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Season 2 (Synd)(1965)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Rina Fox
references:
TV Guide / Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
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Re-launch of syndicated talk show for Group W (Westinghouse Broadcasting).
Producer Bob Shanks
with regular Arthur Treacher and Mort Lindsay Orchestra.
2.01 [128] The Merv Griffin Show [Premiere]
10May1965 Mon 10:30pm [Los Angeles Times] [start of 90 minute program]
17May1965 Mon [Kokomo Tribune, Hartford Courant CT, Tucson Daily Citizen]
Host Merv Griffin
with regular Arthur Treacher
Colin Romoff conducts the orchestra.
Guests
singer-actress Carol Channing stopped in on roller skates
before her performance in "Hello, Dolly!" next door at the St. James Theater;
puppeteer Larry Reeling who guided a marionette of Carol Channing
through her show's title song
singer-dancer Danny Meehan of Broadway's "Funny Girl"
comedian Dom DeLuise
Philip Burton (foster father of Richard Burton and acting coach)
and White House correspondent Merriman Smith.
Also a sketch by the "Beyond the Fringe" group.
2.02 [129] The Merv Griffin Show
11May1965 [Asbury Park Press, Los Angeles Times]
18May1965 [Arizona Republic]
Host Merv Griffin
with Arthur Treacher
Guests
actors Walter Matthau
and George Maharis
actress Lila Skala
comedian Phil Leeds
singer Sergio Franchi
and Mrs. Rose Brown (who has the same phone number as LBJ).
2.03 [130] The Merv Griffin Show
12May1965 [Journal News, Nashua Telegraph]
19May1965 [Arizona Republic]
Host Merv Griffin
with Arthur Treacher
Guests
actor Tony Randall
singer Sandy Stewart
comedienne Joanne Worley who sings "Till There Was Youse"
and conductor Mitch Miller.
2.04 [131] The Merv Griffin Show
13May1965 [Daily Times, Independent]
20May1965 [Tucson Daily Citizen]
Host Merv Griffin
with Arthur Treacher
Guests
actor Cliff Robertson
musical comedy star Elizabeth Allen of "Do I Hear a Waltz";
veteran actress Ethel Griffies of 80 years;
actor Robert Alda and his son Alan Alda
and humorist Joe Phillips
and "Show" editor Brian O'Doherty.
2.05 [132] The Merv Griffin Show
14May1965 [Nashua Telegraph, Press-Telegram]
21May1965 [Phoenix Gazette]
Host Merv Griffin
with Arthur Treacher
Guests
actor Dan Dailey who sings "You Were Meant for Me";
actress Kim Novak and bridegroom Richard Johnson
singer-actress Diahann Carroll
comic Fred Smoot
TV game show host Art Fleming
and his wife Peggy Ann Ellis who starred on radio's "Your Hit Parade";
UPI's White House correspondent Merriman Smith
and Michael Quill, controversial President of the New York Transit Workers
Union.
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2.06 [133] The Merv Griffin Show
17May1965 Mon [Willoughby News Herald, Los Angeles Evening Citizen]
24May1965 Mon [Arizona Daily Star, Kokomo Tribune]
Host Merv Griffin
with Arthur Treacher
Guests
actor Edward Everett Horton
comedian Buddy Hackett
actress Emily Yancy
Operatic sopranos Marguerite Piazza
and Eileen Farrell
author Prof. Leslie Fiedler
and psychologist Dr. Cleo Dawson.
2.07 [134] The Merv Griffin Show
18May1965 [Daily Times, Nashau Telegraph, Citizen News]
25May1965 [Arizona Daily Star]
Host Merv Griffin
with Arthur Treacher
Guests
entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. star of "Golden Boy";
actor Lee Marvin
comedian Jack E. Leonard
singer Barbara McNair
comics Phil Leeds
and John Byner
record producer Phil Spector
and columnist-critic George Frazier.
2.08 [135] The Merv Griffin Show
19May1965 [Pittsburgh Press, Daily News]
26May1965 [Tucson Daily Citizen]
Host Merv Griffin
with Arthur Treacher
Guests
Bishop Fulton J. Sheen,
his protege, singer Robert St. George;
actress Nancy Walker
comedian Richard Pryor
and Brooks Hays Presidential Aide to President Johnson.
2.09 [136] The Merv Griffin Show
20May1965 [Herald Statesman, Citizen News]
27May1965 [Tucson Daily Citizen]
Host Merv Griffin
with Arthur Treacher
Guests
veteran actress Ethel Griffies
comedian Jackie Mason
comedienne Hermione Gingold
etiquette expert Amy Vanderbilt
science editor Walter Sullivan
and singer Felicia Sanders.
2.10 [137] The Merv Griffin Show
21May1965 [Daily Times, The Record]
28May1965 [Los Angeles Times]
04Jun1965 [Arizona Daily Star]
Host Merv Griffin
with Arthur Treacher
Guests
actor Walter Matthau
raconteur Myron Cohen
singer John Davidson
entertainer Tessie O'Shea
comedian Dick Gregory
record producer Phil Spector
and ESP expert David Hoy.
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2.11 [138] The Merv Griffin Show
24May1965 Mon [Journal News, Daily Times NY]
Host Merv Griffin
with Arthur Treacher
Guests
actress Kay Medford
comic actor Billy De Wolfe
comedian Dom DeLuise
comic Milt Kamen
bandleader Ray Anthony
singer Sharon Carnes
and veteran columnist Westbrook Pegler.
2.12 [139] The Merv Griffin Show
25May1965 [Daily Item, The Record]
01Jun1965 [Pittsburgh Press, San Bernardino County Sun]
Host Merv Griffin
with Arthur Treacher
Guests
actor Yves Montand
actress Simone Signoret
TV host David Frost
TV personality Kitty Carlisle
comedian Jackie Mason
Country singer Eddy Arnold
vocalist Frank D'Rone
and conductor Arthur Sedler.
