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Season 1 (NBC Daytime)(1962-63)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Rina Fox
references:
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NBC 2pm afternoons from New York
01Oct1962 to 29Mar1963 127 episodes
Merv Griffin wrote the music and words "Hello" the theme song for his afternoon
variety show.
*Note: Merv Griffin debuted his daytime talk show the same day
that Johnny Carson debuted on "The Tonight Show."
[01] The Merv Griffin Show [Premiere]
01Oct1962 NBC Mon
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Shelley Berman
TV host-announcer Hugh Downs
singer Roberta Peters
Adela Rogers St. Johns author of "The Final Verdict"
with this weeks guest bandleader Peter Nero.
[02] The Merv Griffin Show
02Oct1962
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Jazz vocalist Teddi King
comedian Milt Kamen
baseball player Jim Piersall
novelist C.P. Snow
singer Patrice Munsel
and guest bandleader Peter Nero.
[03] The Merv Griffin Show
03Oct1962
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Andy Griffith
and Dennis Weaver
singer-musician Guy Rotondo
and guest bandleader Peter Nero.
[--] The Merv Griffin Show
04Oct1962 [postponed to 18Oct62]
pre-empted for World Series Baseball finals.
Bobby Darin, Dick Gregory, Raymond Massey,
Marguerite Piazza and guest bandleader Peter Nero.
[04] The Merv Griffin Show
05Oct1962
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actress Della Reese
humorist Sam Levenson
actor Robert Morse
and guest bandleader Peter Nero.
Highlights:
Della sings "As Long As He Needs Me" and "Put On a Happy Face".
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[--] The Merv Griffin Show
08Oct1962 NBC Mon
pre-empted for World Series finals Yankees-Giants.
[05] The Merv Griffin Show
09Oct1962 [Times Recorder]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
raconteur George Jessel
Dr. Joyce Brothers
pianist Robert Pritchard
and guest bandleader Lionel Hampton.
[06] The Merv Griffin Show
10Oct1962
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
TV personality Henry Morgan
Mezzo-soprano Regina Resnik
anthropologist Ashley Montague
and guest bandleader Lionel Hampton.
[07] The Merv Griffin Show
11Oct1962
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Melina Mercouri
comedian Jack E. Leonard
TV hostess Virginia Graham
musician-actor-composer-director Tom O'Horgan
and guest bandleader Lionel Hampton.
[08] The Merv Griffin Show
12Oct1962
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Wally Cox
comedienne Hermione Gingold
singer Anita Bryant
screenwriter-producer Leonard Spigelgass
and guest bandleader Lionel Hampton.
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[09] The Merv Griffin Show
15Oct1962 NBC Mon
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Triton skipper Capt. E.L. Beach
actor George Maharis
entertainer Joe Phillips
French actress Michele Morgan
and guest bandleader Sammy Kaye.
[10] The Merv Griffin Show
16Oct1962
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
conductor Mitch Miller
actor Pat O'Brien
comedienne Hermione Gingold
comedian Stanley Myron Handelman
and guest bandleader Sammy Kaye.
[11] The Merv Griffin Show
17Oct1962
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Zsa Zsa Gabor
comedian Shelley Berman
singer Johnny Nash
comedy trio The Alberts
and guest bandleader Sammy Kaye.
[12] The Merv Griffin Show
18Oct1962
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Bobby Darin
comedian Dick Gregory
actor Raymond Massey
soprano Marguerite Piazza
and guest bandleader Peter Nero.
*Note: Postponed from Oct. 4, 1962 due to World Series
finals.
[13] The Merv Griffin Show
19Oct1962
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Opera star Robert Merrill
UPI White House correspondent Merriman Smith
and guest bandleader Sammy Kaye.
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[14] The Merv Griffin Show
22Oct1962 NBC Mon [Bluefield Daily Telegraph]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
pianist Victor Borge
comedians Henry Gibson
and Milt Kamen
singer Felicia Sanders
and guest bandleader Lionel Hampton.
[15] The Merv Griffin Show
23Oct1962
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
TV personality Henry Morgan
comedienne Hildegarde
marriage counselor Dr. Eric Riss
and guest bandleader Lionel Hampton.
