Bobby Van and Elaine Joyce 1978

[@whyilovemycats]

I always adored these 2. It just broke my heart when Bobby passed away so young. They certainly were one of the sweetest couples.

[@Madelow56]

+bette sue I agree with you 100%

[@brucewilliamson9073]

very true

[@marybrewer458]

bette sue l couldn't agree with you more they were both sweet & you could see how much love they had for each other. He did die to soon loved them both.

[@aliceclason6223]

Bobby van

[@awordonawing]

@kiyonexus Yes - very strange indeed. What game show was it?

[@lalalaland5291]

I was a young child in 1978 but I can remember shows like this..., real entertainment not the crap we have today. I remember my parents would watch things like this on television. Unfortunately I was too young to understand and how important it was.And how I wish now I was old enough to have been able to appreciate it.

[@denisemarie6029]

I really believe these 2 were made for each other. Unlike most Hollywood couples, Bobby and Elaine would have lasted forever

[@materialgirl8707]

These two were always so lovely and sweet together. Very sad that Elaine had to lose him so soon. All my love to her and to Bobby in Heaven.

[@emilyhayek1132]

Bobby and Elaine were so attractive funny and sweet together. so much talent there . I will never forget Bobby and his incredible talent and their great love for each other. still miss him so much

[@victorialouden1912]

+jesusisnotallright s he died of a brain tumors!!

[@timothyball4906]

No he Bobby must wait in the grave. Christ will take Bobby to Heaven "if" Bobby qualifies.

[@robertsprouse9282]

@@timothyball4906, did he register in time? Then again, he might be related to someone in management and is ineligible to enter. He’ll just have to wait and see if ED MCMAHON, errrrr GOD..or whatever shows up and knocks on his casket lid… then again, he just may be worm food. Who knows.. if he is already a “winner”🤗 or dinner..🫨

[@donnscopman8102]

I was always a huge fan of Bobby Van. He was so talented and humble, charming. He and Elaine were precious together.

[@nobodyreally467]

My goodness Elaine Joyce is such a beautiful woman. I only knew Bobby Van from the game show. How nice to see them having such a wonderful time.

[@fanoboss]

Amazing ... I don't think we will ever see entertainment of this caliber again ...

[@mickwarfield2447]

Bobby Van was a real talented guy!

[@deadrasmith7584]

awesome...they don't have entertainment like this anymore....R.I.P

[@bobtheblindbedroomguitaris8742]

It's so nice to see that people still no and actually like Bobby van and Elaine Joyce he was my grandfather's sister's son like that second my dad's first cousin and my sex and my second cousin I met him during the last time I saw him was at the place where No No Nanette you got my sister and I tickets and at the end they got to go backstage and meet Ruby Keeler Apache Kelly Jack to her and all those people it was really nice and we were all shocked when he passed away please excuse the typos I'm blind

[@MajorSeventh]

They were one of the most attractive couples I've ever seen.

[@kurtjackberhalter1537]

I have seen hundreds of productions, and the 1977 production of "Anything Goes",with Bobby Van and Ann Miller was the best! We will never see the likes of this talent again!

[@ericstewart9499]

Part of my great childhood memories. I loved Make Me Laugh when I was a kid. Bobby Van was fantastic

[@vikings844]

You want to get blown away with Bobby Van's talent look up Bobby Van in 1953 on KZbin! That dance number he did in the retail store will knock your socks off!

[@davem348]

This is the first time I've actually seen them perform (either separately or together), they both are tremendously talented, I didn't know how good they were! Fantastic talent!

[@gannjones3811]

Bobby Van perform

[@vikings844]

Please look at Bobby Van in 1953 on KZbin! Amazing!

[@MamaofaWrestler]

​@@vikings844 He never changed! He looks as young here as he did then!

[@clancykobane9102]

Poor guy didn't live long but he sure had fun while he was here, as you can see.

[@yournamehere6002]

And he got to be with Elaine Joyce

[@salmonella4u]

It's not how long you live, but how much you live! ;)

[@ellez2115]

They seemed to be so much in love. How lucky they were to have found each other.

[@cmcb09]

She starred in an episode of Murder She Wrote where she Connie Stevens and Anne Francis did a spoof on the Mcguire Sisters it truly showed off her great musical talent.

[@catdespira2238]

The visual definition of "soul mates". The cutest couple ever. Tragic what happened to Bobby.

[@paulah229]

A beautiful and talented couple parted by his death too soon.

[@laurajardine3866]

Lovec them.

[@laurajardine3866]

Loved them.

[@Bronco46tube]

Is that available somewhere? I can't get enough of her. A beautiful, bubbly lady. Bobby was a lucky man. And you can tell; he knew it.

