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Season 13 (Metromedia Syndication)(1974-75)
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.
13.01
[2414] Merv Griffin Show
09Sep1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
raconteur George Jessel
comedienne Kaye Ballard
Skiles and Henderson
and singer Linda Bennett.
13.02 [2415] Merv Griffin Show
10Sep1974 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Jackie Vernon
actor-comedian Richard Dawson
actress Susan Tolsky
and singer-actor Anson Williams.
13.03 [2416] Merv Griffin Show
11Sep1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne-actresses Betty White
and Lucie Arnaz
actors David Carradine
and Earl Holliman.
13.04 [2417] Merv Griffin Show
12Sep1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Lee Grant
author Adela Rogers St. Johns
poet-writer Maya Angelou
and witch Sybil Leek.
13.05 [2418] Merv Griffin Show
13Sep1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
composer-arranger Chuck Mangione
singer Esther Satterfield
Jazz singer Joe Williams
Country singer Conny Van Dyke
musician-comedian Pete Barbuttie
and comedian Kelly Monteith.
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13.06 [2419] Merv Griffin Show
16Sep1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Burt Reynolds
and Lee Majors
actress Eileen Brennan
and comedian-actor Gabriel Kaplan.
13.07 [2420] Merv Griffin Show
17Sep1974 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Orson Bean
actor Jamie Farr
actress Stephanie Edwards
voice actor-comedian Charlie Fleischer
and producer-director Ken Shapiro.
13.08 [2421] Merv Griffin Show
18Sep1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Milton Berle
TV personality Art Linkletter
actor-comedian Billy Braver
and astrologer Joyce Jillson.
13.09 [2422] Merv Griffin Show
19Sep1974 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor-comedian Don Adams
actress Bernadette Peters
singer Tommy Leonetti
photographer Ron Galella
and The Gurning Champions.
13.10 [2423] Merv Griffin Show
20Sep1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Linda Blair
TV hostess Pamela Mason
comedian Charles Nelson Reilly
singer-actress Tasha Thomas
and composer Jule Styne.
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13.11 [2424] Merv Griffin Show "Salute to Vincente Minnelli"
23Sep1974 [rerun 24Jun75] [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
director Vincente Minnelli
daughter singer-actress Liza Minnelli
entertainer Sammy Davis Jr.
and actress Leslie Caron.
13.12 [2425] Merv Griffin Show
24Sep1974 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Reverend Billy Graham
screenwriter-playwright Anita Loos
and comedienne Hermione Gingold.
13.13 [2426] Merv Griffin Show
25Sep1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
and Henry Winkler
comedienne Hermione Gingold
and Antony Armstrong-Jones (Lord Snowden).
13.14 [2427] Merv Griffin Show
26Sep1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Luise Ranier
comedienne Blossom Dearie
TV personality Steve Allen
and comedian Charles Nelson Reilly.
13.15 [2428] Merv Griffin Show
27Sep1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actress Florence Henderson
actors James Coco
and William Demarest
and singing duo Sandler and Young.
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13.16 [2429] Merv Griffin Show
30Sep1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Robert Morse
comedian Kip Adotta
Skiles and Henderson
and singer-actor Jerry Reed.
13.17 [2430] Merv Griffin Show
01Oct1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian-actor Freddie Prinze
actor Jack Albertson
comedian Dom DeLuise
actress Cindy Williams
and singer-actress Roz Clark.
13.18 [2431] Merv Griffin Show
02Oct1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Ray Milland
Telly Savalas
and Jack Cassidy.
13.19 [2432] Merv Griffin Show
03Oct1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Roger Moore
actress Angie Dickinson
author Henry Miller
and concert pianist Jakob Gimpel.
13.20 [2433] Merv Griffin Show "Famous Parents"
04Oct1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Robert Alda and son Alan Alda
singer Gordon MacRae and daughter Meredith MacRae
actress Luise Rainer and daughter Francesca Norsa.
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13.21 [2434] Merv Griffin Show "Dancers"
07Oct1974 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Cesar Romero
dancer-actress Ann Miller
dance duo Kathryn and Arthur Murray
dancer-singer Leland Palmer
tap dancer Steve Condos
musical comedy actress Barbara Lail
and dancer Wayne Bryan.
13.22 [2435] Merv Griffin Show
08Oct1974 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Karen Valentine
actors Ron Howard
Patrick Wayne
and Timothy Bottoms.
13.23 [2436] Merv Griffin Show "Salute to Robert Aldrich"
09Oct1974 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
director Robert Aldrich
actors Burt Reynolds
and Ernest Borgnine
and actress Connie Stevens.
13.24 [2437] Merv Griffin Show "Women in Sports"
10Oct1974 [rerun 22Jul75] [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
tennis star Billie Jean King
professional golfer Jane Blalock
Olympic swimmer Donna De Varona
Olympic track Wyomia Tyus
and football star Rose Low.
13.25 [2438] Merv Griffin Show
11Oct1974 [rerun 25Jun75] [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
TV host Dick Cavett
actress Sally Kellerman
and actor Peter Finch.
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13.26 [2439] Merv Griffin Show
14Oct1974 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Eva Gabor
comedienne Hermione Gingold
and activist-feminist Gloria Steinem.
13.27 [2440] Merv Griffin Show
15Oct1974 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors James Earl Jones
and Joseph Bottoms
comedian Orson Bean
and columnist Sheilah Graham.
13.28 [2441] Merv Griffin Show
16Oct1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Carroll O'Connor
mime Marcel Marceau
and astrologer Joyce Jillson.
13.29 [2442] Merv Griffin Show
17Oct1974 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singers Mel Tillis
and Stephanie Edwards
comedian Joe Baker
bandleader Lawrence Welk
and dancers Guy & Ralna.
13.30 [2443] Merv Griffin Show
18Oct1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actor Robert Goulet
comedienne Totie Fields
comedian Rodney Dangerfield
entertainer Jackie 'Moms' Mabley
and The Harmonicats.
*Note: Merv's Friday shows are all taped from Las Vegas shows.
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13.31 [2444] Merv Griffin Show
21Oct1974 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor James Farentino
actress Michele Lee
comedian-actor Charles Grodin
TV hostess Pamela Mason
and Dr. Alex Comfort.
13.32 [2445] Merv Griffin Show
22Oct1974 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Kent McCord
dancer-actress Ann Miller
actress Carole Cook
and Stanley Marcus author of "Minding the Store: A Memoir".
13.33 [2446] Merv Griffin Show
23Oct1974 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
author-playwright Lillian Hellman
directors Stanley Kramer
and William Wellman.
13.34 [2447] Merv Griffin Show
24Oct1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-songwriter Paul Williams
actress Loretta Swit
actor Max Baer Jr.
and comic Hank Garcia.
13.35 [2448] Merv Griffin Show
25Oct1974 [Miami Herald]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedians Shecky Greene
and Rodney Dangerfield
impressionist Marilyn Michaels
comedy duo Burns and Schreiber
The Hudson Brothers
and singer Lovelace Watkins.
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13.36 [2449] Merv Griffin Show "It's Magic"
28Oct1974 [rerun 19Jun75] [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Orson Bean
magicians Harry Blackstone Jr.
