Natalie Schafer--Rare 1989 TV Interview, Gilligan's Island, Astrology
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- Natalie Schafer discusses her life and career, including her long run on "Gilligan's Island," in this rare 1989 interview with cable TV host Skip E Lowe. Joining her is Hollywood astrologer Jon Stevens.
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I met her the year before this, when I was only eight years old. She was wonderful, charming and incredibly sharp. It was at a breakfast event and she had me at her table. We shared some strawberries and handled my Gilligan's Island questions with such patience. I asked for her autograph on a note card; she wrote a lengthy inscription and she had the most beautiful handwriting.
That is a wonderful memory!
Natalie was 88 years of age, when this interview was filmed. She passed away only 2 years later, in 1991.
She looked & sounded great! Wonderful lady!
How can a person who is nearly 90 be so crystal clear in mind and demeanor? Astonishing. What an inspiration for successful aging....
She's older than 90 here. Take my word for it -- closer to 96 or 97.
@@davemattia Obituary said she died at 91, and she never disclosed her age before the obit was written. She wanted people to be aghast when they read her real age. She was a great comic actress, and a very elegant woman.
Natalie Schafer, so sharp at 89...we will always love you Natalie!
Especially for 1989 !
Indubitably!
Whenever I've been asked the proverbial question over the years, "Ginger or Maryanne?" I always answered,
"Lovey Howell"💓
We should start a club. I, too, would say "Lovey" ... always amazed at the puzzled looks. I was simply captivated by her class and charm on top of her beauty. She was tops!
♥️♥️♥️
She is such a LADY ! ❤❤❤❤❤
“John Denver” Skip E misidentified Bob Denver twice. Luckily for him, Ms Natalie just rolled with it ignoring his gaffes. She was such a professional! 👏🏼👏🏼
I noticed that too. What a class act she was!
At 89 she’s was a looker and very classy women and you are missed from many of us.
💯🙏🏻❤️😘
I have a notion to second THAT emotion!
Natalie Schafer is fascinating, open, giving, sharing and caring. A real pro.
Are you a real human being?
My sentiments exactly! I could listen to her all day long!
She's sharp for her age at this time and gives gracious answers without badmouthing anyone.
You speak the truth, Kemo Sabe!
Can't believe how sharp she is at her age here. According to Wikipedia she could be 88 or 89. Such a lady, gracious and mannerly.
I heartily concur!
What a great interview, for two reasons - that interviewer certainly has to be Martin Short's inspiration for Jiminy Glick, the they're identical. hilarious to watch, I had no idea. And Natalie Shafer is such an elegant, classic Hollywood character. I could listen to her for hours and never get bored. What a delight. So glad TH-cam gave me this suggestion, for some bizarre reason.
I feel for poor Natalie putting up with the interviewer!!!!!!!!!RIP
MRS HOWELL!!!!!!!!!
What do you mean "putting up" with the interviewer. I thoroughly enjoyed this interview. What were you expecting?
I agree with Johnny. the interviewer (skip) is scattered and annoying . just awful.
I was very pleased to learn that Natalie was able to give suggestions to Sherwood Schwartz about how Mrs. Howell should act and dress. Not every actor is allowed to do that. I also remember hearing that Natalie and Dawn Wells (Mary Ann Summers) were very close in real life. Dawn was like the daughter Natalie never had.
When natalie Schafer died, she left dawn wells some money in her will.
the interviewer is Skip E. Lowe who was a Los Angeles Cable tv interviewer who tried to specialize in interviewing old Hollywood. Lowe promoted himself as "the boy with Betty Grable legs." Yes, he was insufferable. But he enjoyed his moment while the rest of us had to put up with him. He did interview great people, like Natalie Schafer. I saw him once slinking down the street. Yet, for some reason, people liked him. Obviously, he had something about him which is not readily apparent on camera. I think he imagined himself as an alternative to Merv Griffin.
Yes, he was a character, but he interviewed mostly people who would never have been on TV otherwise. Nobody got paid (including Skip E). They all did his show because they wanted to do. It was public access, and Skip E had to pay the cost of production, so he lost money.
