70 Year Magazine Archive

The Return of Phil

by Rob Long

‘The pretend thinking man’s pretend thinking man’

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HAVE your second cup of coffee 1 with Phil Donahue.”

That was the advertising slogan of the old Donahue show, back when he was a humble Chicago morning-talk show host, back when the whole idea of a “talk show” on morning television was novel and slightly naughty.

Rob Long

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Rob Long

Rob Long is a writer and producer and a co-founder of Ricochet.

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