Elliott Gould on Meeting Barbra Streisand

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  • Elliott Gould, American actor, recalls his first time meeting Barbra Streisand, when she auditioned for I Can Get It for You Wholesale. He describes immediately finding her brilliant and relating to her slight shyness.
    To see the full interview and learn more about the Yiddish Book Center’s Wexler Oral History Project, visit:
    www.yiddishbookcenter.org/col...

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  • @raymondolson6578
    @raymondolson6578 2 роки тому +139

    II was 21 years old visiting NYC for the first time and saw my one and only Broadway Show called I Can Get It For You Wholesale. I still have the Playbill 60 years later.

    • @edward311
      @edward311 2 роки тому +12

      You were SO lucky to see this show and Barbra as Miss Marmelstein. Was her performance as brilliant as reported?

    • @PhyllisMauro-he5hd
      @PhyllisMauro-he5hd 6 місяців тому

      ​@@edward311😊😊

  • @MarkRosenbauer
    @MarkRosenbauer 2 роки тому +132

    I love that he called her to tell her how wonderful she was!

  • @allwelsh
    @allwelsh 2 роки тому +31

    What a soothing voice he has.

  • @pillsie
    @pillsie 2 роки тому +34

    I met him back in 1997 when I was working as a restaurant supervisor at the hotel he was staying at while doing a Broadway play in Indianapolis. Very nice and friendly.

    • @jeffkoeningsberg2127
      @jeffkoeningsberg2127 6 місяців тому +1

      He was in Mash in 1970 so 27 years later he was still a big star, not working in a restaurant

  • @whostosay3256
    @whostosay3256 3 роки тому +88

    Elliot Gould is perfect for every role he plays. His Jack Gellar character is hysterical!!

  • @balesjo
    @balesjo 4 роки тому +176

    A very touching memory of his first meeting his future wife, Barbra Streisand. Two wonderful talents who also produced a very talented son, Jason, who they did a very fine job raising.

    • @LeCrenn
      @LeCrenn 4 роки тому +24

      They really did. He seems to be free of all the problems so many children of celebrities have.

    • @edithcarter3554
      @edithcarter3554 3 роки тому +25

      Jason has a beautiful voice.

    • @ameliaerin1544
      @ameliaerin1544 2 роки тому +7

      @@LeCrenn it's all about the upbringing!

    • @balesjo
      @balesjo 2 роки тому +8

      They seem to have had a civilized divorce, and I understand she's invited him to some of her concerts in the last 20 or so years. It's too bad they can't come up with a script and do a movie together.

    • @aqualady0
      @aqualady0 2 роки тому +3

      Life is not so easy for him.

  • @jimmaisch7851
    @jimmaisch7851 2 роки тому +51

    Wow ! A treat to hear Mr Gould tell the story.. so humble and honest and unaffected.

  • @margaretfransen2131
    @margaretfransen2131 2 роки тому +34

    I saw the play. He was good and she was great both in her singing and comic acting--a definite presence on stage.

  • @beachrose88
    @beachrose88 2 роки тому +19

    Their son Jason looks like both of them. And sings great. Bless that young man

  • @ms.martiegallego8834
    @ms.martiegallego8834 2 роки тому +37

    I see so much of Both Barbra and Elliott in their Son , Jason !! He has become His own Star, and is so very talented !! With His parentage , How could He not be ??

  • @valswhitewolf6611
    @valswhitewolf6611 6 місяців тому +4

    Thankyou,my dad's mom was Yiddish,her maiden last name was Kleeman mean 'Clover man'.She passed when I was two.Nothing was ever said of her background. Three of my kin died in Daucha. From the bottom of an empaths poets heart I thank you.

  • @edithcarter3554
    @edithcarter3554 2 роки тому +39

    I wish they had been on screen together.

  • @julietantonio1049
    @julietantonio1049 6 місяців тому +3

    They seem so respectful towards one another, it's very touching to see

  • @corneliuswhite5139
    @corneliuswhite5139 2 роки тому +51

    It would be nice to see them together on screen just for sentimental value...not as a couple, but just in something. They were a wonderful dynamic duo in the beginning of their careers.