[16] The Merv Griffin Show
24Oct1962
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actor Harry Belafonte
actor Jack Haley
dancers Arthur Murray and Kathryn Murray
and guest bandleader Lionel Hampton.
[17] The Merv Griffin Show
25Oct1962
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
sports commentator Joe Garagiola
TV personality Arlene Francis
stage performer Jan McArt
and guest bandleader Lionel Hampton.
[18] The Merv Griffin Show
26Oct1962
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Linda Christian discusses her book "Linda Christian, My Story";
singer-actor Robert Clary
and guest bandleader Lionel Hampton
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[19] The Merv Griffin Show
29Oct1962 NBC Mon
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comic-actor Shelley Berman
baritone Robert Merrill
actress Glynis Johns
author Fred Cook
and guest bandleader Les Elgart.
[20] The Merv Griffin Show
30Oct1962 [Star Tribune]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Eddie Fisher
coloratura soprano Patrice Munsel
comic Phil Foster
and guest bandleader Les Elgart.
[21] The Merv Griffin Show
31Oct1962
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
TV personality Arlene Francis
singer-songwriter Tommy Leonetti
comedian Ronnie Schell
and guest bandleader Les Elgart.
[22] The Merv Griffin Show
01Nov1962
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Ann Sothern
comedian Jack E. Leonard
singer-actress Eleanor La Forge
comic Milt Kamen
and guest bandleader Les Elgart.
[23] The Merv Griffin Show
02Nov1962
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actress Eileen Rodgers
comedian Ronnie Schell
and guest bandleader Les Elgart.
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[24] The Merv Griffin Show
05Nov1962 NBC Mon [Detroit Free Press]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
The Smothers Brothers
singer Barbra Streisand
Jonathan Miller of the British revue "Beyond the Fringe".
and guest bandleader Gene Krupa.
[25] The Merv Griffin Show
06Nov1962
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Nanette Fabray of "Mr. President"
singer Sylvia Sims
marriage expert Dr. David Mace
and guest bandleader Gene Krupa.
[26] The Merv Griffin Show
07Nov1962
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
TV hostess Arlene Francis and her live fashion show
comic Woody Allen
singer Dick Roman
and Dr. Joyce Brothers
and guest bandleader Gene Krupa.
[27] The Merv Griffin Show
08Nov1962
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Danny Kaye (leading up to his special a week from tonight)
comedian Milt Kamen with one of his stage-screen reviews
and songstress Millie Vernon
and guest bandleader Gene Krupa.
[28] The Merv Griffin Show
09Nov1962
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singers Earl Wrightson and Lois Hunt
comedian Shelley Berman
actor-comedian Peter Cook of "Beyond the Fringe"
and guest bandleader Gene Krupa.
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[29] The Merv Griffin Show
12Nov1962 NBC Mon [Times Recorder]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
toastmaster George Jessel
comic duo the Smothers Brothers
actress Robin Raymond
singer Vince Mauro
and guest bandleader Si Zentner.
[30] The Merv Griffin Show
13Nov1962 [Miami Herald]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Merriman Smith, chief United Press International Washington correspondent
singer-actor Robert Goulet of "Gay Purr-ee"
singer Ruth Olay
comedian Phil Leeds
and guest bandleader Si Zentner.
[31] The Merv Griffin Show
14Nov1962
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Margaret Whiting
comedian Phil Leeds
author Adela Rogers St. Johns
and guest bandleader Si Zentner.
[32] The Merv Griffin Show
15Nov1962 [Marion Star]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actor Tony Martin
comic Milt Kamen
singer Dolores Wilson
and guest bandleader Si Zentner.
Plus, Merv shows his first color films
from his trip to London and
interviews actress Leslie Caron.
[33] The Merv Griffin Show
16Nov1962 [Arizona Daily Star]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Griffin's London films of Hyde Park, a pub
entertainer Bob Hope
actress Margaret Rutherford
and actress-comedienne Hermione Gingold of "Gay Purr-ee"
singer Johnny Nash
and guest bandleader Si Zentner.
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[34] The Merv Griffin Show
19Nov1962 NBC Mon
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
TV personality Henry Morgan
actress Anna Quayle
comedian Larry Storch
musician Guy Rotondo
and guest bandleader Xavier Cugat.
