The show inspired my interest in Vermont decades ago when living in the south. I'm currently watching again, and am still in season one. I'm looking forward to the transition where she comes on permanently. I had forgotten about her making her first appearance as Leslie's cousin.
Over the years, I’ve seen episodes here and there of Newhart. Recently, my wife and I started watching all the episodes. My wife had never seen it. Stephanie has made her laugh out loud a few times. It’s been fun.
I've met her a couple of times socially and she is - by far - the most stunningly beautiful woman I've ever seen. She practically glows in the dark she's so gorgeous.
Julia Duffy was perfect for NEWHART. After seeing this interview you realize that there was as much genius in her casting as there was in the show's writing. She is a smart, cerebral actress who knew exactly how to play a scene with Bob Newhart and mine it for every last nugget of gold. What a pleasure to see this interview of a talented, funny woman. Thank you!
Oddly enough, it didn't start out that way. It was saved in retooling, by adding and expanding the roles for Julia, Peter and William Sanderson. I don't know how many other shows only landed on their definitive cast after the first two seasons
I loved the Newhart show when it was retooled with 'Larry Darryl & Darryl' and 'Mike." For the life of me, though, was a friend of mine that could not 'get into' the humor of the 'Newhart' TV show and was dismissive of that TV show. Yet, in all the years I knew him, he always claimed to be one of the biggest fans of Bob Newhart; and was totally enthralled with "The Bob Newhart Show." What was doubling puzzling about my friend being dismissive about the "Newhart" TV show was when I asked him what it was about the TV show he took exception about. He was at a loss-of-words with an answer, except to say he didn't watch it. I suspect my friend took exception that the "Newhart" TV show had a strong supporting cast; whereas my friend would have preferred the spotlight being solely on Bob for the half-hour.
@@bloqk16 My mom would say the same as your friend,also never having watched “Newhart”! I speculated ,perhaps, each show having 2 completely different settings may have been the cause. 1 show set in an urban high rise office and apartment building with our star having an equally impressive phd. career.. 2nd show, being the complete opposite, a New England countryside B’n’B run by a writer of ‘how to’ manuals in a town of bumpkins. Some viewers could easily prefer one premise over the other. I liked both!
@@djr6876 You did well to encapsulate the essence of the "Newhart" TV show. Between the two shows, my preference was towards the "Newhart" TV show since the supporting characters were all slight exaggerations of people I was acquainted with in life. The 'Michael' character did well to capture the spirit of the self-absorbed and shallow 'yuppies' that I worked with at a high-tech company in the 1980s. George, with Larry Darryl & Darryl, reminded me of some rural folks I crossed paths with when I lived in the San Joaquin Valley area of California a decade earlier. The narcissistic character of 'Stephanie' . . . well, that type still abounds, especially on social media.
Julia Duffy was always an intense student of acting. She's a joy here, very serious and analytical. She's spent time as a director, and I'm sure her actors learned much from her. Her comedic female role models speak of her profound intelligence. She's had real tragedy in her life. What a strong woman she is. Bless you, Julia.
I don't know about the tragedy but its interesting that she talks more about the mechanics of comedy than most comedians, who mostly talk about htemselves, so it was a really interesting and informative interview. Seinfeld talks a lot ABOUT talking a lot about comedy but rarely actually does so in interviews, even HIS interview for the pioneers. But this was a real gold mine even if she doens't know it.
@@chairmanmeow3693 It is a tragedy but prior to that she seemed to have a pretty Golden life. Successful, beautiful, talented. She had it all most of her life. Many other people have dealt with tragedy and loss and poverty. I think most of this actresses life has been very fortunate.
This is interesting to hear Julia's telling of her Stephanie character in "Newhart," along with her experiences with working with Bob Newhart; and the other background aspects of the show.
I remember after Newhart's wife told Stephanie she has to *wash* the chicken before cooking it, the next thing we saw was Stephanie scrubbing the chicken in a kitchen sink she had filled with warm sudsy water and she's giving the chicken a bath! HILARIOUS
some might argue that she's "had some work", but her eyes are remain a thing of beauty and her attitude and graciousness shine after all this time. a "GOAT" of sitcom history, if I do say so myself
@ 2:00, she nails one of the biggest problems facing our nation (and much of the world!) Bright observation. In fact, she's insightful (and so very well-spoken) throughout..!