2.13 [140] The Merv Griffin Show
26May1965 [Daily News, Asbury Park Press]
02Jun1965 [Pittsburgh Press, Citizen News]
Host Merv Griffin
with Arthur Treacher
Guests
actors Don DeFore
and Bob Denver
actress Alexandra Berlin
comedians Godfrey Cambridge
and Maury Hayden
author Lawrence Lypton
UPI's Merriman Smith
singer Nina Simone
and actor, cabaret artist and clown "Lucky" Pierre Olaf.
2.14 [141] The Merv Griffin Show
27May1965 [Daily Times, Asbury Park Press]
03Jun1965 [Pittsburgh Press, Press Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
with Arthur Treacher
Guests
actress Vivian Vance
comedian Richard Pryor
baseball's Casey Stengel and Yogi Berra
Broadway's Lou Jacobi and Susan Watson
marriage counselor Dr. Rebecca Liswood
and Dr. Seuss.
Filmed interview from Cannes Festival with Sean Connery.
*Note: Sean Connery makes his American debut as a TV interviewee
2.15 [142] The Merv Griffin Show
28May1965 [Daily Times, Daily News NY]
04Jun1965 [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]
Host Merv Griffin
with Arthur Treacher
Guests
playwright-actor Marc Connelly
conductor Arthur Fiedler
singer Nancy Ames
architect Edward Durell Stone
comedian Stepin Fetchit
and comedy actor David Burns
with a satirical spoof by members of the British group called, "The
Establishment".
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2.16 [143] The Merv Griffin Show
31May1965 Mon [Daily News, Morning Call]
07Jun1965 Mon [Pittsburgh Post Gazette]
21Jun1965 Mon [Janesville Daily Gazette WI]
Host Merv Griffin
with Arthur Treacher
Guests
actress Anne Jeffries
actor Jack Gilford
comedy writer Carl Reiner
Allen Funt of "Candid Camera"
Hollywood columnist Sheilah Graham
comic Hank Garrett
and singer John Gary.
2.17 [144] The Merv Griffin Show
01Jun1965 [The Record]
08Jun1965 [San Bernardino County Sun, Pittsburgh Press]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Molly Picon
actor Don DeFore
comic Hank Garrett
UPI correspondent Merriman Smith
socialist Norman Thomas
comedian Rich Little
singer Johnny Brown
and a filmed interview with Beatle John Lennon.
*Note: Mystery surrounding the taped 12 minute interview of John Lennon
when the tape went missing, only the audio exits.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xg9xdIeZD-M&t=5s
2.18 [145] The Merv Griffin Show
02Jun1965 [Daily Times, The Record]
09Jun1965 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
drama coach Philip Burton
former diplomat Robert Murphy
comedienne Joanne Worley
comic Sandy Baron
and singer Tobi Reynolds.
2.19 [146] The Merv Griffin Show
03Jun1965 [Daily Times, The Record, Asbury Park Press]
10Jun1965 [Valley Times, Baltimore Sun]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Buddy Hackett (in "Goldfinger" car)
singer Barbara McNair
comedian Jackie Mason
actress Jennifer West
orchestra leader Ray Anthony
film critic Judith Crist
Jazz singer Ruth Olay
and jazz pianist Hazel Scott in an interview filmed at the Cannes Film Festival.
2.20 [147] The Merv Griffin Show
04Jun1965 [Daily News]
11Jun1965 [Pittsburgh Press]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Richard Pryor
singing duo Chad and Jeremy
record producer Phil Spector
comedienne Renee Taylor
impressionist Rich Little
hypnotist Martin St. James and Leona.
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2.21 [148] The Merv Griffin Show
07Jun1965 Mon [NYT, Journal News, Asbury Park Press]
14Jun1965 Mon [Press Telegram, Pittsburgh Press]
21Jun1965 Mon [Indianapolis Star]
Host Merv Griffin
with Arthur Treacher
Guests
Broadway actress Elaine Stritch
actor Robert Vaughn
French actress Irene Demich
comic actor Dom DeLuise
vocalist Frank D'Rone
singer Bobby Vinton
hairdresser Vidal Sassoon
ventriloquist Rickie Layne and Velvel
and Robert Moses, World's Fair president.
2.22 [149] The Merv Griffin Show
08Jun1965 [NYT, Daily Times]
15Jun1965 [Press-Telegram, Baltimore Sun]
Host Merv Griffin
with Arthur Treacher
Guests
veteran actress Ethel Griffies
actress Sybil Burton
singer-actress Lainie Kazan
comedian Jackie Vernon
actress Joi Lansing
pianist Hazel Scott
and memory expert Harry Lorayne.
Highlights:
Lainie Kazan sings the Greek song "Ouzo".
2.23 [150] The Merv Griffin Show
09Jun1965 [Daily Register, The Record]
16Jun1965 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
with Arthur Treacher
Guests
actor Pernell Roberts (beared for his role in "Camelot")
Broadway musical star Sally Ann Howes
dancers Kathryn and Arthur Murray
comic Milt Kamen
actor-comedian Jan Murray
Jazz musician Cal Tjader
and Roy Wilkins, executive secretary of NAACP.
2.24 [151] The Merv Griffin Show
10Jun1965 [Journal News, Daily Times]
17Jun1965 [Press Democrat]
Host Merv Griffin
with Arthur Treacher
Guests
actress Ann Sothern
columnist Dorothy Kilgallen
satirist David Frost
folksinger Leon Bibb
Israeli singer Aliza Kashi
and singer Judy James.