[35] The Merv Griffin Show
20Nov1962
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actress Florence Henderson
comedian Stanley Myron Handelman
exercise expert Adele Kenyon
and guest bandleader Xavier Cugat.
[36] The Merv Griffin Show
21Nov1962 [Daily News]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
White House Press Secretary Pierre Salinger
UPI White House correspondent Merriman Smith
radio and television sportscaster Ken Coleman
and guest bandleader Xavier Cugat.
[37] The Merv Griffin Show
22Nov1962
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
ventriloquist Shari Lewis
journalist-author Malcolm Muggeridge
comic Milt Kamen
singer Abbe Lane
and guest bandleader Xavier Cugat.
[38] The Merv Griffin Show
23Nov1962
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Alan King
columnist-author Adela Rogers St. Johns
singer Abbe Lane
and guest bandleader Xavier Cugat.
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[39] The Merv Griffin Show
26Nov1962 NBC Mon [Billboard Magazine]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Metropolitan opera star Robert Merrill
actor-comedian Dave Madden
anti-communist lecturer Dr. Albert Burke
and guest bandleader Vaughn Monroe.
[40] The Merv Griffin Show
27Nov1962 [Billboard Magazine]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
pianist Liberace
folksinger Leon Bibb promotes his current Columbia album "Leon Bibb Sings"
comic Milt Kamen
singer Anna Quayle
and guest bandleader Vaughn Monroe.
[41] The Merv Griffin Show
28Nov1962
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne Dody Goodman
Dr. Joyce Brothers
singer Pat Kirby
and guest bandleader Vaughn Monroe.
[42] The Merv Griffin Show
29Nov1962
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne Hermione Gingold
musical comedy star Brian Davies
comedy team Fiore and Eldridge
and Dr. David Mace
and guest bandleader Vaughn Monroe.
[43] The Merv Griffin Show
30Nov1962
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
hostess Perle Mesta
singer Vince Mauro
comedian Stanley Myron Handelman
and guest bandleader Vaughn Monroe.
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[44] The Merv Griffin Show
03Dec1962 NBC Mon
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Andy Williams
author-columnist Adela Rogers St. Johns
baseball star Jimmy Piersall of the Washington Senators.
and guest bandleader Lester Lanin.
[45] The Merv Griffin Show
04Dec1962
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Arthur Treacher
comedian Jack E. Leonard
singer Jan McArt
and guest bandleader Lester Lanin.
[46] The Merv Griffin Show
05Dec1962
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Anthony Perkins
Jazz singer Carmel Quinn
comedian Henny Youngman
comic Milt Kamen
musician Guy Rotondo
and guest bandleader Lester Lanin.
[47] The Merv Griffin Show
06Dec1962
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Gloria De Haven
comedian Henny Youngman
memory expert Harry Lorayne
late night TV host Laird Brooks Schmidt
and guest bandleader Lester Lanin.
[48] The Merv Griffin Show
07Dec1962 [Star Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Dick Haymes
actress Molly Picon
New York attorney Morris Ernst
songstress Millie Vernon
and guest bandleader Lester Lanin.
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[49] The Merv Griffin Show
10Dec1962 NBC Mon [Star Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
TV personality Henry Morgan
writer Adela Rogers St. Johns
singers Ruth Olay
and Vince Mauro singing a medley of Peggy Lee hits
and guest bandleader Duke Ellington.
[50] The Merv Griffin Show
11Dec1962 [Pocono Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Tom Ewell
comedian Charlie Manna
Country singer-songwriter Roger Miller
singer Linda Girard
hairstylist Mr. Enny with three models
and guest bandleader Duke Ellington.
[51] The Merv Griffin Show
12Dec1962
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Jack Hawkins
singer Johnny Nash
comedian-actor Shelley Berman
columnist Heloise Cruse
and guest bandleader Duke Ellington.
[52] The Merv Griffin Show
13Dec1962
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Anthony Quinn
actress Phyllis Newman
lawyer Morris Ernst
author William Kelly
and guest bandleader Duke Ellington.
[53] The Merv Griffin Show
14Dec1962
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Walter Slezak
singer Guy Rotondo
comedy duo Stiller and Meara
cooking expert Charlotte Turgeon
and guest bandleader Duke Ellington.
