Mad Men - Robert Morse's Audition (Paley Center)

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  • Опубликовано: 25 окт 2009
  • Robert Morse (Bertram Cooper) tells about his audition process and how he did not understand the series until the 3rd episode and mistook series creator/executive producer Matthew Weiner for the office manager. (2007)
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Комментарии • 226

  • @thevideocommenter3061
    @thevideocommenter3061 5 лет назад +201

    "Don, my boy!"

    • @robertswitzer990
      @robertswitzer990 5 лет назад +7

      Saddest damn line of his entire time on the show.

    • @alexhopkins365
      @alexhopkins365 3 года назад

      Wow. I thought I was the only one imagining him saying that while I watched the video

    • @sreski504
      @sreski504 8 месяцев назад

      😢😢 just watched that scene, this is my first watch of the show. My heart dropped.

  • @ronatopaz1
    @ronatopaz1 10 лет назад +211

    I met him when I was starting a singing career, age 17. He told me to judge my success on the balance between how many people in the industry were supporting me/offering employment and my own self belief-the balance should ideally be 50/50 but when things get tough the self belief should be sturdy enough to compensate. All in all, some of the best advice I've ever received. A fantastic person in real life and a very talented performer.

    • @lauramalek3128
      @lauramalek3128 4 года назад +5

      Wow! What wonderful advice! He is definitely a sweetheart, met him a couple of times myself - has always been a favorite of mine.

    • @swiftassociates
      @swiftassociates 3 года назад

      That is really good advice

    • @seanlee566
      @seanlee566 2 года назад +1

      This just sounds like good advice in general, no matter what industry you're in.

  • @JustSomeCanadianGuy
    @JustSomeCanadianGuy 4 года назад +40

    He's the best guy in the show.
    Every time he opens his mouth he steals every scene.
    "You sold your birthright so you could marry that TROLLOP!"

  • @MJ-dq8ik
    @MJ-dq8ik 4 года назад +27

    I've been lucky enough to meet Bobby Morse a few times, even played a round of golf with him - pre-Mad Men in the 1990's. He is such a nice, decent guy. One of the best speaking voices ever - he was perfectly cast in the show and the way they sent him off in that episode where Don imagines Bert saying goodbye in a song and dance gets me every single time I watch it. A truly superb series

    • @i.e.presents638
      @i.e.presents638 3 года назад +1

      MJ I would love to see that scene, I haven’t got time to watch the whole series

    • @i.e.presents638
      @i.e.presents638 3 года назад +1

      Found it! ruclips.net/video/GxByspbrFRs/видео.html

    • @MJ-dq8ik
      @MJ-dq8ik 3 года назад +1

      @@i.e.presents638 THAT series is worth watching

    • @wolfen69
      @wolfen69 Год назад

      Yes, by far the best scene in the entire show. Just beautiful.

  • @ringoze
    @ringoze 4 года назад +32

    The scene where he came back as a ghost dancing in the hallway with the office women almost had me in tears - I'm a grown man. It was perhaps the most beautiful moment in the series. In real life he seems just as enchanting.

  • @pamoouru
    @pamoouru 12 лет назад +32

    I've met him too. Without a doubt, Robert Morse is the kindest, most gracious man in show business. He's also hysterically funny!

  • @Ginea25
    @Ginea25 11 лет назад +39

    "J. Pierpont Finch" playing an executive at an advertising firm... there's something just so right about that.

  • @Jonathanbroder
    @Jonathanbroder 3 года назад +6

    Saw him on the street in NYC near Lincoln Center around 2011. I rarely stop people like that but felt compelled to. He was the NICEST guy. Up, happy energy. So TOTALLY willing to take a moment and talk to me. Even let me take a selfie with him. Really great guy. Hope you see this Mr. Morse and know how much I appreciated that.

  • @districtline
    @districtline 5 лет назад +26

    Met him in '85 when I was in my early 20's. Was having lunch with a doctor-friend in L.A. and Morse came over to the table (he knew the doctor). He smiled at me then said, "Hi, I'm Bobby - you have the most angelic face I've ever seen!" I would have gone with him anywhere after that line....

