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 Season 11 (Metromedia Syndication)(1972-73)
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.

 

11.01 [1943] Merv Griffin Show
18Sep1972 [Intelligencer Journal]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Jacqueline Bisset
TV hostess Pamela Mason
comedian Steve Landesburg
Clark and Marilyn
and singer Eddie Fisher.

11.02 [1944] Merv Griffin Show "1st Salute to the Carol Burnett Show"
19Sep1972 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne Carol Burnett
producer Joe Hamilton
comedians Harvey Korman
Tim Conway
Vicki Lawrence
and Lyle Waggoner.

11.03 [1945] Merv Griffin Show
20Sep1972 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Carole Cook
comedienne Marcia Wallace
singer Jaye P. Morgan
and entertainer Charo.

11.04 [1946] Merv Griffin Show "Self Improvement"
21Sep1972 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Cybill Shepherd
TV personality Virginia Graham
humorist Rubin Carson
Pat Palumbo
and learning specialist Marcie Zeiger.

11.05 [1947] Merv Griffin Show "Musicians"
22Sep1972 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedians Henny Youngman
and Jackie Vernon
bandleader Doc Severinsen
singer-dancer Lola Falana
singer Peter Allen
musician Jack Sheldon
Jazz guitarists Joe Pass
and Herb Ellis.

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11.06 [1948] Merv Griffin Show "Salute to the Big Bands"
25Sep1972 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
bandleaders Freddy Martin
Mark Westcott
Frankie Carle
and Bob Crosby
comic Joe Flynn
and singer Bobby Vinton.

11.07 [1949] Merv Griffin Show "Proteges"
26Sep1972 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Andy Griffith
comedienne Rose Marie
singer-actress Della Reese
Tim & Tom
The Heywoods
and singer Chip Hand.

11.08 [1950] Merv Griffin Show "Talkative Natures"
27Sep1972 [Newsday]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actresses Eva Gabor
Karen Valentine
Lee Grant
and Carole Cook
and Dr. Cleo Dawson.

11.09 [1951] Merv Griffin Show
28Sep1972 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Zsa Zsa Gabor
actor Harry Guardino
comedian-actor Richard Dawson
and actress Susan Tolsky.

11.10 [1952] Merv Griffin Show "Comics"
29Sep1972 [Newsday]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedians Marty Feldman
Frank Welker
Louis Nye
and Milt Kamen
comedy writers Kenny Solms & Gail Parent.

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11.11 [1953] Merv Griffin Show
02Oct1972 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Fred Williamson
comic actor Ted Knight
comedienne-actress Marcia Wallace
psychic Kenny Kingston
and singer Vicki Carr.

11.12 [1954] Merv Griffin Show
03Oct1972 [Daily News]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
entertainer Bob Hope
comedienne Totie Fields
and pianist Erroll Garner.

11.13 [1955] Merv Griffin Show
04Oct1972 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Ozzie Nelson
impressionist Rich Little
comedian Charles Nelson Reilly
and singer Lou Rawls.

11.14 [1956] Merv Griffin Show "All Libras"
05Oct1972 [Philadelphia Inquirer]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
astrologer Sydney Omarr
Los Angeles Mayor Sam Yorty
actor Lloyd Haynes
actress Jayne Meadows
and Dr. Joyce Brothers.

11.15 [1957] Merv Griffin Show
06Oct1972 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
TV personality Steve Allen
director Otto Preminger
columnist Joyce Haber
newsman David Sheehan
and journalist William F. Buckley.

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11.16 [1958] Merv Griffin Show
09Oct1972 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Ginger Rogers
TV personality Virginia Graham
comedienne Jaye P. Morgan
actress Carole Cook
and Anna Chakrin, Jack Carter's mother.

11.17 [1959] Merv Griffin Show
10Oct1972
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Richard Dawson
and Robert Clary who both starred in "Hogan's Heroes"
humorist Rubin Carson
impressionist Frank Welker
and nudist Emily Coleman.

11.18 [1960] Merv Griffin Show
11Oct1972 [Chicago Tribune]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Reverend Billy Graham
author Adela Rogers St. Johns
and music duo Sandler and Young.

11.19 [1961] Merv Griffin Show
12Oct1972 [Newsday]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Doug McClure
and James Brolin
comedian Marty Allen
and Robert L. Green, fashion director "Playboy".

11.20 [1962] Merv Griffin Show
13Oct1972 [Newsday]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Art Carney
raconteur Henry Morgan
"Tonight Show" co-host Ed McMahon
and singer-dancer Charo.

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11.21 [1963] Merv Griffin Show
16Oct1972 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Laurence Harvey
actress Shelley Winters
comic Joe Flynn
and Dr. David Reuben discussion on the difficulties
of being a public figure and maintaing a personal life.

11.22 [1964] Merv Griffin Show
17Oct1972 [Boston Globe]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Merv is joined by five doctors from the world famous
Menninger Foundation in Topeka, Kansas.
Dr. Roy Menninger
Dr. Harold Voth
Dr. Herbert Modlin
Dr. Ann Applebaum
and Dr. Hans Falck.

11.23 [1965] Merv Griffin Show
18Oct1972 [Boston Globe]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Kent McCord of "Adam-12"
comedian-actor Redd Foxx of "Sanford and Son"
actress Meredith Baxter
and actor David Birney of "Bridget Loves Bernie";
comedian Jackie Vernon
and comedy duo Jack Burns and Avery Schreiber.

11.24 [1966] Merv Griffin Show "Singers"
19Oct1972 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singers Burl Ives
Jean-Paul Vignon
Sammy Fain
and The Lennon Sisters.

11.25 [1967] Merv Griffin Show "TV Stars"
20Oct1972 [Newsday]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Richard Thomas of "The Waltons";
actress Loretta Swit of "M*A*S*H";
Peter Bonerz of "The Bob Newhart Show";
Audra Lindley of "Bridget Loves Bernie";
Cleavon Little of "The New Temperatures Rising Show";
and John Calvin of "The Paul Lynde Show".

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11.26 [1968] Merv Griffin Show
23Oct1972 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Cowboy star actor-singer Roy Rogers
his wife singer-actress Dale Evans
and their son Roy Rogers Jr.
actresses Joan Blondell
and Ann Miller.

11.27 [1969] Merv Griffin Show
24Oct1972 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor George Peppard of "Banacek"
actresses Lynda Day George
and Liz Torres
and singer-songwriter Mac Davis.

11.28 [1970] Merv Griffin Show "Comedians"
25Oct1972 [Miami News]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comic actor Jim Backus
comedienne Kaye Ballard
comedians Rodney Dangerfield
and Milt Kamen
and Jazz musician Toots Thielemans.

11.29 [1971] Merv Griffin Show
26Oct1972 [Newsday]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
journalist William F. Buckley Jr.
TV hostess Pamela Mason
former football player turned actor Roosevelt Grier
and impressionist David Frye.

11.30 [1972] Merv Griffin Show
27Oct1972 [Philadelphia Daily News]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Chad Everett
and Fernando Lamas
actress Carole Cook
comedian Jackie Kahane
and singer Dana Valery.

