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Roger Simmons
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Birds, Words, Pics + TV

Blast from the past: It’s Mike Douglas on WESH

Roger Simmons, August 8, 2011

Blast from the Past features an icon of TV talk shows, Mike Douglas.

This ad from November 1965 touts Douglas’ show on WESH-Channel 2 as a “merry go round of mirth and madness.” I vaguely remember the Mike Douglas Show, and not sure I would use the words “mirth” and “madness” to describe it. But hey, I was only 9 months old when this ad appeared.

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