Mr. Electric
Dick Zimmerman
Jimmy Grippo
and Glenn Falkenstein.
13.37 [2450] Merv Griffin Show
29Oct1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Charles Nelson Reilly
comedian-voice actor Charles Fleischer
dancer-actor Gene Nelson
Jazz pianist Earl 'Fatha' Hines
Jazz singer Cleo Laine
and musician John Dankworth.
13.38 [2451] Merv Griffin Show
30Oct1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
humorist Mort Sahl
author Helen Gurley Brown
Rev. Oral Roberts
and his son singer Richard Roberts.
13.39 [2452] Merv Griffin Show "Couples Theme"
31Oct1974 [Lancaster New Era]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
George C. Scott and Trish Van Devere
Robert Blake and Sondra Blake
Bobby Van and Elaine Joyce.
13.40 [2453] Merv Griffin Show
01Nov1974 [Press-Telegram]
From the Circus Maximus of Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actor-comedian Jim Nabors
singer-dancer Charo
comedian Corbett Monica
singer-actor Gianni Russo
and dance team The Little Steps.
13.41 [2454] Merv Griffin Show
04Nov1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Charlton Heston
and Vincent Price
comedian Richard Dawson
and singer Karen Morrow.
13.42 [2455] Merv Griffin Show
05Nov1974 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedians David Brenner
Jackie Vernon
Louis Nye
and Billy Braver
and The Hagers.
13.43 [2456] Merv Griffin Show
06Nov1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
with a Fashion Show and Stars' wives as models
Joanne Carson, Mrs. Johnny Carson;
Kathryn Crosby, Mrs. Bing Crosby;
Alana Hamilton, Mrs. George Hamilton;
Altovise Davis, Mrs. Sammy Davis, Jr.;
and Caroline Whitman, Mrs. Stuart Whitman.
13.44 [2457] Merv Griffin Show
07Nov1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor George Hamilton
actress Betsy Palmer
comedian Ronnie Schell
and playwright Garson Kanin
13.45 [2458] Merv Griffin Show
08Nov1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actress Barbara McNair
comedian David Brenner
singer-actor John Davidson
comic xylophonist Roger Ray
and the Mickey Finn Show.
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13.46 [2459] Merv Griffin Show
11Nov1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Zsa Zsa Gabor
actors Michael York
and Hans Conreid
singer Bobby Vinton
and British photographer Patrick John Anson the Earl of Lichfield.
13.47 [2460] Merv Griffin Show "Actresses"
12Nov1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actresses Maggie Smith
Jeanne Moreau
Cloris Leachman
and Alexis Smith.
13.48 [2461] Merv Griffin Show
13Nov1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Milton Berle
singer-actor Anson Williams
comedienne Joanne Worley
comic Milt Kamen
and singer Val Diamond.
13.49 [2462] Merv Griffin Show "A Salute to W.C. Fields"
14Nov1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
TV personality Steve Allen
ventriloquist Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy
actor Grady Sutton
Carlotta Monti author of "W.C. Fields and Me";
and publicist Will Fowler.
13.50 [2463] Merv Griffin Show
15Nov1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne Joan Rivers
comedian Charlie Callas
magician Professor Flory
singers Keeley Smith
and Sergio Franchi.
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13.51 [2464] Merv Griffin Show
18Nov1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Timothy Bottoms and fiancee Alicia Cory
actor Jan Michael Vincent and wife Bonnie
director Corey Allen
comedian Marty Allen and Frenchy Allen
Dr. Irene Kassorla author of "Love and Marriage in Hollywood."
and singer Kerrie Biddell.
13.52 [2465] Merv Griffin Show
19Nov1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
baseball player Willie Mays
actor Fernando Lamas
singer Jaye P. Morgan
comedian Mike Preminger
and singer-actress Marcia Lewis.
13.53 [2466] Merv Griffin Show "Live Television"
20Nov1974 [rerun 18Jun75] [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
TV personality Dick Clark
writer Rod Serling
TV host Buffalo Bob Smith
and singer Gisele Mackenzie.
13.54 [2467] Merv Griffin Show
21Nov1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Jazz singer-actress Sylvia Syms
comedians Jack Carter
Henny Youngman
and Kip Addotta
and the Ace Trucking Company.
13.55 [2468] Merv Griffin Show
22Nov1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Bobby Vinton
singer-actress Florence Henderson
singer Jerry Collins
comedian Norm Crosby
and producer-director Garry Marshall & 3 showgirls from "Hallelujah
Hollywood,"
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13.56 [2469] Merv Griffin Show "Astrologers" "Predictions for 1975"
25Nov1974 [rerun 01Jan75] [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
astrologers Sydney Omarr
and Joyce Jillson
psychics Jacqueline Eastlund
and Bernadene Villaneuva
and medium Dorothy Vallas.
13.57 [2470] Merv Griffin Show "British Actors"
26Nov1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actresses Susannah York
Judy Carne
and Glynis Johns
actors Patrick Macnee
and Ian Whitcomb.
13.58 [2471] Merv Griffin Show
27Nov1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Jim Backus
Cameron Mitchell
and Chill Wills
and singer-dancer Charo.
13.59 [2472] Merv Griffin Show
28Nov1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Phyllis Newman
actor Bill Macy
child actor Steven Warner
and entertainer Tiny Tim.
13.60 [2473] Merv Griffin Show
29Nov1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actor Jimmy Dean
singer Phyllis McGuire
comedian Kelly Monteith
Skiles & Henderson
and The Miracles.
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13.61 [2474] Merv Griffin Show
02Dec1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actor Pat Boone
comedian Redd Foxx
actress Valerie Perrine
actor Earl Holliman
and singer Ella Woods.
13.62 [2475] Merv Griffin Show "Country and Western" theme
03Dec1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Charley Pride
songstress Kay Starr
comic actor George Lindsey
singers Freddie Hart
and Ronnie Milsap.
13.63 [2476] Merv Griffin Show
04Dec1974 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Richard Dreyfuss
CBS correspondent Dan Rather
and comedienne Dody Goodman.
13.64 [2477] Merv Griffin Show
05Dec1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedians Dick Shawn
and Jackie Vernon
singer-actor Howard Keel
and singer-actress Florence Henderson.
13.65 [2478] Merv Griffin Show
06Dec1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Andy Williams
Cajun singer-musician Doug Kershaw
French singer Charles Aznavour
The Lennon Sisters
and human statue Wolfgang.
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13.66 [2479] Merv Griffin Show
09Dec1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
TV hostess Pamela Mason
actress Carole Cook
comedian John Byner
humorist Rubin Carson
and singer Chip Hand.
13.67 [2480] Merv Griffin Show
10Dec1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Richard Chamberlain
humorist Mort Sahl
author Adela Rogers St. Johns
and psychologist Loriene Chase
13.68 [2481] Merv Griffin Show "3rd Annual Salute to The Carol Burnett
Show"
11Dec1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Carol Burnett
and her husband producer Joe Hamilton
Harvey Korman
Tim Conway
and Vicki Lawrence.
