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Season 12 (Metromedia Syndication)(1973-74)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Rina Fox
references:
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############# The Merv Griffin Show ############
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Metromedia Syndication Monday to Friday 8:30pm
with the Mort Lindsey Orchestra.
This was the year Merv Griffin won an EMMY Award for his show
12.01
[2172] Merv Griffin Show
03Sep1973 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
TV personality Steve Allen
actor John Saxon
comedian Dom DeLuise
and singer-actress Liz Torrres.
12.02 [2173] Merv Griffin Show "Millionaires"
04Sep1973 [rerun 27Dec73] [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Jack Ryan, inventor of the Barbie doll
Bob Guccione, "Penthouse" publisher
Morton Shulman, author
Peter Traynor, investment counselor
and Caruth C. Byrd, actor-financier.
12.03 [2174] Merv Griffin Show
05Sep1973 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Yul Brynner
tennis champ Bobby Riggs
comedian George Kirby
and singer-actress Lainie Kazan.
12.04 [2175] Merv Griffin Show "Comedians"
06Sep1973 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedians Jackie Vernon
Pete Barbutti
Morey Amsterdam
Stanley Myron Handelman
and Leonard Barr.
12.05 [2176] Merv Griffin Show "Animal Theme"
07Sep1973 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Doris Day
author Jacqueline Susann
actor Billy De Wolfe and some of their "doggy friends",
to discuss the "Actors and Others" program for homeless animals.
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12.06 [2177] Merv Griffin Show
10Sep1973 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Karen Valentine
actor Peter Fonda
columnist Jack Anderson
and author Adela Rogers St. Johns.
12.07 [2178] Merv Griffin Show
11Sep1973 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Robert Blake
comic actor Joe Flynn
author Joseph Wambaugh
and Mayor Tom Bradley of Los Angeles.
12.08 [2179] Merv Griffin Show
12Sep1973 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Country singer Glen Campbell
humorist Sam Levenson
journalist Jimmy Breslin
and 12-year-old banjo player Scotty Plummer.
12.09 [2180] Merv Griffin Show "2nd Annual Salute to The Carol Burnett Show"
13Sep1973 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comediennes Carol Burnett
and Vicki Lawrence
comedians Harvey Korman
and Tim Conway
and Lyle Waggoner.
12.10 [2181] Merv Griffin Show
14Sep1973 [Intelligencer Journal]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Zsa Zsa Gabor
actor Ben Murphy
comedian Charles Nelson Reilly
and singer Trini Lopez.
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12.11 [2182] Merv Griffin Show
17Sep1973 [Intelligencer Journal]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Lorne Greene
comedian-actor Richard Dawson
private investigator Fred Otash
singer Morgana King
and Jazz group Supersax.
12.12 [2183] Merv Griffin Show
18Sep1973 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
raconteur George Jessel
actor Jack Haley
actress Ruth McDevitt
106-year-old comic Larry Lewis
and Al Mardo and his dog "Flash".
Merv presents five people who have lived full lives
with successful careers.
12.13 [2184] Merv Griffin Show
19Sep1973 [Newsday]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Charlton Heston
Richard Benjamin
and Kent McCord.
12.14 [2185] Merv Griffin Show
20Sep1973 [Newsday]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Fernando Lamas
comic Milt Kamen
impressionist Fred Travalena
singers Vaughn Meader
and Carmen McRae.
12.15 [2186] Merv Griffin Show
21Sep1973 [Newsday]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Fred Williamson
and Jim Backus
comedian Jack Carter
columnist Marilyn Beck
singer Tony Orlando and Dawn.
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12.16 [2187] Merv Griffin Show
24Sep1973 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
entertainer Bob Hope
comedians Buddy Hackett
and Richard Pryor.
12.17 [2188] Merv Griffin Show
25Sep1973 [Intelligencer Journal]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Deborah Kerr
actor William Holden
and comedian Buddy Hackett.
12.18 [2189] Merv Griffin Show
26Sep1973 [Intelligencer Journal]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Governor Ronald Reagan
and his wife Nancy Reagan
actors Chuck Connors
and Jack Klugman.
12.19 [2190] Merv Griffin Show "Big Band Cavalcade"
27Sep1973 [Intelligencer Journal]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
bandleaders Freddy Martin
Bob Crosby
and Art Mooney
singers Margaret Whiting
and Buddy Morrow.
12.20 [2191] Merv Griffin Show
28Sep1973 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne Phyllis Diller
actor Rodney Allen Rippy
comedian David Brenner
tennis player Stan Smith.
singer-songwriter Mac Davis.
Phyllis Diller surprises Merv's audience by
playing piano, harpsichord, sax and other instruments.
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12.21 [2192] Merv Griffin Show
01Oct1973 [Intelligencer Journal]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Wayne Rogers
and Dennis Hopper
comedians Joe Flynn
and Rodney Dangerfield.
12.22 [2193] Merv Griffin Show
02Oct1973 [Intelligencer Journal]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne Martha Raye
comedians Marty Allen
and Jackie Vernon
actor Gabriel Kaplan
and funny facemakers gurning champions
Leo J. Dechene and William Robert Dent.
12.23 [2194] Merv Griffin Show
03Oct1973 [Newsday]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Richard Chamberlain
basketball player Wilt Chamberlain
comedian-actor Richard Dawson
and singer Bobby Vinton.
12.24 [2195] Merv Griffin Show
04Oct1973 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Gloria Swanson
Country singer Loretta Lynn
singer Josephine Baker
and Anne Armstrong counsellor to President Nixon.
12.25 [2196] Merv Griffin Show
05Oct1973 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Ozzie Nelson and Harriet Nelson
actor Ken Howard
the Great Shimada
Country singer Mel Street
and musical duo Tony Sandler and Ralph Young.
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12.26 [2197] Merv Griffin Show
08Oct1973 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
entertainer Wayne Newton
singer-actor John Davidson
singer-dancer Charo
and musician Jack Sheldon.
12.27 [2198] Merv Griffin Show
09Oct1973 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors James Franciscus
Telly Savalas
Norman Fell
Tony Musante
and Strother Martin.
12.28 [2199] Merv Griffin Show
10Oct1973 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
writer Tennessee Williams
astronaut Col. Edward Buzz Aldrin
Dr. Joyce Brothers
and author Adela Rogers St. Johns.
12.29 [2200] Merv Griffin Show
11Oct1973 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
actress Arlene Dahl
author Luciana Avedon of "The Beautiful People's Diet"
author-conservationist Desmond Guinness
and singer Claudine Longet.
12.30 [2201] Merv Griffin Show "Salute to Lucille Ball"
12Oct1973 [rerun 03Jul74] [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Lucille Ball
husband Gary Morton
children Desi Arnaz Jr., & Lucie Arnaz
co-star Gale Gordon
and good friend Bob Hope.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7u6EyhKQTg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfQg3ER9y1I
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12.31 [2202] Merv Griffin Show
15Oct1973 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Dr. Jonas Salk whose vaccine caused the polio breakthrough;
actor John Saxon
karate champion Joe Lewis
with demonstrations of Martial Arts.
12.32 [2203] Merv Griffin Show
16Oct1973 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
former California Governor Edmund G. (Pat) Brown
TV hostess Pamela Mason
actors Ed Asner
Beau Bridges
and Ron Leibman.
