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Season 15 (Metromedia Syndication)(1976-77)
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.
15.01 [2895] Merv Griffin Show
06Sep1976 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actor Hal Linden
actor Damon Evans
actress-comedienne Laraine Newman
comic Steve Bluestein
inventor Mel Fuller
and singer Walter Murray.
15.02 [2896] Merv Griffin Show "Self-Improvement"
07Sep1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
hair stylists Vidal Sassoon and Beverly Sassoon
exercise expert Anne-Marie Bennstrom
plastic surgeon Dr. Kurt Wagner
hair transplant Dr. Lee Bosbley
and skin care Daniel Eastman.
15.03 [2897] Merv Griffin Show "Composers"
08Sep1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Morris Albert
actor Ronny Graham
guitarist Leo Kottke
singer-songwriter Larry Groce
and songwriter Sammy Cahn.
15.04 [2898] Merv Griffin Show
09Sep1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comic actor Jerry Van Dyke
actor Ron Howard
actress Carole Cook
and author Nora Ephron.
15.05 [2899] Merv Griffin Show
10Sep1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-composer Paul Anka
comics Samuels & Cohen
and singing group The O'Jays.
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15.06 [2900] Merv Griffin Show "Comics"
13Sep1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedians Milt Kamen
Alan Sues
Stan Kann
and Stewie Stone
and The Groundlings.
15.07 [2901] Merv Griffin Show
14Sep1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Christopher Plummer
TV personality Steve Allen
comedian Orson Bean
Reverend Ike
and singer Stacy Jones.
15.08 [2902] Merv Griffin Show
15Sep1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian David Steinberg
singer-actor Gianni Russo
astrologer Joyce Jillson
comedian Denny Johnston
and Country musician Doug Kershaw.
15.09 [2903] Merv Griffin Show
16Sep1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor David Carradine
comedienne-actress Betty White
comedian Lonnie Shorr
stand-up comic Jimmy Aleck
and singer Maxine Nightingale.
15.10 [2904] Merv Griffin Show
17Sep1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Robert Conrad of "Baa Baa Black Sheep";
actresses Linda Lavin
and Shirley Patterson
humorist Rubin Carson
and improvisational group The Graduates.
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15.11 [2905] Merv Griffin Show
20Sep1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor David Soul
comedian Charles Nelson Reilly
comedienne Judy Carter
composer Arthur Schwartz
and Jeffrey Ullman author of "Fundamentals Concepts of Programming Systems".
15.12 [2906] Merv Griffin Show
21Sep1976 [Daily News]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedians Pete Barbutti
and Robert Lord
comedy duo Skiles & Henderson
singers Peter Allen
and Kay Starr
and The Spinners.
15.13 [2907] Merv Griffin Show
22Sep1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Robert Klein
singer-actress Rita Moreno
actress Debralee Scott
musician Gary Mule Deer
and musical group The Movies.
15.14 [2908] Merv Griffin Show
23Sep1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
baritone Robert Merrill
TV personality Dick Clark
comedienne Dody Goodman
actor-comedian Skip Stephenson
and puppeteer Jim Henson & the Muppets.
Jim Henson talks about the debut of "The Muppet Show" this week.
15.15 [2909] Merv Griffin Show
24Sep1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
"Salute to the 10th season of The Carol Burnett Show"
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Carol Burnett
Joe Hamilton
Harvey Korman
Tim Conway
and Vicki Lawrence
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15.16 [2910] Merv Griffin Show
27Sep1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Lyle Waggoner
comic Bob Holt
Buffo the Clown
and Tony Orlando & Dawn.
15.17 [2911] Merv Griffin Show
28Sep1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Lou Rawls
comedian Jack Carter
actor Bernie Kopell
and female impersonator Charles Pierce.
and the Improv group called "The Groundlings".
15.18 [2912] Merv Griffin Show
29Sep1976 [Herald-News]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
"Baretta" star actor Robert Blake
entertainer Sammy Davis Jr.
singer-actor Jimmy Dean
The Lettermen
and Judy Quine, Karate VP.
Highlights:
Sammy Davis Jr. performs
the theme song from Baretta, "Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow".
15.19 [2913] Merv Griffin Show "2nd Annual Ebony Awards"
30Sep1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
with co-hosts by Natalie Cole and Flip Wilson
featuring
actor Sidney Poitier
singers Aretha Franklin
and Freda Payne
comedian Redd Foxx
actress LaWanda Page
actor Fred Williamson
singers Al Green
Al Wilson and Johnny Nash
The O'Jays
Johnnie Taylor who sings "Disco Lady"
and music and film producer Suzanne de Passe.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srp2uMw0BMg
15.20 [2914] Merv Griffin Show
01Oct1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Jack Klugman
and Richard Hatch
Gore Vidal author of "1876";
and David Wallenchinsky author of
"What Really Happened to the Class of '65?")
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15.21 [2915] Merv Griffin Show "Trans-Sexuals"
04Oct1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Dr. William Rader
Canary Conn
Mrs. O'Connor
and Steve Dain.
15.22 [2916] Merv Griffin Show
05Oct1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actor Robert Goulet
TV personality Arthur Godfrey
impressionist David Frye
singer-guitarist Mickey Denton
and the Arthur Murray Dancers.
15.23 [2917] Merv Griffin Show
06Oct1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
TV journalist Geraldo Rivera
humorist Mort Sahl
psychic Clarissa Bernhardt
and musical group Dr. Hook.
15.24 [2918] Merv Griffin Show
07Oct1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Ernest Borgnine
actress Eva Gabor
singing duo Jackie Cain and Roy Kral
musicians Stéphane Grappelli
and Walter Murphy.