13.69 [2482] Merv Griffin Show "Salute to Bob Hope"
12Dec1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
entertainer Bob Hope
actresses Ann-Margret
and Connie Stevens
actor Rosey Grier
singer Kaye Stevens
and comic Jerry Colonna.
13.70 [2483] Merv Griffin Show
13Dec1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Tony Martin
dancer Cyd Charisse
singers Carol Lawrence
and Jerry Vale
comedians Dave Barry
and Bobby Ramsen
Banjo player Scotty Plummer
and the Kismet singers.
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[--] Merv Griffin Show "Teenage Alcoholics"
16Dec1974 [repeat from 28Aug74]
psychiatrist Dr. William Rader, Jess Schumacker,
Monica Apodaca, Larry Lujan, the panel of former teenage alcoliolics
[--] Merv Griffin Show
17Dec1974 [repeat from 25Apr74]
Lily Pons, Fernando Lamas, Jackie Vernon
[--] Merv Griffin Show "The Klansman" on location
18Dec1974 [repeat from 15May74]
Richard Burton, Lee Marvin and Cameron Mitchell. Lola Falana & Luciana
Paluzzi (R)
[--] Merv Griffin Show
19Dec1974 [repeat from 09Jul74]
Totie Fields, Ann Miller (R)
[--] Merv Griffin Show
20Dec1974 [repeat from 07May74]
From Las Vegas Pearl Bailey, Jim Stafford, The Supremes, Jackie Gayle & 6
Lido showgirls
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13.71 [2484] Merv Griffin Show
23Dec1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actress Eartha Kitt
actor John Amos
comedians Alan Sues
Kelly Monteith
and Orson Bean.
13.72 [2485] Merv Griffin Show "Actresses".
24Dec1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actresses Colleen Dewhurst
Madeline Kahn
Brenda Vaccaro
Eileen Brennan
and Dody Goodman.
13.73 [2486] Merv Griffin Show
25Dec1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actresses Shelley Winters
and Dyan Cannon
actors Elliott Gould
and Art Carney
and director Paul Mazursky.
13.74 [2487] Merv Griffin Show
26Dec1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Eddie Albert
author Gore Vidal
and raconteuse Pamela Mason.
13.75 [2488] Merv Griffin Show
27Dec1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Shecky Greene
entertainer Charo
comic actor Pat Cooper
singer-dancer Diane Findlay
singers Carroll and Daly
and dog-trainer Frank Mogyorosi and his dogs.
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13.76 [2489] Merv Griffin Show
30Dec1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Peter Falk
actress Gena Rowlands
Israeli actor Topol
and comedian Norm Crosby.
13.77 [2490] Merv Griffin Show
31Dec1974 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor George Burns
actress Lauren Bacall
singer Bobby Vinton
and ragtime pianist Max Morath.
[--] Merv Griffin Show "Predictions for 1975"
01Jan1975 [repeat from 25Nov74]
Sydney Omarr, Joyce Jillson, Jacqueline Eastlund, Bernadene Villaneuva,
Dorothy Vallas
13.78 [2491] Merv Griffin Show
02Jan1975 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
sportscaster Howard Cosell
humorist Mort Sahl
comedian Charlie Callas
and author Dan Jenkins.
On this show, Howard Cosell ripped major league baseball for being a
bloated,
fraudulent enterprise. He also blasted sportswriters who "live for spring
training,
for traveling with the teams" at the expense of delivering good sports
journalism.
13.79 [2492] Merv Griffin Show
03Jan1975 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
entertainer Wayne Newton
singer Lana Cantrell
comics Pete Barbutti
and Chaz Chase
singers Sandler & Young
and juggler Alcetti.
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13.80 [2493] Merv Griffin Show
06Jan1975 [San Francisco Examiner]
Rich Little is the guest host
Guests
comedienne Rose Marie
comedian-actor Larry Storch
singer Jim Stafford
actress Cloris Leachman
and musician Oscar Peterson.
13.81 [2494] Merv Griffin Show
07Jan1975 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Tennessee Ernie Ford
actor David Janssen
dancer-actress Ann Miller
comic Kelly Monteith
and Country singer Sandi Burnett.
13.82 [2495] Merv Griffin Show
08Jan1975 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Zsa Zsa Gabor
comedian Don Rickles
game show host Bert Convy
and comedy writer Paul Keyes.
124.83 [2496] Merv Griffin Show
09Jan1975 [rerun 10Jul75] [Pess-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
TV hostess Virginia Graham
comediennes Kaye Ballard
and Dody Goodman
and actress Carole Cook.
13.84 [2497] Merv Griffin Show
10Jan1975 [rerun 30Dec75] [San Francisco Examiner]
From Las Vegas
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actor Robert Goulet
and his wife singer-actress Carol Lawrence
comedienne Lucille Ball
TV personality Dick Clark
singer Jerry Vale
comic Slappy White
and The Szonys.
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13.85 [2498] Merv Griffin Show
13Jan1975 [San Francisco Examiner] [Journal Herald]
From the ITT planned community of Palm Coast, Florida. (Pt. 1 of 2)
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Truman Capote author of "The Grass Harp";
geneticist Dr. James Watson
and Swedish economist Dr. Gunnar Myrdal discuss life in the 21st Century.
Merv talks with persons attending a symposium on what the year 2000 will be
like.
13.86 [2499] Merv Griffin Show
14Jan1975 [San Francisco Examiner]
From the ITT planned community of Palm Coast, Florida. (Pt. 2 of 2)
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
journalist William F. Buckley Jr.
historian-social critic Arthur Schlesinger Jr.
feminist-activist Kate Millett
and Dr. Norman Young.
13.87 [2500] Merv Griffin Show
15Jan1975 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
baritone Robert Merrill
actress Eva Gabor
comedian Orson Bean
and Country singer Waylon Jennings.
13.88 [2501] Merv Griffin Show
16Jan1975 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Jack Carter
actress Nanette Fabray
actor Ed Lauter
and astrologer Joyce Jillson.
13.89 [2502] Merv Griffin Show
17Jan1975 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
entertainer Bing Crosby
actor Danny Thomas
comedienne Phyllis Diller
singer Louis Prima
comedian Gabriel Kaplan
singer Freda Payne
and lounge singer Sonny King.
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13.90 [2503] Merv Griffin Show
20Jan1975 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Former California Governor Ronald Reagan
and his wife Nancy Reagan
actor Pat O'Brien
comics Skiles and Henderson
and singer Tom McKinney.
13.91 [2504] Merv Griffin Show
21Jan1975 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor James Caan
comedian Ronnie Schell
rodeo champion Larry Mahan
singers Ray Stevens
and Pat Bass.
13.92 [2505] Merv Griffin Show
22Jan1975 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-dancer Charo
former sidekick Arthur Treacher
comedian Jackie Vernon
and child singer Carrie McDowell.
13.93 [2506] Merv Griffin Show
23Jan1975 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
newsman Edwin Newman
singer Patti Page
conductor Andre Kostelanetz
and 13-year-old violinist Dylana Jenson.
13.94 [2507] Merv Griffin Show
24Jan1975 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Las Vegas
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
entertainer Sammy Davis Jr.
comedienne Totie Fields
poet Rod McKuen
comedian Buddy Hackett
and singer-dancer Lola Falana.
