Product Details

• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Hbo Home Video
• VHS Release Date: January 12, 1999
• Run Time: 54 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6301929632
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #226,109 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious & Thought Provoking!, October 7, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Fontaine: Why Am I Straight [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I am a Whoopi Goldberg fan from way back. I enjoyed her previous video Whoopi: Live On Broadway in which she introduces us to a host of characters, one of them Fontaine. To see her take Fontaine to the next level, clean and sober, with a whole new take on life is truly brilliant. I'm glad I had the chance to see it. Once again Whoopi has done it. She always manages to make you laugh and make you think at the same time.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must-see for all Whoopie and stand-up fans, February 12, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Fontaine: Why Am I Straight [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Reagan's in the whitehouse, Jimmy-the-Greek has just said some 'not so PC' things on national television and Fontaine [a character of Ms. Goldbergs who is an admitted thief/junkie with a P.h.D. in literature] has just gotten out of the Betty Ford Clinic and is looking at the world through 'straight' eyes for the first time in a long time. And BOY does he have something to say--all of it funny and profound. A great reminder of why Ms. Goldberg got to where she is in show biz.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Without a doubt - the best of the best, November 3, 1999

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Debbie Ayers (Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fontaine: Why Am I Straight [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Whoopie is just "Whoopie" - tells it like it is, means it, lives by it, emulates it, and shares it through her comedic excellence. This particular video is Whoopie at her best, passing on her wisdom through the eyes of a "true" American, the real America we all live in. Don't miss it.