1 00:00:02,560 --> 00:00:05,600 Speaker 1: You got me? You what? Yeah, you're there? Hold on, 2 00:00:06,760 --> 00:00:13,360 Speaker 1: don't okay, okay, okay, okay, I'm here. I'm here lately 3 00:00:13,400 --> 00:00:16,040 Speaker 1: I'm trying all my pants and all my pants are 4 00:00:16,120 --> 00:00:18,759 Speaker 1: long on me, and I could you have gotten shorter? 5 00:00:18,960 --> 00:00:21,080 Speaker 1: I had to get short of My pants are all 6 00:00:21,079 --> 00:00:24,120 Speaker 1: along and I'm not investing in new pants. I'm just 7 00:00:24,200 --> 00:00:27,400 Speaker 1: pulling them up. I listen, I'm gonna be ninety two. 8 00:00:27,440 --> 00:00:29,560 Speaker 1: Doesn't pay to me to invest in a good pair 9 00:00:29,600 --> 00:00:33,720 Speaker 1: of pants. How many years you think i'll bear them? It? Listen? 10 00:00:33,880 --> 00:00:35,800 Speaker 1: And if you live in New York City, to take 11 00:00:35,840 --> 00:00:38,040 Speaker 1: a pair of pants and to be shortened that they 12 00:00:38,159 --> 00:00:41,000 Speaker 1: got lining, you could buy a new pair. Not worth 13 00:00:41,440 --> 00:00:44,839 Speaker 1: That's very true. Bring them to me, read, I'll shorten 14 00:00:44,880 --> 00:00:52,320 Speaker 1: them for you. Rita, are you excited? We're going to 15 00:00:52,400 --> 00:00:55,320 Speaker 1: be speaking to Connie Stevens, who was one of my 16 00:00:55,840 --> 00:00:59,480 Speaker 1: favorite actresses when I was younger. Oh my goodness, and 17 00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:04,839 Speaker 1: granddaughter Skyler. This is our granddaughter with ex husband Eddie Fisher. 18 00:01:05,840 --> 00:01:09,400 Speaker 1: Oh my goodness. Also one of our favorite when we 19 00:01:09,400 --> 00:01:12,520 Speaker 1: were growing up. Connie Stevens. I could see her in 20 00:01:12,560 --> 00:01:15,400 Speaker 1: front of me. Now she was and probably still lives 21 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:20,000 Speaker 1: a beautiful blond woman. She was gorgeous and she could sing. 22 00:01:20,280 --> 00:01:23,120 Speaker 1: You know what, they don't have the beautiful musicals and 23 00:01:23,200 --> 00:01:26,440 Speaker 1: love stories that they had in the day of Connie Stevens. 24 00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:30,039 Speaker 1: I could hardly think of a starve today in that category. 25 00:01:30,360 --> 00:01:35,440 Speaker 1: Can you know we gotta hear it's Connie Stevens exactly. 26 00:01:35,520 --> 00:01:42,400 Speaker 1: Rina Scorchy is the funniest thing ever. You guys have 27 00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:46,280 Speaker 1: to look up. Connie Stevens is Scorchy, the hottest cop 28 00:01:46,319 --> 00:01:49,880 Speaker 1: on the force. She plays like a spy. She's like 29 00:01:50,080 --> 00:01:54,040 Speaker 1: but she had nobody move a musself. Me and my 30 00:01:54,040 --> 00:01:56,200 Speaker 1: cousins used to do that like all the time to 31 00:01:56,240 --> 00:02:01,240 Speaker 1: each other. And you know the reproduction song from Greece 32 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:11,359 Speaker 1: to reproduction. Oh god, she was the teacher, the hot teacher. Okay, 33 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:16,360 Speaker 1: are you ready? I've been ready, I'm born ready. Connie 34 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:19,800 Speaker 1: Stevens is my grandmother. I call her Nana. She's eighty 35 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:22,200 Speaker 1: three years old and she lives in Los Angeles. I 36 00:02:22,280 --> 00:02:27,040 Speaker 1: call her Sky, my precious gym and my best girl, 37 00:02:27,360 --> 00:02:30,280 Speaker 1: my best girl. I've been here in that my whole life, 38 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:33,440 Speaker 1: and I'm like, sure that's front of the other grandchildren. 39 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:38,040 Speaker 1: You might know her from Scorchy Love Boat or being 40 00:02:38,360 --> 00:02:41,840 Speaker 1: the hot teacher from Greece too. You're just so cool. No, 41 00:02:42,840 --> 00:02:48,360 Speaker 1: I like her charm. She's always laughing, and she's steadfast 42 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:52,440 Speaker 1: and in charge. She's a leo, so I think lion, 43 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:57,720 Speaker 1: I think strong, and she's sparkly, sparkly. It wasn't like, oh, 44 00:02:57,760 --> 00:02:59,880 Speaker 1: there's nothing else to do, let's go to Nana's house. 45 00:02:59,880 --> 00:03:01,680 Speaker 1: As is like, no, that is the thing to do. 46 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:05,000 Speaker 1: She's like, here for a good time, not a long time, yes, 47 00:03:05,520 --> 00:03:09,360 Speaker 1: just as long as you live life fully to the 48 00:03:09,520 --> 00:03:17,920 Speaker 1: very very inch of it. There's definitely a difference between 49 00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:21,679 Speaker 1: having like a famous nana versus a regular grandma. I mean, 50 00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:26,600 Speaker 1: here's someone who has the most expertise and has been 51 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:29,760 Speaker 1: in the industry a long time. I mean after my 52 00:03:29,880 --> 00:03:32,280 Speaker 1: dance shows, you know, you come out the stage door, 53 00:03:32,520 --> 00:03:34,800 Speaker 1: people are giving flowers and you're talking to your family 54 00:03:34,840 --> 00:03:36,360 Speaker 1: and there's a whole crowd of people, and then I 55 00:03:36,360 --> 00:03:39,000 Speaker 1: would go, all right, it's time to go get nana's notes. 