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Season 14 (Metromedia Syndication)(1975-76)
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.
14.01 [2652] Merv Griffin Show
01Sep1975 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Danny Thomas
and Jan-Michael Vincent
singer Stephanie Edwards
and boxer George Foreman.
14.02 [2653] Merv Griffin Show
02Sep1975 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Ron Ely
actress Theresa Merritt
comedian-actor Godfrey Cambridge,
comic Professor Irwin Corey
and comedy team of Mulleage and Underwood.
14.03 [2654] Merv Griffin Show
03Sep1975 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
TV personality Steve Allen
actor Gabriel Kaplan
comedienne-actress Dody Goodman
and drummer Keith Moon.
14.04 [2655] Merv Griffin Show
04Sep1975 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Redd Foxx
actress Jeannie Linero
actor Vincent Van Patten
singer Timmie Rogers
and Japanese singer Midori.
14.05 [2656] Merv Griffin Show
05Sep1975 [rerun 02Jan76]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
model-actress Barbi Benton
comedians Foster Brooks
and Jackie Gayle
mime act Shields and Yarnell
singers Charlie Rich
and Dick Roman.
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14.06 [2657] Merv Griffin Show
08Sep1975 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Carole Cook
actors Forrest Tucker
and Larry Storch of "F-Troop";
actor David McCallum of "The Invisible Man";
and Country singer T.G. Sheppard.
14.07 [2658] Merv Griffin Show
09Sep1975 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Robert Blake of "Baretta"
comedienne Ruth Buzzi
singer-composer Paul Williams.
14.08 [2659] Merv Griffin Show "Sports Stars"
10Sep1975 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
baseball player Willie Mays
former infielder, baseball manager Leo Durocher,
race car driver Bobby Unser
and jockey Willie Shoemaker.
14.09 [2660] Merv Griffin Show
11Sep1975 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Andy Griffith
singer-actor Frankie Avalon
singer-actress Eartha Kitt
comic Jeff Altman
and singer Glenn Ash.
14.10 [2661] Merv Griffin Show
12Sep1975 [rerun 31Dec75]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singers Neil Sedaka
and Phyllis McGuire
comics Billy Holliday
and Professor Irwin Corey
tightwire act Demille
and The Oak Ridge Boys.
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14.11 [2662] Merv Griffin Show
15Sep1975 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Adrienne Barbeau
humorist Mort Sahl
impressionist Frank Welker
comedian Martin Mull
and astrologer Joyce Jillson.
14.12 [2663] Merv Griffin Show
16Sep1975 [Independent]
Guests
singer Patti Page
comedian Charles Nelson Reilly
impressionist Fred Travalena
and Dr. Joyce Brothers.
14.13 [2664] Merv Griffin Show "Secretary to the Superstars"
17Sep1975 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Alice Marchak (Marlon Brando)
Linda Hunter (Julie Adams)
Eileen Thomas (Diana Ross)
Frank Adama (Mary Tyler Moore)
George Thomas (Elizabeth Taylor)
and Madalyn Shirer (Merv Griffin).
14.14 [2665] Merv Griffin Show
18Sep1975
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Shelley Winters
comedienne Phyllis Diller
13-year-old novelist Alexandra Sheedy
and English actress Jean Marsh.
14.15 [2666] Merv Griffin Show
19Sep1975 [rerun 09Mar76]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
entertainer Wayne Newton
singer Frank Sinatra Jr
comedienne Joan Rivers
singer-dancer Lola Falana
comic Jackie Kahane
and singing duo Carroll and Daly.
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14.16 [2667] Merv Griffin Show "Salute to Broadway Musicals"
22Sep1975 [rerun 25Dec75]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Ethel Merman
comedienne Kaye Ballard
singer-actress Bernadette Peters
and actress Barbara Cook.
14.17 [2668] Merv Griffin Show
23Sep1975 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Alex Karras
comedian Orson Bean
journalist-author Sally Quinn,
and The Hudson Brothers.
14.18 [2669] Merv Griffin Show
24Sep1975 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comic actor Don Adams
actress Lynn Redgrave
comedian Henny Youngman
and actor Richard Castellano.
14.19 [2670] Merv Griffin Show
25Sep1975 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Wayne Rogers
Ron Carey
and Abe Vigoda
actress Dina Merrill
and Country singer Mel Tillis.
14.20 [2671] Merv Griffin Show
26Sep1975 [Independent]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne Totie Fields
TV personality Dick Clark
singers Kay Starr
and Jack Jones
comic Ronnie Schell
Mr. Excitement, performer Jackie Wilson
ventriloquist Sammy King
and magician Reveen the Impossibilist.
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14.21 [2672] Merv Griffin Show
29Sep1975 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Jason Robards
singer-actress Florence Henderson
comics Skiles and Henderson
and Dr. Milt Kogan.
14.22 [2673] Merv Griffin Show "British Actors"
30Sep1975 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Michael Caine
Roger Moore
and Michael York
and actress Hermione Baddeley.
14.23 [2674] Merv Griffin Show
01Oct1975 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Sidney Poitier
Bill Cosby
and Jimmie Walker discuss their new film "Let's Do It Again".
14.24 [2675] Merv Griffin Show
02Oct1975 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
and Barry Newman
comedienne Dody Goodman
and comic Guy Marks.
14.25 [2676] Merv Griffin Show
03Oct1975 [Independent]
Final Las Vegas Show.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actress Della Reese
comic Jerry Collins
juggler El Gran Picasso
poet-songwriter Rod McKuen
singers Bobby Vinton
and Dion
and lion trainers Siegfried & Roy.
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14.26 [2677] Merv Griffin Show
06Oct1975 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Country singer Loretta Lynn
game show host Chuck Woolery
comedian Marty Ingels
and memory expert, Harry Lorayne.
14.27 [2678] Merv Griffin Show
07Oct1975 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-comedienne Kaye Ballard
comedian-actor Orson Bean
raconteur George Jessel
comic actor George Lindsey
and singer-actor Johnny Dark.
14.28 [2679] Merv Griffin Show
08Oct1975 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
band leader Woody Herman
TV personality Steve Allen
comedians Norm Crosby
and Marty Allen
and dancers Terri & Dick Raymond.
14.29 [2680] Merv Griffin Show
09Oct1975 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Charles Nelson Reilly
impressionist David Frye
author James Kirkwood
and Opera singer Roberta Peters.
14.30 [2681] Merv Griffin Show
10Oct1975 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Karen Valentine
dancer-actress Charo
marathon walkers Phil Hamilton & Dave Regan (walking across the country);
DJ Wolfman Jack
and singer John Rowles.
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14.31 [2682] Merv Griffin Show
13Oct1975 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
TV personality Virginia Graham
Dr. David Reuben
Michael Korda author of "Power! How to Get It, How to Use It"
and singer-songwriter Harriet Schock.
14.32 [2683] Merv Griffin Show "Preventive Medicine"
14Oct1975 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Dr. Carlton Fredericks
Dr. Ivan Popov
Dr. Paul Bragg
Dr. Harold W. Harper
and Dr. S. Marshall Fram.
14.33 [2684] Merv Griffin Show
15Oct1975 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Oliver Reed
and David Janssen
comic Ronnie Schell
and novelist Irving Stone.
