February 14, 1972 –
Starting on this date, The Mike Douglas Show broadcast a full week, five shows, with co-hosts John Lennon and Yoko Ono.
Mike Douglas described the experience this way: “It was probably the most memorable week I did in all my 20-something years on air.” Although it wasn’t all fun and games, two weeks after the show aired, the Nixon administration’s Immigration and Naturalization Service ordered Lennon out of the country.
