Ruth Gordon jabbers away about Saniflush & stuff

Dick Cavett & Woody Allen get flabbergasted by Ruth's motormouth.

[@illsayitsinceno-oneelsewil2721]

I saw her once in a drugstore in Hollywood. She winked at me when she caught me looking.

[@kariyam2202]

Wow lucky!

[@BernardProfitendieu]

a memory to treasure for a lifetime!!

[@paperbackonly8438]

Ruth Gordon is life, life, life. I don’t even think she ever got old; and when she died, I think she just opened another door and simply walked through.

[@rogerfournier3284]

Ruth walked through.

[@wormwood8191]

She would get to heaven with no surprises ("Of couse its this way!") and ready to play with whatever new toys that were available. I wouldn't be at all suprised if an angel or two and maybe a few others didn't kiddingly shake a finger with a "tsk tsk tsk" followed by a laugh for the demonic role she played in "Rosemary's Baby". Whatever she's doin' at this moment she's havin' fun.

[@AzizaAlTawilOfficial]

Just watched "Harold and Maude"- she was sensational - so great! What a talent. Great film- great acting from all and what a story.

[@keithhampton7395]

What a gem she was. Just so compelling to watch. She's infinitely fascinating and such classy speech patterns and that incredible upper east side accent. She would have been fun to have as a neighbor and chat with.

[@bkavanaugh863]

Talk about charisma. Well said, You took the words right out of my mouth.

[@BabyChili1]

B Kavanaugh just took the words right out of my mouth as well. I would have loved to listened and learned from her quick wit. Idol!

[@Ursaminor31]

Just don’t drink her herbal smoothies

[@kiwisoup1301]

@@Ursaminor31 Or eat her chocolate mouse

[@Myplop]

That’s not what rosemary said 😂

[@the4seasons4ever]

how can you not love this incredible Lady?

[@2archieboy]

Truly I feel Ruth' is one of the greatest actresses. Harold and Maude, Rosemary's baby, and of course the Every which way you can movies' just truly keep me entranced to this very day... Her comedic talent and realness kept her in a class of being one of the greatest entertainers..

[@richardarthur3130]

Prettybaby one of the very best. She really was.

[@dreamquesttv]

Prettybaby An incredible writer too!

[@illsayitsinceno-oneelsewil2721]

@@dreamquesttv Really? What did she write? I'd like to know so I can read it.

[@wormwood8191]

Wikipedia should provide info on everything she did career wise. Enjoy!

[@bonzelite]

No one like her. Beautiful woman and magnetic. A treasure. Godspeed, Ruth.

[@doubtingBob]

Ruth Gordon *was* a treasure, she's been dead for 30 years. Dead is dead man.

[@rr7firefly]

Woody Allen, Ruth Gordon and Dick Cavett on the same stage. I loved Ruth for her humor, intelligence and quirky charm. She was truly an original.

[@smcracraft]

Definitely Maude incarnate. Hal Ashby and Colin Higgins cast her perfectly in that role in Harold and Maude. She is completely future-focused and postivist. There is not a backward molecule in her body and mind. Not one.

[@LitZena]

She is incredible, like her character in Rosemary's Baby she is I see now naturally funny without even trying; just unbelievable and her voice is crazy fabulous

[@bkavanaugh863]

Love seeing her and Woody together. She is dressed so classy. Great outfit.

[@mirrenfan2]

She's adorable! :) Thanks so much for uploading this. I love how she spends so much time talking directly to the audience.

[@dawnfinch9935]

Loved her as Minnie rosemarys baby when she was eating the cake so funny

[@leo34ap]

Love this woman!!! So fun to watch Woody Allen enjoying her, too.

[@Her114]

I enjoyed her also.

[@cyberianmanx1]

Her wit and energy eclipses so many.

[@singlesideman]

I love how Woody is absolutely rapt while listening to her.