14.34 [2685] Merv Griffin Show
16Oct1975 [Newsday]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actor Ben Vereen
humorist Mort Sahl
comedienne Marcia Wallace
and lawyer-author Vincent Bugliosi.
14.35 [2686] Merv Griffin Show "Astrology"
17Oct1975 [rerun 26Jul76] [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
astrologers Joyce Jillson
Carroll Righter
Sydney Omarr
and Joan Quigley
and astronomy professor Dr. George Abell.
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14.36 [2687] Merv Griffin Show
20Oct1975 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Cybill Shepherd
actors Bill Macy
and Doug McClure
and voice actor Frank Welker.
14.37 [2688] Merv Griffin Show
21Oct1975 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Reverend Billy Graham
singers Natalie Cole
and Charles Aznavour.
14.38 [2689] Merv Griffin Show
22Oct1975 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Deborah Kerr
actor Joseph Bottoms
dancers Kathryn and Arthur Murray
and Chief Dan George.
14.39 [2690] Merv Griffin Show "Salute to Bob Hope"
23Oct1975 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
entertainer Bob Hope
comedienne Lucille Ball
singer-actress Shirley Jones
actress Angie Dickinson
and Country singer Glen Campbell.
14.40 [2691] Merv Griffin Show "Authors"
24Oct1975 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
author Shana Alexander,
novelist Adela Rogers St. Johns
and journalist-writer William F. Buckley, Jr.
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14.41 [2692] Merv Griffin Show
27Oct1975 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne Kaye Ballard
comic London Lee
musical duo Sandler and Young
and Country singer Freddy Fender.
14.42 [2693] Merv Griffin Show
28Oct1975 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Shelley Winters
Washington columnist Jack Anderson
and author-poet Maya Angelou.
14.43 [2694] Merv Griffin Show
29Oct1975 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Dick Gautier
David Groh
and Dale Robertson
and comedienne Joanne Worley.
14.44 [2695] Merv Griffin Show
30Oct1975 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Red Skelton is Merv's only guest
14.45 [2696] Merv Griffin Show "Transcendental Meditation"
31Oct1975 [Newsday]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
actress Mary Tyler Moore
actor Clint Eastwood
Rep. Richard Nolan (D-Minn)
and psychiatrist Dr. Bernard Guleck.
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14.46 [2697] Merv Griffin Show
03Nov1975 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actresses Eva Gabor
and Sandy Duncan
actor Gabriel Kaplan
and comedian Alan Sues.
14.47 [2698] Merv Griffin Show
04Nov1975 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Opera star Beverly Sills
author Truman Capote
comedienne Renée Taylor
and Rep. Bella Abzug.
14.48 [2699] Merv Griffin Show "Proteges"
05Nov1975 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Jack Klugman
Lorne Greene
and William Shatner
singer Jim Stafford with protege comic Gallagher.
and their proteges.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6G0xA_IdmQ
14.49 [2700] Merv Griffin Show
06Nov1975 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
"Starsky and Hutch" stars actors David Soul
and Paul Michael Glasser
comedian Dick Martin
actor Richard Dimitri of "When Things Were Rotten";
comic Morty Gunty
and singer Carrie McDowell.
14.50 [2701] Merv Griffin Show "Censorship"
07Nov1975 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
film critic Rex Reed
Jack Valenti president of the MPAA;
TV producer Norman Lear
writer Jack Rintels
and newscaster John Schubeck.
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14.51 [2702] Merv Griffin Show
10Nov1975 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Earl Holliman
actress Loretta Swit
game show host Peter Marshall
and Country singer Mel Tillis.
14.52 [2703] Merv Griffin Show
11Nov1975 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Jeff Bridges
comedian Charlie Callas
singers David Essex
and Bobby Vinton.
14.53 [2704] Merv Griffin Show
12Nov1975 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Redd Foxx
singer-songwriter Mac Davis
actress Rhonda Bates
actor Anson Williams
and singer Tommy Butler.
14.54 [2705] Merv Griffin Show
13Nov1975 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Don Rickles
actor George Peppard
actress Adrienne Barbeau
body builders Bill Grant
David DuPree
and Franco Columbu.
14.55 [2706] Merv Griffin Show
14Nov1975 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Clifton Davis
comedians Freddie Prinze
and Robert Klein
comedienne Elayne Boosler
Budd Friedman founder and proprietor of the Improv Comedy Club
and singer Ron Carey.
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14.56 [2707] Merv Griffin Show
17Nov1975 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne Totie Fields
game show host Bert Convy
comedian David Brenner
singer Abbe Lane
singing group ABBA who perform "SOS" and "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do";
and dog act The Great Andre.
14.57 [2708] Merv Griffin Show
18Nov1975 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Helen Reddy
comedienne Joan Rivers
comedians Foster Brooks
and Pat Cooper
and Country singer Leroy Van Dyke.
14.58 [2709] Merv Griffin Show
19Nov1975 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedians Alan King
and Norm Crosby
magician Mark Wilson
singer Diane Findley
The Chapparal Brothers
and Lance Link Chimps.
14.59 [2710] Merv Griffin Show
20Nov1975 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Neil Sedaka
comedian Shecky Greene
impressionist Fred Travalena
songstress Kay Starr
actor-comedian Mal Z. Lawrence
and Stephenson's Dogs.
14.60 [2711] Merv Griffin Show
21Nov1975 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
dancer-singer-actor Ben Vereen
comedian Kelly Monteith
composer Marvin Hamlisch
singer Sonny Bono
and showman Joe Cappo.
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14.61 [2712] Merv Griffin Show
24Nov1975 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Eydie Gorme
comedian Arte Johnson
comedienne-actress Hermione Baddeley
and Country singer Tom T. Hall.
14.62 [2713] Merv Griffin Show
25Nov1975 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne Carol Burnett
actor Hal Linden
comedian Joey Bishop
and singer Steve Lawrence.
14.63 [2714] Merv Griffin Show "Actresses"
26Nov1975 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actresses Janet Leigh
Lilli Palmer
Rhonda Fleming
and Ann Miller.
14.64 [2715] Merv Griffin Show "Fashion and Art Show"
27Nov1975 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
designer Pierre Cardin
comedian Dick Gautier
Playboy fashion editor Robert L. Green
art dealer and gallery owner Gregg Juarez
improvisation comics Granat and Carrozo.
[--] Merv Griffin Show "Censorship"
28Nov1975 [repeat from 07Nov75]
Jack Valenti, Rex Reed, Norman Lear, Jack Rintels, John Schubeck
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14.65 [2716] Merv Griffin Show
01Dec1975 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Anne Murray
humorist Sam Levenson
comedienne Dody Goodman
dance director Harold Plummer
and dancers Terri and Dick Raymond.
14.66 [2717] Merv Griffin Show
02Dec1975 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne Lucille Ball
director Otto Preminger
singer Anthony Newley
and columnist Rona Barrett.
14.67 [2718] Merv Griffin Show
03Dec1975 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors David Groh
and Robert Vaughn
author Irving Wallace
and Dr. Joyce Brothers.