12.33 [2204] Merv Griffin Show
17Oct1973 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Zsa Zsa Gabor
actor Jeff Bridges
impressionist David Frye
comedian-actor Richard Dawson
and J.B. West and Chief Usher at the White House for 26 years.
12.34 [2205] Merv Griffin Show
18Oct1973 [Intelligencer Journal]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
game show host Peter Marshall
sportswriter-author Dan Jenkins
basketball player Peter Gent
and con artist Sylvan Scolnick.
12.35 [2206] Merv Griffin Show
19Oct1973 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedians Jack Carter
and Dick Gregory
singer Melba Moore
Country singer Johnny Rodriguez
and Sounds of Joy.
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12.36 [2207] Merv Griffin Show "Medical Professionals"
22Oct1973 [rerun 03Jan74] [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Dr. Linus Pauling
Dr. Carlton Fredericks
Dr. Wilfred Shute
Dr. Roger Williams
and Dr. John Yudkin.
1237 [2208] Merv Griffin Show "Sports Stars"
23Oct1973 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
tennis star Billie Jean King
baseball star Hank Aaron
football star Johnny Unitas
and Olympic swimmer Mark Spitz
12.38 [2209] Merv Griffin Show
24Oct1973 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Vincent Price
comedienne Renée Taylor
singer-actress Della Reese
singer-actor Gianni Russo
and Israeli singers Hedva & David.
12.39 [2210] Merv Griffin Show
25Oct1973 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Sally Field
actors David Carradine
and actor James McEachin
and comedian Dom DeLuise.
12.40 [2211] Merv Griffin Show
26Oct1973 [Intelligencer Journal]
Guests
actress Jacqueline Bisset
actor Hugh O'Brian
comic actor Joe Flynn
and singer Jaye P. Morgan.
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12.41 [2212] Merv Griffin Show
29Oct1973 [Intelligencer Journal]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Lee Marvin
and James Brolin
actress Eva Gabor
and Mort Abrahams president of the American Film Theater.
12.42 [2213] Merv Griffin Show
30Oct1973 [Intelligencer Journal]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Danny Thomas
actress Carol Channing
actor Darrow Igus
and singer-guitarist Ray Price.
12.43 [2214] Merv Griffin Show
31Oct1973 [Intelligencer Journal]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne Totie Fields
actress Lily Tomlin
playwright Garson Kanin
and actor-comedian Vincent Gardenia.
12.44 [2215] Merv Griffin Show "Salute to MGM Musicals"
01Nov1973 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
dancer-actor Donald O'Connor
singer-actress Kathryn Grayson
dancer-actress Ann Miller
actor Fernando Lamas
and singer-actor Howard Keel.
12.45 [2216] Merv Griffin Show
02Nov1973 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Wayne Rogers
and Richard Thomas
actress Karen Black
and singer Nancy Sinatra.
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12.46 [2217] Merv Griffin Show
05Nov1973 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Robert Blake
comedienne Dody Goodman
comic Milt Kamen
and singer-dancer Charo.
[--] Merv Griffin Show "A Night with Cole Porter"
06Nov1973 [repeat from 07Dec72]
Ethel Merman, Beverly Sills, Carmen Macrae, Jack Sheldon.
[--] Merv Griffin Show
07Nov1973 [repeat from 23Mar73]
Tony Curtis, Robert Conrad, Bobby Vinton, John Lahr.
[--] Merv Griffin Show "Salute to lyricist Sammy Cahn"
08Nov1973 [repeat from 20Jun73]
, Eydie Gorme, Paul Anka, Vic Damone, Juliet Prowse, Sammy Cahn.
[--] Merv Griffin Show "Salute to the TV show M*A*S*H"
09Nov1973 [repeat from 24Aug73]
, Alan Alda, Loretta Switt, McLean Stevenson,
Wayne Rogers, Larry Linville, Gary Burghoff (R)
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12.47 [2218] Merv Griffin Show
12Nov1973 [Press-Telegram]
From Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne Totie Fields
entertainer Wayne Newton
The Lettermen
comic Myron Cohen
Mayor Oran Gregson
and The Erratic Aquatic Fanatics.
12.48 [2219] Merv Griffin Show
13Nov1973 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne Phyllis Diller
Country singer-musician Roy Clark
comedian Pete Barbutti
and Irish singers Patrick Carroll
and Sean Daly.
12.49 [2220] Merv Griffin Show
14Nov1973 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Shecky Greene
comedian-actor Gabe Kaplan
boxer Joe Louis
singers Mel Torme
Abbe Lane and Diana Trask.
12.50 [2221] Merv Griffin Show
15Nov1973 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Jack Benny
impressionist Rich Little
singer-songwriter Paul Anka
and singer Frankie Laine.
12.51 [2222] Merv Griffin Show
16Nov1973 [Lancaster New Era]
From Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Alan King
singers Dick Haymes
Phyllis McGuire
Paul Anka and Don Goodwin.
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12.52 [2223] Merv Griffin Show
19Nov1973 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actress Eartha Kitt
comedian Paul Lynde
actor Ronny Graham
and singer-actor Robert Clary.
12.53 [2224] Merv Griffin Show
20Nov1973 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
TV personality Steve Allen
comic-actors Richard Dawson
comedians Louis Nye
and Joe Flynn.
12.54 [2225] Merv Griffin Show
21Nov1973 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Eva Gabor
comedian Marty Allen
Albie Baker author of "Stolen Sweets";
and singer Morgana King.
12.55 [2226] Merv Griffin Show
22Nov1973 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Cesar Romero
actress Elena Verdugo
comedian Jimmy Martinez
bandleader Xavier Cugat
and singer-dancer Charo.
12.56 [2227] Merv Griffin Show "Fashion Show"
23Nov1973 [rerun 04Jul74] [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
the wives of
Johnny Carson (Joanna Holland)
Dick Martin (Dolly Martin)
Clint Eastwood (Maggie Johnson)
Sammy Davis Jr. (Altovise Davis)
David Gerber (Laraine Gerber)
Dean Martin (Catherine Hawn)
Robert Stack (Rosemarie Bowe),
James Franciscus (Kathleen Wellman),
Aaron Spelling (Candy Spelling)
and Zubin Mehta (Nancy Kovack).
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12.57 [2228] Merv Griffin Show
26Nov1973 [Lancaster New Era]
"Celebrating Milton Berle's 60th year in Show Business"
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Milton Berle
TV hostess Pamela Mason
young actors Ricky Segall and Randy Gray
and Jazz singer Cleo Laine.
12.58 [2229] Merv Griffin Show
27Nov1973 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actor Robert Goulet
comedienne Joanne Worley
comedian Jack Carter
and author William Peter Blatty.
12.59 [2230] Merv Griffin Show
28Nov1973 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Jo Stafford who makes her first TV appearance in 10 years and her first talk
show ever.
Jo's husband bandleader Paul Weston
writer George Plimpton
Guru Maharaj Ji
and singer Bob Anderson.
12.60 [2231] Merv Griffin Show "A Salute to William Wyler"
29Nov1973 [rerun 05Jul74] [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
director William Wyler
actor Walter Pidgeon
actresses Bette Davis
Olivia De Havililand
and Samantha Eggar.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZMUXYPPMbw
12.61 [2232] Merv Griffin Show
30Nov1973 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Fernando Lamas
comedian Jackie Vernon
and actress Angel Tompkins.
comedienne-actress Marcia Wallace of "The Bob Newhart Show"
and actor Bill Hayes of "Days of Our Lives".
