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Season 8 (CBS Late Night)(1970-71)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Rina Fox
references:
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CBS late-night Monday to Friday 11:30pm (1969-72)
Produced by Griffin Productions in association with the CBS Television Network
CBS moves "The Merv Griffin Show" from New York to Hollywood
permanently on September 10, 1970.
with Mort Lindsay Orchestra.
8.01 [1461] Merv Griffin Show
10Sep1970 [Los Angeles Times, Daily News]
First new show from Hollywood
Merv moves to Hollywood on a permanent basis.
Guests
Los Angeles Mayor Sam Yorty
actor Broderick Crawford
actress Eva Gabor
and Arnold the Pig
columnist Rona Barrett
singers Glen Campbell
and Linda Ronstadt .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qPlGQVsAws
8.02 [1462] Merv Griffin Show
11Sep1970 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Martin Landau and wife actress Barbara Bain
actor Joseph Cotten and wife actress Patricia Medina
comedian Johnny Brown
comic Professor Florey
Dr. David Reuben
and singer-actress Connie Stevens.
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8.03 [1463] Merv Griffin Show
14Sep1970 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor James Mason
actress Jill St. John
comedienne Kaye Ballard
and ventriloquist Edgar Bergen.
8.04 [1464] Merv Griffin Show
15Sep1970 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Suzanne Pleshette
actor Larry Hovis of "Hogan's Heroes";
comedian Jack Carter
and Opera star Roberta Sherwood.
8.05 [1465] Merv Griffin Show
16Sep1970 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Werner Klemperer of "Hogan's Heroes";
actress Beverly Garland
comedian Ronnie Schell
choreographer Gower Champion
singer-actress Lainie Kazan
and Oily Scarf Wino Street Band.
8.06 [1466] Merv Griffin Show
17Sep1970 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor-singer Jim Nabors
actor Craig Stevens
actress Ann Elder
Rams' football player Roman Gabriel
comedian Pat Paulsen
and singer-songwriter Carl Carlton.
8.07 [1467] Merv Griffin Show
18Sep1970 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Andy Griffith
and Jerry Van Dyke of "Headmaster";
actress Karen Valentine
and comedian Leonard Barr.
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8.08 [1468] Merv Griffin Show
21Sep1970 [News Journal]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Andy Devine
and Fernando Lamas
comedienne Rose Marie
comedian Mickey Manners
singer-actress Eydie Gorme
and Country singer Roy Clark.
8.09 [1469] Merv Griffin Show
22Sep1970 [News Journal]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Robert Stack
and Ken Berry
singer-actress Florence Henderson
jockey Willie Shoemaker
Presidential assistant Robert Finch and his wife
and comedy team of Patchett and Tarses.
8.10 [1470] Merv Griffin Show
23Sep1970 [News Journal]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Cliff Robertson
Tony Randall
and Keye Luke
actress Karen Valentine
and comedian Dom DeLuise.
8.11 [1471] Merv Griffin Show
24Sep1970 [News Journal]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actresses Amanda Blake
and Joanne Woodward
comedian Marty Ingels
guitarist Rene Hall
and The Hagers.
8.12 [1472] Merv Griffin Show
25Sep1970 [News Journal]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Eddie Albert
singer-actress Ann-Margret
Senator Barry Goldwater (R-Ariz)
and The Mills Brothers.
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8.13 [1473] Merv Griffin Show
28Sep1970 [News Journal]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actresses Polly Bergen
and Miyoshi Umeki
comedian Shecky Greene
actor Jan Arvan
writer Lee Roland
Olympic basketball player Jack Hupp
and singer-songwriter Jud Strunk.
8.14 [1474] Merv Griffin Show
29Sep1970 [News Journal]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Peter Lawford
actress Suzanne Pleshette
Dr. Kurt Wagner
composer Don Davis
and singer-actor Johnny Brown.
8.15 [1475] Merv Griffin Show
30Sep1970 [News Journal]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Reverend Billy Graham
actress Gale Storm
actor Charles Farrell
comedian Mickey Manners
model-actress Gail Jensen
and sportswriter Roger Reinhardt.
8.16 [1476] Merv Griffin Show
01Oct1970 [News Journal]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Diana Ross performs "Reach Out And Touch (Somebody´s Hand)"
and "Ain´t No Mountain High Enough"
actress Karen Valentine
actor Victor Buono
comedy magician Bev Bergeron
Dr. Donald Anthony Reed
and singer-songwriter Steve Townsley.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Q0wST2bdX8
8.17 [1477] Merv Griffin Show
02Oct1970 [News Journal]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Herschel Bernardi
child actor Marc Copage of "Julia";
comic actor Roger Bowen
author Jessamyn West
writer-producer-director Richmond Shepard
and one-man band musician Corky Greene.
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8.18 [1478] Merv Griffin Show
05Oct1970 [News Journal]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Sandy Duncan
actor Lloyd Haynes
comedian Tim Conway
Dr. Dare Miller
and singer Julie Budd.
8.19 [1479] Merv Griffin Show
06Oct1970 [News Journal]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Chad Everett
and Keenan Wynn
'Mr. Wizard' Don Herbert
pianist Victor Borge
and singer Helen O'Connell.
8.20 [1480] Merv Griffin Show
07Oct1970 [News Journal]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Sebastian Cabot
and Trevor Howard
actress Linda Cristal
Prof. Grover Krantz
andJazz banjo player Glenn Ash.
8.21 [1481] Merv Griffin Show
08Oct1970 [News Journal]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
entertainer Liberace
actress Lesley Ann Warren
politician Herbert Klein
baseball player Tony Conigliaro
and comedy writer Everett Greenbaum.
8.22 [1482] Merv Griffin Show A 20th Birthday salute to "Peanuts".
09Oct1970 [Daily News Leader]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
creator Charles Schultz
producer Lee Mendelson (the "Charlie Brown" movie and TV specials)
animator Bill Melendez
film producer Lee Mendelson and animator Bill Melendez are among the guests for
a special salute to Charlie Brown and his pals on the 20th anniversary of the
"Peanuts" comic strip. Featured will be clips from the Charlie Brown TV
specials,
the movie "A Boy Named Charlie Brown"
and the stage play "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown."
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8.23 [1483] Merv Griffin Show
12Oct1970 [Boston Globe]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Mrs. Nancy Reagan (wife of then California Governor Ronald Reagan)
actor Mike Connors of "Mannix";
actress Lana Wood
comedian Georgie Kaye
and Country singer Buck Owens and the Buckaroos
8.24 [1484] Merv Griffin Show
13Oct1970 [Boston Globe]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Joel McCrea
boxer Jerry Quarry (training for his bout with Muhammad Ali)
Rodeo star Casey Tibbs
and comedienne Marcia Wallace.
8.25 [1485] Merv Griffin Show
14Oct1970 [Newsday]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Vince Edwards
comedienne Phyllis Diller
comedian Marty Allen
comic actor Joe Flynn
comic Jackie Kahane
and Private investigator Ed Goldfader, tracer of lost persons.
8.26 [1486] Merv Griffin Show
15Oct1970 [News Journal]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor George Sanders
comedian Steve Martin
model-actress Dettina Brenna
The Electric Door
and 7-year-old singer Chetti Colaleo.
8.27 [1487] Merv Griffin Show
16Oct1970 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne Lucille Ball
her husband producer Gary Morton
actor Ross Martin
actress Sally Kellerman
and bandleader Guy Lombardo.
8.28 [1488] Merv Griffin Show
19Oct1970 [Arizona Republic]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Marjorie Lord
comedian Jan Murray
actress-comic Marcia Wallace
comic actor Bill Fiore
comic John (Bread Man) Fisher
and singer-actor Jerry Reed.
8.29 [1489] Merv Griffin Show
20Oct1970 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Gene Barry
comedian Ronnie Schell
actress Sue Ane Langdon of "Arnie";
attorney-author Gladys Towles Root
and The Grass Roots.
8.30 [1490] Merv Griffin Show
21Oct1970 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Beverly Garland
actor Leslie Nielsen
actor-newsman Alex Dreier
baseball player Tony Conigliaro
comedy team of Steve Rossi and Slappy White
Western singer-actor Gene Autry
and singer John Gary.
8.31 [1491] Merv Griffin Show
22Oct1970 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actresses Anne Baxter
and Gail Fisher
actor Ken Curtis
TV personality Art Linkletter
writer Jeannine Burnier
and singer-songwriter Fred Stark.
8.32 [1492] Merv Griffin Show
23Oct1970 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Barbara Rush
comedian Steve Martin
comic actor Joe Flynn
football player Fred Smoot
publisher Bill Moyers
artist-illustrator Margaret Keane
and entertainer Wayne Newton.
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8.33 [1493] Merv Griffin Show
26Oct1970 [Boston Globe]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Richard Chamberlain
and George Maharis
actress Karen Valentine
raconteur George Jessel
Jane Howard author of "Please Touch";
Mrs. Jesse Unruh
(wife of the California Democratic candidate for Governor);
and Denny Hall and his girl convict singers.