It's so pleasing to hear that Julia has such fond memories of the show and appreciates how funny it was and how special a time it was in her career. With that upper class voice, she was truly born to play the role. But hearing her speak as herself, the timbre of her voice becomes unnoticeable and the insight and intelligence of her words stands out.
Even if you knew he was a comedian and playing for laughs, you completely forgot about that because he was that good. Love his comedic style and both of his shows. Julia played the perfect rich, dumb blonde and her chemistry with the late Peter Scolari was the best. Larry, Daryl, and Daryl were wonderful, but the addition of the Late Mary Frann and Tom Poston was just icing on the cake. Good comedy and great writing.
Hello from Germany, Julia Duffy is not so well known here, German TV once aired "Menu for Murder" where she starred in. It's so nice to hear her own voice. I don't know why, but somehow she reminds me of Vera Miles.
For me, the first time I saw Julia was in an episode of Sabrina The Teenage Witch. While it was just a one time guest role and may not be well remembered by many, it stuck with me as Sabrina was a favourite of my childhood.
Lovely to see a Hollywood actress aging gracefully without all the plastic surgery, which usually ends in bad results. She is still looking naturally beautiful.
When I first saw Julia (yes an older woman than me) on the soap One Life to Live I knew it will be a lifelong crush she's one of the most talented and underrated actors in the business.
She had a role on the HBO show “Looking” as the well-heeled, snobby mother of a gay son. At first it sounds like typecasting, but she brought a lot of nuance and dramatic skills that we didn’t always get to see in her comedic roles. I enjoyed seeing her in that role, and she played it perfectly.
Julia is so funny!! My friend said she was tired of all the actresses who were so beautiful getting all the parts. My other friend said, "Don't be ridiculous. She's talented!! She could do the entire show with mud on her face and be funny." I agree!
Julia talks about Bob Newhart's humorous style. One person whose stand up comedy was similar was George Gobel. I guess you have to be of a certain vintage to recognize his name. He appears on a number of TH-cam vids.
Interesting that I couldn't find a clip of Gobel doing standup but there's a Norman Lear clip where he compares Gobel to Newhart. Thats why most standups make fairly shitty actors adn why their shows depend so highly on the producers. In the wrong fit its all wrong. If Mitch Hedberg had done acting he would have been that kind of actor I think. I think Seinfeld picked that up, where he was as happy for other people to get the laughs as him. Even people like Roseanne you could tell kind of hated when the spotlight deviated off them at all.
@@mikearchibald744 Look up the tonight show episode (imo the best when I saw it for the first time and I KNEW) WITH DEAN Martin, Bob Hope, and George Gobel. 1971?? 2? Johnny asked "When did I lose control of this show'??
fantastic explanation and analysis of bob newhart. Very insightful. I have never seen such a good explanation of what it is like to work with a star on a very hot series like newhart. impressive discussion
I honestly think she was a very lucky actor. Her biggest role was on Newhart as Stephanie, she played that role perfectly. Everything else I saw her in was just medium acting, and she was even watched many times not even people knowing who she was. I do think she had talent, but it was sheer luck she was as known as she was on Newhart, she just fit that character......
Like your Interviews, Love Julia. BUT one issue I run into on TH-cam is you NEVER state the interview date. Please correct that. Julia Duffy is more beautiful today than when on Newhart. Beauty is only partly measured by appearance.
I thought she did a great job as Stephanie and I always enjoyed the show very much. To me the Larry Darryl and Darryl thing got old but I loved the rest of them.
She did as much with what they wrote for her. She probably doesn't get the credit she deserved, Shelley Long gets a LOT of credit for making an unlikeable character pretty likeable, and Julia did that almost as well. Newhart could have used a Larry David, because Bob clearly loved it the longer the audience applauded, he was ALL about the audience. Whereas apparantly Larry David would get pretty irate when people applauded for Kramer and they used to ask audiences to stop.
@@mikearchibald744 I think Shelley was and had to be more likable as the show's primary romantic lead. Julia and Michael were basically in the Carla and Nick position. They were more of a parody of a romantic couple, and not the people audiences had to identify with.
@@jedijones Thats a good point, although I think Seinfeld showed pretty accurately that leads don't actually have to be that likeable. There actually wasn't MUCH likeable, but I've read commeents from young women that said she was about the first and only comic lead who wasn't an airhead. Even SINCE then Hollywood mostly does airheads or uses women as teh straight man, and of course its rare to see ANYBODY of much intelligence on television, usually those are the bad guys.