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12.62 [2233] Merv Griffin Show
03Dec1973 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Carol Channing
actor Alan Alda
producer Alan Ladd Jr.
comedienne Dody Goodman
and singing duo Sandler & Young.
12.63 [2234] Merv Griffin Show
04Dec1973 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
author Truman Capote
actor Robert Blake
singer Bobby Vinton
and novelist Adela Rogers St. Johns.
12.64 [2235] Merv Griffin Show "Psychology and Psychiatry"
05Dec1973 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Dr. Samuel Eisenstein
Dr. Edward Stainbrook
Dr. Charles Wahl
Dr. Roderic Gorney
and Dr. Leonard Zunin.
12.65 [2236] Merv Griffin Show
06Dec1973 [rerun 01Jul74] [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Opera star Beverly Sills
comedians Charles Nelson Reilly
Richard Dawson
and David Brenner.
12.66 [2237] Merv Griffin Show "Couples Theme".
07Dec1973 [Intelligencer Journal]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
author Joe Hyams and Elke Sommer
comedian Jackie Vernon and Hazel
TV personality Steve Allen and Jayne Meadows
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[--] Merv and the Christmas Kids Special
09Dec1973 Sun 6:30pm
Rodney Allen Rippy, Ricky Segall, Randy Gray, Mary
Elizabeth McDonough, Eric Scott and Leland Greenwald.
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12.67 [2238] Merv Griffin Show
10Dec1973 [rerun 24Dec73] [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Jack Klugman
singer-actress Florence Henderson
actress Barbara Feldon
and columnist Rubin Carson discuss television.
12.68 [2239] Merv Griffin Show
11Dec1973 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Eddie Albert
and Gabriel Kaplan
comedian Louis Nye
singer-actress Carole Cook
mentalist Romark
and guitarist Randy Gray.
12.69 [2240] Merv Griffin Show "Big Band Era Singers"
12Dec1973 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singers Rosemary Clooney
Helen O'Connell
Fran Warren
and Kay Starr.
12.70 [2241] Merv Griffin Show
13Dec1973 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor James Brolin
comic actor Joe Flynn
comic juggler Bobby Sandler
singer-actress Michelle Phillips
and pop group Tony Orlando and Dawn.
12.71 [2242] Merv Griffin Show
14Dec1973 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Freddie Prinze
actors Wayne Rogers
and Ben Murphy
psychic Kenny Kingston
and singer-dancer Charo.
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12.72 [2243] Merv Griffin Show
17Dec1973 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Clint Eastwood
Fernando Lamas
and Forrest Tucker
and comedian Stanley Myron Handelman.
12.73 [2244] Merv Griffin Show
18Dec1973 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Barbara Eden
actor William Kerwin
singer Jean-Paul Vignon
comedian Richard Dawson
singer-actor Gianni Russo
and musician Jack Sheldon.
12.74 [2245] Merv Griffin Show
19Dec1973 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Jack Cassidy
and Telly Savalas
actress Bernadette Peters
comedian Leonard Barr
and singer-songwriter Jim Stafford.
12.75 [2246] Merv Griffin Show "Outspoken Women"
20Dec1973 [Philadelphia Daily Inquirer]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actress Tammy Grimes
TV hostess Pamela Mason
actresses Susan Strasberg
and Dita Cobb
and Dr. Irene Kassorla.
12.76 [2247] Merv Griffin Show
21Dec1973 [Newsday]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Zsa Zsa Gabor
actor David Carradine
comedian Steve Landesburg
and singer Melba Moore.
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12.77 [2248] Merv Griffin Show
24Dec1973 [Daily News]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Astrology is discussed with experts
Sydney Omarr
Jack Bradford
Joan Quigley
psychics Jacqueline Eastlund
and Baroness Lotte Von Strahl.
[--] Merv Griffin Show
25Dec1973 [repeat from 26Apr73]
Florence Henderson, Karen Valentine, Jack Jones, Susan George.
[--] Merv Griffin Show
26Dec1973 [rerun 04Jun73]
Fred Williamson, Margot Kidder, Trini Lopez, Jaye P. Morgan, Richard Dawson.
[--] Merv Griffin Show "Millionaires"
27Dec1973 [repeat from 04Sep73]
Bob Guccione, Jack Ryan, Morton Shulman, Peter Traynor, Caruth C. Byrd.
[--] Merv Griffin Show "Weighty Problems"
28Dec1973 [repeat from 31May73]
Adelle Davis, Jean Nidetch, Robert Atkins, Irwin Stillman
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[--] Merv Griffin Show
31Dec1973 [repeat from 15Mar73] [Daily News]
Rosemary Clooney, Jackie Vernon, Peter Noone, Steve Landesberg
[--] Merv Griffin Show
01Jan1974 [repeat from 02Mar73]
David Janssen, Steve Allen, Richard Dawson, Henry Morgan
[--] Merv Griffin Show "Children of the Rich and Famous"
02Jan1974 [repeat from 21Mar73]
Guests Tony Hope, Francesca Hilton, Edward Albert, Mark Harmon,
Dr. Charles Wahl and Dr. Burton Wilson.
[--] Merv Griffin Show "Medical Professionals"
03Jan1974 [repeat from 22Oct73]
Dr. Linus Pauling, Dr. Wilfred E.Shute, Carlton Fredericks,
Dr. John Judkin and Dr. Roger Williams
[--] Merv Griffin Show
04Jan1974 [repeat from 14Jun73]
Jack Klugman, Hans Conried, Amanda Blake, Alan Sues
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12.78 [2249] Merv Griffin Show "Music Hall Revue"
07Jan1974 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor and former sidekick Arthur Treacher
entertainer Ian Whitcomb
comedian Leonard Barr
performing psychologist Romark
singer Beatrice Kay
and pianist-composer Jim Rhinehart.
12.79 [2250] Merv Griffin Show "Salute to Oklahoma and Will Rogers"
08Jan1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Will Rogers Jr.
Dale Robertson
and James Whitmore
and Country singer Roger Miller.
12.80 [2251] Merv Griffin Show
09Jan1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
former sidekick Arthur Treacher
singer Lorna Luft
dancer-actress Ann Miller
and impressionist Rich Little.
12.81 [2252] Merv Griffin Show
10Jan1974 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Dom DeLuise
actors Wayne Rogers
and Gabriel Kaplan
and comedy writer Pat McCormick.
12.82 [2253] Merv Griffin Show
11Jan1974 [Miami Herald]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Jane Powell
poet Rod McKuen
musician Stan Kenton
comedian Charles Nelson Reilly
and Opera singer Roberta Peters.
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12.83 [2254] Merv Griffin Show
14Jan1974 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Kent McCord
and Michael Parks
comic actor Billy DeWolfe
comedian Ronnie Schell
and singer Jaye P. Morgan.
12.84 [2255] Merv Griffin Show "Literary Variety"
15Jan1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
TV personality Steve Allen
playwright Garson Kanin
actress Ruth Gordon
and author Erich Von Daniken.
12.85 [2256] Merv Griffin Show
16Jan1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
raconteur George Jessel
actresses Eva Gabor
and Loretta Swit
comedian Alan Sues
and singer-actor Fabian.