15.25 [2919] Merv Griffin Show "Policemen"
08Oct1976 [Daily Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
author and former detective Joseph Wambaugh
actor George Kennedy of "The Blue Knight"
six policemen from various cities,
Duane Paisley (Minneapolis);
George Taylor (Detroit);
Richard Vauris (Detroit);
Michael Bott (St. Paul);
Randy Muelens (Houston);
and Ronald R. McAfee (Seattle).
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15.26 [2920] Merv Griffin Show
11Oct1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Alan King
comic actor Pat Buttram
magician Mark Wilson
comic Ed Bluestone
puppeteer Bradley Shaw
singers Phyllis McGuire
and Vic Damone.
15.27 [2921] Merv Griffin Show
12Oct1976 [Los Angeles Times]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
dancer-singer Chita Rivera
comedian Pat Cooper
mind reader The Great Tomsoni
singing duo Carroll & Daly
six Stardust Showgirls
sketch artist Leroy Neiman
musicial duo Sandler and Young
15.28 [2922] Merv Griffin Show
13Oct1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Jimmie Walker
actress Nancy Dussault
singer Van McCoy
impressionist Babe Pier
singing group The Little Angels from Korea
and dance group The Argentinian Gauchos.
15.29 [2923] Merv Griffin Show
14Oct1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Rosemary Clooney
Jazz musician Dizzy Gillespie
comedian Norm Crosby
impressionist Billy Fellows
magician Mr. Electric
singers Carrie McDowell
and Jerry Vale.
15.30 [2924] Merv Griffin Show
15Oct1976 [rerun 30Dec76] [Herald-News]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Tennessee Ernie Ford
comedians Steve Martin
and George Kirby
comic Chaz Chase
musicians Al Hirt
and Pete Fountain
and The Supremes.
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15.31 [2925] Merv Griffin Show
18Oct1976 [Daily Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
dancer-actress Ann Miller
actor Robby Benson
Dr. Joyce Brothers
strongman Michael Dayton
Rick Dees and His Cast of Idiots.
15.32 [2926] Merv Griffin Show "Doomsday"
19Oct1976 [Los Angeles Times] [Daily Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Hal Lindsey, author of "The Late Great Planet Earth"
pastor Jack Hayford
Rabbi Dr. Joseph Kalir
Dr. David Hubbard author of "The Good Ship Fuller";
and Robert Boyd Munger author of "Living Hope for the End of Days".
Program has a doomsday theme as Bible scholars ponder the question,
"Are We Nearing Earth's End?"
15.33 [2927] Merv Griffin Show
20Oct1976 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
The Lennon Sisters
comedian Alan Sues
tennis pro Pancho Segura
and musician-songwriter Rolf Harris.
15.34 [2928] Merv Griffin Show
21Oct1976 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actress Della Reese
comedienne Kaye Ballard
comics Ronny Graham
and George Miller
England Dan & John Ford Coley.
15.35 [2929] Merv Griffin Show
22Oct1976 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Eddie Albert
comedian Steve Landesberg
author James Kirkwood
former evangelist turned actor Marjoe Gortner
and singer Jane Oliver.
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15.36 [2930] Merv Griffin Show "Tribute to Gail Sheehy"
25Oct1976 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Gail Sheehy author of "Passages: Predictable Crises of Adult Life";
comedienne-actress Betty White
actress Anne Baxter
comedienne Dody Goodman
and writer-poet Maya Angelou.
15.37 [2931] Merv Griffin Show
26Oct1976 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
entertainer Bob Hope
comedienne Joan Rivers
and Gladys Knight and The Pips.
15.38 [2932] Merv Griffin Show
27Oct1976 [Independent]
From Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Candice Bergen
actors Gene Hackman
Richard Widmark
Eli Wallach
and Edward Albert
and producer Stanley Kramer of "The Domino Principle".
15.39 [2933] Merv Griffin Show
28Oct1976 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
bandleader Lawrence Welk
comedian-actor Jerry Van Dyke
actress Debralee Scott, Cathy on "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman";
Hamilton, Joe Frank and Dennison.
15.40 [2934] Merv Griffin Show
29Oct1976 [Daily Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
TV personality Steve Allen
comedian-actor Ronnie Schell
comic Stan Kann the gadget man
comedy team Samuels & Cohen
and singer Julie Budd.
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15.41 [2935] Merv Griffin Show
01Nov1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Pat Morita of "Mr. T & Tina",
sportscaster Phyllis George
comedian Louis Nye
astrologist Joyce Jillson
and singer-songwriter Don McLean.
15.42 [2936] Merv Griffin Show "Celebrity Tennis Players"
02Nov1976 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Charlton Heston
Chad Everett
Desi Arnaz Jr.
Christopher Connelly
and Vincent Van Patten.
15.43 [2937] Merv Griffin Show "Salute to the World of Dance"
03Nov1976 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
dancers Arthur & Kathryn Murray
comedy star Bobby Van
flamenco dancer Alfonso Bermudez
group The Dancing Machine
tap dancer Skip Cunningham
John Clifford & Polly Shelton (L.A. Valley Co.).
15.44 [2938] Merv Griffin Show
04Nov1976 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Charles Nelson Reilly
impressionist Billy Fellows
Country singers Charlie Rich
and Mel Tillis.
15.45 [2939] Merv Griffin Show
05Nov1976 [Herald-News]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
director Otto Preminger
comedian Lonnie Shorr
singer Jack Jones
Joyce Haber author of "The Users";
and The Sylvers.
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15.46 [2940] Merv Griffin Show "A Look at the New TV Season"
08Nov1976 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Linda Lavin of "Alice";
actors Kurt Russell
and Tim Matheson of "The Quest";
comedian Guy Marks
and singer Kenny Rankin.