Julia Duffy is very talented and beautiful actress. I think Julia Duffy talent was wasted on Designing Women. She came on the show after Delta Burkes feud with The Thomsons. The writers were in a vindictive mood that they created an unlikeable character with no good qualities. I feel bad for Julia Duffy but it was the thomsons fault.
She describes the sitcom experience so differently than Betty White. Betty White "don't let Bea Arthur tell you this is hard work." Julia Duffy describes it as a more grueling ordeal...but I understand why.
Why did you not ask her how she felt about her character, Stephanie, being nothing but a figure in a Bob Hartley nightmare? Newhart had the best series finale ever! (I do understand the 15 second nod to Designing Women, though when her desk legs were sawed off was hilarious!)
Julia Duffy is a talented performer who got the shaft on “Designing Women” - it could have worked if they had come up with a better character for her. But the writers failed her.
Definitely. They basically took Stephanie, removed the parts that made her likeable, and pasted that over a generic one-note "yuppy" stereotype. I never understood what that character was supposed to be or what her purpose on the show was (other than to replace Delta Burke), and it sounds like they didn't either - which makes sense. They kind of just threw her out there and expected her to somehow make the character work because she did it on Newhart. 🤷♀️. The weird thing is that at the same time, Carlene was so great... (But of course, Jan Hooks was an absolute comedic genius - she could literally sit there and do nothing and be hilarious - and they weren't expecting her to recreate a character she had already played before.)
Allison spoke with a valley girl accent without any of the vulnerable elements of Stephanie..who was unintentionally insensitive..as opposed to Allison (who was intentionally sensitive)
@@citydweller99 That's what I was saying. Except, Allison wasn't intentionally insensitive - remember, she had Obnoxious Personality Disorder, so it wasn't her fault. 😏
I remember a comedic actor asked about a part and he said when he rehearsed his lines the night before the Audition his wife suggested he deliberately mispronounce the word gnome as gah-none in the audition as it would be funnier. The next day When the casting person corrected his mispronunciation he replied he knew the correct pronunciation but his wife suggested this way would be funnier for the audience, that got him the part, although from that point on he played the show’s idiot.
no there had been women comedic actresses way before that show! Lucy! Carol Burnette! and many others! she cant say those kind of things because it is disrespectful to the others that came before her. the 80 were not a pioneering time for women comedic actresses, it had been pioneered long before!
I did find Newhart was ahead of its time, particularly in the first two years because it LITERALLY was a 'show about nothing'. What went on in a small Vermont town makes Seinfeld look like, well, New York. And WAY too much plot. Jerry was MANIC compared to Bob, and compare Kramer, George and Elaine to George, Kurt, and Larry, Darryl and Darryl. I actually liked it LESS when they got rid of Kurt, because before that it was very much like early Seinfeld and was like a funny Woody Allen movie, in fact to my mind a lot funnier. But early on they weren't 'easy jokes'. Larry and the Darryls then would drag out the applause longer than Kramer, and before they even said a line, and while you are watching it on TV, thats just wasted comedy space. I think I may have even yelled at the screen "Yes, its them, you've seen them EVERY show, they are going to say the SAME line in EXACTLY the same way, now shut up!" Kurt was actually a gold mine, not sure why they didn't think he was funny enough, but the maid was in the Elaine quandry where they simply didn't know how to write for her. Stephanie was a little TOO 'one note', and in those days you couldn't really stretch that out. Television has a weird puritan value even today, but the parade of boyfriends she likely WOULD have had in a small vermont town and her reaction to them, would have been hilarious, but of course a single woman having carnal relations or even the IDEA of carnal relations was just out of the question. So as a result she was a little TOO one note. The adage in comedy is that as long as they are laughing then keep doing it, but if she and Joanna weren't just so darn pretty then I probably would have stopped watching. Although it actually makes more sense if you analyze it on the basis that it was a dream from the bob newhart show.
@@mikearchibald744 To this day, the Kurt character destroys our enjoyment of "Newhart." My husband and I just despised him. He wasn't remotely funny to us. When the Michael character came along, he was so perfect with the entire ensemble and with the Stephanie character, that we loved him ever after. Kurt was slimey, Michael was perfection. We all enjoy different things.
