latelateshow_johnnywhitaker

[@mariewinter8869]

I haven't forgotten Mr whittaker. I grew up watching Family Affair as a child. And i still watch it to this day on occasion. It is a good family show that teaches values about life. We definitely need more Family Affair Shows these days.

[@judyfalcone9125]

He was one of the few Child Actors that didn't disappear after their show was cancelled. So sad that Anissa Jones passed at an early age.

[@danielshumway7046]

I sat down to watch Tom Sawyer when Johnny came in and sat down beside me. We were in college, in the basement t.v. room of our dorm at BYU. He answered a question or two, like how he didn't really remember much about making the movie. Then I let him be, and he watched for a few minutes, then said goodnight, and that he needed to get back to his room and study. He was a nice, normal guy.

[@lifeworksndhenterprisesllc6597]

Daniel Shumway my uncle George spell plays Bobby in the original film the biscuit eater with Johnny . so I hope I could him 😂.

[@davereynolds7472]

Kathy Garver is the true superstar/survivor of child stardom. Even helps her former cast mates stay employed/get work. Acting as an agent of sorts. - Love Kathy.

[@disamakeamesick861]

Johnny Whitaker was one of the 70s coolest kids..

[@Dr.Pepper001]

He was a Mormon with a degree from BYU. He also fell into drugs and almost died. His family did an intervention and he finally got clean.

[@gabrieladeuschle3596]

Jodi was absolutely adorable!!!!❤️

[@Edwin48100]

I remember Johnny Whitaker on Sigmund and the Sea Monsters!

[@brentobrien4719]

+Edwin Harvey So do I. That was a big hit on Saturday mornings in the mid 1970's.

[@Nash1a]

I'd forgotten about Family Affair. But I do remember watching Zigmund and the Sea Monsters.

[@berniecom728]

I saw Johnny in Tom Sawyer then and you look at him here his expressions are identical but older, his smiles his head movement everything is the same. I saw him in Boston Ma 1997 great person to talk to.

[@larkpraise]

Johnny looks like Brian Keith. Eerie. He was so handsome here. This was around 1996 or 1997.

[@Getrealpeeps]

+justess martin Yes he does look like him... R I P Brian Keith, Anissa Jones

[@claude878878]

wow, seeing this guy brings back incredible memories. man, that family affair show brings me back to being 6 yrs old. what a show that was!. so innocent, in a very innocent time.

[@schoolhomevrtechnologyassi6286]

I have been watching Family Affair recently (I am recreating the set in VR!) and WOW he still has so many of the same speaking mannerisms etc!

[@jamesgale2486]

"We'll be right back with John Whitaker of Family Ties". LOL

[@larryshaver3568]

I wish Family Affair had run at least one more season

[@luizfernandodasilva7453]

Saudades. Boas lembranças de nosso tempo em Portugal como companheiros missionários na cidade de Aveiro. Good luck for you my brother.

[@jayceew.rabbit9358]

Johnny Whitaker turned out really good looking, and he was such an adorable cute little boy also, a very good actor.

[@capitanfuturo594]

Tom Snyder's voice is capable of purring a ferocious Bengal tiger.

[@lydialilli4351]

I am watching reruns of "Family Affair" right now on TUBI TV! I love love love this show. My favorites are Mr. French and Mrs. Beasley - Buffy and Jody are fun and Cissy is very cool! And of course, Uncle Bill is the best!!

[@tombovitale2597]

How good he is an actor.

[@jeffflowers5489]

Just like Jody, he still has the stare, the hair and the head movement.

[@debbieates4886]

He does have a great personality!!

[@petebutler5139]

9:11 -star of Family Ties?? Family Affair is more like it!

[@ClassicTVMan1981X]

I think Mr. Whitaker had wanted us to call him "John" since he was 18, as a sign of maturity.

[@kiplambert64]

I still remember the Christmas Classic.."The Littlest Angel",and that Johnny played Tom Sawyer opposite Jodie Foster playing Becky Thatcher

[@kiplambert64]

Yes,he was...I had forgotten about that. Thanks for reminding me!!

[@lifeworksndhenterprisesllc6597]

Kip Lambert he was on the biscuit eater with my uncle George spell he's a actor instructor for UCLA now.

[@soulshaker9018]

Bless his heart, what a great guy.

[@wdh47211]

nice to see he is still here

[@evelync.1757]

I still watched the reruns, so did my children, and my grandchildren. I think it was the first diverse, white family I seen there was always a lesson to be learned.

[@elvicare35]

Yes, he really does a great job interviewing people!!!!! I wish that Johnny had more than his once used generic response to Anissa!!

[@beckalaa4105]

Jody looks the same as he did in Family Affair. I almost expected him to look up, wide-eyed & say, " Uncle Bill! Uncle Bill!!"

[@BillyAlabama]

I remember when he was 9-10 and in a televised parade singing the song about “Every Little Boy Can Be President.”