15.47 [2941] Merv Griffin Show
09Nov1976 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-dancer-actor Fred Astaire
actor Mike Connors
comedian Denny Johnston
and The Ohio Players.
15.48 [2942] Merv Griffin Show
10Nov1976 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor David Janssen
actress Hermione Baddeley
"Cosmopolitan" editor Helen Gurley Brown
comic Steve Bluestein
and singer Eddie Rabbitt.
15.49 [2943] Merv Griffin Show
11Nov1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Charles Durning
comedian Redd Foxx
comic Ken Coleman
Wayland Flowers and Madam
K.C. & the Sunshine Band.
15.50 [2944] Merv Griffin Show
12Nov1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Jack Klugman
comedienne-actress Nancy Walker
Charles Galioto guest appearance on "Happy Days"
singer Nancy Wilson
and The Bay City Rollers.
*Note: Charles Galioto held the Guinness World Record holder
for catching the most coins off his elbow.
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15.51 [2945] Merv Griffin Show
15Nov1976 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor William Holden
actress Shelley Winters
singer-actor Gianni Russo
and Country singer Loretta Lynn.
15.52 [2946] Merv Griffin Show
16Nov1976 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Tony Randall
and Wayne Rogers
comedian Stan Kann
and singer Dionne Warwick.
15.53 [2947] Merv Griffin Show
17Nov1976 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Anthony Newley
politician John Dean
mime act Shields & Yarnell
and singer-dancer Lola Falana.
15.54 [2948] Merv Griffin Show
18Nov1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Robert Conrad
Greg 'Pappy' Boyington
comedian David Brenner
actress Rita Moreno
and comedienne Dody Goodman.
15.55 [2949] Merv Griffin Show "Welcome Home, Totie Fields"
19Nov1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Merv welcomes her back to show business following her surgery
with many surprise guests.
Guests
comedian Shecky Greene
singer-actress Florence Henderson
actor Danny Thomas
game show host Bert Convy
and singer Tommy Leonetti.
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15.56 [2950] Merv Griffin Show
22Nov1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors David Soul
and Richard Jordan
comedian Jerry Van Dyke
and The Bay City Rollers.
15.57 [2951] Merv Griffin Show
23Nov1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Richard Chamberlain
and Tom Hallick
singer-comedienne Edie Adams
and The Graduates.
15.58 [2952] Merv Griffin Show
24Nov1976 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Sean Connery
actress Bernadette Peters
comic Professor Irwin Corey
and singer-dancer Charo.
15.59 [2953] Merv Griffin Show
25Nov1976 [Herald-News]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian George Burns
actor Ted Knight
impressionist Rich Little
and John Valenti.
15.60 [2954] Merv Griffin Show
26Nov1976 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Natalie Wood
actor Robert Wagner
talk show host David Frost
and comedian Joey Bishop.
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15.61 [2955] Merv Griffin Show
29Nov1976 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Don Rickles
actors Robert Blake
and Peter Strauss.
15.62 [2956] Merv Griffin Show "3rd Annual Ladies Home Journal Awards"
30Nov1976 [rerun 09Jun77] [Herald-News]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
"Ladies Home Journal" editor Lenore Hershey
singer Marie Osmond
actresses Farrah Fawcett-Majors
Lindsey Wagner
Cloris Leachman
and Michael Learned
and singer Gladys Knight.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZuxKx-DQ2k
15.63 [2957] Merv Griffin Show
01Dec1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Dick Van Dyke
Country singer Mel Tillis
vocal group Manhattan Transfer
and the L.A. Mime Co.
15.64 [2958] Merv Griffin Show
02Dec1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Lucie Arnaz
actor Perry King
comedian Buddy Hackett
singer Jan Peerce
and a Ski Fashion Show.
15.65 [2959] Merv Griffin Show
03Dec1976 [Daily Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
General William C. Westmoreland
actors Kurt Russell
and Tim Matheson of "The Quest";
comedian Orson Bean
and comic Ed Bluestone.
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15.66 [2960] Merv Griffin Show
06Dec1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Pearl Bailey
actress Ruth Gordon
disco owner Regine
and author Margaret Truman Daniel.
15.67 [2961] Merv Griffin Show
07Dec1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Tony Curtis
and McLean Stevenson
singer Judy Collins
and entertainer Billy Fellows.
15.68 [2962] Merv Griffin Show "Composers"
08Dec1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
composer Michel Legrand
lyricists Marilyn and Alan Bergman
musician Bobby Troup
songwriters Ginny and Matt Dennis
humorist-singer-songwriter Kinky Friedman
and Jazz singer-pianist Blossom Dearie.
15.69 [2963] Merv Griffin Show "Gershwin Music"
09Dec1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Jack Carter
singers Mel Torme
and Sarah Vaughn
pianist Roger Williams
and members of the L.A. Ballet company.
15.70 [2964] Merv Griffin Show
10Dec1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
TV personality Virginia Graham
actor Sam Elliott
comedienne Dody Goodman
and Jack Wheeler.
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15.71 [2965] Merv Griffin Show
13Dec1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-dancer-actor Ben Vereen
singer-actress Eartha Kitt
"Roots" author Alex Haley
and The Pointer Sisters.
15.72 [2966] Merv Griffin Show
14Dec1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Ginger Rogers
actor Jack Albertson
TV personality Steve Allen
and comedian Jackie Vernon.
15.73 [2967] Merv Griffin Show
15Dec1976 [rerun 22Dec76] [Independent]
"Special Christmas Show taped in the Holy Land"
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen
Opera star Richard Fredericks
and Father Godfrey of the Franciscan Order in Israel.