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11.31 [1973] Merv Griffin Show
30Oct1972 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Caesars Palace's Circus Maximus Room in Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne Phyllis Diller
comedian Jack E. Leonard
boxer Joe Louis
tennis champ Pancho Gonzales
singer Sergio Franchi
and The Shirelles.

11.32 [1974] Merv Griffin Show
31Oct1972 [rerun 23May73] [Philadelphia Inquirer]
From Caesars Palace's Circus Maximus Room in Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Jack Klugman
comedian George Kirby
football player Joe Kapp
entertainer Fay McKay
singers Tony Martin
and Louis Prima
Sam Butera and the Witnesses
and Tanya the Elephant.

11.33 [1975] Merv Griffin Show
01Nov1972 [Press-Telegram]
From Caesars Palace's Circus Maximus Room in Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comic Lenny Kent
singers Johnny Mathis
and Don Cherry
entertainer Charo
and the Bernard Brothers.

11.34 [1976] Merv Griffin Show
02Nov1972 [Los Angeles Times]
From Las Vegas
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actor Robert Goulet
and his wife singer-actress Carol Lawrence
comedian Corbett Monica
dancer Audrey Arno
The Folies Bergere Dancers
and The Volantes.

11.35 [1977] Merv Griffin Show
03Nov1972 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Las Vegas
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne Totie Fields
comic Myron Cohen
TV hostess Pamela Mason
singers Jerry Vale
and Jimmy Dean
and The Third Generation Steps.

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11.36 [1978] Merv Griffin Show
06Nov1972 [Philadelphia Inquirer]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian-actor George Burns
raconteur George Jessel
and singer-actress Connie Stevens.

11.37 [1979] Merv Griffin Show
07Nov1972 [Philadelphia Inquirer]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
impressionist-actor Frank Gorshin
singer-actress Sheila MacRae
comedienne Mimi Hines
and Welsh vocalist Dorothy Squires.

11.38 [1980] Merv Griffin Show "Proteges"
08Nov1972 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Danny Thomas
dancer Juliet Prowse
comedienne Joan Rivers and their proteges,
Marti Scholl, Frankie Rino and Good Humor Co.

11.39 [1981] Merv Griffin Show "Money"
09Nov1972 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Senator William Proxmire
author of "Uncle Sam: The Last of the Big Time Spenders";
Adam Smith author of "Supermoney";
Dana Thomas author of "The Money Crowd";
and Richard Ney author of "The Wall Street Gang".
Theme is money all guests are authors of books concerning money.

11.40 [1982] Merv Griffin Show
10Nov1972 [Philadelphia Inquirer]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors James Caan
and James Franciscus
singer Vikki Carr
and ex-football star turned actor Alex Karras.

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11.41 [1983] Merv Griffin Show
13Nov1972 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Simon Ward
comedian Alan King
entertainer Wayne Newton
singers Leslie Uggams
and Bobby Vinton.

11.42 [1984] Merv Griffin Show
14Nov1972 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne Joan Rivers
TV hostess Pamela Mason
comedian Shecky Greene
singer-actor Frankie Avalon
and singer Phyllis McGuire.

11.43 [1985] Merv Griffin Show
15Nov1972 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Shelley Winters
actor Gene Hackman
comedian-actor Jim Backus
and football player Lance Rentzel.

11.44 [1986] Merv Griffin Show "Look Alike Contest"
16Nov1972 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne Totie Fields
comedian Jackie Vernon
actor Ross Martin
and Dr. Robert C. Atkins.

11.45 [1987] Merv Griffin Show
17Nov1972 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian-actor Richard Dawson
singer Gordon MacRae
comedian Stanley Myron Handelman
and the Mills Brothers.

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11.46 [1988] Merv Griffin Show "Couples"
20Nov1972 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedy writer Jack Douglas and Reiko
actor Bob Cummings and wife Regina Fong
and singer Dionne Warwicke
and husband Bill Elliott (cab driver on Bridget Loves Bernie).

11.47 [1989] Merv Griffin Show "All Sagittarians"
21Nov1972 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
astrologer Sydney Omarr
comedian Dick Shawn
actor Eli Wallach
singers John Davidson
and Little Richard.

11.48 [1990] Merv Griffin Show "Attorneys"
22Nov1972 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
lawyers Melvin Belli
Vincent Bugliosi
William Kunstler
and Percy Foreman.

11.49 [1991] Merv Griffin Show
23Nov1972 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Leslie Caron
comedienne Rose Marie
psychic Jeane Dixon
psychic researchers Lynn Schroeder and Sheila Ostrander
who recently studied ESP behind the Iron Curtain.

11.50 [1992] Merv Griffin Show
24Nov1972 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Frank Sinatra Jr.
actress-singer Florence Henderson
Chef Graham Kerr of "The Galloping Gourmet"
comedian Prof. Irwin Corey
baseball player Calvin Shears
and musician Jack Sheldon.

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[--] Merv Griffin Show "International Music"
27Nov1972 [repeat from 04Apr72]
Shirley Bassey, Sergio Franchi, Howard Cosell, Charo, Hedva and David

[--] Merv Griffin Show
28Nov1972 [repeat from 08Jun72]
William Holden, Martin Rackin, Dom DeLuise, Lola Falana, Bruce Kimmel, Valerie Gillet, Chip Hand.

[--] Merv Griffin Show
29Nov1972 [repeat from 20Jun72]
Zsa Zsa Gabor, Dr. Joyce Brothers, Adelle Davis, chiropractor Dr. Dorothea Towne,
Dr. Paul Rubenstein director of Cedars of Lebanon - Mt. Sinai Hospital for a discussion of health.

[--] Merv Griffin Show "Mothers of Famous Personalities"
30Nov1972 [repeat from 06Jul72]
DeDe Ball (Lucille Ball), Irene Hervey (Jack Jones),
Anna Chakrin (Jack Carter), Berniece Janssen (David Janssen),
Sally Marr (the late Lenny Bruce),

[--] Merv Griffin Show
01Dec1972 [repeat from 27Jun72]
Jim Nabors, Pat Boone and Shirley Boone, Richard Dawson, Lainie Kazan, Dr. Lee Salk.


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11.51 [1993] Merv Griffin Show
04Dec1972 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
dancer-actress Ann Miller
comedian Dick Shawn
comic actor Joe Flynn
and singer Davy Jones.

11.52 [1994] Merv Griffin Show
05Dec1972 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actor Robert Goulet
comedian Don Rickles
impressionist Rich Little
comic actor Pat McCormick
and Israeli singer Aliza Kashi.

11.53 [1995] Merv Griffin Show
06Dec1972 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Carole Cook
comic actor Joe Flynn
designer Edith Head
"Penthouse" editor Bob Guccione
and rock group Mama Lion.

11.54 [1996] Merv Griffin Show "A Night with Cole Porter"
07Dec1972 [Press-Telegram] [rerun 06Nov73]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singers Ethel Merman
Beverly Sills
and Carmen McRae
and musician Jack Sheldon.

11.55 [1997] Merv Griffin Show
08Dec1972 [Newsday]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
football player turned actor Fred Williamson
comedian-actor Richard Dawson
singer-songwriter Mac Davis
and songstress Claudine Longet.

