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Headlong: Missing Richard Simmons

1: Where's Richard? | Missing Richard Simmons

Headlong: Missing Richard Simmons

Topic / Pineapple Street Media / Dan Taberski

Serial, Arts, Society & Culture

4.36K Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2017

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

On February 15, 2014 Richard Simmons didn’t show up to teach the exercise class he had led for 40 years. He hasn't been seen in public since. Filmmaker Dan Taberski starts investigating the disappearance of his friend. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0

I have never been much of a fitness guy.

0:02.6

filmmaker?

0:03.6

yes.

0:04.6

New Yorker?

0:05.6

sure.

0:06.6

But I haven't had a gym membership in years.

0:08.9

I get automated we miss you emails from my yoga place.

0:12.5

So exercise was never my thing.

0:14.9

until I started exercising with Richard Simmons.

0:18.5

There we go.

0:20.3

Yeah, that Richard Simmons.

0:22.5

I've been tossed with that.

0:24.5

Oh yeah, yeah.

0:26.5

You know the guy.

0:27.5

That's George.

0:28.5

Be dazzled tank tops.

0:29.5

A big curly head of hair.

0:30.8

Halfway between Jimmy Hendrix and Little Orphan Annie.

0:33.6

Tell everyone, mama.

0:34.6

Now I'm talking to this.

0:35.6

Mama wants to hear.

0:36.6

Mama wants to see.

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