15.74 [2968] Merv Griffin Show
16Dec1976 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Charles Nelson Reilly
singer Jane Oliver
actress Hermione Baddeley
and biofeedback expert Josh Reynolds.
15.75 [2969] Merv Griffin Show
17Dec1976 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actress Susan Anton
magician Doug Henning
comedian Frank Welker
rock violinist Jean Luc Ponty
and comic musician Gary Mule Deer.
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[--] Merv Griffin Show
20Dec1976 [repeat from 26Apr76]
From Las Vegas, Liberace, Jimmie Walker
[--] Merv Griffin Show
21Dec1976 [repeat from 10Feb76]
From Las Vegas, Toni Basil, Rodney Dangerfield, Kelly Monteith,
Jerry Vale, The 5th Dimension, The Great Tomson
[--] Merv Griffin Show
22Dec1976 [repeat from 22Jun76]
From Las Vegas, Rich Little, The Lennon Sisters, Mark Wilson,
Dick Haymes, George Miller, Gianni Russo
[--] Merv Griffin Show
23Dec1976 [repeat from 28Apr76]
From Las Vegas, Charo, Hank Thompson, Arte Johnson
[--] Merv Griffin Show
24Dec1976 [repeat from 15Dec76]
Special Christmas Show taped in the Holy Land
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[--] Merv Griffin Show
27Dec1976 [rerun from 04Aug76]
Guests
From Las Vegas, Phyllis Newman, Ben Vereen, Shecky Greene, Michel Le Grand.
[--] Merv Griffin Show
28Dec1976 [repeat from 05Aug76]
Liberace, Barclay Shaw, Foster Brooks, Eugene Fodor, Frankie Stevens, Debbie
Robert
[--] Merv Griffin Show
29Dec1976 [repeat from 21Jun76]
From Las Vegas, Tony Bennett, Count Basie, Sally Kellerman, Pete Barbutti
[--] Merv Griffin Show
30Dec1976 [repeat from 15Oct76]
From Las Vegas, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Al Hirt, Pete Fountain, George Kirby
[--] Merv Griffin Show
31Dec1976 [repeat from 06Aug76]
From Las Vegas, Bill Cosby, Kelly Monteith, Freda Payne
==================================
15.76 [2970] Merv Griffin Show
03Jan1977 [Te Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Norm Crosby
actress Carole Cook
"Cosmopolitan" editor Helen Gurley Brown
actor Graham Jarvis
and comic George Miller.
15.77 [2971] Merv Griffin Show
04Jan1977 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Ricardo Montalban
and Ben Gazzara
actress Suzanne Somers
and astrologer Sydney Omarr.
15.78 [2972] Merv Griffin Show
05Jan1977
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Nixon's lawyer John Dean
and his wife Maureen Dean
humorist Mort Sahl
and journalist Shana Alexander.
15.79 [2973] Merv Griffin Show
06Jan1977 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Opera star Beverly Sills,
comedian Charles Nelson Reilly
instrumentalist-songwriter Walter Murphy
and journalist-author William F. Buckley Jr.
15.80 [2974] Merv Griffin Show
07Jan1977 [Herald-News]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Rod Steiger
prima ballerina Margot Fonteyn
actress Jessica Lange
and comedian Billy Braver.
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15.81 [2975] Merv Griffin Show
10Jan1977 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Opera singer Robert Merrill
actor Sylvester Stallone of "Rocky"
actress Betty White
and Dr. Michael Meyers.
15.82 [2976] Merv Griffin Show
11Jan1977 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Wayne Rogers
musician Doc Severinsen
actress Susan Anton
and psychic Kenny Kingston.
15.83 [2977] Merv Griffin Show
12Jan1977 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor-writer-director Orson Welles
singer-dancer-actor Gene Kelly
"Laverne & Shirley" stars Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams
and designer Helen Rose.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y95fZcjMeo8
15.84 [2978] Merv Griffin Show
13Jan1977 [Herald-News]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor-singer Kris Kristofferson
comic Lonnie Shorr
psychologist Dr. Wayne Dyer author of "Your Erroneous Zones".
and singer-composer Paul Williams.
15.85 [2979] Merv Griffin Show
14Jan1977 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Darleen Carr
comedian-actor Billy Crystal
comedian Foster Brooks
and singer-actor Robert Goulet.
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15.86 [2980] Merv Griffin Show
17Jan1977 [The Record]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Tony Martin
and his wife dancer-actress Cyd Charisse;
tennis pro Jimmy Connors
comic Rip Taylor
singer Jane Olivor
The Christian Brother singing group
and the Moore's Mongrel Review dog act.
15.87 [2981] Merv Griffin Show
18Jan1977 [rerun 31May77] [The Record]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Country singer Freddy Fender
comedian Kelly Monteith
R&B singer Lou Rawls
Jazz singer Joe Williams
comic Pat Cooper
songstress Gale Baker
and Al Getty's Balancing Act
15.88 [2982] Merv Griffin Show
19Jan1977 [The Record]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
ventriloquist Edgar Bergen
comic Lonnie Shorr
singers Jerry Vale
and Leslie Uggams
and a wedding reception onstage
15.89 [2983] Merv Griffin Show
20Jan1977 [Press-Telegram]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actor Anson Williams
comic Pete Barbutti
tennis pro Pancho Gonzales
Lucey's California Seals
The Supremes
and a Fur Fashion.
The Supremes perform "You're My Driving Wheel",
"You Are the Heart of Me" and "Let Yourself Go."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvnDALa41wU
15.90 [2984] Merv Griffin Show
21Jan1977 [rerun 07Jun77] [The Record]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actress Rita Moreno
singer Abbe Lane
comedian Larry Storch
Jazz singer Joe Williams
magician The Great Tomsoni
and four Las Vegas Show Girls.
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15.91 [2985] Merv Griffin Show
24Jan1977 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
dancer-actress Ann Miller
Jack Wheeler author of "The Adventurer's Guide",
David C. Smith author of "The Jewel of the Sorcerer's Daughter",
Norwegian polar bear hunter Ivar Ruud author of "The Year-Long Day"
and model Sue Houle.
15.92 [2986] Merv Griffin Show
25Jan1977 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
James Roosevelt eldest son of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt,
TV personality Steve Allen
actress Jean Marsh
and Weight Watchers' founder Jean Nidetch.
15.93 [2987] Merv Griffin Show
26Jan1977 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Peter Finch
TV personality Dick Clark
comedian Jack Carter
comic Stan Kann
and singer Bobby Vinton.
15.94 [2988] Merv Griffin Show From Israel. pt. 1 of 2
27Jan1977 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Prime minister Yitzhak Rabin
Teddy Kolleck, Mayor of Yagal Allon
and a tour of culture centers in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and Hertzelia.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vARco7Dt4t8
15.95 [2989] Merv Griffin Show From Israel. pt. 2 of 2
28Jan1977 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Merv interviews Moshe Dayan and Lt. Gen. Mordechai Gur,
who participated in the Entebbe raid.
A camel race; a feast with a Bedouin sheik and plays Tchaikovsky's Piano
Concerto
with the Israeli Symphony in Tel Aviv.
==================================
15.96 [2990] Merv Griffin Show
31Jan1977 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Jan Michael Vincent
comedians Jackie Vernon
Martin Mull
and Norm Crosby
and singer Ellen Foley.
15.97 [2991] Merv Griffin Show
01Feb1977 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Eva Gabor
comerdian Jerry Van Dyke
TV commentator Edward Newman
author Naura Hayden
and Country singer Larry Gatlin.
15.98 [2992] Merv Griffin Show
02Feb1977 [Herald-News]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Shelley Winters
singer-actor David Hasselhoff performs
"Nadia's Theme" from "The Young and the
Restless";
comedian Alan Sues
author Jeffrey Ullman
and singer-actress Susan Anton.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOzmEedGMy8
15.99 [2993] Merv Griffin Show "Teenage Runaways"
03Feb1977 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Dr. William Rader moderator
with five young runaways Patti Duffitt, Robin George,
Joan Bradley, Mark WIndford and Vickey Ishmael,
who tried to escape family problems by joining Hari Krishna
or trying to survive on the streets.
15.100 [2994] Merv Griffin Show
04Feb1977 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
boxer Muhammad Ali
actress Linda Lavin of "Alice";
actors Claude Akins
and Jack Eagle
and singer Thelma Houston.
==================================
15.101 [2995] Merv Griffin Show
07Feb1977 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Dina Merrill
actor Jack Klugman
TV personality Virginia Graham
and Mexican film star Jorge Rivero.
15.102 [2996] Merv Griffin Show
08Feb1977 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Marlo Thomas
comedians Pat Cooper
Louis Nye
and Ed Bluestone
and singer Mary MacGregor.
15.103 [2997] Merv Griffin Show
09Feb1977 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Buddy Hackett
actor Rick Moses
actress Andrea Marcovicci
Madame Wu
and The Graduates.
15.104 [2998] Merv Griffin Show
10Feb1977 [Herald-News]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Charlton Heston
and Earl Holliman
archery champion Darrell Pace
and singer-songwriter Jim Stafford.
15.105 [2999] Merv Griffin Show
11Feb1977 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Charles Nelson Reilly
actress Jayne Meadows
comic actor Bill Daily
and The Pointer Sisters.
==================================
15.106 [3000] Merv Griffin Show
14Feb1977 [rerun 10Jun77] [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
composer Burt Bacharach
singer Anthony Newley
actor James Carroll Jordan
and singer-dancer Charo.
15.107 [3001] Merv Griffin Show "Funny Men"
15Feb1977 [Santa Ana Register]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedians Milt Kamen
Gallagher
Jackie Vernon
Ronny Graham
George Jessel
and Franklyn Ajaye.
15.108 [3002] Merv Griffin Show
16Feb1977 [Santa Ana Register]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Richard Hatch
and Rick Moses
comedians Ronnie Schell
and Alan Sues
and Dr. Joyce Brothers.
15.109 [3003] Merv Griffin Show
17Feb1977 [Santa Ana Register]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actress Rita Moreno
comedian Orson Bean
actor Robby Benson
and singer Tommy Leonetti.
15.110 [3004] Merv Griffin Show
18Feb1977 [Daily Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Nancy Walker
comedians Alan King
and Steve Martin
and pop group Liberty.
==================================
15.111 [3005] Merv Griffin Show
21Feb1977 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne Dody Goodman
actors Michael McKean
and David L. Lander of "Laverne & Shirley"
impressionist Frank Welker
actress Hermione Baddeley
and singer Deborah Doll.
15.112 [3006] Merv Griffin Show
22Feb1977 [Herald-News]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Lee Grant
actor Adam Arkin
comic actor Dick Gautier
fashion designer Diane Von Furstenberg
and singer Billy Preston.
15.113 [3007] Merv Griffin Show
23Feb1977 [Daily Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Mel Torme
composer Michel Legrand
singers Anne Murray
and Bobby Goldsboro
and flutist Tim Weisberg.
15.114 [3008] Merv Griffin Show
24Feb1977 [Daily Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actor Hal Linden
actor Parker Stevenson of "The Hardy Boys";
bodybuilder-actor Arnold Schwarzenegger
psychic Kenny Kingston
and Country singer Gary Mule Deer.
15.115 [3009] Merv Griffin Show
25Feb1977 [Press-Tribune]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Elke Sommer
actor Rick Moses
comedian Tom Dreesen
entertainer Nudie
and Country singer Freddy Fender.
==================================
15.116 [3010] Merv Griffin Show
28Feb1977 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor David Soul
TV co-host Ed McMahon
car dealer Cal Worthington
and Country singer Mel Tillis.
15.117 [3011] Merv Griffin Show
01Mar1977 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Jack Jones
actress Debralee Scott
comic Lonnie Shorr
journalist Sander Vanocur
and singer-actress Vivian Reed.
15.118 [3012] Merv Griffin Show "Salute to New York City"
02Mar1977 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Gloria Swanson
comedian Charles Nelson Reilly
drama teacher Uta Hagen
cartoonist-playwright Herb Gardner
and singer Jane Olivor.
15.119 [3013] Merv Griffin Show "How to Get Rich"
03Mar1977 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Beverly Hills realtor Stan Herman
Joseph J. Thorndike Jr. author of "The Very Rich"
Paula Nelson author of "Money, Ego, Power"
and Martin S. Ackerman, lawyer and businessman.
15.120 [3014] Merv Griffin Show
04Mar1977 [Herald-News]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Dyan Cannon
comic actor Jerry Van Dyke
actor Lou Gossett
comedian Stan Kann
and Country singer Crystal Gayle.
==================================
15.121 [3015] Merv Griffin Show
07Mar1977 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
director Otto Preminger
TV personality Arthur Godfrey
singer Eydie Gorme
and singer-actor Robert Clary.
15.122 [3016] Merv Griffin Show
08Mar1977 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress-comedienne Betty White
game show host Bert Convy
comic Ed Bluestone
singers Chuck Berry
and Rosemary Clooney.
15.123 [3017] Merv Griffin Show
09Mar1977 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Richard Harris
and his wife actress Ann Turkel
singer Steve Lawrence
comedian Redd Foxx
and producer Anne Zane Shankes.
15.124 [3018] Merv Griffin Show "Comics Night"
10Mar1977 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedians Foster Brooks
Charlie Callas
Jack Carter
George Miller
Roger and Roger.
15.125 [3019] Merv Griffin Show
11Mar1977 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian-actor Orson Bean
Opera singer Roberta Peters
actress Karen Grassle
author Gwen David
and feminist-writer-activist Diana E. H. Russell.
==================================
15.126 [3020] Merv Griffin Show
14Mar1977 [Herald-News]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Bill Macy
and Rick Moses
comic Lonnie Shorr
actress-comedienne Marilyn Sokol
and The Graduates.
15.127 [3021] Merv Griffin Show
15Mar1977 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Robert Stack
singer-songwriter Paul Williams
comedienne Pat Carroll
comic Bob Kelton
and singer Helen Schneider.
15.128 [3022] Merv Griffin Show
16Mar1977 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedy writer Jack Douglas
comedian Robert Klein
actor Stephen Keats
and singer Vera Lynn.
15.129 [3023] Merv Griffin Show
17Mar1977 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Governor Ronald Reagan
and Nancy Reagan
comedienne Lucille Ball
and producer Gary Morton.
15.130 [3024] Merv Griffin Show
18Mar1977 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors James Stewart
and Jack Lemmon
and singer-actress Monica Lewis.
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=463336333698774
==================================
15.131 [3025] Merv Griffin Show
21Mar1977 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Charlton Heston
humorist-pianist Victor Borge
singer Pearl Bailey
and Wayne Cochran and C.C. Rider.
15.132 [3026] Merv Griffin Show
22Mar1977 [Press-Telegram]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Bobby Vinton
actor Rick Moses
comedians David Brenner
and Jackie Mason
and The Sylvers.
15.133 [3027] Merv Griffin Show
23Mar1977 [rerun 01Jun77] [The Record]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singers Wayne Newton
and Leslie Uggams
actor Clifton Davis
comedians Nipsey Russell
and Johnny Dark
and pianist-singer Glenn Smith.
15.134 [3028] Merv Griffin Show
24Mar1977 [rerun 02Jun77] [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
From Las Vegas.
Guests
singer-actor Robert Goulet
comedian Kelly Monteith
banjo player Jud Strunk
illusionist Neilson
and The Pointer Sisters.
15.135 [3029] Merv Griffin Show
25Mar1977 [The Record]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedians Rodney Dangerfield
and Shecky Greene
puppeteer Barclay Shaw
musician Al Hirt
"Wedding Reception and Fashion show"
==================================
15.136 [3030] Merv Griffin Show
28Mar1977 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actress Rita Moreno
baritone Robert Merrill
comedians Marty Brill
and Professor Irwin Corey.
15.137 [3031] Merv Griffin Show
29Mar1977 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor McLean Stevenson
author Gore Vidal
comedienne Phyllis Diller
and Country singer Eddy Arnold.
15.138 [3032] Merv Griffin Show
30Mar1977 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Carol Channing
actor Sterling Hayden
comic Bill Kirchenbauer
and Country singer Mickey Gilley.
15.139 [3033] Merv Griffin Show
31Mar1977 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Karen Black
TV personality Steve Allen
singer-actress Susan Anton
and psychiatrist-authors Margaret & Jordan Paul.
15.140 [3034] Merv Griffin Show
01Apr1977 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
producer-writer-director-actor Orson Welles
and European reporter and author Oriana Fallaci
==================================
15.141 [3035] Merv Griffin Show
04Apr1977 [Daily Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian George Carlin
actors Beau Kayser
and Fred Berry
Broadway actress Marie Marsh
and musician Chick Corea.
15.142 [3036] Merv Griffin Show
05Apr1977 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Raymond Burr
comedienne Dody Goodman
actress Darleen Carr
and actor Dan Haggerty.
15.143 [3037] Merv Griffin Show "Opera Night"
06Apr1977 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Charles Nelson Reilly
Metropolitan Opera baritone Richard Fredericks
American Ballet Theater dancers Mariana Tchepkassky & Fernando Bujones
pianist Mark Wescott
and Metropolitan Opera soprano Carmen Balthrop.
15.144 [3038] Merv Griffin Show
07Apr1977 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Steven Ford (son of the former President)
actor Kevin Dobson
rodeo cowboy Casey Tibbs
tennis stars Don Budge
and Vitas Gerulaitis
and a fashion show.
15.145 [3039] Merv Griffin Show
08Apr1977 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Shelley Winters
comedian Johnny Dark
author Robert C. Atkins
and politician Bella Abzug.
==================================
15.146 [3040] Merv Griffin Show
11Apr1977 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
TV talk show host David Frost
British actor Oliver Reed
actress Deborah Raffin
singer-pianist Martee Lebous
and England Dan & John Ford Coley.
15.147 [3041] Merv Griffin Show
12Apr1977 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Mel Tillis
actress Olivia de Havilland
comedienne Kaye Ballard
and singer-actor James Darren
15.148 [3042] Merv Griffin Show
13Apr1977 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Chad Everett
actresses Barbara Carrera
and Geraldine Fitzgerald
comic Ed Bluestone
and Jazz pianist John Toomey.
15.149 [3043] Merv Griffin Show
14Apr1977 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Robby Benson
comedian Martin Mull
Erica Jong author of "How to Save Your Own Life".
singers Melissa Manchester
and Jennifer Warren.
15.150 [3044] Merv Griffin Show
15Apr1977 [Herald-News]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
humorist Mort Sahl
comedian Dick Smothers
director Stanley Kramer
and Richard Reeves author of "Convention".
==================================
15.151 [3045] Merv Griffin Show
18Apr1977 [rerun 30May77] [The Record]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
songstress Petula Clark
singer-actress Susan Anton
comedians Ed Bluestone
and Professor Irwin Corey
magician The Great Tomsoni
and singer Steven Bishop.
15.152 [3046] Merv Griffin Show
19Apr1977 [Independent]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singers Thelma Houston
and Rene Simard
comedians Pat Cooper
and Jackie Mason
musical duo Sandler and Young
and the Nautins Bears.
15.153 [3047] Merv Griffin Show
20Apr1977 [rerun 08Jun77] [The Record]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-songwriter Paul Anka
comedian Kelly Monteith
impressionist Fred Travalena
singer Deniece Williams
and dancer Ken Edwards.
15.154 [3048] Merv Griffin Show
21Apr1977 [The Record]
"Anniversary Show from Caesars Palace in Las Vegas"
Merv gets a plaque commemorating 25 years on television.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Redd Foxx
singer-actor Anson Williams
musician-comedian Pete Barbutti
game show host Peter Marshall
comedian Foster Brooks
some modestly attired showgirls from the Lido de Paree
and The Bon Bons.
15.155 [3049] Merv Griffin Show
22Apr1977 [The Record]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-songwriter Neil Sedaka
singer Eddy Arnold
impressionist Frank Welker
and the Irish Show Band.
==================================
15.156 [3050] Merv Griffin Show
25Apr1977 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-songwriter Mac Davis
actor Robert Blake of "Baretta"
Lee Bowers, women's pool champion
and Dr. Carlton Fredericks author of "Psycho Nutrition".
15.157 [3051] Merv Griffin Show
26Apr1977 [Herald-News]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Lee Grant
comics Lonnie Shorr
and Greg Lewis
novelist Rosemary Rogers
and Country singer Kenny Rogers.
15.158 [3052] Merv Griffin Show
27Apr1977 [Herald-News]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Zsa Zsa Gabor
actor Hans Conried
comic Stan Kann
singers Kenny Nolan
and Teresa Brewer.
15.159 [3053] Merv Griffin Show
28Apr1977 [Herald-News]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedians Phil Silvers
and Steve Martin
comedienne Rose Marie
TV personality Tichi Wilkerson
and singer Yvonne Elliman.
15.160 [3054] Merv Griffin Show "Life After Death"
29Apr1977 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
artist Vi Horton
Dr. Raymond Moody author of "Life After Life"
Dr. George G. Ritchie author of near-death experiences and the afterlife
cancer researcher Dr. Charles A. Gardfield
and Dr. Peter Koestenbaum author of "Is There an Answer to Death?".
Three doctors who have been researching the possibilities of "Life After Death";
and two patients who recovered after being clinically "dead".
==================================
15.161 [3055] Merv Griffin Show
02May1977 [Santa Ana Register]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Burt Reynolds
bodybuilder-actor Arnold Schwarzenegger
Ruth Carter Stapleton, President Jimmy Carter's sister
and The Keane Brothers.
15.162 [3056] Merv Griffin Show "Circus Night"
03May1977 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne-actress Betty White
with animal acts from Lion Country Safari
and Circus Vargas;
Benji the dog
Sherlock Bones
Cliff Vargas and the Cimeon Chimps.
15.163 [3057] Merv Griffin Show
04May1977 [San Francisco Examiner][Miami Herald]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Jack Carter
actress Hermione Baddeley
writer Garson Kanin
and singer-impressionist Marilyn Michaels.
[--] Merv Griffin Show
04May1977 [Los Angeles Times]
pre-empted for
"Nixon-Frost". David Frost interviews former President Richard Nixon
pt 1
Merv Griffin program aired on Saturday.
