Here's Hollywood 1962 - Don DeFore

[@magoo9767]

Met him at a department store the Christmas of '79 he and his wife, very nice folks...God bless.

[@rhd4444]

Didn't know anyone else had a copy of this! It's one thing to have films and videos of your father but to have the whole family from that long ago is priceless. I remember being interviewed and also touring the huge remote video truck outside our house and the two-inch video tape! Ron D4

[@kerryincolumbus]

Hi Ron! You know, everyone LOVED your Dad (and I'm sure your mother as well, she seems like a real sweetheart!) and all the great acting he did! Are there any color pix of your beautiful Brentwood house that's featured in this video? Would be a total treat to see them, if there are, thanks!!

[@kerryincolumbus]

Hi Ron. I had to watch this again because I LOVE that house! Did you and your brother and sisters get to divide up all the great furnishings? I know I'm being nosy, but, I'm captivated by that house LOL

[@hankaustin7091]

hi kerryincolumbus... it's a damn shame Ron DeFore wouldn't answer you.. which tells me, this isn't the real Ron DeFore, son of Don DeFore.. clearly some stupid ass imposter...smh

[@jackieellenbarnes1268]

Ron DeFore , Always enjoyed your Dad on TV

[@davidbrown8303]

@@hankaustin7091 maybe he's just a snob.

[@hippiegirl58]

UCLA film and tv archives has 79 episodes of Here's Hollywood sitting on a shelf and not available for public viewing. This is criminal.

[@bcats9115]

I remember watching this show back in 1962 part of the reason I went to Los Angeles in 1963. I loved California back in the California Dreaming days. That's all gone now in 2021 but oh the memories!

[@hungfao]

I was very young when this show was broadcast so I remember very little except for those intros driving in the cars. The first thing I am struck by is the children....all clean cut and answering questions without attitude. How times have really changed.

[@Beagle3561]

What a great piece of Americana. You'll not find stars like Don DeFore in Hollywood anymore. That era is, sadly, long gone. Thanks for posting this gem.

[@ScrapNfight]

Don DeFore was one of the best actors around. Even today watching him you can sit back and enjoy his performances without a feeling of unease or being comfortable. He had depth, humor and a good sense about himself.

[@LauraDi]

Thanks so much for posting this. I'm a huge Hazel fan.

[@varrick1226]

Always loved Don DeFore. What a great family. Family is lacking in America today!

[@SivistheoneArt]

im actually related to him. im his great neice i think

[@January.]

@@SivistheoneArt *niece

[@SenorZorrozzz]

By all accounts, Don was one terrific guy. Very nice man. Very likable.

[@deanomarshall2926]

This was a great interview! Everyone was articulate & great vocabulary usage, too! Unlike today where every other word is 'basically' & 'like"! People can't even form sentences anymore without those 2 words! Good Grief!!

[@1Melody1963]

Thank you for sharing this. Mr. DeFore was such a wonderful man. Talented and classy. Our world sure could use more men like him.

[@scotnick59]

Such a lovely, "normal" All-American family! So very refreshing to see.

[@cynthiafroley4415]

What a beautiful, wholesome family! Thanks for sharing.

[@tonycevallos7513]

A truly class act of a man, a family man and a Godly man. If he could see America and Hollywood today he's roll over in his grave.

[@scottmiller6495]

What a wonderful man and you'll never ever see anyone like him ever again Ever PERIOD!!!!!

[@marygraham9338]

Loved him in HAZEL. Disappointed that they dropped both him and Whitney Blake after 4 seasons.

[@scotnick59]

He *could* be rather wooden as George Baxter, but loved the show anyway

[@signalstatstevedouglas1387]

What a great man Don is a good guy.I would be proud to have a father like him.

[@kerryincolumbus]

What I wouldn't give to see that wonderful house in color!!! I sure wish there were more episode of this great show on KZbin, Helen O'Connell is such a great interviewer, she's so at ease and makes people feel comfortable answering questions. Love this entire idea/concept!

[@hankaustin7091]

I'm with you kerryincolumbus.. would LOVE to see this house in person just to get the ambiance of it. With all that land, though, unfortunately I'll bet some greedy developer bought the place, tore down that gorgeous house and put up some stupid condos or apartments! Sure wish one of the kids (although, they're not kids now) of Don DeFore would post something on KZbin about growing up in this house and maybe some pix of the place back in the day, hopefully in color.