8.34 [1494] Merv Griffin Show
27Oct1970 [Newsday]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor George Lindsey of "Mayberry R.F.D.";
actress Jackie Joseph
Erich Segal author of "Love Story"
comic Donnie Conn
cartoonist Herblock
Minta Durfee, widow of screen star Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle.
and singer Trini Lopez.
8.35 [1495] Merv Griffin Show
28Oct1970 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
humorist-pianist Victor Borge
comedienne Totie Fields
cosmetic surgeon Dr. Kurt Wagner
and singer Kaye Hart.
8.36 [1496] Merv Griffin Show
29Oct1970 [Newsday]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Ryan O'Neal
and Peter Lupus
comedians Tim Conway
and Norm Crosby
Pulitzer Prize editor Harry Ashmore
and singer-actress Connie Stevens.
8.37 [1497] Merv Griffin Show
30Oct1970 [Newsday]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors John Mills
Richard Boone
and Mickey Rooney
actress Barbara Eden
comedian Shecky Greene
jockey Willie Shoemaker
and Dr. Cleo Dawson.
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8.38 [1498] Merv Griffin Show
02Nov1970 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Angie Dickinson
actor Jackie Cooper
actress Elena Verdugo of "Marcus Welby M.D.";
comedian Tim Conway
basketball player Lew Alcindor
and comic duo Steve Rossi & Slappy White.
[--] Merv Griffin Show
03Nov1970
pre-empted for Election Coverage.
8.39 [1499] Merv Griffin Show
04Nov1970 [Newsday]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor David Janssen
actress Miyoshi Umeki
comedienne Kaye Ballard
author Harold Robbins
chef and author Albert Stockli
and singer Oliver.
8.40 [1500] Merv Griffin Show
05Nov1970 [Newsday]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actor Frankie Avalon
actress Annette Funicello
actor Peter Fonda
attorney Gladys Towles Root
and Country singer Loretta Lynn.
8.41 [1501] Merv Griffin Show
06Nov1970 [Evening Review]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Barbara Feldon
comic Jerry Shane
and Dr. David Reuben
author of "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex".
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8.42 [1502] Merv Griffin Show
09Nov1970 [Daily News]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor James Daly of "Medical Center";
actress Sandy Duncan
comedians Tim Conway
and Norm Crosby
baseball great Willie Mays
and Senator-elect John Tunney of California.
8.43 [1503] Merv Griffin Show
10Nov1970 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors James Whitmore
and Dick Sargent of "Bewitched";
Patrick John Nugent
and his wife Luci Baines Johnson Nugent
(daughter of former President LBJ)
comic Jack DeLeon
Bill York and three lion cubs
8.44 [1504] Merv Griffin Show
11Nov1970 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors George Hamilton
and Alejandro Rey
actor-newsman Alex Dreier
comedian Billy Baxter
the Beaird Family
and singer Connie Francis.
8.45 [1505] Merv Griffin Show
12Nov1970 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor John Forsythe
journalist-writer George Plimpton
French Consul General Didier Requenet
singer-pianist Ray Charles
singers Glen Campbell
and Anne Murray.
8.46 [1506] Merv Griffin Show
13Nov1970 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Burt Reynolds
comedian Tim Conway
academic advisor and dean Curtis Tarr
and criminal lawyer Gladys Towles Root.
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8.47 [1507] Merv Griffin Show
16Nov1970 [News Journal]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Joanna Barnes
comedians Marty Allen
and Rip Taylor
singer Mike Curb
and The Supremes.
8.48 [1508] Merv Griffin Show
17Nov1970 [Portsmouth Herald]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Robert Wagner
and Danny Thomas
actor Lorne Greene and his wife Nancy
comic Jackie Kahane
journalist-author Jessica Mitford
Dr. Robert Francoeur
and R&B singer Lou Rawls.
8.49 [1509] Merv Griffin Show
18Nov1970 [Newsday]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Buddy Ebsen
actress Jeannine Burnier
novelist Adela Rogers St. John
Football star of the Baltimore Colts Bubba Smith
and composer-musician Don Grady.
8.50 [1510] Merv Griffin Show
19Nov1970 [Arizona Republic]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Baseball star Mickey Mantle
actress Lucie Arnaz
comedian Jackie Gayle
actor-newsman Alex Dreier
political journalist David Allred
and singer Mary Costa.
8.51 [1511] Merv Griffin Show
20Nov1970 [News Journal]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Peter Haskell of "Bracken's World";
movie tycoon Jack L. Warner
actress Miyoshi Umeki
comedians Tim Conway
and Jack Carter
and actor-musician Don Grady.
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8.52 [1512] Merv Griffin Show
23Nov1970 [News Journal]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Janet Leigh
actor James Daly of "Medical Center";
director Barry Levinson
screenwriter Rudy De Luca
model agency owner Elaine Ford
and singer Steve Lawrence.
8.53 [1513] Merv Griffin Show
24Nov1970 [Daily News]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Trevor Howard
and Craig T. Nelson
impressionist Rich Little
climbers Warren Harding and Dean Caldwell
climbed the Wall of the Early Morning Light
in Yosemite National Park (aka the Dawn Wall);
and Opera star Beverly Sills.
8.54 [1514] Merv Griffin Show
25Nov1970 [Newsday]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Zsa Zsa Gabor
TV hostess Pamela Mason
psychologist Dr. Joyce Brothers
L.A. Rams football player Deacon Jones
and professional golfer Billy Casper.
8.55 [1515] Merv Griffin Show
26Nov1970 [Daily News]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Joanna Barnes
actors Slim Pickens
and Pat Buttram
quick draw artist Stan Sweet
and Western clothing designer Nudie
and Western singer-actor Gene Autry.
8.56 [1516] Merv Griffin Show
27Nov1970 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Myrna Loy
comedian Nipsey Russell
news commentator Alex Dreier
Lakers' basketball player Jerry West
Hollywood columnists Army Archerd
Joyce Haber and Marilyn Beck.
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8.57 [1517] Merv Griffin Show
30Nov1970 [Courier-Post]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Joan Bennett
actor Richard Dawson of "Hogan's Heroes";
"Cosmopolitan" editor Helen Gurley Brown
humorist Reuben Carson
and The Third Bananas.
8.58 [1518] Merv Griffin Show
01Dec1970 [Daily News]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Angie Dickinson
comedian Louis Nye
safecracker Red Rudensky
former Attorney General Ramsey Clark
Notre Dame football coach Asa Parsegian
Heisman trophy contender Joe Theismann
and The Mills Brothers.
8.59 [1519] Merv Griffin Show
02Dec1970 [Daily News]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Senator George Murphy
actress Amanda Blake
actor Robert Clary of "Hogan's Heroes";
radio host Don McNeill
and author Bergen Evans.
8.60 [1520] Merv Griffin Show "The Year 2000"
03Dec1970 [Oakland Tribune] [rerun 31Dec70]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne Phyllis Diller
Eddie Albert discusses ecology
embroyologist Dr. Robert Francoeur
designer Douglas Deeds shows synthetic materials
author Dr. Robert Ettinger discusses body freezing.
Discussion on: The Year 2000, a special program exploring life in the future.
8.61 [1521] Merv Griffin Show
04Dec1970 [Philadelphia Inquirer]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Pat Paulsen
news commentator Alex Dreier
author Sidney Sheldon author of "The Naked Face";
singer Rick Nelson
and entertainer Charo.
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8.62 [1522] Merv Griffin Show
07Dec1970 [Daily News]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Lee Marvin
and Chad Everett
actress Barbara Parkins
"Hee Haw" performer Gunilla Hutton
with Baseball's
Casey Stengel, Leo Durocher, Willie Mays, Ernie Banks
Alex Johnson, Claude Osteen, Joe Torre and baseball manager Earl Weaver.
8.63 [1523] Merv Griffin Show
08Dec1970 [Daily News]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Jack Valenti president of Motion Pictures Producers Association of America
actors Cesar Romero
and Dennis Hopper
stuntman Evel Knievel
Jean Nidetch (President of Weight Watchers)
and singing duo Sonny & Cher.
8.64 [1524] Merv Griffin Show: "Major League Baseball Awards for 1970"
09Dec1970 [Cinncinati Enquirer]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Award winners included
Willie Mays, Johnny Bench, Bob Gibson,
Brooks Robinson and Danny Murtagh.
*Note: Taped at the Century Plaza Hotel, Dec. 3rd during the major league
meetings.
8.65 [1525] Merv Griffin Show "Tribute to Producer Ross Hunter"
10Dec1970 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Producer Ross Hunter
(films such as "Airport", "Thoroughly Modern Millie" and "Flower Drum Song");
comedienne Carol Burnett
actress Jane Wyman
actors George Kennedy
and James Farentino
and actress-dancer Mitzi Gaynor.
8.66 [1526] Merv Griffin Show
11Dec1970 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Ruth Gordon
singer Dinah Shore
news commentator Alex Dreier
and Country-Western singer Ray Price.
