I could be wrong but I think one time he smoked an entire PCP all by himself.

I read that he admitted to doing 00 worth of cocaine a day at one point. Then again, I think Little Richard is perfectly happy to exaggerate about his life for publicity's sake, so who knows.

Yeah, no sense in shitting on a rock legend. He was 80 when this was shot.

Yeah. I only kinda liked him, but he deserved much better than this performance.

And yeah, 2:50 really is the perfect summation.

Yeah.. I took my dad to see Tony Bennett for his birthday a few years ago, and nearing 90 I was surprised to see him standing, let along singing. But his band was probably the best I've ever heard at a live show, and easily compromised for Mr. Bennett's sometimes-warbly voice. These guys just sound like a bar band on a tuesday night.

Reminds me of that classic SCTV Perry Como sketch:
https://youtu.be/zj5A7W-0zPY

Before I saw this I didn't know that Little Richard actually wrote this song, and that it was kind of like Louie Louie in that it's hard to track its origins. Cool! Enjoy your retirement dude!