2.25 [152] The Merv Griffin Show
11Jun1965 [Morning Call]
18Jun1965 [Pittsburgh Press, Akron Beacon Journal]
25Jun1965 [Arizona Daily Star]
Host Merv Griffin
with Arthur Treacher
Guests
singer Anthony Newley
actress Penny Fuller
comedian Richard Pryor
humorist Marc London
musician Val Pringle
Erik Eisner on "TV plugs"
fashion designer Mia Foussagrives
The Skunks with a "Youth Quake" fashion show.
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2.26 [153] The Merv Griffin Show
14Jun1965 Mon [Daily News, Morning Call]
21Jun1965 Mon [Press Telegram, Pittsburgh Press]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Olivia DeHavilland
TV hostess Virginia Graham
playwright Marc Connelly
comedian Dom DeLuise
Walter Sullivan author of "We Are Not Alone: the Search for Intelligent Life on
Other Worlds"
folksinger Leon Bibb
and The Gentry Brothers.
2.27 [154] The Merv Griffin Show
15Jun1965 [Herald Statesman, Morning Call]
22Jun1965 [Pittsburgh Press]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Tallulah Bankhead
comedian Pinky Lee
TV personality Dick Cavett
comedienne Renee Taylor
singer Kathy Keegan
Broadway character Herrick Herrick
and former "Show" magazine editor Brian O'Doherty.
2.28 [155] The Merv Griffin Show
16Jun1965 [Morning Call, Journal News]
23Jun1965 [Press Telegram, Los Angeles Evening Citizen]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Basil Rathbone
singer-actor Frankie Avalon
actresses Vivian Vance
and Ulla Salbert
comic John Byner
Walter Sullivan, science editor of The Times
and the first American television interview and
singing debut of Michael Chaplin beatnik son of Charlie Chaplin
and the grandson of Eugene O'Neill.
2.29 [156] The Merv Griffin Show
17Jun1965 [The Record, Daily Times]
24Jun1965 [Press Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Reverend Oral Roberts
actress Lilia Scala
humorist Dick Gregory
British comedy act Hendra and Ullet
psychologist Dr. Murray Banks
singer Thelma Oliver
and comedian Richard Pryor.
2.30 [157] The Merv Griffin Show
18Jun1965 [Journal News, Morning Call]
25Jun1965 [Press Telegram, Evening Sun]
02Jul1965 [Arizona Republic]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comic actor Billy De Wolfe
comedian Jackie Mason
singer Carmel Quinn
singer-actor Adam Wade
and Dr. Cleo Dawson.
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2.31 [158] The Merv Griffin Show
21Jun1965 Mon [Journal News, Daily Times]
28Jun1965 Mon [Baltimore Sun, Pittsburgh Press]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Opera star Rise Stevens
actor Ludwig Donath
explorer Lowell Thomas
singer Jay Kennedy
hairstylist Vidal Sassoon
comedian Dom DeLuise
author David Joy
Miss USA winner Miss Ohio, Sue Downey and Miss Universe
and the British satire group, The Oxford-Cambridge Revue (making their TV
debut).
2.32 [159] The Merv Griffin Show
22Jun1965 [Journal News]
29Jun1965 [San Bernardino County Sun]
06Jul1965 [Indianapolis News]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Cyril Ritchard of "The Roar of the Greasepaint"
singer-actress Anna Maria Alberghetti
comic Nipsey Russell
comedienne Joanne Worley
singer Jerry Holmes
and science editor Walter Sullivan.
2.33 [160] The Merv Griffin Show
23Jun1965 [Daily Register]
30Jun1965 [San Bernardino County Sun]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
director Otto Preminger
economist Lee Cherne
comedienne Hermione Gingold
comedian Redd Foxx
comic Stanley Myron Handelman
and singer Emily Yancy.
2.34 [161] The Merv Griffin Show
24Jun1965 [The Record, Herald Statesman]
01Jul1965 [San Bernardino County Sun]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre, co-authors of "Is Paris Burning";
comedian Jackie Mason
comedienne Lovelady Powell
actor Robert Alda
and pop duo Chad and Jeremy.
Merv comes up with the interview he filmed in Cannes with Beatle
member John Lennon, which was lost in transit but has now been found.
2.35 [162] The Merv Griffin Show
25Jun1965 [Journal News, Asbury Park Press]
02Jul1965 [Press-Telegram, Pittsburgh Press]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
British actress Ethel Griffies
actor Andy Devine
comedienne Renee Taylor
TV personality Dick Cavett
author Leslie Fiedler
and singer-actor Bruce Scott.
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2.36 [163] The Merv Griffin Show
28Jun1965 Mon [Daily Times NY, The Record]
05Jul1965 Mon [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Eli Wallach and his wife Anne Jackson (co-stars of "Luv")
actress Alexandra Berlin of Central Park's "Loves Labors Lost"
comic John Byner
singer Emily Yancy
and columnist George Frazier
Merv's 35 minute interview with Lord Bertram Russell
at his London home is a feature of the show.
2.37 [164] The Merv Griffin Show
29Jun1965 [Daily Times, Morning Call]
06Jul1965 [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
Host Merv Griffin
with Arthur Treacher
Guests
actress Lee Remick
actress Shirl Conway of "The Nurses"
Allen Funt of "Candid Camera"
comics Gerald Peters
and Pinky Lee
singer Peggy Lee Ellis
and the cast of nightclub revue "Upstairs at the Downstairs".
2.38 [165] The Merv Griffin Show
30Jun1965 [The Record, Daily Register]
07Jul1965 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comic Milt Kamen
Welsh musical comedy actor Victor Spinetti
singer Jean Paul Vignon
the singing Darling Sisters
and a Christian Dior fashion show.
2.39 [166] The Merv Griffin Show
01Jul1965 [Journal News, Daily News]
08Jul1965 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Basil Rathbone
veteran actress Ethel Griffies
singer-actor Gilbert Price
actress Joi Lansing
and comedian Sandy Baron.
