Bea Arthur talks Norman Lear, Zero Mostel = Part 4 of 4

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Today, we wrap up my archival talk with the late great Bea Arthur. Today, we cover her relationship with Norman Lear. The one woman show she did late in life. The consequences and responsibilities of dealing with fame and fans. Why she hated doing Fiddler on the Roof with Zero Mostel. And we talked about the similarities and differences between Bea and her sitcom characters.
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@jamieleightee Жыл бұрын

Oh how I cried the day this beautiful lady left us. April 25th is a very rough day for me. Not only did we lose Bea on April 25, 2009, but I lost my beloved grandfather on April 25, 2019 10 years after Bea.

@moorlock2003 Ай бұрын

I cried too, and I rarely cry whena well-known person dies.

@MrRee-rs5dm 6 жыл бұрын

She was a true talent. Her comedic timing was impeccable. Thank God Golden Girls reruns can be found every single day. The funniest, best written comedy sitcom ever.

@jess00821 7 жыл бұрын

Could not help but notice how emotional Bea got when she talked about abortion. I just love her so much look how honest and down to earth she seems. She WAS that way in real life. WARM and GENUINE for sure, soft spoken, but kinda loved a good curse word, a dirty joke ever so often, she was lovely, gracious, and got teary eyed a little bit easy. I was so blessed to meet Bea up close and personal in September 2001.

@aslscott78 5 жыл бұрын

jess00821 liar 🤥

@danseabreeze1404 4 жыл бұрын

@@aslscott78 Troll! LOL...

@jess00821 4 жыл бұрын

@St St it don't matter if you believe me or not it happened

@truce1121 3 жыл бұрын

She was on the verge of tears!

@desertrose1226 2 жыл бұрын

Wow you’re lucky as hell. You met a true Hollywood great!

@KenHowardLCSWGayTherapyLA 6 жыл бұрын

Nice job on the interview! She seems so generous with you. She must have really liked you.

@PopGoesTheCultureTV 6 жыл бұрын

We liked each other! One of my favorites. Hope you're a subscriber, Ken.

@aeriel69 5 жыл бұрын

Hello from Japan! I am an American who teaches English here. Japanese people know absolutely nothing about Maude and The Golden Girls. I used to teach an English class to women who were 50 years and over and I showed them the episode of The Golden Girls about Blanche going through menopause. They were very surprised that there was a TV program that covered that topic even existed. Some really connected with how Dorothy embraced menopause. There was a lot of conversation about that and I was surprised by how freely they were able to discuss it in front of me. What was most fascinating is they understood that Blanche was the pretty one, but they considered Bea Arthur to be the prettiest.

@jeremygann3645 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you SO VERY MUCH for this interview. Bea has ALWAYS been one of my most favorite people. I was lucky to know her as a young comic when she was on the GOLDEN GIRLS run. Kind, warm, very caring and funnier than ANY person to have EVER walked this Earth. People are always surprised to know how different she was from some of the characters she has portrayed. She was such a love. I think her most favorite things in the world were her boys, her dogs and being barefoot at home. I miss her. I always will miss her.

@PopGoesTheCultureTV 4 жыл бұрын

Hey, Jeremy Gann! Thanks for watching. I'm glad you liked this episode. Hope you'll subscribe. What sorts of videos do you like best? David

@shebarobin9418 2 жыл бұрын

It was something special about Ms. Bea Arthur I kind of wish I knew her personally. What amazing person she was. She would have taught me alot. ❤️

@CandyAppleBlue 5 жыл бұрын

Great advice from Bea! Did anyone else notice one of her dogs behind her at the 15:04 point in the video? I know how much she loved her dogs. Thanks for sharing this!

@Kevintucky 2 жыл бұрын

WONDERFUL interview.. So grateful for your share.

@PopGoesTheCultureTV 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words, KEviN TUCKY. I appreciate all my viewer comments. Hope you've subscribed. What sorts of videos do you like best? David

@Fatima502 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for posting these clips. "I've been gainfully employed for many years" has to be one of the understatements of all time. I'm glad I got to see her one-and-a-half woman show in London the year before this interview. After delivering the best lines she'd stare into the audience and it was if she was looking at me personally. Now with The Golden Girls finally back on Network TV in the UK, we are reminded of how great this show really was.

@christopherramon-reid2000 5 жыл бұрын

David, by far, this is the BEST interview I’ve ever seen Bea Arthur do. Great, great work.

@PopGoesTheCultureTV 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you SO much, Christopher!

