If you’re not old and not from up north you definitely don’t know who this is this is Joe Franklin When TVs first came out a lot of things happen for the first time one of them was Joe show the first daytime talkshow 1949 I was fortunate to have a friend who was best friends with Joe my good friend Donnie Diamonds we used to visit him in his office every Thursday starting around 15 years ago till his death 10 years ago he would tell us about all his guess that he had back in the 50s John Wayne Lucille Ball Groucho Marx the three stooges the list goes on forever And the best thing he was the last connection to those people it was quite an experience listening to his stories