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.
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 (ua-cam.com/video/rHLr3kmXT04/v-deo.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.
Tony is a brave man. To answer her inane questions with his true feelings. This would be the equivalent of asking someone prominent today about Taylor Swift and the response "She has only one iota of actual talent. SHe's quite over rated" (I am NOT saying this don;t attack me) I am just pointing out saying Marilyn Monroe had ALMOST no talent back then was a Huge statement. I;m sure Randall was not loved at Hollywood parties.
I agree. Taylor Swift writes a cute song, at least her early country ones, but she can't sing. Singing her own stuff she can get away with, but not covers of others and duets with those who can sing. I never met Tony Randall but he was great as a actor and performer and Sally Jesse Raphael was annoying.
@@zuketroop1 Well notice how Tony "LIT UP" and was excited to talk about Debbie Reynolds. I think he is just a totally honest man to HIMSELF and when he sees talent he supports it. And if the talent in 'his" opinion is over rated and he is asked to give his feelings...he did. Here is some funny Randall info to back up what I say. In 1975 Tony finally won Best Actor in a Sitcom at The Emmy Awards. When he got on stage this is what he actually said "I DONT THANK YOU. I Should have been given this award three years ago. But none of you like me" And he walked off the stage LOL
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.
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.
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.
@@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.
Damn Was This an INTERVIEW or An INTERROGATION? SALLY is So Unprofessional Here. She Must Hate TONY RANDLE for Some Reason and She Needs to do Her RESEARCH Before She has a Guest On. Especially a HEAVYWEIGHT Like Mr. TONY RANDLE.
Sorry, I think it was kind of cheap for him to say Marilyn didn't have any talent. He ended up coming off as a snob. Did he bother to come off his high horse and see "Niagara"? Or "River of No Return"? Not to mention other more well-known roles? I can be a *itch and assert that Randall was a nebbish in most of his roles and rarely was outside that small box. Seriously, like every single Doris Day movie he was in he was basically Felix Unger. See, it is easy. I lost some respect for him here.
And his opinion of Marilyn was one thing that might have prompted the question about snobbery. Sure you have to treat every celebrity with kid gloves today, but back then you had more freedom to ask probing questions and not just fawn over someone for an entire segment.
Surprised and disappointed by his comments on Marilyn Monroe -- but I've always loved Tony and always will. He was the consummate comic actor but a fine dramatic actor also (check out NO DOWN PAYMENT). It was a thrill to meet him. :)
I think I like Tony even more because of his comments about Marilyn. I love that honesty. Marilyn was the great untouchable goddess of Hollywood that nobody dared to publicly say anything bad about. But in interviews in third tier magazines and newspapers and 2 AM TV shows and low viewership PBS programs, many people admitted that she had a horrible work ethic, and was very hard to handle on set, and needed constant coaching. A true director's nightmare. So if anything, his remarks on Marilyn may have exhibited my favorite aspect of Tony Randall's personality. He abhorred lying, exaggeration, and deception, and was never afraid of any backlash from his telling the truth about the wrong thing.
@@boseymcwhy "Marilyn was the great untouchable goddess of Hollywood that nobody dared to publicly say anything bad about." Not sure where you're getting your information from -- in Marilyn's day it was Liz Taylor Hollywood handled with kid gloves. Like many women in show business at the time, Marilyn was abused by studio executives and their casting couch, enduring everything from inappropriate sexual advances to the horrors of studio-mandated abortion. I recently treated myself to a big-screen showing of GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES and what struck me most was the economy of the camera work; much of Marilyn's song and dance numbers were accomplished in lengthy set-ups with very few camera cuts -- it takes a special talent to deliver under those conditions. Add to that, unlike many of her contemporaries, Marilyn did all her own singing, so bearing these things in mind I think Mr. Randall was wayyy off base in reducing Marilyn to someone with only an "ounce" of talent. She had her demons which often reflected in her professional work habits and I'm sure that lead to strained relationships on the set, but even Laurence Olivier had to admit she gave a wonderful performance in THE PRINCE AND THE SHOWGIRL, and they clashed constantly.