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8.67 [1527] Merv Griffin Show
14Dec1970 [News Journal]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Burt Reynolds
and Donald Sutherland
actress Brenda Vaccaro
psychologist Dr. Cleo Dawson
and singer-songwriter Dory Previn.
8.68 [1528] Merv Griffin Show
15Dec1970 [Boston Globe]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors John Carradine
and Brian Bedford
Dr. Benjamin Spock
singer-actor Pat Boone
and singer-actress Tammy Grimes.
8.69 [1529] Merv Griffin Show "A Tribute to the Silent Film Era".
16Dec1970 [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]
Host Merv Griffin
Ten leading highlights of the silent screen era will face the public on this
program.
Guests
Silent screen stars Gloria Swanson, Lillian Gish,
Betty Bronson, Chester Conklin, Neil Hamilton,
Buddy Rogers, Babe London, Ken Maynard,
Laura LaPlante and director King Vidor.
8.70 [1530] Merv Griffin Show
17Dec1970 [The Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Detroit Lions pro football player Alex Karras
actress-comedienne Kaye Ballard
actor-director Paul Henreid
news commentator Alex Dreier
and Country singer Jimmy Dean.
8.71 [1531] Merv Griffin Show
18Dec1970 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
"Bewitched" actress Elizabeth Montgomery
and a group of black students from Jefferson High School who
wrote the story which will be seen Christmas Eve on her series;
actress Miyoshi Umeki
undersea explorer Jacques Cousteau
folksinger Burl Ives
singer Dave Houston
and composer-lyricist and playwright Leslie Briscusse
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8.72 [1532] Merv Griffin Show
21Dec1970 [Daily News]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Ben Gazzara
comedienne-actress Edie Adams
comedian Richard Pryor
TV writer Rubin Carson
media director Rick Casabonne
(a graduate of St. Matthews, the same school Merv graduated from);
Robert T. Carson author of "The Golden Years Caper";
and singer Shani Wallis.
8.73 [1533] Merv Griffin Show
22Dec1970 [Newsday]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Maximilian Schell
voice actor Paul Frees
comedian Jack Carter
French composer Maurice Jarre
pianist Roger Williams
and pop singer Tommy Roe.
8.74 [1534] Merv Griffin Show
23Dec1970 [Newsday]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Victor Buono
comic Shelley Berman
actor Kent McCord
actress Karen Jensen
singer Sonny King
and Mother Superior and the Nuns Orchestra.
[--] Merv Griffin Show
24Dec1970 [Daily News]
pre-empted for Christmas Special "Boughs of Holly",
Pete Seeger sings his favorite Christmas Carols Special.
8.75 [1535] Merv Griffin Show
25Dec1970 [Chicago Tribune]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Governor Ronald Reagan
baseball player Willie Mays
actress Florence Henderson
and the Brady Bunch Kids,
Barry Williams, Maureen McCormick, Christopher Knight
Eve Plumb, Mike Lookinland and Susan Olsen;
author Alice McManus
and singer-musician Jose Feliciano.
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8.76 [1536] Merv Griffin Show
28Dec1970 [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Zsa Zsa Gabor
actress Joan Crosby
TV writer Rubin Carson
columnist Jim Bacon
UPI Hollywood correspondent Vernon Scott
psychic Kenny Kingston
and Country singer Hank Grant.
8.77 [1537] Merv Griffin Show
29Dec1970 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Doug McClure of "The Men From Shiloh";
comedian Jackie Vernon
producer Al Ruddy
entertainer Charo
Chico and her gypsy performers.
8.78 [1538] Merv Griffin Show
30Dec1970 [Daily News]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Burt Reynolds of "Dan August";
comedienne Hermione Gingold
comic Paul Hudson
sociologist instructor Jack Scott
audience member Mrs. Miller
Georgia Legislator Julian Bond
and POW Lt. Robert Frishman.
[--] Merv Griffin Show
31Dec1970 [repeat from 03Dec70]
Repeat of a special program called "The Year 2000".
8.79 [1539] Merv Griffin Show
01Jan1971 [Los Angeles Times]
Hosts David Susskind and Joyce Susskind
Guests
actor David Carradine
actress Barbara Hershey
TV personality Dick Clark
Las Vegas publisher Hank Greenspun
and Carl Flemming.
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8.80 [1540] Merv Griffin Show
04Jan1971 [Los Angeles Times]
Guest host Dom DeLuise
Guests
actor Peter Falk
comedians Charles Nelson Reilly
and Stu Gilliam
bodybuilderactor David Draper
Emily Colman
and singer Kaye Hart.
8.81 [1541] Merv Griffin Show
05Jan1971 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Virginia Mayo
comedians Marty Allen
and Ronnie Schell
football player Deacon Jones
TV writer Rubin Carson
singer Glen Campbell
and Banjo player Larry McNeely.
8.82 [1542] Merv Griffin Show
06Jan1971 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Ozzie and Harriet Nelson
actresses Brenda Vaccaro
and Barbara Eden
and comic Dayton Allen.
8.83 [1543] Merv Griffin Show
07Jan1971 [Newsday]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Jack Albertson
"Hee Haw's" Lisa Todd
comedians Irv Benson
and Roger Ray
Las Vegas showgirl-actress Dyanne Thorne
and The Ritz Brothers.
8.84 [1544] Merv Griffin Show
08Jan1971 [Daily News]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Burt Reynolds
and Chuck Connors
football player turned actor Rosey Grier
baseball player Tony Conigliaro
boxer Jerry Quarry
and basketball commissioner Walter Kennedy.
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8.85 [1545] Merv Griffin Show
11Jan1971 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Zsa Zsa Gabor
comedienne Hermione Gingold
Reverend Oral Roberts
entertainer Charo
Opera star Anna Moffo
and singer Jerry Lee Lewis.
8.86 [1546] Merv Griffin Show
12Jan1971 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
and Lloyd Haynes
actresses Shelley Winters
and Miyoshi Umeki
author Joseph Wambaugh
singer-actor Burl Ives
and The Osmond Brothers.
8.87 [1547] Merv Griffin Show
13Jan1971 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne Phyllis Diller
lyricist Sammy Cahn
Beau Johnson
Prof. David Morton
ballroom dancer Karen Hardy
and singer Johnny Mathis.
8.88 [1548] Merv Griffin Show "A Special Salute to the Silent Screen"
14Jan1971 [Los Angeles Times]
with film clips of great pictures
(including "Ben Hur" with Francis X. Bushman and "Way Down East" with Lillian
Gish.)
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Betty Blythe (star of "Queen of Sheba");
Buddy Rogers & Richard Arlen (of "Wings");
Lillian Gish (of "Birth of a Nation");
Betty Bronson (the Peter Pan of 1924);
Jackie Coogan (star of "The Kid");
Chester Conklin (of the Keystone Cops);
Minta Durfee Arbuckle (Fatty Arbuckle's first wife);
Babe London, Beverly Bayne, Laura La Plante,
Viola Dana, Eddie Quillan, Dorothy Devore, Ken Maynard
Neil Hamilton, Vivian Duncan and Carter deHaven.
8.89 [1549] Merv Griffin Show
15Jan1971 [Daily News]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Eva Gabor
columnist Rubin Carson
filmmaker Radley Metzger
Dr. David Reuben
and musician Cannonball Adderley.
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8.90 [1550] Merv Griffin Show "Salute to the Big-Band Era (Part 1 of 2)"
18Jan1971 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Charlie Barnet, Tex Beneke, Stan Kenton,
Freddy Martin, Ish Kabibble, Woody Herman,
Charlie Barnet, Helen Forrest, Xavier Cugat,
Joe Williams and Frankie Carle.
News item: [Press Telegram]
Merv offers another special-themed show, this one expanded to a 2-parter both
tonight and tomorrow.
A salute to the big bands features Tex Beneke, Les Brown, Frankie Carle, Bob
Crosby, Xavier Cugat,
Freddy Martin, Vaughn Monroe, Stan Kenton, Woody Herman and Charlie Barnet.
Guests will chat with their host, and reprise their famous hits with the
orchestra.
8.91 [1551] Merv Griffin Show "Salute to the Big-Band Era (Part 2 of 2)"
19Jan1971 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Lawrence Welk, Vaughn Monroe, Horace Heidt,
Bob Crosby, Les Brown and Connie Haines.
News item: [San Mateo Times]
For Fan's of the Big Bands, Monday and Tuesday night watching the Merv Griffin
show must have
brought back some memories and a few tears. Merv played host to some of the
people who made
the Big Band era. Unfortunately most of the big names have gone. Many are no
longer involved in
music at all, and many are dead. A lot of the music which was 'so familiar to
those who lived
through and loved the "Big Band Era" could be reproduced from the old
arrangements even if
the leaders or original band are not around. Anyway, someday somebody will come
along with a
Big Band type sihow on television that will click and join Lawrence Welk as top
musical television.