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11.56 [1998] Merv Griffin Show
11Dec1972 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne Carol Burnett
comedian Dom DeLuise
singer Bobby Vinton
and baseball star Johnny Bench.

11.57 [1999] Merv Griffin Show
12Dec1972 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Jean Stapleton of "All in the Family"
and actress Loretta Swit of "M*A*S*H"
TV hostess Pamela Mason
comedian Charles Nelson Reilly
and Dr. Kurt Wagner with a discussion on plastic surgery.

11.58 [2000] Merv Griffin Show
13Dec1972 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Anthony Quinn
and Charlton Heston
actresses Ursula Andress
and Inga Swenson.

11.59 [2001] Merv Griffin Show
14Dec1972 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Barbara Eden
actor Ted Knight
comedians Jackie Vernon
and Pat Henry
and actor Fred Williamson.

11.60 [2002] Merv Griffin Show
15Dec1972 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
humorist Mort Sahl
actress June Lockhart
comedienne Marcia Wallace
Hollywood columnists Dorothy Manners
and Jim Bacon.

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11.61 [2003] Merv Griffin Show "Irving Berlin Music"
18Dec1972 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-dancer-actor Donald O'Connor
actor Eddie Albert
dancer-actress Ann Miller
and singer Karen Morrow.

11.62 [2004] Merv Griffin Show
19Dec1972 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Olympic medalist Mark Spitz
actress Sally Struthers
producer Bud Yorkin
and singer Johnny Nash.

11.63 [2005] Merv Griffin Show
20Dec1972 [rerun 03Aug73] [Press-Telegram]
Merv with a special segment filmed on location
in Stockton on the set of "Oklahoma Crude"
Guests
actor George C. Scott philosophizes about his life,
the critics and criticism and the Academy Awards.
also appearing are producer of "Oklahoma Crude" Stanley Kramer
and Scott's co-stars John Mills, Faye Dunaway and Jack Palance.
and George's bride Trish Van Devere tells what it's like being married to a famous actor.

11.64 [2006] Merv Griffin Show
21Dec1972 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
astrologer Sydney Omarr
actress Betty White
actor Fernando Lamas
singer Tony Martin
and entertainer Charo.

11.65 [2007] Merv Griffin Show "Black Musicians"
22Dec1972 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-musicians Chuck Berry
Billy Paul
Skip Cunningham
B.B. King
Della Reese
and Aaron and Freddie.

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11.66 [2008] Merv Griffin Show
25Dec1972 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
legendary studio head Jack L. Warner with clips from 3 of Merv's old movies
impressionist Rich Little
actor-comedian Richard Dawson
and baseball player Tony Conigliaro singing.

11.67 [2009] Merv Griffin Show
26Dec1972 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Chess champion Bobby Fischer
singers Jaye P. Morgan
and James Brown.

11.68 [2010] Merv Griffin Show
27Dec1972 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Vince Edwards
comedienne Totie Fields
psychiatrist Dr. Benjamin Weinberger
and singer Jerry Vale.

11.69 [2011] Merv Griffin Show
28Dec1972 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Merv hosts a fashion presented by Joan Fontaine
with her daughter and the daughters of Anthony Quinn,
Ray Milland, Rosemary Clooney, Zsa Zsa Gabor and Lloyd Bridges.

11.70 [2012] Merv Griffin Show
29Dec1972 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Chuck Connors
comedienne Mimi Hines
comic actor Joe Flynn
and singer Ed Ames.

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[--] Merv Griffin Show "Married Couples"
01Jan1973 [repeat from 23Jun72]
David Susskind and Joyce Susskind, Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman,
Richard Benjamin and Paula (Prentiss) Benjamin

[--] Merv Griffin Show "Latin Stars"
02Jan1973 [repeat from 10Jul72]
A Latin theme, Fernando Lamas, Ricardo Montalban, Dax Zenos,
Lurinda Almeida, Jimmy Martinez.

[--] Merv Griffin Show "The missing Howard Hughes"
03Jan1973 [repeat from 13Jul72]
 Noah Dietrich, Jack Bradford,
Terry Moore, Vernon Scott, Jim Bacon

[--] Merv Griffin Show "Blondes"
04Jan1973 [repeat from 17Jul72]
Carol Channing, Charo, Eva Gabor

[--] Merv Griffin Show "Comedians"
05Jan1973 [repeat from 28Jul72]
Danny Thomas, Rose Marie, Rich Little, Leonard Barr


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[--] Merv Griffin Show
08Jan1973 [repeat from 11May72]
Virginia Graham, Eva Gabor, Pamela Mason


11.71 [2013] Merv Griffin Show "Diet and Health"
09Jan1973 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Vincent Price
actress Rhonda Fleming
Jean Nidetch of Weight Watchers
and nutritionist Adelle Davis.

11.72 [2014] Merv Griffin Show "Couples"
10Jan1973 [Philadelphia Daily News]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Kent McCord and his wife Cynthia
singer Helen Reddy and husband Jeff Wald
and Forrest Tucker and his wife Marilyn.

11.73 [2015] Merv Griffin Show "Proteges"
11Jan1973 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne Kaye Ballard
comedian Dom DeLuise
actress Anne Jeffreys and their protegees.

11.74 [2016] Merv Griffin Show
12Jan1973 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Jackie Vernon
mime Marcel Marceau
singers Kay Starr
and Bobby Vinton.

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11.75 [2017] Merv Griffin Show
15Jan1973 [Miami Herald]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
entertainer Bob Hope with his Christmas tour troupe
*Note: This was Bob Hope's final Vietnam Christmas Tour.

comedian Redd Foxx
football player Roman Gabriel
Patricia Price (Miss California)
and singer Fran Jeffries

11.76 [2018] Merv Griffin Show
16Jan1973 [rerun 06Aug73] [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
director Alfred Hitchcock and his films
and impressionist Rich Little.

11.77 [2019] Merv Griffin Show
17Jan1973 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Eddie Albert and his son Edward Albert
Lee Strasberg and his daughter Susan Strasberg
columnist Earl Wilson
comic Joe Flynn
musician Jack Sheldon
and The Hager Twins.

11.78 [2020] Merv Griffin Show
18Jan1973 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Michael Caine
Richard Dawson
and Larry Hagman
and actress Jeannie Berlin.

11.79 [2021] Merv Griffin Show
19Jan1973 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
author Gay Talese
astrologer Maurice Woodruff
comic Milt Kamen
humorist Rubin Carson
pianist Roger Williams
and musician Jack Sheldon.

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11.80 [2022] Merv Griffin Show "Dancers"
22Jan1973 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Chita Rivera
Paula Kelly
Donald O'Connor
Joel Grey
and Lawrence Welk Show dancing duo Bobby and Cissy.

11.81 [2023] Merv Griffin Show
23Jan1973 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Alex Karras
comedienne Joan Rivers
actor Joseph Bologna
and wife comedienne Renée Taylor
and Country singer-musician Roy Clark.

11.82 [2024] Merv Griffin Show
24Jan1973 [Lancaster News Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne Rose Marie
comedian Morey Amsterdam
comic actor Dick Gautier
actors Forrest Tucker
and Pat O'Brien tell their favorite jokes.

