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If it weren’t for Phil Donahue, there would never have been an Oprah Show.”
I’m an American, just like you, and I am impressed with the Bill of Rights. I believe a woman’s home should be her castle. I believe that the separation of church and state makes both the church and the state stronger. And I believe in the privilege of conversations between attorneys and clients. People can yell at me, they can criticize me, they can call me names. But there’s one thing they can’t do: they can’t take away my flag.”
In 2002, Donahue told Winfrey We started locally in Dayton with two cameras and no stars – we could only afford to fly in two guests a week,
Donahue said in an interview with Winfrey Gayness is not a moral issue, yet no institution on earth has promoted homophobia more than the church,
There are no prizes and nobody screams, we put on an honest sharing of ideas,
he said of his show, which generally tackled one topic per hour-long episode I think they appreciate the issues the show raises and enjoy the challenge of getting emotionally and intellectually involved in what's happening,
Donahue told People that year Just one guest per show? No band?” ... Donahue, my own story.”
he remembered being routinely asked in his 1979 memoir Is the caller there?”
It included radio-style call-ins, which Donahue greeted with his signature It may have been a full three years before any of us began to understand that our program was something special,
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 His show debuted nationally, and the whole country came to know his personal brand of issue-driven straight talk,
I was always proud of that,
Donahue said, during a taping of NBC’s "Megyn Kelly Today" in 2017. Phil Donahue essentially started this company and began an entire industry in daytime syndication,
Bob Turner, then president of Multimedia Entertainment, said in a statement to the Times in 1996 when Donahue announced his retirement It reminds me of how far we’ve come, how far women have come,
Phil Donahue is a journalist and television pioneer who pioneered the daytime issue-oriented television talk show. Donahue was the first daytime talk show to feature audience participation and one of the most influential televisions programs of its time,
the White House said when Donahue was awarded the prestigious honor I want all the topics hot.”
Few subjects, if any, were off limits for Mr. Donahue, who was said to have told his staff