Thats all true, but thats why i liked him, he was more of a character. michael and stephanie were caricatures, not really characters, you could take them seriously as people, just like the three darryls. Even later on there were those two old guys I dont remember their names, but they were just so stupid and crazy there was no realism. But have to say that kurt was never really slimey, he was definitely a character, but i would agree that he was out of place on the show so i can see why somebody would think that. But the kind of unreality became why it was so easy to pull off the whole 'it was all a dream' thing at the end. Same as with the maid, stephanie became easy laughs, while she was actually nice and more of a challenge to make funnier. I know they hooked kurt up with the clown but i'd like to think he hooked up with whatshername later. Oh right, its not real.
I remember when the whole thing with Delta Burke went down on Designing Women, and Julia Duffy should have just said "NO!!" to taking that job because she was walking into an impossible situation. They should have waited until the final season to replace Delta Burke because replacing both she and Jean Smart at the same time could have never worked.
when she smiles, she looks exactly the same as she did over 40 years ago!
My wife and I have been watching the reruns of Newhart and it is still absolutely hilarious. Julia Duffy was and still is fantastic!
Yes she was so funny being a snob and inflated opinion of herself.
Love watching reruns,always funny
Me too!
Adorably insufferable.
The show inspired my interest in Vermont decades ago when living in the south. I'm currently watching again, and am still in season one. I'm looking forward to the transition where she comes on permanently. I had forgotten about her making her first appearance as Leslie's cousin.
Over the years, I’ve seen episodes here and there of Newhart. Recently, my wife and I started watching all the episodes. My wife had never seen it. Stephanie has made her laugh out loud a few times. It’s been fun.
Stephanie is one of the best characters in the history of sitcoms. Julia is an amazing actress.
I've met her a couple of times socially and she is - by far - the most stunningly beautiful woman I've ever seen. She practically glows in the dark she's so gorgeous.
She's still stunning. ❤
She should have won an emmy!!
That was a real injustice. Multiple nominations, no wins. What she was doing wasn't understood or appreciated.
Stephanie had some sympathetic qualities. She also deep down showed empathy for others at times.
Julia Duffy was perfect for NEWHART. After seeing this interview you realize that there was as much genius in her casting as there was in the show's writing. She is a smart, cerebral actress who knew exactly how to play a scene with Bob Newhart and mine it for every last nugget of gold. What a pleasure to see this interview of a talented, funny woman. Thank you!
The best sit coms have an impeccable supporting cast. ‘Newhart’ was one.
Oddly enough, it didn't start out that way. It was saved in retooling, by adding and expanding the roles for Julia, Peter and William Sanderson. I don't know how many other shows only landed on their definitive cast after the first two seasons
I loved the Newhart show when it was retooled with 'Larry Darryl & Darryl' and 'Mike."
For the life of me, though, was a friend of mine that could not 'get into' the humor of the 'Newhart' TV show and was dismissive of that TV show. Yet, in all the years I knew him, he always claimed to be one of the biggest fans of Bob Newhart; and was totally enthralled with "The Bob Newhart Show."
What was doubling puzzling about my friend being dismissive about the "Newhart" TV show was when I asked him what it was about the TV show he took exception about. He was at a loss-of-words with an answer, except to say he didn't watch it.
I suspect my friend took exception that the "Newhart" TV show had a strong supporting cast; whereas my friend would have preferred the spotlight being solely on Bob for the half-hour.
@@bloqk16 My mom would say the same as your friend,also never having watched “Newhart”! I speculated ,perhaps, each show having 2 completely different settings may have been the cause. 1 show set in an urban high rise office and apartment building with our star having an equally impressive phd. career.. 2nd show, being the complete opposite, a New England countryside B’n’B run by a writer of ‘how to’ manuals in a town of bumpkins. Some viewers could easily prefer one premise over the other. I liked both!
@@djr6876 You did well to encapsulate the essence of the "Newhart" TV show.
Between the two shows, my preference was towards the "Newhart" TV show since the supporting characters were all slight exaggerations of people I was acquainted with in life.
The 'Michael' character did well to capture the spirit of the self-absorbed and shallow 'yuppies' that I worked with at a high-tech company in the 1980s.
George, with Larry Darryl & Darryl, reminded me of some rural folks I crossed paths with when I lived in the San Joaquin Valley area of California a decade earlier.
The narcissistic character of 'Stephanie' . . . well, that type still abounds, especially on social media.
Julia Duffy was always an intense student of acting. She's a joy here, very serious and analytical. She's spent time as a director, and I'm sure her actors learned much from her. Her comedic female role models speak of her profound intelligence. She's had real tragedy in her life. What a strong woman she is. Bless you, Julia.
