Saying Goodbye to Mike Douglas

Tuesday, August 15, 2006 Download  RSS  Short URL  Share

On December 11th, 1961, a 36-year-old Chicago crooner named Mike Douglas debuted a Cleveland daytime talk program that would soon be syndicated nationally. The Mike Douglas Show won the singer national fame for his sweet voice and self-effacing style. Although the entertaining program eventually moved to Philadelphia, Douglas said that a part of his heart - and his family - stayed in Northeast Ohio. Douglas died at a Florida hospital last Friday at the age of 81. Now, in tribute to the popular performer, we present an excerpt of a program produced seven years ago by ideastream's David C. Barnett and Al Dahlhausen. On that occasion, Douglas and several members of his original production staff gathered to reminisce about days past.