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FreddieFan · 10-12-2002, 07:21 PM

Just saw a commercial for ET for Monday evening. Tony Orlando will be interviewed and will talk about Freddie Prinze.

Pitooey · 10-12-2002, 09:18 PM

Thanks for keeping us updated Freddie fan!!! I'll be watching it..........

Prince · 10-13-2002, 12:30 AM

It had better be positive..or else...I just don't trust phoney Tony.

Cheryl Harrell · 10-13-2002, 02:08 AM

Thanks for the heads up & info!

I HAVE to see this! I sure wish this on Wed nite when I would be home. Wouldn't you know it? Mon nite at 7 PM (The time ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT is on) is the monthly church ladies meeting at church & I always go with my mom. So guess where I will be at 7 PM. LOL! ;( Thank God for VCR's cuz I wll have the VCR set up to tape this! I will have to spend the whole church ladies meeting wondering what is going on on there & if my VCR cut on & taped it right. Yow! My folks are picking me earlier on Mon & I'll eat out with them & then go with my moms to the church ladies meeting. Mike is supposed to go visit his cousin & her hubby & eat with them while I'm at church ladies meeting. They will probably pick him up & my mom take him home when she takes me home cuz they live really close to the church, practically across the street. I'm gonna have him have them tape it off their tv just in case our VCR goes nutty & doesn't tape it. I probably won't be able to see it until after 9 PM. The wait's gonna kill me! LOL!

On the other hand our local NBC station ch. 12 (Richmond, VA) plays it at 2:05 am as well which means later that nite (actually the next am) I get to see it twice!!!!

:

Here is ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHTS website:

http://www.etonline.com/aboutET/a12699.htm

Nothing on Mondays show but maybe Sunday nite or early Monday they will ahve something on it.

Video of Tony Orlando recalling the day he walked offstage:

http://www.etonline.com/media_player...02/01/6592.asx

Cheryl Harrell · 10-13-2002, 02:32 AM

Woo-hoo! I found online the clip that is advertising this episode of ENTERTAINMENT TONITE & you can watch it here:

http://www.etonline.com/html/tonightonet/tonight.htm

I am dying to know what he saw when Freddie died. & What he kept Secret from Jr & why...

Oh yeah! When I right clicked on the urrl to bring it up in another window it gave me an error message something about an OLE but the thing does come up to view it. You have to click on the okay & then it comes up. Enjoy!

Also I looked up his website to look for more info & it lists some appearances of interest on his website. Evidently he has written a book & is doing book signings.

According to the message board on Tonys site the book is out & mentions Freddie! To read a message by a Freddie fan on it read here:

http://www.friends-of-toad.com/Messa...sage_board.htm

http://www.friends-of-toad.com/Frame%20Schedule.htm

Mon October 14, 2002 - THE TODAY SHOW (NBC). Check local listings for schedule. Tony will make an appearance to discuss the release of his book, Halfway to Paradise, available in stores now.

Seeing the pic of Tony on his site here makes me wonder if Freddie might've looked similar to how he is on here?

http://www.tonyorlandoonline.com/home.htm

I am highly suspecting the ENTERTAINMENT TONITE appearance is to promote the book and not just cuz he wants to give us some inside info on Freddie. But I am just glad he is talking about him on there...

Glad to provide this as a service for us CHICOHOLICS.

MariposaLKB · 10-13-2002, 07:53 AM

I blew off my swim aerobics class all summer and paid the price in weight gain LOL! Monday and Wednesday night are tied up with that now. I have never figured out how to tape a show off of satellite either--and anyway, my girls will be watching their cartoons while I am out, and you can't tape and watch at the same time with our system!

I doubt that Freddie would look the way Tony does now. On that book cover Tony looks alot like Edward James Olmos. I never could see why people thought he and Freddie looked so much alike, apart from them both being dark and Hispanic. Freddie would be MUCH better looking, even today!

Cheryl Harrell · 10-13-2002, 10:48 AM

Oh man that's a shame you're gonna miss it. Maybe you could skip an swim aerobics for the one nite. Or hook the vcr to another tv. Good luck! I am so glad I'll at least get to tape it via the VCR's timer at 7 pm & see it again at 2 :05 am. I just wish I could see it live...

