Mike Douglass (old tv entertainer) dies on his 81st Birthday: CNN

[Atman]

:(

I corrected the subject line...CNN was being "formal" for his eulogy.

[Rosemary2205]

1. Michael Douglas was 81??

"The American President" Michael Douglas??

[LibraLiz1973]

3. do you mean Kurt Douglas?

or are you seeing into the future?

[havocmom]

14. Or even KIRK Douglas

Rip Kirk Douglas...

and thanks for the wonderful body of work over a so many years.
:cry:

[goclark]

2. Who? Which One?

[MUSTANG_2004]

16. This one, I think. The old Mike Douglas show.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0235185/

[WI_DEM]

22. Oh talk show host Mike Douglas?

[MUSTANG_2004]

32. Yep, I remember how boring it was

As a kid, I remember when it came on in the afternoon that meant it was time to head outside.

If I remember the set correctly, the stage backdrop had those great big stylized flowers that were so popular in the 60's/70's.

[CatWoman]

4. SPARTACUS!!!!!!

Nooooooooooooooooo!!

:cry:

[RebelOne]

5. It must be Kirk Douglas. He's 81.

[elehhhhna]

6. Kirk Douglas, to y'all.

[Connie_Corleone]

7. Do you mean Kirk Douglas??

[LSK]

8. Kurt Douglas? - please change your OP

[Atman]

9. Mike Douglass

The old game show creator, talk show host, not the actor.

[havocmom]

26. OH< that one. Yeah, he went by Mike

He was cool tool

Thought Kirk was older than 81. Phew, hope he doesn't read DU today ;)

[LTR]

10. Should clarify a bit

Mike Douglas, former TV show host, dies

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Mike Douglas, who drew on his affable personality and singing talent during 21 years as host of a syndicated television talk show, died Friday on his 81st birthday, his wife said.

He died at 5:30 a.m. at a Palm Beach Gardens hospital, Genevieve Douglas said. She wasn't sure of the cause yet, but said he was admitted Thursday.

She said he became dehydrated on the golf course a few weeks ago and had been treated on and off for that since. He lived in North Palm Beach.

(snip)

The afternoon talk show, which aired from 1961 to 1982, featured Douglas' ballad and big-band singing style, other musicians, comedians, political personalities and sports figures. His interviews included seven men who were then, had been or would become president



http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060811/ap_en_tv/obit_douglas

[Crankie Avalon]

11. Kirk Douglas? n/t

[Touchdown]

12. You man Mike Douglas, the sedate talk show host?

or Basic Instinct, Wall Street Michael Douglas?:shrug:

[Skidmore]

27. He means the talk show host.

[slater71]

13. The talk show host.

[WI_DEM]

15. Kirk Douglas is dead!

Never won an Oscar either--that sucks.

[WI_DEM]

19. Actually Kirk Douglas is 88

[QuettaKid]

20. Merv Griffin DIED ? ! ? ! nt.

;)

[MUSTANG_2004]

35. Merv Griffin? I didn't know....

that he was still alive... But according to IMDB, still alive and kicking (and a month older than the late Mike Douglas), http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0341311/

[shadowknows69]

It's Mike

a great TV show host, very influential as well. Used to watch his show when I was really young.

[QuestionAll...]

62. Mike Moore was that old? omg! nt

[Skidmore]

17. Atman is correct. Michael Douglas...great entertainer

from the golden days of TV. Contributed much to the entertainment world and launched more than one star.

[Atman]

28. Maybe I'm confused!

LOL! Yes, I was morphing Merv and Mike. Mike Douglass was "an entertainer" and talk show host. Although he probably appeared on $100,000 Pyramid in his day!

Sorry, all.

[scarletwoman]

37. Clarification helps. Haven't heard about *that* Michael Douglas in years.

In fact, even though I lived through those "golden days of TV", I only very vaguely remember *that* Michael Douglas at all. Might be that he simply didn't catch my attention back in the day.

Thanks alot, however, for clearing up the meaning of the OP.

sw

[scarletwoman]

18. Do you mean KIRK Douglas? Please edit your subject line!

Michael Douglas is most certainly NOT 81!

[rug]

21. Merv Griffin died!?!

[WI_DEM]

25. or is it Joey Bishop! He's 81

[WI_DEM]

30. Today is Mike Douglas' 81st birthday 8/11/25

[Connie_Corleone]

31. No. Frederick Douglass died!

[QuestionAll...]

