I delivered a package to a building in Manhattan back in 1981 and there he was in the lobby sitting in a chair reading a newspaper. I loved the old ODD COUPLE show.
@@ingrid2543 i met Ron Howard and Henry Winkler in Times Square, 1981. They were filming Night Shift,. They could not have been friendlier. Very humble and gracious.
He lived CPW 74th street. NYC. Saw him a lot as he would walk down 74th to Columbus Ave. Always said hello and sometimes he would be singing as he walked down the street.
Younger generations today will never realize how true this statement is, .. because they've never experienced such a personality. .. and if they did, they wouldn't like him because he was very honest about things, and people like that far less today than ever. And for the record, he was absolutely right about tv. I never liked TV outside of Saturday morning cartoons, and reruns of Laurel and Hardy, Abbot and Costello, and the Muppets. I was always more interested in books. And he was also right about tv regarding it was/is a tool for brainwashing the general population.. and all that has increased significantly with the Internet/social media.. I Saw it also with the introduction of game consoles (colecovision, Atari..)
@@bobma6342 It really is. For some reason, Sally's obvious goal is to get under Tony's skin & put him on the spot. But he keeps his cool. His classiness outshines her gutter journalism.
Not exactly. For the longest time, he kept his private life private. He said that the only thing he wants people to know about him is that he is against smoking. He said the less the public knew about an actor, the better the actor could portray his characters. Then he changed. He got into this ridiculous very public marriage to someone decades younger to prove his was straight.
I knew Tony personally because he and my father were lifelong friends, having grown up together and maintained their friendship through the years. Based on my own interactions with him, I can definitively state that he was not irritated during this interview. Rather, his manner here was his way of being playful in response to questions, and to a forum, that he didn’t take very seriously.
If I had no smart phone, I would have been unable to see this interesting slice of tv history. Smart phones are far different and more beneficial than tv, especially as awesome learning tools. Respectfully
@@miltonmoore8369 If only there were other devices too, like, say...computers. You know, things on which we could learn things -- but not do so while we should be paying attention to OTHERS IN OUR COMPANY OR EVEN WHEN DRIVING.
He was a tremendously CLASSY Man. My Mom back in the 90's during the Winter broke her ankle slipping on the train grating due to icy conditions. Tony Randall came to her aid and consoled her until the ambulance arrived 1/2 hour later. God Bless you Sir. Mom and Tony rest in Paradise.
When I was 11 years old I met Mr.Randall at a Rally for Bobby Kennedy in 1968. He was giving away hot dogs at a support stand. I asked him if he was the actor in The Brass Bottle, he replied "Yes Sir I am". I met Bobby Kennedy a few minutes later. He was killed the next week in L.A. Man im getting old....
Thanks for sharing that moment in your life with us. One thing struck me ... "He was killed the next week in L.A." Immediately followed by "Man I'm getting old". My very first thought was ... and isn't that wonderful considering Bobby Kennedy was not afforded that opportunity.
@vince1638 But THEY couldn't afford to let Bobby become president. He would have delved into his brother's assassination, and exposed THEM. I remember.......
My former in-laws owned a theatre that Mr. Randall was performing in. I was a budding actress and AT FIVE MINUTES BEFORE he went on stage, my in-laws insisted on introducing me to him backstage! I was so embarrassed, but Mr. Randall came over to us from where he was waiting for his entrance and shook my hand and acted very interested in meeting me, this new actress. He was SO sincere and polite and never acted like we were being the rudest people in the world! I've always been grateful for his kindness to us and especially me! What a gentleman!
Anyone familiar with Tony Randall can see he wasn't irritated at all, he was just being his usual, animated, highly opinionated self. I met him around 1979-80 while shooting a movie in Salem, Oregon and he was an extremely nice guy.
Tony was a class act. A Gentleman. Loved The Odd Couple growing up. Still watch it today. Miss these celebrities and type of actors. Loved 70’s and 80’s TV and Carson, Merv, Cavett, Mike Douglas. These actors and shows hold a special place in a lot of people’s hearts and minds. You only had a few channels to watch and a lot of times one TV if you were lucky. So what you watched was limited. Watched a lot of shows with parents. But find myself watching all that stuff today. Not just out of nostalgia, but a lot of it is far better than what’s on now. Lots of good mystery and police shows, action show’s, Mission Impossible, Mannix, 5-0 (Jack Lord). List goes on and on. Good stuff still being made today. Not everything horrible. Times were just different. My youth, my memories.
so relate to your comment. I found The Red Skelton show on cable, starting in 1951. I watch them and laugh, laugh and enjoy these old half hour black and white shows. Ran for 20 years, becoming one hour shows in color the last half of the run.