Merv's first efforts sounded and looked very good.
8.92 [1552] Merv Griffin Show
20Jan1971 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Burt Reynolds
boxer Joe Lewis
karate experts Chuck Francis
and the Street Fighters
bandleader Xavier Cugat and Charo.
8.93 [1553] Merv Griffin Show
21Jan1971 [Newsday]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Richard Crenna
football player John Brodie
The Lennon Sisters, The Hagers
The Step Brothers, The Chaparrel
and former sidekick Arthur Treacher.
8.94 [1554] Merv Griffin Show
22Jan1971 [Newsday]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Glenn Ford
actresses Terry Moore
and Jeanne Crain
comedian Jan Murray
columnist Rubin Carson
and health-food advocate Gaylord Hauser.
==================================
8.95 [1555] Merv Griffin Show
25Jan1971 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Robert Wagner
actress Sharon Farrell
former co-host Arthur Treacher
and singer Jack Jones.
8.96 [1556] Merv Griffin Show
26Jan1971 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Senator Edmund Muskie (D-Maine)
comedian Jackie Vernon
actress Barbara Feldon
astronaut Wally Schirra
and astronaut trainer Joe Garino.
8.97 [1557] Merv Griffin Show
27Jan1971 [Chicago Tribune] [rerun 21Nov72]
Host Merv Griffin
Guest
On film with John Wayne and his family at the actors' Stanfield, Arizona ranch.
In addition to a tour of the ranch, and a cattle auction in progress,
film clips of some of the Duke's pictures will be shown.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuXItvr1JbA
*Note: Program was originally scheduled to air Feb 11.
8.98 [1558] Merv Griffin Show
28Jan1971 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actresses Melina Mercouri
and Barbara Feldon
actors John Forsythe
Keir Dullea and John Amos
Senator George McGovern (D-South Dakota)
Senator Edmund Muskie (D-Maine)
and the Clara Ward Singers.
8.99 [1559] Merv Griffin Show
29Jan1971 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
former sidekick Arthur Treacher
"Hee Haw" actress Lisa Todd
actors Milton Frome
and Andy Albin
trombonist Wilbur Hall
and animal trainer Al Mardo and Flash.
==================================
8.100 [1560] Merv Griffin Show "All Astrology Show"
01Feb1971 [Daily Independent Journal]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
astrologers Sydney Omarr, Linda Goodman
Maurice Woodruff and Cullen Moore
L.A. Mayor Sam Yorty
actor John Forsythe
columnist Rubin Carson
and former sidekick Arthur Treacher.
8.101 [1561] Merv Griffin Show "All Spanish Show"
02Feb1971 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
civil rights activist Cesar Chavez
actress Linda Christian
singers Vikki Carr
and Trini Lopez
and Rafael Aguliar with his Mariachi Band.
8.102 [1562] Merv Griffin Show "All Actors Show"
03Feb1971 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Burt Reynolds
Doug McClure
Forrest Tucker
and Mickey Rooney
author Norman Mailer
and boxer Windmill White.
8.103 [1563] Merv Griffin Show "All Lawyer Show"
04Feb1971 [Press-Telegram] [rerun 23Apr71]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
F. Lee Bailey
Melvin Belli
William Kunstler
Vincent Halliman
and Percy Foreman.
8.104 [1564] Merv Griffin Show "All Female Show"
05Feb1971 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actresses Sharon Farrell
and Karen Valentine
comedienne Hermione Gingold
attorney Gladys Towles Root
and Dr. Loriene Chase.
==================================
8.105 [1565] Merv Griffin Show "They Don't Write Songs Like That Anymore" pt1.
08Feb1971 [Chicago Tribune]
First of a two-part special about American composers,
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Sammy Cahn
Henry Mancini
Jimmy Van Heusen
Johnny Green
Meredith Wilson
Sammy Fain, Matt Dennis and Harry Warren.
8.106 [1566] Merv Griffin Show "They Don't Write Songs Like That Anymore" pt2.
09Feb1971 [Chicago Tribune]
Second of a two-part special about American composers
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Rudolf Friml, Slim Gaillard
Arthur Freed, Meredith Wilson
Harry Ruby, Burton Lane
Ray Evans and Harry Livingston.
8.107 [1567] Merv Griffin Show
10Feb1971 [Cincinnati Enquirer]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Chad Everett
and Lloyd Haynes
columnist Rubin Carson
race car driver Al Unser
guitarist Ray White
and pianist Len Mink.
8.108 [1568] Merv Griffin Show
11Feb1971 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Burt Reynolds
Cesar Romero
Peter Lawford
and Hugh O'Brian.
8.109 [1569] Merv Griffin Show
12Feb1971 [Newsday]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Zsa Zsa Gabor
actor Peter Lupus
comedian Jackie Vernon
astrologist Sydney Omarr
hypnotist Arthur Ellen
psychic Mark Reymont
and set designer Sidney Rushakoff.
==================================
8.110 [1570] Merv Griffin Show "All Comedians"
15Feb1971 [Newsday]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
raconteur George Jessel
actors George Segal
and Pat O'Brien
comedians Richard Dawson
Scoey Mitchell
and Lou Holtz.
8.111 [1571] Merv Griffin Show "All Football Stars"
16Feb1971 [Los Angeles Times]
Rosey Grier is the guest host
Guests
O.J. Simpson
Joe Kapp
Mike Garrett
Ben Davidson
and John Amos.
*News item:
Grier asked Big Ben Davidson on "The Merv Griffin Show", how come he can
operate a bar when he isn't playing football and never get into the Deadlines or
in trouble. "Easy." said Davidson, "I never let a football player in the "bar".
8.112 [1572] Merv Griffin Show "All U.S. Mayors"
17Feb1971 [Los Angeles Times]
Merv welcomes ten mayors from across the country.
Guests
John V. Lindsay (New York City)
Kenneth Gibson (Newark)
Joseph Alioto (San Francisco)
Carl Stokes (Cleveland)
Kevin White (Boston)
John Driggs (Phoenix)
Sam Massell (Atlanta)
Peter Flaherty (Pittsburgh)
Thomas Alessandro (Baltimore)
and Harry Haskell Jr. (Wilmington Delaware).
8.113 [1573] Merv Griffin Show "How to Look Good'.
18Feb1971 [Chicago Tribune]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Jean Nidetch head of "Weight Watchers";
hair stylist Vidal Sassoon
comedian Tim Conway
football player George Blanda
yoga expert Ann-Marie Dennstrom
and beauty expert Ana Maria Alba.
8.114 [1574] Merv Griffin Show "Whatever Became Of?"
19Feb1971 [Chicago Tribune]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Gloria Jeanne, former child star;
Minerva Pious, former radio actress (Mrs. Nussbaum);
Hamilton Fish and Jeanette Rankin, former Representatives;
Earl Browder, ex-Communist Party chief;
==================================
8.115 [1575] Merv Griffin Show "Law Enforcement Officials"
22Feb1971 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
US Attorney General John Mitchell
Los Angeles Police Commissioner Marguerite Justice
Captain Garland Austin
Prof. John Kenney
and Sheriff Michael Canales.
8.116 [1576] Merv Griffin Show "Hollywood Script Writers"
23Feb1971 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Herb Baker
George Malzer
Mort Lachman
Pat McCormick
Mel Shavelson
Chris Beard
and Danny Arnold.
8.117 [1577] Merv Griffin Show "Sports Enthusiasts".
24Feb1971 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors George Hamilton
and Robert Conrad
race driver Mario Andretti
stuntman Evel Knievel
singer Julie Budd
and Lucy Belo.
8.118 [1578] Merv Griffin Show "Vaudeville Night".
25Feb1971 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Mickey Rooney Sr.
and Mickey Rooney Jr.
actress Lisa Todd
actor-musician Gene Sheldon
singer-actress Beatrice Kay
vaudevillians Ben Blue
Irving Benson and John Mann.
8.119 [1579] Merv Griffin Show "Salute to the Theater".
26Feb1971 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-dancer-actor Gene Kelly
actress Maggie Smith
and actor Denholm Elliott of Noel Coward's "Design For Living";
director Robert Stephens
Diana Rigg and Keith Michell stars of "Abelard and Heloise";
and director Elliott Martin.
==================================
8.120 [1580] Merv Griffin Show "The Entertainers".
01Mar1971 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actor Jimmy Dean
actor Richard Dawson
comics Scoey Mitchell
and Lou Holtz
and pub owner Malachy McCourt.
8.121 [1581] Merv Griffin Show "Tarzan Actors".
02Mar1971 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Johnny Weismuller
Buster Crabbe
Ron Ely
Jock Mahoney
Lex Barker
James Pierce
Gardner McKay
and Polynesian dancing group.
8.122 [1582] Merv Griffin Show "1950's Recording Artists Salute (Pt. 1)".
03Mar1971 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
pianist-singer Johnnie Ray
songstress Georgia Gibbs
Jazz singer-actor Herb Jeffries
baritone Art Lund
singers Slim Gaillard
and Snooky Lanson
and comedian Jack E. Leonard.