    • @riverebec1
      @riverebec1 7 місяців тому +1

      I remember seeing photos of Barbara Streisand and Elliot Gould in the movie magazine Rona Barrett's Hollywood. Then photos of her carrying their son Jason. We are all soooo old.

  • @CouchTheatre
    @CouchTheatre 3 роки тому +41

    Wonderful. I could listen to him all day.

  • @GGiblet
    @GGiblet 2 роки тому +23

    What a beautiful story!! I love hearing how couples met. It's magical💞

  • @RC-ku8pr
    @RC-ku8pr 3 роки тому +15

    Awwwww......he seems a very very BEAUTIFUL person......so HUMBLE....

  • @MJ-qb5ph
    @MJ-qb5ph 2 роки тому +6

    Imagine meeting her. It would be such an honor. She is anazing

  • @chop3625
    @chop3625 2 роки тому +9

    Always liked Gould, really a fine actor.

  • @meriharary
    @meriharary 2 роки тому +13

    My dad, Albert Harary, and Elliot were good friends in Brooklyn through around 8th grade until Elliot went to a performing arts school to pursue an acting career.

  • @OriginalBigThing
    @OriginalBigThing 2 роки тому +8

    What a lovely story! Thank you Mr. Gould!

  • @mollycote1021
    @mollycote1021 2 роки тому +12

    I love Elliott! He is a good guy!

  • @MrRichDavid
    @MrRichDavid 2 роки тому +6

    It was meant to be! And you got the great Jason from it!

  • @philoctetes_wordsworth
    @philoctetes_wordsworth 2 роки тому +6

    Well, thank goodness, for excellent taste, an excellent ear, and the right timing. His power elevated one of the finest American artists we will ever know.
    He’s a mench to the nth degree. 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
    And bully, for that memory! He must tell us what he eats and drinks, in addition to the circle of support and love from his family.

  • @michaeldemarco7694
    @michaeldemarco7694 3 роки тому +16

    WOW now I know... and as they say and the rest is history! ♥️ 👍🏼👍🏼

  • @tomhiggins2562
    @tomhiggins2562 2 місяці тому

    Barbra's such a stunning performer and so complementarily beautiful with it that sometimes you wonder how can she possibly be real ❤

  • @jeffbassin630
    @jeffbassin630 6 місяців тому +2

    Elliott Gould's story about meeting Barbra Streisand is fascinating!

  • @colleenbrengman2924
    @colleenbrengman2924 2 роки тому +6

    I love him in Ray Donovan

  • @junerose-sommer5494
    @junerose-sommer5494 2 роки тому +7

    He seems such a nice kind and understanding man!!

  • @roblewis3565
    @roblewis3565 2 роки тому +5

    "I'll Tell the Man in the Street": my favorite Streisand song. Gould was doing leads on Broadway before Barbara.

    • @Makeji
      @Makeji 6 місяців тому

      My favorite as well before she got too staged. As for Gould, he said in the video he was in the chorus of Irma la Douce and was surprised to get the lead in Wholesale.

  • @nylorij-Lori
    @nylorij-Lori 3 роки тому +7

    I hadn’t heard that story fro. His POV before. Thank you!

  • @JamesBrown-ij1px
    @JamesBrown-ij1px 2 роки тому +2

    This is so beautiful, so tender.

  • @affema1
    @affema1 2 роки тому +4

    My favorite actor

  • @EJofLA
    @EJofLA 2 роки тому +1

    Thanks for sharing. Sweet.

  • @magellaniclight9098
    @magellaniclight9098 2 роки тому +7

    One of the best in Hollywood

  • @markleon411
    @markleon411 2 роки тому +2

    A wonderful insight.

  • @trudigoodman4825
    @trudigoodman4825 Місяць тому +2

    He really comes across as a very sweet and genuine man. How nice!

  • @msstroh
    @msstroh 2 роки тому +5

    Elliot is such a cool guy.

  • @mikehitz
    @mikehitz 4 роки тому +27

    He is so kind and lovely.... he was one of my first crushes... ;-)

  • @Amberszone
    @Amberszone 2 роки тому +1

    Such a shame they were never on screen together!! Xxo

  • @MrYonexguy63
    @MrYonexguy63 Рік тому

    I love that Fulper lamp in the background

  • @ziyadomar5891
    @ziyadomar5891 4 роки тому +6

    My favourite in friends

  • @stevenkoretski4288
    @stevenkoretski4288 4 роки тому +41

    I would think Elliot and Barbra have an understanding of each other that few people share with either one of them. It is a pity that they couldn't see past their marital problems to make a movie or television special together. If she ever were to do "Gypsy", I think Elliot would be a great Herbie to Barbra's Rose.