[@standupphilosopher7059]

Family ties no dear Family affair. It's terribly sad what happened to Anissa. He was right the wrong friends, she was still a child. It would have been nice to see her older.

[@gvollvoll7988]

Timeline 9:00 minutes a fast break. Family Affair not Family Ties.

[@WinslowLeach1974]

Props to Johnny Whitaker for not correcting Tom's "Family Ties" gaffe. No mention of the awesome Sigmund and the Sea Monsters!

[@PaulaCioci]

Always good still good 😂

[@elvicare35]

Brian Keith knew what he was talking about!

[@tresmercy4162]

That was quite a slip! I'm amazed John didn't correct him. But hey, let's cut Snyder some slack, he's a fine interviewer :)

[@freemandiaz5123]

Classy for not correcting Tom. That was very respectful.

[@wolfgangzrx]

Anissa Jones story was such a sad story,she just wanted to be a normal child......

[@haroldrobinson2118]

Brian Keith did not know Peg Entwhistle. She was not his mother.

[@maryirvine8153]

Peg Entwhistle was his stepmother, he was really young when she took her life jumping from the letter "H" of the Hollywood sign, don't believe me? you can read about it on Brian Keith- wikipedia.

[@generic53]

The story about Jodie Foster and the Lion "saving her" is eerily similar to what was said about the Roy Horn (Siegfried & Roy magicians) Lion incident during a show in Las Vegas.

[@tynbubs2]

So nice to see a child actor to an adult success story, raised by good parents with God in his corner and a good head on his shoulders.

[@jeanmarcks6269]

Tyn Bubs Was

[@GMA_love_you]

Mormon church is not a cult.. My sister is Mormon and they are some of the sweetest people I have ever met..

[@freemandiaz5123]

Raised with a god, not the God. The LDS call him heavenly father and extrapolate that their must logically be a heavenly mother.

[@jramsay100]

in reply to rhomo, Tom Snyder states at the introduction of the show...It is Wednesday night, April 03, 1996...

[@bunbun8001]

Filmed in 1997, this must have been filmed just before Brian Keith's passing.

[@mthivier]

Funny, looking at him as an adult, he looks a bit like Brian Keith.

[@lianelayman7577]

He's a Mormon so that helps when you're in show business, just look at the Osmonds. I just loved Family Affair, one of my favorite shows.

[@thomasbinninger1355]

Jack and the bean stalk on bewitched.

[@tombovitale2597]

Johnny Whitaker was great on Tom Sawyer

[@moemcgovern7345]

My Uncle once worked with Tom Snyder, in Philadelphia.

[@itsstillfriday]

Off topic, but i had completely forgotten that Tom Snyder was on CBS in those days... I suppose he was up against Costas or Kinnear's NBC late show? Thanks for jogging my memory..

[@rafaelramirez1507]

Was Johnny in the children's television show "Sigmund and the sea monsters"❓🤔

[@RichaRd_JeRome]

Yes

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[@rafaelramirez1507]

@@RichaRd_JeRome thank you kindly Richard 👍

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[@rafaelramirez1507]

@@RichaRd_JeRome Wow ... Margaret Hamilton , Mary Wickes and Billy Barty 😀 👍

[@robinparr5761]

He seemed like such a good man if he did the least little thing bad in life obey it will be videoed everywhere

[@LMays-cu2hp]

Thank you do much.

[@sharonmorgan8686]

The interviewer said Johnny was on Family Ties!!

[@mrcommonsense9074]

He could of been the villain in Shawshank redemption !!!! “ has anyone got to you , yet “?

[@racebanyon77]

Tom Snyder called the show "Family Ties" instead of Family Affair at 9 min 10 seconds.

[@cheddarcheese7928]

Good catch..I had to rewind that to make sure I heard correctly..Johnny was classy not to correct him too

[@giggles2302]

"Sammy Spartan" took me by surprise cz I know he's from SoCal, as an I, and my hs mascot was Sammy Spartan. I was like, no way!, but his hs was not the same as mine.

[@PaulaCioci]

Still a great guy always eatchin family affair every day 😂❤

[@lifeworksndhenterprisesllc6597]

i missed you on the biscuit eater with my uncle George spell,he play Bobby. his sister , Gwen That's my aunt , she's a mother with three cjildren in San Diego. I'm.gonna say to hello from my uncle. thanks.

[@davidbrown8303]

Time sure screws people over.

[@debbiedebbie9473]

Tom Snyder said Family Ties by accident, instead of Family Affair. Oh good he corrected it at the end.

[@MichaelHansenFUN]

what reunion show?

[@scitsalcoryp]

cool guy

Dopey Tom Snyder called it family’ties’lol

[@Sungodv]

Year?

[@MooPotPie]

Wed April 3rd 1996.

[@firecriss1392]

he looks like uncle bill's mini-me.

