Hugh Downs
What would you call pure energy with an intelligence?
———- from Master Mind of West Los Angeles, CA
I’d call it Hugh Downs. The man who’s spent more time in front of a TV camera than any other human on earth, Mr. Downs is often voted ‘The person most often mistaken for Durwood Kirby,’ yet he appears weekly with Barbara Walters and doesn’t seem to mind the fact that she’s not Gary Moore. I guess I’m just showing my age by tossing off these references to television’s dark past, but time means nothing to Hugh Downs, who received his doctorate in Gerontology just a few years back. Heck, if you’re going to be broadcasting’s oldest functioning work horse, you might as well study the science of aging in your spare time.
I’d call it Hugh Downs. The man who’s spent more time in front of a TV camera than any other human on earth, Mr. Downs is often voted ‘The person most often mistaken for Durwood Kirby,’ yet he appears weekly with Barbara Walters and doesn’t seem to mind the fact that she’s not Gary Moore. I guess I’m just showing my age by tossing off these references to television’s dark past, but time means nothing to Hugh Downs, who received his doctorate in Gerontology just a few years back. Heck, if you’re going to be broadcasting’s oldest functioning work horse, you might as well study the science of aging in your spare time.