A history of forgotten late night talk shows:
Prior to becoming everyone's favorite TV dad on 'Growing Pains,' Alan Thicke hosted what is unarguably the talk show with the greatest name in television history. Despite Thicke's slick Canadian charm, the syndicated show was canceled after one season. The next year Thicke went on to offer fatherly advice to Kirk Cameron, and the rest is history. Now if Robin Thicke could host a show called 'The Thicke of It,' our dreams would be complete.
But behind-the-scenes conflicts led to the show's edge getting toned down, and what resulted was a strange hybrid of a newsmagazine and a variety show. Airing less than a month, 'The Wilton North Report' holds the record for being the shortest-lived late-night show in television history. Radio DJ Rick Dees is perhaps best known for giving the world the sonic oddity that is '.' After that...
When guest host Rush Limbaugh used the show to discuss an Idaho abortion bill that had been vetoed, protesters in the audience turned on him, shouting, "You have blood on your hands!" and "You want people to die!" Rush was unable to get the show back on course, and 'The Pat Sajak Show' made headlines for the first and only time in its short run.
Check out a clip from the first episode below and witness this televised train-wreck firsthand. Yes, the "Ollie" that Chase and Hawn awkwardly sing 'Happy Birthday' to is Oliver Hudson, brother of Kate and star of the CBS sitcom 'Rules of Engagement' that was somehow on for seven seasons.
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