joan rivers show--the club kids

[NoBreakz]

wait, i dont get it, i only see lady gaga?

[TheJuicyBunj]

I love how all the fat moms laugh and smile and then go and campaign until they day they die to make gay marriage illegal.

[yuyu776]

omg amanda is so pretty then! what happened to her now her lips r so big

[AsboDolche]

Leigh Bowery

[rainyadore]

@Blossbabii0708 I was thinking the same thing!

[kjmiller1000]

I love AMANDA LEPORE <3 XOXO

[Blossbabii0708]

How Ironic Was It When He Said Thry Aren't Hurtin Anybody And Year Later Someone Ends Up Dead Lol

[ClayCosmetic]

@TheDerekVinyard Nooo I'm here because of fuckin' Twilight.

of course we're here cause of Party Monster..

[sixdigitmidgit]

hahaha insane

[circababe23]

this trips me out to see all of them on real life. i only remember geraldo. lol.

[SuperHeroMan411]

I would have given anything to be a club kid, too bad I wasn't even born during the club kid era.

[poosaypirate]

@SuperHeroMan411 the thing is , it starts with YOUR Attitude- whats stopping you right now? hmm?

maybe u just need to find a kewl gay disco to chill out in

[ninmachine109]

@poosaypirate lol awesome

[andmaketherain]

@SuperHeroMan411 Nothing is stopping you from doing it now.

[lloplop]

@SuperHeroMan411 more to new york! the club kid era is now!!

[saceboy]

Amanda Lapore a.K.a. "Lady Gaga????"

[gombis666]

Had Angel been killed by this time?

[11Sweeneytodd]

@gombis666 not yet

[Lacyewacyewasehbear]

You know things are over when your in prison....

[NathanJesseMcCarthy]

i dont think the audience know Amanda was a boy lol i think shes prettier here than she is now.. she went to far with the lips, i love her though

[Fapple]

omg amanda lepore looks so different

[MegLuvzLife]

I remember watching this on tv when it was first on....good times!

[benjaminravage]

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[smuelegitlove]

they're like kandi kids. I think?

[EXARKARLOS]

@smuelegitlove club kids actually. way before "kandi"

[jspinkxxl]

I love how he says "they're not hurting anybody." haha he spoke too soon

[lloplop]

@jspinkxxl huh?? i do not understand! maybe its a play of word?? how does it hurt anyone! please help me understand!

[jspinkxxl]

@lloplop well, you know, with the whole, murder michael alig committed against angel, his drug dealer...I think that qualifies as hurting somebody

[tavem]

RIP Leigh Bowery!

[ivehearditallbefore]

i love what that guy said in the audience. "they're not hurting nobody" that's all

[lukkha1]

i wish i had known you in highschool ! love rivers !

[kjmiller1000]

I love Amanda Lepore <3

[NathanJesseMcCarthy]

You do know Leigh was inspired by the new romantic movement in london.

[manuelcakes]

@HarrysSecret Other artist copy or get inspiration as well. I don't even think anyone is really that original anymore more. You probably just point out Lady GaGa cause you don't like her.

[HarrysSecret]

@manuelcakes I do like her! I think she has a fantastic voice.

I just hate her dress sense because she usually looks bad.

[manuelcakes]

@HarrysSecret Oh okay

[alexhavokk88]

you spelled amanda's last name wrong its amanda lepore

[pistasio49]

Those wacky club kids!

[Violnplayr23]

"They're not hurtin anybody!" lmao

[MrsPoodle78]

Amanda looked so much better before the plastic surgery!

[MsMeanmuggin]

amanda looked really good back then. ashame about all that plastic surgery she did to her face. :(

[kjmiller1000]

I LOVE AMANDA LEPORE <3

[CrissyRedcrow]

Amanda WAS so beautiful, wow, now she's...well not.

[TheDerekVinyard]

Thumbs up if you're here because of "Party Monster".

[DonnaCherry9109]

"not hurting anybody."

[Joysquigglesparkles]

HAHA I LOVE Amanda!!! Thank you for saying that "Hollywood"/CA is not glamorous!!!! SO TRUE.

[chica476]

Thank god some people get out of this phase... jesus christ...

[silenteyes333]

Amanda reminds me of  Courtney Love.

Or Courtney Love reminds me of Amanda.

[kjmiller1000]

Amanda Lepore, WOW <3

[catbug666]

what a corspe was JOAN JEW RIVERS was.....

[Lazie18up]

I am sorry, but they all seemed really witty. It is a shame the way they turned out.

[whatsername1234]

@Lazie18up just Michael and he was high... =[

[dool3r]

ahahahaha 1:50 how is he even talking

[oieusouaplush]

Thank you guys,without you my life couldn't been so fun at the night!