56 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:42,960 Speaker 1: Go get Nana's notes. Get your arm? How was it? 57 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:45,080 Speaker 1: And you'd be like, you know, you could extend your 58 00:03:45,240 --> 00:03:48,400 Speaker 1: arm a little bit more than that one part couldn't help, 59 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:51,160 Speaker 1: But couldn't help that made me better though. You know, 60 00:03:51,360 --> 00:03:54,200 Speaker 1: no one else's grandparents is going to be like, this 61 00:03:54,280 --> 00:03:56,480 Speaker 1: is what you need to do tomorrow night to make 62 00:03:56,520 --> 00:04:01,160 Speaker 1: it better. Every performance, Nana's there with flowers, with flowers 63 00:04:01,200 --> 00:04:08,840 Speaker 1: and those very nice. Not only a grandmother and a 64 00:04:08,880 --> 00:04:13,120 Speaker 1: grandchild of relationship, it's a professional relationship. She goes to 65 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:16,240 Speaker 1: all her performances and then gives a critique on it, 66 00:04:16,480 --> 00:04:19,320 Speaker 1: just like we do. You think a critique on their relationship. 67 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:23,320 Speaker 1: That's our thing. We give critiques. That's our talent with 68 00:04:23,560 --> 00:04:26,880 Speaker 1: critical critics, you know. But this was interesting. It's just 69 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:29,479 Speaker 1: sort of on a little different level. You can see 70 00:04:29,520 --> 00:04:31,920 Speaker 1: she respects her grandmother all the way. And you can 71 00:04:31,960 --> 00:04:35,520 Speaker 1: hear Connie Stevens love for that child too. Oh absolutely, 72 00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:39,120 Speaker 1: you can absolutely hear. You don't have to be famous. 73 00:04:38,920 --> 00:04:45,560 Speaker 1: That love that a grandmother has is just magical. Okay, 74 00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:48,560 Speaker 1: wed To, The producers have handed me the part titles, 75 00:04:48,760 --> 00:04:55,680 Speaker 1: and here's the first one, Part one, Grandma's Cocoon. What 76 00:04:55,760 --> 00:04:59,800 Speaker 1: was the song something, Lend me your comb Cookie, lend 77 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:06,640 Speaker 1: me your combed. It was so stupid, cook sweetheart, I 78 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:10,559 Speaker 1: bought a house with that. It was like number one 79 00:05:10,720 --> 00:05:15,560 Speaker 1: for years. So cool. What made you want to go 80 00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:20,359 Speaker 1: into show business. Well, I was lonely as a little girl. 81 00:05:20,720 --> 00:05:23,400 Speaker 1: My brother went in the army, my dad was on 82 00:05:23,480 --> 00:05:27,800 Speaker 1: the road, my grandma passed away. So I used to 83 00:05:27,880 --> 00:05:31,039 Speaker 1: go to the movies all the time for twenty one since, 84 00:05:31,279 --> 00:05:35,640 Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, that's great, and I just grew up 85 00:05:35,640 --> 00:05:39,560 Speaker 1: with the idea that I was going to do that. Ah. 86 00:05:39,880 --> 00:05:43,919 Speaker 1: After I became popular, I went back to Brooklyn and 87 00:05:43,960 --> 00:05:46,920 Speaker 1: I was so excited to talk to everybody on the block. 88 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:50,440 Speaker 1: And there was this lady. Your name was Mazie. Did 89 00:05:50,440 --> 00:05:52,640 Speaker 1: I ever tell you this, I don't think. So. We 90 00:05:52,680 --> 00:05:58,600 Speaker 1: had stoops and Mazie. She'd sweep the stoop every day, 91 00:05:58,640 --> 00:06:01,000 Speaker 1: and if you went near her talk to her, which 92 00:06:01,040 --> 00:06:04,760 Speaker 1: we did, we teased her. She tried to hit you 93 00:06:04,800 --> 00:06:07,800 Speaker 1: with the broom. She said, get out of here, you 94 00:06:07,920 --> 00:06:11,600 Speaker 1: damn kid, Get out of here. Said we'd laugh and 95 00:06:11,680 --> 00:06:15,840 Speaker 1: run away. So I go home my pictures playing at 96 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:21,200 Speaker 1: Radio City Musical, and I see her across. She's an old, 97 00:06:21,320 --> 00:06:28,120 Speaker 1: old woman, and I go quietly over there and I said, Mazie, 98 00:06:29,600 --> 00:06:32,719 Speaker 1: do you remember me? And she looked at me and said, 99 00:06:33,160 --> 00:06:37,560 Speaker 1: get out of here, you damn kid, Get out. That's 100 00:06:37,560 --> 00:06:42,159 Speaker 1: so funny. Nothing changed, and that's the way life is. Really. 101 00:06:42,560 --> 00:06:47,640 Speaker 1: That's Brooklyn too, Yeah it is. I wish I could 102 00:06:47,680 --> 00:06:49,680 Speaker 1: time travel and go back and see you when you 103 00:06:49,720 --> 00:06:53,360 Speaker 1: were in Brooklyn. I wish you could. I lived in 104 00:06:53,440 --> 00:06:57,880 Speaker 1: the Italian section and on the next side was the 105 00:06:57,960 --> 00:07:04,960 Speaker 1: Jewish section, so my grandma spoke Yiddish and the lady 106 00:07:05,040 --> 00:07:09,040 Speaker 1: next door spoke a little Italian, so they both spoke 107 00:07:09,080 --> 00:07:13,480 Speaker 1: each other's languages. Yeah, that's very cute. What was your 108 00:07:13,520 --> 00:07:16,600 Speaker 1: relationship like with your parents and your grandparents, because I 109 00:07:16,640 --> 00:07:19,600 Speaker 1: know you had an interesting kind of dynamic. I was 110 00:07:19,640 --> 00:07:23,640 Speaker 1: a daddy's girl and he was a musician, and he 111 00:07:23,720 --> 00:07:28,840 Speaker 1: went on the road. So I was awarded by court 112 00:07:29,400 --> 00:07:34,720 Speaker 1: to my grandparents, my Italian grandparents. Consequently, I spoke only 113 00:07:34,760 --> 00:07:38,480 Speaker 1: Italian to allow us five. My dad, of course, came 114 00:07:38,520 --> 00:07:42,680 Speaker 1: home off the road many times, and his beautiful packard 115 00:07:42,880 --> 00:07:46,880 Speaker 1: convertible with his cashmere coat, that's where you got it from. 116 00:07:48,520 --> 00:07:51,440 Speaker 1: When he came home, all the windows would go up, 117 00:07:52,360 --> 00:07:55,720 Speaker 1: and the ladies in the neighborhood would say, your father's home, 118 00:07:56,160 --> 00:08:01,720 Speaker 1: Your father's home, teddy, teddy, And he'd weighed, he just sparkled, 119 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:04,280 Speaker 1: you know, he just had it. I almost want to say, 120 00:08:04,320 --> 00:08:08,440 Speaker 1: he's like the Godfather. He was funny, he was talented. 