... talk shows lie in Phil Donahue's entrance to the talk show arena in the late 1960s. Previously, morning talk shows consisted of a combination of news stories, discussion and interviews, but his show, Donahue, was the first of its kind to involve audience interaction. More importantly, Donahue was the first to showcase ... one family who had lobster-like limbs; an 800-pound man; a female contortionist; and a man with every centimetre of his body covered in tattoos. The sex angle was also played up with a number of shows entitledI'm an 18-year-old porn star?,Twin Strippers? and the like. W...

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