[@timschmidt3784]

Tom Snyder was 10x better interviewer than Larry King. Fact.

[@twistoffate4791]

I respectfully disagree. Their styles differed and the people have their preference. I can absolutely appreciate both, but Larry King was a master of his craft.

[@scottbailey1560]

Whitaker is about 2 or 3 years older than me. When this was done, was he still doing Cocaine, Meth, and Drinking. I hear his family threaten to "divorce" him if he didn't go get help. Now in his 50s, I hope he learned a lesson. If he has truly changed, forget about his past, we can not change it, move forward! Keep these kids of today out of trouble!

[@luisar6136]

Love John and Anissa.

[@johnwow2646]

Uncle Bill Uncle Bill

[@notdamomma6677]

John Whitaker from Family Ties ?

[@rhomo]

Anyone know when this interview took place?

[@johnny1963ify]

1996.

[@leilanisunsets1362]

PS he laughs and smiles like George Clooney

[@rpkietur]

they wrote buffys broken leg into the show.they didnt hide it. seems he doesnt know his own show.

[@oldskool6457]

David Chambers, that sounds familiar. Is he someone famous? Is this the same "best friend" he had as an adult as well? The guy that stole his wife?

[@richcar3434]

9:10 ...Family Ties, eh?

[@paultempleton530]

Man he still looks like Jo see ya

[@leilanisunsets1362]

Disappointed how he reacted about Annissa's death.

[@scootergreen3]

I'm glad you noticed and mentioned that Cherie. I am disappointed too. I can't believe how Johnny reacted. I wanted him to say that that he was shocked and it broke his heart and that they were good friends and he will never get over it.

[@krumbsbakery154]

well he too apparently has had his share of drug use to the point that his family held an intervention and there was also a connection with he and dana plato as well, just can't shake feeling he may have introduced drugs to anissa :(

[@kimberlyhayden4804]

Probably tired of answering the question.

[@Scott-ly2nk]

Johnny or john i guess made alot of stuff just like billy mummy

[@johnl.4198]

He turned out to be a good man because his parents raised him right; to believe in God.

[@fixedgearplanet]

John L. Which god?

[@rts100x5]

Do Ron I think he's referring to Thor .... maybe

[@alandadalyrimple-lala7088]

John L. I'm glad he turned from drugs and he looks great

[@johnnie135]

What a stupid reply. God! How ancient and stupid.

[@4redniwediS]

@@fixedgearplanet God from the Bible! Why do you ask what you already know!

[@at90percent]

He looks a lot like Richard Carpenter.

[@tryithere]

Well, except for the face and hair.

[@jamessollazzo4860]

tom's a big goof

[@paulsilas9070]

Boy on Tarzan

[@MichaelHansenFUN]

family ties not family affair

[@torresongs2]

This interview had to be pre 1997. Brian Keith committed suicide in 1997.

[@michaelbarnhart2593]

+torres songs 0:35

[@2004mojo]

+torres songs Tom Synder mentions the date. Wed April 3rd 1996.

[@elvicare35]

Family Ties?

[@stevecillian1]

9:11 Former star of "Family Ties"????????

[@salvagemonster3612]

He works in the computer room. Unpacking and boxing them up

[@Scott-ly2nk]

Remember the movie the russians are coming the russians are and he was hanging on that church steeple

[@garyb3397]

"Led a normal life????" He, himself - Mr. Smug here - has had tons of problems with drugs and alcohol.

[@danielmchale4773]

well they were american honest family.

[@donogee1179]

He looks the same.

[@lianelayman7577]

His ears sure do stick out.

[@gerberbernstein7360]

Looks like Johnny's wearing a wig.

[@lianelayman7577]

You should see his hair now.

[@torresongs2]

Tom Snyder had to be one of the worst interviewers ever.

[@piper888]

you got to be kidding

[@torresongs2]

no

[@Noone9227]

Certainly very boring and quite unorthodox with his comments. He said the show was Family Ties instead of Family Affair once during the interview.

[@piper888]

He seemed to speak to people as if he had known them his whole life in a very personable way ....I thought.... the few times I saw it .. and then he treated Howard Stern like shit because he knew what an assho stern is

[@tryithere]

I guess you've never seen Seth Myers.

[@seandmoore6922]

Worst talk show host EVER...what a boring, monotone sap.

[@debbyshanahan8201]

Johnny himself seems great! His character Jody was annoying.

[@merricat3025]

I liked Jody. I didn't find him annoying

[@garyshewmake3830]

The Buffy girl in fmly affair died of o/d of drugs she was wth her brother both on drugs brother survived but the Buffy girl 4 got her real name, died my start of Jr high yr in 1976 I went to Wamego High in Wamego ks we got the news Buffy died o/d of drugs the girls in class wer crying,, us guys wer quiet an shocked, we ddnt cry we lost class concentration for several minutes are wmn teacher she got dropt tears