Leta Powell Drake Interview with Bill Bixby (1980)
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- Опубликовано: 11 фев 2025
- Junket interview with Bill Bixby, conducted circa 1980, regarding the television series "The Incredible Hulk." Interview broadcast on KOLN/KGIN-TV (Lincoln, NE).
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I cant believe his name is not in the Hollywood walk of fame. Bill Bixby very much missed. Hope he is back with Brenda and theyre son Christopher again in the eternal life..Together for ever.
The HWOF is 🐂💩: it is PAID for by fans, it's not an award on merit, it's who shelled out the most dough. And for what? To have his name trampled on? Maybe in 1970, it would have been nice. Today? Have you seen the names they have on there? Reality show garbage and how would you like him to be sandwiched between P Diddy and Bill Cosby? No thanks. When he was alive, it would have meant something. Today it's a trophy given to any nobody as long as there's fools willing to pay, to be trampled on by slores and bums.
The HWOF is 🐂💩: it is PAID for by fans, it's not an award on merit, it's who shelled out the most dough. And for what? To have his name trampled on? Maybe in 1970, it would have been nice. Today? Have you seen the names they have on there? Do you want him near P Diddy? No thanks. When he was alive, it would have meant something. Today it's a trophy given to any nobody as long as there's fools willing to pay.
Rest in peace to Christopher Brenda and Bill 🙏🙏🙏🙏
tears....
Amen I watched the episode The Psychic knowing what happened in their personal lives it just breaks your heart
Thanks For Sharing These Infos With Us About Bill Bixby RIP 🙏 🕊 ☮ 😌 ☹️ 😔!And Also Their Son!Christopher 🙏 💙 😢 ❤ ♥ 💔 🙏 💙 😢 ❤ ♥ 💔 And Bill Bixby'sWife!Brenda RIP 🙏 💙 😢 ❤ ♥ 💔!
So sad if his son Christopher was alive he would have been 49 years old❤handsome like his father ❤
A handsome man with a great personality. Very sad what happened to his son, Christopher, and his lovely wife.
I!DEFINITELY AGREE WITH YOU ABOUT THIS ONE About Bill Bixby RIP 🙏 🕊 ☮ 😌 ☹️ 😔 🙏 🕊 ☮ 😌 ☹️ 😔 🙏 🕊 ☮ 😌 ☹️ 😔!
Yes very sad.
Brenda was stunning. So sad what happened... Rip Brenda Christopher & bill .
I didn't know Brenda was secretly Gay and dates Tammy Bruce .
Brenda left Bill for a woman! Bill deserved much better than Brenda!
@@katluannBrenda was stunning. She found Tammy pussy better. Bill was coke head . Paranoid and a tit
Such a humble gentleman. He was taken far too early from us. Rest in peace bill.
God bless you Bill Bixby, for your kindness and your seek of peace, like you described dr. Banner. God bless you.
Thanks For Sharing This Info With Us About Bill Bixby RIP 🙏 🕊 ☮ 😌 ☹️ 😔!Klaus!
RIP Bill ex wife and son
Highly intelligent man! I was so shocked and saddened when he died. I love me some Incredible Hulk!
He died the same year as my mum died of cancer and I was nearly as sad as his death.
So 😔 😟 🙁 😥!About Your Mom!Matthew!
BILL BIXBY RIP 🙏 🕊 ☮ 😌 ☹️ 😔!
@@jeanbaumgartner4052 Thank you Jean.
Yes he was a great actor.
I loved Incredible Hulk when I was a kid! 💚
What an amazing man and actor I miss him so much
The Same Here About Bill Bixby RIP 🙏 🕊 ☮ 😌 ☹️ 😔!
it was amazing how the interviewer didn't acknowledge Brenda until Bill had to get her in the conversation 5 minutes into it.
Or bill didn't even introduce his wife..how rude.
@@sirtedricwalker2979 yes
The interviewer was rude and demeaning to Brenda
@@sirtedricwalker2979 It!Was Women Interviewer!Who's To!Bill Bixby's Wife!
Interviewer!Was Rude!To!Bill Bixby's!Wife Brenda!Shame On Her!
Grew up watching Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno and I'm only 22. I have some awesome childhood memories of watching the awesome hulk tv series. To me no other hulk actors come close to Bixby and Ferrigno. Respect .
Imagine being a 7-year-old waiting with anticipation for the pilot episode to air that Friday night, and then every Friday night thereafter. Good times.