14.68 [2719] Merv Griffin Show
04Dec1975 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
dancer-singer-actor Gene Kelly
actor James Farentino
comedienne Liz Torres
and impressionist David Frye.
14.69 [2720] Merv Griffin Show "Authors"
05Dec1975 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
authors James A. Michener
James Jones
Irwin Shaw
and Robert Nathan.
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14.70 [2721] Merv Griffin Show
08Dec1975 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Vincent Price
and Barry Gray
comedienne Minnie Pearl
singers Stephanie Edwards
and Kenny Starr.
14.71 [2722] Merv Griffin Show
09Dec1975 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Andy Griffith
comedian Jack Carter
ventriloquist Jay Johnson
and comic Alan Petersen.
14.72 [2723] Merv Griffin Show
10Dec1975 [San Francisco Examiner]
Richard Dawson is the guest host
Guests
actor Gig Young
actress Betty White
author Paula Morgan
and Opera singer Richard Fredericks.
14.73 [2724] Merv Griffin Show "Salute to James Komack"
11Dec1975 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
producer-writer James Komack ("Chico and the Man", "Welcome Back Kotter");
comedian Freddie Prinze
actors Gabriel Kaplan
Jackie Cooper
Scatman Crothers
and the Kotter Kids.
14.74 [2725] Merv Griffin Show
12Dec1975 [San Francisco Examiner]
Richard Dawson is the guest host
Guests
impressionist Rich Little
actor Richard Benjamin
singer Mel Torme
and comedienne Kaye Ballard.
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14.75 [2726] Merv Griffin Show
15Dec1975 [Independent]
Mort Sahl is the guest host
Guests
Senator John Tunney of California
singer Frankie Laine
actor Richard Dimitri
and comedian Henny Youngman.
14.76 [2727] Merv Griffin Show
16Dec1975 [Independent]
Roger Miller is the guest host
Guests
comedienne Dody Goodman
comedians Louis Nye
and Jeff Altman.
14.77 [2728] Merv Griffin Show
17Dec1975 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comic Steve Allen
singer Bernadette Peters
astrologer Joyce Jillson
and comic Ronnie Schell.
14.78 [2729] Merv Griffin Show "Youth Theme"
18Dec1975 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
KC & The Sunshine Band
singers Dolly Parton
Natalie Cole
and Kenny Rankin
and comedian Martin Mull.
14.79 [2730] Merv Griffin Show "Salute to Robert Wise"
19Dec1975 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
producer-director Robert Wise,
singer-actress Julie Andrews,
actors Gig Young
and Walter Pidgeon.
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[--] Merv Griffin Show
22Dec1975 [repeat from 11Mar75]
Mickey Rooney, Jim Nabors, Donna Fargo, Joanie Sommers.
[--] Merv Griffin Show "Fashion Theme"
23Dec1975 [repeat from 24Jul75]
Mmes. Johnny Carson, Milton Berle, Arte Johnson,
Alan Livingston, Neile Adams, Madalyn Rhue
[--] Merv Griffin Show "Salute to Tony Bennett"
24Dec1975 [repeat from 17Mar75]
Guests Tony Bennett; singers Peggy Lee, Pearl Bailey,
Rosemary Clooney; dancer Fred Astaire; composer Johnny Mercer.
[--] Merv Griffin Show "Salute to Broadway Musicals"
25Dec1975 [repeat from 22Sep75]
Ethel Merman, Kaye Ballard, Bernadette Peters, Barbara Cook.
[--] Merv Griffin Show "Bi-Centennial Theme"
26Dec1975 [repeat from 25Aug75]
James Whitmore, Pat Boone, Arthur Hill, Leonard Pennario.
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[--] Merv Griffin Show
29Dec1975 [repeat from 25Jul75]
Bing Crosby, Rich Little, Kelly Monteith, Harry Blackstone Jr.,
Bert Convy, Fran Jeffries.
[--] Merv Griffin Show
30Dec1975 [repeat from 10Jan75]
Robert Goulet, Carol Lawrence. Jerry Vale; TV host Dick Clark;
comic Slappy White; dancers The Szonys; cameo appearance by Lucille Ball.
[--] Merv Griffin Show
31Dec1975 [repeat from 12Sep75]
Neil Sedaka, Phyllis McGuire, The Oakridge Boys;
Peter Marshall: Prof. Irwin Corey; tight artist Demille.
[--] Merv Griffin Show
01Jan1976 [repeat from 31Jan75]
Paul Anka, Roy Clark, Larry Storch, Diana Trask, Odia Coates.
[--] Merv Griffin Show
02Jan1976 [repeat from 05Sep75]
Charlie Rich, Foster Brooks, Barbi Benton, Jackie Gayle.
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14.80 [2731] Merv Griffin Show
05Jan1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Barry Newman
and Hal Linden
comedian Marty Ingels
and Ron Kistler author of "I Caught Flies for Howard Hughes".
14.81 [2732] Merv Griffin Show "Gambling"
06Jan1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Jack Klugman
professional gamblers Benny Binion
Jack Strauss
Johnny Moss
and John Scarne.
14.82 [2733] Merv Griffin Show
07Jan1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Richard Chamberlain
and Ted Knight
TV hostess Pamela Mason
and author-columnist Lois Wyse.
14.83 [2734] Merv Griffin Show
08Jan1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Michael Caine
and Sean Connery
actress Jacqueline Bisset
and Joseph Wambaugh author of "The Choirboys".
14.84 [2735] Merv Griffin Show
09Jan1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian George Carlin
actor Richard Dimitri
singers Al Green
and Ronnie Milsap.
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14.85 [2736] Merv Griffin Show
12Jan1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Yul Brynner
comedian Arte Johnson
actress Susan Clark
comedy writer Jack Douglas and his wife Reiko.
*Note: News item:
Yul Brynner pre-taped "The Merv Griffin Show" soon he told Merv how
wonderful his
"Home Sweet Homer" musical would be as a Broadway hit, it lasted one
afternoon show.
14.86 [2737] Merv Griffin Show
13Jan1976 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Charles Nelson Reilly
comic Dean Scott
"Cosmopolitan" editor Helen Gurley Brown
and Opera singer Roberta Peters.
14.87 [2738] Merv Griffin Show "Music and Comedy"
14Jan1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-songwriter Barry Manilow
comedy duo Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara
comic Lonnie Shorr
and dancer-actor Des O'Connor.
14.88 [2739] Merv Griffin Show "Stars of new TV Series"
15Jan1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Danny Thomas of "The Practice";
Pat Harrington of "One Day at a Time";
Lindsay Wagner of "The Bionic Woman";
Charles Durning of "The Cop & the Kid";
and Whitman Mayo of "Grady."
14.89 [2740] Merv Griffin Show
16Jan1976 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actress Kaye Stevens
comedian Steve Landesburg
Mexican film star Jorge Rivero
Country singers Charlie Rich
and David Wills.
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14.90 [2741] Merv Griffin Show
19Jan1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actress Doris Day author of "Doris Day: Her Own Story";
poet-singer Rod McKuen
and Motion Picture Arts & Sciences President Jack Valenti.
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x32k8kl
14.91 [2742] Merv Griffin Show
20Jan1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
TV hostess Virginia Graham
actresses Hermione Baddeley
and Jayne Meadows
and singer-dancer Charo.