121 00:08:09,760 --> 00:08:13,680 Speaker 1: I loved my family very much. I never knew that 122 00:08:13,760 --> 00:08:17,880 Speaker 1: we were poor till I was about thirty. Right, I 123 00:08:17,920 --> 00:08:22,680 Speaker 1: was in a cocoon. I feel like you've provided that 124 00:08:22,840 --> 00:08:26,360 Speaker 1: for at least your grandkids. And I got it from 125 00:08:26,360 --> 00:08:29,480 Speaker 1: my grandmother. Yeah, so it's been passed down for sure. 126 00:08:29,760 --> 00:08:32,240 Speaker 1: I feel like I was in such a little cocoon 127 00:08:32,320 --> 00:08:35,280 Speaker 1: and I felt very safe growing up. Well, that's the 128 00:08:35,320 --> 00:08:40,120 Speaker 1: way you're supposed to feel. That's what we want for you. 129 00:08:40,120 --> 00:08:44,080 Speaker 1: You're growing up to be self sufficient so that somebody 130 00:08:44,120 --> 00:08:48,359 Speaker 1: can't come along and bust your bubble. And you're compassionate, 131 00:08:48,480 --> 00:08:57,240 Speaker 1: which is my favorite attribute. Very sweet relationship. And she 132 00:08:57,360 --> 00:09:00,880 Speaker 1: talks about the Brooklyn One side of this street was Jewish, 133 00:09:00,920 --> 00:09:04,480 Speaker 1: one side of the street was it Tagian. Absolutely, that's 134 00:09:04,520 --> 00:09:07,040 Speaker 1: the way Brooklyn was. That's how I grew up as well, 135 00:09:07,240 --> 00:09:10,520 Speaker 1: exactly how I grew exactly. And I think it's still 136 00:09:10,559 --> 00:09:14,760 Speaker 1: like that. There's a connection between Italian and Jewish grandmothers 137 00:09:14,800 --> 00:09:19,280 Speaker 1: from families I alway Jewish and Italian. You can intermingle them. 138 00:09:19,280 --> 00:09:22,319 Speaker 1: You'd never know the difference. From Italian people were your 139 00:09:22,320 --> 00:09:24,839 Speaker 1: best friends and they felt the same way about Jewish. 140 00:09:24,920 --> 00:09:28,200 Speaker 1: They knew were always there for each other exactly. You 141 00:09:28,240 --> 00:09:30,559 Speaker 1: know what. I used to go to my grandmother's have 142 00:09:31,080 --> 00:09:33,080 Speaker 1: and there was a woman, of course, is what she 143 00:09:33,200 --> 00:09:35,960 Speaker 1: was talking about. I used to stand by my grandmother's 144 00:09:35,960 --> 00:09:39,480 Speaker 1: window and watching yet yet a on the street. Everybody 145 00:09:39,559 --> 00:09:42,080 Speaker 1: hang it up. She think the same thing. She was 146 00:09:42,120 --> 00:09:45,640 Speaker 1: always cleaning up the street we had, Mrs Sweeney. It 147 00:09:45,720 --> 00:09:48,560 Speaker 1: was the same thing. There was always somebody. There's always 148 00:09:48,600 --> 00:09:51,560 Speaker 1: somebody and saying, get out of your kids. I'm telling 149 00:09:51,679 --> 00:09:55,720 Speaker 1: you you lived in a neighborhood. It wasn't just your building. 150 00:09:56,800 --> 00:10:00,840 Speaker 1: Most of your shopping wasn't a footstore. A butcher. Absolutely, 151 00:10:00,880 --> 00:10:02,800 Speaker 1: I remember there was a butcher that used to say 152 00:10:02,800 --> 00:10:07,080 Speaker 1: to my mother, Mrs Binstein, I got for you a 153 00:10:07,120 --> 00:10:13,400 Speaker 1: piece flesh. You'll die from eating it. Listen, times have changed. 154 00:10:13,640 --> 00:10:16,800 Speaker 1: She's still good with her grandkids, and she's giving that 155 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:19,480 Speaker 1: sense of security and the what should I say, the 156 00:10:19,520 --> 00:10:23,800 Speaker 1: cocoonness a grandchild too. Right. Oh, that's a good word. Right, 157 00:10:24,160 --> 00:10:25,800 Speaker 1: It's a word I made up, but it's not in 158 00:10:25,880 --> 00:10:35,240 Speaker 1: the dipitionary. Really still the words that I use. Okay, reader, 159 00:10:35,760 --> 00:10:40,000 Speaker 1: Next up we have part two the last contract player 160 00:10:40,640 --> 00:10:46,280 Speaker 1: were already So when you were young, the big Hollywood 161 00:10:46,320 --> 00:10:50,360 Speaker 1: studios used to have contract players. They basically were on 162 00:10:50,520 --> 00:10:54,640 Speaker 1: contract to perform just for those studios. Right, yeah, I 163 00:10:54,679 --> 00:10:57,280 Speaker 1: know you were like one of the last ones. I 164 00:10:57,320 --> 00:11:00,680 Speaker 1: was the last one, the very last one. I have 165 00:11:00,760 --> 00:11:05,240 Speaker 1: a picture on the wall inside of all the contract players, 166 00:11:05,280 --> 00:11:08,440 Speaker 1: as you know, Natalie Wood and Carol Linley in the 167 00:11:08,520 --> 00:11:12,760 Speaker 1: dining room. Yes you saw, yeah, I've seen it. So 168 00:11:12,840 --> 00:11:16,400 Speaker 1: that meant that you couldn't go work at any other studios. 169 00:11:16,440 --> 00:11:20,360 Speaker 1: You had to do well, not without permission, right right, right? 