She asked the questions people would ask. She gave him the opportunity to present himself and who he is. As he said, we will never know him personally and he doesn't want his life played back for him on a regular basis. The fact we are criticizing her and respecting him is exactly what she was trying to accomplish, because, on some level, she felt he was worthy of our respect. This is actually what true journalism looks like...the pursuit of as much truth as you can find in a world designed to lie to you on a daily basis.
Can't remember who said it but one of the actresses said she'd only talk to Barb Walters because Barbara Walters respected her wishes about things being on and off record. Past that I really don't have an idea
The likes in this are solely for Alan. Barbara is atrocious in this. Alan is an incredible man and I admire him , for his character and the characters he plays. He’s a very sensible, decent , wise man. And he is very passionate about all he does in his life. Thanks for the upload.
Thanks for saying this. Walters truly was atrocious. One would think she would prepare for an interview like this, but her questions were those of an unprepared high schooler. Alan’s kindness shines through here, in patiently responding to such ridiculous questions. I doubt very much Walters would have a career today, with questions like that,
When I was four years old, Alda’s chicken story segment of the MASH series finale made a permanent impression on me. I was vaguely scared of his acting at the time. Now, I realize what a master of the craft he is.
This interview seems genuine, so Alan Alda saying "people don't really know him they only see a public image", I don't actually agree, (he is being humble). His sincerity, warmth, honesty, family values, show who he is as a person and comes out with this interview with Barbara. Sure we don't know everything about him and all that drives him, but we know "enough" to determine who he is as a person, in this honest interview. Alan, you deserved being the star of the show. A guy with a heart!
Mr Alda . Highly intelligent ,a highly gifted actor ,but most importantly a highly ,highly genuine and decent person of whom would be the coolest guy to share a beer with ,relaxing ! I still say its the way that your parents raised you !
I LOVE Alan Alda!! I watched MASH after my Dad died, who also happened to have been in the Korean War. This cast felt like family to me. Alan Alda is so incredibly beautiful inside and out. So very intelligent, interesting and so talented!!❤️ Why would Barb even bring up being tempted by others. 😒This isn’t the Enquirer.
Best thing you can be is your self in life, always chasing to want to be like someone will leave you empty. Barbra was a very twisted woman she was always known to try and squeeze out info from people and make them seem bad. Face it Alda was a great man and a fine gentleman!
This reminds me of when mash did the episode where the newsman interviewed the cast. Some of Alda's mannerisms from that episode are just like this interview
M*A*S*H my 2nd favorite sitcom of all time and it's def in the top 5 sitcoms of all time. Allan Alda which his real name is Alfonso DeAbruso is the best, this show hit all points for me! I grew up as a kid watching it 5pm during the week w/my parents rt before dinner. R.I.P. to all the characters on the show that have passed.....
@@SLIMFIRE69 I'm a HUGE Kramer and George Costanzo fan I would say. The whole show is great but it's the characters from both of them that make the show. I guess I mean I wouldn't go see Jerry in stand up. I'm not saying he's not funny but George an Kramer are the show.
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Terrible interview, with atrocious and offensive questions! Why did she even have to go there? Why did she keep on pushing after he answered her vulgar questions? How disrespectful! And when she did, why could she NOT accept that this is a decent man who loves his wife and family, and who could not ever imagine disrespecting them by having an affair?! She had nothing on him and she tried to create a scandal out of nothing!! Never seen her before but her interview technique is disgraceful. She is rude and obnoxious and insulting. He is educating her on what an interview should be!! What a gracious, warm and professional gentleman.
Terrible question to put to him. She doesn't seem to understand how someone can love someone for the rest of their life. She's been married three times after all. Alan Alda was well able to answer her.
It’s not her being married three times, it’s being *faithful* during those marriages. My maternal grandparents had been married 45 years when he died, they had been together 51 years. When i was about 10 (they had been married for more than 40 years at that time), i heard him say something about, “….that beautiful woman.” I confronted him, he said, “Looking and appreciating is one thing. It’s when you do something about it that’s wrong. I have never and would never cheat on your grandmother.”
@@2learn4ever well, i was also reading about a musician this weekend. It bugs me i can’t recall his name, and he’s been dead for years. He’d been married for decades, but he also cheated (and fathered a couple of children) many times during the marriage.