11.83 [2025] Merv Griffin Show
25Jan1973 [Newsday]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Sid Caesar
actor Broderick Crawford
comedian Robert Klein
actress Susan Tolsky
and singer Chip Hand.

11.84 [2026] Merv Griffin Show
26Jan1973 [Newsday]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actress Liza Minnelli
actress Elke Sommer
trumpet player Doc Severinsen
Mr. Blackwell with a fashion show.

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11.85 [2027] Merv Griffin Show "Music of Richard Rodgers"
29Jan1973 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Gordon MacRae
actress Miyoshi Umeki
singer-actress Florence Henderson
and musician Cal Tjader.

11.86 [2028] Merv Griffin Show
30Jan1973 [rerun 08Aug73] [Los Angeles Times]
From the Hollywood Palace
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Burt Reynolds
Mike Connors
and Jim Hampton
and actress Lois Nettleton.

11.87 [2029] Merv Griffin Show
31Jan1973 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actresses Binnie Barnes
and Angel Tompkins
TV hostess Pamela Mason
author Adela Rogers St. Johns.

11.88 [2030] Merv Griffin Show
01Feb1973 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Zsa Zsa Gabor
comedian Charles Nelson Reilly
Jack Carter's mother Anna Chakrin
singers Teresa Brewer
and Julie Budd
and musician Jack Sheldon.

11.89 [2031] Merv Griffin Show "Radio: A Trip Back to Radioland"
02Feb1973 [rerun 02Aug73]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
ventriloquist Edgar Bergen
comedian-singer-actor Harold Peary
voice actor Mel Blanc
actor-director-producer Ezra Stone
and actor-playwright Arch Oboler.

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11.90 [2032] Merv Griffin Show "Up and Coming Newcomers"
05Feb1973 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actresses Cicely Tyson
Victoria Principal
and Susan Tyrell
actors Edward Albert
and Ryan MacDonald.

11.91 [2033] Merv Griffin Show "Self-Improvement"
06Feb1973 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Fernando Lamas
actress Carole Cook
comic Joe Flynn
and model agency head Eileen Ford.

11.92 [2034] Merv Griffin Show "Ladies of Song"
07Feb1973 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singers Della Reese
Tessie O'Shea
and Charo
comedienne Joanne Worley
and musician Jack Sheldon.

11.93 [2035] Merv Griffin Show "The British Are Coming".
08Feb1973 [Daily Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Rex Harrison
Michael Caine
and Sebastian Cabot.

11.94 [2036] Merv Griffin Show
09Feb1973 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne Kaye Ballard
comedians Godfrey Cambridge
and Jackie Vernon
singer Abbe Lane
musician Jack Sheldon
and Israeli singers Hedva & David.

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11.95 [2037] Merv Griffin Show
12Feb1973 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Jack Klugman
Tony Randall
and Al Molinaro
actress Nita Talbot
and The Spinners.

11.96 [2038] Merv Griffin Show
13Feb1973 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
impressionist-actor Frank Gorshin
actor James Franciscus
professional gambler Amarillo Slim
Country singer Roger Miller
and musician Jack Sheldon.

11.97 [2039] Merv Griffin Show "Glamour Girls"
14Feb1973 [rerun 07Aug73] [Intelligencer Journal]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actresses Jane Russell
Rhonda Fleming
Ann Miller
Jeanne Craine
and Gloria De Haven.

11.98 [2040] Merv Griffin Show
15Feb1973 [Miami Herald]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actresses Cloris Leachman
and Angie Dickinson
actor Ed Asner
comedian Louis Nye
actor-comedian Richard Dawson
and daredevil Evel Knievel.

11.99 [2041] Merv Griffin Show
16Feb1973 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian-actors George Burns
and Richard Pryor
musician Jack Sheldon
and The Honeycombs.

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11.100 [2042] Merv Griffin Show
19Feb1973 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singers Helen Reddy
Mac Davis
and Ray Stevens
and dueling banjos Eric Weissberg and Steve Mandel.

11.101 [2043] Merv Griffin Show
20Feb1973 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
cartoonist Al Capp ("Li'l Abner")
attorney Louis Nizer
and Lt. Col. Anthony J. Herbert (Ret.) author of "Soldier"

11.102 [2044] Merv Griffin Show
21Feb1973 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Eva Gabor
actor James Brolin
impressionist Rich Little
and singer Burl Ives.

11.103 [2045] Merv Griffin Show "Stars of Music"
22Feb1973 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Michael J. Pollard
singers Mel Torme
Jaye P. Morgan
and Bobby Short
and Paul Butterfield's Better Days.

11.104 [2046] Merv Griffin Show "Comedians"
23Feb1973 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedians Milt Kamen
Robert Klein
Larry Storch
and Pat McCormick
and improvisation duo Pat Proft and Bob Kaproll.

==================================
11.105 [2047] Merv Griffin Show
26Feb1973 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Peter Falk
and Paul Winfield
comedian Buddy Hackett
TV hostess Pamela Mason
and Jerome Tuccille author of "Here Comes Immortality".

11.106 [2048] Merv Griffin Show "Theatrical Stag Day"
27Feb1973 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
director John Huston
actors Richard Chamberlain
Fred Williamson
and Kent McCord.

11.107 [2049] Merv Griffin Show
28Feb1973 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Doug McClure
actor John Astin
and his wife actress Patty Duke
actress Carole Cook
and singer Jean-Paul Vignon

11.108 [2050] Merv Griffin Show
01Mar1973 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Jacqueline Bisset
actor Fernando Lamas
comedian Foster Brooks
and comic actor Joe Flynn.

11.109 [2051] Merv Griffin Show
02Mar1973 [rerun 01Jan74] [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor David Janssen
raconteur Henry Morgan
TV personality Steve Allen
and comedian-actor Richard Dawson.

==================================
11.110 [2052] Merv Griffin Show
05Mar1973 [Los Angeles Times]
From Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Pearl Bailey
musician B.B. King
comedians Marty Allen
and Ronnie Schell
Mariachi Fusion band Los Rios
and 4 showgirls from "Folies Bergere" join Merv for his opening number.

11.111 [2053] Merv Griffin Show
06Mar1973 [Independent]
From Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actress Florence Henderson
comedian Shecky Greene
comic actor Larry Storch
levitator Walter Blanney
and singer Vic Damone.

11.112 [2054] Merv Griffin Show
07Mar1973 [Philadelphia Inquirer]
From Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singers Trini Lopez
and Phyllis McGuire
comedienne Liz Torres
comic Rip Taylor
magician Barry Lee
Gus Augsburg and his Monkeys
and the girls from the Follies Berger.

11.113 [2055] Merv Griffin Show
08Mar1973 [Press-Telegram]
From Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-comedienne Eydie Gorme
comedian Norm Crosby
entertainer-impersonator-actor Lynne Carter
and the Bernard Brothers.

11.114 [2056] Merv Griffin Show
09Mar1973 [Los Angeles Times]
From Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Don Rickles
singer-actor Robert Goulet
singer-actress Carol Lawrence
and The Mills Brothers.

