1 left in 2024. The legendary Dick Van Dyke. This guy is my idol and favorite entertainer of all time. Everything he did was for the family. God bless this man.
Right as I wanted to right sth. like "May they rest in peace!" it hit me that Dick van Dyke is not only still alive but even performing every now and then (just starred in four _Days of Our Lives_ episodes). Talk about living legend!
This showed up for me when I searched for "Old Friends" during the week after Sondheim died. It was a parade of who's who during the days I was growing up and watching television. Beautifully nostalgic for me - and, evidently, for many others, judging by many of the comments here.
I just discovered that the song is from the musical "Merrily We Roll Along", Stephen Sondheim's 1981 flop, and Jason Alexander's Broadway debut. Flop or not, great song.
This was a great tribute to those great ladies and gentlemen who put their life on the line so we can watch something on tv 📺 They will be missed greatly and I never get tired of listening to Old Friends
All four of them had stage experience. Betty White tour and hello dolly and I’ve seen other clips of her singing much better than this and I have seen both Estelle Getty and Rue McClanahan on Broadway
It's great seeing all these stars from yesteryear. Some of them are still around like: Dick Van Dyke, June Lockhart, Phillip Michael Thomas, Billy Crystal, Michelle Lee, Jon Lovitz, Shelly Long, David Letterman. I wish they would have posted a complete list of who is there. All I recognize other than those named are: the Golden Girls, Sammy Davis Jr, Bert Parks, Dennis Weaver, Raymond Burr, Dick Clark, George Burns, Shari Lewis, Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Milton Berle, Robert Stack, Eve Arden, Diahann Carroll, and Don Knotts!
Totally agree. Real talent, from the days when television produced great shows. It's ironic the quality of the picture & sound goes up in the sets as there's less & less appearing on them worth watching.
Yeah but Betty White is the better actress. She and Arthur did not get along but she seamlessly melded with the other actress so you'd think they actually HAD BEEN old friends.
I wasnt commenting on their abilities just wardrobe. If we are commenting on talent I think Rue McClanahan is hands down the winner though I do not care for her dress
R . I. P. Beatrice Arthur (1923-2009) Dick Clark (1929-2012) Raymond Burr (1917-1993) Rue Mclahan (1934-2010) Sammy Davis Jr. (1925-1990) Milton Berle (1908-2002)
Being 2021 this year and watching this video now it was like ghost were on that stage now and Yes I know Betty White is still alive and pushing 100 years old
A wonderdfull perfome ceremoni you amercians are best and how french we so much loved we are it and how so ungried we are dissapoinded towards the french autorities not enough permiss to discorverieng your so marvelous comedies sitcoms. Frederic, France, Normandie.
And Coopers and Lybrand (now PricewaterhouseCoopers) were the ones who knew the Emmy winners FIRST before everyone else; it wasn't long before the Television Academy went with Ernst & Young.
OK, to identify the whole bunch representing the "Old Friends", from left to right: Dennis Weaver, Robert Stack, Raymond Burr, Ralph Edwards, Bert Parks, Dick Clark, Milton Berle, Shari Lewis (and Lamb Chop), Red Buttons, Audrey Meadows, Jayne Meadows, Steve Allen, Estelle Getty, Rue McClanahan, George Burns, Bea Arthur, Betty White, Sammy Davis, Jr, Imogene Coca, Sid Caesar, Dick Van Dyke, Gene Barry, Eve Arden, Bob Cummings, Jackie Cooper, June Lockhart, Jack Paar.
