I read Chris Lemmon's first book, and it was heartbreaking at times. I had the impression that Jack Lemmon's marriage to Felicia Farr was toxic and very destructive, with Chris experiencing some pretty brutal treatment, emotionally. I give him a lot of credit for forgiving his dad and keeping the door open to their relationship.
You are correct. He went through hell and suffered a lot of emotional pain. He emerged from that experience remarkably forgiving and compassionate. I admire him enormously.
I always liked Chris Lemmon. I didn't know he continued to make films. It is wonderful to hear him say he believes in frequencies, vibrations and so forth. I always thought Chris had a tremendous amount of love, universal love, that just emanates. pours out from him, perhaps because he accepted the terms of his father's way of having a relationship with him. He accepted and that was that. But he gifts us with the spirit of love. Bless you, Chris. You got it all right. I, too, have been diagnosed with a small hiatal hernia. Listened to this twice. I agree that perhaps your emotions were twisted in your trying to breathe free and somehow your body obliged you. As we age we pretty much just try to figure out why we've manifested the dream of our issues without being aware of how to make a lot of it better. Judge Brownstone, you are a wonderful man, and I just realized you are broadcasting from the UK.
I listened to this interview & thought that Chris is such a strong, vibrant, intelligent, humorous, introspective human being & I'm sure his father could see that too. His father may not have left him money but left him qualities which he'll pass on to his own children. I'll look for Chris's book. A wonderful interview. Thank you for sharing!
Bless you, Chris!! You’re such a lovely man. Wishing you health and strength to manifest much more joy and happiness with you and yours!! God bless you, always!!! 🌺🤗🙌
Jack Lemon was the consumate actor he could do an outstanding dramatic role and turn around a become a stellar comedic actor he should have received more than 2 Ocars in my opinion. I miss seeing him and with his friend and colleague , Walter Mathieu. Loved Jack Lemon.❤
Sadly, I didn't know you until this interview. I thoroughly enjoyed it. You not only look like your dad you, but sound like him. I've seen all of his movies. A wonderful actor. Comedy and Drama. My favorite is the 1962 'Days of Wine and Roses'. I cannot watch this film without crying, because it's the story of my life. And the memorable Academy Award song by Mancini and Johnny Mercer. Also, one of the most famous and classic lines in Hollywood movies is at the end of the 1959 'Some like it Hot'. At the very end of the movie between Daphney and Joe E. Brown. Wow!
wow chris looks and sounds like his dad even more today, His dad was so funny. I loved the odd couple yrs ago. Thankyou for covering this interview. Great knowing chris is well.
What a wonderful interview. Chris has so many mannerisms of his father. The apple truly didn't fall far from the tree. My favorite movie of Jack's was "The Out Of Towners". I have watched that movie over and over. Jack did so many wonderful movies. I had no idea how many times I saw Chris and I am not sure I realized it was him.
So wonderful to hear Chris in this interview. His voice, face and mannerisms harken so much of his father, Jack. I loved so many of Jack's performances, but one of my favorites is from the film Glengarry Glen Ross. It's a hard character to watch on many levels because we know he's doomed from the start of the film. Jack portrays an unlikeable character, but we sympathize with him on different levels......he's gotten himself so far behind the 8 ball, he can't find his way out. Great performance.
Wow , what an honest and good guy is chris Lemmon. And Harvey what a good interviewer. I so enjoyed this interview. Much good health to Chris and a continued happy life💕
Thank you Harvey and Chris for that wonderful interview. It's clear to see that Chris Lennon is a soulful and peaceful person who is true to himself and his loving family. Blessings.
I’ve been interested in Chris Lemmon for years. After seeing your interview, Harvey, I feel as though I have met him personally. He’s a wonderful person & excellent actor!❤
That means the world to me. I wanted to give my viewers a real look into his soul. I hope I did that. Thank you for watching and for taking the time to post your comment.
I am in tears. You both were just so wonderful, open & I really could feel his pain when he spoke about it! It great to know he is so blessed with his beautiful family & his his life. I had no idea he had been ill, I thought he looked fantastic. The best of everything to the Chris Lemmon clan!! ❤️ Thank you, Harvey, you always bring perfection & class!!! 👍👍
This is such a beautifully emotional interview. It's amazing how many people have a more difficult life than any of us would imagine. Chris Lemmon is an outstanding individual with loads of talent. You are a natural therapist in your interviews, Harvey!
A lot to learn from his story. So many kids just pine and feel sad that their dad works his life away but Chris too the good with the bad and decided to enjoy the time he had with his Dad. I like him.
Harvey brownstone you killed it again love what you have done bringing are legends back and some that are still with us love golden Hollywood since i was a child thank you so much .❤ 4:08
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Great interview. I have seen Chris in stuff over the years but never fully appreciated his talent. I could only imagine what it would be like in the shadow of a legend like Jack Lemmon.