2.40 [167] The Merv Griffin Show
02Jul1965 [The Record, Asbury Park Press]
09Jul1965 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Robert Preston
actor David Burns of "Hello, Dolly!"
comedienne Joanne Worley
Boston publicist Art Moger
comedian Jackie Mason
and singer Bruce Scott.
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2.41 [168] The Merv Griffin Show
05Jul1965 Mon [Morning Call]
12Jul1965 Mon [San Francisco Examiner, Pittsburgh Press]
19Jul1965 Mon [Indianapolis Star]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor George Hamilton
comedienne Renee Taylor
White House correspondent Merriman Smith
cabaret performer Claiborne Cary
and the Oxford-Cambridge British satire group.
Also, a filmed interview with Michael Chaplin (son of Charlie and Oona O'Neill
Chaplin).
2.42 [169] The Merv Griffin Show
06Jul1965 [Journal News]
13Jul1965 [San Bernardino County Sun, Los Angeles Evening Citizen]
20Jul1965 [Indianapolis News]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comic Milt Kamen
playwright Howard Lindsay
British singer Steve Perry
Dr. X (author of "The Interns")
Brockton Family Singers
Jerry and Myrna Music
and the supper club revuers from Upstairs at the Downstairs.
2.43 [170] The Merv Griffin Show
07Jul1965 [Daily Times]
14Jul1965 [Boston Globe, Pittsburgh Press]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Italian actor Raf Vallone
actress Alexandra Berlin impersonates Lynda Bird Johnson
humorist Jack E. Leonard
comic Dick Cavett
singer Frank Fanelli
vaudevillian Joe Phillips
and Walter Sullivan on diets, Alaska earthquake, current NY water shortage.
2.44 [171] The Merv Griffin Show
08Jul1965 [Daily Times]
15Jul1965 [Boston Globe]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Bobby Darin sports a mustache;
actor Fred Gwynne of "The Munsters";
comedian Buddy Hackett
British entertainer Tessie O'Shea sings and plays the banjo;
author-reporter Tom Wolfe
singer Judy James
Roddy Maude-Roxby, British lad who collects teeth;
Betty Beale tells of White House entertaining;
and ping pong champion Reba Moness.
2.45 [172] The Merv Griffin Show
09Jul1965 [Journal News]
16Jul1965 [Boston Globe, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Tony Randall
actress-singer Fleury D'Antonakis
British singer Steve Perry
Jazz singer-musician Tiger Haynes
comic John Byner
vaudevillian Joe Phillips
Howard Day, former Postmaster General, responsible for zip codes;
and recording impresario Phil Spector.
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2.46 [173] The Merv Griffin Show
12Jul1965 Mon [Asbury Park Press, Daily Register]
19Jul1965 Mon [San Bernardino County Sun]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
columnist Dorothy Kilgallen
actor Pernell Roberts of "Bonanza"
comedian Richard Pryor
singer Johnny Brown of "Golden Boy"
comedienne Joanne Worley
former diplomat Robert Murphy
and the cast of the revue from "Downstairs at the Upstairs".
2.47 [174] The Merv Griffin Show
13Jul1965 [NYT, Daily Times]
20Jul1965 [Press Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Wally Cox
actress-comedienne Hermione Gingold
actress Honor Blackman
singer-actress Pat Woodell
Israeli singer Aliza Kashi
calypso singer Steve de Pas
and Brooks Hays, Special consultant to President Johnson
2.48 [175] The Merv Griffin Show
14Jul1965 [NYT, Journal News]
21Jul1965 [Boston Globe]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Brock Peters
comedienne Renee Taylor
singer-actor Adam Wade
comedian Wally Cox
magician Peter Pit
comic Sandy Baron
and author Paul Weiss.
2.49 [176] The Merv Griffin Show
15Jul1965 [NYT, Morning Call]
22Jul1965 [Boston Globe, San Bernardino County Sun]
29Jul1965 [Tucson Citizen]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
playwright Tennessee Williams
actress Lilia Skala, Academy Award winner for "Lillies in the Field";
actor Michael Dunn
comedian Stanley Myron Handleman
singer Bruce Scott
British singer Steve Perry
Dr. Mary Calderone, sex education authority
and filmed interview with Leslie Caron.
2.50 [177] The Merv Griffin Show
16Jul1965 [NYT, Daily Times]
23Jul1965 [Los Angeles Evening Citizen, Boston Globe]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actress Carol Bruce
actor Wally Cox
actor David Burns of "Hello, Dolly!"
ventriloquist Rickie Layne and Velvel
Dayton Allen, master of dialects;
writer-editor Jay Kennedy
Harry Boyd with bird calls
recording producer Phil Spector
and psychologist Dr. Cleo Dawson.
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2.51 [178] The Merv Griffin Show
19Jul1965 Mon [NYT, Morning Call]
26Jul1965 Mon [Independent, Valley Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor George Hamilton
actress Alexandra Berlin
comic Dick Cavett
singing group The Lettermen
UPI's Merriman Smith
and Liz Carpenter secretary to Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson.
2.52 [179] The Merv Griffin Show
20Jul1965 [Daily Times, Morning Call]
27Jul1965 [San Bernardino County Sun]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
columnist Dorothy Kilgallen
musical singer-actress Anna Maria Alberghetti
comedian George Carlin
Flamenco guitarist Jose Feliciano
drama coach Philip Burton
and former diplomat-author Robert Murphy.
2.53 [180] The Merv Griffin Show
21Jul1965 [Asbury Park Press]
28Jul1965 [Boston Globe]
Host Merv Griffin
with Arthur Treacher
Guests
comedian Richard Pryor
TV game show host Allen Ludden
singer Vi Velasco
rock group Herman's Hermits
Israeli singer Aliza Kashi
and cooking expert Michael Field.
