Making Whoopi Goldberg

Making

WBEZ Chicago

Society & Culture

4.6 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Over the course of her climb to the Hollywood A-List, Whoopi Goldberg has worn many hats: stand-up comedian, Broadway star, screen actress, and daytime television host. But before her breakout role in a Steven Spielberg film, she was a young mom hopping around the country, taking odd jobs and doing avant-garde theater. This week on Making, we chart Whoopi Goldberg’s winding path to stardom, from living off welfare, to landing on Broadway with her one-woman show. Host Brandon Pope chats with her first theater partners, her first director, and her first stage manager to discover who Whoopi was when she was just a wide-eyed talent waiting to be discovered. “The first time I saw her, I knew she was going to make it,” said William Farley, the director for her first on-screen performance. “She was an original. And an original, they become seen.”

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0:00.0	What were you mentioned that you spent a lot of time when you were young watching stars
0:06.0	that you aspired to be?
0:07.5	Right.
0:08.5	There are some people out there watching Whoopi Goldberg now and wanting to be like you.
0:11.4	What would you have to say to them?
0:13.4	Do it.
0:14.4	Do it.
0:15.4	You won't want to be like me once you get older.
0:19.0	You know, you won't want to be like me because you'll find who you are.
0:27.6	From WBEZ Chicago, this is Making, I'm Brandon Poe.
0:33.2	Today, it's Making Whoopi Goldberg.
0:42.2	If you can't handle a fart, you can't handle me.
0:44.5	I am the original sexie beast.
0:49.4	Whoopi Goldberg has pioneered a path to Hollywood success.
0:52.8	Whoopi Goldberg is a Broadway.
0:54.8	He's just one of 18 people to earn an ego, an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony,
1:02.1	and the first black person to ever do it.
1:04.4	And the Grammy goes to Whoopi Goldberg.
1:10.5	She's done stand-up comedy, Broadway, screen dramas, and now Daytime Television.
1:16.7	People have been coming after me saying they're going to snatch my family, they're going
1:19.7	to come.
1:20.7	It's like, well, here's the deal.
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