[@singlesideman]

I adore Ruth Gordon so, so much. A clarification about her $5 in August of 1915: I just went to the US Labor Statistics CPI Inflation Calculator website and $5 in August of 1915 was worth about $18.32 in August of 1969, so her guess that it was worth about $250 is way off.

[@BretonInTokyo]

It' just lovely to listen to her tell her stories ! What a charming and talented woman she was...And her Oscar acceptance speech for "Rosemary's baby" was one of my favorites !!!!

[@deannadd1985]

I do love that pink outfit on her ~ I've always loved her...my first trip to New York we went into this cafe where a lot of actors have been and left their picture autographed..and her picture was right there where we sat down to eat! :)

[@the4seasons4ever]

+Deanna Duncan wonderful lady,fine actress

[@deannadd1985]

The Four Seasons I certainly agree! My parents loved her too!

[@skipeastport5529]

To Wong Foo, thanks for everything, Ruth Gordon.

[@joseph7988]

I first saw her in an episode of Columbo, and looked for her other work after that.

[@tamarexxe]

goodness I could listen to her all day long :)

[@Stephensorrentino]

Not at all. She was right on it. That was her personality and style. She was an amazing writer and actress. Notice that the focus was on her the entire time. and she knew it.

[@blabadiblabla]

You can't help but smile. What a wonderful spirit.

[@janetremsing6988]

👍🤣Such a supremely cool lady!!

[@BernardProfitendieu]

impossible not to be charmed by this wonderful, effervescent lady! I think she looks beautiful, too!!

[@peterbooth1525]

You've got to love Ruth Gordon, absolutely adorable, a national treasure. If only she wasn't so private and closemouthed. Bless you dear lady.

[@VadaMyrtle]

If one actress could put a smile on my face it was Ruth Gordon. Thanks Ruth!

[@fortylove68]

What an amazing lady. Just love her!!!!!!!!!!

[@johnyzero2000]

She's got wit, humor and charisma she doesn't need to be asked questions.

[@cyberianmanx1]

relatively speaking...she's BRILLIANT.

[@wormwood8191]

I first saw her in Harold and Maude, at which time I decided I wanted to be like her when I "grew up" (I was in my late 20's). Her in that role was a kind of a blueprint or guideline for me, even moreso as I got older. She really does seem the real life version of that character. It was also fun that Dick thought she was so amusing while Woody seemed to be dissecting her conversation for an upcoming character. If this was Cavett's last show I can't think of anybody better to spend it with....In her character and real life it's all an interesting, often amusing story, no need to worry or be sad...just do your part then move on to the next episode. Without meaning to she has helped to change my life in the best possible way!

[@Iank14]

Why didn't Woody Allen make a movie with Ruth Gordon in it, that would have been terrific? He wouldn't have even had to write lines for her.

[@abdomen9038]

She had a cameo in Annie hall

[@3642130]

She had a broad range, she could do weird, funny. sad, and absolutely wild n crazy! My mother loved her, so when the Clint Eastwood "orangutan" humor movies came out, I was the only 10 yr old that knew who she was.

[@vistaestrada]

Look at Woody Allen with his jaw dropping!

[@michellebaker1974]

Such an Amazing lady and actress.

[@davedruid7427]

My Favorite Ruth Gordon Line: "You Bastards!!!" from Every Which Way But Loose. Then She Starts Shooting!

[@Vejur9000]

She was brilliant here. The first is always best. Nature’s first gold, is green.

[@cstephenfoster]

2 of my favorites on the same show!

[@fuzzytimes187]

She had that swag

[@ra86226]

She doesn't have a motor mouth. Anyone of Irish background worth their salt can talk non stop about anything. i'm of Irish background so I can say that.

[@wormwood8191]

I did not know that-thanks for the info!

[@silverfish6062002]

I love ruthy she is so amazing a little spitfire

[@Whirrrlpoool]

Everything she says is fascinating. She doesn't need anyone else onstage.

[@darreljohnson3644]

She was a livewire!!!!

[@richardarthur3130]

Amazing woman.

[@kermsroomy]

Two Irishmen walk out of a bar. Hey, it could happen.

[@OMG_BeCkY]

I hope I get to meet Ruth in heaven someday.

[@TIPTON340]

Ruth had a brief cameo in Woody Allen's Annie Hall as an elderly woman who Alvy talks to about love after Annie leaves him. She's carrying groceries and says: Love fades & Alvy nods confusingly.

[@johnyzero2000]

Wasn't that Loretta Tupper who made countless appearances in commercials?

[@BernardProfitendieu]

that's not Ruth, but Dick Cavett is in Annie Hall, so you're on the right path!!

[@eBrigid]

Not sure what year this was, but imagine this gift: she was 72 years old in 1969 when she won an Academy Award. She continued on to make more than 20 films after Rosemary's Baby. She must be at least 75 here. Now that is one life well lived. It is so lovely to hear her classic 20th century trans-Atlantic or Mid-Atlantic accent, it is so elegant, a mixture of English and Southern.

[@wormwood8191]

She looks amazing for her age and has the heart of someone who never ages.

[@robitaillefan20]

love you ruth. you were amazing

[@dabigdikdangler]

Man that was a cool lady.

[@bestdisco1979]

Who doesn’t love Ruth Hordon,,,,she’s awesome.

[@peterbooth793]

A national treasure. Adorable.

[@hootinouts]

She was a classic in "Where's Papa"

[@europamacmillan9498]

Too short!😞

[@silverfish6062002]

harold and maude

[@juliemills7967]

Oh my goodness she was AMAZING 👏😍

[@dennisleporte2327]

Haha she's right ! i live about 20 minutes from Fall River MA It would've been a long haul. She was awesome in whatever happened to aunt ALice?

[@DINKY77142]

Great LADY! Love her!! Miss her!!! Dick Cavett- So pompous...

[@KevyKev14]

I love Ruth Gordon. I miss her. This is GREAT.

[@wormwood8191]

She'll be there when you pass over but you'll likely have to sit on the side and listen.. unless you know some secret place where she goes alone to meditate. Then she'll treat you like any other friend or relative. Enjoy!

[@nilsdrew]

ruth gordon in what ever happened to aunt alice, priceless

[@timgordon3039]

P.s.watching woody allen react to her comments is priceless

[@maynardsmoreland]

When she talks about Dick Cavett's show "closing," she's referring to this, his Summer 1969 prime time show which ran three nights a week.

[@JD_ATX]

Ironic that years later, Woody Allen would marry Gordon's ROSEMARY'S BABY co-star, Mia Farrow.

[@lydialilli4351]

He did not marry Mia Farrow. They didn't even live together.

[@candimontoya1584]

My first exposure to her was Any Which Way But Loose with Clint Eastwood

[@sol2117]

Better than Hepburn, Davis, Crawford, Taylor, etc... They were all worth their weight in gold. However, R.G.'s gold, for me, glittered the brightest & was always the one worth paying close & the closest attention to.😂

[@Benjorunner]

How come screen quality of these old talkshows is most of the time better than anything on here from the nineties???

[@wormwood8191]

We weren't always a throw away society. Last time I bought a microwave I bought a very old one because every new one I would buy would crap out. It used to be that we appreciated and reused whatever we could. That's why we had all those quilts back then.

[@1212matt]

I LOVE HER!!!!!

[@BillyAlabama]

Pure magic!

[@James18925]

The Greatest

[@andydixon2980]

Dick Cavett was such a great host and mild mannered gent for allowing Ruth Gordon to gush forth with her charm.

[@lisaanderson135]

What a wonderful lady! She was so talented and I enjoy watching everting she has started in

[@TIPTON340]

@Chamariiita -- Sorry, but look carefully. There is two old lady scenes, one where an white haired woman asked, Can't you find anyone? But in the scene where Alvy finds Annie with her professor and he wanders the street talking to people, Ruth is the woman who appears briefly with grocery bags and says love fades.