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[54] The Merv Griffin Show
17Dec1962 NBC Mon
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actor Robert Goulet
comedian Jackie Mason
journalist-author Malcolm Muggeridge
harpist Gene Bianco
and guest bandleader Tito Rodriguez.
[55] The Merv Griffin Show
18Dec1962
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actor Robert Clary
vocalist Val Pringle
comic Milt Kamen
and guest bandleader Tito Rodriguez.
[56] The Merv Griffin Show
19Dec1962
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Adolphe Menjou
singer Vince Mauro
marriage counselor Dr. David Mace
and guest bandleader Tito Rodriguez.
[57] The Merv Griffin Show
20Dec1962 [Detroit Free Press]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne-actress Hermione Gingold
psychologist Dr. Joyce Brothers
singer Kay Armen
comedian Jackie Mason
and guest bandleader Tito Rodriguez.
[58] The Merv Griffin Show
21Dec1962 [St. Louis Dispatch]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Woody Allen
and guest bandleader Tito Rodriguez.
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[59] The Merv Griffin Show
24Dec1962 NBC Mon [Boston Globe]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
poet-author W.H. Auden
and singer Guy Rotondo
and a Christmas party for children of staff members
with guest bandleader Guy Lombardo.
[60] The Merv Griffin Show
25Dec1962 [Cinncinati Enquirer]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
English actor-novelist Emlyn Williams reads the story of the Nativity from the
Bible.
singer Roberta Peters
novelist Adela Rogers St. Johns recites the famous editorial "Yes Virginia,
There is a Santa Claus".
with guest bandleader Guy Lombardo.
[61] The Merv Griffin Show
26Dec1962
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
humorist Sam Levenson
singer Adam Wade
TV personality Virginia Graham
lecturer Dr. Albert Burke
and guest bandleader Guy Lombardo.
Highlights:
Adam Wade sings "There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight" and "Here Comes the Pain".
[62] The Merv Griffin Show
27Dec1962
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Jonathan Winters
actress Carol Channing
musician-director Woody Allen
singer Tommy Leonetti
and guest bandleader Guy Lombardo.
Highlights:
Elwood P. Goodman (Jonathan Winters), poses as Merv Griffin's uncle and opens
the show.
Winters, Griffin, and Carol Channing take on numerous comedy improvisations.
[63] The Merv Griffin Show
28Dec1962 [Boston Globe]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actress Dolores Gray
TV critic Cleveland Amory
novelist Adela Rogers St. Johns
and guest bandleader Guy Lombardo.
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[64] The Merv Griffin Show
31Dec1962 NBC Mon [Detroit Free Press]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
TV personality Henry Morgan
baseball player Jimmy Piersall
actress Susan Kohner
singer Louise O'Brien
comic Adam Keefe
marriage counselor Dr. David Mace
and guest bandleader Count Basie.
[--] The Merv Griffin Show
01Jan1963
pre-empted for the Rose Bowl Parade
[65] The Merv Griffin Show
02Jan1963
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Eli Wallach
and his wife actress Anne Jackson
singer Vi Velasco
comedian Charlie Manna
writer-composer Lionel Bart
comic Milt Kamen
and guest bandleader Count Basie.
[66] The Merv Griffin Show
03Jan1963
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne Kaye Ballard
actress Hermione Gingold
comic Stanley Myron Handelman
singer-actor King G. Morton
and guest bandleader Count Basie.
[67] The Merv Griffin Show
04Jan1963
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Paul Ford
comic Milt Kamen
singer Dolores Wilson
Dr. Albert Burke
and guest bandleader Count Basie.
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[68] The Merv Griffin Show
07Jan1963 NBC Mon
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Woody Allen
champion wrestler Antonio 'Argentine' Rocca
author Sid Ross
singer Eleanor La Forge
and guest bandleader Tito Rodriguez.
[69] The Merv Griffin Show
08Jan1963
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Robert Montgomery
raconteur Walter Kiernan
columnist-author Adela Rogers St. Johns
singer Danielle Clary
and guest bandleader Tito Rodriguez.
