
The Mike Douglas Show
Season 13
The Mike Douglas Show was a variety show out of Cleveland OH and then Philadelphia PA, broadcast in the daytime. It's structure was similar to The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and The Merv Griffin Show and was very popular in its time. Mike Douglas was no relation to Michael nor Kirk Douglas.
Where to Watch Season 13
240 Episodes
- Don Meredith concludes his co-hosting dutiesE10
Don Meredith concludes his co-hosting dutiesGuests: Paul Sorvino, ("That Championship Season") Lt. Gov. Lester Maddox (D-GA.) improvisational singer Steve DePass The Goss Brothers and Robert Rosefsky, author of "Frauds, Swindles and Rackets: A Red Alert for Consumers". Also: a preview of a horse jumping event. - Soupy Sales co-hostsE12
Soupy Sales co-hostsGuests: Moe Howard of The Three Stooges actor Laurence Harvey fashion editor Robert L. Green Bob Warren and The Creep and Ronald J. Fields grandson of W.C. Fields. Highlights: Moe reveals the origin of his bowl haircut and re-enacts the Maha-Raja skit with Mike Douglas and Soupy Sales. Moe closes the show with a pie in the face of his wife, Helen. - Soupy Sales co-hostsE14
Soupy Sales co-hostsGuests: actor John Saxon singer Maureen McGovern with Kekel her musical director who plays piano, flute and trumpet comic Clyde Adler singer-actor Noel Harrison Pool shark Minnesota Fats and Tony the Pool Playing Dog. Highlights: Maureen sings "I Won't Last a Day Without You". - Eva Gabor concludes her week as co-hostE25
Eva Gabor concludes her week as co-hostGuests: actor James Brolin actress Janet Leigh comedian Bill Cosby Eva's mother Jolie Gabor 7-year-old Mason Reese martial arts expert Chuck Norris. and William Peter Blatty, author of "I'll Tell Them I Remember You" *Also: Wig Designer Josef of Rome (Josef Scigliano) with a wig fashion show. - Mason Reese co-hostsE26
Mason Reese co-hostsGuests: actress Lillian Gish columnist Art Buchwald singer-songwriter Gilbert O'Sullivan improvisational singer Steve DePass and magician Milbourne Christopher. Highlights: Gilbert O'Sullivan performs "Alone Again, Naturally" and "Ooh Baby". *NOTE: Mason Reese 7-year-old TV commercial star will be the youngest co-host in the 12-year history of the Mike Douglas Show for the week of October 1, 1973. - Mason Reese co-hostsE27
Mason Reese co-hostsGuests: actor Peter Lupus singer-actress Polly Bergen musician Clyde Wallace singing group The Creative Source Mason's parents Bill and Sonia Reese Yoyo expert Linda Sengpiel and Clyde Wallace the owner of "The Spy Shop", a shop that sells bugging equipment. - Mason Reese co-hostsE28
Mason Reese co-hostsGuests: comedian Henny Youngman consumer advocate Ralph Nader actor Ralph Carter magician Don Alan Mary Ellen Smith, director of St. Michael's Montessori School in New York and Vera Gander primary handbook author for Montessori School. *Note: Before Miss Smith became director she taught at the school, and Mason was in one of her classes. - Mason Reese concludes his co-hosting dutiesE30
Mason Reese concludes his co-hosting dutiesGuests: ventriloquist Willie Tyler and Lester model fashion coordinator Audrey Smaltz poet-singer Steve DePass and Theodore H. White author of "The Making of the President 1972" *Also: the Ebony Fashion Fair show. - Bill Cosby concludes his co-hosting dutiesE40
Bill Cosby concludes his co-hosting dutiesGuests: actress Janet Leigh actor James Brolin comedian Pat Cooper model-actress Tamara Dobson martial arts expert Chuck Norris 10-year-old karate champion Philip Paley Sioux Indian Bill Irons Nevada Governor Mike O'Callaghan and Phil Tobin, a former assemblyman who introduced a bill in 1931 that legalized gambling in Nevada. - Tony Curtis co-hostsE47
