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Season 10 (Metromedia Syndication)(1972)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Rina Fox
references:
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Metromedia Syndication Monday to Friday 8:30pm
with the Mort Lindsey Orchestra.
Program originates from the Hollywood Palace Theater.
10.01 [1818] Merv Griffin Show
13Mar1972 [Premiere] [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
TV personality Dinah Shore
entertainer Wayne Newton
singers Steve Lawrence
and Dionne Warwick
with brief appearances by
comedian Milton Berle
actress Angie Dickinson
actors Chad Everett and Mike Connors.
10.02 [1819] Merv Griffin Show "Couples"
14Mar1972 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Jean Stapleton and her husband William Putch,
Jack Klugman and his wife Brett Somers,
Totie Fields and her husband Georgie Johnston
and Dr. David Reuben.
10.03 [1820] Merv Griffin Show "Singers"
15Mar1972 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Jack Jones
entertainer Charo
singer Maxine Weldon
The Lennon Sisters
Sergio Mendez and Brasil 77.
10.04 [1821] Merv Griffin Show "Actresses"
16Mar1972 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actresses Barbara Feldon
Connie Stevens
Ann Miller
Susan Tolsky
and Denise Nichols
columnist Rona Barrett
and singer Dusty Springfield.
10.05 [1822] Merv Griffin Show
17Mar1972 [Herald Statesman]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Rose Marie
singer-actress Carol Lawrence
actor Harry Guardino
comedians Dom DeLuise
and Corbett Monica
race car driver Mario Andretti
and singer-actor Frankie Avalon.
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10.06 [1823] Merv Griffin Show
20Mar1972 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Chad Everett
actress Zsa Zsa Gabor
comedian Jackie Vernon
and singing duo Sonny and Cher.
10.07 [1824] Merv Griffin Show
21Mar1972 [Daily News]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Fernando Lamas
actress Miyoshi Umeki
comic Joe Flynn
entertainer Charo
and former sidekick Arthur Treacher.
10.08 [1825] Merv Griffin Show
22Mar1972 [San Bernardino County Sun]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian George Burns
singer-actress Ann-Margret
actor Robert Conrad
comedian Corbett Monica
and singer Chip Hand.
*Note: [Miami Herald 22Mar72]
Merv Griffin offered 17-year-old Chip Hand a contract for 13 weeks
to sing on his new show. Chip is the son of Lloyd Hand, who was
Chief of Protocol in Washington during the Lyndon B. Johnson era.
10.09 [1826] Merv Griffin Show "Academy Award Winners"
23Mar1972 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Peter Ustinov
Ernest Borgnine
Cliff Robertson
Broderick Crawford
and actress Shelley Winters.
10.10 [1827] Merv Griffin Show "Women's Liberation"
24Mar1972 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
humorist Mort Sahl
TV hostess Pamela Mason
psychologist Dr. Joyce Brothers
Virginia Carabello, President of NOW
and Bob Gucionne, "Penthouse" magazine publisher.
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10.11 [1828] Merv Griffin Show "Hidden Talents"
27Mar1972 [Chicago Tribune]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Dennis Weaver
comedienne Joanne Worley
comedians Alan Sues
and Norm Crosby
and singer-dancer Lola Falana.
10.12 [1829] Merv Griffin Show "Brothers & Sisters"
28Mar1972 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
The Everly Brothers (Phil and Don);
The Andrews Sisters (Patti and Maxine);
The Brewers
and Louis Nye and brother for a night Arthur Treacher.
10.13 [1830] Merv Griffin Show "Famous Couples"
29Mar1972 [Detroit Free Press]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
James Farentino and Michele Lee
Rob Reiner and Penny Marshall
Lucie Arnaz and Phil Vandervort
Roman Gabriel and Tedra
Susan Tolsky and her boyfriend Michael Bell
and comedienne Marcia Wallace.
10.14 [1831] Merv Griffin Show "Hollywood Past and Present"
30Mar1972 [rerun 04Sep72] [Detroit Free Press]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Patricia Neal
playwright Garson Kanin
Al Ruddy producer of "The Godfather"
fashion designer Edith Head
columnist James Bacon
and sex symbol Edy Williams.
10.15 [1832] Merv Griffin Show "Storytellers"
31Mar1972 [Detroit Free Press]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Ross Martin
and Forrest Tucker
comedian Marty Allen
comics Stu Gilliam
and Lou Holtz.