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13.95 [2508] Merv Griffin Show
27Jan1975 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Jack Klugman
comedian Alan King
singer-actress Bernadette Peters
and singer-actor James Darren.
13.96 [2509] Merv Griffin Show
28Jan1975 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Karen Valentine
singer-actress Eartha Kitt
comedienne Dody Goodman
and astrologer Joyce Jillson.
13.97 [2510] Merv Griffin Show
29Jan1975 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
director Otto Preminger
actor Vincent Price
singer-actress Diahann Carroll
and Aryeh Neier executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union.
13.98 [2511] Merv Griffin Show
30Jan1975 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
songstress Helen Reddy
singer Peter Allen
impressionist Daphne Davis
actress Dita Cobb
and the Le Garde Twins.
13.99 [2512] Merv Griffin Show
31Jan1975 [rerun 01Jan76] [San Francisco Examiner]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Country singer-musician Roy Clark
comedian Larry Storch
magician Norm Nielsen
singers Paul Anka
Odia Coates
and Diana Trask.
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13.100 [2513] Merv Griffin Show
03Feb1975 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Carol Channing
comedian Steve Landesburg
actor Barry Newman
Mildred Newman and Bernard Berkowitz co-authors of
"How to Be Your Own Best Friend";
and singer-songwriter Neil Sedaka.
13.101 [2514] Merv Griffin Show
04Feb1975 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor James Franciscus
actress Jessica Walter
comedian Bill Daily
and raconteuse Pamela Mason.
13.102 [2515] Merv Griffin Show "Governors"
05Feb1975 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Governor Wendell Anderson of Minnesota (D);
Governor Christopher Bond of Missouri (R);
Governor Jerry Apodaca of New Mexico (D);
and Governor Cecil Andrus of Idaho (D).
12.103 [2516] Merv Griffin Show
06Feb1975 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Ben Gazzara
comedian Orson Bean
humorist Sam Levenson
and comic Kip Addotta.
13.104 [2517] Merv Griffin Show
07Feb1975 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
entertainer Wayne Newton
Billy Ray
TV personality Steve Allen
and wife Jayne Meadows
comedian Jackie Gayle
dancer-actor Ken Berry
and singer Teresa Brewer.
==================================
13.105 [2518] Merv Griffin Show
10Feb1975 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne Kaye Ballard
comedian Norm Crosby
singer Anne Murray
and comic Milt Kamen.
13.106 [2519] Merv Griffin Show
11Feb1975 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actor Jack Cassidy
film critic Rex Reed
singer Jaye P. Morgan
and nightclub performer Regine.
13.107 [2520] Merv Griffin Show "Actresses"
12Feb1975 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actresses Sally Kellerman
Lily Tomlin
Teri Garr
and Sarah Kernochan.
13.108 [2521] Merv Griffin Show "Married Couples"
13Feb1975 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Zsa Zsa Gabor and her husband Jack Ryan
writer Stirling Silliphant and his wife Tiana
comic Lou Holtz and his wife Gloria.
13.109 [2522] Merv Griffin Show
14Feb1975 [Press-Telegram]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne Totie Fields
singer Lovelace Watkins
comic Jackie Kahane
singer-actor Frankie Avalon
The Mickey Finn Show
and aerialists The Feller Boys and Dodo.
==================================
13.110 [2523] Merv Griffin Show
17Feb1975 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Robert Blake
comedian Redd Foxx
singer Bill Kenny the only surviving original Ink Spot.
and comic London Lee.
13.111 [2524] Merv Griffin Show
18Feb1975 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne-actress Dody Goodman
actor Rosey Grier
Opera singer Tom McKinney
and lawyer-author Vincent Bugliosi.
13.112 [2525] Merv Griffin Show
19Feb1975 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
TV personality Steve Allen
actor Cleavon Little
actress Adrienne Barbeau
and singer David Essex.
12.113 [2526] Merv Griffin Show
20Feb1975 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Charlton Heston
and Wayne Rogers
comedienne Hermione Baddeley
and columnist Rona Barrett.
13.114 [2527] Merv Griffin Show
21Feb1975 [Press-Telegram]
From Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne Phyllis Diller
actress Kaye Ballard
former side-kick Arthur Treacher
impressionist Fred Travalena
singer Lou Rawls
and The Mills Brothers.
==================================
12.115 [2528] Merv Griffin Show
24Feb1975 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Robert Conrad
Doug McClure
and Bill Macy
and Tony Orlando and Dawn.
13.116 [2529] Merv Griffin Show
25Feb1975 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
musician Doc Severinsen
singer Al Martino
comedians David Brenner
and Pete Barbutti
songstress Karen Morrow
and The Hagers.
13.117 [2530] Merv Griffin Show "Salute to Irwin Allen"
26Feb1975 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Henry Fonda
Gene Hackman
Walter Pidgeon
and producer-director Irwin Allen.
13.118 [2531] Merv Griffin Show
27Feb1975 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Danny Thomas
singer-songwriter Barry Manilow
singer-actress Florence Henderson
and impressionist Fred Travalena.
13.119 [2532] Merv Griffin Show
28Feb1975 [Press-Telegram]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Gordon MacRae
comic Dick Capri
magician The Amazing Carazini
singer Karen Wyman
musicial duo Sandler and Young
and The Checkmates.
==================================
13.120 [2533] Merv Griffin Show
03Mar1975 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Sonny Bono
comedienne Kaye Ballard
actress Bernadette Peters
comic Kip Addotta
and singer Buddy Greco.
13.121 [2534] Merv Griffin Show
04Mar1975 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
"Happy Days" actors Henry Winkler
Donny Most and Ron Howard
actor Peter Boyle
and comedian Kelly Monteith.
13.122 [2535] Merv Griffin Show
05Mar1975 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Country singer Loretta Lynn
singer-actor Pat Boone
comic Billy Braver
and Skiles and Henderson.
13.123 [2536] Merv Griffin Show "TV Actors"
06Mar1975 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Demond Wilson of "Sanford and Son";
Ralph Waite of "The Waltons";
Kent McCord of "Adam-12";
Anson Williams of "Happy Days";
and Sherman Hemsley of "The Jeffersons".
13.124 [2537] Merv Griffin Show
07Mar1975 [Press-Telegram]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Shecky Greene
singer-actor Robert Goulet
songstress Nancy Ames
musician B.B. King
and singer Louis Prima.
==================================
12.125 [2538] Merv Griffin Show
10Mar1975 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Diane Ladd
veteran newswoman and author Adela Rogers St. Johns
Erica Jong author of "Fear of Flying"
Playgirl magazine editor Marin Scott Milam
and marriage counselor Karen Silverman.
13.126 [2539] Merv Griffin Show
11Mar1975 [rerun 22Dec75] [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actor Jim Nabors
actor Mickey Rooney
comic juggler Bobby Sandler
Country singer Donna Fargo
and singer Joanie Sommers.
13.127 [2540] Merv Griffin Show "A Salute to the Academy Awards"
12Mar1975 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actresses Gena Rowlands
and Talia Shire
fashion designer Edith Head
columnist Jim Bacon
and astrologer Joyce Jillson.