2.54 [181] The Merv Griffin Show
22Jul1965 [Daily Times]
29Jul1965 [Boston Globe]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Anthony Newley ("The Roar of the Greasepaint");
actor David Burns ("Hello, Dolly!");
conductor Mitch Miller
comedienne Dody Goodman
singer-actor Bruce Scott
comic Hank Garrett
Professor Backwards
and Dr. Charles Merrill Smith.
2.55 [182] The Merv Griffin Show
23Jul1965 [Journal News]
30Jul1965 [Boston Globe]
Host Merv Griffin
with Arthur Treacher
Guests
actor Barry Morse of "The Fugitive"
comic actor Billy DeWolfe
comedienne Renee Taylor
comedian Milt Kamen
and singer Rod Perry.
Also, "The World of Cindy Fink",
film of a girl breaking into showbiz.
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2.56 [183] The Merv Griffin Show
26Jul1965 Mon [Daily Register]
02Aug1965 Mon [Valley Times]
16Aug1965 Mon [Time-Picayune]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne Hermoine Gingold
entertainer Julius La Rosa
comic-actor Sandy Baron
vocalist Jay Kennedy
and Dr. Paul Weiss (Professor of Philosophy at Yale).
2.57 [184] The Merv Griffin Show
27Jul1965 [Morning Call, Journal News]
03Aug1965 [Press-Telegram, Citizen News]
10Aug1965 [Arizona Republic]
Host Merv Griffin
with Arthur Treacher
Guests
actor Cyril Ritchard
actress Shirl Conway
Jazz singer-guitarist Frank D'Rone
comedian John Byner
and Hillbilly musician "Uncle" Jim Hawkins of "Fred Allen's Alley".
2.58 [185] The Merv Griffin Show
28Jul1965 [The Record]
04Aug1965 [Press-Telegram, Evening Sun]
11Aug1965 [Tucson Daily, Arizona Republic]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Barry Morse
singer Carmel Quinn
comedienne Renee Taylor
comedian Milt Kamen
comic Howie Storm
British singer Steve Perry
singing group The Chapins
and Judge Thurman Arnold, iconoclastic Washington lawyer
appointed "trust buster" by President Franklin Roosevelt.
2.59 [186] The Merv Griffin Show
29Jul1965 [The Record, Morning Call]
05Aug1965 [Press-Telegram, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Bert Lahr
comic actor Wally Cox
actress Lilia Skala
comedian George Carlin
singer Bruce Scott
science editor Walter Sullivan
and three Long Beach bound IBC beauties,
Misses England, Israel and Norway.
This show is specially taped in tribute to Merv
being named Grand Marshal of Sunday's IBC Parade.
2.60 [187] The Merv Griffin Show
30Jul1965 [The Record, Morning Call]
06Aug1965 [Press-Telegram, Boston Globe]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Buddy Hackett
actor Brock Peters
comedian Richard Pryor
Greek singer-actress Fleury D'Antonakis
and Eugene Gilbert, pollster, statistics on American youth.
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2.61 [188] The Merv Griffin Show
02Aug1965 Mon [The Record]
09Aug1965 Mon [Press-Telegram]
23Aug1965 Mon [Times Picayune New Orleans LA]
Host Merv Griffin
with Arthur Treacher
Guests
entertainer Carol Channing on the eve of her jaunt
out west with "Hello, Dolly!";
composer-lyricist Jerry Herman, the show's composer;
Jazz singer-guitarist Frank D'Rone
and Mrs. Evelyn Lincoln (former secretary of JFK, talks about her 12 years as
his secretary).
2.62 [189] The Merv Griffin Show
03Aug1965 [Daily Register, Morning Call]
10Aug1965 [Press-Telegram, San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
with Arthur Treacher
Guests
actor Bert Lahr
actress Lilia Skala of "Ship of Fools";
comedian Wally Cox
comic George Collins
Jazz singer-musician Tiger Haynes
and newspaper columnist George Frazier.
2.63 [190] The Merv Griffin Show
04Aug1965 [Journal News]
11Aug1965 [Press-Telegram]
18Aug1965 [Tucson Daily]
25Aug1965 [Janesville WI]
Host Merv Griffin
with Arthur Treacher
Guests
actor Alan Alda stage production of "The Owl and the Pussycat";
actor Michael Dunn of "The Wild Wild West"
comedienne Renee Taylor
comic Lee Allen
singer Sylvia Syms
composer George Kleinsinger
and The Chapins (3 brothers and their dad Jim on drums).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odicCVk-ZRI
2.64 [191] The Merv Griffin Show
05Aug1965 [Journal News]
12Aug1965 [Press-Telegram, Boston Globe]
26Aug1965 [Times-Picayune New Orleans LA]
Host Merv Griffin
with Arthur Treacher
Guests
comedienne Phyllis Diller
TV hostess Virginia Graham
comedian Richard Pryor
comic Jackie Mason
impressionist John Byner
singer Jay Kennedy
and psychologist Dr. Murray Banks.
2.65 [192] The Merv Griffin Show
06Aug1965 [Asbury Park Press]
13Aug1965 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
with Arthur Treacher
Guests
actress Molly Picon
actor Jesse White
comic Rip Taylor
singer-actress Florence Henderson
singer Bruce Scott
and the British comedy duo Hendra and Ullet.
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2.66 [193] The Merv Griffin Show
09Aug1965 Mon [The Record]
16Aug1965 Mon [Press-Telegram, Plain Dealer]
23Aug1965 Mon [Tucson Daily Citizen]
Host Merv Griffin
with Arthur Treacher
Guests
UPI's Merriman Smith
game show host Bert Convy
comedian-voice actor Dayton Allen
impressionist John Byner
comedienne Libby Morris
and singer Ian Whitcomb.