@xcalibur1011 4 жыл бұрын

Bea Arthur is a beautiful magnetically attractive statuesque woman for her age as an talented actress. Thanks! Maude and Dorothy. RIP!

@desertrose1226 2 жыл бұрын

Bea! She was fab! She looked like 3 members of my family! My gran, my auntie and my mom!

@dxmxo9427 4 жыл бұрын

Love her interviews

@antonmarino6568 3 жыл бұрын

A true American jewel. Will always be loved. R.I.P.

@scotthockenberry3085 2 жыл бұрын

This was a great interview. I enjoyed this series. She was quite the talent

@danseabreeze1404 4 жыл бұрын

After Bea's death, Bette White stated that Bea didn't like her too much, I would have loved to have heard what was her relationship was like with Bette, Rue and Estelle.

@FCignelli 6 жыл бұрын

She was an extraordinary person. Still can't believe she's gone.

@BobBarnett 4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely wonderful Interview. You did it once again David. Thank you so much! I found all the episodes of Amanda's By The Sea, here on KZfaq. I'm looking forward to watching it. Bea was simply amazing and I'm so glad we have so much of her work to keep her alive forever.

@novemberday8277 3 жыл бұрын

I adore Bea ❤️

@tallulah2 4 жыл бұрын

Loved her so much. Thanks for this great interview!

@PopGoesTheCultureTV 4 жыл бұрын

You're welcome, tallulah2 . Glad you liked it. I hope you've subscribed. There's a lot more where this came from. What sorts of videos would you like to see going forward? Best, David

@michellejoynes309 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for posting your interview. If you chatted for an hour after the interview, did you document any of the further stories she shared? I was always sad that Bea spoke of the 'Mame' film with a sense of failure. Yet I LOVE this, and without it, would never have known of Bea's stage successes. Thank you for sharing what you did, and thank you Bea.

@MyLife-hl4or 4 жыл бұрын

I grew up with Ms Arthur on TV. Boy I wish I had the nerve to travel from the UK to the USA to see her on stage. God bless you Ms Arthur, you were (and still are) a part of my life and memories.

@savannah8243 2 жыл бұрын

I love that last sentence you said. She and all the girls hold a special place in my heart, and you worded exactly why that is.

@MyLife-hl4or 2 жыл бұрын

@@savannah8243 Hugs xxx

@jess00821 4 жыл бұрын

RIP gorgeous Bea. Any Bea haters here can get lost.

@tameikabrown 2 жыл бұрын

U Tell Em

@dylancohen7263 Жыл бұрын

Literally no one is hating on her

@jasongibson3496 6 жыл бұрын

I feel so sad for Bea. She really wanted to move to the England, because she loved the people there, their culture, their way of life. Due to health reasons, her dream never became a reality. I love Bea, she is my favorite Golden Girl. But at the same time, never wanted to see my beloved Bea get old or have health problems. I think if she did not have health problems, I am sure she would have lived longer. Bea left us much to soon.

@libertygiveme1987 6 жыл бұрын

Jason - REALITY CHECK - Bea was UP THERE in age when she passed over!!!! None of us GET OUT OF THIS LIFE ALIVE!!!!

@jess00821 6 жыл бұрын

Jason Gibson when you say health problems, do you mean lung cancer?

@chadsoard500 4 жыл бұрын

Buddy she was close to 90.It's not like she died at 30!

@sunnyann7 3 жыл бұрын

Mesmerizing

@dougr.2398 2 жыл бұрын

What did she look like as a young actress? Say in ThreePenny Opera? As an 11 year old singer in Maryland?

@matthewstyles1720 4 жыл бұрын

Great interview.

@jda226 4 жыл бұрын

I enjoyed this interview

@mckavitt13 3 жыл бұрын

Wish you, the interviewer, were closer to Bea & using a mic. Even she couldn't hear you.

@NYKID10014 3 жыл бұрын

Seriously! She had to say “what” 50 times!

@markr002 4 ай бұрын

And actually ask a straightforward question rather than a train of consciousness that makes no sense.

@PDC-yb9qs 2 жыл бұрын

Isn't she utterly majestic 😍

@jesusbuiltmyhotrod Жыл бұрын

What a cultured classy beautiful woman Bea Arthur was!

@thomasbinninger1355 4 жыл бұрын

She also did the Perry como show.

@donnareed1015 2 жыл бұрын

Hey David, great job with this interview I really enjoyed it!!! I'll be watching more of your videos. Thankyou❤

@mrbrownroyyal 3 жыл бұрын

Can we get the footage of the extra hour after this?

