To be fair, this is the basic format for pretty much most of these interviews with Ruby, she's sharp & acerbic with all of her victims, sometimes it goes well & sometimes it doesn't, this just went really well but could've gone either way.

BURT WAS FUNNIER THAN RUBY AND THATS A FIRST 😜EAT HUMBLE PIE RUBY LOVE THEM BOTH ⭐️

The problem was, that most of his projects didn't match his talents!

an absolute natural, you are

She was trying too hard to be funny and just ended up being annoying.

we all are

I love your eyes

Thanks Tony, nice thought for a Sunday ;-) Thanks mainly to Burt of course ;-)

Your welcome ciao Bella

Brando hated Burt.

Omg u should listen to brando trashing burt. Its bc burt as a young guy did a great lampooning of brando & his method acting & being a pain in the ass . Marlon hates him since. The impersonation was the best I've seen plus burt looked so much like a young brando.

@@natalieps2387 Marlon felt threatened

Man he had Brando down I didn't know he was that good of imitating people.

He imitated Brando in a Twilight Zone episode called the Bard where Burt plays a hammy method actor who asks William Shakespeare "what's his motivation "? It's hilarious. I'm sure Brando deserved it.

Watch his interviews on the Johnny Carson show. Hilarious! Great pie fights! He did one with Steve Martin, when Steve was Carson’s guest host. On that show, he shaved off half of his mustache, because some of the audience wanted him to keep it and some wanted him to shave it off. Too funny. Check it out, it’s on KZfaq.

Everyone says that and burt would have been great in the role but at that time he was one of the biggest stars in the world so how much would that role have really changed his life? The only thing diff would be that we'd now be saying he'd been in 2 great films. Other than that he'd have had the same career.

Tommy Petersen He also turned down One flew over a Cuckoos Nest,James Bond,Star Wars but Smokey and the Bandit did better, Marlon Brando didn’t want him in The Godfather. But we can’t go back it happens to all of us!

@@nobodysfool8200 The screenplay of Terms of Endearment was written by the same person who wrote Starting Over. Burt should've been nominated for his role, as were both his co-stars, in Starting Over. The part in Terms was written specifically with him in mind. It was a perfect role for him, obviously, and it would've brought him back a lot of credibility in the industry as being a "serious" actor once again. That's why everyone says it would've changed his career. Burt always wanted to be thought of and accepted as a "serious" actor. At "that time" in his career, it would've indeed changed everything. More parts like that would certainly have followed. He needed a well received "serious" part "at that time" in his career. Turning it down was an enormous mistake on his part (along w/ multiple other wrong choices he made career wise as well as personal). However, he did not turn down CooCoos Nest. He wanted that part badly, but it was given to Jack instead. But all the others he turned down are correct. You can add a part in the Mash series to the list as well. Unreal. And can you imagine him as James Bond?! He would've been fabulous!

@@hazeleyes1951 Al Pacino was a far better Don Corloene than Burt would have been and after adjusting ticket prices for inflatiion at the box office, Star Wars was the second biggest hit movie behind Gone with the wind.

He turned down Gone With The Wind three times

Yes, she looked like Loni Anderson, but her idea of foreplay was something like "...pull my nightgown down when you're through."

OMG perfect

Interesting if sad, thanks. That's one thing you should never do, underpay your staff & it really does show your true character.

Agreed...what was he thinking?! She was all fluff and no substance. I just can't ever understand the appeal for him with her, for longer than 15 minutes. Dinah Shore and Sally Field were women of "substance". On a day to day basis, what did Loni do for him? A complete mismatch. And as it turned out, a nasty, greedy bitch to boot! Burt deserved better.

Sally Field , too bad they couldn't of got it. Oh well , that's life.

I agree, but she does also love them as well.

for all of burt reynolds' passé persona, he did have a quick wit and was underrated as a funny man, watching ruby and burt trade quips is quite fun, a good example is 17:23 where ruby asks burt if he "ever saw (lonnie anderson) without makeup"... his answer is brilliant, he compliments lonnie's natural beauty then adds most women don't need all that makeup, something that's part of ruby's own over-the-top persona. score and zing... that's how you work it guys, take notes.

You may or may not be right about other shows, although Ruby didn't really do anything quite like anyone else at the time. However, you are incorrect about what you think Ruby is trying to do, if you go & watch any of the other episodes in the series, I have a few listed, she definitely never tries to 'mock' her guests, she mainly attempts to befriend them & then have a laugh to see what they'll disclose. I'm not for a moment claiming that media types can't be devious, but Ruby stood alone, she actually started in front of the camera, so she was already less threatening to anyone who knew here, Carrie Fisher for instance. In defence of Rubes, not everyone's the same, so you can laugh at this without feeling like you're feeding the beast!