caption country station death_date death_place show birth_place birth_date image article_title name network
lou gordon united states wkbd-tv detroit 24 may 1977 bloomfield hills , michigan the lou gordon program detroit , michigan 17 may 1917 lou gordon.jpg lou gordon -lrb- journalist -rrb-
 lou gordon syndicated through kaiser broadcasting
lou gordon -lrb- journalist -rrb-

lou gordon -lrb- may 17 , 1917 -- may 24 , 1977 -rrb- 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 , `` 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 -lrb- born 1932 -rrb- , 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 .
during the 1967 -- 68 detroit newspaper strike , gordon published `` scope magazine '' 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 .