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10.16 [1833] Merv Griffin Show "Self-Improvement"
03Apr1972 [rerun 07Sep72] [Miami News]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Carol Lynley
comedian-actor Joe Flynn
make-up artist George Masters
Marilyn Lewis who is designer cardinal;
health spa owner and beauty expert Anne Marie Bennstrom
plastic surgeon Dr. Richard B. Aronsohn
and Dr. Irwin Stillman author of "Quick Weight Loss Diet"
and three models.
10.17 [1834] Merv Griffin Show "International Music"
04Apr1972 [Detroit Free Press] [rerun 27Nov72]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
sports announcer Howard Cosell
singers Shirley Bassey
Sergio Franchi
Charo and Chip Hand
Israeli singers Hedva and David.
10.18 [1835] Merv Griffin Show
05Apr1972 [Detroit Free Press]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Richard Chamberlain
comedian Jackie Vernon
DJ Dick Whittington
gossip columnist Marvene Jones
and singer Roger Miller.
10.19 [1836] Merv Griffin Show "Television's Leading Men"
06Apr1972 [rerun 14Sep72] [Philadelphia Inquirer]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Bill Bixby ("Courtship of Eddie's Father");
James Brolin ("Marcus Welby M.D.");
Kent McCord ("Adam-12");
Gary Collins ("Sixth Sense");
John Saxon ("The Bold Ones");
and Lloyd Haynes ("Room 222").
10.20 [1837] Merv Griffin Show "Proteges"
07Apr1972 [Los Angeles Times]\
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Elke Sommer
and her 10-year old protege violinist Dylana Jenson
actress Karen Valentine
TV personality Steve Allen
and musical group Sand.
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10.21 [1838] Merv Griffin Show
10Apr1972 [rerun 06Sep72] [Chicago Tribune]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Carol Channing
actors George Maharis
and Robert Vaughn
comedian Stanley Myron Handelman
and screenwriter-novelist Dalton Trumbo.
10.22 [1839] Merv Griffin Show
11Apr1972 [San Bernardino County Sun]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
attorney Melvin Belli
singers Dionne Warwick
and Dee Dee Warwick discuss their favorite singers
actor Chuck Connors talks about the upcoming benefit for Crippled Children
and Chuck McCann impersonates Laurel and Hardy and Bob Cummings.
10.23 [1840] Merv Griffin Show "Hollywood Singles"
12Apr1972 [Philadelphia Inquirer]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors James Caan of "The Godfather";
Harry Guardino
and Fred Williamson
actresses Susan Strasberg
Brenda Sykes
and Susan Tolsky.
10.24 [1841] Merv Griffin Show
13Apr1972 [Miami Herald]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
British actor Michael York
TV hostess Pamela Mason
singers Della Reese
and Jean Paul Vignon
and Los Angeles matchmaker Clara Lane.
10.25 [1842] Merv Griffin Show "Couples"
14Apr1972 [rerun 05Sep72] [Miami Herald]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Leslie Uggams and Graham Pratt
Willie Shoemaker and Babbs Shoemaker
Ross Martin and Olavee
and Don Adams and Dorothy.
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10.26 [1843] Merv Griffin Show "Self-Made Millionaires"
17Apr1972 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
H.L. Hunt
Gail Patrick Jackson
William Lear
J. Cornelius Crean
E. Joseph Cossman
and Mike Curb explain how they became self made millionaires.
10.27 [1844] Merv Griffin Show "Soap Box Time"
18Apr1972 [Miami News]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne Hermione Gingold
TV hostess Pamela Mason
humorist Mort Sahl
comic Joe Flynn
"Cosmopolitan" editor Helen Gurley Brown
and columnist Rubin Carson
are given an opportunity to air their favorite gripes.
10.28 [1845] Merv Griffin Show "Hot Young Hollywood"
19Apr1972 [Miami News]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Hermione Gingold
Jeff Bridges discusses his role in "The Last Picture Show"
Beau Bridges talks about their lifestyle including their relationship
with their father actor Lloyd Bridges
Academy Award Winner Michel LeGrand for his score of "Summer of '42" plays a
piano solo.
and The Key-Out Players.
10.29 [1846] Merv Griffin Show
20Apr1972 [Miami News]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor-comedian Don Knotts
actress Zsa Zsa Gabor
comedian-actor Richard Dawson
Dr. Irene Kassorla
singer Claudine Longet and her sister Danielle.
10.30 [1847] Merv Griffin Show
21Apr1972 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
directer Peter Bogdanovich of "The Last Picture Show"
actor Hugh O'Brian of "Search";
"The Godfather" producer Al Ruddy
Screen Gems talent chief Renee Valente
and Hollywood reporter Sue Cameron.
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10.31 [1848] Merv Griffin Show
24Apr1972 [Miami News]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Pulitzer Prize winning author Tennessee Williams
comedienne Joan Rivers
actor Ed Asner
comedian Leonard Barr
and singer Bobby Goldsboro sings "California Wine"
and talks about being on a plane hijacked to Cuba.
10.32 [1849] Merv Griffin Show
25Apr1972 [rerun 13Sep72] [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
NFL quarterbacks Joe Namath
and George Blanda
actors Pat O'Brien
and Doug McClure
and entertainer Charo.
10.33 [1850] Merv Griffin Show "Clownaround"
26Apr1972 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Gene Kelly talks about his new musical "Clown Around"
comedienne Ruth Buzzi
humorist Dennis Allen
political columnist turned author Ruth Montgomery
and hypnotist Frank Hevesy.
10.34 [1851] Merv Griffin Show
27Apr1972 [Detroit Free Press]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actor Burl Ives
actress Rita Hayworth
comedienne Phyllis Diller
and rock group Believe All Magic.
10.35 [1852] Merv Griffin Show "The Changing Church"
28Apr1972 [rerun 11Sep72]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Father Elwood Kieser
Father Kenneth Roberts
Father Emory Tang
and three former priests
James Kavanaugh
Robert Duryea
and Ronald Bassett.
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10.36 [1853] Merv Griffin Show "Contemporary Music"
01May1972 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
lyricist Hal David
folksingers Joan Baez
Buffy Sainte-Marie
and Peter Yarrow
and singing duo Judy & Jim Walchuk.
10.37 [1854] Merv Griffin Show
02May1972 [Philadelphia Inquirer]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Jackie Vernon who plays the trumpet
Charo sings "Malaguena"
Tim Rice lyricist of the musical hit "Jesus Christ Superstar"
actor Kent McCord of Adam-12 discusses the authenticity of the program
Dennis Smith
and Eddie Egan, former New York police detective whose life is based
in the Oscar winning movie "The French Connection".
10.38 [1855] Merv Griffin Show
03May1972 [Detroit Free Press]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne Kaye Ballard
actress Eva Gabor
comedian Joe Flynn
and Will Harvey author of "How to Find and Fascinate a Mistress".
10.39 [1856] Merv Griffin Show
04May1972 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Dennis Weaver
comedian Redd Foxx
comedienne Joanne Worley
Lynn Boman
and arranger Johnny Mann.
10.40 [1857] Merv Griffin Show
05May1972 [rerun 12Sep72]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Pearl Bailey makes her first appearance since her recent heart attack
Academy Award winning actress Cloris Leachman
singer Vic Damone
musician-comic Jack Sheldon
and comic Stu Gilliam.
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10.41 [1858] Merv Griffin Show "Roster of Comedians"
08May1972 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne Rose Marie
comedians Jack Carter
and Jan Murray
comic actors Larry Storch
and Pat Buttram.
10.42 [1859] Merv Griffin Show
09May1972 [Detroit Free Press]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Polly Bergen reminisces about her job as a short-order cook
comedian Joe Flynn
astrologer Joan Quigley states that Mayor John V. Lindsey has a very lucky
horoscope
Joe McGinniss discusses his book "Selling of a President".
and Latin singer Dax Xenos sings.
10.43 [1860] Merv Griffin Show
10May1972 [Detroit Free Press]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actor Harry Belafonte
actor Clint Eastwood
singer Kaye Hart
and impressionist David Frye.
10.44 [1861] Merv Griffin Show
11May1972 [rerun 08Jan73] [Detroit Free Press]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Eva Gabor
Pamela Mason talks about her two marriages and subsequent divorces
Virginia Graham married to the same man for 38 years disagrees with Pamela
actor Lex Barker talks about the great ego factor in marriage-break-ups
Glyn Wolff states he has been married 17 times and fathered 32 children
and finally Dr. Robert Small, psychologist and marriage counselor
sums up the marriage partnership.
10.45 [1862] Merv Griffin Show "Singers"
12May1972 [Newsday]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Shecky Greene
singers Jerry Reed
Abbe Lane
and Dick Contino
and The Clara Ward Singers.
10.46 [1863] Merv Griffin Show
15May1972 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Debbie Reynolds
comedienne Edie Adams
bandleader Woody Herman
comedian Pat Henry
and singer Rouvaun.
10.47 [1864] Merv Griffin Show
16May1972 [rerun 24May73] [Detroit Free Press]
From Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
entertainer Wayne Newton
comedians Norm Crosby
and Lenny Kent
comedienne Jeannine Burnier
sleight of hand artist Dominique
singers Dionne Warwick
and Sergio Franchi.