The line that struck me the most was this one: I have an insanely normal family life. The reason I act is so I can act out all these characters that don't have a normal life. So, Hawkeye is a aberration from Alda, Arnold Vinick was a Republican vs his staunchly Democratic affiliation. And those are only two of his characters I am very familiar with. I have seen this movie where David Ogden Stiers acted with him again, but it didn't have a lasting impression on me.
I love everything about him. Him speaking of his wonderful wife sounds just like me speaking about Gina, whom I've been happily married to for 30 years. He spoke about traditional family roots, but like me, he is not an Evangelical. right-winger, but rather very accepting of others, Sorry, but he's a role model for me.
I thought Alda was a comic genius... I just laughed so hard watching him in mash ... then I saw some movies called day at the races, duck soup, night at the opera........its seems that some cigar smoking guy with a stupid mustache and glasses just completely ripped off Aldas' entire act ..... what a hack
Barbara is always looking for trouble in these celebrity interviews. She projects her own foibles and insecurities onto these people and uses the excuse that "Well, this person did it, so everyone else must be doing it."
By what I’ve seen/heard/read, the first 5-6 years were stories from the first 1-2 years of the war, the other 5-6 years were from the second 1-2 years of the war.
3:29 BW: "He goes off and has this affair with another woman who he loves; the man lives in New Jersey... could this ever happen to you?" Alan: "Living in New Jersey?" Bless Alan Alda haha 😂
I usually like Barbra Walters, this interview is terrible, I couldn't watch it all the way through, it's a interrogation and she seems determined to "catch" him in something rather than realizing she is talking to one of the best humans that loves other humans on this planet
broooooo the next person to ask his poor wife if she ever feels like he's gonna cheat is going to be drawn and quartered if i have anything to say about it. what the actual fuck is wrong with these people asking insanely personal and weird questions like that???????
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She is a terrible journo even to this day, incredibly uninteresting and lacking intelligence, she can never just give a good honest interview showcasing the individual. She consistently creates BS. Good on Alan for setting her right.
Who poured him the feminist kool-aid and do they have more for the folks in the back? Also, did I see him pick up her hand and give it back to her like in a cartoon? Barbara needs to back off.
Barbara Walters did not give a good interview. She is oftentimes corrected by the one being interviewed which is a complete waste of time. Her name was not to discover the truth of a thing but to find some shit on somebody. Here she had a chance to interview a great mind and blew it on Middle School sexual inquiries. I'm disappointed on that she has status.
The only think I felt he could have said differently was that he DOES allow women to go ahead of him through doors. He seemed to hesitate as if it was wrong to say so, and that's a shame on that feminist toad who interviewed him. What's so wrong with putting a woman first? I see it as respect and honour for the only other gender, but those feminists see it as an attack on their fake agenda. Pathetic!
This woman Barbra has a evil mind and her evil mind creates evil questions and I can see she has no respect for these actors spouses and searching for scandal answers to ruin their lives , also a very cold woman and has no sympathetic side and very cheeky
Oooh, he loses points at the end for his response to having chivalry. You open the door for a lady. You pull the chair out for her at dinner. Feminism is not an excuse for having no manners. I’m glad she asked that question! 😉
I thought that this was refreshingly honest and in fact true. As a fan, and I am a huge Alan Alda fan, I would like to think I do know him but I really don’t. It’s all fantasy.
Alan is a man of honor and great character. We need more folks like that.
I love Alan Alda ,Gary ,Klinger ,Harry Potter, McLean Stevenson,
He was ashamed of his Paternal Grandfather
Imagine being a top star in Hollywood and no one has anything bad to say about you. Quite an achievement.😊👍🏾👍🏾
I've always liked him. He is married to the same woman for over 50 years & raised 3 girls.
WOW! How Alan stood up to Barbra's insulting, needling questions!
Now I understand why he did so few interviews.
AND SHE WAS A VISITOR TO EPSTEIN ISLAND........
She thought she was somebody because of who she is.
And now she's passed. No sad feelings for her here
I've always admired his intelligence. The fact that he is so intelligent makes him even more handsome.
We need a hell of a lot more men like him!
Start with yourself 😊
MASH still is my favorite show of all time.
I want the type of love that he has. He has been married to Arlene for 62 years at this point. I love love!
He was in the military for part of the time they were dating.
I’ve seen/heard/read he said went AWOL just about every weekend, to be with her.
Alan Alda is so smart, I like his quick and smart answers; his personality gave his "Hawkeye Pierce " character be so bright and strong in M.A.S.H.