Harvey, I was thinking of my favorite interviewers and it would be you Harvey, the late Robert Osborne from TCM, and Rob Word. Harvey, you are so good at your research, asking relevant questions and actually letting the guest talk. And your enthusiasm is top notch! Bravo! Five stars! ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Andy I am deeply grateful and humbled by your very kind words of praise. I put my heart and soul into every single interview, hoping that my interviewing technique will resonate with people. Your support is so incredibly validating to me. Thank you from my heart to yours. ❤️
I am delighted to have stumbled on this interview in my feed. You may have “missed your calling” as a judge in light of your deft and splendid approach here, but I think that the two careers define your breadth of heart and mind. I will subscribe! As for Chris Lemon, I have a first memory of him as a young man: I am watching a movie in which uniformed “police officers” respond (Don’t know which one now). One of them, a good-looking, 20ish actor opens his mouth sounding exactly like Jack Lemon. I remember saying ‘wait a minute’ 😮 - could that be Jack Lemon’s son because that was an uncanny JL impression? (Same voice quality, even mirrored his way of speaking.) I waited for the credits (pre-Google) and sure enough, it was Chris. Didn’t know he existed, but DNA 🧬 is an amazing thing! That was my intro to Chris. Didn’t know he did so much thereafter, but the artistry is there. I believe that by befriending his father thru many obstacles, he created a path of healing for himself (and maybe his dad too) that not all offspring of celebrities manage to do, but ended up making good choices. He came across as a lovely human being who cares about life’s real priorities and people. Bravo, Chris. 😊 If I may, . . . a personal side note regarding the fascinating topic of children blaming themselves for their parents’ split: in my readings and ponderings over these decades, I have mused that a child generally does not know how to analyze and sort out complex relationships and motivations. (Thank you, Dr. Obvious! 😅) Therefore, a literal child (or the child within us) cannot mentally or emotionally assign blame to a beloved parent that is their world and support structure. It is easier for the child to maintain a measure of stability and control of their situation by blaming themselves rather than the parent. Naturally, this is all subconscious, as it is when even seen through adult lenses later. In certain situations, the adult son/daughter may continue to choose to sacrifice parts of themself to keep this illusion (and their inner world) intact with a living, admired or needed parent. In some cases (in our relatively brief lifespans), individuals may be able to relinquish the dream of the “innocent parent of choice”, but in other cases, no. We should not judge them as immature, but understand that by the time of maturity, this emotional “tumor” has connected itself to other pieces of the psyche, and the harm of disentanglement may (not always) cause unnecessary disturbance. I’m no Jung, Freud or even therapist, but these are my thoughts and I welcome others. Thank you again for sharing your gift.
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What an inspiring, but somewhat sad, interview with Chris Lemmon, Harvey. He was so honest and forthright. I loved how honest in describing his thoughts on ‘Blonde.’ I would’ve loved to have interviewed his dad too, if only to get his thoughts on some of his films and co-stars, including Walter Matthau, Sandy Dennis (‘The Out of Towners’) and Colleen Dewhurst (‘Tribute’). I feel for what Chris went through with his wicked stepmother and it’s sad he still carries the burden of that relationship. But he has survived a double lung transplant for five years and that’s miraculous in itself. I truly hope his new autobiography is published soon. Sounds like it’ll be a great read. The one child of actors I hope you’re able to talk to is Campbell Scott, son of acting legends Colleen Dewhurst and George C. Scott. He was able to play his mother’s son on stage in ‘Long Days Journey into Night’ (which I will always regret not seeing) and playing her neighbour on film in ‘Dying Young’ (one of her last films).
I’m really happy that you enjoyed this interview. Thank you so much for suggesting Campbell Scott. We’ll try to connect with him. It’s harder than it looks.
I don’t doubt it, but I wish you the best in securing an interview with Campbell Scott. (If you secure one, I am more than willing to help with questions to ask him…
i love jack lemmon. i like to think that earth is a big stage and we're here acting out the lessons we agreed to prior to incarnation, and the tough relationship you have with your stepmom may be you helping each other with the issues you're here to work on. i had a tough time with my own parents and believe that forgiveness was the lesson that i had to learn with them. and i gotta say i'm still working on it. but despite everything i know too that they loved me and still do, as both your parents despite their rift did and do you, and that that love is eternal.
What a cool guy. And he sounds just like his dad. That’s amazing. Jack Lemmon was always one of my favorite actors. It’s so sad that he had to go through that lung thing. I mean really without your lungs you’re nothing. I can relate to the second wave thing. My dad married a woman who is was shall I say younger than my brother. My brother is almost 6 years older than me and she was in the middle of our ages with two small children. Everything seem to be OK for many years but then, all the sudden she turned into this crazy person. In the end, my dad died from cardiomyopathy, and he died too soon, and he died on the day that my son was flying in to surprise him for his birthday, and we were planning a party, and he should not have died. I found out later that she had given my dad a sleeping pill. Why would you give a man who could hardly breathe, and had a heart issue who his grandson was flying in for his birthday a sleeping pill? She’s an evil evil woman. She I can’t prove it but when I found out a year and a half later, my dad had a well it was eight years old. He had told my daughter that previous month before he passed that he was working on his new well. It’s not that he died before it got done I believe that it was never filed. But I should write a book, but I can’t prove anything, and it would be slander. In the end, she tried to rob me in court of what my dad had left me, and that old well, and I pursued with a vengeance and got more money than her lawyer said we should get. In the end, he helped us get what he knew we deserved. My brother and I. Life gets complicated and it’s hard to let go of these hurts.
