I love Debralee Scott and it's very sad that her life is over. In this funny clip, Debralee is unaware that her shirt buttons have come undone and we can see a lot of cleavage.
Debralee was a very sweet, humorous, and intelligent lady. I think, I enjoyed her on game shows the most. I was saddened of her passing. May she rest in peace.
She was an EXTREMELY beautiful person, that smile,hair,personality. Thank you so much for posting this,feel very honored to have seen what I did,true " Art"😉👍
Debralee was the quintessential 70's chick. I love that the wardrobe malfunction occurred on Ludden's watch. He always struck me as a conservative guy. I like to remember Debralee this way, she literally died of a broken heart.
+Crimson Kng You are correct. It felt like "literally" was the right word for effect. If it sends people to find out more about Debralee's life and work, then our RU-vid comments have done their job!
Wow, I remember her on Kotter, but did not realize all the other parts of her life. I guess losing her fiance on 9/11 took a major toll on her. Very strange how she lapsed into a coma, woke up and then died a few days later while taking a nap. The fact that doctors were never able to determine exact cause of death, tells you just how precious and fragile life can be. Very tragic and sad . RIP !! Clearly she had a great sense of humor , from watching this classic clip.
Debralee Scott was such a talented and naturally funny young actress, a real staple of several sweetly remembered shows of the 1970s & 80s ("Welcome Back Kotter," "Mary Hartman","Match Game", "Angie")...She was a very 'real' personality and a class act...The tragedy of her last years revolves around the death of her partner, an NYC fireman who was killed during 9/11...Debralee never got over this loss, and some say she died of a broken heart several years later...She is missed.
Agreed...I thought she handled her wardrobe "malfunction" just as she did in life...smiling and saying.."OOPS....I'm coming apart at the seams here"....TV was sooooooo much more fun back in the day! Cheers
***** let's be kind in memory to a sweet, whimsical woman who was dealt a very tragic hand by fate when the love-of-her-life was killed on 9/11...i was not comparing debralee to lucille ball, so no 'pedestal' there...she was very endearing in many of the comic roles she played, and by all evidence & testimonials was a very warm and sincere person offscreen as well...give her THAT, please ;)
In those days it was considered inappropriate to show that much cleavage. Nowadays you see more cleavage than that on the red carpet and nobody tries to cover up.
Rick Spear Hell no! It was the 1970s. There was cleavage but it was also considered daring (or inappropriate) to show off that much. I didn't see lots of cleavage in most TV shows. Sometimes grown women may wear a swimsuit or evening gown showing lots of cleavage . That was more the exception than the norm. You just think it was more innocent because nobody in your social circle was talking about it as being inappropriate. I'm female and I was taught by society (and I lived in New York City back then too) that it wasn't ladylike to dress like that. I never did because I would think that others would see me as slutty. I can't even remember any teen girls showing off much cleavage but some did go braless though and that was somewhat revealing (very revealing if they were running. lol) .
Thatsswell2012 I was living in British Columbia in the '70's. It was more accepted on the west coast of Canada and the US. You must remember most of the TV shows showed a lot. CHiPs, Three's Company..etc. Plus what shows like Match Game got away with. My views are based on my life and yours are based on your life. I thank you for your input. Hope you have a great week.
RJ Spear I lived on the east coast and I recall seeing stuff like this on TV all the time. I don't know if it was accidental or on purpose but as a teenaged boy at that time I found lots of fantasy fodder on TV. And that was before cable TV.
nunya biznez "I lived on the east coast and I recall seeing stuff like this on TV all the time." I have no doubt that you had but just the idea that you had to question whether it was by accident or on purpose tells me that it was seen as being risque. I was told that it wasn't appropriate to show off that much. Judging by Debralee Scott's reaction she thought she was showing off a bit too much.
Wow, I had no idea Debralee Scott had passed. Loved her personality...a very funny girl... and she was such a natural in all she did. So heartbreaking to find this out...she was one of my contemporaries.