    • @districtline
      @districtline 3 года назад +1

      @ray h. No, but when he said "ditch the Doctor and have lunch with me" i seriously considered it.

  • @TheOzzization
    @TheOzzization 10 лет назад +47

    "BRAVO" - GREAT JOB SIR.

  • @xDNYEx
    @xDNYEx 11 лет назад +39

    bobby morse is a national treasure

  • @OsbornTramain
    @OsbornTramain 12 лет назад +16

    I was so happy to see him in this TV show when it came out, he's always been a favorite of mine since I was a kid. I actually met him in 1981 or 1982 when he was visiting his home town and needed to rent a car. I was the rental agent....lol my first meeting of a famous person. I told him I was always a fan and he thanked me nicely. :O)

  • @glenahawkins99
    @glenahawkins99 13 лет назад +29

    I knew Bobby back in the 70's when he missed out on the old Polaroid commercial which he got beaten out by James Garner who appeared with Bobby's old friend Mariette Hartley. Sad time for him. But lets not forget TRU and his Tony! He has had a lot of luck later in life. He's a fine man and deserves his success. He threw out his back once helping me move a TV. Love ya Bobby! Luke

  • @BKNYC89
    @BKNYC89 6 лет назад +27

    You have the cool, clear, eyes of a seeker of wisdom and truth.

    • @michelmurphy7152
      @michelmurphy7152 24 дня назад

      "Yet there's that slam bang tang reminiscent of gin and vermouth"

  • @fhowland
    @fhowland 3 года назад +4

    Love Robert. His acting skills are second to none. He *is* Bert Cooper.

  • @liesljones5987
    @liesljones5987 9 лет назад +15

    Robert Morse had and has the kind of Talent that you immediately notice. He
    originated Barnaby in Thornton Wilder's THE MATCHMAKER (the forerunner to
    the musical HELLO, DOLLY), followed it with a hilarious take-off on the young
    Hal Prince in another comedy hit, SAY, DARLING and more than held his own
    opposite Jackie Gleason in the musical TAKE ME ALONG, from O'Neill's AH,
    WILDERNESS. These three roles were the lead up to HOW TO SUCCEED IN
    BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING -which Abe Burrows wrote for HIM!
    Morse's career since has definitely had its up-and-downs, with two definite
    theatrical ups playing the Jack Lemmon role in the musical of SOME LIKE IT
    HOT called SUGAR and, in his 60s, essaying Truman Capote in a one-man
    show. Now in his 80s, MAD MEN displayed his genius all over again. Bravo,
    Mr. Morse - a true Talent and Force in ever-changing show business.

    • @Squillionz
      @Squillionz 6 лет назад

      Not to mention his role as Dennis Barlow in Evelyn Waugh's The Loved One.

    • @tombrown1796
      @tombrown1796 4 года назад

      I thought they missed a great inside joke in the first season when Don & Betty attend "Fiorello!" at the Broadhurst, but Don says he didn't like it. For most of 1960, Morse was a 29-year-old playing a teenager in "Take Me Along" next door at the Shubert, and it would have been funny had Don expressed total amazement that anyone would be expected to believe "that old guy" was a new high school graduate.

  • @Katiedid1985
    @Katiedid1985 13 лет назад +11

    When I was a kid in the 90s i heard mom give a shout and I ran. She was reading the tv guid and it said that H.T.S.I.B.W.R.T. was coming. Even thoug it was going to be on a 1 in the morning mom didn't mind me staying up to watch it. I am so glad she did. i loved this man's acting and the movie still to this day.
    Oh and those letters stand for How To Suceed In Buisness Without Really Trying.

  • @BethPaige
    @BethPaige 4 года назад +6

    Robert is such an icon. Everyone there should be bowing down to his brilliance.

  • @nepenthe_gal759
    @nepenthe_gal759 2 года назад +2

    Loved Bert Cooper💕

  • @Ashfielder
    @Ashfielder 5 лет назад +10

    What a gentleman. Funny, elegant.