Tony Curtis co-hostsGuests: former boxer Rocky Graziano Washington socialite Barbara Howar author of "Laughing All the Way" 12-year-old violinist Dylana Jenson singer Lobo and painter William Moise. Highlights: Lobo performs "I'd Love You to Want Me". Also: a Spaceball demonstration. - Tony Curtis concludes his co-hosting dutiesE50
Tony Curtis concludes his co-hosting dutiesGuests: stunt motorcyclist Evel Knievel humorist Sam Levenson singer Lori Lieberman composer-lyricist Barbara Stone Masterpiece Theatre producer Christopher Sarson and Tony's wife Leslie and daughter Kelly Curtis Highlights: Lori Lieberman sings "Killing Me Softly with His Song". - Billie Jean King concludes her co-hosting dutiesE60
Billie Jean King concludes her co-hosting dutiesGuests: actress Liv Ullmann comic Fred Smoot singer Peter Lemongello golfers Janie Blalock and Carol Mann Playboy fashion editor Robert Green Ms. magazine writer Joan McCullough and astronaut candidates Mary Funk and Jean Hixson. - Roger Miller co-hostsE69
Roger Miller co-hostsGuests: Three Stooges' Moe Howard actor Robert Hegyes actress Julie Newmar comedian Charles Fleischer and Norman Mailer author of "Marilyn". Highlights: Moe shares more history about the Stooges including the origin of the eye-poke and some of Curly's antics. He later re-enacts the "Slowly I Turn" skit with Mike Douglas. - George Reinholt and Jacqui Courtney of Another World co-hostE79
George Reinholt and Jacqui Courtney of Another World co-hostGuests: singer Melba Moore Madeleine Edmundson and David Rounds co-authors of "The Soaps: Daytime Serials of Radio and TV" horticulturist Thalassa Cruso host of TV's "Making Things Grow" and Bud Fensterwald and Dick Sprague of the Committee to Investigate Assassinations. - Ellen Holly and Al Freeman Jr. of "One Life to Live" co-hostE80
Ellen Holly and Al Freeman Jr. of "One Life to Live" co-hostGuests: actor Leonard Nimoy singer Fats Domino comedian Milt Kamen impressionist singer Steve DePass 11-year-old banjo player Scotty Plumber author Richard Lamparski and the legendary Moe Howard of "The Three Stooges". - Dyan Cannon co-hostsE95
Dyan Cannon co-hostsGuests: comedienne Carol Channing playwright Garson Kanin discusses his latest best seller "A Thousand Summers" actress Ruth Gordon composers Michel Legrand and Jule Styne and author Dr. Robert Akeret, who has written a book about psychological aspects of photographs. Highlights: Carol Channing sings some of the songs from "Lorelei". Michel Legrand plays "Summer of 42" and "Brian's Song". - Burt Reynolds concludes his co-hosting dutiesE105
Burt Reynolds concludes his co-hosting dutiesGuests: actor Robert Conrad actress Nancy Dussault comedian Charles Nelson Reilly ex-jewel thief Allen Kuhn and martial arts experts Hugh McDonald and Brian Breye. Dinah Shore appears in a taped segment. Also: a Jai-Alai demonstration. - Connie Stevens concludes her co-hosting dutiesE110
Connie Stevens concludes her co-hosting dutiesGuests: actor Frankie Avalon TV personality Virginia Graham Miami Dolphin football player Larry Csonka Miami Dolphin football coach Don Shula comedian Corbett Monica actor-comic Ron Carey and high-wire performers The Wallendas. - John Byner concludes his co-hosting dutiesE130
John Byner concludes his co-hosting dutiesGuests: TV personality Henry Morgan boxing champ Joe Frazier TV game show host Chuck Barris tenor Enzo Stuarti and Eileen Dietz Elber (who, as Linda Blaire's double, portrayed the face of Pazuzu in "The Exorcist.") - Jonathan Winters co-hostsE148
Jonathan Winters co-hostsGuests: singer-actor Robert Goulet singer-actress Carol Lawrence singer Jimmy Osmond (9 years-old) J. Reginald Murphy editor of the Atlanta Constitution and Gus Augspurg and his trained chimps. Highlights: Jimmy sings "I'm Gonna Knock On Your Door" and "Give Me a Good Old Mammy Song". - Jonathan Winters co-hostsE149
Jonathan Winters co-hostsGuests: entertainer Jerry Lewis comedienne Mary Gregory trampoline acrobats The Canestrelli Family. singer Abbe Lane comedian Jack Carter The Four Seasons and trampoline acrobats The Canestrelli Family. Highlights: The Four Seasons perform "Hickory" and "Charisma". - Dom DeLuise co-hostsE152
Dom DeLuise co-hostsGuests: comedian-actor Danny Thomas singer Vic Damone The Defranco Family Rupert's Kissing Bear and bicycle act Charles and Company. Highlights: The DeFranco Family featuring Tony DeFranco perform "Save the Last Dance For Me" and "Because We Both Are Young". - Alan Alda co-hostsE157
Alan Alda co-hostsGuests: singer-actress Bernadette Peters comedian Corbett Monica mentalist the Amazing Kreskin Peter Tompkins author of "The Secret Life of Plants" U.S. Navy reasearch engineer Eldon Byrd para-psychologist John Merta Pat Loud of the 1973 PBS documentary "American Family" talks about her book "Pat Loud: A Woman's Story". - Alan Alda concludes his co-hosting dutiesE160
Alan Alda concludes his co-hosting dutiesGuests: actor Bruce Dern who portrays Tom Buchanan in "The Great Gatsby" singing group Bloodstone Maude Chasen owner of Chasen's L.A. and Kyle Rote Jr., winner of the "Superstars" competition and his father Kyle Rote Sr. - Jerry Stiller & Anne Meara co-hostE161
Jerry Stiller & Anne Meara co-hostGuests: actress Eva Marie Saint Opera stars Jan Peerce and Roberta Peters columnist Earl Wilson author Ralph Charell and The Electric Light Orchestra. Highlights: Jan & Roberta perform from La Traviata. Libiamo ne lieti calici / Guiseppe Verdi -- Maytime and Sweethearts / Sigmund Romberg. The Electric Light Orchestra perform "Ma-Ma-Ma-Belle". - Jerry Stiller & Anne Meara conclude their co-hosting dutiesE165
Jerry Stiller & Anne Meara conclude their co-hosting dutiesGuests: actor Cliff Robertson comedian-actor James Coco French singer Charles Aznavour composer Marvin Hamlisch naturalist Roger Caras and Emanuel Shimon Consul-General of Israel. - Richard Thomas co-hostsE168
Richard Thomas co-hostsGuests: actress Sian Barbara Allen singer David Clayton Thomas TV game show host Monty Hall Ross & Norris McWhirter editors of "Guinness Book of World Records" with Richard Naklie (a Woody Allen look-alike), Rex Lee (breaks ice with his head), and sword and nail demonstration by mystic Komar. - Beatrice Arthur concludes her co-hosting dutiesE175
Beatrice Arthur concludes her co-hosting dutiesGuests: actor Jack Klugman artist Gloria Vanderbilt singer Dick Haymes songstress Anne Murray comedian-actor Gabriel Kaplan and Roberto Canessa and Nando Parrado, survivors of the 1972 plane crash in the Andes. - Rudy Vallee co-hostsE181
Rudy Vallee co-hostsGuests: Ragtime pianist Eubie Blake actor Buddy Rogers Ruth Malcomson Miss America 1924 and historians Mert Koplin and Charles Grinker. Highlights: Mike will swing to "The Variety Drag" Rudy Vallee will sing "My Time Is Your Time" and "Vagabond Lover". There'll be a George Gershwin medley, and film clips will recall such individuals as Gen. John Pershing, Presidents Wilson, Harding and Coolidge, Babe Ruth, Jack Dempsey, Sacco and Vanzetti, Rudolph Valentino, Clarence Darrow, Williams Jennings Bryan, and swimmer Gertrude Ederle. *NOTE: Mert Koplin and Charles Grinker whose distinctive Cinedex collection of film represents a visual encyclopedia of the 20th century are featured on each of the five shows saluting the 20's, 30's, 40's, 50's and 60's. - Totie Fields co-hostsE187