[LastChanceLife]

This is bona-fide sacred archival footage of this bedazzled bygone era. These people were icons of their day just as Joan remains supreme in comedy

[InvaderChrissy]

Lmfao "Hey, their not hurting anybody."

[tgmnewman]

funny how nobody seemed to realise that they were all completely out of their minds on drugs until someone died

[microbyte1]

lady gaga is so normal compared to them

[andrika1990]

I so think Lady Gaga wa inspired them did she ever mention them? Does anybody know???? I always think of her when I think of Party Monster the movie.

[BuickGirl1986]

@andrika1990 I just finished watching the movie and wondered the same thing myself

[Violnplayr23]

@andrika1990 Totally thought the same thing. I actually got here from an article i googled because I was wondering if anyone else had thought the same thing.

[erte2004]

seth green was amazing in Party Monster.....Am I the only one who thinks Amanda Lapore looked so much better then.....

[Poptart956801]

@erte2004 Amanda Lepore was really quite beautiful back then; she's ruined her poor face now.

[ZimZum4ever]

jaja and if i a mistake.. well...you are a big mistake .. lucifer bless you...

[mr9ball29]

WHERE ARE THESE CLUBS THAT THEY GO TO? I LOVE THAT SUB CULTURE ITS SO FAB AND SEEDIE AT THE SAME TIME!

[uiop1956]

wow james is now an official celebrity working in LA whereas michael is in jail??



[Tripp393]

james st james is my fav

[lensjockeyvideo]

Leigh Bowery, is so transcendant.

[coolkidz145]

lady gaga does not push limits. some people swear shes the martin luther king of the gays. lmao, sorry she's just a pop star people.

[TeenWitch777]

3:30 Disneyland?! A family place? Not if Amanda Leopore isn't allowed there! x)

[Trustworthyalma]

Irony, sweet irony

[chelsearains]

props to the guy who said I give them alot of credit, there not hurting no body, awesome >.<

[justnicknet]

God. Leigh is so above them all. Only Amanda can handle a candle to him. 

[spazmodicrapealarm]

wow what did Amanda Lepore do? She looked great then

[LTMONEYSTACKS]

what year is this from?

[TheParker1976]

what a bunch of fucking tools. They might not be hurting anybody but I would love nothing more than to hurt them. I would break their fucking necks.

[houstonwhitehouse]

And not hurt anyone.... Just give Angel his wings ;p

[BLAKPEARL69]

AL look's very good here. Not too artificial mind you this was what 2 decades ago. Tey all look good to me, being from NY myself this would be normal lol.

[psiaaateyou]

I have blue hair and a pierced nose. Rofl.

[BudNibbler]

useless human garbage.

[failedtoseethetragic]

this guys were the coolest of all the druggies besides ozzy \\m//

[pimpakutya]

The second lady gagas father.

[OhhAlanaRae]

seth green played a great james. st. james

[myno1will]

@OhhAlanaRae idk i dont really as tho he did. hes just not a good gay guy lol

[kaptinkarr]

@OhhAlanaRae damn straght

[officialvangcreative]

@OhhAlanaRae yeah that's really his movie... culkin as alig sucks... the same affectation to every line, and it's an affectation that alig never used... so he sucked in it, imo.

[amapunker76]

Great footage,Amanda looks so great here she went to far with the plastic sugery thing!

[mrstixx666]

yo i grew up in the 80's im a 76 baby and i rember all this......like the body washing up on new dorp beach in staten island me frends were the ones that found it.......but anyway i think michael alig should be peroed hes a diff person now he can teach these kids now how to be safe with the drugs and the clubin.......just me XANAX BFR

[pistorio79]

michael: "may I?" *wants to poke joans bewbs*

[DaBroskiBro]

@harryssecret I don't see gaga claiming to have invented the dress up. She says she does to express herself.

Don't bash the artist.

[AustinRobert9]

awesome!

[HarrysSecret]

Lady GaGa just copies Leigh Bowry, she's so un-original.

It's all been done before in a much better way.

[mrosss74]

@HarrysSecret Word!

[GenoClown]

@HarrysSecret And Madonna. And Dale Bozzio.

[ger6111]

@HarrysSecret shes a kid doing n trying shit she wants, how dare she take ideas and make-em her own!! (ppl find a new "trendy" complaint! this one is boooring)

[HarrysSecret]

@ger6111 She lacks originality.

She should just stick to singing because style and fashion is not her thing at all.

She is a great singer though, I'm not disputing her talent for that.

[TheGfierce]

@HarrysSecret its not copying, its tributing, she admits it

[HarrysSecret]

@TheGfierce Yeah, well she needs to develop her own style and not ride on the shoulders of giants.

She's a great singer though.

[valentinedreww]

@HarrysSecret it's called INSPIRATION, not copying.