I'm 61yearsold Now And I Agree With All Of About Bill Bixby And LouFerrigno RIP 🙏 🕊 ☮ 😌 ☹️ 😔 🙏 🕊 ☮ 😌 ☹️ 😔!
So you grew up in the 70s and you're still 22 in 2019? Ok then. 😄
@@jeanbaumgartner4052 You're 61?? What's wrong with you? You post like a teenager in heat! I thought you were 14.
Thanks For Sharing These Videos 📹 About Bill Bixby As Himself!
Thanks For Sharing These Videos 📹 Bill Bixby!
STOP agreeing with everyone: they're putting Bixby down and you're agreeing with that!? Calm down. Slow down. READ and digest before you reply to people. You even replied to the guy posting in Italian without knowing what he wrote!
Thanks for uploading this. It's 'Tv gold', 'cos I wouldn't have seen it the first time round but it is a good way to see that Bill being Bill is as watchable as when he is in character.
So True 👍 👌 😢 👏 🙌 😄 👍 👌 😢 👏 🙌 😄!
I love Bill Bixby what a legend he was. Dr. David Bruce Banner is one of my favourite characters in The Incredible Hulk. I love his sense of fashion in the show, 70s very stylish and fashionable. Those shirts, bellbottom jeans, cowboy boots. And the coat that he wears. Also the brown vintage leather bag. That he carry's over his shoulder. He looks so cool I also like his voice. He's got a brilliant voice.
RIP Bill Bixby
What an Absolute Legend 🙂 🙏❤️
This has to be the weirdest post I've ever read about TIH! Fashion, seriously? There was no fashion in that show, the costumes were crap, just run of the mill Kmart finds.
The Courtship of Eddie's Father - one of the loveliest family series ever made!🤗💖
They seem so happy. It is terrible to know what will happen to them.
It's so sad and unfair.
VERY UNFORTUNATE FOR 😕 😞 😪 😔 😐 😒 😕 😞 😪 😔 😐 😒 😕 😞 😪 😔 FOR ALL THREE OF THEM!
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
“So much happier times. Sad ending to this family.”
I!Agree With You About This One About Bill Bixby And His Family 👪 !It Is!So 😔 😟 🙁 😥 😞 😿 😔 😟 🙁 😥 😞 😿 😔 😟 🙁 😥 😞 😿!THE BILL BIXBY Family RIP 🙏 🕊 ☮ 😌 ☹️ 😔 🙏 🕊 ☮ 😌 ☹️ 😔 🙏 🕊 ☮ 😌 ☹️ 😔!
Such a great actor.
I!Agree With You About This One About Bill Bixby RIP 🙏 🕊 ☮ 😌 ☹️ 😔!
Great personality, ok actor.
He's wearing the same shirt & pants from the first hulk-out from the episode "Behind the Wheel" where he had a job as a cab driver
Bill worn wrangler clothes
Actually Right About Bill Bixby As Himself!And THE WAY!He Dressed Up IS SO COOL 😎 👌 😍 👏 👍 😀 😎 👌 😍 👏 👍 😀!
I kept wondering through the interview if Bix had ever worn that shirt in character. He said in a separate interview that he dressed up on the show like he did in real life so he didn't feel like he was going to work. Hence, the casual Western shirts, cowboy boots, and jeans or slacks.
As a kid watching THE INCREDIBLE HULK, I was always impressed with Bill's "WESTERN LOOK."👍
We miss you both and miss you film rest in peace
We Miss You 😢 ❤ 😔 ♥ 😞 💔 😢 ❤ 😔 ♥ 😞 💔 Both RIP 🙏 🕊 ☮ 😌 ☹️ 😔 🙏 🕊 ☮ 😌 ☹️ 😔!
There's definitely tension and uneasiness on Brenda's end. They're not sitting close, not holding hands. When Bill touches her at 6:53 she kinda makes a face. Im guessin they were havin problems by this point.
The only son that they were talking about, died shortly after this interview while in her custody and he blamed her for it. She then commited suicide.
@@bobblueford Yes, it was a year after this interview that the child died, and then a year after that for Brenda. He soldiered on for 13 years after this and worked until 6 days before he died. It's sad she was so delicate as to not go on.
@@bobblueford It's awful ! How can we live normally after such events ?
It's not surprising that a cancer get spread within him.
God bless their soul.