14.92 [2743] Merv Griffin Show
21Jan1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Gene Hackman
actresses Carol Channing
and Marisa Berenson
and comedian Gabriel Kaplan.
14.93 [2744] Merv Griffin Show
22Jan1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Tony Curtis
and his wife Leslie
actor Dale Robertson
TV personality Arthur Godfrey
and comedian-actor Billy Crystal.
14.94 [2745] Merv Griffin Show
23Jan1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Shelley Winters
comedian Orson Bean
comedienne Phyllis Diller
and spiritualist Kenny Kingston.
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14.95 [2746] Merv Griffin Show
26Jan1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
entertainer Bob Hope
singer Sammy Davis Jr.
comedians Alan King
and Redd Foxx
actress Carol Wayne
actor Wayne Rogers
and impressionist John Byner.
14.96 [2747] Merv Griffin Show
27Jan1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Chris Sarandon
and Richard Dimitri
comedian Foster Brooks
and daughter Teri Foster Brooks
singers Anne Murray
and The Hudson Brothers.
14.97 [2748] Merv Griffin Show "Salute to the Late Jack Benny"
28Jan1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian George Burns
radio and television announcer Don Wilson
voice actor Mel Blanc
singer Gisele Mackenzie
and Irving Fein, longtime manager of Jack Benny and George Burns.
14.98 [2749] Merv Griffin Show
29Jan1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Peter Ustinov
and Beau Bridges
actress Marilyn Hassett
and comedian-actor Billy Crystal.
14.99 [2750] Merv Griffin Show
30Jan1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
impressionist Rich Little
actors Andrew Smith
and Claude Akins
author Gail Parent
and new comedy trio The Graduates.
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14.100 [2751] Merv Griffin Show
02Feb1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Earl Holliman of "Police Woman";
actors David Soul and Paul-Michael Glaser
of "Starsky and Hutch";
impressionist Fred Travelena
musician B.B. King
and singer-musician Michael Murphy.
14.101 [2752] Merv Griffin Show
03Feb1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Barry Newman
and Cliff De Young
comedian Arte Johnson
actress Pamela Grier
and astrologer Joyce Jillson.
14.102 [2753] Merv Griffin Show "Celebrity Couples"
04Feb1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Susan Seaforth and Bill Hayes
Bert Convy and Ann Convy
Orson Bean and Carolyn Bean
and Joanne Worley and Roger Perry.
14.103 [2754] Merv Griffin Show
05Feb1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Raymond Burr
and James Coco
and face reader Grace Lee.
14.104 [2755] Merv Griffin Show
06Feb1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Jimmie Walker
actress Susan Sarandon
comic Kip Addotta
comedy team Samuels & Cohen
dancer-choreographer Toni Basil
and Country singer Tammy Wynette.
==================================
14.105 [2756] Merv Griffin Show
09Feb1976 [rerun 15Jul76] [San Francisco Examiner]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian David Brenner
singer Vic Damone
comedienne Hermione Baddeley
singer-songwriter Mac Davis
and Jim Baldwin's Chimps.
14.106 [2757] Merv Griffin Show
10Feb1976 [rerun 21Dec76] [Press-Telegram]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Rodney Dangerfield
comic Kelly Monteith
singer Jerry Vale
magician The Great Tomsoni
dancer-choreographer Toni Basil
and the Fifth Dimension.
14.107 [2758] Merv Griffin Show
11Feb1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne Totie Fields
The Mills Brothers
Opera singer Robert Merrill
comic Lonnie Shorr
singer Leslie Uggams
and bicycle act The Klementis.
14.108 [2759] Merv Griffin Show
12Feb1976 [rerun 14Jul76] [San Francisco Examiner]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedians Don Rickles
and Robert Klein
mimes Shields and Yarnell
Opera performer Armando Sierra
singer John Rowles
and the Hues Corporation.
14.109 [2760] Merv Griffin Show
13Feb1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
dancer-singer-actor Donald O'Connor
actress-singer Barbara McNair
comic Myron Cohen
singers Eydie Gorme
and Bill Withers
and The Szonys.
==================================
14.110 [2761] Merv Griffin Show
16Feb1976 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-songwriter John Denver
Starland Vocal Band
and band Starwood.
14.111 [2762] Merv Griffin Show
17Feb1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actresses Elke Sommer
and Adrienne Barbeau
comedian-actor Pat Harrington
mime Marcel Marceau
and Country singer-musician Roy Clark.
14.112 [2763] Merv Griffin Show
18Feb1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Ben Gazzara
comedian-actor Freddie Prinze
Steven Weed (Patty Hearst's former fiance)
and stripper Donna Marie Gordon.
14.113 [2764] Merv Griffin Show "Comedians"
19Feb1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedians Harvey Korman,
Richard Pryor
and David Steinberg.
14.114 [2765] Merv Griffin Show
20Feb1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actresses Eva Gabor
and Susan Blakely
actors Ed Asner
and Peter Strauss.
==================================
14.115 [2766] Merv Griffin Show "Salute to Philadelphia"
23Feb1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Joey Bishop
actor Jack Klugman
comic David Brenner
singer James Darren
and singer-dancer Lola Falana.
14.116 [2767] Merv Griffin Show
24Feb1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Bob Hope
joins talented ladies of foreign birth
Reiko Douglas
Charo
Gisela Johnson
and Dolly Martin.
14.117 [2768] Merv Griffin Show "Ladies Home Journal Awards"
25Feb1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actresses Debbie Reynolds
Cloris Leachman
Brenda Vaccaro
and Diahann Carroll
and Lenore Hershey editor of "Ladies Home Journal."
14.118 [2769] Merv Griffin Show "The Total Woman"
26Feb1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Connie Stevens,
Country singer Loretta Lynn
singer-actress Della Reese
author Marabelle Morgan
and feminist Toni Carabillo.
14.119 [2770] Merv Griffin Show
27Feb1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
talk show host Dick Cavett
actress Carol Channing
singers Mel Tillis
Anita Bryant
and Larry Groce.
==================================
14.120 [2771] Merv Griffin Show
01Mar1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Carroll O'Connor
actress Penny Marshall
and politician John Lindsay.
14.121 [2772] Merv Griffin Show "Major Psychics With Registered
Predictions"
02Mar1976 [Daily News]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Joseph DeLouise
Kebrina Kinkade
Alan Vaughn
Jess Stearn
and Robert Nelson.
14.122 [2773] Merv Griffin Show
03Mar1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor-dancer Ray Bolger
composer Marvin Hamlisch
actress Dena Dietrich
and The Graduates.
14.123 [2774] Merv Griffin Show
04Mar1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedy writer Carl Reiner
comic Leonard Barr
Stan Kann the gadget man
and singer Jim Stafford.
14.124 [2775] Merv Griffin Show
05Mar1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Arte Johnson
comedienne Dody Goodman
actors David Groh
and Hank Garcia
and The Miracles.
==================================
[--] Merv Griffin Show
08Mar1976 [repeat from 18Jul75]
From Las Vegas.
Helen Reddy, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, Leonard Barr and The
Platters.
[--] Merv Griffin Show
09Mar1976 [repeat from 19Sep75]
From Las Vegas.