At 78 y o I only enjoy old time tv reruns and old game shows. So content to not watch anything newer. AND NEVER WATCH NEWS.... no more anxiety...no more depression. I refuse to be sucked into this current FEAR-BASED society.
@@joannaedwards6325 Well, I only watch the old TV shows too. However, I DO watch the news because one has to stay up on current events. However, I do try to separate the facts from the theatrics and right/left slanted reporting. I mean, let's face it. It's not exactly Edward R. Murrow or Walter Cronkite doing it anymore!
@@MattMorris481 Marilyn Monroe because of her insecurity about her talent and her addiction problems kept the other actors waiting around to shoot their scenes with her because of her extreme tardiness. After doing this a number of times a person loses the sympathy of her fellow actors.
It’s amazing she had a career. Only in the 80s, perhaos she made it to the 90s. What the hell was appealing about her? Nothing. Looked ridiculous, too.
@@dennydeckerful the problem is in her last two or three years she got so full of herself and pride. Then she started being a jackass. Especially after she got her face hacked up by plastic surgery. The network cancel her because she became a failure. So she is your hero it kind of says who you are doesn't it.
I agree with Tony, its worst now with all the social media. Throw out the tv or just let them watch tv for a hour a day. Parents need to get their kids to read for them.
Tony Randall was correct about college kids, people who have been to university, and so on. A lot of them cannot do basic mathematics without a calculator, they cannot read well, plus they have no idea how to use an apostrophe, not knowing the difference between the plural and signifying possession. Me? I never acquired a high school diploma. I left school and landed a job. Yes, I watched television as a child, yet one thing I did when I was very young was I read the dictionary. I was fascinated by words and finding different ways to say things. Nothing to watch on television? I picked up the dictionary or read a magazine. Tony Randall would be outraged by the rampant stupidity that permeates through the youth of today--yet let's not forget to blame the parents! They stand guilty as charged for raising such moronic offspring. You can't even trust the teachers, because a lot of them, too, are poor educators. We have children at schools whose teachers are encouraging them to question which toilet to use, yet those teachers don't spend enough time on the basics of education.
Given his take on television of the day, imagine his take on the internet were he around to see it? What a man of conviction he was. There is so little of that today.
It was always really creepy. Just go watch the video of Sonny and Cher singing It Never Rains in Southern California and see if you see anything weird going on with Cher.
To spend time in your youth reading good books is surely the most intellectually rewarding and inspiring thing. You get references to language and culture that wiz over the heads of nonreaders. It is also a great escape from the meaningless noise of family shouting, or silence, and of daily life. It can also train your take on empathy. The benefits are endless. Yes I know, music is also effective .
Bingo! Erudition seems to have taken a back seat to money/fame. No one is interested in knowledge for the sake of knowledge. Now it's knowledge for the sake of generating money.
@@nicolelillis2077 A good amount of people didn't read in history. It wasn't untill very recently in human history that regular people could read. Theater was WAY more important. Go to Rome, don't read a book about it. Go there. You'll see the Circus Circus and Coloseum. Go to caserta where they trained gladiators. The people didn't read, they saught entertainment.
Tony is so right about reading. I only went to grade 10 in school but I was addicted to reading (at 76 I still am ) and I remembered 35 years ago to visit my older brother. He and I had an evening .to catch up. Towards the end of the evening Jim ask if I ever graduated I said no and he responded "you have an enormous command of the English. He asked how did I get it and I said reading.
I miss Tony hosting "Live from the Met." The intro showing the fountain outside and the Mr. Randall giving a synopsis of the opera we were about to watch. Memories.
What “irritation”? Randall just seemed direct and plain-spoken. The fact that he didn’t elaborate about Marilyn Monroe says a lot; others had similar feelings about her.
I was born in 1968 in Brooklyn and when I was a kid my family we watched good shows like The Odd couple, Taxi, Rhoda,Mary Tyler Moore and All in the Family. They don't make shows like this anymore.
Tony Randall was spot on about television, it's addictive. It takes valuable time away from other more important activities. I wish I would have thought so growing up, for the most part
Did you know the inventor od the Television knew this would not be good for children..his children were not allowed to watch it Then there was another person who claimed to have invented the Television ..claimed the person who did stole it from him ..read up on it Television has been useful but not for anyone especially children to sit in front of...We 1950's children read lots of booksv..no time for Television In the beginning .but as we became older watched more but then parents puts limits on it Spending time with family talking asking questions and constantly learning is developmentally important T.V can be a part with educational shows as wildlife Science etc ...
I supect she asked about snobbery because of a role he played. He's bluntly honest and that's great. As for tv being completely thrown out? No need if parents have what it takes to limit it, and provide READING material as well. Cell phones now are the tech addiction.
This incorrect (0:31); Tony was a VERY good, loyal friend, and when Jack Klugman lost his ability to speak (due to throat cancer), Tony was more than happy, not just to reunite with his friend, and help him make money, but, also to help Jack emotionally and supportively. There was an Odd Coupke TV movie made (I believe it was after this show was filmed), and they continued to work together. Like many, I love the Odd Couple, and like many, I also fell in love with it in late night syndication. There's a little gag reel, which was made part of the show's DVD box set, and though it was (sadly) released after Tony's passing, it's hosted by Jack (th-cam.com/video/rHLr3kmXT04/w-d-xo.html), and he tells about his love for his good friend, Tony. In what's one of the best tributes I can think of, the reel, clips of outtakes, is filthy-funny (a lot of people don't know that Tony loved 'dirty' jokes) a one of my favourite is when Tony and Al (Molinaro - aka Murray the cop) are sitting, waiting for them to start filming, and they do this hysterical 'ramking' competition, (with the added 'plus' of doing 'spit takes), with each one o the pair trying to out-do the other. RiP, Tony, and thanks.
@johnharris3362 The 1968 movie The Odd Couple starred Jack Lemmon as Felix Unger and Walter Matthau as Oscar Madison. The television series started in September of 1970.
worked in the building he lived in. I worked for a contractor that was restoring the facade. mr. randell was getting a new refrigerator and he asked our foreman if the men would like to have the refrigerator for our shanty. very nice man.
I love how Tony would always go on Leterman's show at a moments notice whenever a guest would cancel. He lived just down the street from the Letterman studio.
I've heard that too. Martin Scocese used that in his film "The King of Comedy" where Tony fills in when talk show host Jerry Langford (played by Jerry Lewis) is kidnapped.
Oddly enough, when Jack Paar hosted the Tonight show, and someone would not show up, he would call Hans Conreid, who lived down the street, and he would show up. Hans was a raconteur, and could tell all kinds of old show business stories, which I, and everybody, did not know but he was entertaining. I'm old.
@williamheyman5439 He was one of my favorites! Loved all his radio work not to mention his TV and film work. His Uncle Taloose on Danny Thomas show was hilarious. Strong like bull...dumb like chicken!
whether or not SJR was irritating TR, she was irritating me. But Tony Randall was such a great interview, I thoroughly enjoyed this conversation. Thank you for posting!
A true gentleman and truly nice man, classy and kind, great sense of humor, witty, intelligent and funny. A great actor and more importantly, a great human. Sadly missed and never forgotten. Still watching The Odd Couple reruns today. He used to pop into David Letterman studio and be a free guest all the time, never wanted plugs. He'd acknowledge the audience as if they were all friends. A rare, classy personality much needed in todays world. RIP Mr. Randall ❤
I was visiting New York once and walked by a theater and he came out and was mobbed by fans and he was overjoyed and stood thereunder signed autographs with a huge smile on his face. This was before cellphones so could not take pics or selfies.
I like him... refreshing...such honesty....raw...he was not afraid to speak his mind. You ask him a question and he answers. He wasn't afraid. I respect that.
@@jasongilmore2709 I met him way back in 1979 outside a Broadway theater he was doing a role for only 3 weeks and when he came out he actually used the old Hollywood line "No autographs please" and refused to shake anyone's hand at the theater. I guess he WAS FELIX.
This is the only clip I’ve ever seen from this woman’s show. I didn’t miss anything. I love the camera work capturing the disdain reactions from these women. Lmao.
This is possibly the worst interview, ever. She has no idea who Randall was as a person and her questions tried to get Randall to be jovial and 'one of us". A Jolly fool. Tony would not play the game.
Tony Randall was a gentleman. I worked near where he lived and he never failed to wave hello. Class guy.
He was a very nice man. I happened to meet him on an airplane, and he was extremely gracious when I asked for his autograph. I miss him.
I delivered a package to a building in Manhattan back in 1981 and there he was in the lobby sitting in a chair reading a newspaper. I loved the old ODD COUPLE show.
@@fredblassie9523I lived in Manhattan too, so many famous actors, newscasters etc walking around. I miss those days.
@@ingrid2543 i met Ron Howard and Henry Winkler in Times Square, 1981. They were filming Night Shift,. They could not have been friendlier. Very humble and gracious.