Plus, a filmed interview with Michael Caine making his first appearance on
American TV.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ksWcT_C3Pg
2.67 [194] The Merv Griffin Show
10Aug1965 [The Record]
17Aug1965 [Press-Telegram]
31Aug1965 [Janesville]
Host Merv Griffin
with Arthur Treacher
Guests
actor Robert Horton
comic actor Billy DeWolfe
comedienne Joanne Worley
talk show host Dick Cavett
and novelist Nelson Algren.
2.68 [195] The Merv Griffin Show
11Aug1965 [Asbury Park Press]
18Aug1965 [Press-Telegram, Boston Globe]
01Sep1965 [Times-Picayune New Orleans LA]
Host Merv Griffin
with Arthur Treacher
Guests
actor Jack Palance
actress Katherine Balfour
comedian Richard Pryor
comic Stanley Myron Handelman
actor Sammy Jackson of "No Time For Sergeants"
singer Bernice Massi
and Washington diplomat Robert Murphy.
2.69 [196] The Merv Griffin Show
12Aug1965 [Daily Times]
19Aug1965 [Press-Telegram, Boston Globe]
02Sep1965 [Times-Picayune New Orleans LA]
Host Merv Griffin
with Arthur Treacher
Guests
Playboy editor Hugh Hefner
actor Eli Wallach and actress Anne Jackson of Broadway's "Luv";
anthropologist Margaret Mead
comic Howie Storm
pianist Erroll Garner
singer Vi Velasco
Robert Murphy discusses the history of the Viet Nam struggle;
and Dr. Harvey Cox.
2.70 [197] The Merv Griffin Show
13Aug1965 [Herald Statesman, The Record]
20Aug1965 [Press-Telegram, Boston Globe]
Host Merv Griffin
with Arthur Treacher
Guests
comedian Jackie Vernon
actor Sammy Jackson
comic-actor Reni Santoni
comic Sandy Baron
Robert Ettinger author of "Place People on Ice";
Jazz musician Tiger Haynes
singer Bruce Scott
and Israeli singer Aliza Kashi.
==================================
2.71 [198] The Merv Griffin Show
16Aug1965 Mon [Journal News]
23Aug1965 Mon [Plain Dealer, Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
with Arthur Treacher
Guests
actors Walter Brennan
and Michael Dunn
singer Del Shannon
comedienne Renee Taylor makes her first appearance on this show as Mrs. Joseph
Bologna
comic Sandy Baron
TV personality John Bartholomew Tucker
and former Postmaster General J. Edward Day.
2.72 [199] The Merv Griffin Show
17Aug1965 [Ashbury Park Press, Daily Times]
24Aug1965 [Press-Telegram]
31Aug1965 [Tucson Citizen]
Host Merv Griffin
with Arthur Treacher
Guests
Ambassador Averell Harriman
actor Omar Sharif
actress Shelley Winters
actor Edward Everett Horton
comic Marc London
singer-actor Stuart Damon
composer-singer Irma Kurist
and the Marchese Kids.
2.73 [200] The Merv Griffin Show
18Aug1965 [Daily News]
25Aug1965 [Press-Telegram, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]
Host Merv Griffin
with Arthur Treacher
Guests
actress Kathryn Grayson
comedienne Joanne Worley
actor Hiram Sherman
comedian Stanley Myron Handelman
columnist Victor Lasky
and boxer Dutch Adler.
2.74 [201] The Merv Griffin Show
19Aug1965 [Daily News]
26Aug1965 [Press-Telegram, San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
with Arthur Treacher
Guests
veteran actress Tallulah Bankhead
baseball player Willie Mays
actress Polly James of Broadway musical "Half a Sixpence";
comic John Byner
singer Shirley Ellis
and journalist George Frazier.
2.75 [202] The Merv Griffin Show
20Aug1965 [Daily News]
27Aug1965
03Sep1965 [Tucson Daily Citizen]
Host Merv Griffin
with Arthur Treacher
Guests
actor Victor Spinetti
veteran actress Ethel Griffies
comedian Richard Pryor
actress Kathryn Grayson
comedienne Joanne Worley
comic Reni Santoni
singer Vince Mauro
and Yale philosophy professor Dr. Paul Weiss.
==================================
2.76 [203] The Merv Griffin Show
23Aug1965 Mon [Daily Times]
30Aug1965 Mon [Press-Telegram]
06Sep1965 Mon [Tucson Daily Citizen]
Host Merv Griffin
with Arthur Treacher
Guests
former Press Secretary Pierre Salinger and his wife,
UPI's Merriman Smith
TV talk show host Mike Douglas
Broadway actress-singer Fleury D'Antonakis
singer Lesley Gore
comics Stanley Myron Handleman
and John Byner
and Ted Marson and Joe Mahaczek, whose true
story was told in the film "Northside 777".
2.77 [204] The Merv Griffin Show
24Aug1965 [Journal News]
31Aug1965 [Press-Telegram]
07Sep1965 [Tucson Daily Citizen]
Host Merv Griffin
with Arthur Treacher
Guests
TV personality Soupy Sales
Jazz singer Carmel Quinn
singer-actress Karen Morrow
comedians Jackie Mason
and George Carlin
and veteran actress Ethel Griffies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKHVwMMI0fc
2.78 [205] The Merv Griffin Show
25Aug1965 [Daily News]
01Sep1965 [Press-Telegram, Pittsburgh Press]
Host Merv Griffin
with Arthur Treacher
Guests
Polly James star from Broadway hit "Half A Sixpence",
comedians Jack E. Leonard
and Dayton Allen
TV personality Dick Cavett
Israeli singer Aliza Kashi
singer Jay Kennedy
rock group Jay and the Americans
composer George Kleinsinger
and psychologist Dr. Cleo Dawson.