Wayne Newton, Joan Rivers, Frank Sinatra Jr., Lola Falana, Jackie Kahane,
Carroll and Daly
[--] Merv Griffin Show
10Mar1976 [repeat from 09May75]
From Las Vegas.
Anthony Newley, Alan King, Rip Taylor, Fats Domino
[--] Merv Griffin Show
11Mar1976 [repeat from 01Aug75]
From Las Vegas.
Telly Savalas, The Lennon Sisters, Ruth Buzzi, Robert Goulet, Dick Contino,
Billy Holliday
[--] Merv Griffin Show
12Mar1976 [repeat from 21Mar75]
From Las Vegas.
Pearl Bailey, Buck Owens, Nipsey Russell, Marilyn Maye.
==================================
14.125 [2776] Merv Griffin Show
15Mar1976 [Independent]
Paul Williams is the guest host
Guests
TV personality Arthur Godfrey
humorist Mort Sahl
actress Ronee Blakley
and Seals and Crofts.
14.126 [2777] Merv Griffin Show
16Mar1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Wayne Rogers is the guest host
Guests
actress Diane Ladd
comedian Marty Allen
comedienne Elaine Joyce
comedian Norm Crosby
and impressionist Frank Welker.
14.127 [2778] Merv Griffin Show
17Mar1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Marvin Hamlisch is the guest host.
Guests
actor Kirk Douglas
singer Anthony Newley
songstress Freda Payne
and Samuels and Cohen.
14.128 [2779] Merv Griffin Show
18Mar1976 [The Record]
Steve Allen is the guest host
Guests
actresses Jayne Meadows
and Bea Arthur
comedian Louis Nye
writer Willard R. Espy
and singer Steve Lawrence.
14.129 [2780] Merv Griffin Show
19Mar1976 [Independent]
Connie Stevens is the guest host
Guests
actors Robert Conrad
and Mickey Rooney
comedian Charles Nelson Reilly
and dancer-singer Bobby Van.
==================================
14.130 [2781] Merv Griffin Show "Disco Music"
22Mar1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
TV personality Steve Allen
singer-actor Frankie Avalon
TV host Dick Clark
comedy team Baum and Estin
and Mr. Vincent and his disco fashions.
14.131 [2782] Merv Griffin Show
23Mar1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Anthony Newley
hairstylist Vidal Sassoon and his wife actress Beverly Sassoon
designer Elsa Martinelli with new fashions modeled by
the daughters of Joan Crawford, Hedy Lamarr, Anthony Quinn,
Robert Mitchum, Zsa Zsa Gabor and Jack Palance.
14.132 [2783] Merv Griffin Show
24Mar1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor-musician-producer Desi Arnaz Sr.
actress Cicely Tyson
impressionist John Byner
and comic Ed Bluestone.
14.133 [2784] Merv Griffin Show "Comics"
25Mar1976 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedians David Brenner
Steve Landesberg
Jimmie Walker
Jimmy Martinez
and Mike Preminger.
14.134 [2785] Merv Griffin Show
26Mar1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Geraldine Brooks
actor Christopher George
and his wife actress Lynda Day George
comedian Tom Dreesen
and singer-actor Anson Williams.
==================================
14.135 [2786] Merv Griffin Show
29Mar1976 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor-comedian Orson Bean
comedian Henny Youngman
comic Professor Irwin Corey
psychic Kenny Kingston
and disco singer Donna Summer.
14.136 [2787] Merv Griffin Show "A Salute to Johnny Cash".
30Mar1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Johnny Cash
June Carter Cash
Johnny's backup group "The Tennessee Three"
Country singers Roger Miller and Larry Gatlin.
Musical Highlights:
Johnny sings, "I Walk the Line", "One Piece at a Time"
and a medley of "Big River" and "Folsom Prison Blues".
14.137 [2788] Merv Griffin Show
31Mar1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne Anne Meara
actor Alex Karras
actress Susan Clark
comic Kip Addotta
and impersonator Jim Bailey.
14.138 [2789] Merv Griffin Show
01Apr1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Mike Connors
actress Carol Kane
comic Martin Mull
astrologer Joyce Jillson
and Country singer Donna Fargo.
14.139 [2790] Merv Griffin Show
02Apr1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
pianist-humorist Victor Borge
actress Betty White
actor Richard Boone
pianist Mac Frampton
singing group The Treniers
and animal trainer Ron Oxley with a 600-pound bear named Bruno.
==================================
14.140 [2791] Merv Griffin Show
05Apr1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Jane Powell
actor Macdonald Carey
comedienne Phyllis Diller
comic actress Cindy Williams
and French Jazz violinist Stéphane Grappelli.
14.141 [2792] Merv Griffin Show "Rape"
06Apr1976 [rerun 19Jul76] [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
psychologist Dr. William Rader and rape victims Marsha Oseas and Nancy
Watts,
a reformed rapist and a husband of a rape victim, Jim Bradshaw and Kelly
Matlock
14.142 [2793] Merv Griffin Show
07Apr1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor John Travolta
comic actor Don Adams
singer Jim Stafford
and tenor Sergio Franchi.
14.143 [2794] Merv Griffin Show
08Apr1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
director Alfred Hitchcock
actor Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
and actress Claire Trevor.
14.144 [2795] Merv Griffin Show
09Apr1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne Kaye Ballard
comedian Charlie Callas
impressionist Marilyn Michaels
and singer Jack Jones.
==================================
14.145 [2796] Merv Griffin Show
12Apr1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Jon Voight
and Abe Vigoda
comedian Rodney Dangerfield
French singer Rene Simard
and Country singer Lynn Anderson.
14.146 [2797] Merv Griffin Show
13Apr1976 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Jason Robards Jr.
and writer Gore Vidal.
14.147 [2798] Merv Griffin Show
14Apr1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Mel Torme
actor Hal Linden
comedian Jackie Vernon
singer Dobie Gray
The Graduates
and Bill Berry's Band.
14.148 [2799] Merv Griffin Show
15Apr1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Jennifer O'Neill
actor Ian Whitcomb
comedienne Hermione Baddeley
comic Stan Kann the gadget man
and Country singer Freddy Fender.
14.149 [2800] Merv Griffin Show "Magic Show"
16Apr1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
magicians Mark Wilson
Greg Wilson
Dai Vernon
Shimada
and Jay Marshall.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAnm23j6dpQ
==================================
14.150 [2801] Merv Griffin Show
19Apr1976 [Herald News]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Rod Steiger
actress Bernadette Peters
comedian David Brenner
impressionist David Frye
singers Marilyn McCoo
and Billy Davis Jr.
14.151 [2802] Merv Griffin Show
20Apr1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Ellen Burstyn
dancer-actress Ann Miller
entertainer Charo
and English actress Jean Marsh.
14.152 [2803] Merv Griffin Show
21Apr1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Jeff Bridges
singer-actress Florence Henderson
comedian Alan Sues
and singer-songwriter John Sebastian.
14.153 [2804] Merv Griffin Show
22Apr1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actor Jack Cassidy
actress Eva Gabor
comedienne Dody Goodman
comedian Professor Irwin Corey
and Country singer Tom Bresh.