12.86 [2257] Merv Griffin Show
17Jan1974 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Jackie Vernon
comedienne Joanne Worley
sound effects performer Wes Harrison
comedian Guy Marks
and singer Daphne Davis.
12.87 [2258] Merv Griffin Show
18Jan1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Robert Blake
and Roy Scheider
former sidekick Arthur Treacher
and supercops Bob Hantz
and Dave Greenberg.
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12.88 [2259] Merv Griffin Show
21Jan1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
Steve Allen is the guest host
Guests
actor Fernando Lamas
comedienne Rose Marie
comedian-actor Soupy Sales
comic Prof. Irwin Corey
and Jazz singer Mercedes Hall.
12.89 [2260] Merv Griffin Show
22Jan1974 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actresses Jennifer O'Neill
Cicely Tyson
Peggy Cass
and Susan Tolsky
and Dr. Irene Kassorla.
12.90 [2261] Merv Griffin Show
23Jan1974 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Gene Hackman
David Janssen
Hugh O'Brian
and comedian-host David Steinberg.
12.91 [2262] Merv Griffin Show
24Jan1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Cyril Ritchard
game show host Bert Convy
comic Prof. Irwin Corey
and singer-dancer Charo.
12.92 [2263] Merv Griffin Show
25Jan1974 [Daily News]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Ernest Borgnine
comedian-actor Orson Bean
comedians Marty Allen
and Richard Dawson
and singer Aliza Kashi.
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12.93 [2264] Merv Griffin Show
28Jan1974 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Karen Valentine
comedians George Kirby
Frank Gorshin
and Jackie Vernon
singer John Hagger
and singer-actor Paul Hampton.
12.94 [2265] Merv Griffin Show
29Jan1974 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
TV hostess Pamela Mason
divorce lawyer Stuart Wolzer
Dr. Melvyn Kinder
Dr. Alexander Taylor
and Dr. Stephen Howard, marriage and divorce are discussed.
12.95 [2266] Merv Griffin Show
30Jan1974 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor James Stewart
actress Jane Wyman
and comedienne Peggy Cass.
12.96 [2267] Merv Griffin Show
31Jan1974 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Pete Barbutti
singers Mel Torme
and Carmen McRae
Jazz musician Cal Tjader
and Jazz pianist Earl Fatha Hines.
12.97 [2268] Merv Griffin Show
01Feb1974 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
director William Friedkin of "The Exorcist"
and author William Peter Blatty
and stars
Linda Blair
Ellen Burstyn
Max Von Sydow
and Father Banahan of the Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago.
==================================
12.98 [2269] Merv Griffin Show
04Feb1974 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-songwriter Paul Williams
singers Helen Reddy
Johnny Nash
and Kathy Greene.
12.99 [2270] Merv Griffin Show
05Feb1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Ginger Rogers
singer-actress Carole Cook
comic actor Joe Flynn
showbiz columnist Shirley Eder
and author Ralph Charell.
12.100 [2271] Merv Griffin Show "Prison Life and Reform"
06Feb1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Dr. Karl Menninger
Warden Louis S. Nelson of San Quentin
Judge John Maher
and sociologist Dr. Donald Cressey.
12.101 [2272] Merv Griffin Show
07Feb1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
songwriters Alan and Marilyn Bergman
singing duo Sandler and Young
Skiles and Henderson
and singing brothers Andy and David Williams.
12.102 [2273] Merv Griffin Show
08Feb1974 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actresses Gloria de Haven
Peggy Cass
Barbi Benton
and Carole Androsky
and Dr. Joyce Brothers.
==================================
12.103 [2274] Merv Griffin Show
11Feb1974 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Tony Bennett
Skiles and Henderson
singer-model-actress Kathe Green
and musician Jack Sheldon.
12.104 [2275] Merv Griffin Show "Married Couples"
12Feb1974 [rerun 05Sep74] [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Jim Backus and Henny Backus
Mark Spitz and Susan Spitz
James Brolin and Jan Brolin
Jack Carter and Roxanne Carter.
12.105 [2276] Merv Griffin Show
13Feb1974 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
mime Marcel Marceau
entertainer Ian Whitcomb
comedian Jesse Lopez
comic Hirzel Schnickelgruber
instrumentalist Werner Hertzel
(record holder for playing the most instruments)
and singer-dancer Charo.
12.106 [2277] Merv Griffin Show
14Feb1974 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Lorne Greene
actress Bernadette Peters
TV personality Dick Clark
and singer Jim Stafford.
12.107 [2278] Merv Griffin Show "Millionaires"
15Feb1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
hotel magnate Del Webb
inventor William Lear
L.A. car dealer Cal Worthington
and Kenneth Moss former Wall Street tycoon.
==================================
12.108 [2279] Merv Griffin Show
18Feb1974 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actor Pat Boone
comedians Harvey Korman
and Jackie Vernon
and singer-actor Gianni Russo.
12.109 [2280] Merv Griffin Show
19Feb1974 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Connie Stevens
actor Roy Scheider
comedian Ronnie Graham
Andy Johnson
and singer Sarah Vaughan.
12.110 [2281] Merv Griffin Show
20Feb1974 [Los Angeles Times]
"The 53rd Annual Photoplay Gold Medal Awards"
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Burt Reynolds
Tony Musante
and Roddy McDowall
actresses Michael Learned
Ellen Corby
and Sally Struthers
singer Andy Williams
and Photoplay publisher Robert Lucas.
12.111 [2282] Merv Griffin Show
21Feb1974 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
TV personality Steve Allen
comedian Richard Dawson
actor Paul Winfield
Karate expert Jim Kelly
and singer Bobby Vinton.
12.112 [2283] Merv Griffin Show "Unknown Talent"
22Feb1974 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedians Freeman King
and Murray Langston (The Unknown Comic)
Dick Sweeney
singer Ellen Greene
singer Richard Isley
child drummer Terry Reed
and blind pianist-singer Tom Sullivan.
==================================
12.113 [2284] Merv Griffin Show "Famous Canadians"
25Feb1974 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-songwriter Paul Anka
singer Anne Murray
game show host Monty Hall
producer-comedy writer Chris Bearde (Laugh-In)
producer-comedy writer Allan Blye (The Smothers Brothers)
and news anchor Byron MacGregor.
12.114 [2285] Merv Griffin Show "Actresses"
26Feb1974 [rerun 06Sep74] [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actresses Dina Merrill
Joan Collins
Ann Miller
Lee Meriwether
and Lynda Day George.
12.115 [2286] Merv Griffin Show
27Feb1974 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Walter Brennan
*Note: Walter Brennan makes the only talk show appearance
of his career, seven months before his death.
actress Eva Gabor
comic Leonard Barr
and The Lennon Sisters.
12.116 [2287] Merv Griffin Show "Actors"
28Feb1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Jason Miller
Maximilian Schell
Richard Thomas
and Randy Quaid.
12.117 [2288] Merv Griffin Show "Salute to Groucho Marx"
01Mar1974 [Press Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
entertainer Groucho Marx
actress Erin Fleming
actor-comedian Orson Bean
comedienne Kaye Ballard
and composer Marvin Hamlisch.
Highlights:
Groucho and Erin sing "Dr. Hackenbush".
==================================
12.118 [2289] Merv Griffin Show
04Mar1974 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
raconteur George Jessel
actress Liz Torres
comedian David Brenner
comics Joe Flynn
and Milt Kamen.