10.48 [1865] Merv Griffin Show
17May1972 [Los Angeles Times]
From Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Shecky Greene
actress Zsa Zsa Gabor
comic Pat Cooper
songstress Phyllis McGuire
and singer Al Martino who sings the theme song from "The Godfather".
10.49 [1866] Merv Griffin Show
18May1972 [Los Angeles Times]
From Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singers Dusty Springfield
and Glen Campbell
comedian Jan Murray
keyboardist Jimmy Randolph
Gaylord and Holiday
Audrey Arno and the Follies Bergere Dancers.
10.50 [1867] Merv Griffin Show
19May1972 [Independent]
From Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Frank Sinatra Jr.
comedians Pat Henry
and Pat Paulsen
director Wolfgang Becker
entertainer Charo
and The Surfers.
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10.51 [1868] Merv Griffin Show
22May1972 [Detroit Free Press]
"NEA TV Scout Awards for Best Actor and Best Actress"
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Patricia Neal (ABC's "Do Not Fold, Spindle or Mutilate");
actors James Caan (ABC's "Brian's Song")
and Billy Dee Williams
Screen Gems executive Art Frankel
Producer Paul Junger Witt
and "Brian's Song" by Joan Crosby, TV Scout Editor.
10.52 [1869] Merv Griffin Show
23May1972 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian-actor George Burns
actor James Brolin
singer Jaye P. Morgan
and musician B.B. King.
10.53 [1870] Merv Griffin Show
24May1972 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
humorist Mort Sahl
John B. Fairchild editor of "Women's Wear Daily";
astrologer Jack Bradford
Riva Poor author of "4 Days, 40 Hours";
and Bill Gavin with "Predictions for 1972".
10.54 [1871] Merv Griffin Show
25May1972
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Mama Cass Elliott
columnist Sheilah Graham
humorist Rubin Carson
and aviation pioneer Hubert Fauntleroy Julian.
10.55 [1872] Merv Griffin Show
26May1972 [rerun 08Sep72] [Newsday]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne Lucille Ball
producer Gary Morton
actors Gale Gordon
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
and Richard Dawson.
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10.56 [1873] Merv Griffin Show
29May1972 [Philadelphia Inquirer]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Chad Everett
and Vincent Price
actress Susan Strasberg
columnist Ann Landers
astrologer Sidney Omarr
singer Morgana King
and entertainer Monti Rock III.
10.57 [1874] Merv Griffin Show
30May1972 [Daily News]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Ike and Tina Turner
and The Ikettes
dancer-actor Joel Grey
and The Lennon Sisters.
10.58 [1875] Merv Griffin Show
31May1972 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Louis Nye
comedy writer Pat McCormick
attorney-author Gladys Towles Root
psychologist Dr. Cleo Dawson
songstress Tina Kaplan
and entertainer Monti Rock III.
10.59 [1876] Merv Griffin Show
01Jun1972 [Newsday]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actresses Maureen Stapleton
and June Allyson
actors Jason Robards
and Tom Tryon
and singer Richard Landis.
10.60 [1877] Merv Griffin Show
02Jun1972 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress-author Shirley MacLaine discusses her book "Don't Fall Off the Mountain"
and her support for George McGovern.
singer Dionne Warwick sings and talks about her plans to retire from show
business
singers Charles Aznavour
and Ray Charles perform.
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10.61 [1878] Merv Griffin Show
05Jun1972 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Wives and representatives of the men who hope to receive the
Democratic presidential nomination are guests
Mrs. Cornelia (George) Wallace ("revival of Grand Ole Opry")
Mrs. Hubert Humphrey ("he has the greatest experience")
Mrs. Sam Yorty speaks for her husband Mayor Yorty,
Warren Beatty for Sen. George McGovern,
Wayne Hartke talks for his father Sen. Vance Hartke,
Althea Scott favors Shirley Chisholm
and journalist Sander Vanocur offers his views on the candidates.
10.62 [1879] Merv Griffin Show "Couples"
06Jun1972 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Nancy Sinatra and her husband Hugh Lambert
soon-to-be-wed Patty Duke and John Astin
and Jackie Vernon and his wife Hazel.
10.63 [1880] Merv Griffin Show "Big Bands Night"
07Jun1972 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
bandleader Xavier Cugat
and his wife singer Charo
bandleaders Lionel Hampton
Freddy Martin, Charlie Barnet
Bob Crosby and Matty Matlock.