[@Debbie-l7h]

Bobby Van was in the movie, LOST HORIZON (1973) and he sang, “Question Me an Answer” along with his dancing. I saw this movie at the Saturday Matinee in Twin Falls, Idaho and I enjoyed this movie a lot. The movie can be seen in its full entirety on you tube. I’ll watch this movie from time to time. It’s such a great story, made into a movie.

[@teresaschneider6641]

Bobby and Elaine you rock the house down. Miss you Bobby , rest in peace. Elaine you are strong woman, God bless you.

[@dlsofsetx]

Bobby Van was great talent who left us way too soon.Elaine Joyce was also very talented & quite a beauty.I I worked at the old Harrah's Lake Charles Casino with a waitress who bore a strong resemblance to her.

[@robtay1963]

Bobby Van was the luckiest man on the planet back then.

[@robtay1963]

@kiyonexus no, I was referring to "Back Then" as in when I was a teenager. I thought he was lucky to have such a beautiful, funny and talented wife i was very sad when I heard on the news that he had passed away. And even now looking back he and Elaine seemed truly happy and while she continued her career in public she must have been devastated by her loss. But again clearly my comment was about what I thought in the past before his death as I was a teenager during their game show days.

[@andrewpotok2661]

He did have a great life. Elaine was the hottest celebrity on match game. BY FAR. ty

[@sunlitweb]

Two of my favorite performers. She was such a pretty girl. And watching Bobby Van always made you feel good. He was so talented! Too bad the kids today don't know who he was. She is now married to playwright Neil Simon.

[@shannonb082905]

JoJoGunn You are so horrible! How dare you write something so cruel!

[@Mariamne62bgl]

My mom is gone but I recall telling her that Bobby Van had passed. She was so upset. She grew up in the Bronx with him and his sister.

[@barbaraball4041]

WOW ❤❤❤❤❤

[@MamaofaWrestler]

Elaine adored Bobby❤ They were the cutest couple, soulmates. He died so unexpectedly of brain cancer at 52.

[@edwardserrato6674]

Bobby Van was pure entertainment!!! Elaine is so beautiful and electrifying 😍.

[@jsstar76]

I still see her on old reruns of “Match Game ‘78…

[@mrbakerskatz]

Elaine was my teenage crush for many years !

[@johnmonch5242]

She's still my teenage crush and I'm in my 60s.

[@tommyodonnell9]

Loved Bobby Van, a true entertainer.

[@albertdiner]

great very original

[@nancyzorbaugh510]

I love the way they looked at each.other with so much love for one another

[@mjjm5511]

Class!

[@josephferullo5086]

Always loved Bobby. Reminded me so much of Donald O'Connor whom I also loved. Great performers. Don't see them like this so much nowadays.

[@bettycogswell9851]

I loved these two. We lost Bobby way to soon....Loved them always on Tattletales..

[@FairytaleVideobiz]

Wow, look how gorgeous Elaine is. It's very sad what happened to her husband 2 years later. Very sad, I wish her well.

[@danachilds721]

They were golden!

[@jacederrington6391]

LOVE. Bobby & Elaine.....Wonderful LoveStory!!! Check them out on reruns of Tattletales~Great!!!!!

[@ChrisHansonCanada]

I remember Elaine Joyce mostly from her appearances on "Match Game". This is the first time I have seen her perform.

[@der22672]

Ahh Bobby Van. He reminds me sooo much of someone else from the Broadway musical stage and very involved with "The Tony Awards". That would be Hugh Jackman. Bobby and Hugh are such great dancers and soo light on their feet. Just tremendous. And yes he was taken from us way too soon. Just two years later in 1980, he would die at the young age of 51 from cancer.His illness must have went fast because you sure couldn't tell here that there were any signs at all. He just looked really healthy here.

[@beentheredonethatb4]

Strange that you should compare the two, since Hugh just performed his tribute to Bobby on the Tony Awards two days ago. Very prophetic!!!

[@der22672]

Hey Ben I know I was thinking the same thing when I was watching Sunday night.

[@beentheredonethatb4]

der, Maybe you have psychic abilities that you have not channeled yet. That would be awesome!!!

[@der22672]

Wouldn't that be wild? You never know.

[@SEPTEMBERANCH]

As Hugh Jackman was performing at the Tony's I kept thinking, "hey, they stole that from Bobby Van". And then the video scene from the movie "Small Town Girl" was on the wall as Hugh hopped by. Superb!!!

[@JazzKeyboardist1]

yes, the rule of thumb is you can steal anything as long as you give credit.. writers do it wittily all the time, and musicians cover stuff

[@JazzKeyboardist1]

sorry I love bobby van hi thought about him yesterday hi

[@davemooreblues]

She was one of the hottest women of the 70s

[@Lars576]

Wow!! Bobby died 2 yrs after this show... Great looking couple..

