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Montel Snaps at Innocent Teen

I must not be watching enough TV, because I didn’t even know “The Montel Williams Show” was still on the air. Now I know. And so do a slew of irate parents at a high school in Georgia thanks in large part to Williams’ nasty run in with a current student. The talk show host was in Savannah, Georgia this week promoting free prescriptions for low-income residents when a high school intern with the Savannah Morning News peppered him with questions related to rising drug costs. Williams, who has been a patient advocate since being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, walked … Continue reading →

“Reege” Recovers

I don’t know exactly when it happened. My best guess is that it occurred sometime in college during my first stint as an intern at a local television station. It was then that I got hooked watching Regis Philbin’s morning talk show. Back then he shared airtime with Kathie Lee Gifford, but there was no question that he was the driving force behind the show. Fast-forward about 15 years and Reege is still on the air (though now with the ultra-peppy Kelly Ripa) and I check in every so often to reminisce about my carefree days as a college coed. … Continue reading →

TV Talk Show Legend Dies

Television talk show legend Mike Douglas has died. News agencies report that the 81-year-old star died early Friday morning in a Florida hospital. Sadly, Douglas’ life ended on his birthday, though a cause of death has not been released. Douglas was born Michael Delaney Dowd on August 11, 1925 in Chicago. It didn’t take long before he found his calling as a teenage singer and entertainer for supper clubs and radio programs. A few years later Douglas became the staff singer at an Oklahoma City radio station, but he put his singing career on hold to join the Navy during … Continue reading →