He lived CPW 74th street. NYC. Saw him a lot as he would walk down 74th to Columbus Ave. Always said hello and sometimes he would be singing as he walked down the street.
We need more Tony Randalls in this world and less Kardashains
What's a Kardashian?
I agree.❤🎉🎉
More Charles Grodins too.♥
Younger generations today will never realize how true this statement is,
.. because they've never experienced such a personality.
.. and if they did, they wouldn't like him because he was very honest about things,
and people like that far less today than ever.
And for the record, he was absolutely right about tv.
I never liked TV outside of Saturday morning cartoons, and reruns of Laurel and Hardy, Abbot and Costello, and the Muppets.
I was always more interested in books.
And he was also right about tv regarding it was/is a tool for brainwashing the general population.. and all that has increased significantly with the Internet/social media.. I Saw it also with the introduction of game consoles (colecovision, Atari..)
Yesssss
Mr. Randall is buried about 100 yards from my father in Westchester County, NY. Whenever I visit Dad, I always visit Tony and say hello!
NICE! THAT IS GREAT! LOVE TONY AND JACK!!!! Kim!
❤
Lol
This is a terrible interview
@@bobma6342 It really is. For some reason, Sally's obvious goal is to get under Tony's skin & put him on the spot. But he keeps his cool. His classiness outshines her gutter journalism.
I met him in person once and you could not ask for a nicer, more polite gentleman
me too - and I agree
@@johna837That makes me feel really good hearing that. I defy anyone to watch the Odd Couple Password episode and not laugh.
He isn't irritated. He has strong convictions, and he sticks by them. Good for him.
Well said & well put.
there is no reason to behave like a dick
it's not difficult to be a gracious guest
That is correct.
Not exactly. For the longest time, he kept his private life private. He said that the only thing he wants people to know about him is that he is against smoking. He said the less the public knew about an actor, the better the actor could portray his characters. Then he changed. He got into this ridiculous very public marriage to someone decades younger to prove his was straight.
That’s what made him so great.
I like Tony Randall - he seems like a really nice honest person.
Miss this guy. He had class and common sense.
I love Tony Randall !! I AGREE WITH HIM ABOUT TELEVISION!! I AGEE WITH ALL THAT HE SAYS! I think that Ms Raphael is rude.
The Odd Couple is one of the best sitcoms ever and there couldn’t be better casting than Klugman and Randall together. 😂
Oh my God that is so true
Mr Randall is not a snob at all he is a man with very high standards and he will not lower his standards because societies are lower
Indubitably!
YEAH OK GOOD LUCK WITH THAT
Exactly Right !
You got it right on the mark. Kids AND ADULTS do read less because of TV, and he didn’t care if people disagreed. Especially bimbo Raphael
But he is no gentleman and certainly no David Niven.
I knew Tony personally because he and my father were lifelong friends, having grown up together and maintained their friendship through the years. Based on my own interactions with him, I can definitively state that he was not irritated during this interview. Rather, his manner here was his way of being playful in response to questions, and to a forum, that he didn’t take very seriously.
That is awesome thanks!
I'm envious. I would like to have had a chance to meet him. He seemed not just incredibly good-natured but truly a class act as well.
❤
I loved Tony!🫂.
I thought He was Thoughtful and provocative having a show devoted to him was delightful! Sally was fine and glad she gave him the venue.
He's just being Tony.
He was brilliant and said the truth. God bless everyone. Merry Christmas 🎄 happy holidays and a blessed New Year🎉
If Mr Randall was still with us today, he'd say throw out the smart phones, and be right.
If I had no smart phone, I would have been unable to see this interesting slice of tv history.
Smart phones are far different and more beneficial than tv, especially as awesome learning tools.
Respectfully
@@miltonmoore8369 If only there were other devices too, like, say...computers. You know, things on which we could learn things -- but not do so while we should be paying attention to OTHERS IN OUR COMPANY OR EVEN WHEN DRIVING.
Do away with cell phones
Boomers: phone baaad
And he wouldn't support Trump. Smart guy.
He was a tremendously CLASSY Man.
My Mom back in the 90's during the Winter broke her ankle slipping on the train grating due to icy conditions. Tony Randall came to her aid and consoled her until the ambulance arrived 1/2 hour later.
God Bless you Sir.
Mom and Tony rest in Paradise.
tony was a remnant of peak america, when it was actually an intellectual hub, pre 60s
I remember!
Now it’s a Porn Hub.
The Odd Couple got me through a difficult period with humor, grace, and genuine entertainment. Many thanks for the relief the program provided.
I love him
His synopsis of television is even more so truthful today in 2024.
Television is daily background noise from morning to bedtime in countless American homes.
