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Lou Gordon (May 17, 1917 – May 24, 1977) was a television commentator and talk show host, newspaper columnist, radio host, and influential political reporter, based in Detroit, Michigan. Gordon was known as a flamboyant, irreverent, and controversial interviewer. He is notable as host of ''The Lou Gordon Program'', a twice-weekly, 90-minute television show, that was seen Saturday and Sunday nights on WKBD-TV. Produced from 1966 to 1977,〔(WKBD "Lou Gordon Program" 5th anniversary ad, 5/23/1971, from Vintage Toledo TV )〕 ''The Lou Gordon Program'' was also syndicated across most of the larger media markets in the United States to the Kaiser Broadcasting group of stations, as well as several non-Kaiser stations. Three 90-minute television shows were taped per week - two for telecast only on WKBD, the other for nationwide broadcast. The show's theme song was ''MacArthur Park'', composed by Jimmy Webb and performed by Richard Harris; the portion of the song used for the show's theme was the long, jazzy climactic orchestral break approximately 3/4 way through the recording. The show was co-hosted by Lou's wife, Jackie Gordon (born 1932), who would read questions sent by viewers to Lou. Lou would then espouse his opinions on the viewer's question. In addition to his television program, Gordon also wrote a bi-weekly column for ''The Detroit News'', which was usually a reflection on, or an elaboration of, topics recently featured on his television program.〔Peter R. Lochbiler and Pat Shellenbarger, p. 1A, ''The Detroit News'', May 25, 1977.〕 During the 1967–68 Detroit newspaper strike,〔(Library of Congress: "On strike, not published on the following dates" )〕 Gordon published ''Scope Magazine''〔© Copyright 1968 Scope Publishing Enterprises, Inc., June 15, 1968, Volume 1, No. 10.〕 in order to fill the news-hole made by a lack of daily newspapers in Detroit. Lou Gordon was the president of Scope Publishing, as well as a writer, and published the weekly until the Detroit newspaper strike ended.〔 Scope Magazine also featured his wife, Jackie, as advice columnist.〔 ==Notable interviewees== People interviewed by Gordon included three-term Michigan Governor George W. Romney, whom he interviewed on August 31, 1967. ''Boston Globe'' reporter Neil Swidey said that "for more than a year, Romney had been talked about as the Republicans' best chance for winning the White House in 1968. So, during that August interview, when () was asked by Lou to explain his inconsistent position on the () war, Romney replied, 'Well you know Lou, when I came back from Vietnam, I had just had the greatest brainwashing that anybody can get.' There, he said it. One word, ''brainwashing, '' (added ) and his presidential campaign would never recover. Worse, that one politically charged word (which came out on the Gordon show) became not just the shorthand for his aborted White House run, but the bumper sticker for his entire life's work."〔© Copyright 2006 Globe Newspaper Company. "The Lessons of the Father. The rap on Mitt Romney is that he's scripted, safe, skin-deep. But if you saw your dad endure what his did, you might watch what you say, too. 〕 Gordon considered being on Nixon's Enemies List as a "Badge of Honor".〔Deborah L. Gordon on DVD / Television Show "Motor City Celebrities - Lou Gordon" © Copyright 2008 Dream World Enterprises All Rights Reserved. (DreamworldEnterprises.net )〕 In early 1977, shortly before his death, Gordon interviewed Chuck Colson, who was on tour in support of his new book, ''Born Again''. As suggested by the title of his book, Colson was "born again" as a recently converted Christian. During the interview, Gordon asked Colson, "Do you suppose, Mr. Colson, that God caused your father to die while you were in prison as a punishment for your lifetime of sins?" Colson wrote later that as the two stared at each other, "absolute contempt passed between us," but Colson answered, "I don't believe that about my dad, Lou. Ours is a loving God." 〔Colson, Chuck (1979) Life Sentence, p. 198; Chosen Books; ISBN 0-8007-5059-4.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lou Gordon (journalist)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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