8.123 [1583] Merv Griffin Show "1950s Recording Artists Salute (Pt. 2)".
04Mar1971 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
pianist-singer Fred Warren
R&B singer Nellie Lutcher
vocalist Andy Russell
songstress Martha Tilton
singers Harry Babbitt
Don Cherry and Dax Xenos.
8.124 [1584] Merv Griffin Show "Psychics".
05Mar1971 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor John Conte
actresses Anne Francis
Ann Miller and Kathryn Grayson
psychics Jess Stearn
Bill Corrado and Maya Perez
author Gladys Davis Turner
Dr. Robert Lichtman
and Jazz trumpeter Pete Candoli.
==================================
8.125 [1585] Merv Griffin Show "Salute to Country-Western Singers".
08Mar1971 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Country singer Merle Haggard (filmed in San Quentin);
singer Lynn Anderson
Geezinslaw Brothers
and The Glazer Brothers.
8.126 [1586] Merv Griffin Show "Fathers and Sons"
09Mar1971 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Henry Fonda
singer George Wallace
Horace Heidt Sr. and Jr.
Desi Arnaz Sr. and Desi Jr.
Bob Crosby and son Chris
Buck Owens and son Buddy Allen
Mort Lindsey and son Steve,
Jack Sheldon and son John,
and Merv's son Tony Griffin.
8.127 [1587] Merv Griffin Show
10Mar1971 [News Journal]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Gloria Mills
Olympic champion Jimmy Heuga
comedians Jack E. Leonard
Jack Carter and Marty Allen
columnist Rubin Carson
and tennis pro Alex Olmedo.
8.128 [1588] Merv Griffin Show
11Mar1971 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Doris Day
actors Hugh O'Brian
and Gardner McKay
dog trainer Charles Eisenmann
composer-pianist Rudolf Friml
and The Lennon Sisters.
8.129 [1589] Merv Griffin Show
12Mar1971 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Richard Castellano
and Lloyd Haynes
actress Angel Tompkins
and Jazz singer Joe Williams.
==================================
8.130 [1590] Merv Griffin Show
15Mar1971 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Vincent Price
John Carradine
Lon Chaney Jr.
and Glenn Strange
impressionist Frank Gorshin
science fiction creator Forrest J. Ackerman
and latex mask creator Don Post the Godfather of Halloween.
8.131 [1591] Merv Griffin Show
16Mar1971 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
film director Roger Vadim
actor Fred Williamson of "Julia";
and Boston Bruins hockey player Derek Sanderson.
8.132 [1592] Merv Griffin Show "St. Patricks Day Show".
17Mar1971 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Darren McGavin
Cecil Kellaway and Jack Haley
actress Margaret O'Brien
Donna
The Irish Rovers
and the Tad Pallock Dancers.
8.133 [1593] Merv Griffin Show "Songwriters"
18Mar1971 [Boston Globe]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Country singer-songwriter John Denver
lyricists Marilyn Bergman and Alan Bergman
singer-songwriter Dory Previn
lyricist Hal David
and singer Dionne Warwick.
8.134 [1594] Merv Griffin Show "Comedians"
19Mar1971 [Daily Kennebec]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Redd Foxx
comic actor Pat Buttram
comic Lou Holtz
and actor-comedian Richard Dawson.
==================================
8.135 [1595] Merv Griffin Show "The Beautiful People".
22Mar1971 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Clint Eastwood
and Maximilian Schell
Princess Luciana Pignatelli
and astrologer Maurice Woodruff.
8.136 [1596] Merv Griffin Show
23Mar1971 [Tucson Daily Citizen]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actresses Sally Struthers
and Angel Tompkins
actors James Brolin
Michael Blodgett
and Kent McCord
Playboy model-actress Cynthia Myers
and singer Dax Xenos.
8.137 [1597] Merv Griffin Show "Child Stars".
24Mar1971 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Jay North of "Dennis the Menace";
actor Paul Petersen of "The Donna Reed Show";
actress Sherry Jackson of "The Danny Thomas Show";
actress Beverly Washburn of "The New Loretta Young Show";
actor Don Grady of "My Three Sons";
and The Lennon Sisters.
8.138 [1598] Merv Griffin Show "Racing Car Devotees Night"
25Mar1971 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors James Garner
and Peter Ustinov
actress Rosemarie Stack
race car drivers Graham Hill,
A.J. Foyt, Pete DePaolo,
Phil Hill and Dan Gurney;
and comedian Shecky Greene.
8.139 [1599] Merv Griffin Show "Authors Night"
26Mar1971 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
consumer advocate Ralph Nader author of "Old Age: the Last Segregation";
Michael Crichton author of "The Andromeda Strain";
Dr. William Nolen author of "The Making of a Surgeon";
and Dr. Paul Revere author of "Dentistry and Its Victims".
==================================
8.140 [1600] Merv Griffin Show "Tribute to Vaudeville"
29Mar1971 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian George Burns
actor Jack Albertson
actress Miyoshi Umeki
comic duo Patti Moore
and Ben Lessy
and singer-actress Teresa Graves
8.141 [1601] Merv Griffin Show "Legal Night"
30Mar1971 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Rory Calhoun
and Michael Blodgett
TV personality Pamela Mason
lawyers Arthur Crowley and Marvin Mitchelson
and legislators Lena K. Lee and Hildegardeis Boswell
8.142 [1602] Merv Griffin Show "All in the Family"
31Mar1971 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton
Sally Struthers, Rob Reiner
Mike Evans
producer Norman Lear
and his partner Bud Yorkin
and director John Rich.
8.143 [1603] Merv Griffin Show
01Apr1971 [News-Pilot]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Dean Jones
and Fred Williamson
actress Teresa Graves
race car driver Graham Hill
Dr. Cleo Dawson
singer Frank Sinatra Jr.
and The Sweet Things.
8.144 [1604] Merv Griffin Show
02Apr1971 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne Totie Fields
comic-actor Terry-Thomas
physical fitness expert Anne Marie Bennstrom
singer Little Richard
singer-actress Tasha Thomas
and audience member Mrs. Elva Miller.
==================================
8.145 [1605] Merv Griffin Show
05Apr1971 [Newsday]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actor Tony Martin
actress Pamela Curran
comedian Stu Gilliam
columnist Rubin Carson
journalist-author Gwen Davis
and singer John Rowles.
8.146 [1606] Merv Griffin Show
06Apr1971 [Arizona Republic]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Eva Gabor
actors Patrick Wayne
Henry Darrow
Doug McClure
and Raymond St. Jacques
and Louis L'Amour, writer of Westerns.
8.147 [1607] Merv Griffin Show
07Apr1971 [Arizona Republic]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Dennis Weaver
and Lloyd Haynes
comedians Joe Flynn
and Scoey Mitchell
and singer Linda Crystal.
8.148 [1608] Merv Griffin Show
08Apr1971 [Chicago Tribune]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Chuck Connors
Ricardo Montalban
and Chad Everett
comedian Joe Flynn
and singer Freda Payne.
8.149 [1609] Merv Griffin Show
09Apr1971 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
musician Dino Martin
and actress Olivia Hussey announcing their wedding plans;
actors James MacArthur of "Hawaii Five-O";
Dennis Cole of "Bearcats!";
and Wes Stern of "Getting Together";
actresses Alexandra Hay
and Jeannie Berlin
and singer-actor Fabian Forte.
==================================
8.150 [1610] Merv Griffin Show "Award-Winning Actors"
12Apr1971 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Gig Young
and Ray Milland
actresses Jane Wyman
Dorothy Malone
and Miyoshi Umeki.
8.151 [1611] Merv Griffin Show "Singers Night".
13Apr1971 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singers Mel Torme
Rosemary Clooney
Trini Lopez
and Gerri Granger.
8.152 [1612] Merv Griffin Show "Entertainers".
14Apr1971 [Boston Globe]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Sammy Davis Jr.
Dionne Warwick
comedians Arte Johnson
and Richard Dawson.
8.153 [1613] Merv Griffin Show "Actresses".
15Apr1971 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actresses Jane Fonda
Susan Strasberg
Joanna Barnes
Sarah McClendon
and Delia Alvarez.
8.154 [1614] Merv Griffin Show "TV Stars".
16Apr1971 [Newsday]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Karen Valentine of "Room 222"
actors Ron Ely of "Tarzan"
James Brolin of "Marcus Welby MD"
and Fred Williamson of "Julia".
==================================
8.155 [1615] Merv Griffin Show
19Apr1971 [Boston Globe]
Chuck Connors is the guest host
Guests
comedian Norm Crosby
producer Rudy Durand
POW Lt. Robert Frishman
and Walter Carson, land developer.
8.156 [1616] Merv Griffin Show
20Apr1971 [Los Angeles Times]
Sonny and Cher are the guest hosts
Guests
actors Fred Williamson
and Michael Blodgett
actress Jackie Joseph
and "Cosmopolitan" editor Helen Gurley Brown.