I don't know about the tragedy but its interesting that she talks more about the mechanics of comedy than most comedians, who mostly talk about htemselves, so it was a really interesting and informative interview. Seinfeld talks a lot ABOUT talking a lot about comedy but rarely actually does so in interviews, even HIS interview for the pioneers. But this was a real gold mine even if she doens't know it.
@@mikearchibald744 Her son committed suicide
@@chairmanmeow3693 Thats a tragedy all right.
@@chairmanmeow3693 It is a tragedy but prior to that she seemed to have a pretty Golden life. Successful, beautiful, talented. She had it all most of her life. Many other people have dealt with tragedy and loss and poverty. I think most of this actresses life has been very fortunate.
This is interesting to hear Julia's telling of her Stephanie character in "Newhart," along with her experiences with working with Bob Newhart; and the other background aspects of the show.
What a joy to see her again! Julia is so, so beautiful. She was a jewel on that show. She amused me so much.
Great interview. Julia is incredibly insightful and articulate. Respect!
I had a huge crush on her in the 80s.
A really intelligent and articulate woman, now I realize why she was such a wonderful actor on Newhartt .
Julia's looks and especially her voice - combined with talent and the timing she talks about - made Stephanie absolutely hysterical to me :-)
Bob Newhart was one of the only comedic actors to have 2 big hit shows and even to this day they best all time series ending !
Newhart was and is one of my favorite shows. Julia was amazing in her role as were all of the cast. For me, most comedies today aren’t as funny.,
I remember after Newhart's wife told Stephanie she has to *wash* the chicken before cooking it, the next thing we saw was Stephanie scrubbing the chicken in a kitchen sink she had filled with warm sudsy water and she's giving the chicken a bath! HILARIOUS
Before she joined designing women Jean smart guest stared on newheart to help Stephane have her baby
2023 watching Newhart for the first time. Love It!!!
Always had a crush on her, it knew I’d never win her over with my Ford Pinto station wagon:)
She is just a classy talented gal!
some might argue that she's "had some work", but her eyes are remain a thing of beauty and her attitude and graciousness shine after all this time. a "GOAT" of sitcom history, if I do say so myself
@ 2:00, she nails one of the biggest problems facing our nation (and much of the world!) Bright observation. In fact, she's insightful (and so very well-spoken) throughout..!
Especially the part about narcissism. Too many people in the world thinks it revolves around them.
@@mikearchibald744 yah, and it ain't gettin any better any where. !!
She wisely spoke about the danger of political correctness damaging the comedic artform.
Julia Duffy's a class act
I only watched Newhart because I was in love with Julia!
Newhart hit its stride, when they brought in Julia Duffy. She is incredible!
what an absolute sweetheart and great lady
It's so pleasing to hear that Julia has such fond memories of the show and appreciates how funny it was and how special a time it was in her career. With that upper class voice, she was truly born to play the role. But hearing her speak as herself, the timbre of her voice becomes unnoticeable and the insight and intelligence of her words stands out.
Insightful , intelligent and elegantly beautiful .
Great comedic actress. Always loved watching Julia on tv
She played NASTY very well on ‘The Doctors’ in the seventies. As Penny Davis she could be pure evil.
I just want to hear her say "yeeeeeew" just one more time
Such a nice person to work with in the Newhart show.
Even if you knew he was a comedian and playing for laughs, you completely forgot about that because he was that good. Love his comedic style and both of his shows. Julia played the perfect rich, dumb blonde and her chemistry with the late Peter Scolari was the best. Larry, Daryl, and Daryl were wonderful, but the addition of the Late Mary Frann and Tom Poston was just icing on the cake. Good comedy and great writing.
Hello from Germany,
Julia Duffy is not so well known here,
German TV once aired "Menu for Murder" where she starred in.
It's so nice to hear her own voice.
I don't know why, but somehow she reminds me of Vera Miles.
For me, the first time I saw Julia was in an episode of Sabrina The Teenage Witch. While it was just a one time guest role and may not be well remembered by many, it stuck with me as Sabrina was a favourite of my childhood.
Friday nights. The lovely MJH and her sidekick, Salem. Every episode the writers would have her say "gotta go" at some point as a running gag.
I wish she would have commented more on Peter S. I absolutely loved his character
Yes.
I wish that too. Maybe her commentary about him got cut out due to time restraints - I hope she didn't have any personal reason ...