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11.115 [2057] Merv Griffin Show "The Menninger Clinic"
12Mar1973 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Dr. Roy Menninger
Dr. Harold Voth
Dr. Kenneth Mitchell
Dr. Toby Brocher
and Dr. Cotter Hirschberg.

11.116 [2058] Merv Griffin Show "Actresses"
13Mar1973 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Marlo Thomas
Gloria Swanson
and Ann Miller
and musician Jack Sheldon.
Merv and Ann Miller sing a medley of show tunes.

11.117 [2059] Merv Griffin Show
14Mar1973 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Ricardo Montalban
and Eli Wallach
actresses Patricia Neal
and Barbara Feldon.
Discussion on acting and life-styles of performers.

11.118 [2060] Merv Griffin Show
15Mar1973 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Rosemary Clooney
comedians Jackie Vernon
and Charles Nelson Reilly
singer Peter Noone
and musician Jack Sheldon.

11.119 [2061] Merv Griffin Show
16Mar1973 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
"Lost Horizon" benefit performance for
motion picture and television relief fund.

Interviews with producer Ross Hunter and cast members.
Ross Hunter
Governor Ronald Reagan and Nancy Reagan
Sally Kellerman, Liv Ullman, Susan Hayward
David Janssen, Peter Graves, Greer Garson
George Kennedy, Bobby Van, James Shigeta
Hal David, Burt Bacharach, Liza Minnelli, Dean Martin and others.

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11.120 [2062] Merv Griffin Show "Totie Fields Look-alike Contest"
19Mar1973 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne Totie Fields
singers Steve Lawrence
and Jerry Vale
Totie's husband Georgie Johnson
and the five finalists in the "Totie Fields Look-alike Contest".

11.121 [2063] Merv Griffin Show
20Mar1973 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Country singer Glen Campbell
boxer Carl Johnson
Opera singer Roberta Peters
TV co-host Ed McMahon
comedian Steve Landsberg
and musician Jack Sheldon.

11.122 [2064] Merv Griffin Show "Children of the Rich and Famous"
21Mar1973 [rerun 02Jan74] [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Tony Hope (Bob Hope)
Edward Albert (Eddie Albert)
Mark Harmon (Tom Harmon)
Francesca Hilton (Zsa Zsa Gabor)
Dr. Charles Wahl and Dr. Burton Wilson.

11.123 [2065] Merv Griffin Show
22Mar1973 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
TV personality Steve Allen
and his wife actress Jayne Meadows
raconteur George Jessel
comedienne Rose Marie
Dr. David Reuben
and musician Jack Sheldon.

11.124 [2066] Merv Griffin Show
23Mar1973 [rerun 07Nov73] [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Tony Curtis
and Robert Conrad
singer Bobby Vinton
and theatre critic and author John Lahr (son of Bert Lahr).

==================================
11.125 [2067] Merv Griffin Show
26Mar1973 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Donald O'Connor
impressionist Rich Little
singer James Brown
singer-actress Karen Morrow
and musician Jack Sheldon.

11.126 [2068] Merv Griffin Show
27Mar1973 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne Kaye Ballard
comic actor Joe Flynn
Dr. Robert Atkins
Dr. Cleo Dawson
and musician Jack Sheldon.

11.127 [2069] Merv Griffin Show
28Mar1973 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Zsa Zsa Gabor
actor Richard Crenna
comedian Steve Landesberg
and author Erich Segal.

11.128 [2070] Merv Griffin Show
29Mar1973 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Jaye P. Morgan
actor Jan Michael Vincent
actor-comedian Richard Dawson
and psychic Kenny Kingston.

11.129 [2071] Merv Griffin Show
30Mar1973 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Henry Fonda
and Roddy McDowall
comedian Rodney Dangerfield
comedienne Jo Ann Worley
and singer Johnny Nash.

==================================
11.130 [2072] The Merv Griffin Show "Comedians"
02Apr1973 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedians Jack Carter
Jackie Vernon
Milt Kamen
Charles Nelson Reilly
and Stanley Myron Handelman.

11.131 [2073] The Merv Griffin Show
03Apr1973 [Lancaster New Era]
"52nd Annual Photoplay Gold Medal Awards Show"
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Chad Everett
comedian Paul Lynde
singer-actress Diana Ross
actors David Birney
Richard Tomas
and Robert Duvall.
*News Item from 19-March-1973:
For the second consecutive year Photoplay readers have voted
Ann-Margaret their favorite feminine screen star
in the 52nd Annual Gold Medals Award poll.
Chad Everett, star of "Medical Center," was chosen favorite male star;
Diana Ross, favorite newcomer (female);
David Birney, favorite newcomer (male);
"The Godfather," favorite picture;
"The Waltons," favorite television show;
and Paul Lynde, favorite comedy star.
Photoplay Editors' Award this year goes to Elvis Presley.

11.132 [2074] The Merv Griffin Show "Latest Fashions for Men and Women".
04Apr1973 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
fashion designer Edith Head
actresses Rosemary Stack
and Dani Greco
fashion editor of Playboy Robert L. Green
designer Rudi Gernreich
and Guillaume.

11.133 [2075] The Merv Griffin Show
05Apr1973 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Eva Gabor
actor Fernando Lamas
vocalist-actor John O'Banion
"Super Cops" Dave Greenberg
and Bob Hantz.

11.134 [2076] The Merv Griffin Show
06Apr1973 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
consumer advocate Ralph Nader
and TV personality Robert K. Dornan
who ran for Mayor of Los Angeles with little success.

==================================
11.135 [2077] The Merv Griffin Show
09Apr1973 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Clint Eastwood
actress Jean Stapleton
producer Al Ruddy of "The Godfather"
and Country singer Lee Clayton.

11.136 [2078] The Merv Griffin Show "Marriage"
10Apr1973 [rerun 09Aug73] [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Mr. and Mrs. Doc Severinsen
John McCook and his wife Juliet Prowse
Marty Allen and his wife Frenchie Allen

11.137 [2079] The Merv Griffin Show
11Apr1973 [San Francisco Examiner]
Merv is on location of "The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing" at Gila, Arizona.,
with actors Burt Reynolds
Sarah Miles
George Hamilton
Lee J. Cobb
Jack Warden
and Bo Hopkins.

11.138 [2080] The Merv Griffin Show
12Apr1973 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
the first lady of California Nancy Reagan wife of Governor Ronald Reagan
singer Dick Haymes
and film critic Rex Reed.

11.139 [2081] The Merv Griffin Show
13Apr1973 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Janet Leigh
actor Doug McClure
TV hostess Virginia Graham
actor and former sidekick Arthur Treacher
and musician Jack Sheldon.

==================================
11.140 [2082] The Merv Griffin Show
16Apr1973 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Eddy Arnold
Dr. Joyce Brothers
Dr. Carleton Fredericks
actor and former sidekick Arthur Treacher
and musician Jack Sheldon.

11.141 [2083] The Merv Griffin Show "Music"
17Apr1973 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-songwriter Mac Davis
songstress Vikki Carr
songwriter-actor Paul Williams
musician Jack Sheldon
and the San Francisco Strutters.

11.142 [2084] The Merv Griffin Show "New Comics"
18Apr1973 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comics David Brenner
Jimmy Martinez
Daphne Davis
Alliene Flanery
and veteran comic Jack Carter.