"We're very lucky, we're both married to the two best people in the world" and how he smiles aw
Why this woman was such a respected journalist I'll never know.
Holy Crap she is a horrible person
She wanted him to admit to cheating
I agree.. such STUPID SILLY questions…
She asked the questions people would ask. She gave him the opportunity to present himself and who he is. As he said, we will never know him personally and he doesn't want his life played back for him on a regular basis. The fact we are criticizing her and respecting him is exactly what she was trying to accomplish, because, on some level, she felt he was worthy of our respect. This is actually what true journalism looks like...the pursuit of as much truth as you can find in a world designed to lie to you on a daily basis.
Can't remember who said it but one of the actresses said she'd only talk to Barb Walters because Barbara Walters respected her wishes about things being on and off record. Past that I really don't have an idea
wow, his answers were so intelligent! good man!
He IS very intelligent!
The likes in this are solely for Alan. Barbara is atrocious in this. Alan is an incredible man and I admire him , for his character and the characters he plays. He’s a very sensible, decent , wise man. And he is very passionate about all he does in his life. Thanks for the upload.
Thanks for saying this. Walters truly was atrocious. One would think she would prepare for an interview like this, but her questions were those of an unprepared high schooler.
Alan’s kindness shines through here, in patiently responding to such ridiculous questions. I doubt very much Walters would have a career today, with questions like that,
Alan is a national treasure
I am a huge fan of his and this interview makes me realize why!
When I was four years old, Alda’s chicken story segment of the MASH series finale made a permanent impression on me. I was vaguely scared of his acting at the time. Now, I realize what a master of the craft he is.
Alan Alda Is a Class Act
So handsome! So talented, so entertaining!!!!
He is a very carismatic person.
Insanely intelligent too !
This interview seems genuine, so Alan Alda saying "people don't really know him they only see a public image", I don't actually agree, (he is being humble). His sincerity, warmth, honesty, family values, show who he is as a person and comes out with this interview with Barbara. Sure we don't know everything about him and all that drives him, but we know "enough" to determine who he is as a person, in this honest interview. Alan, you deserved being the star of the show. A guy with a heart!
You really have no idea. In fact you are gullible.
Alan deserved better questions than he got here.
Here here. But Walters revealed her nature: Petty, shallow, gossipy, and verbally passive-aggressive.
Alan Alda is cool as hell.
Oy ... she would ask the stupidest questions. I loved his response to all of them.
So normal and rational Alan Alda. Tv shows, movies etc are make believe. Real life is what is important.
Mr Alda . Highly intelligent ,a highly gifted actor ,but most importantly a highly ,highly genuine and decent person of whom would be the coolest guy to share a beer with ,relaxing ! I still say its the way that your parents raised you !
Alan Alda an International Treasure!
Stand up dude I may not know him enough to love him but I know him enough to respect the shit out of him now
Alan Alda is probably the smartest actor ever.
What a wonderful and thoughtful man!
Amazing talent! Much respect to Alan Alda!
Same time next year was a great movie.
Thank you for existing, Alan Alda 💖...
I never found anything positive when it came down to Baba Wawa.
My wife and I are the same way. Marriage is work.
He's an amazing actor and even more amazing human being.
I LOVE Alan Alda!! I watched MASH after my Dad died, who also happened to have been in the Korean War. This cast felt like family to me.
Alan Alda is so incredibly beautiful inside and out. So very intelligent, interesting and so talented!!❤️ Why would Barb even bring up being tempted by others. 😒This isn’t the Enquirer.
Best thing you can be is your self in life, always chasing to want to be like someone will leave you empty. Barbra was a very twisted woman she was always known to try and squeeze out info from people and make them seem bad. Face it Alda was a great man and a fine gentleman!
Absolutely LOVE Alan Alda! I've loved him since I was a child. Thx so much for sharing!
We watch MASH reruns everyday! I have always like this man, great and fun actor!
He is a class act.
This reminds me of when mash did the episode where the newsman interviewed the cast. Some of Alda's mannerisms from that episode are just like this interview
He's Italian, very nice and handsome. So close to me, because his roots are Europian... ☺👌🌹
When I win the lottery i am going to rebuild that whole MASH set for my own enjoyment.
Great interview. Born in 1974 , loved Alan, and all his being.