170 00:11:20,640 --> 00:11:23,760 Speaker 1: How did you first get to Hollywood? What was the 171 00:11:23,800 --> 00:11:27,080 Speaker 1: big break? Well? I sang with three boys and we 172 00:11:27,160 --> 00:11:32,480 Speaker 1: had a group called the Foremost. We sang four part 173 00:11:32,559 --> 00:11:36,400 Speaker 1: harmony that was very intricate at the time. Then the 174 00:11:36,480 --> 00:11:39,800 Speaker 1: boys went on to become the Letterman. I went to 175 00:11:39,880 --> 00:11:43,480 Speaker 1: high school with them, and they're still popular today. I 176 00:11:43,520 --> 00:11:47,240 Speaker 1: should have stayed with them. I got discovered from that 177 00:11:47,400 --> 00:11:51,920 Speaker 1: group by Jerry Lewis. He made me laugh so hard, 178 00:11:52,840 --> 00:11:56,640 Speaker 1: he always did. It was embarrassing. I was laughing so hard. 179 00:11:57,600 --> 00:12:03,000 Speaker 1: So I went to meet Jerry Lewis and he said, 180 00:12:03,400 --> 00:12:07,400 Speaker 1: she's got a funny bone. She's got the part, and 181 00:12:07,480 --> 00:12:10,920 Speaker 1: Warner Brothers bought my contract and they put me in 182 00:12:10,960 --> 00:12:16,360 Speaker 1: a series Hawaiian I, which became maybe number two in 183 00:12:16,400 --> 00:12:19,840 Speaker 1: the world with Bonanza. The other big shure you did 184 00:12:19,960 --> 00:12:24,720 Speaker 1: was love Boat right, love Boat I was the most 185 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:30,000 Speaker 1: frequent guest. I should be rich, but I'm not. They 186 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:35,640 Speaker 1: didn't give me any residuals. Warner Brothers so cheap. So 187 00:12:35,760 --> 00:12:39,920 Speaker 1: I asked for permission to do a film and they said, no, 188 00:12:40,520 --> 00:12:44,960 Speaker 1: your contract isn't up for another fifty thou dollars or 189 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:48,120 Speaker 1: some crazy thing. And I said, keep the money, let 190 00:12:48,160 --> 00:12:53,120 Speaker 1: me go. That's what I did. Crazy Girl gave away 191 00:12:53,160 --> 00:12:59,400 Speaker 1: my money. Guests who had their dressing rooms right above me, 192 00:13:00,160 --> 00:13:06,400 Speaker 1: Sammy Davis, Joey Bishop, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, the rat Pack. 193 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:09,920 Speaker 1: They were the most popular people in the all of 194 00:13:10,040 --> 00:13:15,319 Speaker 1: show business at the time. One day I'm walking by 195 00:13:15,400 --> 00:13:18,000 Speaker 1: and they're all laughing and stuff, and they said, I 196 00:13:18,040 --> 00:13:22,640 Speaker 1: think she is I said, she's what they said, shorter 197 00:13:22,760 --> 00:13:28,240 Speaker 1: than Sammy Davis. So we had a contest and they 198 00:13:28,400 --> 00:13:31,560 Speaker 1: measured me and I was shorter thant Sammy, so I won. 199 00:13:33,240 --> 00:13:35,760 Speaker 1: I took the brunt of it. All the time, were 200 00:13:35,760 --> 00:13:39,760 Speaker 1: they loud yes, until they went to work. What did 201 00:13:39,760 --> 00:13:43,240 Speaker 1: you do in your breaks? Played basketball? Oh my gosh, 202 00:13:43,360 --> 00:13:47,160 Speaker 1: because we had a lot of time together, so in 203 00:13:47,240 --> 00:13:51,880 Speaker 1: between we would get our shots together. That's cool. It 204 00:13:52,040 --> 00:13:59,120 Speaker 1: was fun. She was a star, absolutely a big star. 205 00:13:59,520 --> 00:14:02,920 Speaker 1: And I can't imagine that she's shorter than Sammy Davis. 206 00:14:03,040 --> 00:14:05,720 Speaker 1: She must be my height. I love her that. I 207 00:14:05,840 --> 00:14:09,280 Speaker 1: love her and basketball. I could never play basketball. I 208 00:14:09,360 --> 00:14:11,840 Speaker 1: just was a little bit bigger than the ball. I mean, 209 00:14:12,720 --> 00:14:15,160 Speaker 1: I don't know how she played. I gotta meet her. 210 00:14:15,280 --> 00:14:18,640 Speaker 1: We have to arrange for us to meet her. She's sweets, 211 00:14:18,679 --> 00:14:21,640 Speaker 1: she's really sweet, and she's very humble. Um kind of 212 00:14:21,760 --> 00:14:24,080 Speaker 1: you know, she's not afterwards. She was a big I 213 00:14:24,080 --> 00:14:28,000 Speaker 1: love Bote. I used to love that. I remember, I 214 00:14:28,120 --> 00:14:32,000 Speaker 1: do love boat. Yeah no, no, no, no. It was 215 00:14:32,080 --> 00:14:35,000 Speaker 1: really a nice program. I don't know if you got 216 00:14:35,040 --> 00:14:39,720 Speaker 1: the feeling that it was a little bit not anger. Regret, regret, 217 00:14:39,880 --> 00:14:43,720 Speaker 1: a little regret exactly. They did take advantage of her, yes, 218 00:14:43,800 --> 00:14:46,280 Speaker 1: but I think that they took advantage of everybody in 219 00:14:46,320 --> 00:14:49,560 Speaker 1: those days. They did. The Water Brothers had that reputation 220 00:14:49,640 --> 00:14:51,800 Speaker 1: to start with. They were not easy to deal with it. 221 00:14:51,880 --> 00:14:55,160 Speaker 1: I don't know that any of the studios were particularly 222 00:14:55,280 --> 00:14:59,200 Speaker 1: kind to their players. That's true. That's true. Listen, everybody 223 00:14:59,240 --> 00:15:01,440 Speaker 1: has regrets. I should have, I should have, I could have. 224 00:15:02,080 --> 00:15:05,160 Speaker 1: That's the way life is. The movie stars handed well 225 00:15:05,240 --> 00:15:08,680 Speaker 1: as the public. I guess we all have nothing major 226 00:15:08,760 --> 00:15:11,360 Speaker 1: that I could think of, and if I did certain 227 00:15:11,360 --> 00:15:14,160 Speaker 1: things and I could, I'm not telling me. Well, we 228 00:15:14,200 --> 00:15:16,520 Speaker 1: have to take a little break now so you can 229 00:15:16,600 --> 00:15:19,200 Speaker 1: find out how to buy a new mattress, or get 230 00:15:19,200 --> 00:15:23,880 Speaker 1: a new website, or or the stamps. Very exciting stuff. 