Many years ago, before we ever met, my wife was at maybe the lowest point in her life and ended up in a homeless shelter near Denver, Colorado. As it happened Ann B. Davis was a volunteer at that shelter and spoke with my future wife several times giving her great encouragement along the way. That encouragement really went a long way in helping my wife be able to turn her life around to turn into the wonderful person she is today. we owe a great deal to Ms. Davis and always will...Rest in Eternal Peace Ann B. Davis...GOD BLESS!!!
@@jonchaney You sir are very wrong...I am very happy now because I am married to such a wonderful woman and have been for nearly 20 years now...why you would think otherwise is truly beyond me because I never said a single word about being unhappy whatsoever.
A great fun and articulate lady. I attended a regional Christian youth conference in the late ‘70’s and she was the guest speaker. She had a heart and appreciation for teens. I remember walking by her and was two shy to say anything and we just smiled. Another thing that stood out to me was how tiny she was. She had to have been under 5-foot-tall as she came up to my shoulders. I was (still am) 5-foot 4-inches. That means Florence and Maureen were/are both tiny as well as they seem to be the same height as Ann.
She has a unique voice and words of wisdom we miss you Alice Ann B Davis you were born for this role idk who else couldve portray a maid so cheerful with kind and compasion 💪🙌💙💛💪🙌💪 love yoy Ann b Davis r.i.p your in a good place
She died after falling in her bathroom! So tragic! She will always be the most famous maid on television. A really nice lady. I wish that there were more people like her in the world! May she rest in Peace.
@@jonchaney - From what I understand, she was indeed happy. She worked in a Episcopal community with a pastor and his wife. She enjoyed helping others! Americans favorite housekeeper. Peace.
Funny when you grow up with a character and even long after the show, the real person still seems like the character in real life. I mean, how many people who would have met Ann in real life forget that Alice was just a character, lol.
You have to read the career of Ann B Davis. It is impressive! She was a very intelligent and talented woman. And how weird is Conan to think that it’s weird that she had a Porsche because of her age? 🙄
@@HelloooThere what are you talking about? My comment wasn't even in reply to you. Either you don't know the meaning of patronize or you have severe issues.
She seemed really anxious in this interview, I thought. She should have been more relaxed and confident in the realization that she was a VERY beloved star with people, from her characterization of Alice on The Brady Bunch.
I don't understand all the negative stuff about Conan. So he's playing off the whole, let's poke fun at the Brady Bunch- thing, but everyone did it. Ann is funny, and I think Conan is funny in his own way. But maybe I'm not as sensitive.
Just checked IMDB to make sure I was correct, and I was: That's Michael McKean (of "LaVerne & Shirley", "Spinal Tap") as the previous guest. "The Brady Bunch Movie" (1994) is mentioned during this interview, but nobody acknowledges that McKean played the neighbor, Mr. Dittmeyer, in the film.
That was an extremely awkward interview, with no chemistry between Conan and Ann. He could have done a better job at molding his tone to fit hers like Johnny Carson used to do. Usually Conan does a good job, but this wasn't one of his best. I loved Ann B. Davis, and I felt like this interview didn't bring out the best in her. I wish I could have interviewed her before she passed. Her passing was so sad too, because she was in her 80s but very healthy; she just happened to slip and fall in her bathroom and died of brain swelling the next day. Such a shame.
Ann always said that she could have done The Brady Bunch for several more years, and hoped that the producers and writers could have worked out some scenario that would keep the now older kids in the cast. At that time, however, most everyone, especially Robert Reed and Florence Henderson, wanted out.
When I was a kid I tended to prefer the later seasons, seeing the kids get older and more “groovy” with their hair growing longer and their wardrobe becoming more colorful and hip for the times, as Sherwood Schwartz gave in to the kids requests to let them dress less classic like they were from an earlier era. I always thought they could have gotten some mileage out of Greg heading off to college nearby and plots based around his campus life, maybe living in the dorms but coming back home often, or living at home but having campus adventures. Marcia is a senior and wondering what to do with her future, applying to colleges while dealing with senior homecoming and prom stuff. The younger siblings are growing up and dealing with high school and middle school etc. Carol gets a part-time job. Maybe they take in a foreign exchange student. There’s plenty they could have done if the writers were up to it. Clearly I’ve thought about this too much!
