Phil was a bright light in the world of daytime talk shows. Always respectful to his guests and to his audience. None of the shenanigans or tawdry stuff of Jerry Springer, Maury Povitch and Geraldo.
Grew up in the 80s as a older teenager and I watched Phil Donahue's show all the time back then....such a nice part in my life when I kicked back and relaxed for the day to watch on TV... Rest well in Peace and prayers to Marlo
I was 11 years old when i started watching That Girl and I want to Thank Marlo Thomas for giving me such a positive, strong female role model to look up to. And this is said 44 years later!!
Wow I didn't see her as a role model at all. I was 6 years old when that girl started on TV and was very annoyed that her boyfriend and father treated her like a child.
@@DeniseDDS Right, I didn't care for Donald either but I thought she handled him well for that time period. Women were learning back then. We've come a long way baby 😀
One of the first role models of my life, that a woman can shape her own life, live on her own in a big city, have her own place and have love too. That Girl had it all, now she's a woman and still has it all. I thank her for showing me at an impressional age that women can be strong and don't need a man to survive or define our lives.
Me too! I was in Jr. And sr Hugh school when it originally aired. Stumbled across it on Amazon Prime again and binging it again. Fun, good writing, interesting to see lots of familiar faces among the actors. Stays fresh.
Even if she think her mom was stifled. I don’t think she was. Marlo has a perspective as do woman who afire their husbands and delight in being there for them as first priority.
Marlo Thomas (That Girl) has ALWAYS been my very favorite actress! Now that I hear more of her personal philosophy about feminism, I love her even more! Thank-you, Marlo!!!
If nothing else, what Marlo has done for the world as it concerns Cancer, specifically pediatric cancer and St. Judes, is immeasurable. St. Judes is such a gift to sick and dying children and their parents. It gives and gives and does not take anything. It is truly a Godsend institution and she deserves all the credit that comes to her!!!
During the week days I watch That Girl here in 2020! Marlo Thomas was 26 years old when that show was being filmed. Marlo is such a beautiful, sweet, and smart woman.
In 1966 she was 28 going on 29, in late November but she had the looks and bubbly personality of someone a year or two out of college. This year she and Phil celebrate 40 years of marriage and they're both now 80+ years old! Wow, time has flown by.
I know this was filmed a long time ago BUT (as a 60ish yr old man) I like the brains in this girl. She is awesome. She is stunning too but I wish more women had or have her brains.
72chargerse72, That is a very sexist woman-hating thing to say there are plenty of women including many non famous women beautifuil and not who are very intelligent and strong! And she's a grown woman not a girl even though her hit show was called That Girl it was in the mid1960's-early 1970's.
I always loved and respected Marlo Thomas. Listening to this old interview reminds me of the great strides women before us took to shape fair lives for women to be respected as equals and partners with men.
Marlo and Phil -- I think we all would like to have a marriage like theirs. // It's important to be smart but it's also essential to know how to communicate what is on your mind and in your heart. I realize that many marriages are constrained when it comes to that type of openness -- people suffer when that is lacking.
Sometimes it's just straight to the point...Been married for over fifty years..Not easy but you work at it and are committed..Two imperfect ppl who manage to work through life together..
I never forgot her views on marrying later in life. I also remember her saying that it was family occasions at her home when she was growing up that cemented in her mind that marriage was not for her. She remembered her uncles sitting at a holiday table having dinner and a discussion. One of the wives interjected a thought into the conversation and she heard one of the men say “what does she know? She’s only a woman”. She said that stuck with her. She told her mother she was never going to get married.
True...married at 17 and now in 70's with the same husband..It's an ongoing journey together..Lots of changes saw and you either work with each other or it's hard to stay together if you work against each other. 'You two shall become as 'One'.
I love how she gives respect to careers. I am always so turned off when people say home and love is everything. No it isnt. Accomplishment, art, self-manifestation are vitally important. It gives the world great things.
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." - The Declaration of Independence
@@uterushaver8309 It conveniently left out *women* who are naturally equal full human people too! Because like religion it was ritten by men who made up all of these sexist,gender stereotyped woman-hating myths which they very sadly very cruelly caused girls and women to belive about ourselves!