231 00:15:23,920 --> 00:15:37,760 Speaker 1: So hang in there, folks. Okay, guys, we're back Cookie 232 00:15:37,800 --> 00:15:40,440 Speaker 1: Cookie letting me. I don't remember the tune, but I 233 00:15:40,600 --> 00:15:42,560 Speaker 1: remember the words. What have they say? Don't give up 234 00:15:42,600 --> 00:15:47,600 Speaker 1: your day job? That's right, that's right, okay rider. Next up, 235 00:15:48,040 --> 00:15:56,920 Speaker 1: we have part three, sixteen Reasons Why I Love You. 236 00:15:56,920 --> 00:16:02,360 Speaker 1: Your most famous song, though, was sixteen res Why I 237 00:16:02,400 --> 00:16:12,960 Speaker 1: Love You? Why they comb you here? See, you don't 238 00:16:13,040 --> 00:16:16,440 Speaker 1: think of things like that anymore. We used to think 239 00:16:16,480 --> 00:16:19,880 Speaker 1: of you the way you comb your hair, the way 240 00:16:19,960 --> 00:16:26,480 Speaker 1: your tie whatever. Now they go to first base immediately 241 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:35,760 Speaker 1: you stay off first base. I wanted to ask you 242 00:16:35,800 --> 00:16:40,800 Speaker 1: how you met Eddie, how you met my grandfather, because 243 00:16:40,840 --> 00:16:43,320 Speaker 1: I don't think I ever heard the full story. Well, 244 00:16:44,040 --> 00:16:49,000 Speaker 1: I was in trouble. I was confused. I was coming 245 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:52,640 Speaker 1: out of a divorce with Jim Stacy. I didn't know 246 00:16:52,720 --> 00:16:54,840 Speaker 1: what I was gonna do. I was going to go 247 00:16:54,880 --> 00:16:59,560 Speaker 1: to Broadway or stay and do another television show. And 248 00:16:59,800 --> 00:17:03,280 Speaker 1: I took a job and I played the Plaza Hotel 249 00:17:03,360 --> 00:17:07,800 Speaker 1: in New York and he had just finished there, so 250 00:17:07,880 --> 00:17:10,800 Speaker 1: he came to see my show. And he was really 251 00:17:10,960 --> 00:17:14,359 Speaker 1: kind and sweet, and he was the kind of guy. 252 00:17:14,400 --> 00:17:18,320 Speaker 1: I'd say, I love the New York pretzels on the street. 253 00:17:18,760 --> 00:17:21,320 Speaker 1: So he said, can I get you anything? I said, 254 00:17:21,359 --> 00:17:24,200 Speaker 1: he didn't get me a pretzel, and he came back 255 00:17:24,240 --> 00:17:27,040 Speaker 1: with ten of them. Oh my gosh, I like that. 256 00:17:28,920 --> 00:17:31,639 Speaker 1: And he could say he could just open up his 257 00:17:31,720 --> 00:17:36,200 Speaker 1: mouth and just say five o'clock in the morning. I 258 00:17:36,240 --> 00:17:40,840 Speaker 1: have often. He was kind. He would give you the 259 00:17:40,880 --> 00:17:45,720 Speaker 1: shirt office back if you liked it. And he was fun. 260 00:17:45,960 --> 00:17:49,040 Speaker 1: He was a fun guy. His problem with the drugs, 261 00:17:50,040 --> 00:17:54,600 Speaker 1: otherwise I'd probably still be with him. Yeah. Mom always 262 00:17:54,600 --> 00:17:57,920 Speaker 1: said he was very charming, like everybody was charmed by him. 263 00:17:58,040 --> 00:18:02,239 Speaker 1: He was. He was just the golden boy, you know, 264 00:18:02,480 --> 00:18:06,320 Speaker 1: he really was. I didn't really know him. That's right, 265 00:18:06,400 --> 00:18:09,399 Speaker 1: you didn't. He would have made you laugh. He was 266 00:18:09,440 --> 00:18:12,760 Speaker 1: good at that. Yeah, he was a little strange character. 267 00:18:13,400 --> 00:18:15,399 Speaker 1: What do you mean by strange? You know, he was 268 00:18:15,520 --> 00:18:18,640 Speaker 1: from another era and he was from the old country 269 00:18:18,680 --> 00:18:22,720 Speaker 1: and he acted like it. And I was a shick sah, 270 00:18:23,160 --> 00:18:26,840 Speaker 1: that's a non Jewish girl. And he say, Eddie, what 271 00:18:26,880 --> 00:18:30,240 Speaker 1: are you doing with another shick sah? Well, there is 272 00:18:30,320 --> 00:18:33,919 Speaker 1: like kind of a special club of Eddie Fisher's wife. Yeah, well, 273 00:18:34,800 --> 00:18:40,720 Speaker 1: never mind, you gotta lay it on me. What's the 274 00:18:40,800 --> 00:18:46,440 Speaker 1: dating advice? Dating advice? I go with you. I gotta 275 00:18:46,480 --> 00:18:51,280 Speaker 1: see what he looks like, check his pockets, Nana's approval. Yeah, no, 276 00:18:51,520 --> 00:18:54,160 Speaker 1: I think you can pick the n ice guy. We've 277 00:18:54,200 --> 00:19:02,040 Speaker 1: trained you. Well, Well, can we talk about Elvis? Little Bill? 278 00:19:02,760 --> 00:19:06,280 Speaker 1: Elvis was the best kisser. Oh la la la to 279 00:19:06,320 --> 00:19:10,360 Speaker 1: hear that. He was the sweetest. He was a lot 280 00:19:10,400 --> 00:19:18,000 Speaker 1: of fun and we were friends till he died. I 281 00:19:18,080 --> 00:19:20,560 Speaker 1: think she's holding back, and though he is, it doesn't 282 00:19:20,560 --> 00:19:23,000 Speaker 1: stop at a kiss. But so on, you don't know, 283 00:19:23,160 --> 00:19:25,960 Speaker 1: I don't know, nobody knows. You know, there used to 284 00:19:26,040 --> 00:19:29,000 Speaker 1: be rumors about her and Elvis, So whatever it is, 285 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:32,160 Speaker 1: it wasn't you know what I don't care about what's 286 00:19:32,160 --> 00:19:36,119 Speaker 1: doing in anybody else's bed. I really don't. No listen, 287 00:19:36,119 --> 00:19:39,439 Speaker 1: what's good for them. It's good for them, that's all. Absolutely. 288 00:19:39,920 --> 00:19:43,240 Speaker 1: How long was Connie married to Eddie? Long enough to 289 00:19:43,320 --> 00:19:47,159 Speaker 1: give her two daughters and grandchildren. Eddie Fisher in his 290 00:19:47,359 --> 00:19:50,400 Speaker 1: day was a big deal. He had songs like, oh 291 00:19:50,440 --> 00:19:54,399 Speaker 1: my Papa, Oh my Papa, Oh my Papa. I really 292 00:19:54,520 --> 00:19:57,240 Speaker 1: was a very big Eddie Fisher fan. Everybody was. I 293 00:19:57,280 --> 00:20:00,359 Speaker 1: had an autography picture of him that hung on my mirror. 294 00:20:00,440 --> 00:20:02,919 Speaker 1: He had a beautiful voice, he really did. And he 295 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:07,040 Speaker 1: had curly hair especially. I hate to say that, I 296 00:20:07,080 --> 00:20:09,480 Speaker 1: don't want if he were Jewish, he was like you know, 297 00:20:10,040 --> 00:20:12,000 Speaker 1: that was a big thing. That was a big thing. 