Rediscovering the brilliance of CHARLES NELSON REILLY
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
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Rediscovering the brilliance of CHARLES NELSON REILLY.
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He was first my teacher and then my most loving and amazing friend. This man's talent was beyond belief and so little known by so many. I miss him and think of him every single day.
Oh wonderful, thank you so much for sharing that. I'm so sorry for your loss, I wish I could have known him and I would have loved to have seen him teach. Did you study with him at HB Studio?
@@prodigioussaps He taught here in the San Fernando Valley at Debbie Reynolds Studios. It was the 1970's. A million years ago.
Oh wow! Man, you must have some amazing stories. Thrilled you found us here, cheers
The amazing thing about Life of Reilly is that he covers such tragic ground but uses comedy so effectively throughout. You are never bored and it is never maudlin. This video prompted me to watch it again just now. It's in 27 parts and I though I would just revisit a few before bed but I couldn't stop watching.
Yes, that’s a wonderful summation. Totally agree - more people need to know about it.
Nipsey Russell, Kitty Carlisle and Charles Nelson Reilly, Paul lynde and others were the staples on daytime tv and if you were home from school in the 70's (probably the 60's as well) then you got a look at some very oddball characters. And you simply considered them from a kid's perspective, flamboyant, effusive, bubbly and over the top. And with some exception for Carson's show, you never saw them anywhere else.
*And Rip Taylor! how could anyone forget?!
Yes, exactly. The 70s was such a weird time, also I think because so many disparate generations of Hollywood were crisscrossed. We still had people from vaudeville and the silent film era going to the same parties as David Bowie. TV was essentially like the cover of Sgt. Pepper every night.
@@prodigioussaps We got Shecky Greene "take my wife please.'' and George Carlin performing on the Tonight Show, and sitting there was Zsa Zsa Gabor in some gauzy evening gown covered in sequins ''perched on a silk pillow'' and as kids we had NO idea why people thought she was ''hot.'' Bob Hope would come out swinging a golf club and holding a glass of scotch, with a cigarette. . if we were confused it was understandable.
When they mentioned ''the war'' we thought Vietnam, they of course meant WW2, and anything that old was (in our minds) filmed in black and white.
All of them had to compete with Big Bird, and Kermit the Frog, which again, seemed normal to kids in the 70's.
@@prodigioussaps I think that's the best description of the '70s I've ever seen or read anywhere. It's so true. I was born in 1960 so the 70's were my adolescent and teen years when you're really starting to become aware of ... everything. And the mix of so many generations of entertainers wasn't the least bit dysfunctional either. They were all just ...there and the "older" ones (who never seemed "old"), you knew had been around a while and that diversity was so TOTALLY taken for granted that, well, that's just the way it is. I loved growing up then. You discovered and could appreciate people from all over the spectrum of music and entertainment from Jack Benny and Benny Goodman to Count Basie to Chuck Mangione and Miles Davis and Frank Sinatra and Barbra Streisand and Roberta Flack and Uretha Franklin to Johnny Cash and Loretta Lynn to Chicago and Blood Sweat and Tears and Earth Wind and Fire to the Beatles to Rush and Kiss and Alice Cooper and by 1980 at my ripe old age of 20, Devo and Donna Summer and everything in between all of them. And Carson held court on the Tonight Show from 11:30PM until 1:00AM five nights a week with Dean Martin and his friends roasting someone on Saturdays or else there was Carol Burnett on CBS and Dr. Dimento on the radio on Sundays.
The UA-camr who did a profile of Reilly on his channel is Matt Baume.
Yes, that’s right - I linked to him in the description. He has a great channel.
A dear (late) friend, who had studied acting at The Neighborhood Playhouse with Sandy Meisner in the 60s, told me once that he had also studied acting with Charles at HB Studio and said "Mr. Reilly" (I think he used that honorific) was "the best dramatic acting teacher" he'd ever had. At the time, I thought he must be joking. I mean Charles NELSON Reilly? Really? But I caught the look in his eyes as he remembered it. Either Charles was the master teacher my friend claimed -- or -- Mr. Reilly had taught him dramatic acting so well he could genuinely act like he was. Either way, Charles Nelson Reilly was very lovingly, kindly, and fondly remembered for work most people never knew he did. I think that says a lot about the man.
That’s wonderful, thanks so much for that. Yeah, after watching “Life of Reilly” I believe it. He was a brilliant man. Cheers Joe 👊
Sorry I’m late to this video. I just came across this video. I love CNR. I knew who he was growing up but never watched much of his stuff till recently. I love watching him on the match game. Someone must have put all the parts together of the life of Reilly because I just watched it. It’s like an hour half long. It’s very good. Thank you for posting this.
Never too late to praise the great CNR!
Cheers and thanks for commenting 👊
The Life of Reilly was great and tells his whole story.
Yes, I was really impressed with it.
Just found the playlist in the description, Thanks!. Never knew it existed.
CNR was just a unique entertainer that was pure delight. He wasn't putting ANYthing "on." If he was homosexual...so be it....he was a sincere performer and he knew his craft quite well.
Agreed - cheers Mark!
Grew up with Charles. As camp as the Boy Scouts on a summer outing. But at the same time, a very good character and funny as anything.
Oh wow! That's wonderful, what a small world. Yes in all the interviews I've seen and things that I've read about him, consensus seems to be he was a terrific person. Cheers Dave, thanks so much for commenting.
I loved Charles Nelson Reily and Paul Lynde but I'm not gay, haha, but I did love them.
Yes, hard not to love them, they were both incredible talents. Cheers Louie!
Life of Reilly is extraordinary!
Yes it is! Cheers 👊
@@prodigioussaps Your video was great. It reminded me of when I was 10 and my best friend and I constantly imitated his grimace. Just like one of you did in this video.
Ha! That’s great. Thanks so much Presto!
Such an underrated actor. He could have done more serious work.
You’re absolutely right. Cheers
Don't forget "Clayton Gregg"! That's probably where most people became familiar with CNR.
Claymore Gregg, yes! Absolutely. I’m actually working on a short video that has us talking briefly about the Ghost and Mrs. Muir.
@@prodigioussaps Sorry, Claymore Gregg. ☺
Ha, I wasn’t sure either, I had to google it. 👊
@@prodigioussaps That's what happens when someone is named after a sword! 😉
Haaa!