12.119 [2290] Merv Griffin Show
05Mar1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Jacqueline Bisset
comedian Alan Sues
comedienne Joanne Worley
psychic Kenny Kingston
and singer Peter Lemongello.
12.120 [2291] Merv Griffin Show
06Mar1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedians Jackie Vernon
and Steve Simon
singers Glen Campbell
and Teresa Brewer.
12.121 [2292] Merv Griffin Show
07Mar1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Wayne Rogers
and Fernando Lamas
comedian Steve Landesberg
and Country singer Lynn Anderson.
12.122 [2293] Merv Griffin Show
08Mar1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian-actor George Burns
actress Marlo Thomas
singer Jack Jones
and singer-actress Susan George.
==================================
12.123 [2294] Merv Griffin Show
11Mar1974 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
TV hostess Pamela Mason
author Jacqueline Susann
comedienne Renée Taylor
and Dr. Cleo Dawson.
12.124 [2295] Merv Griffin Show
12Mar1974 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Charlton Heston
comedian Dan Rowan
tennis players Roy Emerson
Dennis Ralston
and Hugh Stewart recap a recent Miami celebrity
tournament that netted $50,000 for the Motion Picture and Television Relief
Fund.
12.125 [2296] Merv Griffin Show
13Mar1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Freddie Prinze
actor Ricky Segall and his parents
singer-songwriter Paul Williams
singer Maxine Weldon
and Country singing duo The Hagers.
12.126 [2297] Merv Griffin Show
14Mar1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
TV personality Steve Allen
actors Gavin MacLeod
and Michael York
and writer Jeannine Burnier.
12.127 [2298] Merv Griffin Show
15Mar1974 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Esther Rolle
and actor Jimmie Walker of "Good Times"
actors Ron Howard
and Tom Bosley of "Happy Days"
and actor Ronny Cox of "Apple's Way".
==================================
12.128 [2299] Merv Griffin Show "All Authors of Books about Presidents".
18Mar1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Jack Valenti President of the Academy of Motion Pictures
Kenneth O'Donnell former Presidential aide to John F. Kennedy and author of
"We Hardly Knew You"
Merle Miller, Presidential biographer of "Plain Speaking" about President
Harry S. Truman
and writer-journalist Alden Hatch who is an expert on Presidents Woodrow
Wilson,
Dwight D. Eisenhower and Franklin Roosevelt.
12.129 [2300] Merv Griffin Show
19Mar1974 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
TV personality Virginia Graham
singer-actress Dale Evans
singer Jaye P. Morgan
and Soprano Sally Sanford.
12.130 [2301] Merv Griffin Show
20Mar1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actresses Zsa Zsa Gabor
and Bernadette Peters
columnist Rubin Carson
and singer-actor Gianni Russo.
12.131 [2302] Merv Griffin Show
21Mar1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actor Jim Nabors
game show host Art Fleming
comedian Louis Nye
and dancer-singer Charo.
12.132 [2303] Merv Griffin Show
22Mar1974 [Miami Herald]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Jackie Vernon
actor Sam Levene
Jack Carter's mother Anna Chakrin
Tony Orlando and Dawn.
==================================
[--] MERV GRIFFIN PRESENTS (II)
24Mar1974 Sun 8:30pm
Merv joins Isaac Hayes, blues singer Albert King,
Carla Thomas, The Emotions, Johnnie Taylor Luther
Ingram, the gospel group The Staple Singers and The
Isaac Hayes Dancers for this special taped live before
an audience at Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas.
==================================
12.133 [2304] Merv Griffin Show
25Mar1974 [Intelligencer Journal]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Shelley Winters
actor Marjoe Gortner
comedian Rodney Dangerfield
Ross and Norris McWhirter co-founders of "Guinness Book of Records."
12.134 [2305] Merv Griffin Show
26Mar1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Fernando Lamas
and Michael Landon
"Cosmopolitian" editor Helen Gurley Brown
comedian Alan Sues
and Country singer Ronnie Prophet.
12.135 [2306] Merv Griffin Show
27Mar1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Stella Stevens
game show host Bert Convy
TV hostess Pamela Mason
actor Lance LeGault star of "Catch My Soul"'
and entertainer Charo.
12.136 [2307] Merv Griffin Show
28Mar1974 [Lancaster New-Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Greer Garson
actor James Brolin
comedian Richard Dawson
and singer Jean-Paul Vignon.
12.137 [2308] Merv Griffin Show
29Mar1974 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actress Carole Cook
comedians Charles Nelson Reilly
and Joe Flynn
and Dr. David Reuben.
==================================
12.138 [2309] Merv Griffin Show "Gucci Fashion Show"
01Apr1974 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
designer Dr. Aldo Gucci
actresses Debbie Reynolds
Alexis Smith
Jennifer O'Neill
Dana Wynter
Linda Cristal
and singer Dionne Warwick.
12.139 [2310] Merv Griffin Show
02Apr1974 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comic actor Marty Feldman
comedian David Brenner
singer-dancer-actor Ben Vereen
mime-magician-actor Vito Scotti
and The Staple Singers.
12.140 [2311] Merv Griffin Show
03Apr1974 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
political columnist-author Frank Mankiewicz
former communications director and Presidential adviser Herb Klein
and special assistant to the President Dr. John McLaughlin.
12.141 [2312] Merv Griffin Show
04Apr1974 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Gene Hackman
and Wayne Rogers
actress Eileen Brennan
and singer Bobby Vinton
12.142 [2313] Merv Griffin Show
05Apr1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
entertainer Billy Eckstine
songstress Kay Starr
Skiles and Henderson
Jazz singer Cleo Laine
and her husband musician John Dankworth
and the incomparable "Mister B".
Highlights:
Merv sings a Rodgers and Hart medley.
==================================
12.143 [2314] Merv Griffin Show
08Apr1974 [Lancaster New-Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actor Jack Cassidy
actor Stacy Keach
comedian Jack Carter
and martial artist-actor Jim Kelly.
12.144 [2315] Merv Griffin Show
09Apr1974 [Los Angeles Times]
The Opera Guild Benefit premiere of the motion picture
"Mame" at the Cinerama Dome.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress-comedienne Lucille Ball
and her husband Gary Morton
actress Beatrice Arthur
and her husband director Gene Saks
actors Don Porter
and Kirby Furlong
and producer Robert Fryer.
12.145 [2316] Merv Griffin Show
10Apr1974 [Daily News]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor-dancer-singer Joel Grey
Country singer Loretta Lynn
singer Valerie Diamond
and The Jackson 5 who perform
"It's Too Late To Change The Time" and "Dancing Machine".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPniotRGoJ4
12.146 [2317] Merv Griffin Show
11Apr1974 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor George Hamilton
comedienne Totie Fields
impressionist Rich Little
and musician Jack Sheldon.
12.147 [2318] Merv Griffin Show
12Apr1974 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Andy Griffith
actress Donna Mills
comedian Ronnie Schell
and singer Charles Aznavour.
==================================
12.148 [2319] Merv Griffin Show
15Apr1974 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Danny Thomas
and Jack Albertson
comedian Orson Bean
and actor Darrow Igus.
12.149 [2320] Merv Griffin Show
16Apr1974 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Eli Wallach
and his wife actress Anne Jackson
game show host Bert Convy
author Sidney Sheldon
and columnist Rubin Carson.