11.143 [2085] The Merv Griffin Show
19Apr1973 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actresses Tish Sterling
and Barbara Feldon
Mrs. James Stewart, Gloria
Mrs. Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland
Mrs. George Hamilton, Alana Hamilton
Mrs. Dick Martin, Dolly Martin
model fashions.

11.144 [2086] The Merv Griffin Show
20Apr1973 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comic actor Charles Grodin
actor Richard Roundtree
singers Tommy Leonetti
Judd Strunk
and Julie Budd.

==================================
11.145 [2087] The Merv Griffin Show "Ladies Night"
23Apr1973 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
TV hostess Barbara Howar
Pamela Mason
and Virginia Graham
and musician Jack Sheldon.
Merv and Jack Sheldon do a medley of "girl" songs.

11.146 [2088] The Merv Griffin Show "Big Bands"
24Apr1973 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
composer Henry Mancini
musician Red Norvo
singers Al Rinker
and Ray Eberle
Matty Melnick
Bullets Durgom
Jazz vocalist Joe Venuti
Jazz trumpeter Don Ellis
Big Band singer Paula Kelly
and the Modernaires.

11.147 [2089] The Merv Griffin Show "Star's Mothers"
25Apr1973 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Jolie Gabor mother of The Gabor Sisters,
Anna Chakrin mother of Jack Carter,
Lenore Spitz mother of Mark Spitz
and Maxine Reynolds mother of Debbie Reynolds.

11.148 [2090] The Merv Griffin Show
26Apr1973 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actress Florence Henderson,
actresses Karen Valentine
and Susan George
and singer Jack Jones.

11.149 [2091] The Merv Griffin Show "A Salute to Jack Benny"
27Apr1973 [rerun 10Aug73] [Daily News]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Jack Benny
actor Mel Ferrer
and model-actress Twiggy.

==================================
11.150 [2092] The Merv Griffin Show
30Apr1973 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
raconteur George Jessel
comedian Louis Nye
actor Richard Dawson
comic Leonard Barr
and comedy team Muledeer and Moondogg Medicine Show.

11.151 [2093] The Merv Griffin Show
01May1973 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Alan King
comic Pat Cooper
dancer Audrey Arno
singer Jerry Vale
and bandleader Roger Ray.

11.152 [2094] The Merv Griffin Show
02May1973 [Lancaster New Era]
From Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
former sidekick Arthur Treacher
comedian Shecky Greene
singer Phyllis McGuire
composer Ron Stevenson
The Four Fercos
and pop group Dawn.

11.153 [2095] The Merv Griffin Show
03May1973 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Danny Thomas
Country singer Loretta Lynn
lounge singer Sonny King
singer-actress Daphne Davis
and Naughtin's Dancing Bears.

11.154 [2096] The Merv Griffin Show
04May1973 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Jan Murray
actress Zsa Zsa Gabor
comic Corbett Monica
actor-former sidekick Arthur Treacher
and singers Carroll and Daly.

==================================
11.155 [2097] The Merv Griffin Show
07May1973 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
entertainer Wayne Newton
singer-songwriter Paul Anka
dancer-actor Joel Grey
singer Teresa Brewer
and newcomer Bob Anderson.

11.156 [2098] The Merv Griffin Show
08May1973 [Los Angeles Times]
From Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actress Eartha Kitt
comic actor Joe Flynn
author Jacqueline Susann
and comedian Jackie Vernon.

11.157 [2099] The Merv Griffin Show
09May1973 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Cloris Leachman
actor Wayne Rogers
TV personality Lyle Waggoner
comedian Bill Daily
and comedienne Marcia Wallace.

11.158 [2100] The Merv Griffin Show
10May1973 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
former sidekick Arthur Treacher
singer Jaye P. Morgan
comedian Charles Nelson Reilly
and author Adela Rogers St. Johns.

11.159 [2101] The Merv Griffin Show
11May1973 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Jack Klugman
Fred Williamson
and Jim Backus
and comedian Marty Allen.

==================================
11.160 [2102] The Merv Griffin Show
14May1973 [Intelligencer Journal]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
lawyer Melvin Belli
comedian-actor Richard Dawson
and comedienne Rose Marie.

11.161 [2103] The Merv Griffin Show
15May1973 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singers Mac Davis
Buddy Greco
Charo
and Sergio Mendes and Brasil '77

11.162 [2104] The Merv Griffin Show
16May1973 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
TV personality Steve Allen
journalist Barbara Walters
and child psychiatrist Dr. Haim Ginott.

11.163 [2105] The Merv Griffin Show
17May1973 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
The Andrew Sisters
The Hagers
singers Carroll & Daley
comic duo McCall & Brill
and musician Jack Sheldon.

11.164 [2106] The Merv Griffin Show "Medical Specialites"
18May1973 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Dr. Lester Sacks
Dr. H.J.C. Swan
Dr. Macklyn Wade
Dr. Paul Rubenstein
MD's who discuss medical developments.

==================================
11.165 [2107] The Merv Griffin Show
21May1973 [Chicago Tribune]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Robert Conrad
and Forrest Tucker
a mystery guest who formerly was number three
strongman for the Mafia
writer Vincent "Fat Vinnie" Teresa
and Gianni Russo talk about the moral climate in America.

11.166 [2108] The Merv Griffin Show "Couples"
22May1973 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
James Brolin and his wife Jane
George Hamilton and his wife Alana
Rubin Carson and his wife Linda
Tom Troupe and his wife Carole Cook.

[--] The Merv Griffin Show (R)
23May1973 [repeat from 31Oct72]
George Kirby, Jack Klugman, Tony Martin, Louis Prima

[--] The Merv Griffin Show (R)
24May1973 [repeat from 16May72]
Wayne Newton, Sergio Franchi, Norm Crosby, Dominique,
Jeannine Burnier, Lenny Kent

[--] The Merv Griffin Show (R)
25May1973 [repeat from 11Aug72]
Sammy Davis Jr., Abbe Lane, Totie Fields, Sandler & Young


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11.167 [2109] The Merv Griffin Show
28May1973 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
The Lennon Sisters
singer Dick Haymes
dancer-actress Ann Miller
and singing group Dawn.

11.168 [2110] The Merv Griffin Show
29May1973 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actresses Celeste Holm
Kathryn Grayson
Ida Lupino
and Virginia Mayo
and author Adela Rogers St. Johns.

11.169 [2111] The Merv Griffin Show
30May1973 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors James Franciscus
and Wayne Rogers
singer Melba Moore
and author Peter Maas.

11.170 [2112] The Merv Griffin Show "Weighty Problems"
31May1973 [Boston Globe]
Host Merv Griffin
Dieting methods discussed with
Guests
Dr. Robert C. Atkins
Jean Nidetch
Dr. Irwin Stillman
and Adelle Davis.

11.171 [2113] The Merv Griffin Show
01Jun1973 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne Kaye Ballard
actor James Darren
comic actor Joe Flynn
singer-actor Gianni Russo
and Israeli singers Hedva & David.