8.157 [1617] Merv Griffin Show "Ecology Night".
21Apr1971 [Press-Telegram]
Eddie Albert is the guest host
Guests
comedian Henry Gibson
attorney William Ruckelhaus
Mary Blanchard
Dr. William Agnew
Dr. Bruce Halstead
Rep. Paul Rogers
and singer-songwriter Mayf Nutter.
Albert will talk with environmentalists and members
of the automotive industry.
8.158 [1618] Merv Griffin Show
22Apr1971 [Chicago Tribune]
Chuck Connors is the guest host
Guests
basketball player Bill Russell
comedian George Carlin
singer-actress Lainie Kazan
and beauty & fitness expert Anne Marie Bennestrom.
[--] Merv Griffin Show
23Apr1971 [rerun from 04Feb71][Press-Telegram]
F. Lee Bailey, Percy Foreman, Melvin Belli, William Kuntzler, Vincent Halliman
==================================
8.159 [1619] Merv Griffin Show
26Apr1971 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-dancer Juliet Prowse
comedienne Kaye Ballard
comedian Jackie Vernon
and The Carpenters.
8.160 [1620] Merv Griffin Show "The Comics".
27Apr1971 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedians Jim Backus
Andy Devine
Pat Buttram
Stu Gilliam
Marty Allen
Jesse White
George Jessel
and Lou Holtz.
8.161 [1621] Merv Griffin Show
28Apr1971 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
British actresses Jean Simmons
Sarah Miles
and Susannah York
Southern singer John Rowles
and card expert Wesley James.
8.162 [1622] Merv Griffin Show "Old Times: Part I".
29Apr1971 [Los Angeles Times]
Merv recalls the bygone days of "live" television.
Guests
comedians Pinky Lee
Sid Caesar
and Milt Kamen
TV personality and host Art Linkletter
television writer Rod Serling
and singer Gisele Mackenzie.
8.163 [1623] Merv Griffin Show "Old Times: Part II".
30Apr1971 [Los Angeles Times]
Merv recalls the bygone days of "live" television.
Guests
TV host Dave Garroway
actors Eddie Albert
and Jim Backus
TV hosts Dick Clark
Jack Barry and Jack Bailey
and director John Rich.
==================================
8.164 [1624] Merv Griffin Show "Tribute to Mervyn LeRoy"
03May1971 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
director Mervyn LeRoy
actors James Stewart
and Walter Pidgeon
actresses Greer Garson
and June Allyson.
8.165 [1625] Merv Griffin Show
04May1971 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
director Woody Allen
actor Gregory Peck
actress Rosalind Russell
comic-actors Richard Dawson
and Wes Stern
and The Lennon Sisters.
8.166 [1626] Merv Griffin Show "Self-Made Entrepreneurs"
05May1971 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Warren Avis founder of Avis Rent-a-Car
William Lear founder of Lear Jets
Ray Kroc founder of McDonald's hamburger chain
Earl Muntz car salesman
Stanley Slotkin of Abbey Rents
and F.L. Cappaert mobile homes.
8.167 [1627] Merv Griffin Show
06May1971 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Tommy Smothers
actors George Peppard
and Andy Devine
comic actors Joe Flynn
and Wally Cox
and singing team of Clark & Marilyn.
8.168 [1628] Merv Griffin Show
07May1971 [Los Angeles Times]
From Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Ethel Merman
director Woody Allen
actress Karen Valentine
TV host Ralph Edwards
composer-lyricist Jerry Herman
and singer Jimmy Dean.
==================================
8.169 [1629] Merv Griffin Show
10May1971 [Press-Telegram]
From Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Joan Crawford
entertainer Liberace
actor Walter Matthau
comedienne Joan Rivers
singers Sergio Franchi
and Dana Valery.
8.170 [1630] Merv Griffin Show
11May1971 [Press-Telegram]
From Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne Phyllis Diller
entertainer Wayne Newton
singer Dionne Warwick
actress Carol Wayne
and designer Mike Travis.
8.171 [1631] Merv Griffin Show
12May1971 [Evening Sun]
From Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-dancer Juliet Prowse
actor Chill Wills
comedians Lou Holtz
and Jackie Gayle
David Golete
singer-actor Jimmy Dean
songstress Leslie Uggams
and singer Wayne Cochran.
8.172 [1632] Merv Griffin Show
13May1971 [Los Angeles Times]
From Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Zsa Zsa Gabor
singer Frank Sinatra Jr.
comedian Norm Crosby
and musical duo Sandler & Young.
8.173 [1633] Merv Griffin Show
14May1971 [Chicago Tribune]
From Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Betty Grable
comedians Jackie Vernon
and Redd Foxx
TV host Monty Hall
pickpocket Dominique Risbourg and his assistant Louis Harris;
and singer Buddy Greco.
==================================
8.174 [1634] Merv Griffin Show
17May1971 [Los Angeles Times]
From Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Jill St. John
entertainer Danny Thomas
singer Joe Williams
comic actor Pat Buttram
comedian Jackie Gayle
singer-actress Line Renaud
and the Tudera Sisters.
8.175 [1635] Merv Griffin Show
18May1971 [Evening Sun]
From Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Zsa Zsa Gabor
actor Doug McClure
Anita Laurie, Miss Nevada 1971
casino owner Jack Binion (son of casino magnate Benny Binion)
singer Vic Damone
and Little Anthony and the Imperials.
8.176 [1636] Merv Griffin Show
19May1971 [Los Angeles Times]
From Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
blues singer B.B. King
actors Lloyd Haynes
and Fred Williamson
comedians Corbett Monica
and Roger Ray
Country singers George Jones and his wife Tammy Wynette
and singer Ronnie Prophet.
8.177 [1637] Merv Griffin Show
20May1971 [Newsday]
From Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Boxing legends Joe Louis and Max Schmeling
actress Diahann Carroll
and Fred Williamson of "Julia";
actor Doug McClure
Country singers Glen Campbell
Frankie Laine and Jerry Reed.
8.178 [1638] Merv Griffin Show
21May1971 [Los Angeles Times]
From Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Aretha Franklin
singer-songwriter Paul Anka
actor Ricardo Montalban
comedian Norm Crosby
actress Trisha Noble
pianist Roger Williams
and Nevada Governor Michael O'Callahan.
==================================
8.179 [1639] Merv Griffin Show "Horse Racing".
24May1971 [Press-Telegram]
(Back in Hollywood)
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Walter Matthau
comedian Shecky Greene
comic actor Danny Arnold
jockey Willie Shoemaker
and first female jockey Penny Ann Early.
8.180 [1640] Merv Griffin Show "Outspoken Women".
25May1971 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actresses Ruth Gordon
Della Reese
Miyoshi Umeki
and Joanna Barnes
and Dr. Joyce Brothers.
8.181 [1641] Merv Griffin Show "Sports Figures"
26May1971 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
football stars Fred Williamson
and Rosey Grier
basketball star Bill Russell
tennis star Pancho Gonzales
and baseball star Mickey Mantle.
8.182 [1642] Merv Griffin Show
27May1971 [Newsday]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
director Frank Capra
Hollywood reporter Bob Thomas
screenwriter Mel Shavelson
comedy writer Selma Diamond
and entertainer Ken Murray.
8.183 [1643] Merv Griffin Show "Young Actors".
28May1971 [Chicago Tribune]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Chad Everett of "Medical Center"
Desi Arnaz Jr. of "Here's Lucy"
and Tony Roberts of "Love, American Style".
*Note: Due to CBS special "The Temptations Do Their Thing",
"The Merv Griffin Show airs a shortened program.
==================================
8.184 [1644] Merv Griffin Show "Salute to Andrew V. McLaglen".
31May1971 [rerun 29Oct71] [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
director Andrew V. McLaglen
"Bandolero!" cast actors Jimmy Stewart
Dean Martin and George Kennedy
stunt co-ordinator Hal Needham
and stuntman George Reynolds.
8.185 [1645] Merv Griffin Show "A Musical Evening".
01Jun1971 [Tucson Daily Citizen]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-dancer Lola Falana
dancer-actress Sally Rand
entertainer Charo
New Zealand singer John Rowles
singer Bobby Stevenson
and The Checkmates.
8.186 [1646] Merv Griffin Show "Former Child Stars".
02Jun1971 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actresses Jane Withers
Margaret O'Brien
and Gloria Jean
actors Brandon de Wilde
and Huntz Hall.
8.187 [1647] Merv Griffin Show
03Jun1971 [Newsday]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
football player Alex Karras
actress Polly Bergen
comedians Louis Nye
and Stanley Myron Handelman
and singer-actress Teresa Graves.
8.188 [1648] Merv Griffin Show
04Jun1971 [News Journal]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Country performer Roger Miller
comedian Jackie Vernon
comic Joe Flynn
singers Lou Rawls
and Freda Payne.
