What are you all's favorite Prince TV moments?

I love when he's on Jay Leno's show and Mel Gibson's there He looked like he was having so much fun. It was so cute.
What about ya'll?

Award Show - Purple Rain AMA '85
TV - Ballad of Dorothy Parker (Leno)

I've only seen him on one award show and that was the 2004 Grammy's

MoonCat said:

wow, then you missed the best performances:purple rain ama'5, baby im a star grammy 85, sott/play in the sunshine mtv awards 87, etc

I'm gonna go with

Mtv Awards 1991 (assless pants! )
The Rosie O' Donnell show appearence
and
Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame Induction


And is it just me, or does anybody else here LOVE those little montages
they do on the award shows

Good topic!

I love when he preformed Daddy Pop on Arsino Hall in 1991.

LOVED the 1995 American Music Awards. Mayte looked awsome!

Loved the Larry King interview because he looked like such a hottie!

The 85 AMAs. That performance of PR was awesome!!!!

TMPletz said:

THe 1995 American Music Awards (lifetime acheivement award), even though he lip-synched Also the performance of Endorphine Machine/Interactive on VH1.
85 Grammys/AMA's

Every Damn Appearance. Between his Speeches and Costumes and Performances...One just Jumps up and Down for Joy. He's so Great Live. The T.V. appearances are so Cool. I Kinda Like alot more when he talks so this is Really Fun to watch INTERVIEWS. He's such an URCHIN MAN... I Used to love when his HAIR was All SHORT EMANCIPATION Year and he had The ELFIN LOOK with The Spock Ears with the MOONWRAP and he was Wearing GREEN... I Just love when he Looks Boyish or has like Wild Outfits. What Can I say I Adore his MAGICAL WAYS... A Real CUTSY!

1985 AMAs "Purple Rain"
1985 MTV Interview / "America" complete
1987 MTV Awards "Sign O' The Times" only
1991 Arsenio "Cream"
1991 MTV Awards "Gett Off"
1995 VH1 Honors "Pussy Control"
1998 Sinbad "Let's Work"
2001 Leno "The Work Pt. 1"
2001 Leno "The Ballad of Dorothy Parker / 4"
2004 Rock N Roll Hall of Fame "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" guitar solo

hmm, i'll add more later, i'm sure
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Sign O The Times/Play In The Sunshine

MTV Awards 87

Just look at the faces in the audience....awesome!!

I still love the SNL 15th anniversary special...Electric Chair

Snap said:

Somebody gave Sinbad a show

Even worst, Prince came on it

There are so many to choose from.

I loved his appearance on Arsenio Hall.

Rock & Roll HOF.

The assless pants

I love 'em ALL!! Anytime he is on tv I am happy!!

I was watching an 85 awards show on Housequake the other day. I swear it was like it was happening right at that moment. I was sooo giddy! Even though I knew he was going to win, I was getting breathless as they read the nominees. I remember seeing it all live in 1985 but it was great reliving the excitment all over again. And his performance of Purple Rain was spectacular! Ahhh memories!!

SNL-Partyup(1980 or 1981)
Today Show 2004-he was so grumpy it was funny
Some German interview for Rave 1999-so funny with his pimp cane and seeing the reactions his young interviewers had to his questions.
That one interview in 2004-when he kept refusing to play and song and instead wanted the host(who's name I've forgotten) to sing Purple Rain
Jay Leno-Come On
Chris Rock-Face Down
MTV assless pants appearance-I wonder what the audience thought at the time when Tony M and the guys all fell on his naked ass and it looked like they were humping him. Maybe I need to see it again, but that was funny to me.
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doctamario said:

Yep, the reason for that freaky scream. Most Prince fans still don't understand it and have forced themselves not to believe that he was totally playing with a Sodom & Gomorrah allegory in the video and the live performance.

Interview with Veronica Webb including the Billy Jack Bitch performance at the end.

Without a doubt, the 1985 AMA is my fave. The Grammy's later that same year was funny as hell. The 87 MTV Awards was good. I also favor when P was on Solid Gold. He was on there twice during the 1999 album. First, he was on there performing "1999". Man, Lisa and Jill looked GOOOOOD! Then, again he came back later in 83 and performed "Little Red Corvette".

doctamario said:

i forgot about that one. add this to my list also

Scrapluv said:

Same here.

"Let's Go Crazy / Kiss" from the Arsenio Hall Show '91.

The dances in that piece was tight...

I think he tried to make a fool of Mel Gibson and his joke totally backfired.
He was a prick that night.

doctamario said:

That's the one. Very punk rock. He bitch-slapped America that night.

thekidsgirl said:

"I really dont talk because my voice is so high"

EXCELLENT TOPIC!!!

The American Bandstand Performance because that was the first for me.
The Jay Leno back to back shows in 1998/9 he was so cute and regular acting.
The First time I saw When Doves Cry Video.
The Mtv interview with Kurt Loeder Rave period.
Larry King - minus Larry Graham
Both Tavis Smiley interviews
Bryant Gumble farewell Bryant performance
The first Arsenio perfomance

UndercovaBrotha said:

those were the days of some of his best choreography ever
that was some great stuff!!!

thekidsgirl said:

Was that '96? Wanna change that to '98? He performed "The One" on there from NPS. Sinbad's show ("Vibe") only lasted less than a year with him as host.

TMPletz said:

he performed The One! GRRR! I hate Sinbad


(though I guess he's not the one to blame )