Had a fun time this morning reading through Wikipedia, which has bios on most of our favorite shows and personalities, and discovered a few things I didn't know before about some hosts. So, I was wondering - on the political scale of left, right, and center, where did some of our favorites fall?
LeftGene Rayburn - Much to my surprise (because I'd never noticed), Wikipedia says he was an "unabashed liberal."
Nick Clooney - Ran for an open seat in the House of Representatives last fall as a Democrat, and lost.
Chuck Barris - Mentions attending a Clinton for President fundraiser in
The Game Show King.
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John Charles Daly - Not positive about this, but he was a forum moderator for a conservative think tank from time to time.
Pat Sajak - Pat's political views are fairly well known, although I didn't know he was connected with
Regnery publishing house.
Bud Collyer - Religious, but also pro-blacklist in the 1950s. The link is to Mark Evanier's site, which has a fascinating article about Collyer, which also includes information about Orson Bean, John Henry Faulk, Henry Morgan, and Mark Goodson. (Its about halfway down the page.)
I don't want to start a political discussion - I just think this is an interesting piece of history.
Any others?