==================================
8.189 [1649] Merv Griffin Show "Comedians"
07Jun1971 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Victor Buono
comedienne Totie Fields
comedian-actors Richard Dawson
and Jerry Van Dyke
and actress Joy Bang.
8.190 [1650] Merv Griffin Show "Married Couples"
08Jun1971 [Tucson Daily Citizen]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Pat Boone and his wife Shirley Boone and their four daughters
Ozzie Nelson and Harriet Nelson
Ken Berry and Jackie Joseph
and Johnny Halliday and wife Sylvie Barton.
8.191 [1651] Merv Griffin Show "Singer-Songwriters"
09Jun1971 [Chicago Tribune]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Kris Kristofferson
Hank Williams Jr.
Glenn Yarbrough
and Jackie DeShannon.
8.192 [1652] Merv Griffin Show
10Jun1971 [Baltimore Sun]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
entertainer Carol Channing
comedy writer Jack Douglas and his wife Reiko
comedian Jackie Gayle
Joseph Blatchford, director of the US Peace Corps
and columnist Rubin Carson.
[--] Merv Griffin Show "Fathers and Sons Night".
11Jun1971 [postponed to June 14, 1971]
==================================
8.193 [1653] Merv Griffin Show "Fathers and Sons Night".
14Jun1971 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Tony Martin and son Tony Martin Jr.
columnist Bert Bacharach Sr. and composer Burt Bacharach Jr.
Ken Murray and Cort Murray
and Jack Sheldon and John Sheldon.
[--] Merv Griffin Show
15Jun1971 [postponed to June 21, 1971]
Julie Cobb, John David Carson, Rena Horton
John Rowles, Bullets Durgom
and Air Force singers Brent Ritten and Linda Fontanella.
8.194 [1654] Merv Griffin Show
16Jun1971 [Newsday]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
entertainer Jerry Lewis
actor-director Dennis Hopper
comedian-actor Richard Dawson
comedian Jack Carter
singer-actress Sheila MacRae
magician Ramar
and the Four Freshman.
8.195 [1655] Merv Griffin Show
17Jun1971 [The Argus]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor George Hamilton
actress Angie Dickinson
Playboy's Hugh Hefner
football star Joe Namath
and singer Sergio Franchi.
8.196 [1656] Merv Griffin Show "Roehauer Film Festival".
18Jun1971 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Busby Berkeley
Raymond Rohauer
Priscilla Bonner
Carmel Myers
Mrs. Harry Langdon
Mrs. Buster Keaton
Blanche Sweet
and Carlotta Monti (W.C. Fields companion).
==================================
8.197 [1657] Merv Griffin Show
21Jun1971 [Los Angeles Times] (Postponed from June 15, 1971).
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor John David Carson
starlet Rena Horton
singer John Rowles
actress Julie Cobb
agent Bullets Durgom
and Air Force singers Brent Ritten and Linda Fontanello.
8.198 [1658] Merv Griffin Show
22Jun1971 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
British actress Rachel Roberts
TV personality Pamela Mason
actresses Joanna Barnes
and Elga Andersen
and singer Della Reese.
8.199 [1659] Merv Griffin Show
23Jun1971 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors James Brolin
and Fred Williamson
actress Jo Ann Pflug
comic Joe Flynn
and Hollywood columnist Rona Barrett.
8.200 [1660] Merv Griffin Show "Hollywood Wives Night"
24Jun1971 [Newsday]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Mrs. James Stewart (Gloria Stewart)
Mrs. Henry Fonda (Shirlee Mae Adams)
Mrs. Ray Milland (Muriel Frances Weber)
Mrs. Kirk Douglas (Anne Buydens)
Mrs. Robert Stack (Rosemarie Bowe)
Mrs. Freddie Fields (Polly Bergen)
and Mrs. Lloyd Hand (Lucy Ann).
8.201 [1661] Merv Griffin Show
25Jun1971 [Newsday]
Desi Arnaz Jr. is the guest host
Guests
actors James Franciscus
and Ross Martin
astrologer Peter Hurkos
and singer-songwriter Steve March (son of Mel Tormé.)
==================================
8.202 [1662] Merv Griffin Show "Nutrition".
28Jun1971 [Chicago Tribune]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor John Marley
actress Linda Cristal
nutrionists Dr. Carlton Fredericks
and Adelle Davis
and singer Buddy Greco.
8.203 [1663] Merv Griffin Show "The Spiritual World".
29Jun1971 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Elke Sommer
author-actor Richard Webb
columnist Dick Kleiner
William Peter Blatty author of "The Exorcist";
psychic Kenny Kingston
and columnist Joyce Haber.
8.204 [1664] Merv Griffin Show "The Money World".
30Jun1971 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Bernie Cornfeld (created IOS, Investors Overseas Services in 1958);
Richard Ney author of "The Wall Street Jungle";
E. Joseph Cossman author of "How I Made $1,000,000 in Mail-Order";
record producer Artie Ripp (launched Billy Joel in 1971);
and Mrs. Harry Lewis.
8.205 [1665] Merv Griffin Show "Aviation Night".
01Jul1971 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
William Lear
Dino Martin Jr.
singer-actor Gene Autry
actor Robert Cummings
lawyer F. Lee Bailey
and stunt pilot Frank Tallman.
8.206 [1666] Merv Griffin Show "Songs That Stirred America" pt I
02Jul1971 [Tucson Daily Citizen]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Eddie Albert
Chill Wills
Andy Devine
Pat Buttram
and Harve Presnell
singers Ray Stevens
Patti Andrews
The Lennon Sisters
Shani Wallis
Cass Daily
and Jerry Collins
and comic Leonard Barr.
==================================
8.207 [1667] Merv Griffin Show "Songs That Stirred America" pt 2
05Jul1971 [Tucson Daily Citizen]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Eddie Albert
Chill Wills
Andy Devine
Pat Buttram
and Harve Presnell
singers Ray Stevens
Patti Andrews
The Lennon Sisters
Shani Wallis
Cass Daily
and Jerry Collins
and comic Leonard Barr.
8.208 [1668] Merv Griffin Show "Entertainers".
06Jul1971 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Jack Jones
entertainer Tessie O'Shea
CBS usher Sandy Champion
comedians Hudson and Landry
musician Chi Coltrane
and singer-musician Lillian Briggs.
8.209 [1669] Merv Griffin Show
07Jul1971 [Los Angeles Times]
"Magic Night".
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Milton Berle
Professor Florey
"Hee Haw's" Lisa Todd
Harry Blackstone Jr.
and Nino, Bill and Jane Claudet.
8.210 [1670] Merv Griffin Show
08Jul1971 [Daily News]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singers Tony Bennett
and Peggy Lee.
The entire 90 minutes were devoted to these two stars.
The duo will duet on a Johnny Mercer medley, while
the songwriter relaxes in the audience.
8.211 [1671] Merv Griffin Show
09Jul1971 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Don Ameche
actresses Dorothy Lamour
Hildegard Knef
and Miyoshi Umeki
and comedian Stubby Kaye.
==================================
8.212 [1672] Merv Griffin Show "A Tribute to Rita Hayworth".
12Jul1971 [Evansville Press]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Rita Hayworth
actors Tony Franciosa
and Victor Mature
Brazilian classical and jazz guitarist Laurindo Almeida
and Joaquin Malerbro.
8.213 [1673] Merv Griffin Show "Ladies Who Work".
13Jul1971 [Press and Sun-Bulletin]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actresses Eva Gabor
Carolyn Jones
and Bonita Granville Wrather
actor Jay Silverheels
TV hostess Pamela Mason
and model-actress Toni Holt.
8.214 [1674] Merv Griffin Show
14Jul1971 [Arizona Republic]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comic actors Jim Backus
Richard Dawson
and Joe Flynn
singer-actor Ed Ames
singers Martha Reeves
and Ella Mae Morse.
8.215 [1675] Merv Griffin Show
15Jul1971 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Vincent Price
actresses Debbie Reynolds
and Jane Wyman
fashion designer Edith Head
and six fashion models show
costumes from 16 motion picture.
8.216 [1676] Merv Griffin Show
16Jul1971 [Arizona Republic]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Ron Ely
actresses Carol Lynley
and Teresa Graves
musician Desi Arnaz Jr.
and singer Jack Jones.
==================================
8.217 [1677] Merv Griffin Show "Singers".
19Jul1971 [Arizona Republic]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
songstress Sarah Vaughan
actor Tony Randall
singer-songwriter Bobby Russell
singer-actor Jean-Paul Vignon
and Jazz vocalist Larry Kinley.
8.218 [1678] Merv Griffin Show "Famous Couples".
20Jul1971 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singing duo Sonny and Cher
actors Darren McGavin and Kathie Brown
singer Buddy Greco and Dani Crayne
and singer-actor Pat Boone and Shirley Boone.
8.219 [1679] Merv Griffin Show "Actors".
21Jul1971 [Evening Sun]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Ernest Borgnine
Forrest Tucker
Cameron Mitchell
Sheldon Leonard
and weight-lifter-actor Harold Sakata.
