And the other two guests Paxman and Coogan can only look on in silent awe and wish they could be as whip smart and witty as this 76 year old woman for one minute, let alone an entire interview. Wasn't she something? I was lucky enough to see her one woman show at the Old Vic in 2001. She was w hirlwind that surprised, delighted, made you laugh, made you cry, endeared and excited you and then sent you home feeling you'd really lived through something extraordinary. A wonderful woman and that rare thing, a true star. Make no mistake, Elaine Stritch is up there with the best of the best, we shall not see her like again. God bless you Elaine and thank you.
She was one incredible human being. She lived a marvelously amazing life and, thank God, she survived to share it with everyone. Genuine and stupendously entertaining.
She's not capable of a boring interview, or boring anything for that matter. I saw her at her Carlyle show Saturday night and I didn't blink the whole time! Thank you for posting this.
Through all her problems and battles with alcohol, diabetes, unhappy love affairs she shone with a blistering honesty. We just have to love this amazing lady - best version of ' Broadway Baby' I ever heard her give with her low notes sounding like a trombone and a perfect mix of humour and touching reality. If you do not know her work please watch episodes of Two's Company where she and the late, wonderful Sir Donald Sinden as her butler give a masterclass in comic timing
What a sensational lady, she just oozes talent and character, she sells the songs which every bit of soul, her story telling through song is incredible...wow what a star
I first saw her in the movie 'Out to sea.' with Mathau and Lemon. Then I looked her up because she seemed very interesting. Then I find alot of material on RU-vid about her. And the documentary ' Shoot me'. I saw that over and over again and just couldn't get enough of her. What great talent! She was a true person, honest and unequivocally down to earth. Just wonderful and more!
Now THAT's how you put a song over! All the many renditions of Broadway Baby I've heard over the years, this is the first time I feel I've actually experienced the song done well. What a great artist. No wonder Porter, Coward and Sondheim all adored her. Rest in peace, dear lady.
Ursa Minor and her intelligence. Listenplease to many of her interviews for she can teach us many things. A truly great star and above above all a very great lady
As a kid in Canada in the 1970s, we saw her British sit-com, Two's Company, on TV. Loved Stritchie's brassy sarcasm and toughness even when I was 10, and grew up getting to admire so many other performances by her. One of my big thrills was seeing her in New York in At Liberty, the solo show she is talking about here when she was performing it in London. One of the great theatre nights of my life. Saw her again when she toured with it later and stopped in Toronto. A hilarious show-stopper.
Who DOESN'T love Elaine Stitch?! What a Number She is... The brilliant thing for me is watching Jeremy Paxman pay attention to her like a smitten schoolboy. THE Elaine Stritch and The Jeremy Paxman --- with the One and Only Parkinson... AWESOME!
If I were a middle school teacher, and I'd have a "don't do drugs" day, this is the video I'd show my class, for all the right reasons. Her story is harrowing, and genuine, and she tells it so entertainingly. I love it.
She was in a Woody Allen picture called “September.” She was the only good thing about the movie; absolutely walked away with the picture. Worth a look just for Stritch.
I saw this woman once a long time ago I didn't get her but now I see here more on RU-vid and I just love her she's the most gracious grateful entertainer I have ever seen she's so talented. Unfortunately I saw who she was after she died I can't get enough of her especially when she sings I'm still here. I love that song.
Elaine will be missed! (and is missed) I never saw her in her one woans show, never got over to the Carlyle Hotel in NYC, but she did (almost) knocked me down on the streets of NYC 3-4 times...generally @27th and 6rh Avenue when I was on my lunch hour from work...strong dancer's legs! She was a part of NYC life for years...often saw her walking around twon...and she's one of the last historian)'s of Broadway's Golden Age.
I don’t think this lady can be copied, she is too real. I doubt she could be done by drag or caricature which usually relies on artificiality. Yup I miss her but there are so many opportunities to see much of his work: that helps.
An interviewer's dream.... she would make anyone look good.... fabulous talent - saw Elaine Stritch At Liberty in the Public Theatre in Manhattan and it remains one of the best shows I have ever seen and I suspect ever will
Omg she was so amazing and funny...one of the first series I ever watched was 'Two's company' with Donald Sinden - it started when I was 8 and I distinctly remember watching the first episode with my mother and us both loving it...RIP
This might be hard to believe for those just discovering her, but Elaine is much more charmingly warm here than the crustier Elaine I've seen in other interviews.
MIchael Parkinson is such a fawner... he is right about the show... I never liked his interviewing style....She was great.... Jeremy Paxman looks so young
