Eternal Life with Oliver.

"Please, Sir, I want some more..."

RIP John McLaughlin.

During the December 26, 2014, year-end awards episode of The McLaughlin Group, JohnMcLaughlin ended the show saying:

"Person of the year: Pope Francis, especially now that he's told that animals can go to heaven. And Oliver is up there waiting for me."

Oliver Productions, Inc., is named after McLaughlin's pet dog — a basset — and is seen in an animation as part of the brand logo shown at the close of each show. Oliver shared their Watergate apartment during McLaughlin's tenure as speechwriter for President Nixon.

His show was legend.

In a 1992 profile in The Times, Mr. McLaughlin defended his style. “Does this depreciate journalism?” he asked. “Not one damned bit. Journalists can get very pompous, especially in the formalized days of ‘Meet the Press,’ when they took themselves so damned seriously. This show demythologizes the press, and I think people like that.”