We think 2 or 3 of the ladies are still around - BW of course. June Lockhart (we noticed Jeff Bezos didn’t ask her to go into space.) And maybe Shari Lewis. 📺
Omg, they're all gone now ... all except for Betty White and David Letterman, wow! to think I lived thru the era when they were all still around and alive. What memories, I shall never forget. Amen 🙏 🌹 🙏
Bea Arthur Betty White Rue McLanahan Estelle Getty Sammy Davis Jr. Dick Van Dyke Steve Allen Jayne Meadows Red Buttons Shari Lewis June Allyson Milton Berle Dick Clark Bert Parks Ralph Edwards Raymond Burr June Lockhart George Burns
I Also watched those shows. Perry Mason, Your show of shows, Golden Girls, The Untouchables With Robert Stack etc, great shows. The shows now are a bunch of nothing. I watch 3 shows a week now and they are on hiatus. They have brought back a lot of the classics on antenna tv that I also used to watch. Crossing Jordan, Cold Case, Facts of Life, Love Boat, Columbo Designing Women, Little House , The Waltons . They don't make them like they used to.And you notice alot of them have women leads and there are more, so why all the bitching about their rights and their women power, it's crap. Even way back when. Loretta Young, Doris Day, Julia, "black lead" Life with Elizabeth with Betty White, so women have been playing lead parts for years. So get over yourselves.The sitcoms of today are not all that funny, at least not to me. They try too hard and they overdo everything. Especially the show "The Game." It's disgusting. I think every man in that show has screwed every woman in that show. That's all its about, I never did get the gist of that show. O yea, they do have a football team and the players think they are gods gift to women. I wouldn't have any of them. I thought I would give the show a chance, and I did that. Big mistake. YUK
I'm happy to say not the case: Betty White, of course (turning 93 in a month), Jayne Meadows (now 95), Dick Van Dyke (89th birthday coming up on December 13th, 2014) are still with us. How I remember all the others, though. This is a wonderful segment that I never tire of seeing.
1 left in 2024. The legendary Dick Van Dyke. This guy is my idol and favorite entertainer of all time. Everything he did was for the family. God bless this man.
2 - June Lockhart
@@waynemacpherson3623 where?
Nice to see older actors being involved.
@@maxhubmann1696 June is at 3:38 in the video
Right as I wanted to right sth. like "May they rest in peace!" it hit me that Dick van Dyke is not only still alive but even performing every now and then (just starred in four _Days of Our Lives_ episodes). Talk about living legend!
And won an emmy
This showed up for me when I searched for "Old Friends" during the week after Sondheim died. It was a parade of who's who during the days I was growing up and watching television. Beautifully nostalgic for me - and, evidently, for many others, judging by many of the comments here.
An astounding assembly of TV stars, mainly from the '50's and '60's. Their like will not be seen again.
Queen Bea front and center. Love it!
I love the golden girls i still watch that show til this day ....
Quality, modesty and class... when television still had that and more.
The Gong Show, maybe?
Great tribute to the great talents whom are no longer with us.
Betty still is
Dick Van Dyke is still alive as of 5/22.
@@SalamanderDrawing Until 12/31/21.
Dick Van Dyke is the last one as of 5/5/2024
OMG this was awesome. I knew ALL of those people and the shows they were on. It was like seeing my childhood flash before me.
That was an incredible collection of stars on the same stage.
These were actors/actresses with true angel & talents! We will never see these types of stars again!
...because they came from the legitimate stage or radio first, where creativity and imagination reigned supreme.
If you were born in the fifties you’re bound to know every single face in this production. Marvelous!
I was born in 2008 and I know every face in this production!!
What a lovely clip
And now, 35 years later, there are only two left, I think, with the passing of dear Betty: Dick Van Dyke and June Lockhart.
I just discovered that the song is from the musical "Merrily We Roll Along", Stephen Sondheim's 1981 flop, and Jason Alexander's Broadway debut. Flop or not, great song.
Hello from the future. Merrily is now the hottest ticket on Broadway! It's a hit, 40 years later.
This would be a great closing number if the Muppet Show came back
This was a great tribute to those great ladies and gentlemen who put their life on the line so we can watch something on tv 📺 They will be missed greatly and I never get tired of listening to Old Friends
Life on the line?
@@paulcarucci7936
My thoughts exactly. Seems an odd statement.
life on the line?
Life on the line? Wow… so, when I see a movie or tv star I should say “thank you for your service”. Lol.
@@good_teanice_house6789 I think they mean "their life's work" was entertainment. We appreciate them, but they weren't curing cancer.😂
Love the Golden Girls but it is Bea Arthur who is a true Broadway trooper!! Wish I could have seen her on stage!
All four of them had stage experience. Betty White tour and hello dolly and I’ve seen other clips of her singing much better than this and I have seen both Estelle Getty and Rue McClanahan on Broadway
I worked this show ! Was part of the classic and now defunct NBC Page program.