[70] The Merv Griffin Show
09Jan1963
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian-actor Shelley Berman
journalist Max Lerner
singer Leslie Scott
and guest bandleader Tito Rodriguez.
[71] The Merv Griffin Show
10Jan1963
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne Kaye Ballard
comic Milt Kamen
singer Miss Sandy Stewart
and guest bandleader Tito Rodriguez.
Highlights:
Sandy Stewart sings "My Coloring Book".
[72] The Merv Griffin Show
11Jan1963
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian-actor Wally Cox
singer Gino Tonetti
author S.J. Perelman
NY socialite Mrs. Brook Astor
and guest bandleader Tito Rodriguez.
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[73] The Merv Griffin Show
14Jan1963 NBC Mon [Times Dispatch]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
TV personality Hugh Downs
beauty expert Anita Colby
author Ira Hirschman
comic Joe Phillips
and singer Frank D'Rone.
Highlights:
Hugh Downs conducts the NBC orchestra with his own musical composition "Sandwriting."
*Note: Al Finale is pianist and leader of the NBC Orchestra for the week.
[74] The Merv Griffin Show
15Jan1963
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Walter Slezak
comedienne Mary Louise Wilson
comic Milt Kamen
singer Vince Mauro
songstress Carol Knox
and art critic Brian O'Doherty.
[75] The Merv Griffin Show
16Jan1963
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
conductor Mitch Miller
UPI White House Correspondent Merriman Smith
singer Greta Rae
comic duo Stiller and Meara
and Jane Trahey author of "Life With Mother Superior".
[76] The Merv Griffin Show
17Jan1963
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Jazz singer Carmel Quinn
singer Jack Haskell of the Broadway hit musical "Mr. President"
and dance expert Louis Arnold.
[77] The Merv Griffin Show
18Jan1963
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor-comedian Shelley Berman
and Broadway musical comedy singer Brian Davies
of "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum".
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[78] The Merv Griffin Show
21Jan1963 NBC Mon
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Hermione Gingold
comedian Woody Allen
Country singer Roger Miller
and singer-actress Eileen Brennan.
*Note: Al Finale is pianist and leader of the NBC Orchestra for the week.
[79] The Merv Griffin Show
22Jan1963
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne Kaye Ballard
comic Stanley Myron Handelman
pianist Peter Duchin
plastic surgeon-playwright Maxwell Maltz
and journalist-author Louis Lomax.
[80] The Merv Griffin Show
23Jan1963
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Basil Rathbone
entertainer Genevieve
singer Guy Rotondo
and lecturer Dr. Albert Burke.
[81] The Merv Griffin Show
24Jan1963
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Peter Lorre
comedian Jackie Mason
songstress Margaret Whiting
Country singer Roger Miller
and author-dancer Louis Arnold.
[82] The Merv Griffin Show
25Jan1963
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
beauty expert Anita Colby
author-columnist Adela Rogers St. Johns
singer Rose Murphy
and Jazz bass player Slam Stewart.
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[83] The Merv Griffin Show
28Jan1963 NBC Mon
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
bandleader-pianist Jose Melis
columnist Bob Considine
comedienne Hermione Gingold
singer Don Stewart
and Canadian TV emcee and author Pierre Berton.
[84] The Merv Griffin Show
29Jan1963
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Woody Allen
singer Georgia Brown of Broadway's new "Oliver!"
comedian Danny Meehan
and marriage expert Dr. David Mace.
[85] The Merv Griffin Show
30Jan1963
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne Phyllis Diller
director Otto Preminger
songstress Rita Gardner
and attorney Morris Ernst.
[86] The Merv Griffin Show
31Jan1963
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Edward Everett Horton,
comedian Buddy Hackett
comic Adam Keith
singer Val Pringle
author Aileen Saarinen
and singer actor Bobby Breen.
Highlights:
Mrs. Miller tells a joke to Merv who also plays the piano.
[87] The Merv Griffin Show
01Feb1963
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
TV critic Cleveland Amory
comedian Adam Keefe
author Santha Rama Rau
singer Felicia Sanders
comic Milt Kamen
and Australian folksinger Shirley Abicair.
