ow! man: l little richc, itit s now 16 6 yes sincnce you hadd your f first hits.. oh, yes. do youou realize t th- well, , you must r realize that at yoyour performrmances now there e are peoplele who wet even a alive when n you first t? yes,s, but i i have woke e them up n. everybybody that w wasn t alive whenen i starteded and was g , i hahave broughtht the spiririt and d put it on n them. werere you alwayays so ? no, i m m not. a lot ofof people say i m m shy, bubut i let itit all hang g , everery bit. the lolove, ththe gentleneness, the tetenderness,, the kindndness, yoyou ain t susupposed toto hide themem. you got t it. god gagave it. shshow it to t the world.. announuncer: ladieies and gentn, if you wilill, a man who o s become a a leged in his ownwn time, little ricichard! [ cheersrs and applalause ] gooood golly, m miss molly s sure like t to ball that m music, thatat beat, his voice.e. the oooh my gogod, who is s that? who is t that? can t h
why dodon t you celebrate e some of ouours? what abobout tupac s s birthd? - and whwhen you havave so lilittle, it m means everyryt. alall of thosese shows, they all m matter so m much. - itit feels likike there ss been m more of an n ebb and flowow and an evevolutio. - it i is so imporortant for s to h have true a authenticit. - why wewe always ththe only b black peoplple here? - that s s why reprpresentationon matters,, blacack stories s told by b black peoplple. - - i m tryingng to tetell you somomething. - [m[man] we setet the papace for sitit comedy. - you hearar that, elilizabet? i m comiming to joinin ya, hon? - frfrom sanforord and son to thehe other blalack shows. - what i is this? - loloved the j jeffersons. - - monogrammemed shirt, brand nenew silk tieie. - - is that a a tie? i i thought yoyour tonguee was hangnging out. - gooood times i is one of y favovorite sitcocoms becausesu could not t tell me ththat thesese people w were not rer. - dy-n-no-mite! - - unc