I really enjoyed this interview. I don't think SJR did her homework here and got a bit under Tony Randall's skin. He was a professionally trained actor who took his work seriously. She made a massive error when she conflated the person Tony Randall with the characters he plays and he didn't hold back. She also missed a huge opportunity with Marilyn Monroe and it would have been fascinating to hear his opinion. Marilyn knew her acting talent was limited. She was training and taking steps in a serious fashion to improve her skill sets at times. I would have liked to have heard his opinion about Marilyn's work with the Actors Studio and if it helped her acting.
Why would u interview Mr. Randall just to get him worked up?? That’s dumb. I met Mr. Randall years ago and he was a cool guy. Sally was NOT a good interviewer. 🙄
If Tony were alive today, he would be the king of the major streaming shows, but all in all, he was kind of a nice snob and a likeable pseudo-intellectual. Sally had his number. He shouldn't have said what he said about Marilyn Monroe, but that was typical of him pretending to be honest. He was like that about his far left-leaning politics too. That's why he got kicked off the Metropolitan Opera's radio program. He's hard to figure.
How about having a conversation with the guy instead of darting these stupid questions at him one after the other?? ITs too much work for any person to have to compute answers one after the other that way. Putting Tony Randall on that show was like putting a silk hat on a pig. She was the worst.
No.....he wasn't. He was married twice. His first wife died. Tony's second wife was more than 50 years younger than him. The 2 of them had 2 kids together before he passed away .
That came from the old MR PEPPERS TV series where he worked with WALLY COX. It was Mr Cox who seemed to be effeminate over the years yet his family claimed he was not homosexual. Not that it matters. N o of course not. Tony was just fastidious, neat, clean, thin..OMG lol
He isn't irritated. He has strong convictions, and he sticks by them. Good for him.
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
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
good for him for being honest
He's just being Tony.
He was brilliant and said the truth. God bless everyone. Merry Christmas 🎄 happy holidays and a blessed New Year🎉
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.
I love him
Much as I miss him, I have to be thankful he was spared the internet/social media/cell phones and complete decline of society and the arts.
I like Tony Randall - he seems like a really nice honest person.
Love the guy!
He made a total fool out of her. Like many others.
That was pretty consistent with his appearances on talk shows. Always liked him.
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.
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 (ua-cam.com/video/rHLr3kmXT04/v-deo.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.
Now I remember why I never watched her show. So annoying and just one lame question after another.
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!!!!!
He's not irritated. He's basically in character and getting laughs.
Tony is a brave man. To answer her inane questions with his true feelings. This would be the equivalent of asking someone prominent today about Taylor Swift and the response "She has only one iota of actual talent. SHe's quite over rated" (I am NOT saying this don;t attack me) I am just pointing out saying Marilyn Monroe had ALMOST no talent back then was a Huge statement. I;m sure Randall was not loved at Hollywood parties.
I agree. Taylor Swift writes a cute song, at least her early country ones, but she can't sing. Singing her own stuff she can get away with, but not covers of others and duets with those who can sing. I never met Tony Randall but he was great as a actor and performer and Sally Jesse Raphael was annoying.
@@zuketroop1 Well notice how Tony "LIT UP" and was excited to talk about Debbie Reynolds. I think he is just a totally honest man to HIMSELF and when he sees talent he supports it. And if the talent in 'his" opinion is over rated and he is asked to give his feelings...he did. Here is some funny Randall info to back up what I say. In 1975 Tony finally won Best Actor in a Sitcom at The Emmy Awards. When he got on stage this is what he actually said "I DONT THANK YOU.
I Should have been given this award three years ago. But none of you like me" And he walked off the stage LOL
I loved Tony Randall on the tonight show.
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."
Eternal rest grant unto Mr Randal oh Lord and let perpetual light shine upon him may he rest in peace . Amen
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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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.
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.
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.
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 don’t understand. when I was a kid, sally jesse was an old lady. now i’m old, and she's still old
Ok Paulie LOL
I remember On the Odd Couple Tony ( Felex ) singing Little Orphan Annie 😁😁😂😂😂
What the hell is going on here, she is really giving him the shits. I dont think they like each other, wonder what went on before the tv live.