8.220 [1680] Merv Griffin Show "Family".
22Jul1971 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
and his son Efrem III
actress Zsa Zsa Gabor
and her daughter Francesca Hilton
TV personality Art Linkletter and his son Jack
and comedian Jan Murray and his son Warren.
8.221 [1681] Merv Griffin Show "Producers".
23Jul1971 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
David Susskind
Ross Hunter
Aaron Spelling
Russ Meyer
John Mahoney
and Fred Weintraub.
==================================
8.222 [1682] Merv Griffin Show "Astrologers".
26Jul1971 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Arlene Dahl
astrologers Carroll Righter
Jack Bradford
and Bill Corrado
football player Mike Garrett
and The Hagers.
8.223 [1683] Merv Griffin Show "TV Actors".
27Jul1971 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Chris Connelly
James Brolin
John Phillip Law
David Hartman
Jean-Paul Vignon
and William Tepper.
8.224 [1684] Merv Griffin Show "Comedians".
28Jul1971 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Werner Klemperer
Joe Flynn
Louis Nye
Wally Cox
and Fritz Feld.
8.225 [1685] Merv Griffin Show "Salute to George Marshall".
29Jul1971 [rerun 10Dec71] [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
director George Marshall
comedienne Lucille Ball
actors Glenn Ford
Edgar Buchanan
and William Holden.
8.226 [1686] Merv Griffin Show "Athletes".
30Jul1971 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Fred Williamson
Tony Conigliaro
Johnny Sellers
Lance Rentzel
and Jock Mahoney.
==================================
8.227 [1687] Merv Griffin Show
02Aug1971 [Los Angeles Times]
From Caesars Palace in Las Vegas
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress-singer-dancer Debbie Reynolds
comedian Myron Cohen
and Country singer Buck Owens.
8.228 [1688] Merv Griffin Show
03Aug1971 [Press Telegram]
From Caesars Palace in Las Vegas
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
entertainer Wayne Newton.
8.229 [1689] Merv Griffin Show
04Aug1971 [Arizona Republic]
From Caesars Palace in Las Vegas
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne Phyllis Diller
actress Hermione Gingold
and TV hostess Pamela Mason.
8.230 [1690] Merv Griffin Show
05Aug1971 [Los Angeles Times]
From Caesars Palace in Las Vegas
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedy duo Phil Ford and Mimi Hines.
8.231 [1691] Merv Griffin Show
06Aug1971 [Courier-News]
From Caesars Palace in Las Vegas
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Eydie Gorme
comic actor Pat Buttram
comedians Jackie Kahane
and Lenny Kent
singers Vic Damone
and Robert Clary.
==================================
8.232 [1692] Merv Griffin Show
09Aug1971 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor-impressionist Frank Gorshin
comedienne Joan Rivers
comedian Jackie Vernon
and singer Leslie Uggams.
8.233 [1693] Merv Griffin Show
10Aug1971 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
raconteur George Jessel
singers Roger Miller
Freda Payne
Ray Price
and Tommy Leonetti.
8.234 [1694] Merv Griffin Show "Latin Stars".
11Aug1971 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
musician Desi Arnaz Jr.
actor Fernando Lamas
comedian-actor Jimmy Martinez
flamenco dancer Jose Molina
and singer Dax Xenos.
8.235 [1695] Merv Griffin Show "Rebels".
12Aug1971 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Peter Fonda
humorist Mort Sahl
FCC comissioner Nicholas Johnson
author Michael Crichton
and politician Jerry Voorhis.
8.236 [1696] Merv Griffin Show
13Aug1971 [Newsday]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Muriel Landers
comedians Jackie Vernon
and Marty Allen
football star turned actor Rosey Grier
wrestler Haystack Calhoun
and Bart Green.
News item: [Jefferson City Post-Tribune]
This is the thinking that lies behind much of tlie programming on "The Merv
Griffin Show,"
seen on CBS. "We've had some really remarkable nights in the last several
months." Griffin notes.
He brought quickly to mind the "lawyer's night" a few months ago in which a
panel of some of the
most noted attorneys in the nation spent an hour and a half talking about their
most celebrated cases.
Then there was that recent evening devoted to so-called "self-made men."
"Everyone on the
stage that night was a millionaire," Griffin says, "and every one of them had
made it with not
much more than an idea and long, hard hours of work." One of Griffin's favorite
shows, he says,
was one he didn't host — the one taken over by actor and ecology expert Eddie
Albert.
"The guests were all experts, and they spent the evening telling us what we had
to do to clean up
the country," Griffin recalls. Griffin says, "After shows like this, we become
more determined
than ever to carry on with our thematic programming.
==================================
8.237 [1697] Merv Griffin Show "Mothers Of"
16Aug1971 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Ruth Smothers (Dick and Tom Smothers)
Ruth Wood (mother of Clint Eastwood)
Frederica Brown (mother of Angie Dickinson)
Frances Liberace (mother of Liberace)
Berniece Graf (mother of David Janssen)
and Elvera Sanchez (mother of Sammy Davis Jr.)
8.238 [1698] Merv Griffin Show "Big Band Night".
17Aug1971 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singers Rosemary Clooney
and Helen Forrest
bandleader Woody Herman
trumpet players Phil Driscoll
and Bill Berry
singer-songwriter Michael Allen
and singing duo Judy and Jim Walchuck.
8.239 [1699] Merv Griffin Show "Sports Enthusiasts".
18Aug1971 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Robert Stack
Keenan Wynn and Robert Conrad
race car driver Swede Savage
waterskier Mike Suyderhoud
motorcyclist Bruce Brown
surfers Corky Carroll
Jim Freeman and Rolf Arness son of James.
8.240 [1700] Merv Griffin Show "National Aviation Day".
19Aug1971 [Boston Globe]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Sen. Barry Goldwater
actor Lloyd Haynes
actress Susan Oliver
aviator-author Louise Sacchi
flyers Frank Custard
and Sam Williams.
8.241 [1701] Merv Griffin Show
20Aug1971 [Tucson Daily Citizen]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Chad Everett
entertainer Sammy Davis Jr.
and musician Desi Arnaz Jr.
==================================
8.242 [1702] Merv Griffin Show
23Aug1971 [Press-Telegram]
Eva Gabor is the guest hostess
Guests
actor Eddie Albert
son singer-actor Edward Albert
actress Zsa Zsa Gabor
columnist Rona Barrett
singer-actress Della Reese
psychic Kenny Kingston
and Tony Kahman.
8.243 [1703] Merv Griffin Show
24Aug1971 [Los Angeles Times]
Chad Everett is the guest host
Guests
TV personality Steve Allen
and his wife Jayne Meadows
actress June Allyson
comedian Stu Gilliam
magician Harry Blackstone and Milo
and singer-actress Kathryn Grayson.
8.244 [1704] Merv Griffin Show
25Aug1971 [Newsday]
Mort Sahl is the guest host
Guests
Playboy magazine editor Hugh Hefner
television evangelist Rex Humbard
former NBC President Pat Weaver
and Los Angeles Police Chief Tom Reddin.
8.245 [1705] Merv Griffin Show
26Aug1971 [Press-Telegram]
Jack Cassidy is guest host
Guests
singer-actress Shirley Jones
actor George C. Scott
comedienne Carol Burnett
actor Jack Klugman and his wife Brett Somers.
and singer-actor David Cassidy.
==================================
8.246 [1706] Merv Griffin Show
30Aug1971 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Martha Mitchell (wife of the U.S. Attorney General)
discusses the economy, Presidential terms, and John Connally;
TV hostess Pamela Mason
comedian Tom Smothers
and psychologist Dr. Joyce Brothers.
*News item: [Valley News, California]
Martha Mitchell, wife of U.S. Attorney General John Mitchell, today had been
set for an appearance as a guest on the Merv Griffin Show.
It marks Mrs. Mitchell's first exposure of this type.
The show will be taped Aug. 19 at 5:30 P.M. at CBS Television City
in Los Angeles for airing on Aug. 30.
8.247 [1707] Merv Griffin Show "Married Couples"
31Aug1971 [Courier-News]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Buddy Greco and Dani Crayne
Edgar Bergen and Frances Bergen
Graham Pratt and Leslie Uggams
Irving Mansfield and Jacqueline Susann
8.248 [1708] Merv Griffin Show "70 Plus".
01Sep1971 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
director King Vidor
author Adela Rogers St. John
composer Rudolf Friml
matchmaker Clara Lane
General James H. 'Jimmy' Doolittle
and former sidekick Arthur Treacher.
8.249 [1709] Merv Griffin Show "Singers".
02Sep1971 [Boston Globe]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singers O.C. Smith
Oliver
Bobby Vinton
Jean Paul Vignon
and surfer Corky Carroll.
[--] Merv Griffin Show "Self-Made Millionaires"
03Sep1971 [postponed to 12Nov71]
pre-empted by Football pre-season game.
H. L. Hunt, H. Block, Colonel Harlan Sanders, Walter Knott.
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