298 00:20:12,160 --> 00:20:13,919 Speaker 1: That was a big deal for the Jews. I mean, 299 00:20:13,960 --> 00:20:18,399 Speaker 1: how many they were, all Italians, Victor Moone, Frankie Valley 300 00:20:18,600 --> 00:20:21,439 Speaker 1: all then, not one was a Jew. He was the 301 00:20:21,520 --> 00:20:32,280 Speaker 1: only Jew, Oh my Papapa, to medful, Oh my Papa. 302 00:20:32,480 --> 00:20:36,480 Speaker 1: He was so good, Oh my Papa was like a 303 00:20:36,560 --> 00:20:40,320 Speaker 1: Jewish love song. Reata. Do you remember that? When he 304 00:20:40,359 --> 00:20:42,919 Speaker 1: was married to Debbie Reynolds and they were like the 305 00:20:42,960 --> 00:20:47,320 Speaker 1: hottest couple in Hollywood, Alright, they had two children and everything, 306 00:20:47,480 --> 00:20:51,000 Speaker 1: one of which was Carrie Fisher Harry Fisher, right right, 307 00:20:51,560 --> 00:20:55,560 Speaker 1: And then all of a sudden he divorced Debbie Reynolds 308 00:20:55,720 --> 00:20:59,439 Speaker 1: and he married Elizabeth Taylor. Oh my goodness. Mike Todd 309 00:20:59,560 --> 00:21:03,000 Speaker 1: was married to Elizabeth Taylor, and Eddie Fishing was his 310 00:21:03,080 --> 00:21:07,879 Speaker 1: best friend. When Mike Todd died, he tried to console 311 00:21:08,280 --> 00:21:13,359 Speaker 1: Elizabeth Taylor, and that consoling became, I mean to get 312 00:21:13,560 --> 00:21:16,920 Speaker 1: Elizabeth Taylor to marry you. It was not a big deal. 313 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:21,440 Speaker 1: She only had eight or nine my right, absolutely right. 314 00:21:21,640 --> 00:21:27,280 Speaker 1: And after Elizabeth Taylor left him for Richard Burton, Eddie 315 00:21:27,280 --> 00:21:32,199 Speaker 1: went from Elizabeth Taylor to Conne But she said he 316 00:21:32,240 --> 00:21:35,000 Speaker 1: had a problem of drugs. That's a big problem in 317 00:21:35,040 --> 00:21:39,280 Speaker 1: a relationship. Sweet and kind is nice, but that's that's 318 00:21:39,320 --> 00:21:42,919 Speaker 1: a big thing. Yeah, And you know what, it was 319 00:21:42,960 --> 00:21:46,040 Speaker 1: a marriage that didn't work out. But look what she 320 00:21:46,119 --> 00:21:50,200 Speaker 1: got from it, exactly. She had wonderful children and grandchildren. 321 00:21:50,359 --> 00:21:54,960 Speaker 1: So that's where heart is at this point. Alright, time 322 00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:57,800 Speaker 1: for another ad break. What should we do this time? Ellen? 323 00:21:58,359 --> 00:22:00,720 Speaker 1: You know what, maybe we should better her us And 324 00:22:00,880 --> 00:22:04,480 Speaker 1: on a horse. I'm lucky reading, I am very very lucky. 325 00:22:04,680 --> 00:22:06,560 Speaker 1: The first time I ever went to a horse race. 326 00:22:06,680 --> 00:22:09,320 Speaker 1: I bet on a horse, Barnie's boy. I made a 327 00:22:09,400 --> 00:22:12,640 Speaker 1: killing my close to a thousand dollars. Peter said, whatever 328 00:22:12,720 --> 00:22:15,560 Speaker 1: made your bet on Bonnie's boy? I said, your father 329 00:22:15,720 --> 00:22:20,159 Speaker 1: is Bonnie and your Bonnie's boy. So all that was 330 00:22:20,240 --> 00:22:23,359 Speaker 1: so killed. That's as good as reason to bet on 331 00:22:23,400 --> 00:22:33,520 Speaker 1: a horse as any Okay, we're back, reader. How much 332 00:22:33,560 --> 00:22:36,320 Speaker 1: did you put on that head break? Oh? My goodness, 333 00:22:36,359 --> 00:22:38,440 Speaker 1: that's it. You know, I went to a a on 334 00:22:38,600 --> 00:22:42,120 Speaker 1: a bet on horses anymore, I was the only one 335 00:22:42,160 --> 00:22:45,480 Speaker 1: that famous the a a with a gambling problem. Reading, 336 00:22:45,560 --> 00:22:49,000 Speaker 1: you needed to see a psychiatrist for that. It's for nothing, 337 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:52,639 Speaker 1: and so conscious quants you a lot of money. And 338 00:22:52,720 --> 00:22:55,520 Speaker 1: I'm back on the headphones, ready to start the rest 339 00:22:55,560 --> 00:22:59,320 Speaker 1: of the podcast. Okay, reader, let's see what happens. It's 340 00:22:59,359 --> 00:23:04,359 Speaker 1: really like an enticing novel. Part four. Singing for the 341 00:23:04,440 --> 00:23:09,240 Speaker 1: Troops with Bob Hope. Oh, Bob Hope was the entertainer 342 00:23:09,320 --> 00:23:12,880 Speaker 1: of that era, and he used to gather together the 343 00:23:12,920 --> 00:23:16,600 Speaker 1: top entertainers and bring them to where the troops were 344 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:19,240 Speaker 1: and put on a big show. And it was such 345 00:23:19,280 --> 00:23:22,159 Speaker 1: a shot in the arm for these people who are 346 00:23:22,359 --> 00:23:25,320 Speaker 1: battle weary it was a wonderful thing for the boys, 347 00:23:25,760 --> 00:23:28,640 Speaker 1: and I guess Connie Stevens was one of them that volunteered. 348 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:36,159 Speaker 1: We're about to find out. I'm like fascinated that you 349 00:23:36,240 --> 00:23:41,600 Speaker 1: were there, not just alive, but present for so many 350 00:23:41,680 --> 00:23:45,760 Speaker 1: crazy world events that I can only read about. But 351 00:23:46,240 --> 00:23:49,720 Speaker 1: let's talk about this. Were are you dating Neil Armstrong? 352 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:54,239 Speaker 1: I don't know if that's the word. Of course. I 353 00:23:54,280 --> 00:23:57,400 Speaker 1: went on the road with Neil and that was really something. 354 00:23:57,520 --> 00:24:00,119 Speaker 1: You went on tour with Neil Armstrong? Well, I was 355 00:24:00,200 --> 00:24:03,320 Speaker 1: in Vietnam. Oh so this was a part of the U. 356 00:24:03,480 --> 00:24:07,080 Speaker 1: S O tour. Yeah, so Neil Armstrong went with you 357 00:24:07,200 --> 00:24:09,679 Speaker 1: for that to like entertain the troops. Right after he 358 00:24:09,800 --> 00:24:12,800 Speaker 1: landed on the moon. He went with us. So that 359 00:24:12,920 --> 00:24:16,000 Speaker 1: was an interesting part of my life. Oh my gosh. 360 00:24:16,280 --> 00:24:20,760 Speaker 1: Neil and I met in Vietnam and continued our relationship. 