She was so rude and inconsiderate towards him I’m glad she’s off the air.
She had to or the interview would be a snooze fest.
@@tonymontana4284well I’m glad she’s no longer on the air.
I remember Tony Randall in The with Felix from the show is when he saw Betty White in a restaurant with Allen ludden that was so funny
....replace his word, 'tv' with damn cellphones: BINGO- Throw them out for kids! I say that too!
Tony should see disgusting tv now.... he would faint.....
I agree with him on Doris Day, witness: ‘Love Me or Leave Me.’
Doris Day's performance in "Midnight Lace" was exceptional.
James Cagney said the same thing about her.
@@SueProv ✅
When daytime hosts would break their usual 'dirty laundry' format and try to do 'Tonight Show'-style celebrity chitchats, you'd get stuff like this.
HE dosen't seem much different in person than when he was playing Felix Unger LOL
07:26 your very immoderate! YES I AM …. Clap clap 👏 👏 👏
I loved both his answers #1.) Doris Day 🩷
#2.) Debbie Reynolds 🩷
Bravo Mr. Randall!
She asks him about women, after disclosing she "loves trains and men".....
He really is not irritated. Tony Randall wants to eat Jesse's liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti. F,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f
Tony is solid and when Sally asks, "Are you a snob?" I think its a fun, interesting question
Marilyn Monroe did have talent, for light comedy and in The Misfits she proved she had dramatic chops too.
He was like 65 or something here and he was just not there for the BS. I miss him.
Damn Was This an INTERVIEW or An INTERROGATION? SALLY is So Unprofessional Here. She Must Hate TONY RANDLE for Some Reason and She Needs to do Her RESEARCH Before She has a Guest On. Especially a HEAVYWEIGHT Like Mr. TONY RANDLE.
RandALL.
Sorry, I think it was kind of cheap for him to say Marilyn didn't have any talent. He ended up coming off as a snob. Did he bother to come off his high horse and see "Niagara"? Or "River of No Return"? Not to mention other more well-known roles? I can be a *itch and assert that Randall was a nebbish in most of his roles and rarely was outside that small box. Seriously, like every single Doris Day movie he was in he was basically Felix Unger. See, it is easy. I lost some respect for him here.
Marilyn was very talented. I love Tony but that remark was beneath him I dont think he was a snob .It was just Tony being Tony ❤
And his opinion of Marilyn was one thing that might have prompted the question about snobbery. Sure you have to treat every celebrity with kid gloves today, but back then you had more freedom to ask probing questions and not just fawn over someone for an entire segment.
Perhaps he was just being catty because Marilyn kept everyone waiting so many times.
I thought he was giving his honest opinion about Marilyn. I had no problem with it although I disagree.
Tony was right. Marilyn, although troubled, had absolutely nothing in the talent department.
Tonys right about her being an idiot, but not right about such questions being below her. Today we'd call this cringe.
Surprised and disappointed by his comments on Marilyn Monroe -- but I've always loved Tony and always will. He was the consummate comic actor but a fine dramatic actor also (check out NO DOWN PAYMENT). It was a thrill to meet him. :)
I think I like Tony even more because of his comments about Marilyn. I love that honesty. Marilyn was the great untouchable goddess of Hollywood that nobody dared to publicly say anything bad about. But in interviews in third tier magazines and newspapers and 2 AM TV shows and low viewership PBS programs, many people admitted that she had a horrible work ethic, and was very hard to handle on set, and needed constant coaching. A true director's nightmare. So if anything, his remarks on Marilyn may have exhibited my favorite aspect of Tony Randall's personality. He abhorred lying, exaggeration, and deception, and was never afraid of any backlash from his telling the truth about the wrong thing.