12.150 [2321] Merv Griffin Show "Backstage Theme"
17Apr1974 [rerun 04Sep74] [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Rosemary Clooney
pianist Errol Garner
composer Sammy Fain
comic-musician Pete Barbutti
dancer Mark Atkinson
and The Hagers.
12.151 [2322] Merv Griffin Show
18Apr1974 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
TV hostess Pamela Mason
actor Fernando Lamas
tennis star Billie Jean King
and singer-actor Gianni Russo.
12.152 [2323] Merv Griffin Show
19Apr1974 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian-actor Red Buttons
raconteur George Jessel
Mexican actor Cantinflas
and comic Jack Farrell.
==================================
12.153 [2324] Merv Griffin Show
22Apr1974 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actresses Jean Stapleton
and Lynn Redgrave
comic actor Don Knotts
and comedian Steve Landesberg.
12.154 [2325] Merv Griffin Show
23Apr1974 [Intelligencer Journal]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actresses Polly Bergen
and Diahann Carroll
actor Will Geer of "The Waltons"
and musician Jack Sheldon.
12.155 [2326] Merv Griffin Show
24Apr1974 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Vincent Price
and George Peppard
Opera singer Beverly Sills
and comedian Andrew Johnson.
12.156 [2327] Merv Griffin Show
25Apr1974 [rerun 17Dec74] [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
coloratura soprano Lily Pons who performs "Estrellita";
actor Fernando Lamas
and comedian Jackie Vernon.
*Note: Lily Pons was 76 years old in one of her rare TV appearances.
12.157 [2328] Merv Griffin Show
26Apr1974 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Ricardo Montalban
and Gabriel Kaplan
comedienne Kaye Ballard
and comedian Louis Nye.
==================================
12.158 [2329] Merv Griffin Show
29Apr1974 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Martin Sheen
comedienne Joan Rivers
impersonator Craig Russell
and comic Tony Sheen.
12.159 [2330] Merv Griffin Show
30Apr1974 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Robert Conrad
and Ted Knight
Country singer-musician Roy Clark
and singer-actress Lainie Kazan.
12.160 [2331] Merv Griffin Show
01May1974
"Preventive Nutritional Medicine Show"
Host Merv Griffin
The lastest theories in preventive nutrional medicine are presented
by members of the International College of Applied Nutrition.
12.161 [2332] Merv Griffin Show
02May1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Zsa Zsa Gabor
comic actor Joe Flynn
comedian Norm Crosby
and Dr. Irwin Stillman.
12.162 [2333] Merv Griffin Show "Kids"
03May1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Dr. Benjamin Spock
Dr. Lendon Smith
singer-actor Frankie Avalon (father of 8)
and author Pamela Mason.
==================================
12.163 [2334] Merv Griffin Show
06May1974 [Lancaster New Era]
From Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Alan King
actor Gabriel Kaplan
singer Jerry Vale
songstress Marilyn Maye
and the Kim Sisters.
12.164 [2335] Merv Griffin Show
07May1974 [rerun 20Dec74] [Lancaster New Era]
From Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singers Pearl Bailey
and Jim Stafford
comedian Jackie Gayle
and The Supremes.
12.165 [2336] Merv Griffin Show
08May1974 [Lancaster New Era]
From Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-dancer-actor Joel Grey
actor Ted Knight
musical-comedy star Bernadette Peters
comic Corbett Monica
and comic duo Pat Carroll and Sean Daly.
12.166 [2337] Merv Griffin Show
09May1974 [Lancaster New Era]
From Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Johnny Mathis
actress Tina Louise
songstress Keely Smith
comic Guy Marks
and The Volantes unicycle act.
12.167 [2338] Merv Griffin Show
10May1974 [Lancaster New Era]
From Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Alan King
actress Sally Struthers
tennis pro Pancho Gonzales
comic Pat Cooper
singers Sergio Franchi
and Trini Lopez
and the Acrobatic Argentinian Gauchos.
==================================
12.168 [2339] Merv Griffin Show
13May1974 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actor Jack Cassidy
and his wife singer-actress Shirley Jones
comic Ronnie Schell
comedienne Marcia Wallace
and naturalist Euell Gibbons.
12.169 [2340] Merv Griffin Show "Salute to William A. Wellman"
14May1974 [rerun 02Sep74] [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
director William A. Wellman
actress Ida Lupino
actors Joel McCrea
Mike Connors
and James Franciscus (married to Wellman's daughter Kathleen).
Featuring scenes from such Wellman films as "Wings" and "The High and the
Mighty".
12.170 [2341] Merv Griffin Show
15May1974 [rerun 18Dec74] [Los Angeles Times]
On location with "The Klansman".
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Richard Burton
Cameron Mitchell
Lee Marvin
Luciana Paluzzi
David Ladd
Terence Young
Bill Alexander
and Lola Falana.
12.171 [2342] Merv Griffin Show "A Salute to MGM".
16May1974 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors James Stewart
Peter Lawford
and Jack Haley Jr.
actresses Liza Minnelli
and June Allyson.
12.172 [2343] Merv Griffin Show
17May1974 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Dick Shawn
actors Wayne Rogers
Alex Karras
and Jackie Cooper.
==================================
12.173 [2344] Merv Griffin Show
20May1974 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
TV personality Steve Allen
singer-actress Phyllis Newman
comedian Orson Bean
and Dr. David Reuben.
12.174 [2345] Merv Griffin Show "Salute to Don Siegel"
21May1974 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
director Don Siegel
actors Clint Eastwood
Lee Marvin
and John Cassavetes
and actress Angie Dickinson.
12.175 [2346] Merv Griffin Show
22May1974 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Jack Klugman
comedians Jackie Mason
Alan Sues
and Jackie Vernon.
12.176 [2347] Merv Griffin Show
23May1974 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor George Segal
comedians Bob Newhart
and Don Rickles
and singer-dancer Charo.
12.177 [2348] Merv Griffin Show
24May1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Fernando Lamas
and James Brolin
child singer Lena Zavaroni (10-year-old from London);
and Apollo 15 astronaut Col. James B. Irwin.
==================================
12.178 [2349] Merv Griffin Show
27May1974 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
entertainer Bob Hope
comedienne Joanne Worley
singing cowboy Neely Reynolds
and comedian Steve Landesberg.
12.179 [2350] Merv Griffin Show
28May1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Shelley Winters
producer Stanley Kramer
and writer Norman Mailer.
12.180 [2351] Merv Griffin Show
29May1974 [Press-Telegram]
"Salute to the film "Uptown Saturday Night"
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Sidney Poitier
actor-comedians Bill Cosby
and Richard Pryor.
12.181 [2352] Merv Griffin Show
30May1974 [rerun 02Jul74] [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian-actor Joe Flynn
actress Susan Tolsky
comedian Louis Nye
and actor Ronny Graham.
12.182 [2353] Merv Griffin Show
31May1974 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
bandleader Woody Herman
comedian David Brenner
singers Diana Trask
and Dick Haymes
juggler Bobby Sandler
and comedy act The Nicholas Brothers.
==================================
12.183 [2354] Merv Griffin Show "Women's Lib"
03Jun1974 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Eva Gabor
singers Jaye P. Morgan
and Cass Elliot
and author-columnist Arianna Stassinopoulos.
12.184 [2355] Merv Griffin Show
04Jun1974 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Stephen Boyd
singer-actor Robert Clary
comic Milt Kamen
and Skiles and Henderson.