@@harveybrownstoneinterviews8980 why does your heart go out to her ? :-) My Dad’s second wife (my Mom passed away) sounds just like Chris Lemmons experience. Thank you Chris for sharing you gave great support to me . Just found this program. I subscribed and looking forward to more interviews.
Amazing interview So surprised that his father left him out of his will or the children He looks and acts his dad Bless his heart going thru that lung transplant Hey Harvey you look so handsome
Thank you so very much. Yes Chris looks like his Dad and sometimes sounds like him, but he’s a MILLION TIMES better father than his father ever was. Sorry but I just had to say it.
Hello Harvey! I commented before when you did the Ann Margret interview and I’m commenting again regarding Chris because I was glued to the tv listening to this amazing interview. It was so interesting to hear about his life with one of my favorite actors (Jack Lemmon) but Chris is also a winner in so many ways which intrigued me. So nice to hear someone from Hollywood being appreciative instead of the victim mentality these days which runs rampant….😊Bravo to both of you. I look forward to your interviews Harvey and grateful that you decided to choose this as your second career!! Yeah!🎉
@@harveybrownstoneinterviews8980 I agree with Janice Harvey , you choose all the right people on your show No poor me, no anti what is going on in this world I stand with Israel, I said it I grew so great with parents , We had friends and family of color. Race and gay I brought my children the same way We live in a not so nice world I live Texas from Massachusetts Our governor would not tolerate what is going on in colleges everywhere Thank you choosing the best people Your the best When I listen I don't care who calls me lol I am glued to the TV lol Happy Wed, enjoy
@@harveybrownstoneinterviews8980 Harvey - you are one-of-a-kind. Your questions for the guests are always so very unique and the questions that I always wished some interviewer would ask. I've noticed you even surprise the guests sometimes with those really unique questions. Thanks a million! 🙂🙂
@Hihoweryew you have touched me so deeply by really “getting” and appreciating what I do. That means the world to me. Thank you so much from my heart to yours. ❤️
It’s so tragic that Jack became sober and his second wife didn’t until after he died. Ironically, it’s akin to “The Days of Wine and Roses.” Jack and Lee Remick were masterful.
Enjoyed this interview, Harvey. I would love to see you interview one of Bert Lahr (lion from Wizard of Oz) kids. His son, John Lahr, is a notable biographer. He wrote a biography book on his father. What do you think?
FYI Jerry Lewis left his eldest kids out of the will too. Jack Lemmon sadly mistreated his family and his grandchildren. Very terrible. Chris Lemmon had two lung transplants and is lucky to be with us
Thank you so much. My management team insisted that I modernize my onscreen look (against my objections). Obviously they were right and I was wrong, given all the positive feedback we’ve received. Thank you so much for your support.
SAVE THE TIGER, my pers #1 fav, topnotch. ( Havent listened yet). The noir elements make it above normal drama, PTSD connotations/wordplays/the arson motif. 2 neglected a work from ROCKY s dir these days. "Tyger, tyger, burnin bright - in the forests of the nite. What an immortal hand or eye could frame thy FEARFUL SYMMETRY ..." WB (not the cmpny ..).
A REAL DIRTY TRICK from JL to disinherit this hero of existence, his son, who - in spite of it - titled his memoir of him the way he did ...Father/son relations can be strained and difficult, but not necessarily this infected. T. Curtis did the same. None of my biz to comment any further, but this is a sad piece of news to all fans of JL, totally contrary to what his ultra-humane self always reflected thru his various roles on the screen. He was such a chum, sardonic but truly human-like human in an identifiable way, unrelated to a culture- therefore able to reach them all.. Toxicity is a woke-related, post-feminist term I usually don t subscribe to, nor even use, but here it has a valid case; most regrettably. All 'n' all, JL s legacy stays strong in movie history, along w Mr Matushaskayasky's ...whether separately or combined. Walter even closed his set promptly with a work titled HANGIN UP ... A purrfect act to a larger-than-life personality than anyone will evvuhhh be able to surpass or overshadow - filmographywise. Good luck & Godspeed to the interviewee. A year ago I lost a lieutenant col buddy of mine to the same inherited lung fibrosis syndrome; he was 76, country 🇫🇮
@harveybrownstoneinterviews8980 First a drastic change in clothes. Then you might be smoking Marijuana. And one say you wake up from a haze in an opium den, wondering how you got there. It has happened. Be wary. For myself, I found your full dress refreshing. Any schlub can throw on a turtleneck or a collar band shirt. Dressing with a tie and wearing a crisp shirt exuded professionalism and preparedness. Then you would go through your litany of praise and thorough listing of an interviewee's credentials and accomplishments, and I would think to myself... That Harvey should run for Prime Minister!