63. wasn't he Melanie's son? nt

[BurtWorm]

23. Is this another Tyler Durden thread?

:crazy:

[A-Schwarzenegger]

24. I think it was Dirkwood Kirby.

Mike Douglas! He had Lennon on there for a week once.

[rug]

29. Ok, who the fuck really died?

[MUSTANG_2004]

33. Talk show host Mike Douglas. CNN Link:

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/08/11/obit.douglas.ap/index.html

[Atman]

36. Oh, man, I'm laughing so hard I hurt!

None of this was helped by the ancient B&W picture CNN displayed. It looked like Merv Douglass to me. Er, Mike Griffin...no, no, Kurt Cobain...shit, DOUGLASS, Douglass Cobain! I mean MIKE...

Oh fuck it!

Where's my bong?

[rug]

38. I still haven't recovered from Arthut Treacher's demise.

[BurtWorm]

41. You mean Thutankhamen?

:crazy:

[Atman]

42. Didn't he choke to death on a stale fish filet?

I know I nearly did when I ate at one of his restaurants once.

[jayfish]

39. Mike Douglas

http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060811/APE/608110718

Mike Douglas, Former TV Show Host, Dies

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Mike Douglas, who drew on his affable personality and singing talent during 21 years as host of a syndicated television talk show, died Friday on his 81st birthday, his wife said.

He died at 5:30 a.m. at a Palm Beach Gardens hospital, Genevieve Douglas said. She wasn't sure of the cause yet, but said he was admitted Thursday.

Jay

[Atman]

46. Wasn't sure of the cause? He was 81, that was the cause!

Okay, so my grandfathers both lived well past 81, but come on...at this age you become like an old $1000 car. Sure, some will run another 60,000 miles, but most will just crap and be towed away as the owners say "Well, I got my money's worth out of 'er!"

Mike got his money's worth out of life.

[lutefisk]

44. John Lennon and Yoko Ono were guest hosts, I think

What could have been: "The Tonight Show with John & Yoko!"

[LibDemAlways]

54. He had them on for a full week back in the

early 70's. Imagine a tv talk show host giving a 5-day forum to peace activists today? Not a chance in hell.

[kskiska]

66. …except it was on in the afternoon.

Mike was strictly a matinee version of Merv Griffin.

[bigtree]

34. we watched him all the time

moms mabley was my favorite guest.

See ya Mike.

[BurtWorm]

He probably would have enjoyed this thread.

He was a very funny guy. (Moms Mabley was a very funny guest!)

[Atman]

49. Moms Mabley! Wow...blast from the past!

An entertainer like that couldn't succeed today. The PC Patrol would call her character a racist stereotype...although she was just being Moms Mabley.

[WI_DEM]

40. I hate to say it, but I thought he was already dead

[Atman]

43. No, you're thinking of his career.

;)

[slaveplanet]

45. The Mike Douglas show

Cleveland's gift to the entertainment industry, and world of crappy game shows.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Douglas_Show

The Mike Douglas Show was a popular and long-running American daytime television talk show starring singer Mike Douglas.

The program featured light banter with guests and musical performances. Each week would have a different co-host who would appear every day with Douglas. A former big band singer, Douglas moved to television in the 1950s. The Mike Douglas Show started in 1961 in Cleveland as a local show on Westinghouse's WKYC-TV, it proved popular and, in 1963, was syndicated by Westinghouse to all five of its owned-and-operated stations. By 1967 the show was available in 171 markets and seen by an audience of six million viewers a day.

The program was initially aired live, but off-color on-air remarks by Zsa Zsa Gabor in 1965 (she called Morey Amsterdam a "son of a bitch") prompted producers to decide to tape the show ahead of broadcast. The program continued to air live in Philadelphia.

The show moved from Cleveland to Philadelphia where it remained from 1965 until 1978, when it moved to Los Angeles until the end of its run in 1981. During the time it was on the air, it remained strong in ratings, consistently finishing off in the prestigous top three-rated daytime television shows nearly every season. Douglas took the success lightly. In fact, he made a surprise visit to the set of Match Game in 1976, a competing show which managed to score higher ratings than Douglas' program during the mid-1970s, in order to congratulate host Gene Rayburn on making the game show the #1 daytime TV show.