2.79 [206] The Merv Griffin Show
26Aug1965 [Journal News]
02Sep1965 [Press-Telegram]
09Sep1965 [Tucson Citizen]
Host Merv Griffin
with Arthur Treacher
Guests
Japanese Captain Mitsuo Fuchida, who led the attack on Pearl Harbor
comedienne Phyllis Diller
comic actor Sandy Baron
singer Bruce Scott
and former FBI agent Frederick Ayer.
2.80 [207] The Merv Griffin Show
27Aug1965 [Daily Times]
03Sep1965 [Press-Telegram, Boston Globe]
10Sep1965 [Tucson Citizen]
Host Merv Griffin
with Arthur Treacher
Guests
baseball player Willie Mays
comedian Richard Pryor
comedienne Renee Taylor
voice actor Reni Santoni
Gene Allen, foreign film satire
singer Sergio Franchi
and pollster Eugene Gilbert.
==================================
2.81 [208] The Merv Griffin Show
30Aug1965 Mon [Herald Statesman]
06Sep1965 Mon [Press-Telegram]
13Sep1965 Mon [Tucson Citizen]
Host Merv Griffin
with Arthur Treacher
Guests
actor Eli Wallach and his wife actress Anne Jackson
actor George Hamilton
singer Georgia Gibbs
comic Georgie Kaye
and Evelyn Lincoln, former secretary to JFK.
2.82 [209] The Merv Griffin Show
31Aug1965 [Daily Times]
07Sep1965 [Press-Telegram, Boston Globe]
Host Merv Griffin
with Arthur Treacher
Guests
vaudevillian Slapsie Maxie Rosenbloom
actor Michael Dunn
comics Dick Capri
and Dayton Allen
Israeli singer Aliza Kashi
singer Jay Kennedy
and astrologer Zolar.
2.83 [210] The Merv Griffin Show
01Sep1965 [Morning Call]
08Sep1965 [Press-Telegram, Nashua NH, Baltimore Sun]
15Sep1965 [Tucson Daily Citizen]
Host Merv Griffin
with Arthur Treacher
Guests
actor Victor Spinette who co-starred in The Beatles movies;
singer Eartha Kitt
comic actor Wally Cox
comedian Richard Pryor
singer-actress Lainie Kazan
record producer Phil Spector
and author Robert St John.
2.84 [211] The Merv Griffin Show
02Sep1965 [Morning Call]
09Sep1965 [Press-Telegram, Pittaburgh Post-Gazette]
16Sep1965 [Tucson Daily Citizen]
Host Merv Griffin
with Arthur Treacher
Guests
actor Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
actress Lilia Skala
comic Marshall Brickman
anthropologist Ernest Dichter
musician-singer Tiger Haynes
and the Lovin' Spoonful.
2.85 [212] The Merv Griffin Show
03Sep1965 [Daily Times, The Record]
10Sep1965 [Press-Telegram, Los Angeles Times]
17Sep1965 [Tucson Daily Citizen]
Host Merv Griffin
with Arthur Treacher
Guests
actress Ginger Rogers, currect star of "Hello, Dolly"
actors Peter Lawford
and Tony Randall
Broadway star Polly James
comedian Stanley Myron Handleman
Robert Ettinger author of "The Prospect of Immortality"
producer-director Sheldon B. Leonard
singer Rod Perry
and surfing expert Bruce Brown.
==================================
2.86 [213] The Merv Griffin Show
06Sep1965 Mon [Daily News]
13Sep1965 Mon [Press-Telegram]
20Sep1965 Mon [Tucson Daily Citizen]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Arlene Dahl
television and voice actor Reni Santoni
comedienne Renee Taylor
record producer Phil Spector
singers Paula Wayne
and Jerome Hines.
*Note: News article Oct 7, 1965
Arlene Dahl's eybrow-raiser on Merv Griffin's show:
"Women should go to burlesque theaters just to learn how to undress in front of
their husbands."
2.87 [214] The Merv Griffin Show
07Sep1965 [Daily News, Morning Call]
14Sep1965 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
playwright Neil Simon author of "Barefoot in the Park" and "The Odd Couple";
TV personality Kitty Carlisle
veteran actress Ethel Griffies
dancer Ann Corio of "This Was Burlesque";
comedian Dick Gregory
singer Dionne Warwick
author Robert Ettinger
and Fall hat fashions.
2.88 [215] The Merv Griffin Show
08Sep1965 [Morning Call]
15Sep1965 [Press-Telegram, Boston Globe]
22Sep1965 [Tucson Daily Citizen]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Sybil Burton
comic Howie Storm
comedian Richard Pryor
literary critic Leslie Fiedler
fashion designer Mary Quant
and the singing Marchesi Kids.
2.89 [216] The Merv Griffin Show
09Sep1965 [Morning Call, Journal News]
16Sep1965 [Press-Telegram, Boston Globe]
Host Merv Griffin
with Arthur Treacher
Guests
actress Joan Crawford
actor Cyril Ritchard
TV personality Dick Cavett
actor Roger Smith
song-and-dance man Skip Cunningham
singer Anthony Newley who sings his biggest song hit What Kind of Fool Am I?
songstress E.J. Peaker
Dr. Cleo Dawson
and producer Eric Eisner.
2.90 [217] The Merv Griffin Show
10Sep1965 [Morning Call]
17Sep1965 [Press-Telegram]
24Sep1965 [Tucson Daily Citizen]
Host Merv Griffin
with Arthur Treacher
Guests
playwright LeRoi Jones
British actor David Burns
comedian George Carlin
columnist George Frazier
singer Johnny Desmond
and Greek singer-actress Fleury D'Antonakis.
https://teachrock.org/video/amiri-baraka-the-merv-griffin-show-1965/
==================================
2.91 [218] The Merv Griffin Show
13Sep1965 Mon [Berkshire Eagle]
20Sep1965 Mon [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
with Arthur Treacher
Guests
actor Jack Haley
singer-actress Kathryn Grayson
actor Keir Dullea
Country comedienne Minnie Pearl
Country singer-actor-musician Jimmy Boyd
singer Jaye Kennedy
and UPI's Merriman Smith.
