David Susskind was best known as a pioneer TV talk show host. He was born in New York City. His program, "Open End", began in 1958 on WNTA-TV in New York City, and was appropriately titled: the program continued until Susskind or his guests were too tired to continue. In 1961, "Open End" was constrained to two hours and went into national syndication. The show was retitled "The David Susskind Show" in 1967 and continued until 1986. Wikipedia
Producer/talk show host Hosted and produced "Open End" interview program from 1958-1966 featuring the likes of Rod Serling, Ernie Kovacs, James Baldwin and William F. Buckley, Jr. www.imdb.com/name/nm0839914/
David Susskind was a key "mover-and-shaker" in the television industry during the medium's golden age and continued to take a high profile as a media personality long after the gold turned to waste, through some kind of reverse alchemy. In the process of www.museum.tv/archives/etv/S/htmlS/susskinddav/susskindda...
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