RuPaul on Dance-O-Rama (1981)

DANCE-O-RAMA was created by a group of ecletic multi-media artists and personalities from Atlanta. Their goal was to confuse the average viewer by using the public airwaves to spread their brand of humor and blur the concept of what really was real.

When RuPaul moved to Atlanta in the early 80's he flipped on the tube and discovered a cable access program which rocked his world - DANCE-O-RAMA.
In this clip the teenaged RuPaul uses "I'm Losing It" by The Glass Family to teach the audience members how to do the Timothy Leary inspired dance "The Freakout!" Now work it, girls and boys ...and remember, the green acid is good.
Lahoma just wrote in to let me know that she and Lizette were Ru's backup performers for this number. THANKS, Lahoma!!


Fun FACTOID: The show was produced and shot on the same sound stage that James Brown used for his influential 70's TV show FUTURESHOCK.