13.128 [2541] Merv Griffin Show "Children of Celebrities",
"Celeb's Kids."
13Mar1975 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Taryn Power (daughter of the late Tyrone Power)
Scott Newman (son of Paul Newman)
Judy Lewis (daughter of Loretta Young and Clark Gable)
Tim Barker (son of Susan Hayward)
Dick Powell Jr. (son of Dick Powell)
13.129 [2542] Merv Griffin Show
14Mar1975 [Independent]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
The Righteous Brothers
actor Tim Thomerson
singer Dick Haymes
comic Rip Taylor
magician Reveen
Opera singer Tom McKinney
and unicyclists The Volantes.
==================================
13.130 [2543] Merv Griffin Show "Salute to Tony Bennett"
17Mar1975 [rerun 24Dec75] [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Tony Bennett
singer-dancer-actor Fred Astaire
singers Pearl Bailey
Rosemary Clooney
Peggy Lee
and Johnny Mercer.
13.131 [2544] Merv Griffin Show
18Mar1975 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Alan Alda
actress Lawanda Page
comedienne-actress Marcia Wallace
and pianist Victor Borge.
12.132 [2545] Merv Griffin Show
19Mar1975 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Lynn Redgrave
actor Lloyd Bridges
comedian Foster Brooks
and singer-songwriter Mac Davis.
13.133 [2546] Merv Griffin Show
20Mar1975 [Independent]
"Ladies Home Journal First Annual Bouquet Awards".
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actresses Angie Dickinson
Karen Valentine
Cloris Leachman
Gail Fisher
and Jessica Walter
and Journal editor Lenore Hershey.
13.134 [2547] Merv Griffin Show
21Mar1975 [rerun 12Mar76]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Pearl Bailey
musician Buck Owens
comedian Nipsey Russell
singer Marilyn Maye
sound-imitator Wes Harrison
and balancing act The Agostinos.
==================================
13.135 [2548] Merv Griffin Show
24Mar1975 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-songwriter Paul Williams
dancer-actress Ann Miller
comedian Marty Allen
comic Hank Garcia
and psychic Kenny Kingston.
12.136 [2549] Merv Griffin Show
25Mar1975 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Zero Mostel
comedian Arte Johnson
stunt pilot Frank Tallman
and singer-actress Sheila MacRae.
13.137 [2550] Merv Griffin Show
26Mar1975 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Bill Macy
and Bill Daily
comedians Henny Youngman
and Orson Bean
and body-builder Arnold Schwarzenegger (Mr. World and Mr. Universe).
13.138 [2551] Merv Griffin Show
27Mar1975 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actresses Leslie Caron
Valerie Perrine
and Glynis Johns
and author Maya Angelou.
13.139 [2552] Merv Griffin Show
28Mar1975 [Press-Telegram]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
tenor Sergio Franchi
and his sister singer Dana Valery
singer Eydie Gorme
comedians Norm Crosby
and Slappy White
and The Wiere Brothers.
==================================
[--] Merv Griffin Show
31Mar1975 [Press-Telegram]
pre-empted for Baseball game (Dodgers-Giants).
13.140 [2553] Merv Griffin Show
01Apr1975 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Chad Everett
songstress Kay Starr
Opera singer Tom McKinney
and astrologer Sydney Omarr.
13.141 [2554] Merv Griffin Show "Nutrition and Medicine"
02Apr1975 [rerun 23Jun75] [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
physicians Dr. Wilbur Currier and Dr.Juan Wilson,
nutritionist Dr. Carlton Fredericks
and psychiatrists Dr. William Philpott and Dr. Phillip Taylor.
13.142 [2555] Merv Griffin Show
03Apr1975 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
comedian Arte Johnson
tennis pro Bobby Riggs
comics George Kirby
and M. Sullivan
and Israeli singer Aliza Kashi.
13.143 [2556] Merv Griffin Show
04Apr1975 [Press-Telegram]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singers Andy Williams
and Glen Campbell
comedian Pat Cooper
The Lennon Sisters
singer Phyllis McGuire
and The Irish Band.
==================================
13.144 [2557] Merv Griffin Show
07Apr1975 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Hans Conried
Hal Linden
Peter Bonerz
and Whitman Mayo
and The Manhattan Transfer.
13.145 [2558] Merv Griffin Show "A Salute to Country Music"
08Apr1975 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Eddy Arnold
Tammy Wynette
George Lindsey
Mickey Gilley
John Hartford
and The Hagers.
13.146 [2559] Merv Griffin Show
09Apr1975 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Tennis champ Jimmy Connors
actor Jack Warden
actress Linda Blair
comedian David Brenner
and singer Karen Morrow.
13.147 [2560] Merv Griffin Show
10Apr1975 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
TV personality Steve Allen
actor Gary Burghoff
comedienne Hermione Baddeley
comic Milt Kamen
and singer Jean-Paul Vignon.
13.148 [2561] Merv Griffin Show
11Apr1975 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
entertainer Jerry Lewis
comics Lonnie Shorr
and Chas Chase
singer Mel Torme
The Kim Sisters
and balancing act The Amazing Monahans.
==================================
13.149 [2562] Merv Griffin Show "Transcendental Meditation"
14Apr1975 [rerun 16Jun75] [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
guru Maharishi Mahesh
actress Ellen Corby
psychologist Dr. Harold H. Bloomfield
and California State Senator Arlen Gregorio.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nkyh9i_j9Ls
13.150 [2563] Merv Griffin Show
15Apr1975 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Robert Blake
and Michael York
comedian Jackie Vernon
and singer Jimmy Dean.
13.151 [2564] Merv Griffin Show "Equality For Women"
16Apr1975 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Loretta Swit
"Cosmopolitan" editor Helen Gurley Brown
psychologist Dr. Joyce Brothers
and Rep. Yvonne Brathwaite Burke (D-Calif).
13.152 [2565] Merv Griffin Show "Teenage Drug Abuse"
17Apr1975 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
psychiatrist Dr. William Rader
John R. Bartels Jr. head of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
along with some young former addicts.
13.153 [2566] Merv Griffin Show
18Apr1975 [rerun 02Jun75] [Los Angeles Times]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actor Robert Goulet
singer-actress Connie Stevens
pianist Roger Williams
comics Kip Addotta
and Charly Charles
and singer Melba Moore.
==================================
13.154 [2567] Merv Griffin Show
21Apr1975 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Ben Gazzara
actress Lee Grant
author Tom Wicker author of "A Time to Die";
and singer-actress Bernadette Peters.
13.155 [2568] Merv Griffin Show "Hollywood Couples"
22Apr1975 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Jack Albertson and his wife Wallace;
Vincent Price and his wife Coral Browne;
John Astin and his wife Patty Duke;
Joanne Worley and her husband Roger Perry.
13.156 [2569] Merv Griffin Show
23Apr1975 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Shirley MacLaine
author Alvin Toffler author of "The Eco-Spasm Report";
and singer-actress Barbara Cook.
13.157 [2570] Merv Griffin Show
24Apr1975 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Deborah Kerr
singer Frank Sinatra Jr.
TV personality Arthur Godfrey
and impressionist Fred Travalena.