10.64 [1881] Merv Griffin Show
08Jun1972 [Press-Telegram] [rerun 28Nov72]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor William Holden talks about his African conservation ranch
producer Martin Rackin explains how he began a career
of reporting with the New York Daily News,
comedian Dom DeLuise discusses his latest film "Every Crook and Nanny"
actor-writer-director-composer Bruce Kimmel
author Valerie Gillet
singer-dancer Lola Falana
and singer Chip Hand.
10.65 [1882] Merv Griffin Show
09Jun1972 [Detroit Free Press]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Charlton Heston
politician George Wallace Jr.
tennis champion Tony Trabert
Jazz musician Cal Tjader
and singer Claudine Longet.
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10.66 [1883] Merv Griffin Show
12Jun1972 [Boston Globe]
"Memories and Nostalgia of the 20's, 30's, 40's and 50's"
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actor Rudy Vallee
singer-actor Pat Boone
singer Nick Lucas
and The Andrews Sisters.
10.67 [1884] Merv Griffin Show
13Jun1972 [News-Pilot]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer John Davidson and his Arabian stallion
actress Susan Tolsky
comedians George Gobel
and Joe Flynn
and Jazz musician Cal Tjader.
10.68 [1885] Merv Griffin Show "Career Women"
14Jun1972 [rerun 01Aug72] [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actresses Ursula Andress
and Jill St. John
journalist Barbara Walters
and columnist Abigail Van Buren.
10.69 [1886] Merv Griffin Show "Authors"
15Jun1972 [Philadelphia Daily News]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Ethel Waters author of "To Me It's Wonderful";
William Peter Blatty author of "The Exorcist";
Noah Dietrich author of "Howard, the Amazing Mr. Hughes";
writer Tim Smith
Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre co-authors of "O Jerusalem!".
10.70 [1887] Merv Griffin Show
16Jun1972 [Philadelphia Inquirer]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor-dancer Donald O'Connor
actor Dennis Weaver
musician Doc Severinsen
and their proteges
and Merv's director Dick Carson.
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10.71 [1888] Merv Griffin Show
19Jun1972 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singers Vic Damone
Eartha Kitt
Bobby Vinton
and John Raitt
and comedian Jack Carter.
10.72 [1889] Merv Griffin Show
20Jun1972 [rerun 29Nov72] [Progress Bulletin]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Zsa Zsa Gabor
Dr. Joyce Brothers
nutritionist Adelle Davis
chiropractor Dr. Dorothea Towne
and Dr. Paul Rubenstein director of Cedars of Lebanon - Mt. Sinai Hospital
for a discussion of health.
10.73 [1890] Merv Griffin Show
21Jun1972 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actresses Angie Dickinson
Angel Tompkins
and Carole Cook
comedienne Marcia Wallace
and singer Jaye P. Morgan.
10.74 [1891] Merv Griffin Show "Born under the sign of Cancer"
22Jun1972 [Miami Herald]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Jane Russell
TV personality Art Linkletter
singer Della Reese
football star O.J. Simpson
with special guest astrologer Sydney Omarr.
10.75 [1892] Merv Griffin Show "Married Couples"
23Jun1972 [rerun 01Jan73] [Miami Herald]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Richard Benjamin and Paula Prentiss,
David Susskind and Joyce Susskind, and
Marilyn Bergman and Alan Bergman are
guests, discussing marriage and careers.
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10.76 [1893] Merv Griffin Show
26Jun1972 [Philadelphia Daily News]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Jimmy Durante
actress Sandra Dee
actor Alex Karras
singers Davey Jones
Dee Dee Warwick
and Gary Grande.
10.77 [1894] Merv Griffin Show "Child-Rearing"
27Jun1972 [rerun 01Dec72] [Philadelphia Daily News]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor-singer Pat Boone
and his wife Shirley Boone
comedian-actor Richard Dawson
Dr. Lee Salk discusses views on rearing of children;
singers Jim Nabors
and Lainie Kazan.
10.78 [1895] Merv Griffin Show
28Jun1972 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
former football star turned actor Fred Williamson
baseball great Mickey Mantle
actor Edd Byrnes
comedian Corbett Monica
and Mr. Blackwell who every year announces his "10 Worst Dressed Women Awards".
10.79 [1896] Merv Griffin Show
29Jun1972 [Newsday]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
TV personality Henry Morgan
comic Joe Flynn
humorist Rubin Carson
and TV hostess Pamela Mason.
10.80 [1897] Merv Griffin Show
30Jun1972 [Philadelphia Inquirer]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
raconteur George Jessel
comedian Henny Youngman
humorist Mort Sahl
comedian Shelley Berman
and comic-musician Pete Barbutti.