14.154 [2805] Merv Griffin Show
23Apr1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Lynda Carter
TV journalist Geraldo Rivera
writer-actor Andrew Smith
and Country singer Mel Tillis.
==================================
14.155 [2806] Merv Griffin Show
26Apr1976 [rerun 20Dec76] [San Francisco Examiner]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
entertainer Liberace
pianist Vince Cardell
comedian Jimmie J.J. Walker
actor Clifton Davis
comic Sammy King
Opera star Roberta Peters
and tumbling act Hassani.
14.156 [2807] Merv Griffin Show
27Apr1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Country singer Loretta Lynn
comedian Norm Crosby
composer Sammy Kahn
singer Jonelle Allen
ventriloquist Willie Tyler and Lester
and juggler El Gran Picasso.
14.157 [2808] Merv Griffin Show
28Apr1976 [rerun 23Dec76] [San Francisco Examiner]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Arte Johnson
singer-dancer Charo
comic Bobby Sargent
impressionist Fred Travalena
Skiles & Henderson
Country singer Hank Thompson
and Dwight Moore's Mongrel Revue.
14.158 [2809] Merv Griffin Show
29Apr1976 [rerun 22Jul76] [San Francisco Examiner]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Roger Miller
musician-comedian Pete Barbutti
singing duo Sandler & Young
impressionist Guy Marks
and Chinese acrobats from Taiwan.
14.159 [2810] Merv Griffin Show
30Apr1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian David Brenner
composer Burt Bacharach
actress Liz Torres
comic George Kirby
magician Ricco
and singer-actor Anson Williams.
==================================
14.160 [2811] Merv Griffin Show
03May1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
"Esquire's First Annual Fashion Awards".
For Best Dressed Men in the Entertainment Industry.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Tony Randall
Telly Savalas
and Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
Country singer Glen Campbell
singer-actor John Davidson
and Esquire Fashion Editor Max Evans.
14.161 [2812] Merv Griffin Show
04May1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Barry Newman
comedian David Steinberg
actress Liv Ullmann
and singer Rita Coolidge.
14.162 [2813] Merv Griffin Show
05May1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
talk show host David Frost
actor Bruce Dern
singer Bobby Vinton
and J.P. Donleavy author of "The Ginger Man".
14.163 [2814] Merv Griffin Show
06May1976 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actresses Jane Fonda
and Shelley Winters
singer Nancy Wilson
and TV personality Virginia Graham.
14.164 [2815] Merv Griffin Show
07May1976 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
tennis star Jimmy Connors
Cornelia Wallace (wife of Governor George Wallace);
TV hostess Pamela Mason
and comic actor George Lindsey.
==================================
14.165 [2816] Merv Griffin Show
10May1976 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Mary Martin
singer Pearl Bailey
and pianist Roger Williams.
14.166 [2817] Merv Griffin Show
11May1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Buddy Hackett
actor James Brolin
astrologer Sydney Omarr
and The Sylvers.
14.167 [2818] Merv Griffin Show
12May1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Charlton Heston
actress Valerie Perrine
comedian Dick Gregory
and Hamilton, Joe Frank and Reynolds
14.168 [2819] Merv Griffin Show
13May1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Entire show is devoted to an interview with former Vice President Spiro
Agnew. Spiro T. Agnew
who talks about politics, his family, his future and his book "The Canfield
Decision".
14.169 [2820] Merv Griffin Show
14May1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Jack Carter
actress Betty White
singer Frankie Laine
Country singer Gary Muledeer
and Billy the Chimp.
==================================
14.170 [2821] Merv Griffin Show
17May1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actor Robert Goulet
comedians Freddie Prinze
and Nipsey Russell
and The Bay City Rollers.
14.171 [2822] Merv Griffin Show
18May1976 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Premiere of the film "Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood".
A number of stars attended, accompanied by their pets,
they were Phil Silvers, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Robert Goulet,
Glenn Ford, Ernest Borgnine, Bruce Dern,
Marisa Berenson, Marty Allen, Billy Barty,
Hugh O'Brian, Andy Devine, Sally Kellerman,
Edgar Bergen and Rory Calhoun.
14.172 [2823] Merv Griffin Show "Musical Salute to Irving Berlin's 88th
Birthday."
19May1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singers Ethel Merman
and Rosemary Clooney
singer-actor Howard Keel
and pianist Eubie Blake.
14.173 [2824] Merv Griffin Show
20May1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Roger Moore
comedians Ronnie Schell
and Louis Nye
and singer Anthony Newley.
14.174 [2825] Merv Griffin Show
21May1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Claude Akins
TV personality Arthur Godfrey
comic Lonnie Shorr
Lanie Dills author of "The Official CB Slanguage Dictionary";
and singer-dancer Charo.
==================================
14.175 [2826] Merv Griffin Show "A Salute to the Late Ernie Kovacs"
24May1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-comedienne Edie Adams (and Ernie's wife)
comedians Groucho Marx
Milton Berle and Dick Martin
and actor Mickey Rooney.
14.176 [2827] Merv Griffin Show
25May1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Cloris Leachman
comedian Don Rickles
impressionist Guy Marks
and gadget man Stan Kann.
14.177 [2828] Merv Griffin Show
26May1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Jack Albertson
singers Frankie Valli
and Tom T. Hall
comic Jim Varney
and The Kessler Twins.
14.178 [2829] Merv Griffin Show
27May1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian-actor Paul Lynde
actress Lisa Hartman
comedienne Dody Goodman
comedian Kip Addotta
and Country singers The Hagers.
14.179 [2830] Merv Griffin Show
28May1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Elke Sommer
comedian-actor Orson Bean
Dr. Arnold Mandell author of "The Nightmare Season"
and Jonathan & Bunny Dana producers of the controversial film "Sandstone".
==================================
14.180 [2831] Merv Griffin Show
31May1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
humorist Mort Sahl
comedian-actor Billy Crystal
game show host Chuck Woolery
screenwriter Gail Parent
and singer Al Wilson.
14.181 [2832] Merv Griffin Show
01Jun1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
former Texas Governor John B. Connally
actress Mary Kay Place
and jazz pianist Oscar Peterson.
14.182 [2833] Merv Griffin Show
02Jun1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Jean Stapleton
actor Danny Thomas
comedienne Kaye Ballard
and Country singer Mel Tillis.
14.183 [2834] Merv Griffin Show
03Jun1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Jim Hampton
TV personality Steve Allen
author Barbara Howar
The Graduates
and Valentine the Camel.
14.184 [2835] Merv Griffin Show
04Jun1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Carol Channing
actor George Peppard
author Jim Bishop
and singer Billy Wray.
==================================
14.185 [2836] Merv Griffin Show
07Jun1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Bernadette Peters
composers Billy Barnes
and Marvin Laird
actor Pat Harrington
comic Larry Beezer
and the Hues Corporation.
14.186 [2837] Merv Griffin Show
08Jun1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Andy Griffith
and Jack Weston
actress Zsa Zsa Gabor
and Hamilton Joe Frank and Reynolds.
14.187 [2838] Merv Griffin Show "Salute to Curt Gowdy"
09Jun1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
sportscaster Curt Gowdy
actor William Conrad
former football player turned sports commentator and actor Don Meredith
football player Archie Griffin
comedians Foster Brooks and Phil Harris
and Canadian writer-conservationist Jack Hemingway.
