You probably forgot that these 21 stars had talk shows

If you remember Ricki Lake, you may remember her for her talk show, unless you remember her for starring in the original “Hairspray.” Lake got her first show when she was only 24, which was remarkable, as at the time she was the youngest person to ever host a talk show. Though she was often in the shadow of her contemporaries, Lake's show managed to stay on the air for over a decade. Not too shabby. The show briefly had a revival in 2012 for which Lake would win the Emmy for Outstanding Talk Show Host in 2013, but it wasn't enough to prevent "The New Ricki Lake Show" from cancelation shortly after Lake took home the award. 

Baldwin had a nice run as the host of "Match Game," in between Trump impressions on “Saturday Night Live,” but being on “Match Game” wasn’t his first TV hosting experience. The actor had a talk show on MSNBC in 2013 that lasted a mere five episodes. He seems primed to give it another go, though, as he has a talk show coming to ABC this fall. These days, um, Baldwin has other associations with his name.

Magic Johnson was a great basketball player, but he wasn’t a great talker. He was charming, sure, but he was not qualified to host a talk show. As such, despite his star power, “The Magic Hour” disappeared without a trace after just two months.

Chevy Chase used to be a massive movie star, the first real breakout member of the cast of “Saturday Night Live.” Then, in 1993, with his movie career waning, Chase took Fox’s money to become a late-night host. It looked like an odd choice, given that Chase didn't seem to be able to hold a conversation with anybody without being a total jerk to them. Chase’s show only lasted for 29 episodes, as his career continued its downward path toward “Vegas Vacation.”

Mandel has found success hosting other shows, such as “Deal or No Deal,” but his talk show couldn’t quite make its mark. Notably, a young Britney Spears performed on the show in 1999 as she was beginning to explode into the pop music scene. It would be one of the last, and perhaps only, significant moment on “The Howie Mandel Show.” It was cancelled after less than a year.

Andy Warhol famously asserted everybody would be famous for 15 minutes. For slightly longer than that, 1985 until 1987, Warhol hosted a talk show on an up-and-coming network called MTV. Fittingly, it was called “Andy Warhol’s Fifteen Minutes,” and it featured the famous artist talking to musicians on the rise. In hindsight, it feels weird that this happened.

Why would you give a chef a talk show? Desperation perhaps, because anything else would hardly justify turning Emeril Lagasse in to a talk show host. Then again, the show aired on Sunday afternoons on the Ion network. Maybe that’s all we really need to know. Now, if somebody could tell us why he also got to star in a sitcom about himself…

Joe Buck talks for a living. He’s the preeminent sports broadcaster in the United States, give or take an Al Michaels. Giving him a sports-focused talk show on HBO seemed justifiable. The first episode was memorable, as Artie Lange roasted Buck mercilessly. Only two more episodes aired. Buck is on record as not being disappointed about that in the slightest.

You should check out Caroline Rhea as a panelist on “Match Game.” She’s great at it, a real throwback to the heyday of the show in the ‘70s. Many years earlier, though, Rhea was handpicked by Rosie O’Donnell herself to be her time-slot replacement for her iconic daytime talk show. Rhea didn’t have quite the same success. Her show lasted less than a year.

“The Bonnie Hunt Show” got name-checked on an episode of “The Office” by Creed, which is why anybody would have ever heard of it.  It actually lasted two seasons, but you would be hard-pressed to find anybody who watched it. Of the human stars of the “Beethoven” movies, we would have certainly preferred a Charles Grodin talk show, but the odds of that wonderful curmudgeon being up to it were slim, and now are none.

Isaac Mizrahi is a fashion designer, but the man loves himself a camera. He’s a judge on “Project Runway” and has appeared as a judge on “Iron Chef America” as well. Hosting a talk show, though, is an entirely different thing. “Isaac” aired on the Style Network, which at least made some sense, but it still lasted less than two years. Also, there was a coffee bar on the set, which is weird.

You may be thinking, “Oh, so after ‘Green Acres’ Eva Gabor got herself a talk show.” Well, you would be incorrect. Gabor actually had her talk show way back in 1953. It only aired 15 minutes at a time. Early television was strange.

Fran Drescher is known for talking, or at least known for her voice, which is why “The Fran Drescher Tawk Show” was named as such. There is also almost zero chance you saw it. The show was given a trial run on only six Fox stations. It failed, and it never got syndicated nationally. Now, she's talking as the president of SAG-AFTRA.

Pat Sajak is a TV legend for hosting “Wheel of Fortune” for decades at this point (though he's stepping down to be replaced by Ryan Seacrest). He’s basically a less likable Alex Trebek. (OK, a LOT less likable Alex Trebek.) In 1989, CBS decided to give Sajak his own talk show, which failed to make an impact. In the final week, Sajak was only hosting four days a week, with guest hosts (who were also secretly being considered as replacements) hosting the other day. Sajak’s show got cancelled, and CBS would wait a few years before trying to get back into late night by placing a call to David Letterman.

We’re not talking about “The Other Half,” the male complementary show to “The View”. Before that, way back in the mid-'90s, the former child star hosted “Danny!” It didn’t go great, but it was less sad than when he boxed Barry Williams from “The Brady Bunch” on “Celebrity Boxing.”

Chris Rock is a huge star. He’s one of the biggest stand-up comedians in the world and has starred in many movies. This is why his talk show gets overshadowed. That, and it aired on HBO. “The Chris Rock Show” aired from 1997 until 2000, but the season runs were limited, so only 55 episodes were made.

Jeff Probst has won Emmys for hosting “Survivor,” so we acknowledge he knows a thing or two about the whole hosting thing. A talk show just didn’t seem to be within his grasp. The syndicated daytime show lasted less than a year, and by the end, Yvette Nicole Brown of “Community” fame was the co-host.

Mark Hoppus is famous for being in Blink-182, which helped lead to “Hoppus on Music,” aka “A Different Spin with Mark Hoppus,” a music-centric talk show that aired on Fuse. That’s all well and good, but the real notable thing about this show? The co-host for a time was the not-quite-yet super famous Amy Schumer.

Magic wasn’t the first athlete to fail as a talk show host. Back in 1969, when Joe Namath was at the peak of his powers, he was given his own talk show. For one reason or another, it only lasted one season. Namath would play in the NFL until 1977.

Sadly, after winning her surprising Oscar, Mo'Nique has basically completely disappeared. Around the same time as her turn in “Precious,” the former stand-up comedienne was also hosting a talk show on BET. It lasted a couple of years and was entirely overshadowed by her movie career — and her lack thereof since.

For a while, Conan O’Brien’s TBS show was followed by a little-remembered George Lopez show. After that, stand-up comedian Pete Holmes was given a half-hour talk show of his own. It was decent, because Holmes has a lot of funny friends like John Mulaney and Chelsea Peretti. However, it was short-lived, and now Holmes stars in “Crashing” on HBO, arguably a step up from a TBS talk show.