[thecrazyfirekid]

@HarrysSecret she actully copied almots everything she did from marilyn manson

[HarrysSecret]

@thecrazyfirekid ok!

[cutiekota]

omg michael alig and james st. james the origional club kids

[thedarthflagger]

amanda looks soooooooooooooooooooo different now lol.

[laydeedada]

Oh hey! Look what I found...

- Club Kid Michael Alig talks about Gaga in Interview Magazine, out now:

“I love Lady Gaga. She would have fit right in at Disco 2000. A lot of people don’t understand what she’s doing, but she is a satire of a pop star. She is making fun of it, and at the same time, she’s going to go out and get everything she can by doing it. We saw the whole fame thing collapsing. We wanted to grab it quick, while there was something left to grab, because we saw it all coming

[laydeedada]

Ah Ah Ah! Don't be naughty and dis Lady Gaga!! Her style is totally eclectic like the Club Kids'. But excuse me, the Club Kids didn't write her lyrics! Her music is great! She might be a fan! With her style she cd've sat up there right next to James St. James and fit right in. They would have loved her!!!

[HarajukuEthan]

leigh is amzing

[anro420]

Lady Gaga swagger jacked the club kids. Thumbs up? She definitely did.

[anro420]

Lady Gaga swagger jacked the club kids. Thumbs up? She definitely did.

[Curty80]

They are all freaks, I'd love to see what the Third Reic would do to them, possibly be Hitler's bitches.

[KabbalahWestCoast]

@Curty80 what the hell? THEY ROCK AND RULE OUR CULTURE! Thx! LoveUGodBless, T and J KABBALAH MATTHEWSHEPARD MADONNALICIOUS

[60Brooklyn]

omg, amanda looked so much better then than she does now with her big lips.

[KabbalahWestCoast]

@60Brooklyn WRONG....YOUR OPINION!

[gyqz]

Leigh Bowery...may he rest in peace!!!! Amanda LePore...don't anyone dish on you, because you are still a beaut!! The rest of the club kids: carry on and teach the next generation!!!

[TaraClubKidz]

Jesus! This vid is what its about LOL :P The scene looks the same today!

[PoopPeeSandwich]

There not hurting anyone, well, is beating someone's brains in with a hammer, hurting someone?

[HarajukuEthan]

Amanda is GlaMOUR

[Justsmoke42O]

Or left I mean, excuse me for being dumb

[Justsmoke42O]

Okay can someone answer my question....

what the FUCK is that "guy" on the right supposed to be?!?!

[sangsuicidaires]

@Justsmoke42O amanda lepore? she looks like that... all the time.....

[45petrus]

Love the club kids

[BlueSwirlingRaindrop]

God! Michael is gorgeous as ever, sucks that he is in jail. But it's best for him right now (LOVE YA MICHAEL)..Good God!! JAMES ST. James is amazing and stunning as usualy. Amanda gorgeous babe!

For everyone's information I am a female and 18! :) Gotta love them

[matboy891]

@BlueSwirlingRaindrop what does female have to do with anything? just asking

[BlueSwirlingRaindrop]

@matboy891 because for some stupid reason certain people think i am a gay guy (mainly because of my name) haha ya right. I am just a really nice girl who accepts everyone for who they are. don't worry i am not mad at you for asking. at least you wanted to know. take care.

[SartiMatteo]

i am so tired of seeing Lady Gaga's name on EVERY MOTHERFUCKING video i'm happen to watch on youtube.

guys please chill out, this is getting ridicolous.

[JASONZx6R]

@SartiMatteo - Im just tired of GAGA period. she not fresh, and she needs to stick to 'music' and quit feelin the need to comment on everything

[TCSutube11]

man-o-man or is that freak-o-freak...These are attention starved freak-a-zoids that have caused drug induced excessiveness & moral confusion & destruction...case closed ~

[SartiMatteo]

@TCSutube11 moral confusion? Destruction? ARE YOU A FASCIST VEGETARIAN MONSTER FROM MARS? have you ever heard the word "interesting" in your lifey lifey life?

[ramynagy3]

"All you wanna do is have a good time in life and not hurt anyone..."

hah! the irony...

[venuslovechain95]

Haha, "They're not hurting anybody".....

Well, About that, Micheal.

[gotafacelikemurderx]

@venuslovechain95 exactly what i thought, a quick scroll down and it appears i wasn't the only one to catch that. so past tense, they weren't hurting anyone. either way, it wasn't their attire that hurt anyone. live and let live.

[ramynagy3]

@venuslovechain95 I made my comment before I saw yours!

wasn't that a little funny? ;P

[SK71014]

@venuslovechain95 i was thinking the same thing. lolz.