Among the musical performers featured on the show were KISS, Jefferson Airplane, Ray Charles, Barbra Streisand, Aretha Franklin, The Rolling Stones, Herman's Hermits and The Turtles. Notable among guest hosts were John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Anne Baxter, and Billy Crystal.

The show also featured the first television appearance of Tiger Woods who showed off his swing for Bob Hope at the age of 2. Others who appeared on the show include Malcolm X, Jerry Rubin, Fred Astaire, Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, Totie Fields, John Travolta, Louis Armstrong, Joan Crawford, Angela Davis, Muhammad Ali and Frank Sinatra.

Douglas earned five Emmys for the show. His book, I'll be Right Back — Memories of TV's Greatest Talk Show was published in 2000.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Douglas

[Homer Wells]

47. I seem to recall that his co-host

was Regis Philbin (sp).

:smoke:

[A-Schwarzenegger]

50. I believe it was Dirkwood Kirby.

[valerief]

55. You mean Durwood Kirby from the Gary Moore Show. n/t

[Homer Wells]

56. Wasn't Durwood Kirby the co-host

of the Alan Funt show "Candid Camera"?

[BurtWorm]

58. Wasn't the Kirwood Derby a soapbox race in Rocky and Bullwinkle?

:crazy:

[A-Schwarzenegger]

60. Wasn't Gyro Gearloose Natasha's evil scientist sidekick?

[valerief]

64. Yes, according to Wikipedia.

Kirby is most noted as a host, announcer, and sketch comic, particularly on The Garry Moore Show and later on Candid Camera, where he served as Allen Funt's sidekick from 1961 through 1966.

I guess I was showing my age by referencing Garry Moore.

[Minstrel Boy]

48. Damn. He was great. Had the coolest guests.

Rushed home when I was 12 or something to watch John and Yoko be his co-hosts for a week.

[Minstrel Boy]

52. some clips from his show:

Tom Waits, in 1976

Frank Zappa (with JJ Jimmie Walker and Kenny Rogers), in '76

John Lennon and Chuck Berry perform "Memphis" in '76

Lennon and Berry and "Johnny B Goode"

[Sydnie]

71. OH, more please!

Those were fantastic clips and brought back so many wonderful memories. Know where I can find any more of those?

[Freddie Stubbs]

51. Here is a great clip from his show

http://www.tvparty.com/cvid/kissdouglas1.ram

[Lochloosa]

53. Elvis is Dead!....say it ain't so....

[LibDemAlways]

57. Responses to this thread, basically, Mike Who? make me

feel old. I remember Mike well. Back in the early 70's John and Yoko were his co-hosts for an entire week. He had all kinds of people as guests and respected everybody.

[slaveplanet]

65. yep

a bit different from today's talkshows, which are really now just hour long infomercials for the latest trash hollywood is trying to peddle, or some other lip synch oversampled crap from the recording industry.

[LibDemAlways]

69. As I stated elsewhere on this thread, there isn't

a chance in hell that a couple of controversial peace activists would be given a one week forum on national tv to air their views today. We have taken giant steps backward when it comes to the freeflow of ideas and information.

[corkhead]

59. I watched to a lot as a kid. one of my favorite guest hosts...

[NoPasaran]

61. Merv Griffen was also an entertainer and a talkshow host

When I was very young, I remember having a 45 of him signing "I've got a lovely bunch of coconuts". It was my favorite record. I played it over and over and over and over. Then one day when I came home from school Mom told me it had gone to live on a farm.

[MurrayDelph]

67. The singing voice of Prince Charming in "Sleeping Beauty"

my now-late mother loved his hit-single "The Men in My Little Girl's Life"


As far as Kirk Douglas's son, THIS Mike Douglas was the reason the younger one is always billed as
"Michael" Douglas: SAG rules controlled the rights of how similar names are billed
(The only exception being Michael Jackson, which has always pissed off the talk show host
who had it first).

[Mad_Dem_X]

68. R.I.P., Mr. Douglas

My mom used to watch his show every day.

[Constitution]

70. Is it Kirk Douglass or another of Laura's fiances?

Michael Douglas (not the actor) was killed by his fiance Laura Bush. She got drunk, ran a stop sign and killed him. Michael Douglas. No charges.

[Sydnie]

72. I remember watching his show when I was a kid

He had the greatest guests, they always treated him with respect and he they.

Thanks Mike, for many years and many hours of wonderful entertainment. If there is "another side" I hope to catch your new shows when I get there! :loveya: