The original talkshow host airs his last show tonight :(

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Just watching the TV now, heard last night its Parkinson's last show tonight, strange, ive never really made a point of watching, but its something that has always been there as i was growing up, dad use to love watching and being a daddies boy id sit with him and not get any of the intellectual conversation that was going on.
Michael Parkinson is probably the first long running talk show host, has interviewed over 2000 of the world's most famous people, including:

Muhammad Ali,
Bing Crosby,
Bob Hope,
Peter Ustinov,
Shirley MacLaine,
Robert Redford,
Tina Turner,
Tom Hanks,
Michael Caine,
Daniel Craig,
David Jason,
Nicholas Lyndhurst,
Dustin Hoffman,
Jack Nicholson,
Orson Welles,
Ingrid Bergman,
Bette Davis,
Bette Midler,
Racquel Welch,
Peter Cook,
Dudley Moore,
Kenneth Williams,
Billy Connolly,
Gene Wilder,
Ewan McGregor
Freddie Starr,
David Bowie,
John Cleese,
Eric Idle,
Dave Allen,
John Lennon,
Miss Piggy,
Noel Gallagher,
Jacob Bronowski,
Tom Cruise,
Edith Evans,
Luciano Pavarotti,
Cher,
Madonna,
Elton John,
David Beckham,
Victoria Beckham,
Shane Warne,
Thierry Henry,
Rod Stewart,
Justin Timberlake,
Robbie Williams,
Ray Winstone,
Kate Winslet,
Cameron Diaz,
Richard Attenborough,
David Attenborough,
Mel Gibson,
Viggo Mortensen,
George Michael,
k.d. lang,
Sarah, Duchess of York,
Peter Sellers,
Peter Kay,
Paul McCartney,
Anthony Hopkins,
Jeremy Clarkson,
Simon Cowell,
Sharon Osbourne,
Ozzy Osbourne,
Julie Andrews,
Dame Edna Everage,
Helen Mirren,
Judi Dench,
Naomi Campbell,
Tony Blair,
Olivia Newton-John
Sandra Bullock.
Michael Caine

During the 1970s, he attracted former big-name Hollywood stars, such as James Stewart, John Wayne, Mickey Rooney, David Niven, Gene Kelly, James Cagney and Robert Mitchum, not on the basis that they had a film to promote, but simply because they wanted a chat.

Enjoy retirement Parky, you have been a good un.

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never heard of him?

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same here......

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The original? He's been around a long time but even someone like Johnny Carson was a late nigh talk show host 10 or so years before Parkinson.

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The original? He's been around a long time but even someone like Johnny Carson was a late nigh talk show host 10 or so years before Parkinson.

Yeah granted, i dont mean like the original as in the first one. But he must have been doing something right since he was at it for over 37 years. doubt there are many people in the wolrd who has met the people he has met let alone intervied them on live TV. The Muhammad Ali interview was a legendary one.

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Here is a link for the Ali interviews, People who were around a few years before the likes of Jay Leno and that David letterman and know all the words to Bon Jovi - SHOT THROUGH THE HEART will understand why the younger generation (aint heard of him)

Here is a few highlights of the 4 interviews.)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=pl0h9pAqsz4&feature=related