Robert Goulet, Patti Roberts, Richard Roberts: Easter medley

As a tribute to the late Robert Goulet (Nov. 26, 1933-Nov. 1, 2007) this video is one that probably hasn't been seen by too many Goulet fans. During the 1970's Oral Roberts had a series of primetime TV variety specials to promote his University in Tulsa Oklahoma and to raise funds. Roberts managed to attract some key performers like Johnny Cash, The Lennon Sisters, and many others to perform on the shows. From the Roberts Easter special, here is Canadian born Robert Goulet joining Oral's son, Richard, who, along with his second wife, has recently been charged with some scandelous actions by University staff members, Richard's ex-wife, Patti Roberts, The World Action Singers, a quartet called Reflection and The Ralph Carmichael Orchestra for Christ the Lord Has Risen Today and The Easter Song. If you look closely you can see Oral Roberts and his wife Evelyn join the group at the end of the song.

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[randymayfield]

Hey, I'm actually in this video! The White guy with big hair...as I recall, Goulet came to this video shoot rather drunk! It was pretty funny to hear some of his comments. And yes, Carlton Pearson sang with the World Action Singers. There are many more great videos like this out there somewhere!

[VideosTimes2]

Nice to know who you are in this group. I have more of these specials. They really were nicely produced and executed!  I enjoy the one from Alaska a lot! I'll try to get more posted from time to time. I've heard that Goulet was pretty much going the heavy booze route, while proclaiming his great religious convictions. I wonder if that's why he blew some of the lyrics in the songs.

[waverly2468]

Oh man, that Patti Roberts is gorgeous. I used to watch this show in the 70's. Later I read Patti's book about the breakup of her marriage and the recent financial scandals at ORU. Also Robert Goulet's untimely passing and his ill-fated last Las Vegas show at the Venetian casino. (He had to close the show because of "four-walling"--which means the singer has to pay rent to use the hall and apparently Goulet couldn't sell enough tickets to keep his show going.)

[PeggyfromPorcupine]

I watched, as a much younger person :) every week - just to hear Patti & Richard's duets. They sand so well together.

[BastardfromtheBush]

Robert Goulet was an American born in Mass. to French Canadian parents and he went back to Alberta (wherever that is) as a kid.

His relatives made him wear blackface & do Al Jolson impersonations and he was so embarassed by this, that throughout his life he always had to battle really terrible 'stage-fright'.

However, he was such a big hit in Camelot that he wowed everybody.

[EarlSnohomish]

He was actually dressed fairly conservatively for that era, believe it or not. The '70s weren't for the faint of heart. :-)

[sinnerpeace]

wow say what you want to say..patti could sing!!!....televangelists really make me sad...it seems so full of hypocrisey....but hey I guess life is full of hypocrissey..

[happy7117]

Richard reminds me of Bob McGrath--his looks I mean.

[Lyn777]

This is so very nice. I wanted to post it on my blog, but it says "Embedding disabled by request". What a disappointment! :o( I want to post it tonight because I have to work on Easter. Bummer! Please send me the embedding thing.

[keith8404]

He became a star speaker and singer within Charismatic churches. In 2003 he announced God had revealed to him a "Gospel of Inclusion": Christ's death provided automatic universal atonement, a personal decision regarding Christ is irrelevant to salvation and Hell is the presence of suffering on earth, not a literal place. In 2004 the Joint College of African-American Pentecostal Bishops labeled him a heretic. He has been the subject of profiles on NPR, CNN and MSNBC.