Lovely to see a Hollywood actress aging gracefully without all the plastic surgery, which usually ends in bad results. She is still looking naturally beautiful.
When I first saw Julia (yes an older woman than me) on the soap One Life to Live I knew it will be a lifelong crush she's one of the most talented and underrated actors in the business.
She had a role on the HBO show “Looking” as the well-heeled, snobby mother of a gay son. At first it sounds like typecasting, but she brought a lot of nuance and dramatic skills that we didn’t always get to see in her comedic roles. I enjoyed seeing her in that role, and she played it perfectly.
She is still the adorable personality I remember like it was yesterday.
Now, THIS is an example of a modern, mature, measured, intellectual, and beautiful woman. Quite appealing!
Julia is so funny!! My friend said she was tired of all the actresses who were so beautiful getting all the parts. My other friend said, "Don't be ridiculous. She's talented!! She could do the entire show with mud on her face and be funny." I agree!
What a talent! And such grace.
Still a beautiful looking Lady, WOW.
One great thing about getting old is that women who were beautiful when I was young are even more beautiful now.
Julia talks about Bob Newhart's humorous style. One person whose stand up comedy was similar was George Gobel. I guess you have to be of a certain vintage to recognize his name. He appears on a number of TH-cam vids.
Interesting that I couldn't find a clip of Gobel doing standup but there's a Norman Lear clip where he compares Gobel to Newhart. Thats why most standups make fairly shitty actors adn why their shows depend so highly on the producers. In the wrong fit its all wrong. If Mitch Hedberg had done acting he would have been that kind of actor I think. I think Seinfeld picked that up, where he was as happy for other people to get the laughs as him. Even people like Roseanne you could tell kind of hated when the spotlight deviated off them at all.
@@mikearchibald744 Look up the tonight show episode (imo the best when I saw it for the first time and I KNEW) WITH DEAN Martin, Bob Hope, and George Gobel. 1971?? 2? Johnny asked "When did I lose control of this show'??
@@thedwightguy thanks, will do
It's like looking at Stephy all over again!! still beautiful!!
Great interview!
LOL she didn’t become Diane Chambers but she did get eight seasons as Stephanie on Newhart. That’s some consolation prize!
and Emmy nominated SEVEN times???!
@@thedwightguy YES! Can you believe it? Every year from 1984 through 1990, and for the same role.
I like Stephanie better.
@@kristinazubic9669 yeah I always thought she was more relatable
What a wonderful find this was. Insightful and intelligent commentary.
Larry, Darryl and Darryl.
fantastic explanation and analysis of bob newhart. Very insightful. I have never seen such a good explanation of what it is like to work with a star on a very hot series like newhart. impressive discussion
I honestly think she was a very lucky actor. Her biggest role was on Newhart as Stephanie, she played that role perfectly. Everything else I saw her in was just medium acting, and she was even watched many times not even people knowing who she was. I do think she had talent, but it was sheer luck she was as known as she was on Newhart, she just fit that character......
Then you must have missed her in The Blue and the Gray. She was my favorite character in that mini-series.
Julia was so pretty, she still is and very intelligent. We wish her well.
Still in love with Stephanie! Beautifully funny and funny and beautiful. ❤
I feel like this is an acting class. That's not a complaint.
Really enjoyed this. Thx.
I am so glad "Newhart" survived the first season.
Now she is nearly 75 years old.
She was born in 1951, so not there yet.
@@starrfaithfull6934 Too bad her boyfriend Michael won't be there. May he RIP.
What a wonderful woman.
I was "in love" with Stephanie in "Newhart" days . . . (actually, I think I still am!) "When comedy was . . . .comedy!"
Bob Newhart's comedic style reminds me of Jack Benny's.
I remember her as being outstanding in the role of Stephanie. She should have won at least one emmy
Like your Interviews, Love Julia. BUT one issue I run into on TH-cam is you NEVER state the interview date.
Please correct that.
Julia Duffy is more beautiful today than when on Newhart. Beauty is only partly measured by appearance.
Classy lady and very cute in a sweet and humble kind of way. Did I mention smart?
I thought she did a great job as Stephanie and I always enjoyed the show very much. To me the Larry Darryl and Darryl thing got old but I loved the rest of them.
She did as much with what they wrote for her. She probably doesn't get the credit she deserved, Shelley Long gets a LOT of credit for making an unlikeable character pretty likeable, and Julia did that almost as well. Newhart could have used a Larry David, because Bob clearly loved it the longer the audience applauded, he was ALL about the audience. Whereas apparantly Larry David would get pretty irate when people applauded for Kramer and they used to ask audiences to stop.