13.158 [2571] Merv Griffin Show
25Apr1975 [Press-Telegram]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Helen Reddy
comedienne Joan Rivers
actor Demond Wilson
impressionist Rich Little
singer Jerry Vale
and duo of Carroll and Daly.
==================================
13.159 [2572] Merv Griffin Show
28Apr1975 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Jack Klugman
actress Sally Kellerman
baseball player Stan Musial
and comedian Louis Nye.
13.160 [2573] Merv Griffin Show "Proteges Night"
29Apr1975 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actor Jack Cassidy
comedienne Phyllis Diller
comic actor Jimmie Walker
comedian Jay Leno
singer Sam Chew Jr.
and Jazz dancers Steve Peck and Mary St. Beth
13.161 [2574] Merv Griffin Show
30Apr1975 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Robert Morse
comedian Kelly Monteith
astrologer Joyce Jillson
Washington Redskin QB Sonny Jurgensen
and singer B.J. Thomas.
13.162 [2575] Merv Griffin Show
01May1975 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Danny Thomas
and Lorne Greene
Hollywood columnist Rona Barrett
comic Sid Melton
and singer Linda Hopkins.
13.163 [2576] Merv Griffin Show
02May1975 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Pat Cooper
singer-actress Carol Lawrence
game show host Peter Marshall
singers Bobby Vinton
and Tony Darrow
and magician Reveen the Impossible.
==================================
13.164 [2577] Merv Griffin Show
05May1975 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Shecky Greene
actors George Lindsey
and Cliff De Young
singers Robert Clary
and Conny Van Dyke.
13.165 [2578] Merv Griffin Show
06May1975 [Miami Herald]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Donald Sutherland
actress Eva Gabor
comedians Jerry Van Dyke
and Jackie Kahane
and organist Jerry Allen.
13.166 [2579] Merv Griffin Show
07May1975 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singers Donny Osmond
and Marie Osmond
comedian Norm Crosby
comic-actor Ronny Graham
Country singer-musician Buck Owens & The Buckaroos.
13.167 [2580] Merv Griffin Show
08May1975 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Red Buttons
and Hal Linden
actress Adrienne Barbeau
and comedian Alan Sues.
13.168 [2581] Merv Griffin Show
09May1975 [rerun 10Mar76] [San Francisco Examiner]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Anthony Newley
comedian Alan King
singer Fats Domino
comic Rip Taylor
dancers The Szonys
and David Rosaires and His Pekes (dog act).
==================================
13.169 [2582] Merv Griffin Show
12May1975 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Cowboy singer-actor Roy Rogers
and his wife singer-actress Dale Evans
actor Barry Newman of "Petrocelli"
game show host Bert Convy
and Dr. Lendon Smith.
13.170 [2583] Merv Griffin Show
13May1975 [The Record] [rerun 17Jun75]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Buddy Hackett
comic actor Bill Daily
actress Susan Sarandon
and the Duke and Duchess of Bedford.
13.171 [2584] Merv Griffin Show "Gold and Money"
14May1975 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
economist Eliot Janeway
financial authorities John C. Van Eck
Vernon Myers
Julian M. Snyder
and James E. Sinclair.
13.172 [2585] Merv Griffin Show
15May1975 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
"Baretta" star actor Robert Blake
comedian Richard Pryor
actor Charles McGregor
and The Hollies.
13.173 [2586] Merv Griffin Show
16May1975 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne Totie Fields
Country singer-musician Roy Clark
comedian Corbett Monica
musicial performer Dick Jensen
comedienne Pat Suzuki
and The Dymecks (balancing act from Poland.
==================================
13.174 [2587] Merv Griffin Show
19May1975 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian-actor Buddy Hackett
comedian Pat Paulsen
actress LaWanda Page
and singer Roger Miller.
13.175 [2588] Merv Griffin Show "The Return of the Pink Panther"
20May1975 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Peter Sellers
producer-director Blake Edwards
actress Catherine Schell
and composer Henry Mancini.
13.176 [2589] Merv Griffin Show
21May1975 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne Kaye Ballard
comedian Charles Nelson Reilly
comic actor Sandy Baron
and British singer-actor Jim Dale.
13.177 [2590] Merv Griffin Show
22May1975 [rerun 26Jun75] [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedians Arte Johnson
and Richard Dawson
author-columnist William Safire
and singer Bobby Vinton.
13.178 [2591] Merv Griffin Show
23May1975 [Los Angeles Times]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-dancer-actor Ben Vereen
comedians Pete Barbutti
Foster Brooks
and Jack Carter
The Lettermen
and singer Diana Trask.
==================================
13.179 [2592] Merv Griffin Show
26May1975 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Ernest Borgnine
comedian David Brenner
singer Julie Budd
and The Righteous Brothers.
13.180 [2593] Merv Griffin Show
27May1975 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Kirk Douglas
and Bruce Dern
and comedienne Dody Goodman.
13.181 [2594] Merv Griffin Show
28May1975 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
feminist-activist Gloria Steinem
singer-actor Anson Williams
comedienne Renée Taylor
and marine biologist Jean Michael Cousteau.
13.182 [2595] Merv Griffin Show
29May1975 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Wayne Rogers
Playboy editor Hugh Hefner
Playboy playmate turned actress Barbi Benton
comedian-actor Dick Gautier
and stand-up comedian Jeff Altman.
13.183 [2596] Merv Griffin Show
30May1975 [Press-Telegram]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Sally Kellerman
comedian Kelly Monteith
singers Tanya Tucker
and Eddy Arnold
The Harmonicats
and acrobatic act The Bumpys.
==================================
13.184 [2597] Merv Griffin Show
02Jun1975 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Ron Ely
actress Carole Cook
comedian Marty Allen
astrologer Joyce Jillson
singer Lorna Luft sings "Head Over Heels" and "I Did It All For Love".
13.185 [2598] Merv Griffin Show
03Jun1975 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Dennis Weaver
comedians Charles Nelson Reilly
and Martin Mull
comedienne Blossom Dearie
and singer-actor David Soul.
13.186 [2599] Merv Griffin Show
04Jun1975 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
author Truman Capote
actor Steve Forrest
actress Lynn Redgrave
and singer-actor Anson Williams.
13.187 [2600] Merv Griffin Show
05Jun1975 [San Francisco Examiner]
Jim Nabors is the guest host.
Guests
singer-actress Shirley Jones
comedienne Minnie Pearl
comedian Lennie Weinrib
Olympic medalist Mark Spitz
puppeteer Sid Krofft
and H.R. Puff 'n' Stuff
and singer Mel Tillis.
13.188 [2601] Merv Griffin Show
06Jun1975 [Los Angeles Times]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
composer-pianist Burt Bacharach
humorist Mort Sahl
R&B singer Lou Rawls
comedienne Edie Adams
comedian Steve Landesberg
musician Pete Candoli
Country singer Tommy Overstreet
and the Arthur Murray Dancers.
==================================
13.189 [2602] Merv Griffin Show
09Jun1975 [Independent]
Wayne Newton is the guest host
Guests
comedian Robert Klein
actress Linda Redfearn
impressionist Fred Travalena
singer Teresa Brewer
and musician-composer Bill Wray.
