important musical theatre stars of the 20th Century.
showtunestarpower 2 years ago
yes it was
vAIERIEHARPER121 2 years ago
wow. so much truth here
lynnbok 3 years ago
She has a 3 cock mouth.
mrduffy9649 3 years ago
Is this dried out old sperm slurper still alive??
blurch222 3 years ago
88 and kickin!
suicidalmickeym0use 3 years ago
y'mean YOU?,...I guess so, almost,...if you're still typing on you tube.
MuzzyVanH 2 years ago
I loved the video thankyou for posting 2000 stars .:) I hope this Dolly looks as good as her when she gets a bit older lol
DollyAU
DollyAU 3 years ago
That is the most amazing hat i've ever seen
EvermoreRaven 3 years ago
Whenever I have doubts about making it as an actress, this woman is the way I remind myself that ANYBODY can make it.
TandAofBWAY 3 years ago
That comment could totally go in any direction. Heh heh
turandot82 3 years ago
I spent a lot of time finding whose that voice was, it's beautiful and has a lot of character. I lost the recording of her hello dolly and got disapointed finding just barbara strainsands versions :( which in my oppinion doesn't have the same emmotive charge. Thanks for posting this video.
jhernandmx 3 years ago
She's a great actress.
But I hate her voice.
I'm sorry.
So sorry.
But I just hate it.
broadwaymelody33 3 years ago
I love her voice
gabsylv 3 years ago
same here
TheDarkIllusionists 3 years ago
I wonder why her voice was so distinct and annoying... lol
BrandonmfReno 3 years ago
what nonsense! streisand is pretty boring in a very miscast and middling version of the great broadway hit, in which channing lit up manhattan with her legnedary performance. keely destroyed the musical version and as channing has said, barbara is a great singer, but she ain't no comedien.
mmbriggs 3 years ago
barbra striesand did so much better
navillusleahcim 3 years ago
amen
xXJRWXxandxXCRWXx 3 years ago
around 1980
gabsylv 3 years ago
perfect!!! ^_____^
gabsylv 3 years ago
Wait how is her heritage African American?
KJMwheaties 3 years ago
Not only is her accent Southern, Her heritage is African American. Her mother was from Georgia/father German. Read her autobiography published in 2002.
coygurlaroundaworld 3 years ago
what type of accent does she have?
hizzlefizzle200 3 years ago
It's a slight southern accent
GoodbyeToBlueberyPie 3 years ago
little rock!!
ilovekenthovind1 3 years ago
I <3 Carol forever.
LordFluffiness 3 years ago
man, i had NO IDEA what an AMAZING actress she is. she's so full of truth.
renethel 3 years ago
carol i love u
MovieDudeProductions 3 years ago
I'm fairly certion she's around 98765432 right now, but I bet she could still sing the hell out of this song.
LISxoMHM 3 years ago
hello dolly was my verry first broadway song i ever sang.i sang it in a show when i was only 7.she remains my faveriot broadway star of all time :)
starrxhasxaxstory 3 years ago