@@aeichler ☺❤👍 Good to know, Thank You.
In Canada, we had Brian Linehan, interestingly comedian Martin Short portrayed both of them often in skits as Jimeny Glick & Brock Linehan.
The funny thing was not so much that skip called Bob John but that Natalie never corrected him, ..she was so classy that she didnt want to make him feel like he goofed..lol
You said exactly what I was going to. I actually rewound a couple of times just to make sure I heard what I heard.
Also when asked what kind of person “Bob Denver” was, she gave a gracious answer about working with Jim Backus.
Loved Natilie Schafer
Ditto!
If the date given is correct, she would have been 88 or 89 here! Absolutely amazing!!!
You got that right!
He kept asking her about John Denver, not Bob Denver.
Rod Labbe How many times was poor Bob asked to sing 'Country Roads'?
Only Skip would do something insane like this.
And she was gracious enough not to correct him. Bless her heart!
Man, was she spry in her late 80's!!! ♥
This interviewer has to be the inspiration for Martin Short's Jiminy Glick character.
I’m convinced of it!
Spot on! I was thinking the same thing
Rip you were a great actress.
He reminds me so much of actor Leslie Jordan of American Horror Story fame.
My thoughts exactly. His character on Will & Grace and Sordid Lives.
Beverly Leslie! I wanted to say that but I didn't think anyone would get it.
Such a lady she was...! I'm so stunned that she never was asked to appear on Dynasty? Falcon Crest? She would have fit in just perfectly as Joan Collins mother or aunt..Oh well!
Or Angela Channing's sister!
Or miss ellie's sister on Dallas.
She did a couple of daytime soap operas, I believe.
She did The Survivors in the late-60s, a nighttime soap featuring Lana Turner, among other "big name" stars.
She was eighty-years old here, and looked wonderful. Such an intelligent and charming woman.
So true.
John Denver? BOB!
She so absolutely honest.
Indubitably!
Gracious lady and very polite...interviewer at times did not listen closely to her, an annoying trait. But Miss Schafer was marvelous.
This has got to be where Martin short got his Jiminy Glick inspiration from
omg the world was such a nicer place back then...
I remember Natalie Schafer in "I Love Lucy"; Miss Emerson's School of Charm. She told Lucy and Ethel, "Let the hips go first, then the body follows..." very funny episode.
I do, too! Good episode. Many years ago!
What a great lady!
This Skip character is unbelievably annoying in everything I’ve seen him do - doesn’t listen at all - just loves the sound of his own importance. Dreadful. Shame he never interviewed Bette Davis, she’d have sorted him out.
Great comment. Are you related to Dorothy?
@@MensAsses33 😂😂😂 you nasty
Would have LOVED to have seen him interview Bette Davis !!
@@jubalcalif9100 Bette would have shut him down,none of his rude interrupting!
Natalie Schafer was born on 1900 and age and year matches her so sharp at her age
I hope to be as sharp as she is at age of around 88 !!
@@jubalcalif9100 yeah, so that Natalie won’t have a problem calculating her age
All I can say is what a gracious LADY 💜 Natalie 💜 was throughout this "interview" .......errrrr....... process. Stick to peanut butter, Skippy.
this guy is a bit tacky...im surprised so many celebs agreed to be interviewed by him...
The Genesis of for Jiminy glick
@Robert Gardea umm I am gay and I’m not flamboyant, that’s just him being rude it has nothing to do with being gay or straight
I think he was the only one asking a lot of these older celebrities.
Attracted to him, are you? Scares you, don't it?
@@scorpioguy3234 Put your big panties on. He wasn’t talking about him being gay. Just tacky. Good try though. Ugh 🤦♂️
The interviewer was not professional in my opinion.
It's Skip E. Lowe! That was his style! Martin Short modeled the character of Jiminy Glick on him.
He got some of the best interviews in Hollywood.
We can't all be Dick Cavett.
he's DEAD! Cut him some slack!
@@brianpan6453 sure but it's so weird!
I had no idea Natalie lived to give an interview that late.