12.185 [2356] Merv Griffin Show
05Jun1974 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Marlo Thomas
baseball player Willie Mays
singer Mac Davis
comedienne Pat Carroll
and comic actor Gabriel Kaplan.
12.186 [2357] Merv Griffin Show
06Jun1974 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Amanda Blake
actor Cyril Ritchard
comedian-actor Richard Dawson
and TV hostess Pamela Mason.
12.187 [2358] Merv Griffin Show
07Jun1974 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian-actors George Burns
and Jim Backus
comedienne Jeannine Burnier
and singer Kathe Green.
==================================
12.188 [2359] Merv Griffin Show
10Jun1974 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Barbara Feldon
actor Mickey Rooney
comedian Jackie Vernon
and singer Bobby Vinton.
12.189 [2360] Merv Griffin Show
11Jun1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Sally Ann Howes
actor Hans Conried
comedian Jack Carter
actors Clamma Dale
and Robert Morley (stars of "Porgy and Bess");
and comic Leonard Barr.
12.190 [2361] Merv Griffin Show "Tribute to Director Tay Garnett"
12Jun1974 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Eve Arden
actors Walter Pidgeon
and Lloyd Nolan
George Murphy
and director Tay Garnett.
12.191 [2362] Merv Griffin Show
13Jun1974 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
raconteur George Jessel
comedienne Joan Rivers
comedian-actor Freddie Prinze
and singer Olivia Newton John.
12.192 [2363] Merv Griffin Show
14Jun1974 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Karen Valentine
actor Kent McCord
singer Maureen McGovern
and musical duo Sandler & Young.
==================================
12.193 [2364] Merv Griffin Show
17Jun1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actress Polly Bergen
actor Fernando Lamas
humorist-columnist Rubin Carson
psychologist Dr. Joyce Brothers
and a Bridal Fashion Show.
12.194 [2365] Merv Griffin Show "Money".
18Jun1974 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
TV personality Art Linkletter
author Harry Browne
Dr. Norman Young (chairman of the board of ITT);
and businessman Robert Lyler (U.S. Bullin Investment Co.).
12.195 [2366] Merv Griffin Show
19Jun1974 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Michael Caine
TV personality Steve Allen
former basketball player Jerry Lucas
and comedian-actor Bill Daily.
12.196 [2367] Merv Griffin Show
20Jun1974 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Bert Convy
singer-dancer Charo
golfer Doug Sanders
and comedienne Carol Hannan.
12.197 [2368] Merv Griffin Show
21Jun1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors George Segal
and Robert Conrad
comedian David Brenner
film critic Rex Reed
and singer Teresa Brewer.
==================================
12.198 [2369] Merv Griffin Show
24Jun1974 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian-actor Danny Thomas
actress Carol Channing
singer Ray Price
and actor Darrow Igus.
12.199 [2370] Merv Griffin Show "Hollywood's Glamour Days"
25Jun1974 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
director Frank Capra
actress Jean Arthur
actor Richard Arlen
columnist Sidney Skolsky
and restauranteur Herman Hover.
12.200 [2371] Merv Griffin Show
26Jun1974 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Carole Cook
comic actor Joe Flynn
comedian Charles Nelson Reilly
and author Dr. David Reuben.
12.201 [2372] Merv Griffin Show "A Salute to MGM"
27Jun1974 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
dancer-actor Donald O'Connor
singer-actor Howard Keel
actress Kathryn Grayson
actor Fernando Lamas
and dancer-actress Ann Miller.
12.202 [2373] Merv Griffin Show
28Jun1974 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actress Eartha Kitt
comedian-actor Paul Lynde
comic actor Ronny Graham
and singer-actor Robert Clary.
==================================
[--] Merv Griffin Show
01Jul1974 [repeat from 06Dec73]
Beverly Sills, Charles Nelson Reilly, Richard Dawson, David Brenner
[--] Merv Griffin Show
02Jul1974 [repeat from 30May74]
Joe Flynn, Susan Tolsky, Louis Nye, Ronny Graham.
[--] Merv Griffin Show "Salute to Lucille Ball"
03Jul1974 [repeat from 12Oct73]
Lucille Ball, Bob Hope, Desi Arnaz Jr., Lucie Arnaz, Gary Morton, Gale
Gordon
[--] Merv Griffin Show "Fashion Show"
04Jul1974 [repeat from 23Nov73]
A Fashion show with the wives of Dean Martin, Robert Stack, Clint Eastwood,
Sammy Davis Jr., Johnny Carson, Aaron Spelling, James Franciscus,
Zubin Mehta and Dick Martin.
[--] Merv Griffin Show "Salute to William Wyler".
05Jul1974 [repeat from 29Nov73]
William Wyler, Bette Davis, Walter Pidgeon, actresses Olivia de Havilland,
Samantha Eggar
==================================
12.203 [2374] Merv Griffin Show
08Jul1974 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne Kaye Ballard
TV hostess Pamela Mason
comedian George Kirby
and Evangelist Frederick Elkerenkoetter (Reverend Ike)
12.204 [2375] Merv Griffin Show
09Jul1974 [rerun 19Dec74] [Oakland Tribune]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne Totie Fields
dancer-actress Ann Miller
actress Joan Hackett
and singer Claudine Longet.
12.205 [2376] Merv Griffin Show
10Jul1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor-comedian Red Buttons
singer-actress Eartha Kitt
actor Hugh O'Brian
and John R. Bartels Jr.
head of the Drug Enforcement Administration at the Department of Justice.
12.206 [2377] Merv Griffin Show "The Comedians"
11Jul1974 [Oakland Tribune]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedians Jackie Vernon
Fred Travalena
Rip Taylor
Franklyn Ajaye
and The Marquis Chimps.
12.207 [2378] Merv Griffin Show
12Jul1974 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singers Dick Haymes
Rosemary Clooney and Margaret Whiting
lyrists Marilyn & Alan Bergman
songwriters Harry Warren, Ron Miller
and Norman Gimbel.
==================================
12.208 [2379] Merv Griffin Show
15Jul1974 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedians Jan Murray
and Louis Nye
singer-actress Della Reese
and singer Ray Stevens.
12.209 [2380] Merv Griffin Show
16Jul1974 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Zsa Zsa Gabor
actors Richard Chamberlain
and Peter Fonda
and comic actor Gabriel Kaplan.
12.210 [2381] Merv Griffin Show
17Jul1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Richard Harris
and his wife actress Ann Turkel
baritone Robert Merrill
comedians Orson Bean
and Charles Nelson Reilly.
12.211 [2382] Merv Griffin Show
18Jul1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Fernando Lamas
actresses Elke Sommer
and Carole Cook
and author Adela Rogers St. Johns.
12.212 [2383] Merv Griffin Show
19Jul1974 [Independent]
Helen Reddy is the guest hostess
Guests
comic actor Joe Flynn
comedian David Brenner
comic duo Mitzi McCall
and Charlie Brill
and writer Gwen Davis.
*Note:
Joe Flynn (a frequent Merv Griffin Show guest) would pass away
from a heart attack on July 19, 1974 at the age of 50.
This episode had been taped on June 13, 1974.
==================================
12.213 [2384] Merv Griffin Show
22Jul1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
Orson Bean is the guest host
Guests
actors George Raft
Pat O'Brien
and Jim Backus.