[@brianfoster4664]

Bobby was a real trouper... He and Elaine hosted the Mrs. America pageant just a month before he passed away. I remember watching that show and he apologized for his appearance (he was a little heavier due to his cancer treatments). They both put on a heck of a performance that night. I was shocked when he left us about four weeks later.

[@patricialacroix5582]

@@brianfoster4664 I remember that, too.

[@davidwise3426]

He was so talented. She was too, had a crush on her.

[@cmcb09]

It is out on dvd it is Season 6 Episode 16 of Murder She Wrote Episode Title: The Big Show of 1965. Also if you have Netflix it is available for instant viewing. A really cute one.

[@briandauderman4457]

Chris Johnson p

[@filmmekker]

I saw him star in The Music Man and the Mill Run Theater in Chicago.

[@coppingtonfarnham7731]

Gary Indiana, my home sweet home!

[@mjr7927]

I love her dress!

[@victorialouden1912]

I can only think what a great sexy lady she was a absolute knockout I think she's one of the prettiest women I've ever laid eyes on!!

[@victorialouden1912]

+Victoria Louden a total package!!

[@mjjm5511]

She's all legs! loved these two. RIP Bobby

[@robatsea2009]

Yes, I have the entire program. I've posted some other clips from it on my channel.

[@lippysusan1363]

Incredibly talented pair. Today Elaine Joyce lost her second husband Neil Simon, which brought me here. So sorry for her losses but she married a couple of talented princes!

[@lisahayes8834]

She was married one time in between, but divorced.

[@charlesmessina5253]

I always loved her smile

[@jonmaas]

do you have any more of this special?

[@depaola63]

Poor guy passed at only 51 in 1980!

[@Attila709]

They played a couple in a Chips episode. It was Halloween and Elaine made the sexiest ghost I've ever seen. (:

[@patricialacroix5582]

Bobby and Elaine's story had an odd start that took me by surprise when I learned about it. Bobby actually filed for an annulment just days after they got married in Las Vegas. He claimed that Elaine lied to him about wanting to have children, having only said that, so that he would marry her. She was only 24 at time, and, perhaps, she was still emotionally immature. In the end, of course, they remained married, and they always appeared to be very happy. They did have a child - their daughter, Taylor. And on the Sally Jesse Raphael Show (here on KZbin), she appeared as a guest after his death, and she definitely expressed much grief regarding his passing.

[@angelaroseneder7980]

Elaine even said herself their marriage was perfect after he died, even though they got off to a rough start. I guess true love really does conquer all

[@barbaraball4041]

Absolutely loved those two

[@Retaile23]

A lovely couple.

[@torchkit]

This is from a TV special called The People's Command Performance.

[@January.]

He's so talented and 🔥

[@kayandaeddings4803]

He is.

[@joycejohnston2863]

Hi you could tell those 2 really loved one another saw them on tattle tales they knew one another pretty well may some slip ups but most the time they were on spot well that's my opinion on it for me this was lovely to watch thanks and peace✌️🤗😇

[@clintdavis47]

She is so bubbly !

[@Susan8115]

I was lucky enough to see Elaine in "Sugar." She was effervescent!

[@YouzTube99]

@Susan Fanning: You picked the perfect adjective for Elaine!

[@timothyball4906]

Plop Plop Fizz Fizz, there goes your tummy troubles!

[@lindaszatkowski321]

They were beautiful together. Sad Bobby died so young

[@Bronco46tube]

She still is! Google her images; there are pictures of here today; and she still looks better then most women decades younger then she.

[@mrhorgan]

nice leg show by Elaine Joyce :)

[@bobtheblindbedroomguitaris8742]

Still kept in touch with his family all the family my grandfather has 11 brothers and sisters it was a big family and does anybody know what his real last name is that was who that was and again please excuse the typos I'm blind and the speech to text stinks

[@ilovesteveclark6084]

Robert Sutton, his real last name was Stein.

[@kevinjudy7218]

She was one of the dancers on THE DANNY KAYE SHOW.

[@reston81]

Great couple. So sad bobby died so soon. They have great chemistry. Elaine has gorgeous legs

[@21kalel]

I have always assumed that anyone playing the Music Man might give an excellent performance, but would always be under the shadow of NOT being Robert Preston, who clearly owned this role. But Bobby Van is brilliant. Even in this short clip, he shows that he can clearly become Harold Hill just as completely as did Preston.

[@mrceleb2006]

Of course, Bobby Van and Elaine Joyce hosted game shows...Bobby Van hosted three ('Showoffs', 'The Fun Factory' and 'Make Me Laugh'), but did not live to see Elaine Joyce host 'The All-New Dating Game' because he died from a brain tumor in the summer of 1980.

[@pamelahoward8225]

He Bobby Can is doing Music Man. My favorite musical.