It's great seeing all these stars from yesteryear. Some of them are still around like: Dick Van Dyke, June Lockhart, Phillip Michael Thomas, Billy Crystal, Michelle Lee, Jon Lovitz, Shelly Long, David Letterman. I wish they would have posted a complete list of who is there. All I recognize other than those named are: the Golden Girls, Sammy Davis Jr, Bert Parks, Dennis Weaver, Raymond Burr, Dick Clark, George Burns, Shari Lewis, Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Milton Berle, Robert Stack, Eve Arden, Diahann Carroll, and Don Knotts!
...Steve Allen and Jayne Meadows (Audrey's sister.)
This is such a wonderfully special video.
Golden Girls :)
One word: irreplaceable.
Betty is a legend.. as old as televisions haha
They didn't even give all those legends a standing ovation!
They made million$ so it's okay
The audience was loaded
rip all the celebrities that passed away :(
Also still alive are Betty white and June Lockhart and Dick Van dyke
What a coincidence to see Betty White when she just died yesterday. Dick Van Dyke is still around.
So sad only 3 are still alive in 2019 .
Totally agree. Real talent, from the days when television produced great shows. It's ironic the quality of the picture & sound goes up in the sets as there's less & less appearing on them worth watching.
This was fabulous! Those were the days !
This so beautiful and amazing just so beautiful and look at the best of all time think about it
I really like Beas dress she looks great too
Yeah but Betty White is the better actress. She and Arthur did not get along but she seamlessly melded with the other actress so you'd think they actually HAD BEEN old friends.
I wasnt commenting on their abilities just wardrobe. If we are commenting on talent I think Rue McClanahan is hands down the winner though I do not care for her dress
@@metalmonkey6262 haha, my sentiments exactly, regarding talent and dress 😊
Rue was amazing 💜🌿
@@robsieger1886 Betty is a LEGEND and a wonderful actress, but the better actress? Idk about that
She does look great! 🙂
Gosh I love this!
This is what award shows used to be; classy and done with pride and respect.
Dick Van Dyke and June Lockhart are, I think, the only ones left
Was just going to post that same thought! 😢
R . I. P.
Beatrice Arthur (1923-2009)
Dick Clark (1929-2012)
Raymond Burr (1917-1993)
Rue Mclahan (1934-2010)
Sammy Davis Jr. (1925-1990)
Milton Berle (1908-2002)
Molina Long There is more than that!
Estelle getty (1923 - 2008)
Shari Lewis (1933-1998)
Bea was born 1922.
They don’t make tv like this anymore:(
Being 2021 this year and watching this video now it was like ghost were on that stage now and Yes I know Betty White is still alive and pushing 100 years old
A wonderdfull perfome ceremoni you amercians are best and how french we so much loved we are it and how so ungried we are dissapoinded towards the french autorities not enough permiss to discorverieng your so marvelous comedies sitcoms. Frederic, France, Normandie.
So many gone. Glad Betty White and June Lockhart are still here!👍🏻
And the incredible Dick Van Dyke! So many wonderful stars here.
Sad that most of them are gone.
Ah, Charlie O'Donnell. What a booming announcer.
Old Television ...my Life...
Looking at this in 2021 and I think only Betty White , June Lockhart and Dick Van Dyke are still alive.
Still with us Dick, Betty, and June. Wow wow wow! Like family members we grew up with all of them.
And Coopers and Lybrand (now PricewaterhouseCoopers) were the ones who knew the Emmy winners FIRST before everyone else; it wasn't long before the Television Academy went with Ernst & Young.
2022...Just Dick Van Dyke and June Lockhart (both 96) (+ the hosts)
Almost all of them gone except for Dick Van Dyke and the hosts, David Letterman and Shelley Long.
and June Lockhart
OK, to identify the whole bunch representing the "Old Friends", from left to right:
Dennis Weaver, Robert Stack, Raymond Burr, Ralph Edwards, Bert Parks, Dick Clark, Milton Berle, Shari Lewis
(and Lamb Chop), Red Buttons, Audrey Meadows, Jayne Meadows, Steve Allen, Estelle Getty, Rue McClanahan, George Burns, Bea Arthur, Betty White, Sammy Davis, Jr, Imogene Coca, Sid Caesar, Dick Van Dyke, Gene Barry, Eve Arden, Bob Cummings, Jackie Cooper, June Lockhart, Jack Paar.
