Im 60.. I remember this episode. She was hilarious here. Smacking Tom's hands just crack me up... 🤣 RIP to The Fruitcake Lady! What a sweet treasure she was..😊
Jay is like your dad, making silly jokes with Grandma. Tom is your date, desperate to make a good impression. And Grandma's not taking any crap off of either one of them.
@@sondrasmith2691 Hey, that's the point. She's 91 she can say whatever the f**k she wants :). I also heard on the show that she was Truman Capote's aunt.
I remember watching this! I laughed so hard I damn near pee'd my pants! What a precious woman! And Tom Cruise...my God the man was / is beautiful! Good lord.
I can honestly say that I can see this as being representative of three generation of a family. The fruitcake lady is the grandma. Jay Leno is the middle aged adult. Tom cruise is the young adult just getting started in life. This could be a scene from the preparations for a family reunion. 😁😁😁😆😆😆
So funny. Tom has the best smile and laugh! Always has. He’s such a nice guy, not once did he try to take the limelight away from the fruitcake lady, whereas most young celebrities would try to be the main person in the video.
I'm dying laughing, I don't understand a lot of what she says because English is not my first language, I'm Italian, but I understand enough to have tears in my eyes, never laughed so hard.
I stumbled upon Fruitcake Lady I FB. Came here to find more. Double pleasure! First one in the search had Tom Cruise! This was so awesome. RIP dear lady.
The old Tom? Tom is just as charming, nice looking, great personality as he always has been and had. He has made a career out of entertaining us with some of the best movies ever. Thank you 🙏🏼 Tom.
I love the fruit cake lady. Mr cruise as far as I know was raised by a southern woman who taught him good southern manners. Now Jay on the the other hand has a little bit of a twisted sense of humor like me. Jay if you're out there late night hasn't been the same since you've been gone. Miss you Jay!!
Marie Rudisill also wrote a biography of her famous nephew ("Truman Capote," subtitled "The Story of His Bizarre and Exotic Boyhood By an Aunt Who Helped Raise Him") which he called "all a lie"; "I never had any relationship with this aunt at all." She seemed to do pretty well for herself, having appropriated the fruitcake recipe. That was clearly one funky family.
This lady is Truman Capote's aunt. Please watch A Christmas Memory with Geraldine Page. It's amazing! Narrated by Capote and it's about how he and his Aunt made fruitcakes every year for Christmas gifts!
I have no idea if he's a monster, but why take a lovely moment like this one and turn it into something mean and vicious? He was humble here. That's good enough for me.
Religion aside ol Tom knows how to make people feel as good as they can while in his presence as they can. He's cordial until the person makes him not be. Seen a few interesting interviews where guys have strayed and tried prying and he stops things and says we can have a great time or I can leave and they always want him to say.
Notice how men treated women back then. Class, respect, appreciation of the female role and the matriarch. Society doesn’t promote that anymore because of the government.
I love to look at them at Christmas 🎄 because they are so pretty and festive, not a fan of the taste. Although you could use one as a brick if need be, lol 😆
@@sassyfras4085 😆 A brick or a door stop!!! But, you know what, my mother would help my grandmother make them every Christmas. She made them like nut cakes. That way the cake dough was lighter. They also cut up the fruit into smaller pieces. Her cakes were the best ever. I've never tasted a fruit cake as good as hers!!
Absolutely! But one thing, Leno was second only to the King of late night: Johnny Carson. I used to love Saturday Night Live when the old gang was on. Comedy gold. They made fun of all Politicians on both sides, never mean spirited.
