Monday, August 19, 2024

commie Phil Donahue takes his last commercial break at 88


[“Phil Donohue, [racist] talk show ‘pioneer’ dies at 88”; “liberal” devoted his multimillion-dollar career to supporting black racists and racially defaming their White victims, as if they were the racists.”]

By Grand Rapids Anonymous
monday, august 19, 2024 at 4:26:00 p.m. edt

“(nj.com) longtime television talk show host Phil Donahue has died after battling a long illness, according to reports. He was 88.

“the iconic [hype alert] host died sunday night surrounded by his family, the family told to today.

[N.S.: Is there a religion or a nation devoted to this mook? Then he is not iconic. And every time someone very famous and very old dies, we hear that he died “surrounded by his family.” Unless his doctor gave him a little “help,” to send him on his way to hell, the msm are lying. There is no way the decedent’s family could know he’s about to go.]

“‘groundbreaking tv talk show journalist Phil Donahue died sunday night at home surrounded by his wife of 44 years Marlo Thomas, his sister, his children, grandchildren and his beloved golden retriever Charlie,’ said a statement from his family.”

[N.S.: I believe the part about Charlie being there. Charlie would have sensed when Donahue was about to go. He’s probably sitting shiva for him, as I write.]

“Donahue was known best for hosting the Phil Donahue show, which ran for 29 seasons over three decades.

“the cleveland native got his start in radio in the 1950s and went on to host a phone-in talk show where he interviewed figures like Jimmy Hoffa, John F. Kennedy, and Malcolm X from 1963 to 1967 at whio in dayton.

“Donahue left radio to move to television in 1967, spawning the Phil Donahue show. The show became nationally syndicated in 1970 and ran for over 5,000 episodes until 1996.

“the iconic [sic] talk show covered controversial topics like addictions, abortion, sexuality, feminism, civil rights and more, while Donahue’s style of interacting with the live studio audience added something no other shows had at the time. Donahue’s pioneering [sic] style paved the way for hosts like Oprah Winfrey and Jerry Springer.

“the show’s immense popularity made Donahue the most-watched host for much of the ‘70s and ‘80s, drawing millions of views for each show. He received 11 daytime emmy awards.

“Donahue moved the show from dayton to chicago in 1974 and the [sic] to new york in 1984.

“he married actress Marlo Thomas in 1980, after she was a guest on the show in 1977. Thomas starred in the ‘60s abc sitcom that girl, and won emmy, golden globe, grammy and peabody awards throughout her career in entertainment.

“Donahue decided to end the acclaimed show in 1996, after he turned 60. he made a brief return to television in 2002, with a show called Donahue on msnbc, but the show was canceled after several months.

“the beloved talk show host was presented with the presidential medal of freedom in may.”

GRA: I worked nights back in the ‘80s and ‘90s and occasionally saw his noon show. The weird stuff I usually turned off, but if a big celeb was on, I’d watch the whole hour. Donahue was a good host—with decent guests. Phil Hartman did a great impression of him ON the Donahue show,which is worth looking up.

[N.S.: Was Hartman’s impression from before his wife murdered him, or was it of Hartman as a corpse?]

But he pushed commie and bizarre behavior (trannies, gays, radical black b.s.) at least once a week it seemed—a true “liberal,”—as was his wife.

Six of one, half-a-dozen of another.

-- GRA



3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Just before he got murdered,not an "Afterlife Tonight Show" appearance. It's on youtube--very funny and spot on.He did a few on SNL too,in the early 90s.Maybe his best impression.

-GRA

Anonymous said...

Letterman had a joke,years ago,asking the question about "a dead guy being surrounded by family and friends":

"Damn vultures."

--GRA

Anonymous said...

"...nationally syndicated in 1970..." Guess what? I just happened to have a 1974 TV GUIDE lying around, so I looked inside to see where his show was running. In 1974, in one of the biggest TV markets in the country, he was on... Channel 67, a recently-launched UHF station operating out of Patchogue! Not exactly big potatoes. Kind of like the baloney about "50 years of rap," when it didn't become "popular" until the 1990s. (I doubt it ever was- or is- "popular" in the sense that any music of the past was.)
And NOW I know what they mean by "pioneer"- a blatant Leftist in a generally previously-neutral field. Here's the evil David Colton (former editor of USA TODAY) over at the Commie film blog: "...all these pioneers, Regis, Donahue, Oprah, Ellen, and on and on, were the 'influencers' of their day..." Well, Regis I don't know much about (except that he was a has-been from the 60s who inexplicably clicked in the 80s or 90s), but the rest of that bunch- ugh! And by the way, they all stayed on the air with ratings so poor they never would have been renewed only a couple of decades earlier (per an old VARIETY listing of daytime talk show ratings). Even Oprah had a meager rating of around 2.0!

-RM