@@mikearchibald744 I think Shelley was and had to be more likable as the show's primary romantic lead. Julia and Michael were basically in the Carla and Nick position. They were more of a parody of a romantic couple, and not the people audiences had to identify with.
@@jedijones Thats a good point, although I think Seinfeld showed pretty accurately that leads don't actually have to be that likeable. There actually wasn't MUCH likeable, but I've read commeents from young women that said she was about the first and only comic lead who wasn't an airhead.
Even SINCE then Hollywood mostly does airheads or uses women as teh straight man, and of course its rare to see ANYBODY of much intelligence on television, usually those are the bad guys.
I hate you, Drake.
So, who here is from New Jersey?
No?? Well, they have this dog there..
OK WHO THREW THE CHAIR.
Love Julia :)))
16:21 She summed up Gracie Allen perfectly - that's exactly what she did 🤦♂️😂
Still pretty & lovely Julia. We love you.
The Stefanie character was the funniest character on that show. 😆
Julia Duffy is very talented and beautiful actress. I think Julia Duffy talent was wasted on Designing Women. She came on the show after Delta Burkes feud with The Thomsons. The writers were in a vindictive mood that they created an unlikeable character with no good qualities. I feel bad for Julia Duffy but it was the thomsons fault.
Nolan Gilchrist TH-cam channel plays all the episodes of Newhart...
She describes the sitcom experience so differently than Betty White. Betty White "don't let Bea Arthur tell you this is hard work." Julia Duffy describes it as a more grueling ordeal...but I understand why.
Julia's character was much harder to play, probably. She wasn't just playing herself. And she had to straddle the line between likable and unlikable.
She was great as Drake &Josh’s mean teacher.
I wonder if she hates drake in real life
What a beautiful lady.
Not gonna lie. I was crushing on her back in the day. What was this cute pretty woman doing with Bob Newhart? LOL
Still Gorgeous! So funny .. so smart.. an Entertainer.
Great actress, very classy gal, very funny,
Why did you not ask her how she felt about her character, Stephanie, being nothing but a figure in a Bob Hartley nightmare? Newhart had the best series finale ever! (I do understand the 15 second nod to Designing Women, though when her desk legs were sawed off was hilarious!)
would love if these interviews would be dated, please
Newhart...the show...is one of the best, quirkiest shows ever.
"The comedic timing you can introduce with somebody who stutters is very interesting."
"St..st..stammer."
Julia Duffy is a talented performer who got the shaft on “Designing Women” - it could have worked if they had come up with a better character for her. But the writers failed her.
Definitely. They basically took Stephanie, removed the parts that made her likeable, and pasted that over a generic one-note "yuppy" stereotype. I never understood what that character was supposed to be or what her purpose on the show was (other than to replace Delta Burke), and it sounds like they didn't either - which makes sense. They kind of just threw her out there and expected her to somehow make the character work because she did it on Newhart. 🤷♀️. The weird thing is that at the same time, Carlene was so great... (But of course, Jan Hooks was an absolute comedic genius - she could literally sit there and do nothing and be hilarious - and they weren't expecting her to recreate a character she had already played before.)
Allison spoke with a valley girl accent without any of the vulnerable elements of Stephanie..who was unintentionally insensitive..as opposed to Allison (who was intentionally sensitive)
@@citydweller99 That's what I was saying. Except, Allison wasn't intentionally insensitive - remember, she had Obnoxious Personality Disorder, so it wasn't her fault. 😏
She was also treated very mean by the producers and Dixie Carter.
Stephanie never did clean anything.
She cleaned out Michael's wallet.
I remember a comedic actor asked about a part and he said when he rehearsed his lines the night before the Audition his wife suggested he deliberately mispronounce the word gnome as gah-none in the audition as it would be funnier. The next day When the casting person corrected his mispronunciation he replied he knew the correct pronunciation but his wife suggested this way would be funnier for the audience, that got him the part, although from that point on he played the show’s idiot.
Apparently the character was intended to be high energy, but not an idiot
Stephanie and Michael were the funniest, and best part of that show... it remains a travesty that they didn't win emmys!!
Stammer, not stutter. Julia gives great interviews about the process though.
Well, at least it's not duh-duh-duh Joe Biden.