When I was 11 years old I met Mr.Randall at a Rally for Bobby Kennedy in 1968. He was giving away hot dogs at a support stand. I asked him if he was the actor in The Brass Bottle, he replied "Yes Sir I am". I met Bobby Kennedy a few minutes later. He was killed the next week in L.A. Man im getting old....
Thanks for sharing that moment in your life with us. One thing struck me ... "He was killed the next week in L.A." Immediately followed by "Man I'm getting old". My very first thought was ... and isn't that wonderful considering Bobby Kennedy was not afforded that opportunity.
@@raywalsh9152 It truly is. I believe we would be in a much safer place had he the ability to lead our Country. Thanks.
It’s too bad Bobby Kennedy’s son had part of his brain eaten by worms that he probably got from eating roadkill, and now he’s even more delusional.
@vince1638 But THEY couldn't afford to let Bobby become president. He would have delved into his brother's assassination, and exposed THEM. I remember.......
"They?!?" 😂😂😂😂
"It's beneath me"... a perfect response.
Exactly.
So he put himself above this……wasn’t that a characteristic of a snob according to him ?
@ShannonFreng that’s what I mean….the way he worded it, we all are. Maybe it was a way of subtly saying to the host, we all have some snobbery ?
My former in-laws owned a theatre that Mr. Randall was performing in. I was a budding actress and AT
FIVE MINUTES BEFORE he went on stage, my in-laws insisted on introducing me to him backstage! I was so embarrassed, but Mr. Randall came over to us from where he was waiting for his entrance and shook my hand and acted very interested in meeting me, this new actress. He was SO sincere and polite and never acted like we were being the rudest people in the world! I've always been grateful for his kindness to us and especially me! What a gentleman!
He was a monster talent. Such a gentleman and an amazing actor.
We need more people telling the truth. Maybe then the masses may begin thinking for themselves, instead of group think collective zombies.
YES YES YES YES!!!!!
very agreed
I find myself respecting him even more after this.
Me too!
Love the guy!
I parked cars at a nice hotel and brought Tony’s car to him. He had the radio set to opera and he was extremely kind.
good for him for being honest
I heartily concur!
He was always honest. It's SO refreshing.
Tony Randall-great poise and presence on stage and screen. Love his well-modulated speaking voice. Very intelligent man.
Anyone familiar with Tony Randall can see he wasn't irritated at all, he was just being his usual, animated, highly opinionated self.
I met him around 1979-80 while shooting a movie in Salem, Oregon and he was an extremely nice guy.
Tony Randall was 100 percent class. Intelligent beyond measure and gracious to the limit.
Tony was a class act. A Gentleman. Loved The Odd Couple growing up. Still watch it today. Miss these celebrities and type of actors. Loved 70’s and 80’s TV and Carson, Merv, Cavett, Mike Douglas. These actors and shows hold a special place in a lot of people’s hearts and minds. You only had a few channels to watch and a lot of times one TV if you were lucky. So what you watched was limited. Watched a lot of shows with parents. But find myself watching all that stuff today. Not just out of nostalgia, but a lot of it is far better than what’s on now. Lots of good mystery and police shows, action show’s, Mission Impossible, Mannix, 5-0 (Jack Lord). List goes on and on. Good stuff still being made today. Not everything horrible. Times were just different. My youth, my memories.
Indeed he WAS a true gentleman! I loved watching him and listening to him talk. His appearance, manners and speech were always impeccable!
Dick Cavett was the first to interview Katherine Hepburn, not easy to do!
so relate to your comment. I found The Red Skelton show on cable, starting in 1951. I watch them and laugh, laugh and enjoy these old half hour black and white shows. Ran for 20 years, becoming one hour shows in color the last half of the run.
At 78 y o I only enjoy old time tv reruns and old game shows. So content to not watch anything newer.
AND NEVER WATCH NEWS.... no more anxiety...no more depression.
I refuse to be sucked into this current
FEAR-BASED society.
@@joannaedwards6325 Well, I only watch the old TV shows too. However, I DO watch the news because one has to stay up on current events. However, I do try to separate the facts from the theatrics and right/left slanted reporting. I mean, let's face it. It's not exactly Edward R. Murrow or Walter Cronkite doing it anymore!
"Everybody needs training" Thank you Tony💜
Eternal rest grant unto Mr Randal oh Lord and let perpetual light shine upon him may he rest in peace . Amen
Tony Randall's visits on Letterman were always hilarious. One of the great voices, too.
My favorite part, and perhaps the reason I posted it, was Tony's opinion of Marilyn Monroe. "If you worked with her you didn't feel so sad for her."