[efforffefoni1]

it started off so fun and then drugs got involved n it fucked it up for everybody because i seriously dont think michael alig is evil i think he just got so out of control on drugs that it was bound to happen he was either gonna kill himself or someone else! and i think if the whole murder hadnt happened they would all still be superstars! its such a shame! RIP Angel

[Zunecrazy]

"theyre not hurting anybody". lol, tell that to Angel Melendez.

[mjj69able]

these kids are the best..I love them .. such a sense of humor,'they ain t hurting nobody' I agree Joanie

[hrryzdlr]

leigh bowery is a GOD

amanda lepore is a BABE

james st james is FEEE-YUSS.

the other two made no impression.

[erikalopez1000]

Lady Gaga @1:15?

[skyeblu2992]

@erikalopez1000 holy crap

shes a dead ringer for amanda lepore

has any one read "disco bloodbath" by james st.james ?

i just read it but my expectations for it were a lot higher than what it was

[jaybd107]

Lady Gaga = unoriginal trash

Amanda Lepore = sad case of someone not loving themselves enough to stop changing their appearence via the knife. She was an ABSOLUTE BABE during her appearence on this show. Never needed to change a thing. Hopefully she's happy inside these days!

[endofanerror85]

well you can see what kind of judge of character joan rivers is!!! and amanda lepore should have stopped where she was cuz she was a convincing person back then.

[stereosnuttan]

back then amanda was so pretty

[cinderellacorpse]

why must there be a discussion about lady gaga? =_=

you can't compare lady gaga to this.

[ecairay]

@cinderellacorpse

I so totally agree! lady gaga is a rubber mould. Stamp move on stamp move on! Part of the you wank me Il wank you mentality in music/ video/ image.

[kenjidub]

Amanda Lapore was beautiful!!! How could she done that to her face!!! Can't belive it!

[mcqueen12345667]

earnie glam should not have been there....he looks cheap.

[LoveMeNots]

Lady Gaga does no impressionism of the Club Kids whatsoever. She makes things up as she goes along. That's what it is.

[partymonsterkid]

they were the most amazing people ever<3

[mcqueen12345667]

amanda lapore looked fish here.

[raisetheflag88]

leigh bowery looks just retarded

[BoyIsAMonster]

Gaga is a music artist, she dresses they way she does cause she likes the fashion, not to "express fantasies" she isn't copying anyone, her lifestyle is inspired by boy george not the club kids

[cathyc615]

I wonder how adorable Joan think Michael Alig is now?

[mastodond00d]

Club Kids > Lady Gaga

[XxxHyperxxChickxxX]

OH MAAH GAADD......Lady Gaga SOOO copied these people. :O

[mrmiagiistheshizz]

Lady ga ga is better......... still!

[iscream22]

Are you kiddin me? The Club Kids were out back in the 80s. And they are way cooler than Gaga, but im straight what do i know lol

[TeenWitch777]

@iscream22 Psht I'm gay and I love Gaga, but the Club Kids are COOL. Lady gaga is somewhat of a modern day club kid.

[ZimZum4ever]

@TeenWitch777 never , lady gaga is freak..never will be a club kid ... she copy the club kids

[TeenWitch777]

@ZimZum4ever Well, the real club kids took pride in being freaks. And so does lady gaga. It's fierce to be a freak. x)

[ZimZum4ever]

@TeenWitch777 but she`s not gay!!!!!!

[TeenWitch777]

@ZimZum4ever So? You don't have to be gay to be a freak. Just ask my Grandma. x)

[ZimZum4ever]

@TeenWitch777 of course a freak no, but a club kid yes...

[TeenWitch777]

@ZimZum4ever Pssshhhht nahhh honey most of those club kids had no particular sexual preference one way or the other! xD just because Alig and St. James were almost strictly homo doesn't mean that they all were! xD

[ZimZum4ever]

@TeenWitch777 well in the beggining all were gay... salu2 

[jeanpauldu]

@ZimZum4ever If I am not mistaken Leigh Bowery had a wife.

[zombielust1969]

@jeanpauldu Leigh was married for about 7 months before he passed away from AIDS....

[KabbalahWestCoast]

@ZimZum4ever she is NEW YORK! CLUB KIDS LOVE HER! THX LOVEUGODBLESS T AND J KABBALAH MATTHEWSHEPARD MADONNALICIOUS

[ZimZum4ever]

@KabbalahWestCoast jajjjaajaja live in your mistake jajajaja

[KabbalahWestCoast]

@ZimZum4ever WRONG! You may be the only mistake! GOD MAKES NO MISTAKES BABY, I WAS BORN THIS WAY! LoveUGodBless, T and J KABBALAH MATTHEWSHEPARD MADONNALICIOUS

[TeenWitch777]

@iscream22 well, at least she dresses like one. xD