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10.81 [1898] Merv Griffin Show
03Jul1972 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
with highlights of the Ross Martin Celebrity Tennis Tournament
at La Costa for the benefit of the Asthma Foundation, CARIH.
Guests
Ross Martin
Lloyd Bridges
Buddy Hackett
Burt Bacharach
Doug McClure
Steve Allen
Jimmy Durante
Clint Eastwood
Gene Hackman
Don Adams
Dino Martin Jr.
Pamela Mason
Richard Crenna
and Macdonald Carey
with Rod Laver and Roy Emerson.
10.82 [1899] Merv Griffin Show
04Jul1972 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Robert Sterling
actress Anne Jeffries
comic duo Phil Ford and Mimi Hines
and The Lennon Sisters.
10.83 [1900] Merv Griffin Show
05Jul1972 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actresses Suzanne Pleshette
and Sally Struthers
actor Joseph Campanella
and astrologer Jeanne Dixon.
10.84 [1901] Merv Griffin Show "Mothers of Famous Personalities"
06Jul1972 [rerun 30Nov72] [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
DeDe Ball (Lucille Ball)
Irene Hervey (Jack Jones)
Anna Chakrin (Jack Carter)
Berniece Janssen (David Janssen)
Sally Marr (the late Lenny Bruce).
10.85 [1902] Merv Griffin Show
07Jul1972 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
President's daughter Patricia Nixon Cox
comedian Richard Dawson
Country singer Roger Miller
and singer-actor-dancer Ken Berry.
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10.86 [1903] Merv Griffin Show "Latin Stars"
10Jul1972 [rerun 02Jan73] [Newsday]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Ricardo Montalban
and Fernando Lamas
comedian Jimmy Martinez
Brazilian guitarist Laurindo Almeida
and singer Dax Xenos,
on this program featuring performers of Latin origin. Ole!
10.87 [1904] Merv Griffin Show
11Jul1972 [Newsday]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian-actor Orson Bean
actor Ted Knight does impersonations of
Lowell Thomas and the late Edward R. Murrow
singer-actress Carole Cook
comedic duo Bob and Ray
and Tasha Thomas sings "Something's Coming On".
10.88 [1905] Merv Griffin Show
12Jul1972 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Jacqueline Bisset
actor James Brolin
comedian Pete Barbutti
singers Helen Reddy
and Trini Lopez.
10.89 [1906] Merv Griffin Show
13Jul1972 [rerun 03Jan73] [Los Angeles Times]
Merv celebrates the "missing" Howard Hughes
Guests
actress Terry Moore
Hollywood correspondent Vernon Scott
columnist James Bacon
columnist-astrologer Jack Bradford
and Chief Executive Officer of the Howard Hughes empire Noah Dietrich.
10.90 [1907] Merv Griffin Show
14Jul1972 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Rory Calhoun
actress Peggy Ann Garner
comedian Pat Henry
TV hostess Pamela Mason
singers Chuck Mitchell
and Tascha Thomas.
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10.91 [1908] Merv Griffin Show "Blondes"
17Jul1972 [rerun 04Jan73] [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actresses Carol Channing
and Eva Gabor
and entertainer Charo.
10.92 [1909] Merv Griffin Show
18Jul1972 [Independent]
"Salute to the 90th Anniversary of the Actor's Fund of America"
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Henry Fonda
and Walter Matthau
actresses Helen Hayes
Jean Stapleton
Sandy Duncan
and Jane Wyatt.
10.93 [1910] Merv Griffin Show
19Jul1972 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Zsa Zsa Gabor
"Cosmopolitan" editor Helen Gurley Brown
film critic Rex Reed
and vocalist-actor John O'Banion.
10.94 [1911] Merv Griffin Show
20Jul1972 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne Edie Adams
comic actor Joe Flynn
impressionist David Frye
comedians Jack E. Leonard
and Henry Gibson.
10.95 [1912] Merv Griffin Show "Hits of the 1950's"
21Jul1972 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Tab Hunter
singers Guy Mitchell
Chuck Berry
Gisele Mackenzie
Cornell Gunter and The Coasters.
==================================
10.96 [1913] Merv Griffin Show "Born under the sign of Leo"
24Jul1972 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
astrologer Sydney Omarr
actresses Shelley Winters
and Gail Fisher
singer Buddy Rogers
and fashion designer Rudi Gernreich.
10.97 [1914] Merv Griffin Show "Couples"
25Jul1972 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Barbara Bain and Martin Landau,
Sherry and Mickey Spillane,
Nena and George O'Neill,
David Carradine and Barbara Seagull.