Schafer was secretive about her age. For many years, her birth year was generally given as 1912. Few people believed this, yet her actual year of birth of 1900 (which was not discovered until after her death) shocked even her intimate friends.
Oh my God why does Skip have to interrupt people so much
I know what you mean. He's got some fascinating guests, but his style is infuriating.
Of course Natalie knew what Jim was suffering from. She was classy and shut Skip down from going down a road she did not want to travel on.
Interviewer is horrible. She was superb. Love her to life!
Did Natalie Schafer ever do voice over or do animated films. Her voice has always sounded like I've heard it many, many times.
I know she reprised the role of Lovey on the Gilligan's Island animated cartoon that they did
It would’ve been nice if he didn’t cut people off after asking the question.
Yes! That what bothers me most about his interviewing style. I admire how many big names of the past he persuaded to be on his show. But his style was sooooo infuriating. 😞
Poor ole Skip. He was a trip.
While I didn't mind the interviewer moving things along without break, or dead silence, some interruptions were not very gracious when Natalie was not finished with her answer to his first question. The astrologer included in this interview was an interruption without cause. What did he have to do with Schafer's life story? It was as if some Nobel prize winner was interviewed about molecular biology and then cut to a radio traffic report. Poor organization and interview technique for sure. What I learned from Natalie was splendid and learned a lot about her career.
this guy respects the astrologer more than this dear elder lady.
😂😂😂 that was a funny segment.
Way off task on including the astrology guy, this was supposed to be about Natalie Schaefer, no need for this guy to be allowed to carry on and on or be there at all. What a waste of videotape and insulting to the guest to expand on astrology instead of talking Natalie's career, whether she's interested in astrology or not. this lady is as sharp as a tack at her age...if I were her I would have skipped out on "Skip."
She was far too classy for that wonderful lady
great interview, but they kept saying john denver, not bob!
"John Denver" === what a dope Skip E Lowe was
Lovely lady.
Jesus... can SKIP play with his HAIR any more? women don't even play with their hair that much! what a flamer
I always enjoyed watching her on G.I., she brought glamour, sophistication & an innocence to her role. Luvie was quite the "sexy" lady too - Rest in Peace Natalie Schafer ❤
G.I, hilarious!
Jimminy Glick! Oh, and am a big fan of Natalie Schafer.
Natalie comes across as a wonderful fun, adorable woman. Classy and just CUTE!
So John Denver DID play Gilligan… i knew it!.. Bob Denver sang Rocky Mountain high!
John Denver? 🙄
Til know I never knew John Denver appeared on "Gilligan's Island". Wonder if he ever sang on the show....
I see a LOT of Skip... in Jimminy Glick~
Ms. Schafer was such a class act.. just a lovely, lovely person.
That interviewer is exhausting -- cutting people off, coming out with things that aren't even correct...exhausting. And, Ms. Schafer was as gracious as could be. I imagine she was looking forward to the whole thing ending.
Jon1975NY but oddly even tho he is annoying the ppl interviewed did well
I imagine... she knew Skip E for years and enjoyed herself.
She was nice looking when she was younger.
We all were, honey
Never liked this skippy , a old queen who appears to the stars he interviews and some obvious not pleased at all , that he makes out he knows their secret / own lives more so than the stars who lived it .
Seems that Marin Short based some of Jiminy Glick on this interviewer.
Very likely. His gestures and body movements and constant interruptions are hallmarks of Martin Short's character...
natalie schafer rest in peace "great lady"
Lighten up so many of you. Natalie knew Skip E for years... she knew what she was getting into. The exchange was very interesting.
Are you seriously running for Mayor?
Between Jan. 20th 1988 and Jan 20th 1992 (one term) we did indeed have three presidents; Reagan, Bush and Clinton.
See!
I always thought she was from England somewhere, how did she get that accent?
I think it comes from the gravitas of being very rich.
Most actors of her day learned to speak with a 'Trans-Atlantic Accent.' Plus all those years of playing socialites! :)
@@jamesnoel5173 this.
John Denver on Gilligan's Island? LOL And Natalie accepts it. Her own name is misspelled when she is IDed as she talks about working with "John". This show was so inept.
