Where's Richard?

Headlong: Missing Richard Simmons

Topic / Pineapple Street Media / Dan Taberski

Serial, Arts, Society & Culture

4.3 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2017

⏱️ 28 minutes

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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.
0:03.0	Filmmaker, yes.
0:04.4	New Yorker, sure.
0:06.2	But I haven't had a gym membership in years.
0:08.8	I get automated We Miss You emails from my yoga place.
0:12.3	So exercise was never my thing.
0:14.7	Until, I started exercising with Richard Simmons.
0:18.5	Here we go!
0:20.7	Yeah, that Richard Simmons.
0:22.6	Hey, we're talls, way back.
0:23.6	Oh, yeah, yeah.
0:25.6	You know the guy, short shorts, bedazzled tank tops, a big curly head of hair halfway between Jimmy Hendrix and Little Orph and Annie.
0:33.6	Tell everyone, Mama, Mama, Mama wants to hear, Mama wants to see Mama.
0:39.3	It was from Gypsy.
0:40.3	I know, I know.
0:41.6	That's Ellen DeGeneres, he's torturing.
0:44.1	I grew up watching Richard goof around on talk shows like these.
0:47.2	But as I got older, he seemed to stay exactly the same.
0:50.9	Here he is on Litterman.
0:51.9	And all of this trouble about losing weight is erroneous. It's a waste of time because...
0:55.7	No, it's not because we want everyone to be fit.
0:57.8	No. Are you fit? Are you fit?
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