10.98 [1915] Merv Griffin Show
26Jul1972 [Philadelphia Daily News]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor James Franciscus of "Longstreet"
game show host Peter Marshall
comedian Jackie Vernon
entertainer Charo
and comic duo Davis and Reese.
10.99 [1916] Merv Griffin Show "Proteges"
27Jul1972 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
raconteur George Jessel
comedians Joe Flynn
Marty Allen and Rich Little
who introduce their proteges.
10.100 [1917] Merv Griffin Show "Comics"
28Jul1972 [rerun 05Jan73] [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Danny Thomas
impressionist Rich Little
comedienne Rose Marie
and comic Leonard Barr.
==================================
10.101 [1918] Merv Griffin Show "Follies", "Salute to the Musical"
31Jul1972 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actresses Alexis Smith
and Yvonne DeCarlo
actor Gene Nelson
theatre producer-director Hal Prince
songstress Dorothy Collins
and composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim
A salute to Follies with original Broadway cast members.
Highlights:
They sing "Waiting for the Girls Upstairs,"
Yvonne DeCarlo sang "I'm Still Here"
Dorothy Collins sang "Losing My Mind."
10.102 [1919] Merv Griffin Show
01Aug1972 [Philadelphia Inquirer]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Senator Thomas F. Eagleton and Mrs. Eagleton,
Democratic Vice-Presidential nominee;
politician John Y. Brown
cartoonist Al Capp
and millionaire Gregory McKay.
10.103 [1920] Merv Griffin Show "Police Chiefs"
02Aug1972 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Chief Ed Davis of Los Angeles,
Chief Gerald B. Wilson of Washington D.C.,
Commissioner Patrick V. Murphy of New York,
Chief Rocky Pomerance of Miami Beach.
10.104 [1921] Merv Griffin Show "Dancers"
03Aug1972 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
dancer-actress Ann Miller
actor-dancer Gene Nelson
singer-actress Sandra Dee
song-and-dance man Skip Cunningham
dancer Jerry Antes
and The Ritz Brothers.
10.105 [1922] Merv Griffin Show
04Aug1972 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
TV hostess Pamela Mason
racketeer Mickey Cohen
wire tap expert Jim Vaus
and Country singer Lynn Anderson.
==================================
10.106 [1923] Merv Griffin Show
07Aug1972 [Detroit Free Press]
From the Circus Maximus Room of Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
entertainer Sammy Davis Jr.
trumpet player Doc Severinsen
comedians Jackie Kahane
and Norm Crosby
dancer-singer Charo
singer Bobby Vinton
and the Latin Fire music group.
10.107 [1924] Merv Griffin Show
08Aug1972 [Los Angeles Times]
From the Circus Maximus Room of Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedians Jack Carter
and Pete Barbutti
sleight-of-hand artist Dominique
music duo Gaylord & Holiday
and singer Johnny Tillotson.
10.108 [1925] Merv Griffin Show
09Aug1972 [Los Angeles Times]
From the Circus Maximus Room of Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Richard Harris
comedienne Joan Rivers
singer-songwriter Paul Anka
R&B group Gladys Knight and the Pips
and acrobat Karl Carsony.
10.109 [1926] Merv Griffin Show
10Aug1972 [Press-Telegram]
From the Circus Maximus Room of Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne Totie Fields
magician Harry Blackstone Jr.
comedian Dave Barry
dancer-actress Audrey Arno
singer John Davidson
and the Follies Bergere dancers.
10.110 [1927] Merv Griffin Show
11Aug1972 [rerun 25May73] [Press-Telegram]
From the Circus Maximus Room of Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
entertainer Sammy Davis Jr.
comedienne Totie Fields
singers Abbe Lane
and John Davidson
and musical duo Sandler and Young.
==================================
10.111 [1928] Merv Griffin Show
14Aug1972 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
humorist Mort Sahl
actor Kent McCord
comic Joe Flynn
columnist Rona Barrett
and psychiatrist Dr. Jean Rosenbaum.
10.112 [1929] Merv Griffin Show
15Aug1972 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
"Brady Bunch" stars actress Florence Henderson
and actor Robert Reed
"Marcus Welby" stars actor James Brolin
and actress Elena Verdugo
"The Mary Tyler Moore Show" actors Edward Asner
and Ted Knight.
10.113 [1930] Merv Griffin Show
16Aug1972 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Edward Albert
comedians Jackie Vernon
and Leonard Barr
Jazz singer Joe Williams
songstress Carmen McRae
and pianist Jo Ann Castle.
