I like him best after 5 whiskeys

He was such a bore.

He was always an arrogant dick, but he was usually drunk. Here he isn't drunk here and you can see his intelligence and verbal skills. He's still an arrogant dick. Lol. He was still great at the end in Gladiator, unfortunately his arrogance was still there and he died of alcohol poisoning challenging a group of UK sailors to a drinking contest in a pub on location. Very sad and embarrassing end to such a talent.

@@davidlynch9049 So is George Clooney

@@michaelrogers526 So is Hugh Grant and George Clooney

Yep would of been epic

@Seth Hesio, yeah, would have been a really interesting choice in the late 60s early 70s. Too bad it never happened.

No he is too good to play this character

Too heavy😜

To have said he should have been James Bond, clearly you don't know the actor's actor he was. To play JB would have been frivolous for him.

He was the prototype for Tom Hardy. Real toff.

"Brooks! Brooks! I think I broke my leg Brooks!" Great film.

That is Charo Pete damn I'm old

@Nigel Buckham I don't know what you're talking about.........Not only did he survive CK, he thrived artistically like no other filmmaker, with the possibility of Fellini. He followed KANE with THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS, - which if it hadn't been taken out of his hands by RKO and butchered violently, would have left KANE in the dust..........What about his Shakespeare Trilogy? CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT has been hailed as having one of the greatest battle sequences in cinema history; TOUCH OF EVIL begins with an opening tracking-shot that is like film-ballet - and has been ripped off continuously through the decades.; Truffaut said CONFIDENTIAL REPORT was one of his favorite films that nobody knows about.............Orson was so much more than CK. That's like saying SGT. PEPPER was the only great album the Beatles released.

@@rbrookswilliams1689 one of the greatest Macbeths I have ever seen.

@@MADAMA-CAMEL.ASS-HAIRYS Yes, its superb........Roman Polanski did a version that was violent in the extreme. He was coming off the Manson Murders - and had to vent to the Universe, and exorcise personal demons.

@@rbrookswilliams1689 I think the OP meant he never made a masterpiece like Citizen Kane again, and they are correct. Nothing he made after came close. That's not to say he wasn't a genius.

I agree, watch this or Parkinson and you get real conversations and insights, watch kimmel or Norton and you get sycophancy

@@ianmedium Parkinson talked too much.

Comparing those people and the Human Sewage of today and times....is like Comparing Gold to Shit !

Yup ~ Orson the sober fellow of the two seemed very much on his guard set up, as he was, against a known drunk of possible uncontrolled blathering Orson might have to parry with Orwellian muster ~ although Ollie Reed does seem to be more uncharacteristically coherent with the two, Wells and Reed, managing to play each other off with ping-pongs of contrived controlled repartee.

Watch Graham Norton - a breath of fresh air.

He does it for me on so many levels

Don't forget - The Three musketeers and The Four Musketeers. Also, Gladiator.

@@Inglese001 3 and 4 were work - Gladiator was a long overdue tribute/ performance/ Reed in his day would have had that portly Aussie gentleman's role and made mincemeat of him. Ollie would have made a sterling Flashman, all a 'tache and smoulder . Those Musketeers movies are pretty good though, fair dos

@@TECHNOIR Crowe is from New Zealand. A Kiwi, not an Aussie. And he was great in Gladiator. 😉

@@jonberry5816 Alright, a corpulent Kiwi then, I hear your Crowe and raise you a Reed kzfaq.info/get/bejne/kNiJiNWcmLS0f2Q.html

@@TECHNOIR agreed Reed would of acted and drank him under the table.

People no longer have the attention span for interesting, extended conversations.

@@strqrt70 You absolutely right about that, 👍

People are easily bored now due to cell phones and social media. Letterman is and was amazing but the real last type of this conversational format was imo Tom Snyder who was on after (and directly because of) Dave.

Today they wouldn't be allowed to become famous, they'd be labelled misogynistic and spouting hate, by the politically correct left leaning media that exists everywhere

Was. He's been dead since 2010.

I could not decide whether Orson and Oliver actually like each other. Certainly mutual respect.