Totie Fields co-hostsGuests: comedian Robert Klein actress-singer Eartha Kitt rock star Gene Simmons of Kiss singer-songwriter Harry Chapin guitarist Ben Hunter psychologist Dr. Joyce Brothers and kissing contest winners Vincent Toro and Louise Heath. Highlights: Kiss perform "Firehouse". - Joan Rivers concludes her co-hosting dutiesE195
Joan Rivers concludes her co-hosting dutiesGuests: comedienne Totie Fields Eagles quarterback Roman Gabriel comedian David Brenner Joy Adamson author "Born Free" Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes Kung fu workouts with former Phillies trainer John J. "Gus" Hoefling and 70-year-old stunt diver Henri Mothe. Highlights: Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes perform "The Love I Lost" and "Satisfaction Guaranteed". - Kate Smith co-hostsE204
Kate Smith co-hostsGuests: comic Ron Carey Rock group Puzzle The singing DeFranco Family Bernie Parent, goalie for The Philadelphia Flyers hockey team. political cartoonist Rob Lawlor Pennsylvania Governor Milton Shapp's daughter Joanne Shapp a belly dancer and The South Philadelphia String Band. - Kate Smith concludes her co-hosting dutiesE205
Kate Smith concludes her co-hosting dutiesGuests: actor Forrest Tucker comedian Henny Youngman fashion designer Edith Head Joseph Rizzo linebacker for the Denver Broncos pop group The Main Ingredient author Arnold Weissberger and the Uniroyal Thrill Team. - Bobby Riggs concludes his co-hosting dutiesE215
Bobby Riggs concludes his co-hosting dutiesGuests: singer Bobby Vinton comedian Dick Shawn Sylvia and the Moments Boxing promoter Don King Eagles kicker Tom Dempsey Members of the Atoms, the city's soccer team Race-walking team from Temple University and Philadelphia Flag Day Association president Judge Joseph C. Bruno. - Sly Stone co-hostsE217
Sly Stone co-hostsGuests: Rose Banks (Sly's sister) TV game show host Peter Marshall The O'Jays Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus producer Irvin Feld 33-inch tall Michu, World's Smallest Man and long jumper Al Hamlin and his coach. Highlights: Sly and the Family Stone perform "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)." - Sly Stone co-hostsE218
Sly Stone co-hostsGuests: boxing great Muhammad Ali actor Theodore Bikel The Family Stone and Congressman Wayne Hays (D-Ohio). Highlights: Sly and the Family Stone perform "Time". *Note: This show ended up being perhaps one of the more intense Mike Douglas ever hosted. The tension started rising when Muhammad Ali, then in training for the George Foreman fight and understandably tense, all but ignored co-host Sly Stone. Sly actually had to raise his voice to get Ali to listen and pay attention to him. Things got even hotter when Ali got into an angry discussion with Congressman Wayne Hays over America's treatment of blacks. Ali ended up calling most of the audience "hypocrites" for disagreeing with his version of American history. During that discussion, Sly Stone tried to be peacemaker...at one point, holding Ali and Hays back from each other and saying "let's be happy, let's be happy!." - Rex Reed co-hostsE224
Rex Reed co-hostsGuests: director Francis Ford Coppola actresses Lee Grant and Joan Hackett singing group The Kim Brothers featuring Michie Sahara Dr. Leland Clark Jr., discoverer of breathable liquid and film critic Molly Haskell author of "From Reverence to Rape: the Treatment of Women in the Movies" - Rex Reed concludes his co-hosting dutiesE225
Rex Reed concludes his co-hosting dutiesGuests: songstress Dana Valery singer Sergio Franchi who is Dana's brother musician Dave Brubeck faith healer Kathryn Kuhlman and The Maryland Motion Picture Censor Board with Mary Avara and David Preller who discuss film censorship.