What an audience!
I know, they're good, right!
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They're wonderful!
When you get to a certain age, on my birthday, on your show,
you take a good-looking, tall guy to walk you.
That's right.
And later on, I'm going to dance with him.
Oh, he--
Without you!
Just him and me.
He would love to dance with you.
That's-- I know.
That's Andy Zenor.
He's good dancer, too.
It is your 91st birthday today.
Right.
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Thank you.
You look fabulous!
You look fantastic.
And I'm sure you must get asked this all the time.
What is the secret to living a healthy, long life?
Because you want to live a healthy long life.
Yes.
So the first thing to tell you, that I
don't talk to anybody, not even you, about my sex life.
However, what does help me is that I talk about sex
from morning 'til night.
So that's what they like to hear.
Right.
And I'm very fortunate.
Because I'm healthy.
And I love what I'm doing.
And I love to see an audience like yours being so attentive
and being so responsive to what you are doing.
Congratulations.
Yeah, thank you very much.
I know.
I'm lucky.
I have this kind of energy every single day.
And I do love what I'm doing.
It shows.
And it's important.
And I like your outfit.
Stand up for a moment.
OK.
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Turn around.
Nice.
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And she listens to me.
You see, you get to a certain age, like 91,
then you can tell people what to do.
Yeah, yeah.
So you give advice.
You are an expert on sex.
And you give--
Wait, wait, wait.
First, as you saw in the movie, say "sex" with more enthusiasm.
Don't just say "sex" like this, as if you don't mean it.
I didn't say "sex" like--
I didn't.
No, no, no, with enthusiasm!
Hey, you-- sex!
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You help people with sex!
Nice.
And talk about sex!
And just great sex things!
But you don't want to talk about your own sex life.
You don't like to talk about-- why is that?
Because I never permitted my late husband
to come to any television show except with Diane Sawyer
once, because he would tell you, Ellen, the shoemaker's children
don't have shoes.
And he would tell you, Ellen, don't listen to her,
it's all talk.
So, on the other hand, on a serious note,
when [INAUDIBLE] approached me to do the documentary,
first, I said no.
Then he showed me a film that he did which
is called No Place on Earth.
And that sentence resonated with me.
Because that was the reality of my life coming out
of Nazi Germany.
So once I decided I will do it, I am very glad I did.
Because, these days, we have to stand up
to some of the sad things that are happening.
I don't ever talk, Ellen, about politics,
except I changed my mind now.
I do talk about that abortion must remain legal.
Yep.
And you should speak out about that.
We should all speak out about that.
I have to ask you, because you've been doing this
for so long, is there--
because times have changed drastically in the way people
behave, in sexuality, and is there something that
has been the constant that people
ask you about, that they have a problem with?
I tell you what the questions are
for people like your audience.
It's not so much anymore about orgasm.
It's not so much anymore about the guys
being premature ejaculators.
What is more important for people
like you and me to talk about these days is
about relationships, and about the importance of cultivating
a relationship, and the importance of not--
the art of conversation, like what you are doing beautifully
on your program, the art of conversation is getting lost.
Everybody except your audience, everybody
is egging on the phones.
So we have to say, hold it, people, careful.
Make sure you are having a conversation with somebody.
Make sure you find somebody that makes you smile by knowing,
when you get home, there's somebody there for you.
So we have to work on that.
And you are doing that with your audience.
I hope so.
I hope-- We need to put those phones down.
Yeah.
You're amazing.
You can watch Ask Dr. Ruth right now on Hulu.
It's a fantastic documentary.
Next time you come to New York, I'm
going to invite you for lunch.
OK.
We'll go have lunch without the cameras.
And we'll talk about sex!
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We'll be back.
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