Entertainly awkward interview with Valley of the Dolls' Jacqueline Susann 1969

[EricMontreal22]

Entertainly awkward interview with Valley of the Dolls' Jacqueline Susann 1969#1

Posted: 6/8/13 at 3:30am

came across this by accident but find it oddly very entertaining. Barbara Frum was kinda Canada's Barbara Walters--except she did much better, and less kiss-ass interviews (she died early of cancer.) This was one of her very first, with Jacqueline Susann shortly after The Great Love Machine came out. Her elitism is hysterical, IMHO, but so are Jacqueline's responses-- Frum very publicly would later talk about the interview as her worst ever, and admit she went about it all wrong because back then she really felt she had something she had to prove.

http://www.cbc.ca/archives/categories/arts-entertainment/media/barbara-frum-pioneering-broadcaster/early-frum-a-shaky-start.html

[SNAFU]

Entertainly awkward interview with Valley of the Dolls' Jacqueline Susann 1969#2

Posted: 6/8/13 at 6:50am

Wow, Cudos to Jacqueline for they way she handled herself! Amazingly strong woman who will not take crap or be made to look bad!

Those Blocked: SueStorm. N2N Nate. Good riddence to stupid! Rad-Z, shill begone!

[EricMontreal22]

Entertainly awkward interview with Valley of the Dolls' Jacqueline Susann 1969#2

Posted: 6/8/13 at 9:48am

he loses me a bit when she starts to ask about Frum's father's job--but otherwise, that's exactly how I felt when watching it. Her attitude towards writing books now would seem to be taken for granted (and from the books I've read going through my grandma's paperbacks as a kid she's certainly better than Wallace--)

[CarlosAlberto]

Entertainly awkward interview with Valley of the Dolls' Jacqueline Susann 1969#3

Posted: 6/8/13 at 11:01am

Eric, the title of Susann's novel is THE LOVE MACHINE not THE GREAT LOVE MACHINE...that would be a good title for the sequel, though...LoL

[StockardFan]

Entertainly awkward interview with Valley of the Dolls' Jacqueline Susann 1969#4

Posted: 6/8/13 at 11:13am

OMG, What a bitch that Barbara is! I love the way Jacqueline handled her!

KFTC!!!!!

[EricMontreal22]

Entertainly awkward interview with Valley of the Dolls' Jacqueline Susann 1969#5

Posted: 6/9/13 at 5:15pm

She apologized later--I think she resented that early on she was given all he "light" interviews and she wanted to make her name as a serious political journalist. How ridiculous is her question about if Jacqueline hates herself in the middle of the night?

Carlos, thanks for the correction, LOL.

[CarlosAlberto]

Entertainly awkward interview with Valley of the Dolls' Jacqueline Susann 1969#6

Posted: 6/9/13 at 5:45pm

Wow...I just love Jacqueline Susann. She handled this uptight, pretentious, snot-nosed reporter so well and knocked her down from her self-righteous soap box.

[EricMontreal22]

Entertainly awkward interview with Valley of the Dolls' Jacqueline Susann 1969#7

Posted: 6/9/13 at 6:21pm

Was she a bit drunk? I agree, the way she handles it is epic.

[Borstalboy]

Entertainly awkward interview with Valley of the Dolls' Jacqueline Susann 1969#8

Posted: 6/9/13 at 11:45pm

Thanks for posting. This could have been a trainwreck, but Susann just glides over it all. I wish I could be this cool when I'm patronized and attacked.

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