John McLaughlin, host of ‘McLaughlin Group’ dies at 89 (1 Viewer)

[badmojo1006]

That is not the best picture of him

 

[RokNRole]

That is not the best picture of him

Post Mortem?

 

[RokNRole]

Wrong!

He didn't really die?

 

[wikkidpissah]

Wrong!

RIP

ETA: Oops. deleted to add the RIP and got quoted first.

 

[knowledge dropper]

"Bye Bye"

RIP

 

[cosjobs]

I listened to him do his show this week. He was not on the air for the first time ever, but they recorded him doing the intro to the segments. He sounded awful. I'm surprised they aired it and am not surprised he has passed. 

I was always a big fan of the show and seldom missed it, but he was no fan of Obama and the last eight years were not as enjoyable as the previous 40-50? 

 

[wikkidpissah]

I listened to him do his show this week. He was not on the air for the first time ever, but they recorded him doing the intro to the segments. He sounded awful. I'm surprised they aired it and am not surprised he has passed. 

I was always a big fan of the show and seldom missed it, but he was no fan of Obama and the last eight years were not as enjoyable as the previous 40-50? 

Yeah, saw his show for the 1st time in yrs just after one of the conventions and couldn't believe how he'd declined.

hi, d - how you?

 

[roadkill1292]

When you think about it, that show was kinda like Pardon The Interruption for politics. There wasn't much meat there.

 

[badmojo1006]

Dana Carvey as John Mclaughlin. Only clip I could find

 

[wikkidpissah]

When you think about it, that show was kinda like Pardon The Interruption for politics. There wasn't much meat there.

Oh, i dunno. I had got to know JGermond a little when i was a stringer during the '76 campaign in New England so I watched when he was a regular. Got to know what good there was in the conservative mind in that pre-FoxCartoonNazi time from that show.

 

[Eephus]

I saw this on Twitter and thought Mahavishnu had passed

 

[Grace Under Pressure]

McLaughlin Group was pretty entertaining stuff in the 80's. Reminds me of when politics and policy could be discussed productively.

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

The man was a pro. It was fun show for politicos and he will be missed. I think I just saw him on the show like a week or two ago? I used to watch this show with my Dad.

RIP, JM.

 

[The General]

Dana Carvey as John Mclaughlin. Only clip I could find

First thing I thought of.

RIP.

 

[El Floppo]

Dana Carvey as John Mclaughlin. Only clip I could find

I can't think of Mclaughlin without thinking of Carvey, even though I enjoyed the show.

RIP.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Dana Carvey as John Mclaughlin. Only clip I could find

"WRONG! You all had Corn Flakes with bananas!"

 

[Ted Lange as your Bartender]

Which of course immediately leads into The Sinatra Group

RIP - can this crappy year just end please?

 

[bagger]

Dana Carvey as John Mclaughlin. Only clip I could find

That is always the first thing I think of when that show is mentioned.

 

[johnnycakes]

He looked 89 thirty years ago already. 

 

[wikkidpissah]

Which of course immediately leads into The Sinatra Group

RIP - can this crappy year just end please?

Here is the whole Sinatra Group sketch, hopefully (amazing and disgusting how little of SNL is accessible for free these days). Not to divert from JM, but this is one of the funniest ever, w one of the all-time great lines, to Billy Idol (Sting) "they find chunks o' guys like you in my stool". Sry, back to the wake...

 

[Van Dyman]

Dana Carvey as John Mclaughlin. Only clip I could find

Entire SNL skit on NBC

 

[Abrantes]

I saw this on Twitter and thought Mahavishnu had passed

Same here. Don't mean to sound callous in saying "phew, it was the OTHER one", I just honestly didn't know the first thing about the host. 

RIP, though.

 

[Binky The Doormat]

Wrong!

RIP

ETA: Oops. deleted to add the RIP and got quoted first.




 

WRONGGGGG!!

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