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Phil Donahue, TV daytime talk show pioneer, dies at age 88
Posted on 8/19/24 at 9:34 am
Posted on 8/19/24 at 9:34 am
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Phil Donahue, a longtime daytime TV talk show host whose pioneering daytime talk show launched an indelible television genre that made household names of Oprah Winfrey, Montel Williams, Ellen DeGeneres and many others, has died. He was 88.
NBC’s “Today” show, citing family members, said Donahue died Sunday after a long illness.
Dubbed “the king of daytime talk,” Donahue was the first to incorporate audience participation in a talk show, typically during a full hour with a single guest.
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Posted on 8/19/24 at 10:11 am to Major Dutch Schaefer
Loved when Phil would show up at Norm's SNL News Desk.
Posted on 8/19/24 at 11:21 am to Major Dutch Schaefer
His dance number with Pia Zadora at the Oscars was legendary.
Posted on 8/19/24 at 3:12 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
Used to love watching the Donahue Show growing up. RIP.
Posted on 8/19/24 at 3:47 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
My father had a brother who was larger than life. He was in the Air Force and was a candidate for the space program but was a bit too tall. He passed away in a plane crash in Canada in 1963. I wasn't born until 72 and had only seen pictures of him. Years later in the mid-90s, my dad received a package in the mail which contained a VHS tape. There was a letter inside and someone explained they had been tasked with going through the archives from a local TV station in Dayton Ohio. This tape contained a tv show in which a young Phil Donahue interviewed my uncle before he passed. Anyways, it was fascinating, and also a reminder of how much from the past can be tossed aside never to be seen again - but in this case someone cared enough to locate my father.
Posted on 8/19/24 at 4:11 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
He was an original. He was interested in all opinions and played Devil's advocate to many situations and points of view. What he was doing by letting the audience ask questions had never really been done on American television before Phil Donahue.
I remember his show with Ayn Rand in particular. I remember watching this one as a child. I could see how the environment that she was brought up in had shaped her worldview. Her philosophy is a reaction to communism. He had a way to challenge guests very harshly but with utter respect that is missing in today's world.. Also the audience members seemed more educated and well spoken than today's society by a mile.
I remember his show with Ayn Rand in particular. I remember watching this one as a child. I could see how the environment that she was brought up in had shaped her worldview. Her philosophy is a reaction to communism. He had a way to challenge guests very harshly but with utter respect that is missing in today's world.. Also the audience members seemed more educated and well spoken than today's society by a mile.
This post was edited on 8/19/24 at 4:13 pm
Posted on 8/19/24 at 5:29 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
Did as much as any other individual to "define deviancy down" & normalize perversion.
And let's not forget how in the '90s he created a cable TV show just to give airtime to Soviet apologist Vladimir Pozner
Posted on 8/19/24 at 10:21 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
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