M*A*S*H my 2nd favorite sitcom of all time and it's def in the top 5 sitcoms of all time. Allan Alda which his real name is Alfonso DeAbruso is the best, this show hit all points for me! I grew up as a kid watching it 5pm during the week w/my parents rt before dinner. R.I.P. to all the characters on the show that have passed.....
Which one is 1st?
@@SLIMFIRE69 Seinfeld
@@jeepgrand1994 man of culture
@@SLIMFIRE69 I'm a HUGE Kramer and George Costanzo fan I would say. The whole show is great but it's the characters from both of them that make the show. I guess I mean I wouldn't go see Jerry in stand up. I'm not saying he's not funny but George an Kramer are the show.
@@jeepgrand1994 don't forget larry david
AA has opened up a lot more over the years.
watching alan alda interrogate barbara walters for being a shitty journalist made me like him even more
He is an inspiration for me as a young actress and a human being
Barbara Walters wasted half of this interview asking idiotic pressing questions about infidelity.
AND… she was flirting; but he was totally ignoring that part, but he knew it lol
She was having an affair herself at the time. Probably a subconscious need to try and rationalize her actions to herself at the time.
An amazing intelligent realist.
It's weird because during this, Barbara Walters was having an affair with a married man
most people accuse others because of what they are doing themselves......
she was hoping he hit on her
@@mrmustangman You're absolutely right.
It actually makes perfect sense, she's projecting
😑🙄😒
Thank you for posting!! He seems more like Hawkeye than I thought he would be.
Ba Ba walters was something else, digging for something that isnt buried,, like her own life. Blesser heart !
Criminey! What horrible questions! What the hell was up with that woman?
She ain't no lady.
Thinking she’s somebody because of who she is.
Just got word she passed away today. Seeing this video makes me feel no remorse for her.
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@@Mockingjay1764 Thts quite rude.
A great interview. I miss Barbara’s fantastic interviews. All women of course love Alan Alda, and his wonderful father Robert.
Terrible interview, with atrocious and offensive questions! Why did she even have to go there? Why did she keep on pushing after he answered her vulgar questions? How disrespectful! And when she did, why could she NOT accept that this is a decent man who loves his wife and family, and who could not ever imagine disrespecting them by having an affair?! She had nothing on him and she tried to create a scandal out of nothing!! Never seen her before but her interview technique is disgraceful. She is rude and obnoxious and insulting. He is educating her on what an interview should be!! What a gracious, warm and professional gentleman.
Love Allan Alda
Terrible question to put to him. She doesn't seem to understand how someone can love someone for the rest of their life. She's been married three times after all. Alan Alda was well able to answer her.
It’s not her being married three times, it’s being *faithful* during those marriages.
My maternal grandparents had been married 45 years when he died, they had been together 51 years.
When i was about 10 (they had been married for more than 40 years at that time), i heard him say something about, “….that beautiful woman.”
I confronted him, he said, “Looking and appreciating is one thing. It’s when you do something about it that’s wrong. I have never and would never cheat on your grandmother.”
@@robertandhollyscorpiofan2697 You are absolutely right.
@@2learn4ever well, i was also reading about a musician this weekend.
It bugs me i can’t recall his name, and he’s been dead for years.
He’d been married for decades, but he also cheated (and fathered a couple of children) many times during the marriage.
Somebody was a General Hospital fan from back in the days of Luke and Laura.
wow now married 64 years married jesus
Erm, not just married, but staying faithful!
Alan and Hawkeye are sure two different people as Hawkeye is quite the womanizer.
Know him or not, I love the person he is.
The line that struck me the most was this one: I have an insanely normal family life. The reason I act is so I can act out all these characters that don't have a normal life.
So, Hawkeye is a aberration from Alda, Arnold Vinick was a Republican vs his staunchly Democratic affiliation. And those are only two of his characters I am very familiar with. I have seen this movie where David Ogden Stiers acted with him again, but it didn't have a lasting impression on me.
:36 looks like the place where they filmed Klinger's dream in the "Dreams" episode.
He turns down most interviews and definitely must wonder why he agreed to this one!
Wow
I love everything about him. Him speaking of his wonderful wife sounds just like me speaking about Gina, whom I've been happily married to for 30 years. He spoke about traditional family roots, but like me, he is not an Evangelical. right-winger, but rather very accepting of others, Sorry, but he's a role model for me.