361 00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:27,240 Speaker 1: We got a long, really great So it's kind of 362 00:24:27,240 --> 00:24:29,879 Speaker 1: a big deal that he performed with Bob Hope. Oh, 363 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:33,240 Speaker 1: I went all over the world with Bob. You're my 364 00:24:33,320 --> 00:24:35,960 Speaker 1: kind of girl. You've got everything, talent, beauty and me. 365 00:24:36,200 --> 00:24:40,879 Speaker 1: I was in Vietnam many times, Bob, and you're my 366 00:24:40,960 --> 00:24:43,280 Speaker 1: kind of guy. Well, when you've got it, you've got it. 367 00:24:43,560 --> 00:24:47,480 Speaker 1: I was in Vietnam and the mood of the country 368 00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:52,040 Speaker 1: was not happy, and everybody wanted the soldiers to come home, 369 00:24:52,280 --> 00:24:55,640 Speaker 1: and there was a lot of unrest. So I went 370 00:24:55,680 --> 00:24:59,879 Speaker 1: out and sang, and I noticed that the whole country 371 00:25:00,320 --> 00:25:04,520 Speaker 1: was acting differently. As a matter of fact, they caught 372 00:25:04,600 --> 00:25:10,160 Speaker 1: some Viet com two young guys, and I ran over 373 00:25:10,240 --> 00:25:13,200 Speaker 1: there and they couldn't have been more than fifteen years old. 374 00:25:13,680 --> 00:25:16,840 Speaker 1: And I said, what are you doing? What they're fifteen 375 00:25:16,920 --> 00:25:20,440 Speaker 1: years old? What are you doing? You know, I said, 376 00:25:20,440 --> 00:25:24,560 Speaker 1: their babies, And of course they shut me up. That 377 00:25:24,680 --> 00:25:27,719 Speaker 1: was the first time I spoke up, and I wanted 378 00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:31,000 Speaker 1: us to get out of there, and I could see 379 00:25:31,040 --> 00:25:34,840 Speaker 1: what was happening politically, but they told me not to 380 00:25:34,920 --> 00:25:39,159 Speaker 1: attend any more press conferences. And then we came home 381 00:25:39,320 --> 00:25:42,480 Speaker 1: and I had a different opinion than when I went. 382 00:25:44,640 --> 00:25:47,760 Speaker 1: And you know, Uncle ralphin my own brother was there, 383 00:25:47,920 --> 00:25:53,000 Speaker 1: My nineteen year old brother was on clean up. Clean 384 00:25:53,119 --> 00:25:56,920 Speaker 1: up was the soldiers that went into a village and 385 00:25:57,200 --> 00:26:01,280 Speaker 1: cleaned up the mess. Whether they had to kill people 386 00:26:01,720 --> 00:26:04,040 Speaker 1: or get rid of the huts. It was not a 387 00:26:04,119 --> 00:26:08,000 Speaker 1: nice job, and a lot of Vietnamese people got hurt 388 00:26:08,280 --> 00:26:13,200 Speaker 1: in that, and Uncle Ralph did that. He was nineteen, 389 00:26:13,840 --> 00:26:17,120 Speaker 1: and he was so upset, and just because I had 390 00:26:17,320 --> 00:26:21,320 Speaker 1: stepped foot over there, he felt like he could talk 391 00:26:21,400 --> 00:26:25,280 Speaker 1: to me about it. And he called me and say, 392 00:26:25,760 --> 00:26:29,320 Speaker 1: I can't do this. I can't do this anymore. You know, 393 00:26:29,440 --> 00:26:33,840 Speaker 1: sometimes things happen and you don't believe they're real. I've 394 00:26:33,840 --> 00:26:43,080 Speaker 1: had a lot of those. Did you feel like you 395 00:26:43,400 --> 00:26:48,080 Speaker 1: got more into politics and into activism and stuff like that? After? Definitely? 396 00:26:48,960 --> 00:26:51,680 Speaker 1: I wanted him to come home, and I wanted all 397 00:26:51,760 --> 00:26:58,080 Speaker 1: those boys in that area, and especially cleanups to come home. 398 00:26:58,240 --> 00:27:02,440 Speaker 1: They didn't need to do that, and nobody, no government 399 00:27:02,480 --> 00:27:11,119 Speaker 1: should ask them to do that. Yeah, how about you 400 00:27:11,240 --> 00:27:16,040 Speaker 1: with your activism, You're amazing. I have it on tape, 401 00:27:16,080 --> 00:27:21,600 Speaker 1: you know, you speaking to the audience giving your speech 402 00:27:21,640 --> 00:27:28,600 Speaker 1: about black lives matter, and quietly and uniquely outspoken. That's 403 00:27:28,640 --> 00:27:32,000 Speaker 1: what you are. I like that. I don't like screaming 404 00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:35,240 Speaker 1: and yelling. I don't like screaming and yelling either. I 405 00:27:35,280 --> 00:27:39,679 Speaker 1: think you don't have to. You lead by example, and 406 00:27:39,840 --> 00:27:43,840 Speaker 1: you lead with your heart and soul, and you make 407 00:27:43,880 --> 00:27:48,720 Speaker 1: it known who you are, and that's the best you 408 00:27:48,760 --> 00:27:58,800 Speaker 1: can hope for with people. Very impressive. You see all 409 00:27:58,840 --> 00:28:01,600 Speaker 1: these things that affect at her. It does change a 410 00:28:01,680 --> 00:28:04,960 Speaker 1: person's outlook on life. Absolutely, don't you kind of get 411 00:28:05,359 --> 00:28:08,280 Speaker 1: like when she said, what was your relationship with Neil Armstrong? 412 00:28:08,680 --> 00:28:11,480 Speaker 1: There's a lot of things left on said doesn't matter, 413 00:28:11,560 --> 00:28:14,080 Speaker 1: it's her own business what she wants to tell. But 414 00:28:14,119 --> 00:28:17,280 Speaker 1: there's some depth to the woman. Yes, she's not just 415 00:28:17,359 --> 00:28:21,840 Speaker 1: another pretty face exactly. These women in that era were 416 00:28:21,920 --> 00:28:26,760 Speaker 1: portrayed as dumb blondes. But she's got a depth to her. Yes, 417 00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:30,240 Speaker 1: and she saw a lot about Vietnam and it's a 418 00:28:30,320 --> 00:28:34,359 Speaker 1: war that that was an unpopular war, very unpopular war. 419 00:28:34,440 --> 00:28:36,359 Speaker 1: I think the only good thing that came out of 420 00:28:36,359 --> 00:28:42,360 Speaker 1: that war was mash Okay reader. Next up, it's time 421 00:28:42,400 --> 00:28:46,600 Speaker 1: for the last part of the show, Part five. There's 422 00:28:46,720 --> 00:28:55,040 Speaker 1: no business like so business. That's cute, Allen, We're ready. 