This guy was a genius....it seems to me that Oscar had so much going on in his head, he just couldn't handle it...very sad
@ferociousgumby
11 жыл бұрын
The producers NEVER should have let him go on the air like that. He was just out of detox and having neurological spasms. Sad.
@THREESISTERS15
4 ай бұрын
So what. Hiding mental illness, caused many, many problems. We needed to be educated on it.
@SuperIliad
2 жыл бұрын
So sad to see him so tortured.
@troydante
6 жыл бұрын
@Joe Postove, I was binge-watching Oscar Levant (don't ask why) and this is obviously pieced together from at least two different WML episodes. Same answers as the Milton Berle episode.
@bigred997
13 жыл бұрын
my friend, you are a little confused by the sarcastic remarks of the panelists. oscar was a great concert pianist, raconteur and friend and colleague of george gershwin. bennet cerf but trying to be funny when he said rock and roll because he recognized oscar's voice and knew he couldn't stand rock and roll.
@rbd1956
13 жыл бұрын
poor oscar, what a mess he was toward the end. how he suffered.
@MrJoeybabe25
12 жыл бұрын
The Tony Randall show looked suspicious. Levant didn't get up and shake the panelists hands. I thought at first that maybe they went right to show close because Oscar was going to have a fit. I think Oscar Levant was one of the most talented pianists and wit of the last century. But if I were producing a show, I'd have a problem putting him on the air. Look at him. He looked like he could break down at any moment. Although that was his typical look, he seemed far worse than his Jack Paar days.
@bt10ant
4 жыл бұрын
This is most probably tardive dyskinesia from the effects of his medications. This can happen on a regular regimen, but Oscar abused his meds and what you see here is the result. Very sad.
@ClueSign
2 жыл бұрын
Terribly sad.
@CarolThomas-t5n
4 ай бұрын
He was,a very talented pianist... 2:40 2:40
@nickrich56
Жыл бұрын
I need a menthol smoke after that commercial.🚬
@joniachenbach410
6 жыл бұрын
a beautiful human being....he may have just needed the money
@hcombs0104
2 жыл бұрын
This is pieced together. When Oscar Levant made his appearance Dorothy was wearing a black gown with one strap over the shoulder. Is this also from the Joey Heatherton episode (Dorothy's final show)?
@blackwingy
12 жыл бұрын
@verbaud He never did heroin.
@THREESISTERS15
4 ай бұрын
The few times mental illness was out in public and it's a shame he and his family dealt with that. He was a genius. I think it's good he was out on TV. Nothing to be ashamed of, those who think he should have gone in hiding, think again.
@MrJoeybabe25
12 жыл бұрын
I just watched Oscar Levant in another WML video with Milton Berle as guest panelest. How close were these two programs together? I think the Berle WML was in late 1965. Joe
@yannschonfeld5847
6 жыл бұрын
This looks suspiciously like a copy and paste of that episode and some other one.
@mungous1000
4 жыл бұрын
I agree with Yann. We also don't see him shake hands. This was the one with Milton Berle as guest panelist. Tony Randall was not there with Oscar Levant.
@Floorguy1000
Жыл бұрын
I have a feeling that WML redid the Oscar Levant part of the show.....notice how Mr. Cerf doesn't ask the question about "...making use out of various illnesses....." It would be very interesting to know just what the story was here.
@CarloQuinto
13 жыл бұрын
Oscar Levant...Rock N' Roll? No way Jose. That's like saying Justin Bieber is an opera singer.
@blackie75
4 ай бұрын
Cerf was being sarcastic as he knew he it was and that Levant detested Rock n Roll music.
@THREESISTERS15
4 ай бұрын
A genius.
@lorianderson-musgrave3609
2 жыл бұрын
Beautiful penmanship
@ClueSign
2 жыл бұрын
I noticed that too
@ClueSign
2 жыл бұрын
@PAUL RICCA Your caps lock is on.
@edward6761
Жыл бұрын
Was this where he was given a 4 hour pass to get out of the mental hospital to go on a game show?
@jamesfox2579
5 ай бұрын
Poor, Oscar.💔😢😢😢
@mungous1000
4 жыл бұрын
This episode was a few weeks before Dorothy died. The guest panelist was Milton Berle. You can see the bad editing job here. They took generic questions when Tony Randall was on and did a bad copy & paste . Why? I haven't the slightest idea. Look for the original one. It is here on KZitem in it's entirety.
@Floorguy1000
Жыл бұрын
I have a feeling that WML redid the Oscar Levant part of the show.....notice how Mr. Cerf doesn't ask the question about "...making use out of various illnesses....." It would be very interesting to know just what the story was here.
@greggi47
Жыл бұрын
Jack Paar apologized/explained to his audience the week following one of OL's appearance that he wasn't exploiting the man's peculiarities--that's just the way Oscar presented himself at the time. That seemed a bit off at the time. I was maybe 14 or 15 then (yes, an odd child who looked forward to the Jaclk Paar show weekly).
@FerdinandCesarano
Жыл бұрын
This video is misleading. Levant's last appearance came with Milton Berle on the panel, not Tony Randall. And it was on October 17, 1965, not October 10. The actual show is here. kzitem.info/news/bejne/s5in24yCfnd1f4Im51s
@Floorguy1000
Жыл бұрын
I have a feeling that WML redid the Oscar Levant part of the show.....notice how Mr. Cerf doesn't ask the question about "...making use out of various illnesses....." It would be very interesting to know just what the story was here.
@NealKanter
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting link!
@admiralus1
2 жыл бұрын
How did he guess him with rock n roll?
@rmreddicks6063
Жыл бұрын
Faked deal.
@ron101346
11 ай бұрын
It seems that Oscar emptied his medicine cabinet before appearing on this show. It's hard to believe that he survived 7 more years, until 1972. Fortunately, he behaved (somewhat) better when appearing on Jack Paar's shows. Jack wasn't mentally tormented himself, but he understood what Oscar was going through, even while on the air.
@michaelg.golden7327
4 ай бұрын
Looked terrible and I agree he shouldn't have been on the program then. I appreciated his valor, though.
@verbaud
13 жыл бұрын
Heroin was as close as Oscar L got to Rock n Roll.
@HooverCat11
2 жыл бұрын
Demerol. Prescribed, then addicted. And what looks to be severe tardive dyskinesia. Brilliant man.
@cathykinn4516
19 күн бұрын
Cerf was Very Unfunny. Shout Out to that Miford girl👍
@DRUOPS
Жыл бұрын
shamefully rigged no way he could have come up with that
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