Phil Donahue and Marlo Thomas have been married for 40 years!

They leave their disagreements under the glass table before going to bed.

That's not Charo?

What has Phil been doing with himself all day for the past 20+ years? His talk show changed the culture, and now he just does no work? No TV, no writing?

Did they move to the suburbs and buy a station wagon with wood on the side?

Phil went deaf a long time ago.

Is that true, R5? I had no idea.

They're one of the few couples in showbiz that's a perfect fit.

He was one of the first men in media to fully embrace feminism and plunge head on into liberal issues of the day. A serious, but sensitive and compassionate man.

She's a feminist icon and an A list actress with a legendary pedigree. Her humor balances out his seriousness.

BTW, whatever work Marlo has had done has been extraordinary. She could still pass for early to mid 50's!

I guess pots of money and no kids helps.

R7 Marlo looks like she has been strapped to the hood of an F16. She doesn't look like she is in her early 50"s. Are you high?

I'm kidding r6.

Saw Marlo on Broadway in 2011 in something called Relatively Speaking. I could see the areola around her nipple. That's all I remember about the plays and her performance and the great Julie Kavner was in it too.

Phil was very hirsute. Some Irish men are.

His sons are all handsome in that clip, for sure.

I still and forever will laugh at

"Make Boom for Daddy"

Marlo does anal.

My Dad explained all this to me when I was a kid. The key to staying married for 40 years is first, to get married, and then don't divorce or die.

I hope her sons are not angry that she is spending their entire inheritance on Botox and fillers.

Isn't Marlo a huge cunt

Give to St. Jude's and get the fuck out!

[quote] I hope her sons are not angry that she is spending their entire inheritance on Botox and fillers.

HIS sons. NOT her sons.

Phil's children are from his first marriage. He and Marlo did not have any children.

Free to be, me and ME.

Her father was a flaming queen. Marla and Phil likely typical gay Hollywood fake couple?

I saw Marlo Thomas at a personal appearance she did at the old Carson, Pirie Scott department store on State Street in Chicago. It was 1977.

She arrived late.

Because she had been doing an appearance on the Phil Donahue Show (it was still based in Chicago then).

She got up and apologized for being late and then went on and on about how nice Phil Donahue was and did we know who Phil Donahue was, and on and on and on.

She was very, very thin, wearing a light blue jumper with a white turtleneck and brown boots.

How? Prescription drugs.

I want something like this, with someone special.

I’m gonna get it, too. Watch.

R2, Coochie coochie!

"DESSSSSSMOOOOOND! WHERE ARE THE ANNIVERSARY COOKIES?!!!!!"

Because some people actually honor vows and commitment.

No one's shitting on a long marriage in general, Miss R27.

One just wonders how a cunt like Marlo stayed married.

He lets her be the Bad Cop and looks the other way. Wonder what his kids really think of StepMama.

She sure looked better after the nose job.

I can't believe she looks like that now. That's a shame. She was so beautiful.

It was tougher to do when he still had the talk show. Desmond writes about her firing a maid when she got pregnant and Phil had a fit -- not because it was wrong but because he knew the backlash with his show when it got out. So she rehired. Phil may be less than the sum of his parts if he puts up with that much shit.

She was absolutely beautiful on That Girl, just sparkling.

R32, I remember that story from the book.

Marlo fired the pregnant maid who carted their laundry down to the building laundry room, among her other duties. When he saw her carrying it, Phil would carry it instead.

So, Phil is doing a show about women getting fired because they are pregnant.

The pregnant maid and her husband went to Phil's office and told him about the firing.

Phil comes home, is furious with Marlo (who was trying to placate him) and there is a big fight behind closed doors that Desmond heard and wrote about.

One of the reasons the phony "I am such a feminist" Marlo is full of shit.

A pregnant woman is quite capable of carrying laundry. A maid is a maid. Hopefully well paid. And a feminist can fire another woman. Of course. No doubt both Phil and Marlo are somewhat classist. But they're is no indication that Marlo Thomas is not one of the most visible and important feminists of all time. She lives it. She's a strong accomplished woman who didn't need a man until she wanted one. She has a most annoying voice and fat legs yet she was quite an accomplished actress. She carries on a legacy of charity rather than celebrity and she's quietly political and powerful. I wasn't even born when That Girl was on your TeeVee - but I know a lot about the accomplishments of Marlo Thomas. Because my mother is a physician who much admired her work with women and children. Men too. Her direct work of empowerment and freedom stands up. She was neither flaky or didactic. St. Judes is one of the most impressive places in the shitshow of American medical research and care. Lots of people are tyrants at home. I don't really believe Marlo is anything more than a strong woman with high standards. She seems charming and informed and relaxed to be honest. AND powerful.

*there is no indication...

How many nose jobs has she had, she's moving into Michael Jackson territory. She's a self hating Arab.

Funny trivia - her brother is Tony Thomas - famous producer - including the Golden Girls.

The nose jobs are not necessarily self hatred. She works in the entertainment business and Americans are obsessed with having teeny tiny noses. If she kept the original nose people would bitch about it.

Marlo did not have fat legs but you could see her nose was unnatural.

The first nose job was fine. She had another??

Oh, she had fat legs alright. And a perfectly fine nose. A nice average looking woman. Today, she is very surgeried. But she's also about 90 years old and looks ok. Her work is what matters. She has love and work and success. Meaning to her life. This is why most old gays are drunks or obese or commit suicide. They never cared much about anything but fucking, buying shit and making fun of stuff. Sad lives.

I didn't realize Marlo Thomas was Aasian.

Marlo is a wealthy socialite and she wants a smart husband. she is pretty.

I'm so angry I could shit!

Lebanon is on the continent of Asia, R43.

Marlo might have fat legs at eighty but she had perfect legs up to at least 50. Why r you looking at legs of 80 yr old???

A List? She never had much of a movie career and her "recent" work was playing a critical mother (in soft focus) on Friends. Feminism has shot itself in the foot in a number of ways, but being all about well-off professional women is one of them. Of course, she's a snob who would fire a pregnant maid rather than granting maternity leave and finding a fill-in. Carry your own damn laundry Marlo.

R2 and R9 made me laugh out loud- thanks. He’s a great guy- she’s been an effective activist although one very good friend who knows her more or less confirms she is difficult. Sweet mysteries of life explain their marriage.

I once saw them having a pretty big argument while “fast walking” out the Mataket road on Nantucket.

[quote]How?

That pussy!

The video is talking about her last visit two yrs ago. At this point, they had been dating two years and were pulling audience s leg. She is first born and I imagine he was not. She wore the pants. She's Arab despite nose job.

Apparently Marlo has the same "need" for glass coffee tables as her daddy and Phil LIKES IT. That is why their marriage works.

He has a son who’s in a facility. It’s very sad but from I know from someone who was there (it’s mainly known as a rehab place, but that’s not why the son is there), he checks in on him all the time and is kind and a great father.

he also had a son that died

She's only half-Lebanese. Her mother was Italian.

Italians have such small noses R55.

The mother was Sicilian to boot. Marlo's first nose job was perfect, though, she looked like a doll on that show.

It's fun to figure out what a celeb's real, original name *should* have been. In Marlo's case, it was Margaret Kairouz. Thomas probably did become the family's legal name, though.

I always wonder what it says on celebrity legal documents. Marlo Thomas? Margaret Thomas? Marlo Thomas Donohue? Margaret T. Donohue? Margaret K. Donohue? (Sigh, quarantine questions...)

she had a lovely original name

Sicilian, Arab. Lol, like there's a difference!