I met Mr. and Mrs. Buckley once in their home in New York. He was very polite and spent a good deal of time talking with my husband and me, people he had never met before. Pat was very tall and had a regal bearing. She was dressed very beautifully in a silver color that matched her hair.

I must say that I have never seen an apartment decorated quite so flamboyantly before. Mrs. Buckley's study, for example, was painted a very loud shade of red. The whole place was done in aggressive colors and heavy tapestries. They had some very beautiful small Medieval (possibly 15th century), pieces along with large abstract moderns. It was very individualistic.

One might form the impression Buckley was stuck-up because of his accent, but I didn't find that to be the case. He was very personable and seemed genuinely interested in his guests - just like on Firing Line. He didn't seem to have two personalities (one for public consumption and one in private) the way movie actors and singers often do. He was the same way on and off stage. I think that shows character. I liked him and I'm glad I met him.

Buckley sounds to have been very down to earth and friendly from what people say about him. His accent is odd, though, for an Amercian. He doesn't sound stuck up to me, but posh, which is not the same. And very English, in the way that some posh Scottish people from Edinburgh sound more English than the English.