423 00:28:58,880 --> 00:29:02,400 Speaker 1: I tried really hard not to go into film and TV. 424 00:29:02,960 --> 00:29:06,720 Speaker 1: There are some really really big shoes to fill, and 425 00:29:07,280 --> 00:29:10,959 Speaker 1: it's like it's a lot of pressure. So I majored 426 00:29:10,960 --> 00:29:13,760 Speaker 1: in political science my first year of college. I was like, 427 00:29:13,800 --> 00:29:16,840 Speaker 1: I'm going to go into politics, but then the pandemic 428 00:29:16,960 --> 00:29:19,640 Speaker 1: hit and I was writing a lot, and we were 429 00:29:19,680 --> 00:29:24,200 Speaker 1: watching movies and I was like, who my kidding, Like, 430 00:29:24,800 --> 00:29:27,120 Speaker 1: this is what I'm supposed to be doing. I don't 431 00:29:27,160 --> 00:29:29,880 Speaker 1: know why I'm fighting against it. Like it was like, 432 00:29:29,920 --> 00:29:31,880 Speaker 1: if you can't beat him, join them. Kind of feeling 433 00:29:31,920 --> 00:29:34,880 Speaker 1: a little bit because I was like, it's big shoes 434 00:29:34,960 --> 00:29:37,719 Speaker 1: to fill, but like I'm just gonna walk alongside them 435 00:29:37,760 --> 00:29:42,320 Speaker 1: anyways and we'll see what happens. But yeah, I would 436 00:29:42,320 --> 00:29:49,640 Speaker 1: love to work in film and TV forever. I wanted 437 00:29:49,680 --> 00:29:54,240 Speaker 1: to ask you what your number one advice is for 438 00:29:54,680 --> 00:29:59,640 Speaker 1: young women going into the industry. Be careful, do you train, 439 00:30:01,160 --> 00:30:04,920 Speaker 1: pick the best, put your money in the bank, always 440 00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:11,000 Speaker 1: have some extra cash, keep good people around you, stay 441 00:30:11,040 --> 00:30:14,600 Speaker 1: close to the family that love you, and work really hard. 442 00:30:16,280 --> 00:30:19,760 Speaker 1: I heard a story, and you can confirm or deny 443 00:30:19,960 --> 00:30:25,160 Speaker 1: that You're managers told you to turn down Breakfast at Tiffany's. 444 00:30:25,480 --> 00:30:30,880 Speaker 1: Turned down Breakfast to Tiffany's, turned down the Lenny Bruce story. 445 00:30:31,040 --> 00:30:36,560 Speaker 1: She won an Academy Awards, turned down a few others 446 00:30:36,640 --> 00:30:40,920 Speaker 1: that were pretty important, but something was happening at the time, 447 00:30:41,320 --> 00:30:44,680 Speaker 1: like headlining in Las Vegas, and I loved it. It's 448 00:30:44,720 --> 00:30:48,120 Speaker 1: not bad working with Tina Turner and yeah, so do 449 00:30:48,160 --> 00:30:50,680 Speaker 1: you think things would be just like completely different if 450 00:30:50,680 --> 00:30:54,080 Speaker 1: you didn't turn down things like that? Yeah? You know, 451 00:30:54,480 --> 00:30:59,360 Speaker 1: I was up for the Diane Keaton role in The Godfather. 452 00:31:00,120 --> 00:31:03,040 Speaker 1: Blas said, I'd love to have her in the role. 453 00:31:03,160 --> 00:31:08,400 Speaker 1: She's perfect, but she's too popular right now, and everybody 454 00:31:08,440 --> 00:31:12,320 Speaker 1: would go, oh, that's Connie Stevens in that role, and 455 00:31:12,400 --> 00:31:16,080 Speaker 1: he's right, it would have been wrong. But I would 456 00:31:16,120 --> 00:31:19,160 Speaker 1: love to have done that role. I'm perfect for it. 457 00:31:20,640 --> 00:31:25,920 Speaker 1: I didn't know that. That's crazy. We're gonna do something together. 458 00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:29,720 Speaker 1: To remember that psychic party we went to. Every room 459 00:31:29,720 --> 00:31:33,000 Speaker 1: of the house had like at least five little tables 460 00:31:33,040 --> 00:31:38,000 Speaker 1: set up, crystals, palm reading, tarot cards. That's right. I 461 00:31:38,080 --> 00:31:40,720 Speaker 1: remember going to this one lady. She was in her 462 00:31:40,720 --> 00:31:43,719 Speaker 1: own private room, so I was like, she must be good, right. 463 00:31:45,320 --> 00:31:48,240 Speaker 1: She was like, is your grandmother here with you? And 464 00:31:48,280 --> 00:31:50,720 Speaker 1: I was like, as a matter of fact, she is. 465 00:31:52,320 --> 00:31:54,760 Speaker 1: And she was like, I just see that you guys 466 00:31:54,800 --> 00:31:59,320 Speaker 1: are gonna do something together, like writing or a movie 467 00:31:59,520 --> 00:32:02,800 Speaker 1: or something. And I was like, sold, I'm sold. We're 468 00:32:02,840 --> 00:32:09,560 Speaker 1: doing something together, absolutely, baby, do anything with you. We like, 469 00:32:09,680 --> 00:32:14,200 Speaker 1: weirdly work really well together. Yeah, let's do it. Let's 470 00:32:14,240 --> 00:32:21,200 Speaker 1: do it. Thank you, by sweetheart, Thank you. I love you, 471 00:32:21,280 --> 00:32:25,200 Speaker 1: love you, love you, love you so much. Yeah, call 472 00:32:25,280 --> 00:32:28,280 Speaker 1: me later. I'm gonna call you right after this. Okay, 473 00:32:28,280 --> 00:32:38,000 Speaker 1: bye bye, very nice, very nice, lovely relationship to lovely, 474 00:32:38,680 --> 00:32:42,560 Speaker 1: very sweet relationship. She wound up Connie in a nice place, 475 00:32:42,800 --> 00:32:47,920 Speaker 1: surrounded by love, by loving children and grandchildren. And if 476 00:32:47,960 --> 00:32:51,360 Speaker 1: that's the way that you wind up, that's the best. Exactly. 477 00:32:51,480 --> 00:32:54,280 Speaker 1: It's a crazy life being in show business. Yes, but 478 00:32:54,360 --> 00:32:58,280 Speaker 1: we're to look at us. We're so normal and where 479 00:32:58,320 --> 00:33:02,680 Speaker 1: did show business? We show business because we're on this 480 00:33:02,840 --> 00:33:06,480 Speaker 1: fabulous podcast. That's right, But listen, I'll pay, it's not 481 00:33:06,600 --> 00:33:15,760 Speaker 1: their pay. Why Not Call Your Grandmother is a production 482 00:33:15,920 --> 00:33:20,920 Speaker 1: of I Heart podcast Network and Superb Entertainment. Our lead 483 00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:26,120 Speaker 1: producers are Shina Ozaki and Nora cb. Executive producers are 484 00:33:26,320 --> 00:33:31,560 Speaker 1: Narrow Poster, Nikki Eatore, and Anna Stump. Our managing producer 485 00:33:31,680 --> 00:33:36,640 Speaker 1: is Lindsay Hoffman. Mastering by Bahed Fraser. 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