Problems? Yeah, they were already divorced by this point, as Bixby pointed out if you were paying attention. Apparently it was a rough process, though they tried to get along for their son's sake; they even collaborated on a Hulk episode the year this interview was done. It's truly sad and tragic how it all would come completely undone within two short years, with Christopher's death and Brenda's suicide. Bill Bixby, from what I understand, never fully recovered from it.
@@nolanboles8492 That's SO True About What Happened To 😳 😅 😕 😢 😂 😭 Them!Personally Is!So Sad 😔 😟 🙁 😥 😞 😿 😔 😟 🙁 😥 😞 😿 😔 😟 🙁 😥 😞 😿 !RIP!
RIP Bill!
Bill Bixby RIP 🙏 🕊 ☮ 😌 ☹️ 😔 !
RIP MR. BIXBY AND MS. BENÉT
BILL BIXBY RIP 📹 🙏 🕊 ☮ 😌 ☹️ 🥺😦😧😨😰😥😢😞😢😭😓😩😫1934-1993 AND HIS SEXYBEAUTIFULLY WIFE BRENDA 😢 BENET RIP 🙏 🕊 ☮ 😌 ☹️ 😔 AND THEIR SON!CHRISTOPHER BIXBY RIP 🙏 🕊 ☮ 😌 ☹️ 😔 🥺😦😧😨😰😥😢😭😓😩😫!
mi distrugge sapere cosa accadde alla loro vita, rest in peace Christopher Brenda and Bill!
I!Agree With You About This One About Bill Bixby And His Family 👪 RIP ✨ 🙌 PHYSICALY!
So bittersweet
So True!
I always thought the cost of the series is why it didn't last longer. The Hulk still had a couple of years left in it.
Did it though?? Really?!
@@DistantCousin REALLY!
"The Incredible Hulk" was almost as expensive as "Battlestar Galactica".
Talented and smart man.
DEFINITELY TALENTED AND A!SMART MAN!
RIP BILL 🙏🏿
Bill Bixby RIP 📹 🙏 🕊 ☮ 😌 ☹️ 1934-1993 Is So Handsome And Very Talented Man 👨 ♥ 😍 ❤ 😘 😉!
The book "Soap Opera Babylon" said that while on DAYS Benet "fought bitterly with one castmate and had an adulterous affair with another." Probably a woman. (From a soap webpage) That means she was stepping out on Bill.
Sad what happened to this family. 😔
My idol
The Same Here About Bill Bixby As Himself!
Ruhe in Frieden Bill, Christopher und Brenda Bixby!
Bill carried the "Banner Essence."
Not a lot of men like that around, love and still look at My Favorite Martian.
The Same Here About Bill Bixby RIP 📹 🙏 🕊 ☮ 😌 ☹️ 1934-1993!And SO!TRUE!ABOUT Bill Bixby As Himself!
Thanks for this. Sad story for this humble man. Notice how far Brenda is sitting away from Bill?
Still, they couldn't air out their differences and choose to divorce.
@Xcuze I don't think so. We can feel there is a cold between them.
Bill is trying to change things while this interview.
@Xcuze And then she started dating another woman,she was bi sexual
@@francoherrera1265 Tammy Bruce
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Hello interviewer, she was a star as well
A lot of the excellent actors back then and before had a great sense of humanity and tried to apply that into their work. Then it became the opposite.
Bill Bixby was a natural interviewee, .
Brenda looks troubled here.... insecure maybe, but certainly not relaxed for someone so used to the cameras. R.I.P Both x
Griffomedia she killed bill and then offed herself.
Some performers only come "alive" while on stage/camera and can be rather shy in person.
The poor woman had issues. So sad that she didn't go for help.
Larry Medina no she did not
@@williammills5597 The woman lit candles on the bathroom floor and laid down on a rug and shot herself in the mouth, what do you mean no she didn't.
Brenda knew him in '62 way before their marriage.
Actually Right!
Bill got all the career questions. Brenda got all the domestic questions. Ouch.
The Interviewer!Should Have Asked Brenda About Her TV!CARRER!Also!DEFINITELY OUCH!
Brenda appeared on "Days of Our Lives", at the time.
Bill Bixby Has A Great Since Of Humor TOO 🤣 😄 😆 😀 🙄 😂!