@@drbonesshow1 Branch and MOS?
At 17:10, does anyone know why she was a bit circumspect here about discussing her time on Designing Women? What happened there?
She was let go from the show after a year. Her character was poorly written and not surprisingly the audience turned against her.
By that time the show had begun to suck and a lot of people had gotten tired of the producers' in-your-face political indoctrination.
Watching Newhart on Prime. I loved the show then and I love it now!
Kirk was such an annoying character.
RIP Bob Newhart!
Screw them you were in a great television series
I could easily see her as Diane on Cheers . RE: DW, it seems that Dixie Carter and Jan Hooks seemed to be the bitches of DW.
no there had been women comedic actresses way before that show! Lucy! Carol Burnette! and many others! she cant say those kind of things because it is disrespectful to the others that came before her. the 80 were not a pioneering time for women comedic actresses, it had been pioneered long before!
BUT in order to make it, both Lucy and Carol B. had to create their own "vehicle" within Hollywood to get their talent out.
Still a total Babe .
To this day, she still hates Drake 😋
I wonder if she hates dan Schneider more than drake
I did find Newhart was ahead of its time, particularly in the first two years because it LITERALLY was a 'show about nothing'. What went on in a small Vermont town makes Seinfeld look like, well, New York. And WAY too much plot. Jerry was MANIC compared to Bob, and compare Kramer, George and Elaine to George, Kurt, and Larry, Darryl and Darryl. I actually liked it LESS when they got rid of Kurt, because before that it was very much like early Seinfeld and was like a funny Woody Allen movie, in fact to my mind a lot funnier.
But early on they weren't 'easy jokes'. Larry and the Darryls then would drag out the applause longer than Kramer, and before they even said a line, and while you are watching it on TV, thats just wasted comedy space. I think I may have even yelled at the screen "Yes, its them, you've seen them EVERY show, they are going to say the SAME line in EXACTLY the same way, now shut up!"
Kurt was actually a gold mine, not sure why they didn't think he was funny enough, but the maid was in the Elaine quandry where they simply didn't know how to write for her. Stephanie was a little TOO 'one note', and in those days you couldn't really stretch that out. Television has a weird puritan value even today, but the parade of boyfriends she likely WOULD have had in a small vermont town and her reaction to them, would have been hilarious, but of course a single woman having carnal relations or even the IDEA of carnal relations was just out of the question. So as a result she was a little TOO one note. The adage in comedy is that as long as they are laughing then keep doing it, but if she and Joanna weren't just so darn pretty then I probably would have stopped watching. Although it actually makes more sense if you analyze it on the basis that it was a dream from the bob newhart show.
I don't think you put enough thought into this. 😀
@@mikem9652 Ten minutes SEEMED about right.
@@mikearchibald744 To this day, the Kurt character destroys our enjoyment of "Newhart." My husband and I just despised him. He wasn't remotely funny to us. When the Michael character came along, he was so perfect with the entire ensemble and with the Stephanie character, that we loved him ever after. Kurt was slimey, Michael was perfection. We all enjoy different things.
Thats all true, but thats why i liked him, he was more of a character. michael and stephanie were caricatures, not really characters, you could take them seriously as people, just like the three darryls. Even later on there were those two old guys I dont remember their names, but they were just so stupid and crazy there was no realism.
But have to say that kurt was never really slimey, he was definitely a character, but i would agree that he was out of place on the show so i can see why somebody would think that. But the kind of unreality became why it was so easy to pull off the whole 'it was all a dream' thing at the end. Same as with the maid, stephanie became easy laughs, while she was actually nice and more of a challenge to make funnier. I know they hooked kurt up with the clown but i'd like to think he hooked up with whatshername later. Oh right, its not real.
Still hate drake
I wonder if she hates Dan Schneider
Is it just me, or does Julia's thumbnail photo look like Joan Rivers?
Really Joan got to look like her with plastic surgery
No one whose heyday was in the 1980s was a "Pioneer of Television." TV had already been popular for ~30 years when Newhart premiered.
This interview was recorded in the future.
What’s with her hair?
I’m sure she could really say some snack about how she was treated in real-life when she joined “Designing Women,” but she was classy enough not to.
I remember when the whole thing with Delta Burke went down on Designing Women, and Julia Duffy should have just said "NO!!" to taking that job because she was walking into an impossible situation. They should have waited until the final season to replace Delta Burke because replacing both she and Jean Smart at the same time could have never worked.