Prince · 10-13-2002, 11:57 AM

I agree 100% Mariposa...Tony never had anything over Freddie.
Freddie put him to shame in the looks department. Freddie was
far more talented as well.

MariposaLKB · 10-13-2002, 01:20 PM

My husband told me he may have to work late due to it being the end of the fiscal year and him being the main budget person LOL! If he can't watch the kids, no swimming for me! Oh darn....

And yes, Macca, I agree Freddie had the talent over Tony as well! Sadly, we didn't get to hear him sing much, but what I have heard was so beautiful it put Tony to shame! Not to mention the acting!

Pitooey · 10-13-2002, 09:41 PM

I wonder what he saw in Freddie Prinze's death bed.... He says it's so shocking.........

Plus I wonder what Freddie Jr. doesn't know. I've got to see this. Let's see what he says of Our Prinze!!! Now that I think of it Tony must've been heavily on cocaine at that time too. Maybe he really couldn't help Freddie at the time because of his own addiction. I'm still so mad that people turned their backs on Freddie.

Cheryl Harrell · 10-13-2002, 09:45 PM

Wow, sorry you have to miss your swim class. Maybe you'll get to get ahold of a tv & see Tony talk about Freddie. I found out BOOK A MILLION has the book so Tues we will go & look at it & see the Freddie parts!

From what I've read baout Tony he is a good Christian man now & is for the family & veterans & God etc. He seems like an interesting person to meet. I think if he ignored Freddie near the end it was cuz he was so goofed up on drugs he didn't know what he was doing & it caused him to ignroe folks he shouldn't have. I wonder if when he was doing all that dramatic orating about Freddie after the funeral if maybe he was on drugs then & it caused him to not act as he normally would've. Hopefully he'll be positive about Freddie in the book. Can't wait to get home tomorrow nite & see the video fo ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT...

Cheryl Harrell · 10-14-2002, 05:35 PM

Dumb, stupid me! I had wanted to set up the VCR to tape Tony Orlando off the TODAY show to see if he mentioned Freddie on there. Stupdi me f orgot to saet the VCR to tape it cuz I was too obsessed in setting up the VCR to tape hte ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT. If hubby messeed with the top VCR while I was gone--- DIVORCE LOL!

Am loving the new pics & poems etc. Couldn't reply int he other topics cuz I'm at my folks house on their puter & it is so slow. It took me 10 yrs to get on here LOL! Can't wait till I get home to night to see the tape!

Pitooey · 10-14-2002, 07:38 PM

This is what Tony said........ (See below)..

Redd Foxx turned him on (Tony) to cocaine. What he saw in Freddie's hospital bed was his hand clutched so tightly. When he walked in it looked like Freddie still had the gun in his hand. Tony said that he took Freddie's hand and started to open it up. He said he got so mad at Freddie for what he did to himself.

Also he said that Freddie Jr. might not know that but it was in his house that they gave him his first birthday party. He regrets not being there for Freddie Jr. over the years because he promised Freddie Sr. on his deathbed that he would be there for his son and he wasn't.

Luckymama58 · 10-14-2002, 08:08 PM

And please only believe about half of what Tony says. Some of his "facts" are inconsistant with a lot of what I have read, especially in his mother's book. Kathy, for one, didn't like Freddie's "druggie" friends, like Tony and Richard Prior. I can't see her having Pie's first birthday party at Tony's house. And his mother said that Tony wasn't in the room when they pulled the plug. I think Tony's recollections about Freddie's death are through a mind clouded with the cocaine he took. Tony was always known for trying to steal the limelight in those days too. I know I am no fan of Kathy's, but I think I would be inclined to believe her over him. And I believe Maria over the both of them. Poor Freddie, if only he were here to defend himself. And I disagree with Tony, he hemmed and hawed about if drugs weren't a part of Freddie's life would he still be here today. HE COULD'T SAY YES. I am sorry, but I have to believe that even if things were bad in Freddie's life, if he hadn't been influenced by the drugs, he would have found a way to cope and would still be here today.
Sorry, this interview made me mad .... I know this might upset a few people on the boards and I am sorry. These are my opinions and I don't mean to start a fight. Please don't jump me for the way I feel, OK?

