Some people are uncomfortable with the idea that humans belong to the same class of animals as cats and cows and raccoons. They're like the people who become successful and then don't want to be reminded of the old neighborhood.

Donahue also briefly hosted a talk show on MSNBC from July 2002 to March 2003. News & World Report ran a gossip item that had Matthews saying over lunch in Washington that if Donahue stays on the air he could bring down the network. A in 1957.

His shows have often focused on issues that divide liberals and conservatives in the United States such as abortion consumer protection civil rights and war issues. Donahue also briefly hosted a talk show on MSNBC from July 2002 to March 2003. The show had a 29-year run on national television in America that began in Dayton Ohio and ended in New York City in 1996.