@@Bombabingbong66 Yes, they had mutual respect for each other professionally, definitely. But to your point, I did pick up a bit of frostiness and disconnection from Reed in this interview; apparently Oliver had a talent for messing with people to the degree that it was impossible to know if he was putting you on or not. A Sexy Beast for sure. You may want to check out "My Lunches with Orson" if you haven't already - it's a fascinating read and chock-full of anecdotes including the aforementioned "Greek Tragedy" haha

@@Bombabingbong66 Oliver Reed and Orsen Wells were one-offs ps Oliver Reed was on at least three occasions considered to play 007 James Bond also good to message to my fellow Sharpe

I always remember Merv on at 8:30 pm in the 70's. It was a 90 minute show I recall. Was there a time his was a daytime show? Maybe in the 60's. Mike Douglas, along with Dinah Shore, were back-to-back afternoon shows I remember. Great shows, all of them.

Mmm ~ I wonder, not entirely sober one is inclined to ponder.

@@JoseighBlogs By Ollie Reed standards, "sober" means NOT "(literally) falling-down drunk." LOL

Try The Three Musketeers too.

It's always sweet looking back...safe but you are wrong

Nostalgia merchant

He's right. Standards have plummeted. ​@@chancesareshewears

Orson was never overshadowed unless he choose to let someone else have center stage. Reed seems fairly sober for a change.

Ollie looked quite old quite quick.

So true.

How right you are

He’s not sober but he’s not drunk either. He’s refreshed but not inebriated lol.

I saw him interviewed by Max Headroom and as Max was straight with Oliver the interview was fine. I also saw a more typical interview, playing up to his reputation, by Des O’Connor, and it was awful.Des sniggering like a school boy as he asked provocative questions in anticipation of some sort of reaction.

There were a few more on KZfaq, really interesting but they were taken down. Shame, as they were great

There's a three part Parkinson interview with a sober OR on KZfaq.

Should have been called Orson Swells

Actor. Late Hours..Have someone pack out his Belongings..

Good point. Under cover of darkness, silently, like a mist along the ground. I mean to say he didn't climb out a window or shimmy down the fire escape!

I could watch them all day.

SCTV!

Big Suze keeps the scissors in the same drawer with the clingfilm, in case Alan Johnson really needs to know. He could always stick it on the laterbase, after he gets his wireless printer hooked up to Windows Vista, and has his cuppa builder's tea. Just just don't touch his duvet. You're not his wife; he had a wife, now he doesn't.

E eu queria ficar trancada com os 3 ! Ponha alain dellon e steve mcqueen junto

Charo

Bobbie what a windbag you are!

The female guest is Charo. She is a famous and celebrated flamenco guitarist. Listen again... she's a lot wittier and clever than the boys give her credit for! And she's still alive!!

@@siobhancrowley5195 Thank you ~ I didn't mean to discredit her ~ Love Flamenco ~ Have looked her out and agree WOW!🙂

Not allowed to say when somebody is speaking drivel? Quite decent drivel - granted!

You obviously don’t understand british humour, Oliver wasn’t being nasty to Charo it was simply a bit of humorous sarcasm that a lot of American people think of as nastiness or disrespecting someone. It was nothing of the kind, he said it in sarcastic jest.

Left what I find to be the best I took away. And will leave the rest to each person’s perspective.

It’s cultural, in Britain the more friendly you are with someone the more you tease them. It’s a sign of endearment.

@@eddiel7635 Teasing with those you like happens outside Britain too, fyi. But teasing & passive-aggression are not the same & what Reed was doing in this clip has, in my view, the unmistakable & unsubtle edge of passive-aggression.

@@marcsmirnoff936 as a Brit I can tell you it’s normal with someone your familiar with, it is what it is.

@@eddiel7635As a human being I can tell you that not all individuals behave in the same manner in every situation. Even if there is a general pattern among a group, there is often people who will vary from it. This includes Brits. In any case, our opinions about how Reed is behaving in this video is secondary to the footage itself. Perhaps it can speak for itself? Peace.

@@marcsmirnoff936 nope I’ve already told you what’s going on and I don’t much care whether you take it or leave it. Like I said, it is what it is but you’re not British so you wouldn’t get it. 👍🏼