MariposaLKB · 10-14-2002, 08:14 PM

If Tony actually did make that deathbed promise to look out for Jr., then probably the only accurate thing he said in this interview was that he let Freddie down. IMHO he was already doing that before Freddie pulled the trigger--particularly by not insisting Freddie get into rehab!

10-12-2002, 07:21 PM	#1
FreddieFan Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Dec 06, 2001 Posts: 16	Entertainment Tonight Just saw a commercial for ET for Monday evening. Tony Orlando will be interviewed and will talk about Freddie Prinze.

10-12-2002, 09:18 PM	#2
Pitooey Member Forum Star Join Date: Feb 15, 2001 Location: Rocking in Transylvania. Posts: 15,042	Thanks for keeping us updated Freddie fan!!! I'll be watching it..........
	__________________ Pitooey... AKA JennyLee - I love the Monkees all over again! *SAY NO TO DRUGS* Jesus saves...

10-13-2002, 12:30 AM	#3
Prince Prince of Peace Senior Member Join Date: Jan 26, 2001 Posts: 1,137	It had better be positive..or else...I just don't trust phoney Tony.
	__________________ A friend is faithful, trusting and helpful…someone that realizes your imperfections and stands by you--Freddie Prinze "Come here to me" --- Freddie Prinze "Beautiful, Beautiful, Beautiful...Beautiful Boy" When I watched Freddie Prinze perform...his future was so bright that it burned my eyes. Live simply, Love generously, Care deeply, Speak kindly and Leave the rest to God. "Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle."

10-13-2002, 02:08 AM	#4
Cheryl Harrell I Love You Mike 4-Ever Forum Veteran Join Date: Mar 23, 2001 Location: Pixley!!!! Actually VA--USA LOL! Posts: 6,192	Thanks for the heads up & info! I HAVE to see this! I sure wish this on Wed nite when I would be home. Wouldn't you know it? Mon nite at 7 PM (The time ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT is on) is the monthly church ladies meeting at church & I always go with my mom. So guess where I will be at 7 PM. LOL! ;( Thank God for VCR's cuz I wll have the VCR set up to tape this! I will have to spend the whole church ladies meeting wondering what is going on on there & if my VCR cut on & taped it right. Yow! My folks are picking me earlier on Mon & I'll eat out with them & then go with my moms to the church ladies meeting. Mike is supposed to go visit his cousin & her hubby & eat with them while I'm at church ladies meeting. They will probably pick him up & my mom take him home when she takes me home cuz they live really close to the church, practically across the street. I'm gonna have him have them tape it off their tv just in case our VCR goes nutty & doesn't tape it. I probably won't be able to see it until after 9 PM. The wait's gonna kill me! LOL! On the other hand our local NBC station ch. 12 (Richmond, VA) plays it at 2:05 am as well which means later that nite (actually the next am) I get to see it twice!!!! : Here is ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHTS website: http://www.etonline.com/aboutET/a12699.htm Nothing on Mondays show but maybe Sunday nite or early Monday they will ahve something on it. Video of Tony Orlando recalling the day he walked offstage: http://www.etonline.com/media_player...02/01/6592.asx
	__________________ RIP darling Mike. I love you forever... You are with Freddie Prinze & Jesus now. 1951-2009 "Make it your way, who can beat the Lord, the Son of God. Dear Lord, help me be strong where I am weak, if it be your will"-- The Late Freddie Prinze Sr Last edited by Cheryl Harrell; 10-13-2002 at 02:47 AM.