14.188 [2839] Merv Griffin Show
10Jun1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Eli Wallach
actress Anne Jackson
comedian-actor Gary Burghoff
impressionist Julie McWhirter
and underwater explorer Jacques Cousteau.
Plus, a studio audience poll on smoking, pornography and politicians.
14.189 [2840] Merv Griffin Show
11Jun1976 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Robert Stack
comedian Pete Barbutti
playwright Howard Teichmann
singer Kay Starr
and Country music singer Thom Bresh.
==================================
14.190 [2841] Merv Griffin Show "Salute to Joshua Logan"
14Jun1976 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
director Josh Logan
actor James Stewart
and actress Rosalind Russell
14.191 [2842] Merv Griffin Show
15Jun1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
TV personality Virginia Graham
comedienne Dody Goodman
actress Hermione Baddeley
author Barbara Cartland
and dance group The Lockers.
14.192 [2843] Merv Griffin Show "Music of Benny Goodman"
16Jun1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
musician Benny Goodman
singer Martha Tilton
pianist Lou Levy
arranger-pianist Mel Powell
and columnist Herb Caen.
14.193 [2844] Merv Griffin Show
17Jun1976 [Santa Ana Register]
"The 23rd Century Life".
Show devoted to the MGM Sci-fi film "Logan's Run".
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Peter Ustinov
actress Farrah Fawcett Majors
costume designer Bill Thomas
and "Logan's Run" producer Saul David.
14.194 [2845] Merv Griffin Show
18Jun1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Louis Nye
impressionist John Byner
Tommy Peckman
astrologer Joyce Jillson
and singer Isaac Hayes.
==================================
14.195 [2846] Merv Griffin Show
21Jun1976 [rerun 29Dec76] [San Francisco Examiner]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Tony Bennett
musician Count Basie
comedian Pete Barbutti
actress Sally Kellerman
Country singer Mickey Gilley
and an elephant act.
14.196 [2847] Merv Griffin Show
22Jun1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
impressionist Rich Little
magician Mark Wilson
singer Dick Haymes
singer-actor Gianni Russo
comedian George Miller
and the Lennon Sisters.
14.197 [2848] Merv Griffin Show
23Jun1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress-singer Lainie Kazan
singer Jerry Vale
musical duo Sandler & Young
vocal group Love Machine
comic Morty Gunty
comedian Freddie Sales (son of Soupy Sales)
and gaucho dancers Las Pampas.
14.198 [2849] Merv Griffin Show
24Jun1976 [rerun 03Jun77] [San Francisco Examiner]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Jack Albertson
comedian Foster Brooks
impressionist Billy Fellows
singers Debby Roberts
and Frankie Stevens
artist Bob Rosetti
and the singing duo Oakes & Garcia.
14.199 [2850] Merv Griffin Show
25Jun1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors David Soul
and Paul Michael Glaser of "Starsky and Hutch";
comedians Jack Carter
and Shecky Greene
singers Neil Sedaka
and Abbe Lane.
==================================
14.200 [2851] Merv Griffin Show
28Jun1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Fernando Lamas
baseball star Maury Wills
comedian Marty Allen
singer-songwriter Tom Sullivan
and The Graduates.
14.201 [2852] Merv Griffin Show
29Jun1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Bobbie Gentry
producer Max Baer
actress Carol Wayne
comedian Henny Youngman
and the Arthur Murray Dancers.
14.202 [2853] Merv Griffin Show
30Jun1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Eddie Albert
TV personality Steve Allen
and his wife actress Jayne Meadows
comic Ed Bluestone
and impressionist Jim Bailey does a masterful illusion of Barbra Streisand.
14.203 [2854] Merv Griffin Show
01Jul1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Ray Bolger
ballerina Margot Fonteyn
writer Bob Shanks
and singing group The Mugglestons.
14.204 [2855] Merv Griffin Show
02Jul1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
entertainer Bob Hope,
singer Sammy Davis Jr.,
actresses Angie Dickinson
and Debbie Reynolds.
==================================
14.205 [2856] Merv Griffin Show
05Jul1976 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Robert Vaughn
consumer advocate Ralph Nader
and Benjamin Bradlee, Executive Editor, Washington Post
14.206 [2857] Merv Griffin Show
06Jul1976 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Barbara Carrera
comic Shecky Greene
Hollywood columnist Jim Bacon
and flamenco dancer Jose Molina.
14.207 [2858] Merv Griffin Show
07Jul1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Wayne Rogers
singer Lou Rawls
actress Rue McClanahan
comedian Ronny Graham
and Samuels and Cohen.
14.208 [2859] Merv Griffin Show
08Jul1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Hans Conried
comedienne Dody Goodman
stand-up comedian Tom Dreesen
comic Stan Kann
and actress Jonelle Allen.
14.209 [2860] Merv Griffin Show
09Jul1976 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Lloyd Bridges
and Bill Macy
singer-actress Patty Weaver
and lawyer F. Lee Bailey.
==================================
14.210 [2861] Merv Griffin Show
12Jul1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actress Janet Blair
actress-mezzo soprano Patricia Morison
actor Keith Carradine
comedian Freddie Roman
publicist-author Irving Mansfield
and Dr. Joyce Brothers.
14.211 [2862] Merv Griffin Show
13Jul1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Richard Thomas
impressionist Marilyn Michaels
comic Rip Taylor
actress Hermione Baddeley
and author Jay Robert Nash.
14.212 [2863] Merv Griffin Show
14Jul1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
skateboard champ Tom Sims
comic Milt Kamen
singer-actor Robert Clary
screenwriter Michael B. Druxman.
and Country singer Mel Tillis.
14.213 [2864] Merv Griffin Show
15Jul1976 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Barry Newman
comedian Lonnie Shorr
TV hostess Pamela Mason
actress Carole Cook
and singing group The Sylvers.
14.214 [2865] Merv Griffin Show
16Jul1976 [The Record]
Shecky Greene is the guest host
Guests
actor Ray Bolger
actress Adrienne Barbeau
singer Jerry Vale
comedian Dick Gautier
and mentalist Glenn Falkenstein.
==================================
[--] Merv Griffin Show "Rape"
19Jul1976 [repeat from 06Apr76]
Guests Dr. William Rader. rape victims Marsha Oseas and Nancy Watts.
Dr. Wm. Rader, psychologist; a reformed rapist; two rape victims;
a husband of a rape victim. (R)
[--] Merv Griffin Show "Ladies Home Journal Awards"
20Jul1976 [repeat from 25Feb76]
Debbie Reynolds, Diahann Carroll (R)
[--] Merv Griffin Show
21Jul1976 [repeat from 12Feb76]
Don Rickles, Hues Corporation, Robert Klein, John Rowles,
Shields and Yarnall, Armando Sierra.
