# Mike Douglas - Gone to the Green Room in the Sky **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 11, 2006, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-douglas-gone-to-the-green-room-in-the-sky/368323 "2006-08-11T18:36:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![UntouchedTakeaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d78d45/32.png) [@UntouchedTakeaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UntouchedTakeaway)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2006, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-douglas-gone-to-the-green-room-in-the-sky/368323/1 "2006-08-11T18:36:44Z")
Yet another childhood icon - gone. My mother adored him (along with Merv), so I have fond memories. I especially remember Totie Fields as a fairly regular guest. And Mike always seemed so ego-less. [http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/08/11/obit.douglas.ap/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/08/11/obit.douglas.ap/index.html) VCNJ~ ---
**Author:** ![Ceejaytee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ceejaytee/32/2956_2.png) [@Ceejaytee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ceejaytee)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2006, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-douglas-gone-to-the-green-room-in-the-sky/368323/2 "2006-08-11T18:38:50Z")
I was just checking to see if anyone started a thread yet. I watched Mike Douglas every day as a kid. I loved him–he had such a good sense of humor and was so warm with his guests. I remember he once had a guest on who said you could tell about people’s personalities by the way they slept, and Mike said he slept on his back. The guest said that that position was called “the King” and Mike got this fantastic look on his face that I can still remember–very superior, like he knew he was the king. I agree with him. ---
**Author:** ![5que](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/3bc359/32.png) [@5que](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5que)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2006, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-douglas-gone-to-the-green-room-in-the-sky/368323/3 "2006-08-11T19:14:36Z")
I was just checking too. Remember when John and Yoko were co-hosts? I got that on in a Trivia game a while back. Guess being old finally paid off. ---
**Author:** ![RTA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@RTA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTA)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2006, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-douglas-gone-to-the-green-room-in-the-sky/368323/4 "2006-08-11T19:22:41Z")
Mike Douglas. Ohh, Mike Douglas … You know, Mike DougIas used to make me moist when I’d watch his show. I admit it. Only white man ever did that to me was Mike Douglas. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2006, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-douglas-gone-to-the-green-room-in-the-sky/368323/5 "2006-08-11T19:22:49Z")
Hey, his birthday is today! (As well as the anniversary of the Battle of Thermopylae). ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2006, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-douglas-gone-to-the-green-room-in-the-sky/368323/6 "2006-08-11T19:29:35Z")
He was the voice (singing) for Prince Charles in the Disney Cinderella. ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2006, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-douglas-gone-to-the-green-room-in-the-sky/368323/7 "2006-08-11T19:31:10Z")
I was all prepared to say that I loved him in _Streets of San Francisco._, then I opened the thread. I’ll just get my jacket. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2006, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-douglas-gone-to-the-green-room-in-the-sky/368323/8 "2006-08-11T19:38:31Z")
We can’t forget his biggest hit, “The Men in my Little Girl’s Life.” This verse is from the unreleased extended version: > [@](#): > > The men in my little girl’s life > The men in my little girl’s life > It seems like only yesterday when I heard my little girl say > "Daddy, there’s a boy ouside, his name is Chuck. > He wants to know if I want to fuck. > Can we daddy? Can we daddy? Oh please daddy. I loved the time he had on James Brown and couldn’t get him off the stage during “Please, Please, Please,” IIRC (it HAS been 40 years). This was when he was still live from Cleveland. ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2006, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-douglas-gone-to-the-green-room-in-the-sky/368323/9 "2006-08-11T19:40:11Z")
Ol’ Buttermilk Sky! ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2006, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-douglas-gone-to-the-green-room-in-the-sky/368323/10 "2006-08-11T19:45:38Z")
I always got him and Merv Griffin confused. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2006, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-douglas-gone-to-the-green-room-in-the-sky/368323/11 "2006-08-11T19:51:23Z")
I don’t know how, **Eve.** They both were sycophantic but Mike Douglas didn’t get down on his knees and fellate his guests on stage like Merv. ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2006, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-douglas-gone-to-the-green-room-in-the-sky/368323/12 "2006-08-11T19:57:27Z")
Looks like a bad day to be 81: [‘Frank & Ernest’ creator dead at 81](http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/books/08/10/obit.thaves.ap/index.html) Re: Mike Douglas. I remember the episode that had Moe Howard and Donny Osmond on it. Moe showed Donny how the Stooges did the eye-boink (Donny was just a little tot then). ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2006, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-douglas-gone-to-the-green-room-in-the-sky/368323/13 "2006-08-11T23:09:01Z")
Wikipedia’s entry for him had a link to names of people who died on their birthday (a 365-to-1 chance). Missing from the link was **Earl Scheib** (“I’ll paint any car any color for 29.95!”); who further upped the odds by being born on leap-year day (a 1,460-to-1) , then dying on his birthday (the odds of which I have no idea). ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2006, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-douglas-gone-to-the-green-room-in-the-sky/368323/14 "2006-08-12T00:54:38Z")
We’ll be right back… Well, maybe not. ---
**Author:** ![Cherry\_Garcia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71c47a/32.png) [@Cherry\_Garcia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cherry_Garcia)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2006, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-douglas-gone-to-the-green-room-in-the-sky/368323/15 "2006-08-12T01:05:49Z")
[QUOTE=aldiboronti] I was all prepared to say that I loved him in _Streets of San Francisco._, then I opened the thread. I’ll just get my jacket. [/QUOTE] I believe Michael Douglas uses his full first name so as not to be confused with Mike Douglas. Much like David Bowie changed his name from David Jones to avoid being confused with Monkee Davy Jones. ---
**Author:** ![DaveRaver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daveraver/32/1078_2.png) [@DaveRaver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveRaver)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2006, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-douglas-gone-to-the-green-room-in-the-sky/368323/16 "2006-08-12T01:11:55Z")
[QUOTE=Cherry Garcia] I believe Michael Douglas uses his full first name so as not to be confused with Mike Douglas. Much like David Bowie changed his name from David Jones to avoid being confused with Monkee Davy Jones. [/QUOTE] And Michael Keaton’s real name is Michael Douglas. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2006, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-douglas-gone-to-the-green-room-in-the-sky/368323/17 "2006-08-12T01:54:31Z")
[QUOTE=Eve] I always got him and Merv Griffin confused. [/QUOTE] Really? Mike Douglas taped his show in Philly – and lived out in Gladwyne. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2006, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-douglas-gone-to-the-green-room-in-the-sky/368323/18 "2006-08-12T03:36:31Z")
Count me in the Mike Douglas/Merv Griffin confusion corner. When I see either of them, I know which one is which, but when I see/hear their names, I have to think which one was which. I can remember watching Mike Douglas every afternoon as a kid. His show was one of the highlights of my day. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2006, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-douglas-gone-to-the-green-room-in-the-sky/368323/19 "2006-08-12T08:48:56Z")
I don’t think that the photo in the link looks like him much. What a likeable guy. ---
**Author:** ![tarragon918](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2006, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-douglas-gone-to-the-green-room-in-the-sky/368323/20 "2006-08-12T12:34:37Z")
I always liked Mike Douglas! He was one of the first talk show hosts, and definitely one of the nicest. My family lived in the Philadelphia area and in the early 70s I actually attended a taping of one of his shows. I don’t recall that I ever got a chance to watch that show though, because I think I was working when it aired. Sad to hear of his passing; my thoughts are with his family and friends. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-douglas-gone-to-the-green-room-in-the-sky/368323.md?page=2)