[@janetsenatore2456]

I looked it up on Google Earth and sadly you’d never know it was the same house. Gutted, modernized, painted solid white, not even close. The house is surrounded by neighborhood now.

[@TheOneTrueKaliban]

You know, if I weren't familiar with these folks, I'd have no idea that they were citizens of Hollywood. They seem rock solid, Middle American. Things have changed SO much. If people weren't, in fact, better back then, they at least made the pretense of being so. This, in itself, was a good thing.

[@1Melody1963]

They were better. Most people still had manners, class, and style.

[@signalstatstevedouglas1387]

Love Don defore watch him daily on Hazel.

[@daisydukes8252]

Greatest actor and so handsome! Beautiful and well raised children!

[@scootergreen3]

I loved Don DeFore especially on Hazel.

[@SenorZorrozzz]

That land and house in LA today would be worth millions!

[@chompo7]

i would imagine this was wonderful to see!always love your dad's work.he was always great in whatever movie or tv show he was in,and how cool for you to grow up around all those greats of hollywood like shirley booth ozzie nelson etc

[@Blassieboy]

Beautiful and sincere people

[@JJJBRICE]

Don Defore's" family seemed to be wholesome than the Nelson family. Oh my , that takes some doing! Helen O'Connell , known primarily as a big band era singer also had other talents . She was a regular on the Today show. She was an hostess for some years for the Miss Universe pageant with Bob Barker.

[@김남혁-w9g]

thank you, good archiving

[@fromthesidelines]

"HERE'S HOLLYWOOD" was a daily NBC series [4:30-4:55pm(et), followed by five minutes of NBC News during the 1961-'62 season], produced on videotape by the man who created "I LOVE LUCY" {Jess Oppenheimer}, and scheduled from 1960 through '62, featured interviews with famous celebrities "on location"- sometimes tied into whatever prime-time TV series the network was promoting. In this episode, originally telecast in April 1962, Don DeFore, during his first season on 'HAZEL", is the celebrity.

[@tomservo56954]

8:14 Westbrook Van Voorhees in the READER'S DIGEST commercial

[@kerridrury4240]

Wow great show, so honest these people are

[@kevinbutler1955NYC]

Bud Abbott were also interviewed on this series.

[@Juliaflo]

You are extremely blessed to have such a talented grandmother. She had a beautiful voice and outstanding interviewing skills as demonstrated on this program as well as the Miss U.S.A. pageant. Out of curiosity, what would your grandmother think of today's artists?

[@davidbrown8303]

When this was filled I was 7 years old some of his kids the older ones have to be in their 70s. I wonder if they are still around.

[@rhd4444]

David - we're all still very much alive! My book about Dad and my life growing up in a celebrity family will be published July 15, 2019: "Growing up in Disneyland" - the title is both metaphor and literal, as Dad was the only person to own a concession in Disneyland with their name displayed: Don DeFore's Silver Banjo Barbecue. Stay tuned! And be sure to visit my KZbin channel as I will be uploading even more memorabilia.

[@lindaborres5034]

Don DeFore was in Hollywood but not of Hollywood which i know as Hollywhierd. Seems like he knew the LORD.

[@suestephan3255]

Well shows he is great actor, nothing in real life like George Baxter.

[@hippiegirl58]

I would so love to see the episode with Vince Edwards. Not sure it survived. I know many episodes are lost.

[@MrMarkRhoads]

I met Mr. DeFore by accident at the Illinois State Society Inaugural Gala on Jan. 19. 1989 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Washington, DC. We knew he was from Iowa as a boy but we did not know he had any connection to Illinois. Did he live there once or did Mrs. Defore? It was a mystery for us because we did not know he was coming or how he got there. or if he was the guest of someone from Illinois?

[@rhd4444]

Don DeFore was born and grew up in Cedar Rapids, IA in 1913.

[@fromthesidelines]

Fred Collins, 'GOOSEY'; Eddie King announced the "DINAH SHORE SHOW" promo.

[@SenorZorrozzz]

Low ceilings. Back then that was acceptable. Not now.

[@fromthesidelines]

Fred Collins was the NBC announcer, 'GOOSEY'; Eddie King announced "THE DINAH SHORE SHOW" promo....

