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MIKE DOUGLAS SHOW, THE

Air Date/Released Thursday, September 19, 1974
Station/Studio Syndicated / Group W Prods.
Host/Star Mike Douglas
Featuring Moe Howard (Solo)

Long-running (1961 - 1981), syndicated, 90-minute afternoon talk show. Mike Douglas' easy going, homey personality, genuine interest in his guests' careers and lives, and an equal focus on performance as much as talk... combined to make DOUGLAS a hit with television audiences. Produced in Philadelphia for most of the run, away from the entertainment centers of NY and L.A., its popularity still ensured a steady stream of eager guests from film, television, music, radio, publishing and government. A hallmark of the show's legacy was the co-host, a celebrity who joined Mike for a week's worth of shows, sometime with a theme, who frequently participated in the selection of guests.

The current owner of THE MIKE DOUGLAS SHOW library reports that no record of this show's videotape can be found in their archives. An audio recording of Moe Howard's sequences survives in a fan's personal library... it was transcribed in The Three Stooges Journal # 87 (Fall 1998).

Mike Douglas and co-hosts Donny & Marie Osmond welcome guests Moe Howard and Jon Voight. Moe Howard discusses his childhood experience in show business, detailing his entry into film at Brooklyn's Vitagraph Studios. Moe talks about his first job as a studio gopher, and as a child actor in shorts starring silent film stars Flora Finch, John Bunny, and others. Donny's inquiry of the eye-poke technique results in a personal demonstration from Moe. Moe, Mike and Donny perform the Stooges' "Operation" sketch, with Moe as the doctor, Mike in drag as his nurse, and Donny as the hapless patient. Jon Voight joins the sketch, and receives a pie in the face for his trouble. During Voight's interview, he reveals his wife's (Angelina Jolie's mother) talent for impersonating Curly Howard.


Cast: Mike Douglas (Host), Donny Osmond, Marie Osmond (Co-hosts), Moe Howard, Jon Voight, Lorne Greene

Crew: Mike Douglas (Executive Producer)
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