RIP Phil Donahue

[Gregg]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/phil-donahue-talk-show-host-pioneer-and-husband-of-marlo-thomas-dies-at-88/ar-AA1p3n8V?ocid=entnewsntp&pc=U531&cvid=5c7078c5e0894fdb8bdb9b09ab9cf351&ei=11

[Saxum]

15 minutes ago, Gregg said:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/phil-donahue-talk-show-host-pioneer-and-husband-of-marlo-thomas-dies-at-88/ar-AA1p3n8V?ocid=entnewsntp&pc=U531&cvid=5c7078c5e0894fdb8bdb9b09ab9cf351&ei=11

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At his peak, his nationally syndicated "The Phil Donahue Show" — later renamed to "Donahue" — was a ratings hit and precursor to similar shows by hosts Montel Williams and Jerry Springer.

 

 

Not at all similar to Jerry Springer who seemed to set up shows for conflict.

[US Egg]

Donahue spawned a legion of copycats who took to his format to a new level…..downwards.

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[Mike in Horseheads]

Marlo Thomas is now available

[Augie]

49 minutes ago, Mike in Horseheads said:

Marlo Thomas is now available

 

My wife knew Marlo thru her association with St Jude. Her dad helped Danny Thomas round up money from Lebanese and Syrian families in the rural south to get it out of the ground. ALSAC does the fundraising, and they are up there with Coke when it comes to branding.  

 

RIP Phil

 

 

[Mike in Horseheads]

1 minute ago, Augie said:

 

My wife knew Marlo thru her association with St Jude. Her dad helped Danny Thomas round up money from Lebanese and Syrian families in the rural south to get it out of the ground. ALSAC does the fundraising, and they are up there with Coke when it comes to branding.  

 

RIP Phil

 

 

Thats great your wife knew her.  I had a crush on her watching "That Girl"

[CowgirlsFan]

RIP 🙏

 

Thank you for your contribution to the entertainment industry.

[Sweats]

I don't want to sound like "that guy", but i thought he died years ago.

[stuvian]

he made daytime TV worth watching

[Golden*Wheels]

He was a strong anti-war voice for years. Much respect to Phil.

[Beast]

Most boring man I ever watched on television

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

50 minutes ago, Beast said:

Most boring man I ever watched on television

Seemed to me that he was eliciting the stories and topics from his guests, not trying to be part of the story, as so often did Morton Downey, Jerry Springer, etc.  If that's boring, I'm all for it.