Yep. She had a drinking problem, unfortunately. Her fiancé was killed in the the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center. She died just four years later.
@@tracymiller1149 Yes, from what I read she just couldn't get over her fiancé's death and basically committed prolonged suicide, such a shame, one of the uncounted casualties of 911.
No way would attire like that be allowed on a game show nowadays... especially the playful "Don't go away, she may flash again..." comment. I think there's a difference between sexism and fun situations like this. This was just some good-natured boob admiration.
05gtdriver You're right. I was thinking about the wrong scene. I was thinking Candy Clark said something similar about Charles Martin Smith elsewhere in the movie. She and Debralee have the same sort of vibe.
I always thought Debralee was adorable, she just seemed like a normal girl from the 70s.Maybe she was and would have been better off never being famous maybe not. Her acting in MHMH was very good. Goodnite dear, you are missed
My girlfriend has small c cups with big puffy nipples, I forbid her from wearing a bra, lol! She's shy but breasts as great as hers should be on display for all to see, I can't remember the last time she had a bra on.
Debralee was soo cute in Welcome back Kotter! I was a kid when I saw her in it.. I really liked her, (She might be the reason I have a thing for Redheads with Freckles!). She always seemed like such a nice/cool gal! Sluggo
@@keithkowal9606 Yes she was on Welcome Back Kotter. She played Rosalie "Hotsie" Totsie who accused the sweathogs of knocking her up and later quit school to work in a strip club. After being on Kotter, she played Donna Pescow's sister on Angie. Marcia Strassman played Mrs. Kotter.
Such a tragedy for someone who came across as such an energetic woman. I'm sure you miss her as a friend as we fans miss her. No one should only be given 52 years :(
I remember her from various TV shows and movies.I had a crush on her too.Its sad the way she passed away.I always wondered what happened to her because like some stars,they just disappear
Ron Pelillo told me that she started her own talent agency, she was representing other actors - and then he said you wouldn't believe how much money she owes me. But I could tell he still liked her a lot. She was in a segment of the film Earthquake that was filmed exclusively for the t.v. version. She's also in the film Reincarnation of Peter Proud and in the Bad Girls number on Donna Summer's ABC-TV special.
Sorry to see her go so young. Also, how weird that her few undone shirt buttons constituted an 'exposure' of her breasts. Really? I didn't see a thing. That poor old game show host would have had a coronary if he saw what 'flashing' is today while on-air. RIP Ms Scott
I've always like Debralee Scott. She was cute, funny and a talented comedic actress. So sad she never got over her fiance's death from 9/11. When he died, she pretty much died too. RIP
@@kurtp8833 Not on the episode I'm referring to. She got way over 200 on the first round. I don't know why her Wikipedia doesn't mention this but it's right here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4u7Y914dt80.html
@@jedijones "I don't know why her Wikipedia doesn't mention this ..." Probably because Wikipedia isn't really definitive. It's crowd-sourced, and depends for its accuracy & completeness, on people with the right knowledge & the right intentions. Fred
@@jimmartin7881 In some areas, it's really good. If you're looking for an explanation of the calculus of variations, or the equatorial radius of Jupiter, or the density of palladium at STP, or who was the U.S. Secretary of War in 1834, you're very likely to get a good answer. And if it's for something really important, not just idle curiosity, there's a list of references to at least give you a start on finding definitive information. But for something like this, you're just as likely as not, to get someone's faulty memory. Fred
Love how this went out over the air and I'd bet that NOT ONE complaint was filed, no fuss was made. It was 5 seconds and everyone got on with their lives. Today this would've have been SUCH a big deal. Every tabloid show would've been having a field day with this. Lawsuits would be flying and people would protest in the streets....(smh). Much better times back then.
+Dan Bogle There will always be complainers. E.g., former OK Senator Tom Coburn complained about the movie Schindler's List being aired on TV in 1997 unedited with characters portraying female Jewish concentration camp prisoners being forced to run around naked to prove they were worthy of being kept alive filmed from afar. He claimed the "TV broadcast should outrage parents and decent-minded individuals everywhere".