@@boseymcwhy "Marilyn was the great untouchable goddess of Hollywood that nobody dared to publicly say anything bad about." Not sure where you're getting your information from -- in Marilyn's day it was Liz Taylor Hollywood handled with kid gloves. Like many women in show business at the time, Marilyn was abused by studio executives and their casting couch, enduring everything from inappropriate sexual advances to the horrors of studio-mandated abortion. I recently treated myself to a big-screen showing of GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES and what struck me most was the economy of the camera work; much of Marilyn's song and dance numbers were accomplished in lengthy set-ups with very few camera cuts -- it takes a special talent to deliver under those conditions. Add to that, unlike many of her contemporaries, Marilyn did all her own singing, so bearing these things in mind I think Mr. Randall was wayyy off base in reducing Marilyn to someone with only an "ounce" of talent. She had her demons which often reflected in her professional work habits and I'm sure that lead to strained relationships on the set, but even Laurence Olivier had to admit she gave a wonderful performance in THE PRINCE AND THE SHOWGIRL, and they clashed constantly.
Marilyn had absolutely no talent, Tony was spot on. Sally was lacking herself in that very same department.
I really enjoyed this interview. I don't think SJR did her homework here and got a bit under Tony Randall's skin. He was a professionally trained actor who took his work seriously. She made a massive error when she conflated the person Tony Randall with the characters he plays and he didn't hold back. She also missed a huge opportunity with Marilyn Monroe and it would have been fascinating to hear his opinion. Marilyn knew her acting talent was limited. She was training and taking steps in a serious fashion to improve her skill sets at times. I would have liked to have heard his opinion about Marilyn's work with the Actors Studio and if it helped her acting.
How did she get to be a tv host? ugh!
Honesty is the best policy and that's what Tony Randall was. if people can't handle the truth, then suck it up and get over yourselves!
Wow! Tony knocked her out! Just like a judge knocked out Sally's son aka Chilli de Castro aka Delete Laws.
He's intellectually better than HER, that's for sure!
( I’m king of the elevator’s ! 😀😀😀😂😂😂
Wow it must be a great to be a celebrity in your grave. You get visited and loved by folks you never knew in life. 😅
Celebrities don't need to die to get that. 🙂
Why would u interview Mr. Randall just to get him worked up?? That’s dumb. I met Mr. Randall years ago and he was a cool guy. Sally was NOT a good interviewer. 🙄
I don't know if he was irritated, but he sure ought to have been. She was irritating.
he wasn't annoyed... and he's right about Doris; watch the movie she did with James Cagney, Love Me or Leave Me, she's great, dramatic
If Tony were alive today, he would be the king of the major streaming shows, but all in all, he was kind of a nice snob and a likeable pseudo-intellectual. Sally had his number. He shouldn't have said what he said about Marilyn Monroe, but that was typical of him pretending to be honest. He was like that about his far left-leaning politics too. That's why he got kicked off the Metropolitan Opera's radio program. He's hard to figure.
How about having a conversation with the guy instead of darting these stupid questions at him one after the other?? ITs too much work for any person to have to compute answers one after the other that way. Putting Tony Randall on that show was like putting a silk hat on a pig. She was the worst.
Dumb Question!!!
Tony Randall was one of the biggest jerks in entertainment history.
Sally was way out of her league on this one.
an anti-TV Tv star! how ODD
Television is a waste of time
I'm surprised that he liked girls, I always thought Tony was homosexual. Ok.
No.....he wasn't. He was married twice. His first wife died. Tony's second wife was more than 50 years younger than him. The 2 of them had 2 kids together before he passed away .
That came from the old MR PEPPERS TV series where he worked with WALLY COX. It was Mr Cox who seemed to be effeminate over the years yet his family claimed he was not homosexual. Not that it matters. N o of course not. Tony was just fastidious, neat, clean, thin..OMG lol
@@Piggy-Oink-Oink Tony is slightly effeminate too, it doesn't mean he's homosexual... there are homosexual men who are masculine as well
I heard he was in the closet also.
@@tonymontana4284nah.. dream on
She was a low class talk show host. Tony had no business being on the same stage as she.
Sally is a pain!
These kind of shows just fished for reactions. Horrible TV in those days. Nothing to be proud of.👎
Sally Jessy was annoying
these are the most boring questions, honestly.
I CANT STAND THIS VULGER BROAD.
I remember Tony Randall in The is character Felix goes into a restaurant and sees Betty White and Allen ludden
When he asked allen ludden"do you suffer from acid stomach"😂