10-13-2002, 02:32 AM	#5
Cheryl Harrell I Love You Mike 4-Ever Forum Veteran Join Date: Mar 23, 2001 Location: Pixley!!!! Actually VA--USA LOL! Posts: 6,192	Woo-hoo! I found online the clip that is advertising this episode of ENTERTAINMENT TONITE & you can watch it here: http://www.etonline.com/html/tonightonet/tonight.htm I am dying to know what he saw when Freddie died. & What he kept Secret from Jr & why... Oh yeah! When I right clicked on the urrl to bring it up in another window it gave me an error message something about an OLE but the thing does come up to view it. You have to click on the okay & then it comes up. Enjoy! Also I looked up his website to look for more info & it lists some appearances of interest on his website. Evidently he has written a book & is doing book signings. According to the message board on Tonys site the book is out & mentions Freddie! To read a message by a Freddie fan on it read here: http://www.friends-of-toad.com/Messa...sage_board.htm http://www.friends-of-toad.com/Frame%20Schedule.htm Mon October 14, 2002 - THE TODAY SHOW (NBC). Check local listings for schedule. Tony will make an appearance to discuss the release of his book, Halfway to Paradise, available in stores now. Seeing the pic of Tony on his site here makes me wonder if Freddie might've looked similar to how he is on here? http://www.tonyorlandoonline.com/home.htm I am highly suspecting the ENTERTAINMENT TONITE appearance is to promote the book and not just cuz he wants to give us some inside info on Freddie. But I am just glad he is talking about him on there... Glad to provide this as a service for us CHICOHOLICS.
	Last edited by Cheryl Harrell; 10-13-2002 at 03:37 AM.

10-13-2002, 07:53 AM	#6
MariposaLKB She flies alone Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 06, 2001 Location: The great unknown Posts: 3,436	I won't be able to see it cuz.... I blew off my swim aerobics class all summer and paid the price in weight gain LOL! Monday and Wednesday night are tied up with that now. I have never figured out how to tape a show off of satellite either--and anyway, my girls will be watching their cartoons while I am out, and you can't tape and watch at the same time with our system! I doubt that Freddie would look the way Tony does now. On that book cover Tony looks alot like Edward James Olmos. I never could see why people thought he and Freddie looked so much alike, apart from them both being dark and Hispanic. Freddie would be MUCH better looking, even today!
	__________________ Within a cage Try to escape Her silent rage But no one ever listens... -Butterfly (Mariposa) Last edited by MariposaLKB; 10-13-2002 at 08:01 AM.

10-13-2002, 10:48 AM	#7
Cheryl Harrell I Love You Mike 4-Ever Forum Veteran Join Date: Mar 23, 2001 Location: Pixley!!!! Actually VA--USA LOL! Posts: 6,192	Oh man that's a shame you're gonna miss it. Maybe you could skip an swim aerobics for the one nite. Or hook the vcr to another tv. Good luck! I am so glad I'll at least get to tape it via the VCR's timer at 7 pm & see it again at 2 :05 am. I just wish I could see it live...

10-13-2002, 11:57 AM	#8
Prince Prince of Peace Senior Member Join Date: Jan 26, 2001 Posts: 1,137	I agree 100% Mariposa...Tony never had anything over Freddie. Freddie put him to shame in the looks department. Freddie was far more talented as well.

10-13-2002, 01:20 PM	#9
MariposaLKB She flies alone Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 06, 2001 Location: The great unknown Posts: 3,436	Well I might get to see it after all.... My husband told me he may have to work late due to it being the end of the fiscal year and him being the main budget person LOL! If he can't watch the kids, no swimming for me! Oh darn.... And yes, Macca, I agree Freddie had the talent over Tony as well! Sadly, we didn't get to hear him sing much, but what I have heard was so beautiful it put Tony to shame! Not to mention the acting!

10-13-2002, 09:41 PM	#10
Pitooey Member Forum Star Join Date: Feb 15, 2001 Location: Rocking in Transylvania. Posts: 15,042	I wonder what he saw in Freddie Prinze's death bed.... He says it's so shocking......... Plus I wonder what Freddie Jr. doesn't know. I've got to see this. Let's see what he says of Our Prinze!!! Now that I think of it Tony must've been heavily on cocaine at that time too. Maybe he really couldn't help Freddie at the time because of his own addiction. I'm still so mad that people turned their backs on Freddie.