    • @mariaalano3077
      @mariaalano3077 3 роки тому +8

      according to barbara, her epitome of manliness, was her first husband, elliott gould.

    • @tanjakummerow238
      @tanjakummerow238 3 роки тому +10

      The reason they have never made a movie together has nothing to do with any personal problems. They‘ve just never found a script that both of them liked (they both said so)

    • @tanjakummerow238
      @tanjakummerow238 3 роки тому +2

      @@mariaalano3077 when did she say this? 🤔

    • @reasonrestored9116
      @reasonrestored9116 2 роки тому +5

      He would be a great Herbie

    • @scottybibb5917
      @scottybibb5917 2 роки тому +1

      …and Larry Storch (age 99) as Poppa!

  • @TexasAmericaUSA
    @TexasAmericaUSA 6 місяців тому

    Any visiting NY should stand in line for off Broadway tickets. My first show was Once Upon A Mattress. The experience is unforgettable.

  • @lewisbreland
    @lewisbreland 3 роки тому +18

    He was a very cute guy! No wonder Barbra fell for him! :D

  • @bethelle9099
    @bethelle9099 4 місяці тому

    Elliot was great in Capricorn One. A must see movie!!!

  • @LeCrenn
    @LeCrenn 4 роки тому +7

    Sweet story.

  • @Bradley7708
    @Bradley7708 2 роки тому +2

    I had read that Barbra got a phone for her new apt and gave her number to Elliot and asked him to call her.

  • @staciwashington3212
    @staciwashington3212 Рік тому

    Wow. That's beautiful ❤️🤟🐬

  • @reasonrestored9116
    @reasonrestored9116 2 роки тому

    Lovely guy

  • @HC-cb4yp
    @HC-cb4yp 2 роки тому +3

    A good guy.

  • @ronda.8624
    @ronda.8624 4 роки тому +1

    The song " el perdón " by diana Navarro

  • @susieusmaximus5330
    @susieusmaximus5330 2 роки тому +1

    It's odd that the description leaves out the minor detail that Gould and Streisand later married and had a child together.

  • @marcusproctor8232
    @marcusproctor8232 6 місяців тому

    ❤️❤️

  • @rodneyhurst6019
    @rodneyhurst6019 4 роки тому +7

    Mr. Ghould or anyone else who might know the answer...
    The character that you played in I Can Get It For You Wholesale, was Harry Bogen.
    In 1979 you were in The Muppet Movie as the announcer in Miss Piggy's beauty contest scene.
    (I'm getting there)
    I'm sure by it's by no coincidence that the name of the town is Bogenville.
    How did this come to be for the movie?

  • @oscar646
    @oscar646 2 місяці тому

    Let’s get them on screen together! Would that be impossible?

  • @georgecopeland5426
    @georgecopeland5426 2 роки тому +2

    Oh gosh. I would have called her too.

  • @silentvalentina
    @silentvalentina 2 роки тому +1

    Both from Brooklyn but went to different high schools. Barbie went to school with Neil Diamond

  • @MoonlightNothing
    @MoonlightNothing 5 місяців тому

    Isn't there more?

  • @mannyj4751
    @mannyj4751 4 роки тому +46

    It's too bad he and Barbra didn't make their marriage work. They're both brilliant and have had long careers.

    • @balesjo
      @balesjo 4 роки тому +24

      Stuff happens along the way when you have two very talented people who are also trying to establish their careers. That her career really took off ahead of his in a really spectacular way, I suspect made for tension (as well as separation as she started making movies in addition to her recording career and TV appearances). They seem to have a respect for each other and have remained friendly (He's been seen attending her public performances with Jason...how many ex husbands would do that!)

    • @OriginalTweetMaxine
      @OriginalTweetMaxine 4 роки тому +6

      @@balesjo Stuff happens? No stuff doesn't happen. It's very clear and been well-publicized exactly why they divorced. She cheated on him with Warren Beatty. Warren then cheated on her with Julie Christie (Shampoo). Her addiction to marijuana didn't help matters either. Julia Phillips 1991 "You'll Never Eat Lunch in This Town" called her a pothead. So, this has all been confirmed.

