Mike Douglas - My Kind Of Christmas
Just as the dust was settling from Christmas In July over at Ernie (Not Bert)'s blog , a former World War II vet, band singer, and talk show host died. Ernie honored the man the best way he knew how - by posting this album. Before Oprah, before Rosie, before Springer, before Donahue, before Dinah, and yes, even before Merv (by two years!), Mike Douglas created and defined the afternoon talk show from his homebase of Philadelphia, PA. At his peak, he was seen on 171 TV stations and an average audience of 6 millions viewers. From 1963 to 1981, Mike hosted many diverse guests. Who can forget the appearance of the rock group KISS with legendary comedienne Totie Fields? Or the appearance of a two year old Tiger Woods doing trick golf shots and impressing Bob Hope? Mike also lent his co-hosting duties out now and then. Such was the case of the week of February 14, 1972 when Mike asked John Lennon & Yoko Ono to co-host the show. It was hugely risky and controversial ...