  • @kc440
    @kc440 9 лет назад +20

    I love Robert Morse.

  • @walterlevesque4879
    @walterlevesque4879 6 лет назад +7

    Oh my god. That is amazing. Bert is the a great character. Those little exentricities that he had. "Take off your shoes"

  • @laurielaplacalaplaca4412
    @laurielaplacalaplaca4412 5 лет назад +5

    Have loved and admired Robert Morse since the sixties. Especially liked seeing him on game shows and talk shows, sometimes with his wife.

    • @i.e.presents638
      @i.e.presents638 3 года назад

      Laurie Laplaca Laplaca oh my goodness, who is his wife?

    • @lauramalek3128
      @lauramalek3128 2 года назад +1

      @@i.e.presents638 his first wife was Carole D'Andrea. They married in 1961. Second wife Elizabeth Roberts (he called her Libby which I always thought was cute) in 1989.

  • @archer1949
    @archer1949 5 лет назад +6

    Next to Peggy, Bert Cooper was my favorite character in the show.

  • @jamesabrams6908
    @jamesabrams6908 6 месяцев назад

    Robert has been a star since I was a kid and went through a long spell out of the limelight. To see him do "Tru" in the 90s (available on RUclips) in his later years was so great. His Tony award for that show illustrates how beloved he was by the NY theater community. And he seems like a genuinely nice guy as others pointed out here. RIP Bobby Morse.

  • @collinsjamesl
    @collinsjamesl 14 лет назад +18

    @stevevandien I just watched "How To Succeed....." for the first time today and I was completely blown away by Robert Morse's talent. Just "WOW!"

    • @OhHeBustin
      @OhHeBustin 4 года назад

      I miss the past, this was only 2010

  • @starbabi7
    @starbabi7 10 лет назад +13

    Robert Morse, a great talent

  • @plumbago
    @plumbago 7 лет назад +6

    What a doll. I have always loved him.

  • @jshepard152
    @jshepard152 6 лет назад +13

    The best things in life are free.

  • @sam4570
    @sam4570 2 года назад +2

    RIP to a legend

  • @psychicriver
    @psychicriver 12 лет назад +4

    Awww! He's awesome! Love the story about his meeting with Matt Weiner, lol

  • @lorireece1970
    @lorireece1970 9 лет назад +11

    Seems like such a sweetheart!

    • @lipby
      @lipby 8 лет назад +2

      +Lori Reece He seems very grandfatherly

  • @maximilliancunningham6091
    @maximilliancunningham6091 10 месяцев назад

    FANTASTIC ! Thanks for sharing !

  • @hellodave1168
    @hellodave1168 3 года назад +1

    Rewatching Tru..I miss these guys .

  • @ronatopaz1
    @ronatopaz1 9 лет назад +2

    Just watched this again. Drool..❤️❤️

  • @riparianlife97701
    @riparianlife97701 11 лет назад +18

    I just read Robert Morse's filmography on imdb. The poor man. This really was a big break, and he's fantastic as Bertram Cooper.

    • @Squillionz
      @Squillionz 6 лет назад +17

      The poor man?! Have you ever read about his extensive theatrical career?

    • @MJ-dq8ik
      @MJ-dq8ik 4 года назад +4

      Not quite put the right way - he was a HUGE success in the 1960's and then yes, like many actor's careers - he had a long dry spell, then he did TRU onstage and he was back in the public eye and worked a little bit more but yes getting Mad Men was a huge boost to the third act of his career and he hit it out of the park

  • @hollyb6885
    @hollyb6885 6 лет назад +3

    Robert Morse is a treasure.

  • @PeterZeeke
    @PeterZeeke 2 года назад +1

    the end shows how comfortable he was with crowds

  • @THESnowWight
    @THESnowWight 14 лет назад +7

    @shanejensen He was the voice of Jack Frost in one of my favorite holiday movies ever! I've always loved him for that!

  • @savanabittner1303
    @savanabittner1303 2 года назад

    in jack frost 1979 you made one of a kind good job you did it iam happy about it

  • @vigtigyou2uber
    @vigtigyou2uber 11 лет назад +4

    The release of that movie is, chronologically, not that far away from where the Mad Men timeline is now. Kinda funny to think about.

  • @74jailbreaker
    @74jailbreaker 12 лет назад +8

    For an old guy, he's a cool dude haha.

  • @elmichetto9865
    @elmichetto9865 4 года назад +2

    The Best Things In Life Are Free

  • @hemmojito
    @hemmojito 6 лет назад +2

    What a lovely man

  • @lisadonnell3492
    @lisadonnell3492 Год назад

    Bert Cooper commenting on Lane and Pete fighting "This is medieval". Just gold.

  • @ayeletsunset1143
    @ayeletsunset1143 4 года назад +1

    Robert is a sweetheart and funny

  • @TheCMac518
    @TheCMac518 2 года назад +1

    was it really an audition? naw, they just wanted to meet him. what a charmer! RIP.

  • @OutsideNila
    @OutsideNila 13 лет назад +3

    Don't forget him in The Loved One! What a cutie!

    • @Squillionz
      @Squillionz 6 лет назад

      One of my all time favorite movies.

  • @Phoenix-tv4gb
    @Phoenix-tv4gb 4 года назад +1

    I believe in you!

  • @tejaswoman
    @tejaswoman 7 лет назад

    Too adorable!

  • @IDOLODORO2
    @IDOLODORO2 14 лет назад +1

    as charming as ever

  • @xxxfirehuunterxxx
    @xxxfirehuunterxxx 5 лет назад +5

    My Lord he sounds and looks like Mark Hamil, an amazing soul nevertheless

  • @estrenosyestrellas
    @estrenosyestrellas 2 года назад +1

    QEPD💖

  • @Volthan
    @Volthan 14 лет назад

    I love him! xD

  • @savanabittner3597
    @savanabittner3597 2 года назад

    you did good in the jack frost movie robert morse

  • @savanabittner1303
    @savanabittner1303 2 года назад

    you did good in jack frost good job robert morse

  • @alrightythen759
    @alrightythen759 4 года назад +1

    Season 7 Episode 7. So Long Bert.

  • @savanabittner1303
    @savanabittner1303 2 года назад

    you did good in jack frost robert morse good job for you iam proud of you

  • @savanabittner1303
    @savanabittner1303 2 года назад

    you did good in jack frost 1979😀

  • @savanabittner1303
    @savanabittner1303 2 года назад

    you did good in jack frost 1979

  • @savanabittner3597
    @savanabittner3597 2 года назад

    please do it i will do eveything far you

  • @savanabittner3597
    @savanabittner3597 2 года назад

    he did good playing jack snip frost

  • @hugoschurr2189
    @hugoschurr2189 3 года назад +1

    I don’t think I heard the word client once

  • @savanabittner1303
    @savanabittner1303 2 года назад

    hi robert morse

  • @savanabittner1303
    @savanabittner1303 2 года назад

    okay please you can do it

  • @savanabittner1303
    @savanabittner1303 2 года назад

    did you sing one of a kind from jack frost 1979 yes or no please answer okay

  • @savanabittner3597
    @savanabittner3597 2 года назад

    where did you make jack frost at

  • @savanabittner1303
    @savanabittner1303 2 года назад

    hey youtube make sure that robert morse gets that comment i did my name is savana bittner so you will know that

  • @Laceykat66
    @Laceykat66 9 лет назад +1

    He did a great Summer Replacement show with E. J. Peaker in the latter 1960s. Simple sets but great songs.

    • @Svenguy
      @Svenguy 7 лет назад

      Laceykat66 It was called That's Life.

    • @shawnmulligan2894
      @shawnmulligan2894 5 лет назад

      Are there any episodes online or anywhere? There seems to be no episodes online

    • @lauramalek3128
      @lauramalek3128 4 года назад

      It was cute! That's the series that made me a fan!💕

    • @jessierong4306
      @jessierong4306 Год назад +1

      @@shawnmulligan2894 There are a few full episodes now on here: ruclips.net/video/HdmUoFyVAVw/видео.html He was sooo great in it. So funny and charming.

    • @jessierong4306
      @jessierong4306 Год назад +1

      @@lauramalek3128 Same here! I liked his performance in H2$ but then I watched a few episodes of That's Life and was completely blown away. To think it was a 60's series - just so ahead of its time. Such a shame people back then didn't appreciate how great it was. Robert Morse was hysterically funny and also lovely in it. He sang so well it melted my heart to hear him sing those beautiful songs. He and EJ Peaked made a great great couple. I wish they would release the series on DVD/Bluray but looks like it's just impossible with the copyright issues of the songs they used.😢

  • @savanabittner3597
    @savanabittner3597 2 года назад

    did you reply to me becase i heard the beep sound was it you yes or no

  • @savanabittner1303
    @savanabittner1303 2 года назад

    why are you not anwering me for robert morse

  • @savanabittner1303
    @savanabittner1303 2 года назад

    you can do it

  • @THESnowWight
    @THESnowWight 14 лет назад +1

    @shanejensen You can watch it on youtube. The channel is crazeclassics. It's super adorable : )

  • @savanabittner1303
    @savanabittner1303 2 года назад

    how are you been doing robert morse

  • @EllieC130
    @EllieC130 Год назад

    We lost a gem with this one for sure.

  • @savanabittner1303
    @savanabittner1303 2 года назад

    do you like this song from trolls called they dont know yes or no

  • @savanabittner1303
    @savanabittner1303 2 года назад

    what kind of car do you have robert morse

  • @savanabittner1303
    @savanabittner1303 2 года назад

    what kind of car do you have

  • @savanabittner3597
    @savanabittner3597 2 года назад

    what size do you wear

  • @savanabittner1303
    @savanabittner1303 2 года назад

    hi robert morse how are you today😄

  • @savanabittner3597
    @savanabittner3597 2 года назад

    you live in the ma in usa

  • @savanabittner1303
    @savanabittner1303 2 года назад

    can you watch it yes or no

  • @savanabittner1303
    @savanabittner1303 2 года назад

    what kind of car do you have🙂

  • @savanabittner3597
    @savanabittner3597 2 года назад

    have you ever seen the trolls movies

  • @savanabittner1303
    @savanabittner1303 2 года назад

    robert morse iam famous its true you should

  • @savanabittner1303
    @savanabittner1303 2 года назад

    hi robert morse how are you today

  • @savanabittner1303
    @savanabittner1303 2 года назад

    hey youtube make sure that robert morse gets that comment i did okay you can do it i know you guys can

  • @savanabittner1303
    @savanabittner1303 2 года назад

    hi robert morse how are you

  • @savanabittner3597
    @savanabittner3597 2 года назад

    i know that you played jack frost

  • @savanabittner1303
    @savanabittner1303 2 года назад

    can you sing they dont know from trolls yes or no can you answer me robert morse

  • @savanabittner1303
    @savanabittner1303 2 года назад

    robert morse my name is savana bittner

  • @savanabittner1303
    @savanabittner1303 2 года назад

    robert morse did you get that comment yes or no

  • @savanabittner1303
    @savanabittner1303 2 года назад

    can you dance to the song trolls just wanna have fun

  • @savanabittner1303
    @savanabittner1303 2 года назад

    how tall are you

  • @savanabittner1303
    @savanabittner1303 2 года назад

    how are you today

  • @savanabittner1303
    @savanabittner1303 2 года назад

    do you like the trollstopia song called living in harmony yes or no

  • @afriend9428
    @afriend9428 4 года назад

    *The boss of the company*

  • @savanabittner3597
    @savanabittner3597 2 года назад

    what time do you go to bed

  • @savanabittner3597
    @savanabittner3597 2 года назад

    in 1979 you were 48

  • @savanabittner1303
    @savanabittner1303 2 года назад

    have you ever watched trolls yes or no