Cool interview.
That said a lot with a few words.
Can someone explain what he meant by that?
@@MattMorris481 Marilyn Monroe because of her insecurity about her talent and her addiction problems kept the other actors waiting around to shoot their scenes with her because of her extreme tardiness. After doing this a number of times a person loses the sympathy of her fellow actors.
@@Daniel-sh3os Thank you, I don’t know why I didn’t catch that.
This is the first time I've seen this. I loved Tony Randall. Never could stand Sally!
I couldn't stand her either!!!!!!
That’s why she got cancelled
It’s amazing she had a career. Only in the 80s, perhaos she made it to the 90s. What the hell was appealing about her? Nothing. Looked ridiculous, too.
@@knowmusicman157after only 19 years of being on the air
@@dennydeckerful the problem is in her last two or three years she got so full of herself and pride. Then she started being a jackass. Especially after she got her face hacked up by plastic surgery. The network cancel her because she became a failure. So she is your hero it kind of says who you are doesn't it.
He's not irritated. He's basically in character and getting laughs.
That's just his sense of humor. He's hilarious and very down to earth
I agree with Tony, its worst now with all the social media. Throw out the tv or just let them watch tv for a hour a day. Parents need to get their kids to read for them.
Tony Randall was correct about college kids, people who have been to university, and so on. A lot of them cannot do basic mathematics without a calculator, they cannot read well, plus they have no idea how to use an apostrophe, not knowing the difference between the plural and signifying possession. Me? I never acquired a high school diploma. I left school and landed a job. Yes, I watched television as a child, yet one thing I did when I was very young was I read the dictionary. I was fascinated by words and finding different ways to say things. Nothing to watch on television? I picked up the dictionary or read a magazine. Tony Randall would be outraged by the rampant stupidity that permeates through the youth of today--yet let's not forget to blame the parents! They stand guilty as charged for raising such moronic offspring. You can't even trust the teachers, because a lot of them, too, are poor educators. We have children at schools whose teachers are encouraging them to question which toilet to use, yet those teachers don't spend enough time on the basics of education.
This is an interview, probably 30 years old
Or more
Given his take on television of the day, imagine his take on the internet were he around to see it?
What a man of conviction he was.
There is so little of that today.
At the time of his death, the internet was around. I think he would be indifferent to social media.
@@Supremmo
He never saw TikTok.
@@billpike-cn5pz That would be social media.
yes but he was on TV lol
Tony should see disgusting tv now.... he would faint.....
And politics.
It's horrible and it's getting worse. Young and old, we have become a nation of illiterates. The US is now the lowest of the lowbrow.
It was always really creepy. Just go watch the video of Sonny and Cher singing It Never Rains in Southern California and see if you see anything weird going on with Cher.
Tony Randall was a gem of an actor and personality. Sophisticated, erudite, urbane, witty, charming, and a true gentleman. RIP, Mr. Randall.
That was pretty consistent with his appearances on talk shows. Always liked him.
Intelligent. Witty. Gentleman. They don't make people like this anymore. Miss him Just watching this.
Saw him on the London stage in the 80s, he was absolutely brilliant.
Tony Randall was an amazing talent... RIP Mr Randall. 🙏
"It's beneath me !"... game over, layered perfect answer. Tony was genuine.
To spend time in your youth reading good books is surely the most intellectually rewarding and inspiring thing. You get references to language and culture that wiz over the heads of nonreaders. It is also a great escape from the meaningless noise of family shouting, or silence, and of daily life. It can also train your take on empathy. The benefits are endless. Yes I know, music is also effective .
I couldn't agree more.! Your comment was well put and very true. Society is also degenerating these days, instead of progressing.☮️
Bingo!
Erudition seems to have taken a back seat to money/fame.
No one is interested in knowledge for the sake of knowledge. Now it's knowledge for the sake of generating money.
@@nicolelillis2077
A good amount of people didn't read in history. It wasn't untill very recently in human history that regular people could read. Theater was WAY more important. Go to Rome, don't read a book about it. Go there. You'll see the Circus Circus and Coloseum. Go to caserta where they trained gladiators. The people didn't read, they saught entertainment.
What a great speaking voice he had.
Tony is so right about reading. I only went to grade 10 in school but I was addicted to reading (at 76 I still am ) and I remembered 35 years ago to visit my older brother. He and I had an evening .to catch up. Towards the end of the evening Jim ask if I ever graduated I said no and he responded "you have an enormous command of the English. He asked how did I get it and I said reading.
He made a total fool out of her. Like many others.
You speak the truth, Kemo Sabe!
I believe he was teasing her.