[@dorymann531]

They were the cutest most talente couple u er❤

[@pawsitivelycreative]

Very sweet to see them together!

[@jonathansmith9235]

Bobby was so talented. And so was Elaine and just so cute.

[@Heres_Johnny.]

I always had the biggest crush on her!

[@Shadowlynne4]

They were a cute and talented couple. He was too young when he died. I always enjoyed them when they were on Tattletales.

[@vikings844]

Bobby had an amazing personality and an amazing relationship with Elaine Joyce! Pretty sure she never got over him!

[@JazzKeyboardist1]

what did tom hooper say about lip sync?

[@MikeAndrews]

Dern. Elaine Joyce got older. www.spokeo.com/Elaine+Joyce+1/Jan+13+2013+Opening+Night+Of+Picnic+At+The+American+Airlines+Theatre+Arrivals Still wouldn't throw her out for eating crackers. Geez, Bobby Van died two years later. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Van Smoking is bad for ya.

[@JazzKeyboardist1]

Mike Andrews Hey, I didn't know Elaine married multi-millionaire Neil Simon, so she must have a strict pre-nup if you have a chance with her .I didn't remember Van from Make me Laugh , I saw every episode but does smoking give you brain cancer?

[@MikeAndrews]

Another thing is how these Goodson/Toddman shows drew on Broadway stars, which is why they were mostly unknown to the rest of us. Since Broadway stage shows rarely get a wider audience from TV the rest of us on the left were much less aware. You don't see stage stars now when all the shows tape in Los Angeles. It goes the other way where TV & movie actors headline on Broadway.

[@joefagan6244]

Bobby Van was a tap dancer. I can Elaine Joyce also tap dance as well. She looks nice dressed and wearing such nice shoes.

[@frankscivier4874]

I always thought Elaine Joyce was a beauty and an excellent actress but I have never seen her legs before. CRIKEY! They are absolutely beautiful like the rest of. I’ve never, ever seen Elaine Joyce look as stunningly gorgeous as in this video of her.

[@rr7firefly]

I never liked the song (Trouble in RiverCity), but I think Bobby Van was an amazing performer. So was Elaine Joyce.

[@patrickmaffei7306]

Elaine is a good sole. She loved Bobby so. Later she married Neil Simon and stayed with him till his death in 2018.

[@BugzKiller]

Bobby had a show called.... make me laugh in the 70s it was a good show

[@discoverydavid]

Sheesh, she got some pins!!

[@kevinbutler1955NYC]

Poor Ms.Joyce also lost her second husband:Playwriter and screenwriter:Neil Simon.

[@YouzTube99]

After Bobby's death, Elaine talked very candidly about the experience: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b5-vpHybba9ggqs I always liked her as an entertainer. Based on that interview, I appreciate her as a person.

[@brutal666]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/gHfWan-Om7JlrZo

[@phillycinephile8282]

I can see these two playing Roxie Hart and Billy Flynn in a production of CHICAGO.

[@lycanwolf64]

original dharma

[@BugzKiller]

Bobby could have been a rapper!

[@natestorm194]

crazy he died 2 years later.

[@Bronco46tube]

Thanks for the tip. I will be checking that out. She likes older men: she's been married twice; and both times it was to men around 15 years older then she.

[@epaddon]

And in between she had an affair with J.D. Salinger who was much older too.

[@thsr592]

Elaine looked best in this hairstyle, js

[@rockywood21]

cute couple

[@sisophous]

At first I thought I was looking at the Yankees player, Bobby Mercer. Talk about everyone has a twin out there somewhere, well I found the twin of Bobby Van, and they share the same first name, what a coincidence.

[@thomasmagnum3588]

Wow, I had no idea he was this good! As for Elaine? Well, I adore her! I think her infectious , joyful stage presence more than makes up for her limited singing/dancing abilities. She is just so entertaining, so much fun to watch. Very few natural performers like her.

[@peter298a]

Good effort, but the sound totally gives away that they're lipsyncing.

[@XXthekingofyouXX]

Her legs are incredible!

[@littlebitacate7619]

I loved these 2 back in the day. Funny thing: does anyone else think this song & dance is pretty cheesy by todays standard. I mean u can see better at a high school play nowadays. Sorry Im not trying to troll.

[@clancykobane9102]

littlebitacate i think thats an inaccurate statement, to say the least if you've seen any high school plays lately.

[@SilverGram]

littlebitacate only a person who can't dance would make such an unkind and untrue remark.

[@YouzTube99]

@littlebitacate: I agree. They are likable and do their best to sell it but the choreography is essentially 'the olde soft shoe' that dates back to vaudeville.

[@tammyramey]

I find the old soft shoe refreshing. I always loved this kind of entertainment.