John McLaughlin, The McLaughlin Group Host Since 1982, Dead at 89

TV Line ^ | 8/16/2016 | Matt Webb Mitovich

[CGASMIA68]

Is she not repulsive?!?!?

[riverdawg]

Bill Buckley’s Firing Line predated The McLaughlin Group by a couple of decades, but I agree that TMG was, if not exactly novel, at least entertaining.

[dfwgator]

Speaking of PBS, is Mark Russell still around? I used to love watching his shows, his songs were always great, and he gave it to both sides pretty evenly.

[Roccus]

Used to watch his show every Sunday...then I got a TV with a remote....Ealanore Clift-— *CLICK*

[Ancesthntr]

Rest in peace, Mr. McLaughlin. I really enjoyed your show, and you definitely improved this world by being a part of it. You were a class act and will be missed.

[Ancesthntr]

You nailed that one - very funny, thanks for the laugh and the memories.

[CGASMIA68]

I was into the radical early stuff.
Have this album:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gv_bkS5VVaA

[stanne]

WRONG. Is what we call the show

[wideminded]

Mark Russell seemed to disappear about the same time the Simpsons made fun of him.

[Carriage Hill]

A real classic.

[PrinterEagle]

I prefer this SNL cold open, when even the band is WRONG.

http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/cold-opening/n10229

[Georgia Girl 2]

I watched McLaughlin Group 2 Sundays ago and he looked and sounded terrible.

[traderrob6]

“Only PBS personality I ever liked.”

Have to disagree with you on that one....I also really liked Louis Rukeyser.

[odawg]

I was very surprised a few weeks ago when he mentioned how unusually qualified Hillary is to be president.

[Arthur McGowan]

And Germond’s description fit, of course, Reagan and Bush themselves.

[headstamp 2]

That’s Eleanor Rodham Clift.

[x]

You spend 30 or 40 years in Washington and you become part of the Establishment. It's hard to prevent that.

Speculation during the Bush years was that McLaughlin turned more liberal to keep up with his much younger second wife.

But that marriage didn't last either. Maybe two divorces made him cynical.

[headstamp 2]

George Washington

[Political Junkie Too]

No more Patty Patty Buke Buke.

-PJ

[Kickass Conservative]

If any picture screams “GET OFF MY LAWN”, it’s that one.