@@nineball039 The film had a TV-MA rating with warnings about it's content. Spielberg himself said he wouldn't let his children watch it until they came of age.
Those were the days. Women weren't all marked up with tattoo's and didn't have a bunch of rings, pins and barbells going through all parts of their bodies. Just good old-fashioned flesh :)
@@bob494949 your take on my comment is incorrect and all over the place.. If you read again I was merely adding to the person's opening comment. Steady up.
By watching out this video, one thing I have noticed that since in 60s and 70s, unbuttoning of two shirt buttons was so in from that. Which look amazing. Even still my moom too follow such kind of fashion by unbuttining two of her shirt buttons. Which looks lovely on her.
I was a fan of hers from MARY HARTMAN on. If you look carefully at the beginning of DIRTY HARRY, DebraLee makes her film debut playing the naked corpse in a newly discovered shallow grave. Everyone else is wearing heavy coats. She's wearing only a handful of dirt and she has to hold her breath. What determination !
+surfitlive Agreed. If women would unite on this, the laws would have to be overturned. The topic of nude = sexual is an infinitely fascinating one. As the occasional user of clothing-optional beaches, from my POV, most bodies, female and male, are about as interesting w/o clothes as they are with. Where nudity gets most interesting and eroticized, for me, is when there is a feature that draws attention to a sexual area of the body, e.g., large breasts, dark/long nipples, a hairy twat, a big cock, etc.). I suspect that, even if full nudity were the casual norm, we'd all still have our fetishes, which means body parts would still be eroticized. How we get past that (do we want to?) I have no clue.
+surfitlive Agreed. If women would unite on this, the laws would have to be overturned. The topic of nude = sexual is an infinitely fascinating one. As the occasional user of clothing-optional beaches, from my POV, most bodies, female and male, are about as interesting w/o clothes as they are with. Where nudity gets most interesting and eroticized, for me, is when there is a feature that draws attention to a sexual area of the body, e.g., large breasts, dark/long nipples, a hairy twat, a big cock, etc.). I suspect that, even if full nudity were the casual norm, we'd all still have our fetishes, which means body parts would still be eroticized. How we get past that (do we want to?) I have no clue.
BTW: that phrase is "time immemorial" and your statement is NOT true. Our European ancestors were much more liberal before the little ice age. Here in America, there was a time when it was considered immoral for either a man or a woman to be uncovered. It was the end of the Victorian era. Even as late as 1910, a man could be arrested for going topless. Men organized and demanded the right. It's time women did the same. The Puritans came to America because they were DESPISED in Europe. I for one think its about time that our puritan ways go into the dustin of history.
blah You're right about men having to cover up in public. My uncle used to tell a story about evading the cops at Coney Island beach when, as a boy/teen in the '20s/'30s he would go bare-chested.
I haven't had a chance to review the death certificate -- suffice to say, she probably let her health go. Some of the more recent pictures of her showed obvious signs. She had put on alot of weight. I'm sure the drinking didn't help.
Debralee looked like the girl next door and not a Hollywood star. That's always been the type of girl I've been attracted to. To heck with the breast implants you see in most of these Hollywood women today. Girls like Debralee , Dana Plato, Susan Dey, ect. Were much better looking because they were natural and just looked like a girl you'd see move in next door.
Bruce Scott She was a hot young lady. Women today need to take a lesson from someone like her. Be natural and never mind getting the boob jobs just so you have a big set.
you also need to look at the ones that were "heartthobs" back in those days a lot of them were just average looking people like Debralee. They weren't filled with silecone so they'd have DD's. Even the male heartthobs were average looking guys one I remember girls talking about was Randolf Mantooth that played John Gage on Emergency most girls today would look at him and say what's so great about him but back when that show was on girls thought he was hot.
? Maybe I am mistaken about her cause of death. I thought she developed cancer a few years after her husband was killed in some sort of boating accident. How old was Debralee Scott when she died?
