JayJay

Did any Forum members watch Michael Parkinson's last show tonight? I swear there was a tear in his eye at the end.

I was very nostalgic throughout having watched 'Parky' since the seventies. Two of my favouite interviewees were Billy Connolly and Muhammad Ali, not to mention all the old Hollywood greats he interviewed.

If you're a fan of the show, who were your favourites?

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I'm sorry but I was glad to see him go I feel that he should have been put out to graze years ago make room for younger chat show hosts

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macbee48

It has to be Billy Connolly. Funniest man ever,

Like who for example?

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Benboy

Miss Piggy.

Parky is the best!

mac

Was never that keen on ´him but plenty of interesting people over the years

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cyberhiker

Exactly. There aren't any. The current crop of so-called 'hosts' prefer the sound of their own voices and waste too much time on non-entities.

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JayJay

True - or like Jonathon Ross think a string of four letter words and smut is entertaining. At least Parky was polite and showed a genuine interest in his guests.

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Wifie

yes I agree with that, and he was slightly dishy in his younger days

hopper

Rod Hull and Emu spring to mind, so does Oliver Reed and George Best.

I find the problem with Parky (in the later years) and Jonathan Ross is that they seem to re-hash the same guests every series. Its like a best mates club, they don't seem to interview the 'New Kids on the Block' that often.

With the exception of Lewis Hamilton, this last series of Parky was a bit like 'Last of the Summer Wine' which is seen as a resting home for retired actors.

What has Billy Connoly done for the last 3 years or so? Yet every year he's on Parky. Yes he's entertaining but a chat show should be about asking the current celebs the kind of questions the viewers want asking and not the ones their PR Agents want you to ask.

Parky was the master of chat show hosts in his heyday but IMHO more recently his show lacked bite. It certainly wasn't Saturday night 'prime time' material. Show it on a Sunday after Songs of Praise and the Beeb's equivelant of Heartbeat and it would have been OK.

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Michael Caine was another one that was on year after year, but I think he deserved it because he has never stopped working. And as a guest he was always really entertaining.