But a gem nonetheless
Who is “John” they speak of at 01:38, lol. People say John when they mean Bob.
Y does Skip keeping touching the top of his head?
Because he's an idiot.
@@stacyharper7783 LOL!!!! true dat
Toupee is itchy
Man, put out that fire.
I would have gotten along well with this lady. Honest, without being cruel or hateful to others. I love that she was an atheist and that she said 'whores'.
I feel like the interviewer heard that one little astrology story about Natalie and then he used that as an excuse to have a whole goodlooking astrologer on the show for himself 😂😂😂 typical Gemini. But seriously, what was that weird segment about? Are you telling me the entire time he's been sitting there?
John Denver? HAHAHA
Anyone else recognize Jimmy Glick's interview style?
How progressive at her age in 1989 she called alcholism a disease...
this interviewer always gets on my nerves, but at least natalie was able to find a groove with him (other interviews of his tend to just be one long non-stop cringe)..
A credit to her personality
She was soooo classy
What's the difference between this guy & Jiminy glick
CORRECTION GILLIGAN ISLAND HAS BEEN ON SINCE 1964 NOT 1965
This show was horrendous. They misspelled her name and Skip said John Denver instead of Bob Denver. He was a joke
Was that a slam at Tina Louise, "I never really got to know her very well."
I wish the interviewer would stop interrtuping and jabbering jibberish.
She was worthy of a much better interviewer - he's terrible. Skip is/was the embodiment of an old queen; some people find them amusing - me, not so much.
LOL, I was pushed the person Jiminy Glick was based on. I love TH-cam!
alcoholism is an addiction, not a disease....
All addiction is disease. The brain is deeply affected.
I thought this was a Jiminy Glick skit. I hope this interview was a prank..John Denver?
I'm only commenting for my guy.
Jiminy Glick.
Totally!!!!
I mean really! What a character!
OMG!! Yes!! Everytime I see him interview someone, I would try to figure out who he reminded me of, and IT IS JIMINY GLICK!!! lol
bwahahahahahaha
Um Mr Interviewer, please don't interrupt Mrs Howell!
I thought she was sixty, such an interesting show
This interviewer is horrible. He's annoying and misses a lot of opportunities.
Love Natalie. She needed to report to child services her friend
The impediment to AA directed recovery is not atheism per se but the willingness to accept a higher authority. Some people can’t or won’t do it and that probablshould have been the central question in therapy, can’t or won’t.
The “girl” who was supposed to play Romeo?
You know you are getting older when Mrs. Howell starts to look good...
I think that she always looked good ... to me, young or older.
Who is the actor at 0:25? Never mind, I found out: it's - Dennis Cole, the quintessential actor of the 60's, 70s, 80's.
Dennis Cole was once married to jaclyn Smith of Charlie's angels.
Dennis Cole's career was put on hold when his son, Joey was killed by someone who broke into his home to rob him.
if this guy is not the basis for Jiminy Glick, I don't know who is... (right down to mistaking Bob Denver for "John Denver")
John Denver??? Doesn’t he mean BOB? Why didn’t she correct him? And then they switched to Jim Backus? 🧐😆
Skip is too hyper!
Gee he backed down immediately when they spoke about alcohol. He folded like a cheap suit. Skip is the worst interviewer I’ve ever seen. He’s so boring he could make a glass eye fall to sleep. He needs to wash his hair. It’s that greasy you could cook a batch of fries on it.
Bob Denver, not John! Duh! (Kimmy Hawk)
So weird bringing that astrologer into this. Very inappropriate and jarring.
I read that Schafer had agreed to play in Gilligan's Island because it meant a free trip to Hawaii, in spite of the fact that she was wealthy. I thought, she had to have been a Jew. Googled her, and sure enough.
Jersey.
Are you saying Jews are cheap or something?
NATALIE SCHAFER SAYS GILLIGANS ISLAND STARTED IN 1965 WRONG CORRECTION IT STARTED IN 1964 SHE IS OFF BY 1 YEAR.
And the Gilligan's Island pilot was done in November 1963.
They were just finishing the pilot when they heard about JFK's death.