Episode Details

Rich Little has done impressions of presidents, Rat Pack legends, and Hollywood royalty for decades, but the stories behind those performances are even more entertaining than the impressions themselves.

The man of a thousand voices sits down to share what it was really like performing in front of the very people he was imitating, the moments that went sideways, and what keeps him performing in Las Vegas to this day.

Show Highlights:

• What happened when Frank Sinatra quietly appeared onstage while Rich was in the middle of doing Frank Sinatra.
• The very specific coaching George Burns and Jack Benny each gave Rich on how to imitate them better.
• Why Rich Little finished an entire episode of The Muppet Show with a rash on his face.
• The moment at the Dean Martin Roasts when Rich tried to teach Jimmy Stewart how to do his own impression.
• How Rich Little's swearing-in as a US citizen left him genuinely unsure who had just become an American.

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