She is so out of her league, she doesn't even know it
She was showing how ignorant she is. She had dumb questions and was rude to him.
I was a kid in the 70s. Watched this show (Odd Couple) all the time. A different era.
I miss Tony hosting "Live from the Met." The intro showing the fountain outside and the Mr. Randall giving a synopsis of the opera we were about to watch. Memories.
What “irritation”? Randall just seemed direct and plain-spoken. The fact that he didn’t elaborate about Marilyn Monroe says a lot; others had similar feelings about her.
Click bait.
Met Tony Randall and his small child in Central Park
What a kind friendly man.
His work for the Grand Central Station shouldn’t be forgotten. RIP Tony.
Something about him and Klugman, just magic chemistry
tony was jacks bottom.
I was born in 1968 in Brooklyn and when I was a kid my family we watched good shows like The Odd couple, Taxi, Rhoda,Mary Tyler Moore and All in the Family. They don't make shows like this anymore.
Couldn’t agree with you more!!!!
Tony Randall was spot on about television, it's addictive. It takes valuable time away from other more important activities. I wish I would have thought so growing up, for the most part
I can just imagine what he might say about smart phones today! (He probably wouldn’t think they’re smart, for one thing. Ha)
Did you know the inventor od the Television knew this would not be good for children..his children were not allowed to watch it
Then there was another person who claimed to have invented the Television ..claimed the person who did stole it from him ..read up on it
Television has been useful but not for anyone especially children to sit in front of...We 1950's children read lots of booksv..no time for Television
In the beginning
.but as we became older watched more but then parents puts limits on it
Spending time with family talking asking questions and constantly learning is developmentally important
T.V can be a part with educational shows as wildlife
Science etc ...
Tony was a class act!
Right on Tony! Put her in her place but with grace. Class act!
I supect she asked about snobbery because of a role he played. He's bluntly honest and that's great. As for tv being completely thrown out? No need if parents have what it takes to limit it, and provide READING material as well. Cell phones now are the tech addiction.
If he thought tv was bad, I wonder what he would have thought of social media
The obvious answer would be that he would have hated it and like the idiot box he would have wanted it gone from the household.
This incorrect (0:31); Tony was a VERY good, loyal friend, and when Jack Klugman lost his ability to speak (due to throat cancer), Tony was more than happy, not just to reunite with his friend, and help him make money, but, also to help Jack emotionally and supportively.
There was an Odd Coupke TV movie made (I believe it was after this show was filmed), and they continued to work together.
Like many, I love the Odd Couple, and like many, I also fell in love with it in late night syndication.
There's a little gag reel, which was made part of the show's DVD box set, and though it was (sadly) released after Tony's passing, it's hosted by Jack (th-cam.com/video/rHLr3kmXT04/w-d-xo.html), and he tells about his love for his good friend, Tony. In what's one of the best tributes I can think of, the reel, clips of outtakes, is filthy-funny (a lot of people don't know that Tony loved 'dirty' jokes) a one of my favourite is when Tony and Al (Molinaro - aka Murray the cop) are sitting, waiting for them to start filming, and they do this hysterical 'ramking' competition, (with the added 'plus' of doing 'spit takes), with each one o the pair trying to out-do the other.
RiP, Tony, and thanks.
I believe the movie was before the series starring Jack Lemond and Walter Matthew kinda a young version of grumpy old men.
@johnharris3362 The 1968 movie The Odd Couple starred Jack Lemmon as Felix Unger and Walter Matthau as Oscar Madison. The television series started in September of 1970.
Thank you for that link. Very enjoyable.
The spit-takes scene was my favorite part.
Imagine if he was alive today
I remember Tony Randall in The is character Felix goes into a restaurant and sees Betty White and Allen ludden
SO FUNNY! AS A KID I LOVED THAT EPISODE AND JACK AND TONY! Kim
I remember that episode of "The Odd Couple". Later in the show, Oscar & Felix appear on "Password".
worked in the building he lived in. I worked for a contractor that was restoring the facade. mr. randell was getting a new refrigerator and he asked our foreman if the men would like to have the refrigerator for our shanty. very nice man.
I love how Tony would always go on Leterman's show at a moments notice whenever a guest would cancel. He lived just down the street from the Letterman studio.
*Letterman;...
Like this?
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I've heard that too. Martin Scocese used that in his film "The King of Comedy" where Tony fills in when talk show host Jerry Langford (played by Jerry Lewis) is kidnapped.
Oddly enough, when Jack Paar hosted the Tonight show, and someone would not show up, he would call Hans Conreid, who lived down the street, and he would show up. Hans was a raconteur, and could tell all kinds of old show business stories, which I, and everybody, did not know but he was entertaining. I'm old.