WELL """I hate to say it but in your next life you'll either be in eternity with Jesus. OR you'll be in hell with Satan . so there's no way that you will be able to have a different career. well let me rephrase that your career will be either praising Jesus or wishing that you had a drink of water . BECAUSE Hell is Hot and you will be thirsty just like the man said please can I have just a drop of water from your finger and please go back and tell my family that they do not want to come here. And AS for the other lady that said she would like to be Marlo Thomas I am sorry God did not make you Marlo Thomas and you will never be Marlo Thomas . when you die if you are a Christian🙏 you will be in Paradise With Jesus and your main focus will be giving him all the PRAISE and all the GLORY because that is why he created. You so that You would . have a personal relationship with him so that HE could love you unconditionally as you could love HIM unconditional as your HEAVENLY FATHER so please don't think that in your afterlife that you're going to be somebody else because you are definitely not. there is no place in the Bible that tells. You 💜🙏🙏anytime concerning what you two ladies are talking about please read your Bible it will give you joy and peace that you have never known💜🙏💝
@@cherylriley2753 Not to disagree with your beliefs(Christianity is a great religion and Jesus is The Man) but you are taking a light hearted comment totally out of context.
I love you Marlo Thomas! I watch that girl every single day, I could never get enough. And Saint Jude Hospital is amazing God bless you all of your long prosperous days! I also love Phil Donahue he is amazing what a beautiful beautiful couple you are. I will look forward to seeing you one day in heaven you are a huge part of my life you have touched me in so many ways!
Rosie Girl Oh honey I know that they are both still alive, I just know I will never meet them while we are on this earth and that I look forward to one day I will get to meet them when we all arrive in heaven. God bless you Rosie!
I knew she acts as spokesperson for St Judes Children Cancer Research Hospital in Tennessee but wasn't aware of another cause she spoke for. Danny Thomas would be so proud of the cures rates today in children's cancer.
Her dad totally changed his names to eliminate Middle Eastern-ness for the sake of show business. At birth, she was named Margaret Julia, nicknamed Margo, which morphed into Marlo.
I remember as a girl watching the show where they fell in love. I remember telling my mother that I thought they liked each other. I was right! Phil put his hand over hers on the table and she reacted and I knew they were going to be an item.
I remember that too. I had watched Phil’s show everyday and I had watched That Girl. So, yes, I saw Phil become completely disarmed and it was so clear that they fell instantly in love. I’m so very happy that it was for keeps.
Marlo Thomas was way ahead of her time in the way she thought back then. I'm thinking this interview was perhaps in the 70's. I look up to the way she thought then, and watched her in That Girl, she was one of my ideals. I so agree that at 24 yrs. old it was early to get married. I didn't wait, I married at 20 yrs. old, big mistake. Though, having a Sicilian dad it was what he said that counted. When she said she has baggage and so does Phil, awesome. Take both baggage's and put them together, it can work. Happy it did/does for them.
gina my husband and I married at 18 and 20. This coming week we celebrate 32 years of marriage. Together for 36. Our age was not a factor. We placed our Creator in the center...making it a three cord Union. That and Forgiveness of mistakes and loving your spouse more than yourself is the key to a long and happy marriage.
This interview was actually from 1985 when the movie she was starring in, Consenting Adults came out which was in 1985 so she would be 47 here. And it would really be great if Eileen would include the dates of when these shows originally aired.
My late husband passed away from cancer in 2007. I recently remarried. Huge mistake and so I am leaving. Never again! Being treated this badly is awful. I miss my late husband more than ever! I admire Phil and Marlo for their togetherness! Just so nice to see and hear this.
I am so sorry you had such a bad experience, but glad you’re not hanging around being abused. Were there red flags that you thought weren’t deal breakers? I always wonder how marriages fall apart when that was not the plan. I was always too afraid to take the plunge and have no regrets.
I was 8-10 when that show was on and loved it. Was madly in love with Marlo Thomas back then and snapped it up when they came out on dvd. The episodes brought back some great memories.
I'm same age, that show set an example that I was interested in. Watching it now on RU-vid -- filmrise. The effects of memories! It's interesting and fun.
She's a fabulous feminist. Love her! My wonderful husband always stood up for women, too. I never wanted to be married, either. And yet, I was married twice, to two amazing, loving men. Though I never wanted marriage, I just fell in love and it came naturally. But my parents did have a "whole" marriage partnership, so I think I always knew that I would likely fall in love myself.