13.190 [2603] Merv Griffin Show
10Jun1975 [Independent]
Helen Reddy is the guest hostess
Guests
actor Henry Fonda
actress Brenda Vaccaro
singers Eydie Gorme
and Peter Allen
and cardiologist Dr. Elliot Rapaport.
13.191 [2604] Merv Griffin Show
11Jun1975 [Oakland Tribune]
Flip Wilson is the guest host
Guests
actor Omar Sharif
comedian George Carlin
singers Kenny Rankin
and Eloise Laws
and psychic Kenny Kingston.
13.192 [2605] Merv Griffin Show
12Jun1975 [Press-Telegram]
Shecky Greene is the guest host
Guests
actor Max Baer Jr.
singer-dancer Charo
comedian Professor Irwin Corey
billard expert Jimmy Caras
and Dr. David Reuben author of "The Save Your Life Diet".
13.193 [2606] Merv Griffin Show
13Jun1975 [Centre Daily Times]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedians Pat Cooper
and Morty Gunty
tennis star Jimmy Connors
singers Dorothy Kirsten
Kelly Garrett
and Lovelace Watkins
magician Reveen the Impossiblist
and The Lettermen.
==================================
[--] Merv Griffin Show
16Jun1975 [repeat from 14Apr75]
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Ellen Corby, Dr. Harold Bloomfield,
Senator Arlen Gergorio.
[--] Merv Griffin Show
17Jun1975 [repeat from 13May75]
Buddy Hackett, Duke and Duchess of Bedford, Susan Sarandon, Bill Daily.
[--] Merv Griffin Show
18Jun1975 [repeat from 20Nov74]
Rod Serling, Dick Clark, Gisele Mackenzie, Buffalo Bob Smith and puppet
Howdy Dowdy.
[--] Merv Griffin Show "Magic Theme"
19Jun1975 [repeat from 28Oct74]
Mr. Electric, Harry Blackstone Jr., Dick Zimmerman,
Glenn Falkenstein, Orson Bean.
[--] Merv Griffin Show
20Jun1975 [repeat from 18Apr75]
From Las Vegas. Robert Goulet, Connie Stevens, Melba Moore, Roger Williams,
Kip Addotta.
==================================
[--] Merv Griffin Show "Nutrition. and Medicine"
23Jun1975 [repeat from 02Apr75]
Discussed by Dr. Carlton Fredericks, Dr. William Philpott,
Dr. Wilbur Currier, Dr. Juan Wilson and Dr. Philip Taylor.
[--] Merv Griffin Show "Tribute to Vincente Minnelli"
24Jun1975 [repeat from 23Sep74]
director Vincente Minelli Liza, actress Leslie Caron, Sammy Davis Jr.
[--] Merv Griffin Show
25Jun1975 [repeat from 11Oct74]
Sally Kellerman, Dick Cavett, actor Peter Finch
[--] Merv Griffin Show
26Jun1975 [repeat from 22May75]
Arte Johnson, Richard Dawson, Bobby Vinton and William Safire
[--] Merv Griffin Show
27Jun1975
pre-empted for a Dodgers baseball game.
==================================
13.194 [2607] Merv Griffin Show "Tribute to Jacqueline Susann"
30Jun1975 [Press-Telegram]
Merv pays tribute to novelist Jacqueline Susann who died of cancer last
September.
Guests
actresses Alexis Smith
Brenda Vaccaro
and Deborah Raffin
actor George Hamilton
producers Howard Koch
and Robert Evans
and columnists Joyce Haber and Rex Reed.
13.195 [2608] Merv Griffin Show
01Jul1975 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Robert Morse
actress Sandy Duncan
TV personality Steve Allen
and Washington Post editor Benjamin Bradlee.
13.196 [2609] Merv Griffin Show
02Jul1975 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Ed Asner
and Don Knotts
comedian Ronnie Schell
comedienne Anne Meara
and The Pointer Sisters.
13.197 [2610] Merv Griffin Show "Fashion Show"
03Jul1975 [rerun 23Dec75] [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Joanna Carson (Mrs. Johnny Carson);
Ruth Berle (Mrs. Milton Berle);
Gisella Johnson (Mrs. Arte Johnson);
Nancy Olson Livingston (Mrs. Alan Livingston);
actresses Madlyn Rhue and Neile Adams.
13.198 [2611] Merv Griffin Show
04Jul1975 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Mel Torme
comedienne Totie Fields
comic actor Jerry Van Dyke
Country singer Conny Van Dyke
singer Lovelace Watkins
and The Argentinian Gauchos.
==================================
13.199 [2612] Merv Griffin Show
07Jul1975 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Brian Keith
and Dick Gautier
comedienne Dody Goodman
and musical duo Captain and Tennille.
13.200 [2613] Merv Griffin Show
08Jul1975 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Elke Sommer
actor Anson Williams
astrologer Sydney Omarr
and Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods.
13.201 [2614] Merv Griffin Show "Salute to Norman Jewison"
09Jul1975 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
director Norman Jewison
actor James Caan
actress Suzanne Pleshette
and comedy writer Carl Reiner.
13.202 [2615] Merv Griffin Show
10Jul1975 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Adrienne Barbeau
comedian Jack Carter
raconteur George Jessel
and comedian Professor Irwin Corey.
13.203 [2616] Merv Griffin Show
11Jul1975 [Independent]
From Las Vegas
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Opera singer Roberta Peters
singers Jerry Vale
and Johnny Tillotson
comedian David Brenner
comics Skiles and Henderson
juggler Eric Brenn
and 11-year-old singer Carrie McDowell.
*Note: As usual on Fridays, the show originates in Las Vegas.
==================================
13.204 [2617] Merv Griffin Show "Marriage"
14Jul1975 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Pat Cooper and his wife
Joan Collins and Ron Kass
writer Jack Douglas and his wife Reiko
and psychologists Mildred Newman and Bernard Berkowitz.
13.205 [2618] Merv Griffin Show
15Jul1975 [Newsday]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedians Jackie Vernon
and Orson Bean
author Adela Rogers St. Johns
and Dr. Laurence Morehouse author of "Total Fitness in 30 Minutes a Week".
13.206 [2619] Merv Griffin Show
16Jul1975 [Newsday]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actresses Nanette Fabray
and Barbara Feldon
film critic Rex Reed
and Country Western singer Johnny Rodriguez.
13.207 [2620] Merv Griffin Show
17Jul1975 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne Hermione Baddeley
actors Clifton Davis
and George Lindsey
actor Bill Macy
and his bride Samantha Harper
actress Phyllis Newman
and "The Little Prince" Steven Warner.
13.208 [2621] Merv Griffin Show
18Jul1975 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Las Vegas
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Helen Reddy
comic Leonard Barr
magician Reveen
banjo player Skip Devol
Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons.
==================================
13.209 [2622] Merv Griffin Show
21Jul1975 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Fernando Lamas
comedian Henry Gibson
singer-actress Kaye Stevens
female conductor Antonia Brico
and blind singer-writer Tom Sullivan.