10.114 [1931] Merv Griffin Show "Husbands and Wives"
17Aug1972 [Miami Herald]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Arthur Murray and Kathryn Murray
Bert Parks and Annette Parks
and Lou Holtz and Gloria Holtz.
10.115 [1932] Merv Griffin Show
18Aug1972 [Miami Herald]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Marjoe Gortner
comedian Richard Dawson
singer Anne Murray
and Israeli performer Aliza Kashi.
==================================
10.116 [1933] Merv Griffin Show
21Aug1972 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Douglas Fairbanks Jr.,
singers Melba Moore
and Tina Sinatra
and ice skater Werner Groebli aka Frick the skating comedian.
10.117 [1934] Merv Griffin Show "Comedians"
22Aug1972 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedians Robert Klein
Burns & Schreiber
Marty Feldman
Steve Landesburg
and Jimmy Martinez.
10.118 [1935] Merv Griffin Show
23Aug1972 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
bandleader Les Brown
actress June Allyson
composer Michel Legrand
comedian Norm Crosby
singers Andy & David Williams
comic duo McCall & Brill
and Brascia & Tybee.
10.119 [1936] Merv Griffin Show "Outspoken People"
24Aug1972 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
director Otto Preminger
actors Peter Fonda
and Fred Williamson
and TV personality Virginia Graham.
10.120 [1937] Merv Griffin Show
25Aug1972 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Zsa Zsa Gabor
comedian Tommy Smothers
Henry Burger author of "An Anthropological Critique";
and "Penthouse" editor Bob Guccione.
==================================
10.121 [1938] Merv Griffin Show "Married Couples"
28Aug1972 [Press Courier]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Attorney Melvin Belli and his wife
Mel Torme and his wife
Monty Hall and his wife
and psychiatrist Dr. Thomas Harris comments on their success.
10.122 [1939] Merv Griffin Show "Singers"
29Aug1972 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singers Sarah Vaughan
Charley Pride
B.B. King
Helen Reddy
and Bill Berry and his Orchestra.
10.123 [1940] Merv Griffin Show
30Aug1972 [Boston Globe]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Hope Lange
actors Fernando Lamas
and Hugh O'Brian
comedian Charles Nelson Reilly
and their proteges.
10.124 [1941] Merv Griffin Show
31Aug1972 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Richard Roundtree
actress Heather MacRae
comedian Sandy Baron
and Country singer Merle Haggard.
10.125 [1942] Merv Griffin Show
01Sep1972 [Newsday]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor David Janssen of "O'Hara US States Treasury";
comic Joe Flynn
impressionist Rich Little
author Jacqueline Susann
and singer Richard Cassabonne.
==================================
[--] Merv Griffin Show
04Sep1972 [repeat from 30Mar72]
Patricia Neal, Garson Kanin, Edith Head, James Bacon,
Al Ruddy discuss Hollywood past and present.
[--] Merv Griffin Show
05Sep1972 [repeat from 14Apr72]
Mr. and Mrs. Ross Martin, Mr. and Mrs. Don Adams
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Shoemaker, Leslie Uggams and Grahame Pratt.
[--] Merv Griffin Show
06Sep1972 [repeat from 10Apr72]
Carol Channing, George Maharis, Stanley Myron Handelman, Robert Vaughn, Dalton
Trumbo
[--] Merv Griffin Show
07Sep1972 [repeat from 03Apr72]
Dr. Irwin Stillman, Ann-Marie Bennstrom, Carol Lynley, Joe Flynn, George Masters
[--] Merv Griffin Show
08Sep1972 [repeat from 26May72]
Lucille Ball, Gary Morton, Gale Gordon, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Richard Dawson
==================================
[--] Merv Griffin Show
11Sep1972 [repeat from 28Apr72]
"The Changing Church" with ex-priests James Kavanaugh, Robert Duryea and Ronald
Bassett.
and three "in" priests Father Elwood Kieser, Father Kenneth Roberts and Father
Emory Tang.
[--] Merv Griffin Show
12Sep1972 [repeat from 05May1972]
Pearl Bailey, Cloris Leachman, Jack Sheldon, Stu Gillman
[--] Merv Griffin Show
13Sep1972 [repeat from 25Apr72]
Doug McClure, Joe Namath, George Blanda, Charo, Pat O'Brien
[--] Merv Griffin Show
14Sep1972 [repeat from 06Apr72]
Bill Bixby, James Brolin, Kent McCord, Gary Collins, John Saxon, Lloyd Haynes
[--] Merv Griffin Show
15Sep1972 [repeat from 26May72]
Lucille Ball, Gary Morton, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Gale Gordon, Richard Dawson.
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