I was in the audience on the Phil Donahue show when Marlo was there with the McCalls pattern company. After the show, Phil let us take pictures with him and he talked to us and we took pictures. He was so very nice. Marlo, on the other hand was aloof and wouldn't talk to us and told us she didn't sign autographs. She wasn't nice.
@@keensterd3654 I agree---- I don't believe it either.. She was brought up very loved and cared for.. and her Dad promised God-- if a struggling poor entertainer . who slept in cheep motels and starved at times..could make it to the big success of the $$$$$$$ road of Fame... Danny Thomas would build a hospital for the sick and poor who could not afford it.. AND HE DID.. GOD KEPT HIS PROMISE and Danny kept his... You think a girl that comes from this type of family --- could or would be snobbish.. NO WAY... her dad would never allow it and she would be selfishly scoffing at her dad in respect!!!
OMG, love your perspective, I feel the exact same way, which is why I am not married!!! Marriage to me meant giving up ME. I see that it is possible to be married and be two whole people, but difficult to find.
I’ve always admired Marlo Thomas, both on-screen and off. I’ve been watching Make Room for Daddy recently, having seen some of the shows when they first aired and I was a kid. Although the shows are steeped in 50s and 60s culture, a recurring theme is the struggle between men and women to define their roles. Sometimes there’s a lot of anger and shouting, odd for a 50s/60s comedy, but foreshadowing shows like All in the Family. Sometimes it’s not played for laughs, and often Danny Williams learns something about how he had behaved and admits he could have done better. The 4th season in which Danny was a widower trying to raise his children alone has some sad and poignant moments. So perhaps Marlo saw those things in her father’s TV and real families, and they influenced her feelings about families, marriage, and relationships between men and women.
@@mariannebonner2280 Yeah and the interviewer said "retarded children" w/o batting an eye. Yikes. It's so weird.. whenever the camera is on the interviewer, you're clearly back in the 80's, but everytime it's on Marlo, you're right away in a more current era. I think Marlo is the one who makes it difficult to determine when the interview took place. Her personal style, her conversation, her whole presentation... just prove how much she's always been ahead of her time. Also weird, she is in her 80's, and still looks basically like she does here. The work she's had done is amazingly good. She was even ahead of the game in that. I just love her!
The Bridgewalker Be herself??? She has ruined her face with non stop plastic surgery. What is that about? Hating your looks so much you seek surgery? She is a hypocrite for women, saying your looks are never good enough!!
Seems like people who have careers regret not having a family life, and people with a family life regret not having a career. Grass is always greener effect.
janets9179 yes, huge democrat & she is a big feminist. What me and my friends always thought was funny? With all her pontificating about we women having it hard, she never appreciated or admitted that with out one particular MAN - her Dad, who was not just comedian, TV star BUT a big Hollywood mogul, its not for sure she would have gotten so far so fast. It MATTERED.
@@janets9179 There is a recent big study in articles online that found that a high % of young women and men don't ever want to have children and they said it's exhuasting and expensive. The study also found that people at age 70 who never had any children are just as happy as those who did.
Marlo was beautiful before she like many celebrities had unnecessary plastic face surgeries that she and they didn't really need and she now looks horrible and barely like she used to. But most importantly she's very intelligent,strong, talented,successful and a feminist since the early 1970's and Phil became one because of her.
First she laments reporters asking HER about the state of her relationship with Phil versus asking Phil, implying that is sexist. Then she says she was happy about the fact her stepsons needed a woman’t touch in their lives. You can’t turn on staunch feminism one moment, then laud your femininity the next. Feminism needs to be softened and re-defined.
Marlo is the product of a traditional upbringing with specific expectations and defined gender roles, but chose higher education and a career, avoiding marriage and opting out of children in contrast to her mother. I think Marlo was conlicted for a long time, which isn't shocking, since feminism could be militant, uncompromising and rigid about women shedding their old roles. Few realized that would be much easier said than done.
Amanda Athanas she did contradict herself unknowingly which shows that even if you try to be aware , institutional sexism is in all of us to some degree, even Marlo. A man can be as nurturing as a woman , Marlo knows this but I’m sure she meant to say that the younger sons missed having a female in the house that was more nurturing than Phil could be. Have to ask his children which one of them is more nurturing as a parent and in which ways.
i really loved my freedom being single and wanting adventures more than being married and tied down and feeling like its just a ball and chain ...so i can relate to what marlo is saying ....but i went and got married at 50 and kicking myself and all i feel like i can do is make the best of it....