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[88] The Merv Griffin Show
04Feb1963 NBC Mon
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Montgomery Clift
actor-comedian Don Adams
Broadway actress Nancy Andrews.
and cooking expert Charlotte Turgeon.
[89] The Merv Griffin Show
05Feb1963
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
TV personality Henry Morgan
comedian Ronnie Schell
vocalist Sue Bennett
and Francis Biddle, White House Chief of Protocol.
[90] The Merv Griffin Show
06Feb1963
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne Kaye Ballard
humorist-cartoonist Al Capp
and Dr. Paul Weiss professor of philosophy at Yale University
[91] The Merv Griffin Show
07Feb1963
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
English actor-comedian Peter Cook
comedienne Dody Goodman
comic Milt Kamen
singer Ken Coleman
and attorney Morris Ernst of ACLU.
[92] The Merv Griffin Show
08Feb1963 [Boston Globe]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Buddy Hackett
Dr. Joyce Brothers
White House correspondent Merriman Smith
musician Val Pringle
and singer Mitzi Welch.
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[93] The Merv Griffin Show
11Feb1963 NBC Mon [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
TV personality Dave Garroway
actor Anthony Quinn
comedians Shelley Berman
and Ronnie Schell
author Sid Ross
and singer Barbara McNair.
[94] The Merv Griffin Show
12Feb1963 [Pocono Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
British actor Leo Genn
humorist-cartoonist Al Capp
comedian Milt Kamen
with the West Point Glee Club who sing "Glory, Glory Hallelujah!"
in Lincoln salute.
[95] The Merv Griffin Show
13Feb1963 [Pittsburgh Press]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor-comedian Peter Cook
beauty expert Anita Colby
singer Sandy Stewart
and comedian Jackie Kahane.
Highlights:
Sandy sings "My Coloring Book".
[96] The Merv Griffin Show
14Feb1963 [Pittsburgh Press]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
pianist Victor Borge
actress Romy Schneider
comedian Woody Allen
singer Vince Mauro
composer Stephen Sondheim
and Anka Buch, Danish violinist.
[97] The Merv Griffin Show
15Feb1963
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Peter Ustinov
actress Margaret Leighton
comedian Woody Allen
columnist George Frazier
and singer Sylvia Syms.
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[98] The Merv Griffin Show
18Feb1963 NBC Mon [Pocono Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Basil Rathbone
singer-actress Diahann Carroll of Broadway's "No Strings"
columnist John Daly
and lecturer Dr. Albert Burke.
[99] The Merv Griffin Show
19Feb1963 [Courier Post]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Jack Haley
baseball player Stan Musial
songstress Sandy Stewart
and author Adela Rogers St. Johns.
[100] The Merv Griffin Show
20Feb1963 [Boston Globe]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Robert Taylor
his wife actress Ursula Thiess
singer Gisele MacKenzie
comic actor Pat Harrington Jr.
comedian Charlie Dornan
and comic Lou Holtz.
[101] The Merv Griffin Show
21Feb1963
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
partygiver-columnist Elsa Maxwell
comedian Woody Allen
singer Louise O'Brien
and author Louis Lomax.
[102] The Merv Griffin Show
22Feb1963
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
UPI White House correspondent Merriman Smith
Betty Friedan author of "The Feminine Mystique"
comic Milt Kamen
and singer Karen Morrow
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[103] The Merv Griffin Show
25Feb1963 NBC Mon [Courier Journal]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Gloria Swanson
songstress Connie Francis
comic actor Hal March
guitarist Juan Sarrano
and singer Vince Mauro.
[104] The Merv Griffin Show
26Feb1963 [Pittsburgh Press]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Hermione Gingold
comedian Jackie Mason
Chanteuse Patachou
and singer Leslie Scott.
[105] The Merv Griffin Show
27Feb1963
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Hermione Gingold
Harper Lee author of "To Kill a Mockingbird".
writer-poet Horton Foote
and singer John Gary.
[106] The Merv Griffin Show
28Feb1963 [Pittsburgh Press]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Tammy Grimes
author Adela Rogers St. John
and conductor Leopold Stokowski.
[107] The Merv Griffin Show
01Mar1963
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
columnist Hedda Hopper
comic Milt Kamen
raconteur Walter Kiernan
singer Guy Rotondo
and Dr. Albert Burke.