[--] Merv Griffin Show
22Jul1976 [repeat from 29Apr76]
Guy Marks, Roger Miller, Pete Barbutti, Sandler and Young, The Chinese
Acrobats of Taiwan
[--] Merv Griffin Show
23Jul1976 [repeat from 09Feb76]
Mac Davis, Hermione Baddeley, David Brenner, Vic Damone, Freddie Sales,
Jam Baldwin's Chimps (R)
==================================
[--] Merv Griffin Show "Astrology"
26Jul1976 [repeat from 17Oct75]
Sydney Omarr, Joyce Jillson, Joan Quigley, Laurie Brady, Zsa Zsa Gabor.
14.215 [2866] Merv Griffin Show
27Jul1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Jack Klugman
nutritionist Carlton Fredericks
comic Jay Leno
singer Ed Curry
television executive Murray Schwartz
and Hamilton, Joe Frank and Dennison.
14.216 [2867] Merv Griffin Show
28Jul1976 [Herald News]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Betty White
dancer-actress Ann Miller
singer-actress Phyllis Newman
author-feminist Betty Friedan
and a swimwear fashion show
14.217 [2868] Merv Griffin Show
29Jul1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Sam Elliott
singer Maxine Nightingale
comedian Jackie Vernon
Country singer Thom Bresh
and The Graduates.
14.218 [2869] Merv Griffin Show
30Jul1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Betty Garrett
actor Frankie Avalon
voice actor Frank Welker
and Dr. Harold Bloomfield.
==================================
14.219 [2870] Merv Griffin Show
02Aug1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian-actor Gabriel Kaplan
singer-dancer Joey Heatherton
singer-songwriter Paul Williams
comedian George Miller
Jim Rhinehart
and The Oak Ridge Boys.
14.220 [2871] Merv Griffin Show
03Aug1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Petula Clark
dancer-actor Joel Grey
comedian Rodney Dangerfield
singer-dancer Lola Falana
magician Harry Blackstone Jr.
and tumbling act The Veterans.
14.221 [2872] Merv Griffin Show
04Aug1976 [rerun 27Dec76] [Press-Telegram]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
composer Michel Legrand
singer-dancer-actor Ben Vereen
comedian Shecky Greene
singer-actress Phyllis Newman
comic Leonard Barr
and The Shirelles.
14.222 [2873] Merv Griffin Show
05Aug1976 [rerun 28Dec76] [Press-Telegram]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
pianist Liberace
comedian Foster Brooks
puppeteer Barclay Shaw
violinist Eugene Fodor
pop singer Debbie Robert
entertainer Frankie Stevens
strongman Jon Thor
Chinese Balancing Act
and The Watermelon Jug Band.
Highlights:
Jon Thor singing "Action".
14.223 [2874] Merv Griffin Show
06Aug1976 [rerun 31Dec76] [The Record]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian-actor Bill Cosby
comedian Kelly Monteith
singer Peter Lemongello
voice actor Frank Welker
magician Ricco
songstress Freda Payne
and singers Pratt and McClain.
==================================
14.224 [2875] Merv Griffin Show
09Aug1976 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Karen Black
actor Peter Fonda
humorist Mort Sahl
and comedian Alan Sues.
14.225 [2876] Merv Griffin Show
10Aug1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Richard Harris
and his wife model-actress Ann Turkel
singer-actress Diahann Carroll
and game show host Bert Convy.
14.226 [2877] Merv Griffin Show
11Aug1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Burt Reynolds
actress Alice Ghostley
actor David Groh
and Clay Blair Jr. author of "Survive".
14.227 [2878] Merv Griffin Show
12Aug1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
TV co-host Ed McMahon
actress Zsa Zsa Gabor
comedian Steve Martin
author Sylvia Wallace
and wine taster Manfred Nuess.
14.228 [2879] Merv Griffin Show
13Aug1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Hermione Baddeley
impressionist Julie McWhirter
comedian Arte Johnson
psychokineticist mind control expert James J. Mapes
Olympic gymnast Cathy Rigby
and singer Shamus McCool.
==================================
14.229 [2880] Merv Griffin Show
16Aug1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actresses Eva Gabor
and Barbara Carrera
columnist Abigail Van Buren
author Barbara Cartland
fashion designer Edith Head
and Mrs. Miller.
14.230 [2881] Merv Griffin Show
17Aug1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
TV personality Steve Allen
raconteur George Jessel
comic Stan Kann the gadget man
singer-actor Anson Williams
and singer Jane Olivor.
14.231 [2882] Merv Griffin Show
18Aug1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Karen Black
and her husband screenwriter Kit Carson
actor Clive Revill
comedian Jim Varney
ragtime pianst Max Morath
and mime duo Shields and Yarnell.
14.232 [2883] Merv Griffin Show
19Aug1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Nanette Fabray
comedians Phil Silvers
Jack Carter
and Milt Kamen
and singer Vicki Sue Robinson.
14.233 [2884] Merv Griffin Show
20Aug1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Country singer Mel Tillis
actor Ron Palillo
comedians Steve Landesberg
and Rodney Dangerfield
singer Angela Bacari
and England Dan & John Ford Coley.
==================================
14.234 [2885] Merv Griffin Show
23Aug1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Henry Fonda
director Joshua Logan
comedian Alan Sues
and boxer Ken Norton.
14.235 [2886] Merv Griffin Show
24Aug1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Robby Benson
and Greg Mullavy
poet Rod McKuen
author-pediatrician Dr. Lendon Smith
and The Sylvers.
14.236 [2887] Merv Griffin Show
25Aug1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Mel Torme
singer Stephanie Mills
R&B group Tavares
vocalist Cyndi Greco
Silver, Alto and Mantea
and Jazz pianist Earl Fatha Hines.
14.237 [2888] Merv Griffin Show
26Aug1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
"The first annual Merv Griffin Money Tennis Classic"
Host Merv Griffin
Co-hosts Princess Grace and Prince Rainier in Monte Carlo.
Bill Cosby
Penny Marshall
Rob Reiner
Dina Merrill
Don Hamilton
14.238 [2889] Merv Griffin Show
27Aug1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
"The first annual Merv Griffin Money Tennis Classic"
Host Merv Griffin
Co-hosts Princess Grace and Prince Rainier in Monte Carlo.
Barbara Anderson
Cliff Robertson
Dina Merrill
Wayne Rogers
Donna Mills
Bill Cosby
==================================
14.239 [2890] Merv Griffin Show
30Aug1976 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Pat Morita
comedian-actor Dick Gautier
Samuels and Cohen
Country singer Freddy Fender
and singer Melba Moore.
14.240 [2891] Merv Griffin Show
31Aug1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
film critic Rex Reed
actress Barbara Carrera
comedian Nipsey Russell
novelist Barbara Howar
and Los Bohemios de Paraguay.
14.241 [2892] Merv Griffin Show "Young People in Show Business"
01Sep1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Mary Kay Place
comedian Billy Crystal
actors Barry Bostwick
and Richard Hatch
and Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods.
14.242 [2893] Merv Griffin Show "Sports in America"
02Sep1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
author James A. Michener
Olympic swimmer Mark Spitz
tennis star Rosemary Casals
football star Rosey Grier
basketball players Rick Barry
and Bill McGill.
14.243 [2894] Merv Griffin Show
03Sep1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Joan Collins
actor Jorge Rivero
comedy writer Jack Douglas and Reiko Douglas
comedian Kelly Monteith
and singer-actor Robert Clary.
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