@williamheyman5439 He was one of my favorites! Loved all his radio work not to mention his TV and film work.
His Uncle Taloose on Danny Thomas show was hilarious.
Strong like bull...dumb like chicken!
I was 12 years old and asked him for his autograph at a rehearsal of LA Boheme at the Met featuring Luciano Pavarotti he flat out said "no". Nice guy!
Pure Class act.
I can't find the tracking button on my You Tube! LOL! Glad you posted this. Great old video.
5:59 “is television a waste of time? “ well this is very awkward and weird interview
6:01 IS TELEVISION A WASTE OF TIME? ????? Most of it
TODAY, NOT 40+++++ years ago.....@@elgeneralxx
I would have said, "No, just your show."
@@bobma6342 Ha! Touche! 😆
whether or not SJR was irritating TR, she was irritating me. But Tony Randall was such a great interview, I thoroughly enjoyed this conversation.
Thank you for posting!
I saw him in M. Butterfly on Broadway. He was brilliant.
A true gentleman and truly nice man, classy and kind, great sense of humor, witty, intelligent and funny. A great actor and more importantly, a great human. Sadly missed and never forgotten. Still watching The Odd Couple reruns today. He used to pop into David Letterman studio and be a free guest all the time, never wanted plugs. He'd acknowledge the audience as if they were all friends. A rare, classy personality much needed in todays world. RIP Mr. Randall ❤
he's awesome
Oh I so would want more of Tony Randall’s in it, pure spot on intelligence🤗
RIP Mr Randall, you were one of the true greats! Thank you! 🙏🏼
Tony Randall & Jack Klugman were outstanding-Miss them both!
I loved him ….thanks tony
I was visiting New York once and walked by a theater and he came out and was mobbed by fans and he was overjoyed and stood thereunder signed autographs with a huge smile on his face. This was before cellphones so could not take pics or selfies.
I like a man who is not afraid to have an opinion. I don't have to agree with him to listen to him and understand his viewpoint.
That's exactly why I tell people that they were taught a religion in science class called Heliocentrism.
He would go nuts with cell phones and small kids having them….
I saw this live, My Mom loved her some Tony Randall as he was so amazingly talented.
Love Tony Randall. RIP
I like him... refreshing...such honesty....raw...he was not afraid to speak his mind. You ask him a question and he answers. He wasn't afraid. I respect that.
Sally is a light weight and Tony is a heavy weight! She was insulting and unprofessional not to mention unwelcoming to her guest!
Sorry but you are wrong. I met Tony twice--- BOTH times he was an absolute prick to people... everyone and anyone around him. Just not a nice man
@@jasongilmore2709 I wasn’t referring to his character rather his talent!
@@jasongilmore2709 I met him way back in 1979 outside a Broadway theater he was doing a role for only 3 weeks and when he came out he actually used the old Hollywood line "No autographs please" and refused to shake anyone's hand at the theater. I guess he WAS FELIX.
I heard he was closeted.
@@Piggy-Oink-Oink I met him in 1993, and he signed an autograph and took a photo.
Curious where SJR is now. I was on a show that aired on 2/10/1987 (I remember because it was my birthday 🙃)
"TV is a drug" what Randall said about TV in thos days, can apply to internet today.
I met him years ago and he was a really nice person with a good sense of humor.
Good for him .he said how he felt she kept pushing
one of my favorites! Tony Randall was an amazing actor!
If he thought television was bad for society, he didn’t see what the future had in store, in terms of social media.
He was spot on ABOUT television.
Television is FIRST Tic Toc, Facebook. All very addictive.
He was just so good. Love, Sydney.
Yes, "Love, Sydney" was good. 👏
I KNEW there was a reason why I always loved this man! Rest well, Tony!
This is the only clip I’ve ever seen from this woman’s show. I didn’t miss anything.
I love the camera work capturing the disdain reactions from these women. Lmao.
This is a brilliant interview
I got to meet him and he and I had an enjoyable conversation and he treated me very kindly.
I love Tony’s work both in TV and film…Mega talented…
8:25 best part!!! Time to wrap this disaster up!!!
This is possibly the worst interview, ever. She has no idea who Randall was as a person and her questions tried to get Randall to be jovial and 'one of us". A Jolly fool. Tony would not play the game.
Man, I love Tony Randall.
I enjoyed hearing his comments about television he probably would have that same opinion about Social Media today
My favorite part was when Mr Randall said you asked me....I never knew how much I like him until now. His honesty is fantastic.