13.210 [2623] Merv Griffin Show
22Jul1975 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Richard Dawson
comedians Louis Nye
and Milt Kamen
comedienne Jeannine Burnier
and psychic Kenny Kingston.
13.211 [2624] Merv Griffin Show
23Jul1975 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Freddie Prinze
dancer-actor Ben Vereen
singer-actress Florence Henderson
and tenor Jan Peerce.
13.212 [2625] Merv Griffin Show
24Jul1975 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
bandleader Guy Lombardo
impressionist David Frye
comedienne Dody Goodman
Universal Studios founder Dr. Jules C. Stein
and British comedy team Dudley Moore and Peter Cook.
13.213 [2626] Merv Griffin Show
25Jul1975 [rerun 29Dec75] [San Francisco Examiner]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actor Bing Crosby
and Harry Crosby
impressionist Rich Little
game show host Bert Convy
comic Kelly Monteith
illusionist Harry Blackstone Jr.
and singer Fran Jeffries.
==================================
13.214 [2627] Merv Griffin Show
28Jul1975 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Wayne Rogers
and Bo Hopkins
astrologer Joyce Jillson
Country singer Freddy Fender
and singer Kelly Garrett.
13.215 [2628] Merv Griffin Show
29Jul1975 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedians David Brenner
and Professor Irwin Corey
singers Jim Stafford
Melba Moore
and Tony Silva.
13.216 [2629] Merv Griffin Show
30Jul1975 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Michael Callan
comedian Larry Beezer
lyricist Sammy Cahn
Jazz musician Cal Tjader
singers Dick Haymes
and Teresa Brewer.
Taped backstage at the Palace Theater in Hollywood.
13.217 [2630] Merv Griffin Show
31Jul1975 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Sonny Bono
actor David Groh
comedians Charles Nelson Reilly
and Richard Lewis
and singer Minnie Riperton.
13.218 [2631] Merv Griffin Show
01Aug1975 [rerun 11Mar76]
From Las Vegas. (100th show from Vegas)
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Telly Savalas
singer-actor Robert Goulet
comedienne Ruth Buzzi
comic Billy Holliday
accordion player Dick Contino
and The Lennon Sisters.
*Note: Merv Griffin whose Friday night shows originate in Las Vegas
will air his 100th show tonight from the gambling capital.
==================================
13.219 [2632] Merv Griffin Show
04Aug1975 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Dyan Cannon
actor Maximillian Schell
TV hostess Pamela Mason
Country singers Roy Clark
and Patti Jo.
13.220 [2633] Merv Griffin Show
05Aug1975 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Bernadette Peters
comic Tom Dreesen
ventriloquist Sammy King
singer Tony Silva
The Hagers
and the Second City Players.
13.221 [2634] Merv Griffin Show
06Aug1975 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress-dancer Ann Miller
entertainer Bill Bailey
singer-actor Anson Williams
comedienne Dody Goodman
and singing trio Gotham.
13.222 [2635] Merv Griffin Show
07Aug1975 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Hal Linden
Keith Carradine
and Ed Lauter
comics Milt Kamen
and Mike Preminger.
13.223 [2636] Merv Griffin Show
08Aug1975 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Las Vegas
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Buddy Hackett
humorist Mort Sahl
actor James Darren
comic Dave Barry
juggler Jim Rhinehart
singer Joanie Sommers
and Janet & Randy Jackson (of the Jackson 5.)
==================================
13.224 [2637] Merv Griffin Show
11Aug1975 [Press-Telegram]
"3rd annual Ebony Magazine Music Awards program"
Merv's co-hosts are Ray Charles and Aretha Franklin
Guests
Stevie Wonder
Nancy Wilson
B.B. King
Janet and Randy Jackson
Rodney Allen Rippy
Quincy Jones
Esther Rolle
Ja'net DuBois
and Fred Williamson.
13.225 [2638] Merv Griffin Show "Couples"
12Aug1975 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Arte Johnson and his wife Giselle
Martin Landau and Barbara Bain
Betty White and Allen Ludden
author Robert Nathan and actress Anna Lee.
13.226 [2639] Merv Griffin Show
13Aug1975 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actress Polly Bergen
director Stanley Kramer
TV personality Virginia Graham
Dr. Joyce Brothers
and author Gay Talese.
13.227 [2640] Merv Griffin Show
14Aug1975 [Independent]
Robert Clary is the co-host for the show featuring new talent.
Guests
comedienne Rhonda Bates
comic duo Samuels & Cohen
singers Sammy Rubin
Craig Johnson
and Julian Shulman
and 8-year-old pianist Samuel Chang.
13.228 [2641] Merv Griffin Show
15Aug1975 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Abbe Lane
musician-comic Pete Barbutti
comedian Myron Cohen
singer Joe Williams
tap-dancer Gene Bell
comics Doo, Dab, Daze
and musical duo Sandler & Young.
==================================
13.229 [2642] Merv Griffin Show
18Aug1975 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Robert Vaughn
and John Forsythe
Tonight show co-host Ed McMahon
producer Sheldon Leonard
and singer Brenda Lee.
13.230 [2643] Merv Griffin Show
19Aug1975 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Peter Ustinov
and George Hamilton
and Roger Daltrey, lead singer of The Who.
13.231 [2644] Merv Griffin Show
20Aug1975 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
"Baretta" actors Robert Blake
and Tom Ewell
actress Lee Grant
and author Joseph N. Sorrentino.
13.232 [2645] Merv Griffin Show
21Aug1975 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors David Groh
and William Demarest
singer-actress Sheila MacRae
comics Samuels and Cohen
and Corky Hale & Sandra Stewart.
13.233 [2646] Merv Griffin Show
22Aug1975 [Los Angeles Times]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actor Jack Cassidy
Blues singer-musician B.B. King
comedian Norm Crosby
The King Sisters
musician Alvino Rey
ventriloquist Sammy King
comic Dick Capri
and 4 showgirls from the Lido review.
==================================
13.234 [2647] Merv Griffin Show "Bi-Centennial"
25Aug1975 [rerun 26Dec75]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Pat Boone
James Whitmore
and Arthur Hill
and pianist Leonard Pennario
with a discussion of the Bi-centennial.
13.235 [2648] Merv Griffin Show "Celebrity Fashion Show pt 1"
26Aug1975 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actresses Cloris Leachman
and Katherine Ross
singers Dionne Warwicke
Bernadette Peters
and Tina Sinatra.
13.236 [2649] Merv Griffin Show "Celebrity Fashion Show pt 2"
27Aug1975 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actresses Shirley Jones
and Michael Learned
model-actress Maud Adams
dancer Juliet Prowse
singer Joey Heatherton
and Carrie Donovan, Sr. Fashion Editor, "Harper's Bizarre".
13.237 [2650] Merv Griffin Show "Millionaires"
28Aug1975 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
W. Clement Stone, insurance broker
Rocky Aoki, owner of Benihana
Tillie Lewis dietetic foods
and Donald "Muk" McCallum, hotel owner.
13.238 [2651] Merv Griffin Show
29Aug1975 [Independent]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Jack Carter
singer Tony Silva
The King Cousins
impressionist Fred Travalena
mentalist the Amazing Kreskin
singer-dancer Charo
and The Lettermen.
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