I watched these in my psychology class a number of years ago. I remember thinking Albert Ellis was awful! So rude to Gloria, he didn't even let her talk hardly at all. He just talked at her, like he was so great. How was he going to even learn how he could help her if he didn't let her talk? Really detested him and thought he treated Gloria with no respect and made a lot of assumptions about her. What was really strange was that after my class saw these 3 videos, the professor asked us who they would prefer to do therapy with, and 95% of the class raised their hand for Albert Ellis!
I remember feeling like I must be some kind of alien since my impression was so different from the majority reaction. I don't know what my classmates saw in him.