I thought Alda was a comic genius... I just laughed so hard watching him in mash ... then I saw some movies called day at the races, duck soup, night at the opera........its seems that some cigar smoking guy with a stupid mustache and glasses just completely ripped off Aldas' entire act ..... what a hack
Barbara is always looking for trouble in these celebrity interviews. She projects her own foibles and insecurities onto these people and uses the excuse that "Well, this person did it, so everyone else must be doing it."
I thought it was interesting that the show lasted 11 years and the Korean War lasted inky three!
By what I’ve seen/heard/read, the first 5-6 years were stories from the first 1-2 years of the war, the other 5-6 years were from the second 1-2 years of the war.
3:29
BW: "He goes off and has this affair with another woman who he loves; the man lives in New Jersey... could this ever happen to you?"
Alan: "Living in New Jersey?"
Bless Alan Alda haha 😂
Do you have a copy of the full episode of this Barbara Walters special with John Wayne?
He sounds so much like Howard Stern
I usually like Barbra Walters, this interview is terrible, I couldn't watch it all the way through, it's a interrogation and she seems determined to "catch" him in something rather than realizing she is talking to one of the best humans that loves other humans on this planet
"i haven't thought of it" uh huh hahah
How timely is the statement about women's rights in this day when women are losing our rights daily.
God barbara is HORRIBLE in this. wht are these questions about?!
seriously, what was with the questions about having an affair?
Barbara is DTF
44 years later, and the woman’s movement, has never moved.?
Too many “men” thinking they know better for no other reason than their gender.
What an awful interview
Props for Alan obviously but damn, Barbara
Awful questions. Good answers!
broooooo the next person to ask his poor wife if she ever feels like he's gonna cheat is going to be drawn and quartered if i have anything to say about it. what the actual fuck is wrong with these people asking insanely personal and weird questions like that???????
Barbara is driving me crazy in this interview. Good grief
Alan Alda is based
Least its not Oprah doing the interview
1,000th like
Another opportunity to swoon....
I don't think it's as important to be a feminist as it is to respect the contributions women make to the quality of life.
The actors today are not like the actors when Mash 4077 was on air.
That depends on the actor….
She asked a lot of dumb questions. I think partly this was 'gotcha journalism' back in the 70s and 80s.
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She is a terrible journo even to this day, incredibly uninteresting and lacking intelligence, she can never just give a good honest interview showcasing the individual. She consistently creates BS. Good on Alan for setting her right.
Who poured him the feminist kool-aid and do they have more for the folks in the back?
Also, did I see him pick up her hand and give it back to her like in a cartoon? Barbara needs to back off.
About 10:30, it's not, he puts his hand up objecting to her statement, but the sentiment of trying to keep some distance between them still applies.
Barbara Walters did not give a good interview. She is oftentimes corrected by the one being interviewed which is a complete waste of time. Her name was not to discover the truth of a thing but to find some shit on somebody. Here she had a chance to interview a great mind and blew it on Middle School sexual inquiries. I'm disappointed on that she has status.
The only think I felt he could have said differently was that he DOES allow women to go ahead of him through doors. He seemed to hesitate as if it was wrong to say so, and that's a shame on that feminist toad who interviewed him. What's so wrong with putting a woman first? I see it as respect and honour for the only other gender, but those feminists see it as an attack on their fake agenda. Pathetic!
So-called "Alan Alda" isn't even his real name. He sold-out his birth name of Alphonso Joseph D'Abruzzo to 'Hollywood'.
That is none of your business.
This woman Barbra has a evil mind and her evil mind creates evil questions and I can see she has no respect for these actors spouses and searching for scandal answers to ruin their lives , also a very cold woman and has no sympathetic side and very cheeky
Terrible interview by Walters
Oooh, he loses points at the end for his response to having chivalry. You open the door for a lady. You pull the chair out for her at dinner. Feminism is not an excuse for having no manners. I’m glad she asked that question! 😉
He comes off as pompous when talking about the public's perception of him. I wonder if he would cringe if he saw this today.
Being yourself is a good thing.
No faking.
I thought that this was refreshingly honest and in fact true.
As a fan, and I am a huge Alan Alda fan, I would like to think I do know him but I really don’t.
It’s all fantasy.
Why? He wasn't pompous. He was candid. And spot on.
The real stuff..
What a terrible interview. It's no wonder Alan didnt like doing interviews if this is the sort of bullshit conversation he'd have to deal with.