I looked up her death on Wikipedia. I'm Assuming one can trust the Wikipedia entry. It seems her life was collateral damage from the 911 attacks; Her fiance was a police officer who was like killed in the 911 attacks. Good job guys; with two or three extraordinarily large but not very creative acts of destruction, you kept right on tallying up body counts for at least the next fourteen years! I hope those 40 Virgins of yours are giving you everything you deserve. ☹️!
@@TheNoiseySpectator , She developed liver cancer. Her fience died in the 9-11 attacks and she crawled into a bottle to deal with the sadness. She died in 2004. (As I remember the story.)
Yeah, before the BOTOX. Damn I'm glad I don't hafta be pretty, that stuff is some scary shit. It can do wonders for many things/conditions, but there's always that "What IF" factor, which can scar or maim one, for life. A literal nerve poison, just "watered down"...(shudder!)
I have to admit, back in the day there was something about her. She wasn't all that hot, or pretty, but there was a certain quality to her. Too bad she passed so young.
Ken Parnell Debralee was the object of alot of guy's desires back in the late Seventies and early Eighties. I being one of them. She wasn't traditionally beautiful but what most would consider flaws like her overbite and upturned button nose were assets to Debralee.
Exactly, one of the hottest women I have ever known had a terrible facial scar on her cheek from an auto accident back in the late sixties. You know, in the days before seat belts, anyway, after you spoke to her five minutes you never noticed the scar after that. Debralee was one of those people, she just had it......whatever "IT" was. I had a thing for her like you wouldn't believe.
Debralee was funny and smart. She was great on Mary Hartman and Kotter. Sorry to hear of her passing. By the way, the game show host is Betty White's husband.
Wish that she could see these comments. A few off color but, for the most part, very appreciative of Debralee and her career. My parents played Password all the time with their friends and it was one of those word games where the interaction between the players was the fun part. People followed along at home while watching and Debralee was always fun. She had looks that most would find attractive but she looks different than other women. I think if five trained artists were given the task of drawing a beautiful woman, they wouldn't come up with Debralee's head and face. But, if you compared all of them to her, you would have to say, "Those other women look great but Debralee looks great, too!" And, yeah. Nice bazooms... Wouldn't *you* like to be Harrison Ford blasting down the road in a beater 55 Chevy with Debralee Scott just about sitting on your lap? Of course you would! If there is something called an afterlife, I hope Debralee is having one where everything is wonderful!
lol! yes, the 70's was such a fashion disaster decade wasn't it? i'll never forget the time i was wearing polyester pants and my dad accidentally dropped an ash from his cigarette which instantly scorched my pants. but instead of saying "sorry about that", he got pissed and said "cheap damn japanese made plastic pants!".
She was more than just this mishap. She was funny spunky, had a good attitude, beautiful. I fondly remember her for that. May she R.I.P. On the game shows, she had a flirty schtick, and I think that is what they were. Perhaps attracts the wrong people for it.
@@fscap811 yeah, I'm old enough to remember too. I still think it was set up though. What are the chances of three buttons coming undone without her noticing?
Art Trombley She knew exactly what she was doing. There's no way any woman is going to sit there for at least a whole minute with her shirt open and titties popping out and not even realize it. And don't try to tell me she was caught up in the moment.
She kind of came on to me at a wrap party held at Paramount Studios. I recognized her, but couldn't remember her name or the shows she was known for. I was a little intimidated because she was a celebrity and didn't pursue it, so I just smiled and moved on. She seemed very sweet though. R.I.P.
I had such a crush on her... from the first time I saw her I was soooo in love with her. Cute, bubbly, sexy and seemingly so friendly. Such a tragic loss...
@@jedijonesThe '70s were weird times. Network television was very "buttoned down," for the most part. Yet, many shows on public television during that time showed cleavage. People just had to know where to find it. I remember seeing a documentary where it showed a number mothers giving birth, sans clothes. Yeah, it was all out there.
I liked her back in the 70's also during my Jr. High and high school days. She seemed like she'd be cool in every day life and It was nice to see an average looking down to Earth female on TV once in a while