@trumansf 4 жыл бұрын

Oh how I wish the interviewer would speak up. Poor Bea not being able to hear the questions just lowers the overall quality of the interview and makes it uncomfortable to watch at times. Even though the questions are good.

@madvidz9819 6 жыл бұрын

So was Ursula the sea witch presented to bea Arthur? Was she ever offered the role? Anyone know. Anyone know any video or footage where bea talks about the Disney movie?

@stevejarrettnc 3 жыл бұрын

God, I envy the people you’ve met.

@ElectedOfficial1 6 жыл бұрын

Wow, eight shows a week! Twenty years...sounds like my music career..and more.

@TheEwing69 2 жыл бұрын

Loved this interview, her mouth seemed very dry though, like she needed water. lol

@desertrose1226 2 жыл бұрын

I am not hating on her as I think she was great, but she smoked apparently. That can have this affect on you where your mouth gets dry.

@AAwildeone 7 жыл бұрын

It's kind of easy...Maude was the liberal version of Archie...and Bea says exactly the same thing Carrol O'Conner said...I was playing a role...

@klaus-dieterkoch363 2 жыл бұрын

David Levin, Love it. Markus

@danseabreeze1404 4 жыл бұрын

Why is Bea floating in her chair at the end of the interview? LOL...

@thomasbinninger1355 4 жыл бұрын

Betty white was trying to punch her off stage.

@ElectedOfficial1 6 жыл бұрын

Abortion wasn't used as birth control when the sit com Maude first aired. People still sent hate mail. But, that's why the subject was allowed in the show. It was supposed to be a life or death situation, as intended.

@jasonhurd4379 4 жыл бұрын

Would have been nice if the interviewer had been hooked up to an actual microphone rather than a potato...

@PopGoesTheCultureTV 4 жыл бұрын

Hi, Jason Hurd. Just for clarification: This interview was originally for a documentary in which the interviewer was never intended to be heard by the audience. The answers were edited and only portions were ever aired. We are presenting it now completely uncut and uncensored because we felt people would be interested in the footage as a historical record of this iconic and beloved actor. The interviewers sound is what it is, unfortunately, and presented without apology. Hope you can enjoy it in that context.

@jasonhurd4379 4 жыл бұрын

@@PopGoesTheCultureTV Ah, I see. Thanks for the information!

@aslscott78 3 жыл бұрын

Pop Goes The Culture TV I bet u r a total bottom but now bc u r older gay u are strictly oral

@benjamindenton 4 жыл бұрын

No wonder she couldn't hear; neither could we...

@TraditionalFun 4 жыл бұрын

Context is everything. In this interviews the original interviewer was never meant to be heard. The interview was edited and used in a different manner. This is uncut raw footage. You’re hearing a voice you were never meant to hear. How’s your sarcasm feel now?

@Sweetmissy12 4 жыл бұрын

Why the strange interview? Where are you sitting? In a metal box with bull horn?

@PopGoesTheCultureTV 4 жыл бұрын

Hi, Sweetmissy12. Just for clarification: This interview was originally for a documentary in which the interviewer was never intended to be heard by the audience. The answers were edited and only portions were ever aired. We are presenting it now completely uncut and uncensored because we felt people would be interested in the footage as a historical record of this iconic and beloved actor. The interviewers sound is what it is, unfortunately, and presented without apology. Hope you can enjoy it in that context.

@rc5chi539 4 жыл бұрын

I don't like to moan about stuff BUT I really dislike how these interviews are being done!? The sound of the interviewer is really BAD quality!!! Bea can't hear half of what he's saying, my sound is almost all the way up because of the mumbling, echoing and very bad sound? why not sit with the guest, rather than away from them? Very strange setup. IMO

@PopGoesTheCultureTV 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Just for clarification: This interview was originally for a documentary in which I was never intended to be heard by the audience. The answers were edited and only portions were ever aired. I'm presenting it now completely uncut and uncensored because I felt people would be interested to hear it - (certainly less so in what I was saying!) The footage is a historical record of this iconic and beloved actor. My sound is what it is, unfortunately, and presented without apology. Hope you can enjoy it in that context. Thanks for understanding. Best, David

@rc5chi539 4 жыл бұрын

@@PopGoesTheCultureTV Well, David, I do appreciate the explanation because I found it quite odd? So, thanks for taking the time to explain and for not being angry or arrogant with your reply. Stay safe.

@aslscott78 3 жыл бұрын

@@PopGoesTheCultureTV r u a total bottom? Or bc u r older only oral? Ok 👌