==================================
11.172 [2114] The Merv Griffin Show
04Jun1973 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Margot Kidder
actor Fred Williamson
comedian-actor Richard Dawson
singers Jaye P. Morgan
and Trini Lopez.

11.173 [2115] The Merv Griffin Show
05Jun1973 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Fernando Lamas
comedienne Joan Rivers
Dr. Joyce Brothers
and novelist Michael Korda author of "Male Chauvinism! How It Works"
discuss sexual behavior and male chauvinism.

11.174 [2116] The Merv Griffin Show
06Jun1973 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
composer Henry Mancini
singers Anne Murray
and Mercedes Hall
entertainer Bob Anderson
musician Freddie Hart
and actor Bo Kaprall.

11.175 [2117] The Merv Griffin Show
07Jun1973 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
L.A. Mayor-elect Tom Bradley
actress Sarah Miles
actor Lloyd Bridges
and singer-actress Eartha Kitt .

11.176 [2118] The Merv Griffin Show
08Jun1973 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
film director Stanley Kramer
dancer-actor Donald O'Connor
comedians Milt Kamen
Louis Nye and Leonard Barr.

==================================
11.177 [2119] The Merv Griffin Show
11Jun1973 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Gig Young
comedian Charles Nelson Reilly
comedienne Joanne Worley
and TV hostess Pamela Mason.

11.178 [2120] The Merv Griffin Show
12Jun1973 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Ernest Borgnine
and Alex Cord
singer-actress Anna Maria Alberghetti
comedian Pete Barbutti
and author-actor Gianni Russo.

11.179 [2121] The Merv Griffin Show "Proteges"
13Jun1973 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Chuck Connors and his protege singer Russ Perry;
TV personality Dick Clark backs a group called "Waldorf Salad";
actress Connie Stevens sponsors singer Ranji from India;
and Merv presents stand-up comic Kelly Monteith.

11.180 [2122] The Merv Griffin Show
14Jun1973 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Rock Hudson
actress Amanda Blake
actors Jack Klugman
and Hans Conried
and comedian Alan Sues.

11.181 [2123] The Merv Griffin Show "Broadway's Gone West"
15Jun1973 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
presents top singers and dancers from musicals playing in Los Angeles.
Guests
singers Davy Jones
and Karen Morrow from "Oliver!";
actor Clifton Davis from "Two Gentlemen from Verona";
actors Alan Weeks and DeWitt Helmsley from "Don't Bother Me I Can't Cope";
actors Betty Rhodes and Joe Masiell from
"Jacques Brell is Alive and Well and Living in Paris";
and actor Barry Bostwick from "Grease".

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11.182 [2124] The Merv Griffin Show
18Jun1973 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actor Jim Nabors
entertainer Charo
singer-songwriter Paul Williams
and rock group Junior Lace.

11.183 [2125] The Merv Griffin Show "Authors"
19Jun1973 [Detroit Free Press]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Jacqueline Susann author of "Once Is Not Enough";
Barbara Howar, White House social secretary during the Johnson administration;
columnist Joyce Haber
and journalist-author Adela Rogers St. Johns.

11.184 [2126] The Merv Griffin Show "All Polish Show"
20Jun1973 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Gloria Swanson
M*A*S*H actress Loretta Swit
actor Ted Knight
and singer Bobby Vinton.

11.185 [2127] The Merv Griffin Show "Salute to Sammy Cahn"
21Jun1973 [rerun 08Nov73] [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
lyricist Sammy Cahn
singer Eydie Gorme
dancer Juliet Prowse
singers Paul Anka
and Vic Damone.

11.186 [2128] The Merv Griffin Show
22Jun1973 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
TV personality Steve Allen
actors Robert Blake
Wayne Rogers
and Telly Savalas
and football player John McNally.

==================================
11.187 [2129] The Merv Griffin Show
25Jun1973 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne Totie Fields
singer Abbe Lane
comedian Pat Cooper
and actor Gabriel Kaplan.

11.188 [2130] The Merv Griffin Show
26Jun1973 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
raconteur George Jessel
comedian Morey Amsterdam
actor-comedian Richard Dawson
actors Jesse White
and Milt Moss.

11.189 [2131] The Merv Griffin Show
27Jun1973 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Tony Randall
comic actor Joe Flynn
actress Carole Cook
comedienne Brett Somers
and the newest member of the Partridge Family, Ricky Segall,

11.190 [2132] The Merv Griffin Show "Marriage"
28Jun1973 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actresses Zsa Zsa Gabor
and Ann Miller
Dr. Joyce Brothers
and Marcia Seligson.

11.191 [2133] The Merv Griffin Show
29Jun1973 [Philadelphia Inquirer]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor James Brolin
actress Della Reese
parapsychologist Leigh Caverhill
and humorist Rubin Carson.

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11.192 [2134] The Merv Griffin Show "Married Couples"
02Jul1973 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Klein
Mr. and Mrs. Shecky Greene
Mr. and Mrs. Mickey Spillane.

11.193 [2135] The Merv Griffin Show
03Jul1973 [Intelligencer Journal]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Robert Mitchum (his first appearance on Merv's show);
singer Jaye P. Morgan
singer-songwriter Mac Davis
Jazz guitarists Herb Ellis
Joe Pass, Kenny Burrell and Jim Hall.

11.194 [2136] The Merv Griffin Show
04Jul1973 [Detroit Free Press]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Roger Moore
and George Hamilton
and actress Eva Gabor.

11.195 [2137] The Merv Griffin Show
05Jul1973 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Chad Everett
heavy weight champion boxer George Foreman
comedian Charles Nelson Reilly
comedienne Fannie Flagg
and singer Kaye Hart.

11.196 [2138] The Merv Griffin Show
06Jul1973 [Chicago Tribune]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Bernadette Peters
comedian-actor Gabriel Kaplan
comedienne Rose Marie
and comic Milt Kamen.

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11.197 [2139] The Merv Griffin Show
09Jul1973 [Chicago Tribune]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor George Maharis
singer-actor Gianni Russo
director Norman Jewison
and singer-dancer Charo.

11.198 [2140] The Merv Griffin Show
10Jul1973 [Chicago Tribune]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Mickey Rooney
Robert Blake
and Fred Williamson
and TV game show host Chuck Woolery.

11.199 [2141] The Merv Griffin Show
11Jul1973 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Roger Miller
comedienne-actress Marcia Wallace
comedienne Joanne Worley
and comic Stanley Myron Handelman.

11.200 [2142] The Merv Griffin Show
12Jul1973 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedians Jackie Vernon
Alan Sues
and Louis Nye
and singer Rosemary Clooney.

11.201 [2143] The Merv Griffin Show
13Jul1973 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Hugh O'Brien
actress Shelley Winters
and comic actor Joe Flynn.

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11.202 [2144] The Merv Griffin Show
16Jul1973 [Lancaster New Era]
Wayne Rogers is the guest host
Guests
comedienne Kaye Ballard
comic actor Jim Backus
and The Lettermen.

11.203 [2145] The Merv Griffin Show
17Jul1973 [Lancaster New Era]
Steve Allen is the guest host
Guests
comedians Jack Carter
Rodney Dangerfield
and Leonard Barr
and singer-songwriter Ray Stevens.