This is very sad watching Brenda marginalised in this interview. At this point she had been in literally dozens of guest roles in prime time TV, yet hardly acknowledged here, put on the spot, having to defend herself without much help from Bixby, who's talking, talking, talking about himself. It was unfair and hurtful of the interviewer to ignore her this way.
He ignored his wife.
She shouldn't have done the interview with him. No respect for her.
Well the point of the comment is the interviewer could have acknowledged his wife Brenda and welcomed her to the show.
She's as much as an actor as he is!
Go away from comments dude and get a life you bozo moron 🤡 💩
She was a nobody! who watches soaps but grannies and the convalescent?! She was a pernnial guest star otherwise. Not anything to look at nor sneeze at!
What business did she have marrying him when she didn't even like men!? Which is probably why she did what she did to Chris in Mammoth Lakes.
Bix was on the verge of divo rce here.
Yeah very unhappy time and she looks uncomfortable😳
Actually Right!
And now that immediate family is no more.
Body language doesn't lie look how hand like pushing her away...
Actually Right!
"I don't know what i blundered into but it could be the natural outgrowth of all our research. We have to try and make it happen again so we can observe it here,in a laboratory situation where we can control it".
I just came across Her from watching fox news she dated Tammy Bruce. She is really pretty, so sorry about her son too sad.
So Sad 😞 😔 😟 🙁 😥 😿 About Their Son!Julie Nielsen!
Does anyone know the exact date of this interview? Were Bill and Brenda divorced at this time? They seemed like a great couple. And happy.
He sounds like Dr. David banner
exacly i love it makes him more authentic makes me think of him as david
@@fallthefox699 yes
Actually Right About Bill Bixby As David Banner And As!Himself 😀 👍 🙌 🙏 👏 😊 😀 👍 🙌 🙏 👏 😊!
Within just a couple of years, they were divorced, their son died of a rare throat infection, Brenda started a lesbian relationship with Tammy Bruce, and Brenda killed herself. Bill would have two more brief marriages shortly before he died of cancer 11 years after Brenda's death.
just saying the other day " everyone liked bill bixby".
Didn't Bill Bixby wear that shirt he was wearing on the show?
Looks like the shirt he wore during first hulkout in Broken Image.
Bill wore the same clothes on show then as he did in his offtime. I read in an interview once where he was asked about his wardrobe and he said he wore the same clothes on camera as off because then he felt like he wasn't working.
Huh, I never knew that.
Yeah i think it is.
Yes indend
PORQUE FALAM ENROLADOS?
Horrible question at 6:39. It insinuated that Bill was so much more of a star than her that it might cause problems. The question itself, probably caused problems.
Who is this woman interviewing ? And that hair style 😅
This woman had no concept of what the Incredible Hulk was about, she seems to think the Hulk punched in mother's and babies faces. Did she even watch a show or just deduced from looking at a poster? Bill tediously tries to explain to her on a few occasions and she is still baffled.
Don't make him angry😡
Nice video I always love bill bixby I'm glad I met him and got to know him but didn't care to much of Breda benet I liked his second wife Laura Jane michals better but that is my opinion. Virginia s
Thanks For Sharing This Info With Us About Bill Bixby As Himself!
His second wife did him wrong, BIG TIME!!! HE FOUND OUT THAT HIS CANCER HAD RECURRED!!
you wouldnt like him when hes angry
Actually Right!
Too bad he didnt live long enough to go to Dragon con
Actually Right About Bill Bixby As Himself!
Kulk
Hulk
Brenda benet was gorgeous
AAAH BRUCE!! IT'S BRUCE BANNER!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!
It wasn't on the show
Actually Right!Eq!
Sitting so far apart and the way she looked at him while talking is a red flag
What do you want her sitting on his lap?? This is the director/camera guy for framing purposes. He's the star, the one interviewed. If she were smack against him, it would force an extreme close up or cause her to chime in or have a reaction shot every time. Besides, there's articles floating out there saying they had "FREEDOM" in their marriage, because they both needed their space. Make of that what you will.
Aside from the Hulk, Bixby starred in a few flops. The Magician being one of them.
Bill wife was caught eating out Tammy Bruce .
She got depressed hit the bottle . Shot her head off
Just more HOLLYWOOD sewer.
So True!
This woman had no concept of what the Incredible Hulk was about, she seems to think the Hulk punched in mother's and babies faces. Did she even watch a show or just deduced from looking at a poster? Bill tediously tries to explain to her on a few occasions and she is still baffled.
Actually Right!