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His laugh at the end is the best part. I'm not sure if I've ever seen him laugh.
Posted by Jude Fawley on January 16, 2012 at 11:00 AM
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Wow, MLK even sounds like MLK (you know what I mean) when he's telling a joke. He beats James Earl Jones and Patrick Stewart easily.
Posted by seatackled on January 16, 2012 at 11:10 AM
Banna 3
"And then I fucked the stewardess."
Posted by Banna http://www.ucp.org on January 16, 2012 at 11:27 AM
Teslick 4
That looks like "The Tonight Show", based on the background from other clips from the same time frame. seatackled @ 2 is exactly right...did he ever not "sound like MLK"?
Posted by Teslick on January 16, 2012 at 11:27 AM
gttim 5
Tonight Show. Mike Douglas always had a very modern set, and the guest would sit in a semi circle, or facing each other.
Posted by gttim on January 16, 2012 at 11:39 AM
gloomy gus 6
Aw, that's great. Definitely the Tonight Show - aficionados of the form will recognize the classic Carson desk-with-lighter-next-to-guest-chair setup, as well as seeing Johnny's ghost image in the cut away from the Nixon segment. Harry Belafonte was guest hosting that week - that night he had on Paul Newman and NIpsey Russell too - an all-civil-rights-activist night. This is the SCLC press release announcing it:
http://www.thekingcenter.org/archive/doc…

Mind you, Mike Douglas had Dr. King on a year earlier. Aficionados will recognize the iconic and unmistakeable color-asterisk set backdrop of that daytime show. Dr. King is wonderful here.
part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SfH2uMay…
part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FQIlE-Wl…
part 3, on nonviolence v. violence: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvB5a9_XJ…
Posted by gloomy gus on January 16, 2012 at 11:40 AM

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