11.204 [2146] The Merv Griffin Show
18Jul1973 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Dr. H.J.C. Swan
Dr. Lester Sacks
Dr. Macklyn Wade
and Dr. Paul Rubenstein.
Discussion of the latest medical developments

11.205 [2147] The Merv Griffin Show
19Jul1973 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
musical comedy actor Alfred Drake
TV hostess Pamela Mason
mentalist Uri Geller
and astronaut Edgar Mitchell.

11.206 [2148] The Merv Griffin Show
20Jul1973 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedians Jackie Vernon
Guy Marks
Rip Taylor
Bob Sandler
and singing duo Carroll and Daly.

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11.207 [2149] The Merv Griffin Show
23Jul1973 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne Phyllis Diller
actor Fernando Lamas
actress Phyllis Newman
and singer Chip Hand.

11.208 [2150] The Merv Griffin Show
24Jul1973 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor David Carradine
comedians Ronnie Schell
and Larry Storch
and singer Vikki Carr.

11.209 [2151] The Merv Griffin Show
25Jul1973 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Priscilla Presley
actresses Michelle Phillips
and Heidi Bruhl
and comedian-actor Richard Dawson.

11.210 [2152] The Merv Griffin Show "Salute to Noel Coward"
26Jul1973 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Eva Gabor
English actor-performer Daniel Massey
actor Kurt Kasznar
and Barbara Cason, Roderick Cook and Jamie Ross,
cast of Broadway's "Oh, Coward!".

11.211 [2153] The Merv Griffin Show
27Jul1973 [Newsday]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
raconteur George Jessel
actor Ross Martin
author Robin Moore
and singer-dancer Charo.

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11.212 [2154] The Merv Griffin Show
30Jul1973 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Zsa Zsa Gabor
comedian-actor Dick Shawn
comic Keith Monteith
and singer Patti Page.

11.213 [2155] The Merv Griffin Show
31Jul1973 [San Francisco Examiner]
From the Cannes Film Festival on the French Riviera. [Pt. 1 of 2]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Ingrid Bergman
actors George Segal
and Malcolm McDowell
singer-actor Kris Kristofferson
and his wife singer Rita Coolidge
and film critic Rex Reed with clips
from the competing films.

11.214 [2156] Merv Griffin Show
01Aug1973 [Los Angeles Times]
From the Cannes Film Festival on the French Riviera. [Pt. 2 of 2]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor James Coburn
actresses Joan Hackett
and Jacqueline Bisset
actor Richard Benjamin
and his wife actress Paula Prentiss
actor Jean-Pierre Aumont
and his wife Marisa Pavan
and comedian-actor Richard Pryor.

[--] Merv Griffin Show "A Trip back to Radioland".
02Aug1973 [repeat from 02Feb73]
Edgar Bergen, Mel Blanc, Harold Peary, Ezra Stone and Arch Oboler.

[--] Merv Griffin Show
03Aug1973 [repeat from 20Dec72]
George C. Scott, Faye Dunaway, Jack Palance, John Mills

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[--] Merv Griffin Show
06Aug1973 [repeat from 16Jan73]
Alfred Hitchcock and impressionist Rich Little

[--] Merv Griffin Show "Glamour Girls"
07Aug1973 [repeat from 14Feb73]
Jane Russell, Rhonda Fleming, Ann Miller, Jeanne Craine and Gloria De Haven.

[--] Merv Griffin Show
08Aug1973 [repeat from 30Jan73]
From the Hollywood Palace Burt Reynolds, Mike Connors, Lois Nettleton and Jim Hampton.

[--] Merv Griffin Show "Married Couples"
09Aug1973 [repeat from 10Apr73]
Doc Severinsen and his wife,
John McCook and his wife Juliet Prowse,
Marty Allen and his wife Frenchie.

[--] Merv Griffin Show "A Salute to Jack Benny"
10Aug1973 [repeat from 27Apr73]
Jack Benny, Mel Ferrer, Twiggy.


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11.215 [2157] Merv Griffin Show "Outspoken Women"
13Aug1973 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actress Polly Bergen
author Jacqueline Susann
Ms. editor Patricia Carbine
and writer Adela Rogers St. Johns.

11.216 [2158] Merv Griffin Show "Personal Beliefs"
14Aug1973 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Reverend Oral Roberts
actor Robert Blake
and singer-actor Pat Boone.

11.217 [2159] Merv Griffin Show
15Aug1973 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actress Eartha Kitt
comedian Richard Dawson
actress Michelle Phillips
and psychic Uri Geller.

11.218 [2160] Merv Griffin Show "Controversy"
16Aug1973 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
author Norman Mailer
Academy of Motion Pictures President Jack Valenti
and censorship advocate Ray P. Grauer.

11.219 [2161] Merv Griffin Show
17Aug1973 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian George Burns
actor Gabriel Kaplan
game show host Chuck Woolery
and singer Freda Payne.

==================================
11.220 [2162] Merv Griffin Show
20Aug1973 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Senator William Proxmire
actor James Brolin
comedian Jackie Vernon
and Country singer-songwriter Tony Joe White.

11.221 [2163] Merv Griffin Show "Hollywood in it's Heyday"
21Aug1973 [Independent
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
director Frank Capra
actress Jean Arthur
actors Richard Arlen
and Herman Hover
and columnist Sidney Kolsky.

11.222 [2164] Merv Griffin Show
22Aug1973 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Alex Karras
comedian Louis Nye
singer-dancer Charo
and psychic Jacqueline Eastlund.
Merv's duet with Charo is climaxed with a tango by the two.

11.223 [2165] Merv Griffin Show
23Aug1973 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Senator Henry Jackson (D-Wash.) discusses food prices
and shortages, as well as the Watergate incident;
actor Fernando Lamas
and dancer-actress Ann Miller.

11.224 [2166] Merv Griffin Show "Salute to M*A*S*H"
24Aug1973 [rerun 09Nov73] [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Alan Alda
Wayne Rogers
Loretta Swit
McLean Stevenson
Gary Burghoff
and Larry Linville.

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11.225 [2167] Merv Griffin Show
27Aug1973 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Laurence Harvey
singer-actress Bernadette Peters
impressionist Rich Little
and singer Bobby Vinton.

11.226 [2168] Merv Griffin Show
28Aug1973 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
"Cosmopolitan" editor Helen Gurley Brown
and her husband film executive David Brown;
TV personality Art Linkletter
and comic actor Joe Flynn discuss many topics
including sex, censorship, drugs and politics.

11.227 [2169] Merv Griffin Show "Ladies Night"
29Aug1973 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Gina Lollobrigida
TV hostess Pamela Mason
singer-actress Carole Cook
and Dr. Joyce Brothers.

11.228 [2170] Merv Griffin Show "Big Band Leaders"
30Aug1973 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
bandleaders Freddy Martin
Xavier Cugat
and Woody Herman
singers Odia Coates
and Jeanine Burnier
and impressionist Fred Travalena.

11.229 [2171] Merv Griffin Show "Sports"
31Aug1973 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
sportscaster Howard Cosell
actors Ross Martin
and Fred Williamson
comedian Gabriel Kaplan
and race car driver Al Unser.

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