    • @AFaceintheCrowd01
      @AFaceintheCrowd01 4 роки тому +3

      @@OriginalTweetMaxine The cheating. And the pot -- I mean, God bless her, but THAT stuff? So common.

    • @bonniesteel1269
      @bonniesteel1269 2 роки тому +5

      @@OriginalTweetMaxine i thought it was because of the affair with Omar Sharif

    • @MJLOVEnow
      @MJLOVEnow 2 роки тому +2

      @@bonniesteel1269 Me, too. I didn’t know about Warren Beatty, but I think everyone knew about Omar Sharif. They were both so young, with such big lives, sudden fame and success, and then a baby. Most young marriages couldn’t survive all that.

  • @drewski1535
    @drewski1535 10 місяців тому

    He was good as Harold Sheinfield on E/R 1984

  • @justlikebuttah
    @justlikebuttah 5 років тому +10

    Come on, you know it is Barbra.

  • @Fiawordweaver
    @Fiawordweaver Рік тому

    🎉❤🎉

  • @bslomof-1901
    @bslomof-1901 2 роки тому +4

    He looks just like my uncle

  • @michaelvonahnen3050
    @michaelvonahnen3050 2 роки тому

    I thought or read that they were graduates from the same high school in New York.

  • @markanthonymarla
    @markanthonymarla 2 роки тому +1

    ENJOY! . I always loved Elliott Gould ... y favorite role was a 977 A Bridge Too Far Col. Bobby Stout ... Original Broadway Cast - I Can Get It for You Wholesale (Full Album) ~ ua-cam.com/video/z_DU6tJBWoc/v-deo.html

  • @popazz1
    @popazz1 4 роки тому +31

    And together they created a HOT son.

    • @drsunshine1959
      @drsunshine1959 4 роки тому +6

      Are you kidding?

    • @AFaceintheCrowd01
      @AFaceintheCrowd01 4 роки тому

      I must say I've never noticed him, but then, I try to avoid all the blather about Hollywood.

    • @srobindittrich6599
      @srobindittrich6599 3 роки тому +8

      @Jarred Knox - That's your subjective opinion. My opinion of Jason is that he is very handsome and HOT. 🔥 🔥 🔥. He's also very talented and just an all around mensch of a human being.

    • @cittaromap4163
      @cittaromap4163 3 роки тому +1

      Hot son ?????? Sweet and talented .... I saw him coming out of a movie theater in 2001 in nyc all by himself. Trust me not hot 🥵. Abut I wish the weather was hot 🥵 right now. Be well.

    • @jamessandy5873
      @jamessandy5873 2 роки тому +4

      @@srobindittrich6599 : "subjective opinion" is redundant; all opinions are subjective by definition

  • @davidlincolnbrooks
    @davidlincolnbrooks 2 роки тому

    This would've been, what, 1961 or so? By 1963, the year I was born, she was already a big breakout star.

  • @Irishgirl7
    @Irishgirl7 7 місяців тому

    He seems a very quiet ordinary man!!

  • @grettagirl2884
    @grettagirl2884 2 роки тому

    I wonder if they ever talk to eachother 🤔

  • @jameshudson169
    @jameshudson169 2 роки тому

    i thought we'd get to hear elliot's yiddish.

  • @janeoleary8454
    @janeoleary8454 2 роки тому

    He Jay walked in front of me 50 yrs ago

  • @silentvalentina
    @silentvalentina 2 роки тому +1

    Oceans 11

  • @gracepolzin5758
    @gracepolzin5758 2 роки тому +1

    Sound Sound Sound CHECK 1 2 3???

  • @marcackerman492
    @marcackerman492 Рік тому

    Streisand is my hero

  • @nathelondon3719
    @nathelondon3719 2 роки тому +2

    She threw away a good man!

  • @tomcarl8021
    @tomcarl8021 2 роки тому

    Good Lord. Imagine every what every waiter had to go through serving those two.

  • @ConservativeAnthem
    @ConservativeAnthem 2 роки тому

    Did she ruin him?