Phil Donahue
Phil Donahue
Phillip John "Phil" Donahueis an American media personality, writer, and film producer best known as the creator and host of The Phil Donahue Show. The television program, also known as Donahue, was the first talk show format that included audience participation. The show had a 29-year run on national television in America that began in Dayton, Ohio, and ended in New York City in 1996...
ProfessionTV Show Host
Date of Birth21 December 1935
CityCleveland, OH
war world remember
I could never understand how we could put 120,000 Japanese behind a fence in World War II. I remember being bewildered about that.
justice three lasts
I have been in the witness protection program for the last three weeks. I campaigned for Ralph Nader. I'm now living as a woman in Mississippi.
believe people i-believe
I believe celebrity spoils people - some worse than others.
peace brave pacifist
I'm not a pacifist. I'm not that brave.
presidential democracy debate
The Commission on Presidential Debates is a corrupt stranglehold on our democracy.
diversity people waiting
There's a reason we seperate Church and State. The reason for the richness and the diversity of religion in this nation is because of the seperation of Church and State, and there are people out there who can't wait to make this nation a nation of one religion... THEIR religion.
earthquakes doctors honor
Presenting statues of honor to reporters for covering an earthquake is like presenting a first prize to a doctor for performing surgery.
country democracy inability
The biggest threat to this country isn't the Russians. It's our own inability to make democracy or capitalism work.
thinking ideas creating
I think the idea of creating a television news source that is not beholden to corporate interests is nirvana.
people want bonus
The establishment people tell us that if the workers wanted to share the profits, it was called communism. When management wants to share profits, it's called a bonus.
president vices shaving
In a network situation, a vice president, while he's shaving, can decide your history.
pits charity dollars
The system of volunteerism is divisive. It pits one charity against the others for the charity dollar.
memories radio youth
The radio of my youth ... is now a quaint memory replaced by computer hard drives.
men quiet wonder
Is it any wonder that for millions of men the only intimacy is physical, silent, and predictable?