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When a guest won't shut up, just mute the mic ...
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There's the famous incident with Letterman and Crispin Glover.
Believe it or not, Glover was invited back at least two more times (and was much better behaved).
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It wasn't over an interview, but Dan Rather, then the anchor and Managing Editor of the CBS Evening News, infamously stomped off the set of the broadcast when a women's tennis tournament ran overtime.
The Day Dan Rather stormed off the set of 'The CBS Evening News'
In this interview from several years later, Rather tried to explain his temper tantrum.
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Back in the day, there was the live interview on WKBW's AM Buffalo... Buffalo Mayor Jimmy Griffin was the studio guest. (Griffin had run ins with various members of Buffalo media)
Host Brian Kahle ended the interview abruptly, and went to commercial (sorry, I can't find the clip)
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Glen Warren wrote:
Back in the day, there was the live interview on WKBW's AM Buffalo... Buffalo Mayor Jimmy Griffin was the studio guest. (Griffin had run ins with various members of Buffalo media)
Host Brian Kahle ended the interview abruptly, and went to commercial (sorry, I can't find the clip.
From 2013...
Former television and radio personality Brian Kahle, best known for clashing with then-Mayor Jimmy Griffin on the set of “AM Buffalo” in 1987, was found dead Monday night in his Lockport home, according to Lockport police.
The clash with Griffin “is certainly something people talk about when they talk about Brian, but he was so much more than that,” said John Di Sciullo, who left Channel 7 last year to become executive director of production and promotion at WBBZ-TV. “He was a real broadcaster.”
In his marketing career, “Brian had that old-school quality where he would actually pick up the phone and call somebody,” said Di Sciullo, “He was a professional guy. When he was on the show, he always did his homework. Whether it was an author or a local doctor, he took great pride in doing his homework.”
It was an attack on that characteristic that drove Mr. Kahle to end an interview with Griffin on the set of “AM Buffalo” in August of 1987, Di Sciullo said. During the mayor’s monthly appearance on the show, Mr. Kahle asked Griffin about the allegations that his brother, Thomas J. Griffin, mishandled money meant for a federal lunch program. Griffin bristled and repeatedly snapped at Mr. Kahle, “Brian, do your homework.”
Finally, Mr. Kahle replied, “You say that once more and I’ll throw you off this program.”
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And, here's AM Buffalo's brand new host...Brian Kahle.
His arrival, and the infamous Jimmy Griffin interview, begins at the 3:30 mark in this video...
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