[@electraglide9357]

Wow...they had automatic self-ironing irons back then? lolololol

[@ravynwolfe]

Painting by Don Keene's wife actually!

[@dampergoldenrod4156]

The children in that painting looks sad and as if they suffered some type of harm

[@darnellamador7089]

Do you happen to have access to any other episodes of Here's Hollywood?

[@AbbeB]

Big Eyes!

[@seattlebeard]

I wish orchestras would play all wobbly these days. :o)

[@davequ]

I am looking for Episode #3.3 (1962) My Aunt Florence is interviewed in it, as she was a friend of Marilyn Monroe. Please contact me if you can help me find that episode in any way. Thanks.

[@davequ]

Here's the info on the episode: www.imdb.com/title/tt0982155/plotsummary?ref_=tt_ov_pl

[@emilywithfreckles]

I've always wondered if/how we're related. We don't have a very common last name and we both live(d) in Southern California. (My name is Emily DeFore!)

[@rhd4444]

Well you haven't shown up yet in my Ancestory.com alerts!

[@spookygirl7761]

@@rhd4444 lol.

[@Superbaldyboy]

Does anyone have a copy of the show they did with Cynthia Pepper and Ray Miland?

[@robert11751]

anyone know the make and model car helen o'connell is driving in this show?

[@robertsenior7439]

It's a Renault Caravelle

[@robertsenior7439]

It's a Renault Caravelle.

[@margauxsoumoy3589]

Do you have the episode with Marisa Pavan?

[@stacystoltz8722]

🌲🎄🤶🧑‍🎄🌹🥳

[@jubalcalif9100]

Where's a heavy duty cleaning product like Lestoil when we really need it ??

[@janetsenatore2456]

Did Penny DeFore end up going back to Korea?

[@stacystoltz8722]

🥧🥧🥧🥧😍😁😎

[@tleeonly]

Is the house still there?

[@RetroTony1959]

Anyone know if the house is still there and is it still owned by the DeFore descendants??

[@kerryincolumbus]

I asked Ron Defore (Ronnie in the video) that same question here in the comments section when he left a comment, but, he's never replied. Would be nice to know about the house and how long the Defores lived there, etc... but, Ron doesn't seem interested in sharing any personal info, evidently.

[@kimmieanne1]

On Facebook Ron Defore has a Don Defore fan club page and answers questions..he seem really nice.

[@hankaustin7091]

@@kimmieanne1 it wouldn't kill him to respond to kerryincolumbus' questions about that gorgeous place.. he seems kinda snooty, if you ask me

[@rhd4444]

@@hankaustin7091 - well I wouldn't jump to conclusions as to why I had not previously responded. First, I've kept extremely busy so I don't always have time to respond to the dozens of questions I get each week. When I do, it's usually on my Don DeFore Fan Club Facebook page - I'm less familiar with other social media platforms - I am of the older generation so please understand. But just so Hank doesn't get too upset I'll share a few things that will hopefully dispel the "snooty" title thrown at me. First, I love sharing my past, in fact I have a book coming out July 15, 2019 "Growing up in Disneyland" www.growingupindisneyland.com. People will be able to read loads of personal info about me, and my Dad and Mom (who made "I'm a Little Tea Pot" famous). As far as the house my Dad built in 1947, it was sold in 1967 and has changed hands about five times with multi-million dollar upgrades along the way. Composer Trent Reznor bought it a couple years ago for more than $16 million. Since I can't post photos here, I'll post a couple more photos of the house on the Don DeFore Fan Club FB page - I may have a couple in color. I hope that dispels the "snooty" myth.

[@dampergoldenrod4156]

@@rhd4444 why did your dad sell the home in 1967 when it was only occupied for 20 years?

[@lifeteenking33]

Is that home still there??

[@rhd4444]

Home is still there: 1707 Mandeville Lane. It's had several owners who have changed it dramatically. Current owner, Trent Reznor, bought it a couple years ago for more than $16 million and has just built a recording studio by the pool where the poolhouse used to be.

[@stacystoltz8722]

🥧🏠🏠🏠🏠🥳🌹

[@lynn9176]

Now kids inspire to riot

[@fromthesidelines]

I wish I knew, 'GOOSEY'....

[@nickmad887]

tu

[@MrRatherino]

why we took lsd in the sixties

[@davidbrown8303]

7 kids his parents must have been like a couple of bunny rabbits.