Mike Douglas - Moments & Memories

I very much like this video disc(dvd). I was born in 1962 and will turn age 59 years-old later this year, So I am old enough to have viewed (and also remember doing so) The Mike Douglas Show back in the very old days. Watching this video disc (dvd) reaffirms my memories of Mike Douglas having an extremely easy-going,laid-back and pleasant personality. He is definitely one of the nicest human beings period to ever host a regular talk show series on television show. And he had on his show some great guests as well including the-late John Lennon and Yoko Ono cohosting for an entire week;Dr.Martin Luther King,Jr.;Bob Hope;Lily Tomlin and many others. The likes of the great Mike Douglas are terribly missed this indifferent modern age of the internet and computerized technology.

One of the best things that Mike Douglas ever did on his shows was to let his guests speak while we all listened. The best part was that it began with him, how he approached his guests, how he appreciated his audiences, and how he let us listen in - as though we were in the front room sitting there with him.We are treated to a rare insight into the master files of a master interviewer, a thorough story teller and exceptional entertainer. Mike Douglas' mix of humor, courtesy and pure interest in his guests comes through time and again. Unlike other talk-show hosts who oft times appear to be caught up in the clock and seemingly distracted by what's coming next, a viewer gets the sense that what is happening at that moment is what is important; to Mike Douglas great credit, that was each of us.Mike Douglas' Moments & Memories should be mandatory viewing for any would-be journalist or broadcast host because this man really was the Dean of the School of the very best interview techniques. - Prof Mike Haller

Really good but wanted more of the interviews with the guests. This dvd is more of a bio on Merv, which is ok but was hoping more time would have been on the guests.

Just like it says. Only excerpts from the original shows. Was hoping for at least a couple of shows.

My mother watched this show every day for a decade, and I remembered some of these stories + people. It was a nice slice of that time and place. The thing that spoiled it for me, as a now-enlightened adult, was the rotten time many captive animals had, being drugged and dragged on stage during the course of this show. Especially pathetic was the chimp who was caged, meanwhile John Lennon smoked pot and blew it at him or her, and the poor animal went nuts. When let loose, it destroyed property, attacked people... it was a scene of abuse made public.

Very pleasant compilation of clips from the Mike Douglas Show with reminiscences recorded in 2007 from Mike's wife Gen, Billy Crystal, Bill Cosby, Della Reese, Mariette Hartley and a TV critic.This DVD brings back lots of good memories of when TV talk/variety shows were worth watching.Most of the shows best years and highest ratings were done in Philadelphia 1965-1978 though the DVD fails to make that clear.Wish that the clips were identified by year but they are not.Technical quality shows the amazing evolution of TV technology from 1961 black and white and the relatively new medium of videotape (then just 5 years old) to super sharp broadcast color done in Los Angeles. It's also curious to watch how the show developed from a very low budget local show in Cleveland to a nationally syndicated program shown in 170 markets and watched by at least six million people 5 days a week.Worth buying.

I saw parts of this video on a PBS special, and loved it and wanted to see the whole thing! I don't remember ever watching the Mike Douglas show when I was younger. He was a daytime talk show host like Johnny Carson was a night time talk show host. As I watched the video, soon my husband and 17-year-old daughter were watching with me, and we were all really enjoying it! There are great interviews, some funny, some poignant. In a way, it's a tribute to Mike Douglas the man, using those who knew him and interviews and clips from his show to illustrate their impressions of him. It's only about an hour, and we wished it were longer! We'll be watching it again with our other children when they come home to visit.

I personally enjoyed this DVD. It had a lot of fun clips from various Mike Douglas shows and brief biographical sketches about Mike and his life and career. I especially enjoyed it on a personal level as my Father was a camera man for the Mike Douglas show when it aired on KYW in Cleveland, OH when I was just a kid. I used to visit the studio during a lot of the shows too, so it brought back a lot of memories. I wish I had known this was being put together as I might have been able to contribute some photos from my Dad's photo file. The only thing I wish would have been different is if they had done it in more chronological order rather than skipping around from earlier to later shows and vice-versa. All in all it was entertaining and good to see more of what happened to Mike after he left Cleveland. P.S. - If anyone knows how to get in touch with Mike's wife or there are more clips from the KYW Cleveland shows available please contact me.

Mike Douglas was a favourite afternoon talk show host in the 60's and 70's. His concept of inviting big name stars to serve as co-host for an entire week at a time was brilliant. You really got to know the celebrity by the end of the week. And because, like Merv Griffin, Mike Douglas was a singer, there were hundreds of truly unforgettable musical moments on the show. For some reason, they have mostly been omitted from this "best of" DVD. I assume there were copyright obstacles preventing a more compelling and entertaining compilation of favourite moments, and if that is the case, it's truly a shame. There are better Mike Douglas moments on youtube than there are on this DVD. If you don't believe me, check out his duet with Cher on youtube. Priceless. I enjoyed the DVD and wish it had been much more extensive, given the longevity of the Mike Douglas show and the lengthy roster of A-list stars who appeared on his show. But I'm grateful for what has been presented. I had the same complaint about the Merv Griffin collection: too little A-list content, and far too few special musical memories. The same can be said of the Rosie O'Donnell "best of" CD (so far only season 1 is available), and the same is true of the Johnny Carson DVDs. Let's hope that one day the vaults will be opened so we can enjoy - once again - the greatest musical entertainers of all time performing live on the best talk shows ever.

This is very good; however, there's just not enough! The special features are also good, with a biography and more highlights from the shows.