Priceless...
Oh the memories 🤗
aww do you have this full broadcast? i really want to see it!
Dick Van Dyke at 2:30 or so...wonder how many of those on that stage he has now outlived........pretty remarkable he's still around today.
We think 2 or 3 of the ladies are still around - BW of course. June Lockhart (we noticed Jeff Bezos didn’t ask her to go into space.) And maybe Shari Lewis. 📺
I love this so much!
That outfit Betty White was wearing looked like a Rose Nylund wears
I miss George Burns.
Me too. Every day
Super!!
Great number
love love dave
Definitely hummable
I have never been sure about the 2 men between Eve Arden and June Lockhart. I think one is Jackie Cooper but have no idea about the other gentleman.
Omg, they're all gone now ... all except for Betty White and David Letterman, wow! to think I lived thru the era when they were all still around and alive. What memories, I shall never forget. Amen 🙏 🌹 🙏
Dick Van Dyke is still alive, isn't he? .. 💜🌿
@@aleolidemu6169
Yes, Dick Van Dyke is still alive!
@@georgeantonopoulos1597 Yes 🎉..
Thank you for your answer ...💜🌿
We still have June Lockhart too
@@bradleyscarton3931 thank you for that ... that's true 💙
Nice to see
RIP Betty White
Wow
A lot of ghosts standing on that stage.
Bea Arthur
Betty White
Rue McLanahan
Estelle Getty
Sammy Davis Jr.
Dick Van Dyke
Steve Allen
Jayne Meadows
Red Buttons
Shari Lewis
June Allyson
Milton Berle
Dick Clark
Bert Parks
Ralph Edwards
Raymond Burr
June Lockhart
George Burns
What was eve arden saying?
“Damn few”. Apparently it was the only part of the song she knew. Lol
❤❤❤❤❤
is Betty the only one left???
Don't forget Dick Van Dyke! I didn't recognize all of them so maybe a few others, but not many. :(
Geez is anyone in this video still alive except Dick vanDyke?
Whos the lady with those strong glasses
Eve Arden?
Not a single person in this video is still alive.
Not true: Dick Van Dyke and June Lockhart. But most old friends=dead friends here. Oh well. Hope they're happy where they are.
and David Letterman
Don't miss those shoulder pads
😊
Back in the days when award shows were entertaining and weren't #metoo and politically oriented like they are now.
99% of the people: dead.
Good grief. Except for the teeth he was actually good looking.
My god the state of his teeth for a presenter!
🌝💖💖💖😇😇😇
I Also watched those shows. Perry Mason, Your show of shows, Golden Girls, The Untouchables With Robert Stack etc, great shows. The shows now are a bunch of nothing. I watch 3 shows a week now and they are on hiatus. They have brought back a lot of the classics on antenna tv that I also used to watch. Crossing Jordan, Cold Case, Facts of Life, Love Boat, Columbo Designing Women, Little House , The Waltons . They don't make them like they used to.And you notice alot of them have women leads and there are more, so why all the bitching about their rights and their women power, it's crap. Even way back when. Loretta Young, Doris Day, Julia, "black lead" Life with Elizabeth with Betty White, so women have been playing lead parts for years. So get over yourselves.The sitcoms of today are not all that funny, at least not to me. They try too hard and they overdo everything. Especially the show "The Game." It's disgusting. I think every man in that show has screwed every woman in that show. That's all its about, I never did get the gist of that show. O yea, they do have a football team and the players think they are gods gift to women. I wouldn't have any of them. I thought I would give the show a chance, and I did that. Big mistake. YUK
1:05
the only one still alive is June Lockhart
Betty White is still alive too :)
I'm happy to say not the case: Betty White, of course (turning 93 in a month), Jayne Meadows (now 95), Dick Van Dyke (89th birthday coming up on December 13th, 2014) are still with us. How I remember all the others, though. This is a wonderful segment that I never tire of seeing.
Beatrice Arthur didn't even like Betty White because Bea thought that Betty was too funny.
I just hate this.
In my opinion embarrassingly bad. Hurts the ears. 😅😮