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[108] The Merv Griffin Show
04Mar1963 NBC Mon
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Jack Benny
actor Peter Lorre
Dr. Joyce Brothers
and singer-actor Bobby Breen.
[109] The Merv Griffin Show
05Mar1963
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Jack E. Leonard
singer-actress Florence Henderson
comic Lou Holtz
actress-model Anita Colby
and singer Gino Tonetti.
[110] The Merv Griffin Show
06Mar1963
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Greer Garson
comedienne Kaye Ballard
Jazz songstress Carmel Quinn
singer Gino Tonetti
and comic Milt Kamen
[111] The Merv Griffin Show
07Mar1963 [Press Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Joan Crawford
novelist Allen Drury
singer Guy Rotondo
and journalist-author Adela Rogers St. Johns.
[112] The Merv Griffin Show
08Mar1963 [Courier Journal]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Walter Slezak
singer Johnny Nash
former US attorney general Francis Biddle
and interior decorator Aileen Saarinen.
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[113] The Merv Griffin Show
11Mar1963 NBC Mon
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Eli Wallach
and his wife actress Anne Jackson
comedian Jackie Mason
singer Barbara Cook
comic Milt Kamen
and attorney Louis Nizer.
[114] The Merv Griffin Show
12Mar1963
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Carmel Quinn
comic Milt Kamen
comedian Marc Landon
and lawyer Morris Ernst.
[115] The Merv Griffin Show
13Mar1963
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Peggy Lee
writer-director Carl Reiner
columnist-author Adela Rogers St. John
singer Vince Mauro
journalist author Louis Lomax
and Senator Burton K. Wheeler.
[116] The Merv Griffin Show
14Mar1963
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
humorist Sam Levenson
musician Danny Meehan
TV critic Cleveland Amory
and journalist George Frazier.
[117] The Merv Griffin Show
15Mar1963
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Shirley Booth
comic actor Peter Cook
singer Marilyn Lovell
and journalist-author Louis Lomax.
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[118] The Merv Griffin Show
18Mar1963 NBC Mon [Courier Herald]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Sam Cooke
comedienne Dody Goodman
and author Betty Friedan.
[119] The Merv Griffin Show
19Mar1963
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress-comedienne Hermione Gingold
performer Saverio Saridis
comedian Dave Barry
and Dr. Harold Hyman.
[120] The Merv Griffin Show
20Mar1963 [Pittsburgh Press]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Elsa Lanchester
director Francois Truffaut
comedian Adam Keefe
journalist George Frazier
and folksinger Leon Bibb.
[121] The Merv Griffin Show
21Mar1963
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comic Milt Kamen
singer-actor Don Stewart
and author Frank Edwards.
[122] The Merv Griffin Show
22Mar1963 [Daily Oklahoman]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
baritone Robert Merrill
songstress Louise O'Brien
columnist-author Adela Rogers St. John
and author Ira Hirschman.
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[123] The Merv Griffin Show
25Mar1963 NBC Mon
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
TV personality Henry Morgan
comedienne Kaye Ballard
singer Vince Mauro
and author Gabriel Fielding.
[124] The Merv Griffin Show
26Mar1963 [Detroit Free Press]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Washington correspondent Merriman Smith
singer-actress Arlene Fontana
and attorney Morris Ernst.
[125] The Merv Griffin Show
27Mar1963 [Courier Post]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
The Smothers Brothers
singer-actress Florence Henderson
and psychologist Dr. Cleo Dawson
[126] The Merv Griffin Show
28Mar1963
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Lorne Greene
singer Don Stewart
actress Hermione Gingold
and comic Milt Kamen.
[127] The Merv Griffin Show [Final Daytime Show]
29Mar1963 NBC Fri
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian-actor Shelley Berman
author Adela Rogers St. Johns
and comic Milt Kamen.
This is Merv Griffin's final daytime talk show series program, which had
premiered 01Oct1962.
After NBC cancelled the show they received 160,000 letters of protest in less
than 2 weeks
NBC got Merv back on air with a game show called "Word for Word" and gave
him his own
production company.
Merv Griffin would come back in 1965 until 1969 with a 90 minute talk show
(which some affiliates aired as 60 min shows).
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