10-13-2002, 09:45 PM	#11
Cheryl Harrell I Love You Mike 4-Ever Forum Veteran Join Date: Mar 23, 2001 Location: Pixley!!!! Actually VA--USA LOL! Posts: 6,192	Wow, sorry you have to miss your swim class. Maybe you'll get to get ahold of a tv & see Tony talk about Freddie. I found out BOOK A MILLION has the book so Tues we will go & look at it & see the Freddie parts! From what I've read baout Tony he is a good Christian man now & is for the family & veterans & God etc. He seems like an interesting person to meet. I think if he ignored Freddie near the end it was cuz he was so goofed up on drugs he didn't know what he was doing & it caused him to ignroe folks he shouldn't have. I wonder if when he was doing all that dramatic orating about Freddie after the funeral if maybe he was on drugs then & it caused him to not act as he normally would've. Hopefully he'll be positive about Freddie in the book. Can't wait to get home tomorrow nite & see the video fo ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT...

10-14-2002, 05:35 PM	#12
Cheryl Harrell I Love You Mike 4-Ever Forum Veteran Join Date: Mar 23, 2001 Location: Pixley!!!! Actually VA--USA LOL! Posts: 6,192	Dumb, stupid me! I had wanted to set up the VCR to tape Tony Orlando off the TODAY show to see if he mentioned Freddie on there. Stupdi me f orgot to saet the VCR to tape it cuz I was too obsessed in setting up the VCR to tape hte ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT. If hubby messeed with the top VCR while I was gone--- DIVORCE LOL! Am loving the new pics & poems etc. Couldn't reply int he other topics cuz I'm at my folks house on their puter & it is so slow. It took me 10 yrs to get on here LOL! Can't wait till I get home to night to see the tape!

10-14-2002, 07:38 PM	#13
Pitooey Member Forum Star Join Date: Feb 15, 2001 Location: Rocking in Transylvania. Posts: 15,042	This is what Tony said........ (See below).. Redd Foxx turned him on (Tony) to cocaine. What he saw in Freddie's hospital bed was his hand clutched so tightly. When he walked in it looked like Freddie still had the gun in his hand. Tony said that he took Freddie's hand and started to open it up. He said he got so mad at Freddie for what he did to himself. Also he said that Freddie Jr. might not know that but it was in his house that they gave him his first birthday party. He regrets not being there for Freddie Jr. over the years because he promised Freddie Sr. on his deathbed that he would be there for his son and he wasn't.

10-14-2002, 08:08 PM	#14
Luckymama58 Math Geeks Unite! Senior Member Join Date: Mar 18, 2001 Location: In my rock and roll fantasy Posts: 2,553	And please only believe about half of what Tony says. Some of his "facts" are inconsistant with a lot of what I have read, especially in his mother's book. Kathy, for one, didn't like Freddie's "druggie" friends, like Tony and Richard Prior. I can't see her having Pie's first birthday party at Tony's house. And his mother said that Tony wasn't in the room when they pulled the plug. I think Tony's recollections about Freddie's death are through a mind clouded with the cocaine he took. Tony was always known for trying to steal the limelight in those days too. I know I am no fan of Kathy's, but I think I would be inclined to believe her over him. And I believe Maria over the both of them. Poor Freddie, if only he were here to defend himself. And I disagree with Tony, he hemmed and hawed about if drugs weren't a part of Freddie's life would he still be here today. HE COULD'T SAY YES. I am sorry, but I have to believe that even if things were bad in Freddie's life, if he hadn't been influenced by the drugs, he would have found a way to cope and would still be here today. Sorry, this interview made me mad .... I know this might upset a few people on the boards and I am sorry. These are my opinions and I don't mean to start a fight. Please don't jump me for the way I feel, OK?
	__________________ We All Use Math Every Day! Everything is Numb3rs! Capt. Jack: Drink up, me hardies, Yo Ho! I reject your reality and substitute my own!-Adam Savage, Mythbuster A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds... With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. -Ralph Waldo Emerson RIP Freddie Prinze 1954-1977 You have your star now. Last edited by Luckymama58; 10-14-2002 at 08:12 PM.

10-14-2002, 08:14 PM	#15
MariposaLKB She flies alone Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 06, 2001 Location: The great unknown Posts: 3,436	He may have ONE thing right.... If Tony actually did make that deathbed promise to look out for Jr., then probably the only accurate thing he said in this interview was that he let Freddie down. IMHO he was already doing that before Freddie pulled the trigger--particularly by not insisting Freddie get into rehab!