[@mchris65]

Love her so much and I'm from Wollaston too:)

[@frankbowser3391]

She was a creepy scary women in Columbo - try and catch me....I nearly shit myself!!!

[@toddreeder8010]

+frank bowser That was a great one.

[@richardarthur3130]

frank bowser one of the best Columbo episodes ever. My personal favorite.

[@EnligUlv]

The only film I knew her from was Any Which Way But Loose as Ma with a shotgun battling bikers, the DMV, and an orangutan.

[@timgordon3039]

No I am not related to miss Gordon bit how I wish I 💕 loved her..and still doGod bless her amazing soul

[@ItsybitsyspiderMamma]

nobody brings a "pocketbook" onto a talk show anymore!! cute

[@m.oriley8260]

Gene Tierney bright her purse on stage on Mike Douglas.

[@lindaeasley4336]

The earlier the generation of actors , the more talented they were . Those born in the 1870s to 1930s were the greatest of all time

[@JungleJoeVN]

This should be entitled; Ruth Gordon on Progress. cavetbiter, you belittle Ruth Gordon saying the things you do about her. Dick Cavett was a great host who had a wonderful sense of humor and had tact, unlike subsequent talk show hosts.

[@IndiGeaux]

I love her outfit. Work! ♥️

[@trashpicker1970]

awesome woman.. remarkably talented and funny!!!!.....

[@wolffenhaus]

look at Allen being a director-he knows how to watch people.

[@jettex30]

@nilsdrew very true and you can not find it anywhere! (Page equally was great amazing)

[@LPcustom76]

what a sweetheart

[@7beers]

Yes. It's a classic.

[@Myplop]

She talks so much sense

[@toppahoppa]

Boy she can talk!

[@victoria_atmosphere9290]

I just adore her but I assumed she had that great thick new york accent.

[@brittoverbaugh4035]

5:20...

[@markbravo9876]

My Word . What she must have thought , when she cast for . Every Which Way But Lose .

[@7beers]

I don't like the way the audience is laughing *AT* her more than *WITH* her.

[@LitZena]

I love Ruth Gordon and have watched her endlessly in Rosemary's Baby but I have to ask, is she high here??

[@ianhicks1350]

If she was high there, then she was high everywhere because that's the way she acted everywhere.

[@brookehanley3659]

She likely had a good amt of nervous energy nothing more.

[@deannadd1985]

+Brooke Hanley I think you're right! lol My grandmother & my own son is like this! Always have been! lol

[@kyolym]

@7beers THERE NOT LAUGHING AT HER, THEY ARE CHARMED BY HER

[@BrianRIngram]

at 6:34 he says "climaxing in me" and one person in the audience snickers

[@Landrew120880]

@BaaBaaRaa .. If you have never seen Ruth in "Columbo", check her out. She's at the top of her game.

[@neildickson5394]

She certainly was. One of the best Columbo's, and there were some memorable ones. It's facinating to listen to this woman. She goes back to 1915, when she was already grown up and working, and she literally knew everyone of importance. A walking history lesson, and a fun teacher. Wish this caliber of star still existed.

[@mountainDreamer]

If the words 'delightful genuis' were in the dictionary together, her pretty face would be there to describe it.

[@17kadiatou]

She a lot like her character on Harold and Maude. She talk to much but I like her personality.

[@notthedickcavettshow8803]

Gordon won an Oscar, a Primetime Emmy, and two Golden Globe Awards for her acting, as well as three Academy Award nominations for her writing died 1985

[@jerrypwjr]

OMG LOL

[@rr7firefly]

Ruth looks spectacularly elegant. Meanwhile, that fellow sitting next to her (4:04) looks like a nerdy mess. I'm so glad she was selected for her unforgettable role in "Rosemary's Baby."