12.214 [2385] Merv Griffin Show
23Jul1974 [Independent]
Roger Miller is the guest host
Guests
TV personality Dick Clark
impressionist Rich Little and his brother Fred Little
comic Charles Fleischer
and singer Kelly Garrett.
12.215 [2386] Merv Griffin Show
24Jul1974 [Press-Telegram]
Fernando Lamas is the guest host
Guests
actress Susan Strasberg
comedienne Rose Marie
comedians Marty Allen
and Louis Nye
and psychic Kenny Kingston.
12.216 [2387] Merv Griffin Show
25Jul1974 [Press-Telegram]
Clint Eastwood is the guest host
Guests
comedian Charles Nelson Reilly
actor Jim Hampton
singer Conny Van Dyke
and singer-actor Duilio Del Prete.
12.217 [2388] Merv Griffin Show
26Jul1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
Bill Cosby is the guest host
Guests
actor Wayne Rogers
comedian Leonard Barr
Dr. Joyce Brothers
singers Jaye P. Morgan
and Maxine Weldon.
==================================
12.218 [2389] Merv Griffin Show
29Jul1974 [Press-Telegram]
Bill Cosby is the guest host
Guests
actor Lyle Waggoner
comedienne Joanne Worley
model-actress Barbi Benton
Willie & Eric Bo Bo
and Dr. William Rader.
12.219 [2390] Merv Griffin Show
30Jul1974 [Press-Telegram]
Shecky Greene is the guest host
Guests
singer-actor Guy Marks
restauranteur Matty Jordan
Mr. Universe Arnold Schwarzenegger
guitarist Chet Atkins
and singer Freda Payne.
12.220 [2391] Merv Griffin Show "The Actors"
31Jul1974 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
humorist George Plimpton
actors Fred Williamson
and Warren Oates
and singer-actor Gianni Russo.
12.221 [2392] Merv Griffin Show "The Comics"
01Aug1974 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comics Dick Gautier
Jackie Vernon
Orson Bean
Pat Buttram
and Lou Holtz.
12.222 [2393] Merv Griffin Show
02Aug1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Don Porter
comedian Charles Fleischer
comedienne Jeannine Burnier
voice actor Dave McCharen
singers Olivia Newton-John
and Reuben Howell
and The Supremes.
==================================
12.223 [2394] Merv Griffin Show
05Aug1974 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Danny Thomas
and Henry Winkler
comedienne Marcia Wallace
and singer Bobby Vinton.
12.224 [2395] Merv Griffin Show "Astrologers and Psychics"
06Aug1974 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
astrologer Sydney Omarr
and Carroll Righter
psychics Joan Quigley
Bernadine Gillanueva
and Angela Louise Gallo.
12.225 [2396] Merv Griffin Show
07Aug1974 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
raconteur George Jessel
comedian Jimmie Walker
singer-actor Anson Williams
and singer-dancer Charo.
12.226 [2397] Merv Griffin Show
08Aug1974 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Zsa Zsa Gabor
singers Kay Starr
and Jean Paul Vignon
and radio talk show host Bill Ballance.
12.227 [2398] Merv Griffin Show
09Aug1974 [Daily News]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Jack Carter
actress Carole Cook
actor-comic Dave Madden
singer Bobby Sandler
and pianist Keith Dunham.
==================================
12.228 [2399] Merv Griffin Show "Outspoken Women"
12Aug1974 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
TV hostess Pamela Mason
columnist Rona Barrett
author Maya Angelou
and Dr. Irene Kassorla.
12.229 [2400] Merv Griffin Show
13Aug1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Ben Gazzara
and Fernando Lamas
comedian Steve Landesberg
and singer Stephanie Edwards.
12.230 [2401] Merv Griffin Show
14Aug1974 [Intelligencer Journal]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
TV personality Steve Allen
actress Jayne Meadows
actor Alex Karras
comedian Henny Youngman
and poet-singer-songwriter Rod McKuen.
12.231 [2402] Merv Griffin Show
15Aug1974 [Intelligencer Journal]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Rosemary Clooney
comedian Norm Crosby
comic Billy Braver
singer-actor Robert Clary
and musician Cannonball Adderley.
12.232 [2403] Merv Griffin Show
16Aug1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Jackie Vernon
baritone Robert Merrill
impressionist Fred Travalena
actress Cindy Williams
and singer Syreeta.
==================================
12.233 [2404] Merv Griffin Show "Proteges"
19Aug1974 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Buddy Hackett with Penny France
Phyllis Diller with The Mark & Clark Expedition
Stuart Whitman with Tony Dalli
and Merv intros singer Harriet Schock.
12.234 [2405] Merv Griffin Show
20Aug1974 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Troy Donahue
comic Milt Kamen
comedian Alan Sues
humorist Rubin Carson
and astrologer Joyce Jillson.
12.235 [2406] Merv Griffin Show
21Aug1974 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
On location with actor-director George C. Scott
during the filming of "The Savage is Loose" in Mexico;
actress Trish Van Devere
and actor John David Carson.
12.236 [2407] Merv Griffin Show
22Aug1974 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Gig Young
actress Eva Gabor
comedienne Hermione Baddeley
and comedian David Brenner.
12.237 [2408] Merv Griffin Show
23Aug1974 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Art Carney
comedian Louis Nye
actress Sheila MacRae
and impersonator Daphne Davis.
==================================
12.238 [2409] Merv Griffin Show
26Aug1974 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Peter Lawford
actress Barbara Parkins
comedian Jack Carter
comic Hank Garcia
and singer-actress Karen Morrow.
12.239 [2410] Merv Griffin Show
27Aug1974 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
pianist-composer Henry Mancini
singer Mel Torme
songstress Molly Bee
and The Jackson 5.
Musical Highlights:
The Jackson 5 perform "It's Too Late To Change The Time" & "Dancing
Machine".
12.240 [2411] Merv Griffin Show "Teenage Alcoholism"
28Aug1974 [rerun 16Dec74] [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Dr. William Rader and five teenage alcoholics.
Jess Schumacker
Monica Apodaca
Larry Lujan
the panel of former teenage alcoliolics.
12.241 [2412] Merv Griffin Show
29Aug1974 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
game show host Bert Convy
actors Ross Martin
and Wayne Rogers
and singer-actress Lainie Kazan.
12.242 [2413] Merv Griffin Show
30Aug1974 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Elliott Gould
comedienne Joan Rivers
comic actor Ronny Graham
and singer Bobby Vinton.
==================================
[--] Merv Griffin Show "Salute to William A.
Wellman"
02Sep1974 [repeat from 14May74]
Joel McCrea, Ida Lupino, James Franciscus, Mike Connors
[--] Merv Griffin Show
03Sep1974
pre-empted for special "Give Me Liberty".
[--] Merv Griffin Show "Backstage theme"
04Sep1974 [repeat from 17Apr74]
Rosemary Clooney, Erroll Garner, Pete Barbutti,
Mark Atkinson, Sammy Fain
[--] Merv Griffin Show "Married Couples"
05Sep1974 [repeat from 12Feb74]
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Spitz, Mr. and Mrs. James Brolin, Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Carter,
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Backus
[--] Merv Griffin Show "Actresses"
06Sep1974 [repeat from 26Feb74]
Dina Merrill, Joan Collins, Ann Miller, Lee Meriwether, Lynda Day George
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