A Look Back at the Work of Mike Douglas (2007)

Entertainer and Talk Show Host Mike Douglas, who passed away in 2006 on his 81st birthday, was honored with a special recognition by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences at the Daytime Creative Arts and Entertainment Emmy Awards.

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[gymnastix]

I miss Mike Douglas' show, which was unique in that his co-hosts were usually co-hosts for an entire week, took part in sketches, singing with Mike and cooking segments, etc. This was a true talk-variety show, not just a program for celebs to plug their latest projects, with guests actually conversing and entertaining.

[gwengoad]

He was real and he listened!

[traceymallard]

this was just beautiful and a wonderful tribute to such a cool person! i watched his show some of the time when i was a little girl but i wasnt as interested as i would be if it were on now even the reruns would be a treat right now in comparison to whats on now at 3 oclock!

[ChihuahuaboyDH]

Gosh, I feel old! I remember watching "The Mike Douglas Show" every weekday after I came home from school! Mike had such a unique personality with sensational interviewing skills! Today's talk shows fail in comparison to Mike Douglas & "The Merv Griffin Show". There will never, ever be another Mike Douglas! Thank you, sir, for your many years of service in the entertainment industry. This man also displayed a nice set of vocal pipes as well!

Bravo, Thomas O'Dowd (Mike Douglas)! R.I.P.

[pbrick6301]

Mike Douglas never realized it was such a great great singer. We miss you Mike.

[skeilak]

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[davehutchinson67]

the old starts...such familiarity...I guess watching a lot of these shows growing up made me appreciate the country we lived in then...not quite so commercialized....

[dvdspd21]

That being said, it's a testimony to the force of MD's personality and of these clips - even devoid of dialogue - that it took a # of viewings before the music even began to grate. Speaking of the post-WWII Kay Kyser days, not only Mike's jazz roots but also his longstanding link w/ arranger Jerry Fielding (later a famed film composer of "The Wild Bunch" & many, many more) dated from that time. For my upload of one of their mid-60s collaborations, simply search for "Mike Douglas Irish".

[dvdspd21]

Besides being probably one of the sweetest souls to ever inhabit a body, he really was a wonderful singer; it's a shame the song he's featured on is this insipid Michel Legrand knockoff, w/ typically pedestrian accompaniment from composer Marvin Hamlisch. Mike's jazz roots went back to his days with Kay Kyser right after WW II; he had the wherewithal to do subtle and wonderful things w/ a ballad but Hamlisch gives him precious little, as either a composer OR a sideman, to sink his teeth into.

[dantean]

@wellsfargotruth I didn't mean that as disrespectfully as it may sounded. I love Mike now even my view of was not especially evolved when I was 11 and he was on TV every afternoon. I also like corny big band etc now as opposed to then.