@@EastSide-qc5oy No, your ideas are quite good! The biggest mistake was Cousin Oliver. 😵💫 I definitely liked how the show got more classically 70s in the later seasons. 👍
@@Itelkner She really was super nice. She gave autographs to anyone that asked and gave us staff members, ( I was a bartender on the ship then) ink pens from her church, was just sweet as can be. Totally down to earth. ,
One of the Great TV Personalities of ALL time.. The characters she created were iconic.. and Conan simply could not stop acting like a socially retarded, completely unconscious dork long enough to do a respectful interview. As if to say .. "I know we have a legend of TV with us this evening.. But still .. LOOK AT ME!" So sad. This was embarrassing - I couldn't finish it. (Rest in well deserved peace, Ann)
@Jim Bracca~That's how the "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" was in the early days of his show... A guest would come out, and he would make comedic small talk with them for fifteen minutes, and then it was all over.... I really like his recent format of Conan "With Out Borders", where he travels to different countries and interacts with the people, and goes native....some of which don't even understand what's happening or what he's saying... so there's a communication breakdown there at times, but it all comes together in the end... This has really refreshed that stale format that we all know as, "The Talk Show"....
I understand that in those days being openly gay would ruin your career. But I wish she had been willing to just let her guard down by this time in her life. Of course, doing the truckdriver cameo in the movie is pretty much admitting it.
Years ago a book about the Bunch ("The Brady Bunch Book"--now long out of print) had stories about Ann B Davis and the sports cars she loved to drive. When she died she owned a Mazda Miata. So she never lost her love for driving sporty little cars. So sad and infuriating that Conan insists on seeing her as Alice. 💢 Also, the Barry Williams book isn't half as salacious as he's desperately trying to make it sound.
@@citygirl5705 actually I felt the opposite. Conan didn't give her a chance. He could have asked her about her career and what she is doing now. Ann B. Davis is a comic legend and doesn't do a lot of interviews. He had the perfect opportunity and he blew it.
Ann B. Davis was an accomplished stage and TV actress who had won several Emmy awards for her work on The Bob Cummings Show in the 1950’s and got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960, way before she started on The Brady Bunch in 1969. It’s a shame she’s only remembered for being on that idiotic program.
In this clip, Conan must have been new as a host. He did a terrible job interviewing the beloved Ann B. Davis. His lack of skills made me cringe more than once.
I met Ann in the early 80s n Denver , she did a similar beginning comment & I said the same thing back that Conan replied , of not knowing what to the meaning clearly means ,
Many years ago, before we ever met, my wife was at maybe the lowest point in her life and ended up in a homeless shelter near Denver, Colorado. As it happened Ann B. Davis was a volunteer at that shelter and spoke with my future wife several times giving her great encouragement along the way. That encouragement really went a long way in helping my wife be able to turn her life around to turn into the wonderful person she is today. we owe a great deal to Ms. Davis and always will...Rest in Eternal Peace Ann B. Davis...GOD BLESS!!!
Damn. Talk about doing something with your life. That’s awesome. She seemed like suck a great person.
I hope things get better for you. You don’t seem like a happy person. I’m sorry for you.
@@jonchaney You sir are very wrong...I am very happy now because I am married to such a wonderful woman and have been for nearly 20 years now...why you would think otherwise is truly beyond me because I never said a single word about being unhappy whatsoever.
@Robert Gardea we are doing fine these days...thank you so much for your kind reply...GOD BLESS!!!
AND AS FOR THAT ONE SAD PERSON SO FAR WHO DECIDED TO USE PROFANITY ABOUT MY WIFE...WELL...GOD BLESS YOU ANYWAY!!!
The world could use an Ann B Davis today. A beautiful, genuine person
Well said @shyman99 ❤
She was a great lady. Love Ann b.
Definitely and also the Brady “kids” got together to refurbish the original Brady house.
That will never happen.
My Grandmother.. that just unfortunately passed at 71.. Total saint..
There’s such a comforting feeling you get when listening to Ann B Davis. Her voice and style brings back great memories.
I just love her. She’s so beautiful, quick witted, and so genuinely caring.
Ms. Davis is a true TV legend. So down to earth. May she rest in peace.
A lovely lady with a very natural sense of humor. RIP Ann. Thanks for helping brighten my childhood years.
Once in a while a good and decent person shows up on the face of this earth.
Yes she has a very wholesome sense of humor
Alice was the BEST!!! She's still got a quick wit here. Seems like a genuinely nice person in real life...
She was just adorable.
Conan's definitely gotten a lot better at interviewing people in the last 25 years.
The character Alice was the only thing that kept the show from being completely dorky...she was funny and cool on The Brady Bunch!
Alice really was the best character on that show!
She was one of my favorites on the show. It's hard to beat Marcia and the Romeo and Juliet episode. We love Alice though.
Cindy wasn't a dork
@MOONLIGHT LOVE 🌙💓 Just say no to drugs. You make absolutely no sense. Alice didn't have a short hair at all.
The entire show was great
A great fun and articulate lady. I attended a regional Christian youth conference in the late ‘70’s and she was the guest speaker. She had a heart and appreciation for teens. I remember walking by her and was two shy to say anything and we just smiled. Another thing that stood out to me was how tiny she was. She had to have been under 5-foot-tall as she came up to my shoulders. I was (still am) 5-foot 4-inches. That means Florence and Maureen were/are both tiny as well as they seem to be the same height as Ann.
She has a unique voice and words of wisdom we miss you Alice Ann B Davis you were born for this role idk who else couldve portray a maid so cheerful with kind and compasion 💪🙌💙💛💪🙌💪 love yoy Ann b Davis r.i.p your in a good place
Ann is great here.She was a legend!Love that she had a Porsche!
And Bette Davis had a Mustang only a 6 cylinder, though..
@@nancyericson4263 Sonny and Cher had twin Mustangs. They also had an Audi. Phyliss Diller had a Checker.
She looks like the most awesome grandmother ever.
What a gal, Ann B Davis is a doll, I love her!
Loved Ann b Davies great lady RIP LOVELY😂🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
Such a sweet lady 😌❤️
Remember her on the Bob Cummings Show for which she was awarded two Emmys out of four nominations.
That was the first show she did, before she played Alice on The Brady Bunch.
The Bob Cummings Show was Paul Henning's first TV show, where Ann B. Davis also starred as Schultzy!!!
I wonder if pork chops and applesauce are in the book.
👏😂
Yes there is i have the book
Yeah, but you have to say it like Humphrey Bogart.
I love Ann b. But pork chops with applesauce? Yuck!!! Give me corn and a potato.
😂😂😂😂
I always loved watching her in the 80's
RIP Ann b Davis ❤
She is a riot!!!
A true legend In pop culture and favorite daughter from Schenectady, New York, sorely missed. R.I.P., Ann ❤☝👏✌
@moonlitlove how does someone respond to a 4 year old comment with an ignorant question?
What a charming woman.
Oh, my goodness! We all need an Alice in our lives. Someone who is older but not family authority. :-)!!
She died after falling in her bathroom! So tragic! She will always be the most famous maid on television. A really nice lady. I wish that there were more people like her in the world! May she rest in Peace.
She lived a great life. Sounds like she was very happy at the end of her life. She was loved.
@@jonchaney - From what I understand, she was indeed happy. She worked in a Episcopal community with a pastor and his wife. She enjoyed helping others! Americans favorite housekeeper. Peace.
Fun fact, she gave all the kids owner of the book, their still getting money from the book, bless her heart ❤️
such a funny and talented lady
I love her as Alice on The Brady Bunch rip Ann B. Davis.
Funny when you grow up with a character and even long after the show, the real person still seems like the character in real life. I mean, how many people who would have met Ann in real life forget that Alice was just a character, lol.
You have to read the career of Ann B Davis. It is impressive! She was a very intelligent and talented woman. And how weird is Conan to think that it’s weird that she had a Porsche because of her age? 🙄
She died after a fall at 88yro. She was in perfect health and could've lived longer.
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don't patronize her
@@HelloooThere what are you talking about? My comment wasn't even in reply to you. Either you don't know the meaning of patronize or you have severe issues.
@@ethereal1257 no I replied you but ok ok that's done ok
Older people are always at risk for that.
She seemed really anxious in this interview, I thought. She should have been more relaxed and confident in the realization that she was a VERY beloved star with people, from her characterization of Alice on The Brady Bunch.
Boy this was almost hard to watch. Funny, but sad, informative yet humiliating. Good to see ya. Sucks to be you kinda interview.
Ann was the BEST!! Shymann99 (below) said it all!! We all love you ANN (R.I.P.)!
I don't understand all the negative stuff about Conan. So he's playing off the whole, let's poke fun at the Brady Bunch- thing, but everyone did it. Ann is funny, and I think Conan is funny in his own way. But maybe I'm not as sensitive.
Love you Anne! R.I.P.
Rest in Peace Ann B.
I just absolutely LOVE Ann B Davis. If everyone had an Alice in their life, the world would be a much better place. Rest In Power Sweet Lady. 🌹🕊️🙏🏻🪽
Just checked IMDB to make sure I was correct, and I was: That's Michael McKean (of "LaVerne & Shirley", "Spinal Tap") as the previous guest. "The Brady Bunch Movie" (1994) is mentioned during this interview, but nobody acknowledges that McKean played the neighbor, Mr. Dittmeyer, in the film.
I love that she is personally as lovable as Alice. She was a national treasure.
That was an extremely awkward interview, with no chemistry between Conan and Ann. He could have done a better job at molding his tone to fit hers like Johnny Carson used to do. Usually Conan does a good job, but this wasn't one of his best. I loved Ann B. Davis, and I felt like this interview didn't bring out the best in her. I wish I could have interviewed her before she passed.
Her passing was so sad too, because she was in her 80s but very healthy; she just happened to slip and fall in her bathroom and died of brain swelling the next day. Such a shame.
Ann B. Davis was America's nanny.
I still make Minute Rice following suggestions from an ad starring Ann B. Davis.
Ann always said that she could have done The Brady Bunch for several more years, and hoped that the producers and writers could have worked out some scenario that would keep the now older kids in the cast. At that time, however, most everyone, especially Robert Reed and Florence Henderson, wanted out.
When I was a kid I tended to prefer the later seasons, seeing the kids get older and more “groovy” with their hair growing longer and their wardrobe becoming more colorful and hip for the times, as Sherwood Schwartz gave in to the kids requests to let them dress less classic like they were from an earlier era.
I always thought they could have gotten some mileage out of Greg heading off to college nearby and plots based around his campus life, maybe living in the dorms but coming back home often, or living at home but having campus adventures. Marcia is a senior and wondering what to do with her future, applying to colleges while dealing with senior homecoming and prom stuff. The younger siblings are growing up and dealing with high school and middle school etc. Carol gets a part-time job. Maybe they take in a foreign exchange student. There’s plenty they could have done if the writers were up to it. Clearly I’ve thought about this too much!
@@EastSide-qc5oy No, your ideas are quite good! The biggest mistake was Cousin Oliver. 😵💫 I definitely liked how the show got more classically 70s in the later seasons. 👍
@@nassauguy48 When I was a kid I didn’t mind cousin Oliver so much but I see as an adult why people think the addition didn’t work.
Florence didn't want out
Not true... good grief.
She’s a gem! ❤❤😊😊😊
She's wonderful. I met her on a cruise dining ship in 1988. But she's in documentaries saying she doesn't cook. So go figure.
She explained that she doesn't cook in this interview as well.
That's great, I would have loved to have met her. One of the most lovable, likeable tv personalities ever.
@@Itelkner She really was super nice. She gave autographs to anyone that asked and gave us staff members, ( I was a bartender on the ship then) ink pens from her church, was just sweet as can be. Totally down to earth. ,
Ann was always cool!
I have this cookbook. It's fun.
Didn't mention Schultzie on Love that Bob. Love that Ann B. Davis❤️
I'd like one of those Cook Books.
Lori Miller Check Ebay
She lived near my hometown for a time, just outside of Pittsburgh in Ambridge, Pa. I was in Aliquippa but didn't find out until way later
Thank you Ann for pronouncing “Porsche” correctly!
YIKES!! Conan.. for Heaven's sake let the woman answer a question at least ONCE!!
So she actually IS Alice. Lol. I love it. RIP Anne B. Davis. I want to get this cookbook.
One of the Great TV Personalities of ALL time.. The characters she created were iconic.. and Conan simply could not stop acting like a socially retarded, completely unconscious dork long enough to do a respectful interview. As if to say .. "I know we have a legend of TV with us this evening.. But still .. LOOK AT ME!" So sad. This was embarrassing - I couldn't finish it. (Rest in well deserved peace, Ann)
I felt exactly the same way watching this. This might be the worst interview I've ever seen Conan do.
i hate idiotic interviews when the interviewer just performs schtick at the expense of the person they supposed to be interviewing
@Jim Bracca~That's how the "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" was in the early days of his show... A guest would come out, and he would make comedic small talk with them for fifteen minutes, and then it was all over....
I really like his recent format of Conan "With Out Borders", where he travels to different countries and interacts with the people, and goes native....some of which don't even understand what's happening or what he's saying... so there's a communication breakdown there at times, but it all comes together in the end... This has really refreshed
that stale format that we all know as, "The Talk Show"....
Fun Fact: Alice's last name was Nelson...
I understand that in those days being openly gay would ruin your career. But I wish she had been willing to just let her guard down by this time in her life. Of course, doing the truckdriver cameo in the movie is pretty much admitting it.
I don’t care. I still love her. Not my business.
@@BrianRIngram Robert Reed was gay and couldn’t be open back in the 60s and 70s
@@BrianRIngram
I haven't seen any evidence that she was a practicing homosexual, and that's because there probably isn't any.
Porsche 914 my fave model! 😊❤
She was top notch
I believe what is talked about with guests is decided b4 a show is aired becuz theres only a certain amount of time allotted for each guest.
I remember when she was on the Dating Game.
“You’re very good looking get off my case!” lol
Conan was super annoying during this interview. The jokes were off.
yeah, a bit disrespectful to Ann.
This was early on. I remember Conan took a while to find his groove as a tv host.
My fave! 😊😂❤
i love her honesty. she is NOT a good cook and she was NOT extra close to the kids. She is an actress.
October 3, 1994
Thanks!
what a sweetie.
Wonderful woman.
Years ago a book about the Bunch ("The Brady Bunch Book"--now long out of print) had stories about Ann B Davis and the sports cars she loved to drive. When she died she owned a Mazda Miata. So she never lost her love for driving sporty little cars. So sad and infuriating that Conan insists on seeing her as Alice. 💢 Also, the Barry Williams book isn't half as salacious as he's desperately trying to make it sound.
I'm in my 70s and I drive a Miata cloth top.
I watch Alice get scared all day. She knew how to screem.
That was a really stupid interview. A waste of the great opportunity to have an intelligent conversation with a legend of television comedy.
Mark-Leon Thorne I agree but then Conan O'Brien is an asshole.
@@spectrumlocalb191He was so unprepared for this interview. Shows what a hack he has been on TV.
Yeah, she acted stupid, and Conan wasn't much better.
@@citygirl5705 actually I felt the opposite. Conan didn't give her a chance. He could have asked her about her career and what she is doing now. Ann B. Davis is a comic legend and doesn't do a lot of interviews. He had the perfect opportunity and he blew it.
Mark-Leon Thorne you are SO right!
It's so weird I feel like I'm actually watching Alice and not Ann B. Davis
She was lucky back then, today the cops would steal the car from her and leave her stranded along the freeway. America 2019.
Cops????? Whaaaa
Her beef jerky recipe is here: jakeakawayne.wordpress.com/2014/06/03/ann-b-davis-recipe-for-beef-jerky/
Conan obviously did not research all her accomplishments. Also rude to talk about marsha when you were interviewing her. Very unprofessional.
Wow, the audience and Conan gave her nothing. Shame.
Alice and Sam eloped and moved to Beverly Hills!
Ann B. Davis was an accomplished stage and TV actress who had won several Emmy awards for her work on The Bob Cummings Show in the 1950’s and got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960, way before she started on The Brady Bunch in 1969. It’s a shame she’s only remembered for being on that idiotic program.
if it wasn't for that idiotic program, she wouldn't have had her porsches or have been booked for this show.
In this clip, Conan must have been new as a host. He did a terrible job interviewing the beloved Ann B. Davis. His lack of skills made me cringe more than once.
Same!
Call me crazy but I can read a cookbook like people read a novel. Lol.
Me too!
I kept thinking how much Nancy Cartwright looks like her.
I met Ann in the early 80s n Denver , she did a similar beginning comment & I said the same thing back that Conan replied , of not knowing what to the meaning clearly means ,
She was on the Game game in the 70s
When did Alice find time to come on the show amidst all her house chores?
Ann was funny!
I cant get over how unwelcoming the audience was to Ann here. Some people are just low class I guess.
Same. They are giving her nothing! Sitting there like stones.
The original Alice and Mr. Dittmeyer on the same show.
Right wow
That audience sucked ⚽️ 🏀 🏈 Ann B Davis is an American Treasure!
Yeah! What was wrong with them?
@@JaneSmith0709 me and you need to get a time machine, go back to this taping & start Hootin & hollerin for Alice!!!
I can’t picture her driving a Porsche . Maybe a Plymouth K car lol
IF ALICE COULD NOT DRIVE HOW DID SHE GET THE KIDS TO TURN IN THE H&H STAMPS FOR THE STEREO.
If I remember correctly, Mrs Brady drove them. It's been a while since I've done a Brady binge
Red Dragon I believe you’re right it seems like mrs Brady done the driving
@@RedDragon91 Well that's all Mrs Brady did. She didn't do anything else.
Good memory. I've forgotten about that episode.
@@zyawotha yea Alice did everything. Mrs Brady was a stay at home mom with a maid
If the werewolf cries "hot dogs", come running to me
Lol! I know exactly what you are talking about. Love it!!!!!
I normally love Conan but he missed a great opportunity here, to interview a freaking Brady and instead just annoyed her and his audience
Agreed!
I read cook books
She'll always be Shultzie to me.
Was this her last interview? I can’t find any since then?
Couldn't blame her if it was, this was a disaster.
It's terrible she died from a fall..
cindy push her?
Americas granma