2.92 [219] The Merv Griffin Show
14Sep1965 [Berkshire Eagle]
21Sep1965 [Press-Telegram]
28Sep1965 [Tucson Daily Citizen]
Host Merv Griffin
with Arthur Treacher
Guests
actress Shelley Winters
comedian Joe E. Lewis
singer-actress Lainie Kazan
voice actor Reni Santoni
comedienne Renee Taylor
and Miss Teenage America Carolyn Mignini of Baltimore, MD.
2.93 [220] The Merv Griffin Show
15Sep1965 [Daily News]
22Sep1965 [Press-Telegram]
29Sep1965 [Tucson Daily Citizen]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
pianist Oscar Levant
comedienne Renee Taylor
singer Billy Joe Royal
comedian Jackie Mason
Dr. Eustace Chester
and the comedy team of Allen & Rossi.
2.94 [221] The Merv Griffin Show
16Sep1965 [Berkshire Eagle]
23Sep1965 [Press-Telegram, Nashua Telegraph]
30Sep1965 [Tucson Daily Citizen]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Shirl Conway
comic Rip Taylor
singer Jean-Paul Vignon
comedian Richard Pryor
lecturer John Mason Brown
humorist Marshall Brickman
and GOP's 1964 Vice President William Miller.
2.95 [222] The Merv Griffin Show
17Sep1965 [Berkshire Eagle]
24Sep1965 [Press-Telegram]
01Oct1965 [Tucson Daily Citizen]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actress Florence Henderson
singer Jimmy Boyd
comedian Jackie Mason
gossip columnist Sheilah Graham
comedy team of Marty Allen & Steve Rossi
and a taped interview of Geraldine Chaplin.
==================================
2.96 [223] The Merv Griffin Show
20Sep1965 Mon [Berkshire Eagle]
27Sep1965 Mon [Press-Telegram]
04Oct1965 Mon [Tucson Daily Citizen]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Robert Vaughn of "The Man From U.N.C.L.E.";
character actor Phil Leeds
game show host Allen Ludden
voice actor Reni Santoni
cartoonist Rube Goldberg
and vocalist Esther Ofarim.
2.97 [224] The Merv Griffin Show
21Sep1965 [Berkshire Eagle]
28Sep1965 [Press-Telegram]
05Oct1965 [Tucson Daily Citizen]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor-director Orson Welles
TV personality Arlene Francis
comedian George Carlin
comedienne Renee Taylor
author Marguerite Young
Bill Veeck and Saverio.
2.98 [225] The Merv Griffin Show
22Sep1965 [Journal News]
29Sep1965 [Press-Telegram, St. Louis Dispatch]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Brian Donlevy
actress Susan Oliver
TV personality Virginia Graham
comedienne Renee Taylor
comic Howie Storm
singer Jay Kennedy
authors Edmund Love
and Robert Ettinger.
2.99 [226] The Merv Griffin Show
23Sep1965 [Berkshire Eagle]
30Sep1965 [Press-Telegram, Boston Globe]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Cornel Wilde
and his wife actress Jean Wallace
boxers Gene Tunney
and Jack Dempsey
singer Jean-Paul Vignon
TV personality Dick Cavett
and journalist-author Robert St. John.
2.100 [227] The Merv Griffin Show
24Sep1965 [Berkshire Eagle]
01Oct1965 [Press-Telegram]
08Oct1965 [Tucson Daily Citizen]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actor Noel Harrison, son of Rex Harrison
comic actor Wally Cox
Playboy editor-publisher Hugh Hefner
comedians Howard Mann
and Henny Youngman
Israeli singer Aliza Kashi
and singer Jimmy Boyd.
==================================
2.101 [228] The Merv Griffin Show
27Sep1965 Mon [Berkshire Eagle]
04Oct1965 Mon [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Alexandra Berlin
saxophonist Lee Allen
baseball players Stan Musial
and JB Tucker
TV personality Marie Torre
and actress Lynne Roberts.
2.102 [229] The Merv Griffin Show
28Sep1965 [Berkshire Eagle]
05Oct1965 [Press-Telegram]
12Oct1965 [Tucson Daily Citizen]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Betty White
comedian Joe E. Lewis
musician Georgie Kaye
singer Danny Meehan
World champion racer Jim Clark
British comedy team Hendra and Ullett
and Carl Chasey president of the Freedom Fund.
2.103 [230] The Merv Griffin Show
29Sep1965 [Berkshire Eagle]
06Oct1965 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actor Jean-Paul Vignon
filmmaker-artist Andy Warhol
model-actress Edie Sedgwick
comedienne Renee Taylor
comic voice actor Reni Santoni
and author Stephen Potter.
https://vimeo.com/389988351
2.104 [231] The Merv Griffin Show
30Sep1965 [Berkshire Eagle]
07Oct1965 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedy duo Phil Ford and Mimi Hines
actor Marc London
comedian Richard Pryor
author Albert Rosenfeld
singer Polly James
singer-musician Jimmy Boyd
and The Four Freshmen.
2.105 [232] The Merv Griffin Show
01Oct1965 Fri [Berkshire Eagle]
08Oct1965 Fri [Nashua Telegraph]
13Oct1965 Wed [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
TV personality Dick Cavett
actors Keir Dullea
and Gene Allan
comedienne Joanne Worley
comedian Dayton Allen
comic Georgie Kaye
and singer Gary Le Mel.
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