15.164 [3058] Merv Griffin Show
05May1977 [Daily Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
entertainer Bob Hope
comedian Richard Pryor
actor Telly Savalas
singer Jim Stafford
Max Evans of "Esquire" magazine
with a Men's Fashion Show.
15.165 [3059] Merv Griffin Show
06May1977 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Wayne Rogers
and Rick Moses
comic actor Jerry Van Dyke
comedienne Dody Goodman
and writer-director actor Rick Podell.
==================================
15.166 [3060] Merv Griffin Show "Gang Violence"
09May1977 [Press-Telegram]
Merv talks to leaders of some of the most violent gangs in the country,
and explores why gang violence appears to be on the increase.
Dr. William Rader is the moderator on today's show which examines gang violence.
Sister Janice Harris
Rocky Glover
Maria Lopez
Rita Figueroa
Lyle Rubalcova
and Peter Lugunas.
15.167 [3061] Merv Griffin Show
10May1977 [Daily Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne Kaye Ballard
actress LaWanda Page
bandleader Ray Anthony
singer-actor Bill Hayes
Country singer Freddy Fender
and The Bookends.
15.168 [3062] Merv Griffin Show
11May1977 [Daily Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors James Coburn
Dick Van Patten
and James Brolin
and golf pro Sam Snead.
15.169 [3063] Merv Griffin Show "An Evening of Song"
12May1977 [Miami Herald][Fort Worth Star-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Ethel Merman
actresses Ann Miller
and Dolores Gray
and singer-actress Karen Morrow
[--] Merv Griffin Show
12May1977 [Los Angeles Times]
pre-empted for
"Nixon-Frost Interview". David Frost Special "Nixon and the World"
pt 2
Merv Griffin program airs on Saturday.
15.170 [3064] Merv Griffin Show
13May1977 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors McLean Stevenson
and Alex Karras
Steven Ford (son of former President Gerald Ford)
singer Mary MacGregor
and comedy group The Untouchables.
==================================
15.171 [3065] Merv Griffin Show
16May1977 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guest
actor Robert Blake (sole guest).
15.172 [3066] Merv Griffin Show "Neil Sedaka Concert"
17May1977 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-songwriter Neil Sedaka
comic Jay Leno
and juggler-magician Peter Pit.
Highlights:
A concert by Neil Sedaka with songs "Amarillo", "Never Been in Love Before",
"Alone At Last", "Hollywood Lady" and "Tin Pan Alley".
15.173 [3067] Merv Griffin Show
18May1977 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actresses Florence Henderson
Cloris Leachman
Bonnie Franklin
and Kristy McNichol.
15.174 [3068] Merv Griffin Show
19May1977 [Sacramento Bee]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Earl Holliman
actress Connie Stevens
comedian Johnny Dark
R&B singer Lou Rawls
and the Arthur Murray Dancers.
15.175 [3069] Merv Griffin Show "An Evening with Orson Welles"
20May1977 [Los Angeles Times}
Host Merv Griffin
Guest
writer-director-actor Orson Welles speaks of life & love.
==================================
15.176 [3070] Merv Griffin Show
23May1977 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
impressionist Rich Little
comic Ed Bluestone
author Irving Wallace
and singer Jimmie Rodgers.
15.177 [3071] Merv Griffin Show
24May1977 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actresses Bernadette Peters
and Mary Kay Place
singer-dancers Lola Falana
and Joey Heatherton
and lounge wear fashion show.
15.178 [3072]Merv Griffin Show
25May1977 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedians Joey Bishop
and George Miller
and singer-songwriter Harry Chapin.
15.179 [3073] Merv Griffin Show
26May1977 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Hal Linden
actress Elke Sommer
comedian Alan Sues
Country singer Donna Fargo
and Guinness Book of Records co-founder Norris McWhirter.
15.180 [3074] Merv Griffin Show
27May1977 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Tony Curtis
and Robby Benson
actresses Glynnis O'Connor
and Candy Clark
and bodybuilder Franco Columbu.
==================================
[--] Merv Griffin Show
30May1977 [repeat from 18Apr77]
Petula Clark, Steven Bishop, Tomsoni, Susan Anton, Ed Bluestone,
Professor Irwin
Corey.
[--] Merv Griffin Show
31May1977 [repeat from 18Jan77]
Freddy Fender, Lou Rawls, Kelly Monteith, Pat Cooper, Gale Baker and Joe
Williams.
[--] Merv Griffin Show
01Jun1977 [repeat from 23Mar77]
Wayne Newton, Nipsey Russell, Leslie Uggams, Clifton Davis, Johnny Dark, Glenn
Smith
[--] Merv Griffin Show
02Jun1977 [repeat from 24Mar77]
Robert Goulet, The Pointer Sisters, Kelly Monteith, Norm Neilson, Jud Strunk.
[--] Merv Griffin Show
03Jun1977 [repeat from 24Jun76]
Jack Albertson, Foster Brooks, Debby Robert, Billy Fellows, Frankie Stevens,
Bob Rosetti, Oakes and Garcia
==================================
[--] Merv Griffin Show
06Jun1977 [repeat from 28Apr76]
Arte Johnson, Skiles and Henderson, Fred Travalena, Bobby Sargent,
Hank Thompson, Dwight Moore's Mongrel Revue.
[--] Merv Griffin Show
07Jun1977 [repeat from 21Jan77]
Rita Moreno, James Darren, Abbe Lane, Larry Storch, Joe Williams, Tomsoni.
[--] Merv Griffin Show
08Jun1977 [repeat from 20Apr77]
Paul Anka, Deniece Williams, Fred Travalena, Kelly Monteith, Ken Edwards.
[--] Merv Griffin Show "Ladies Home Journal Awards"
09Jun1977 [repeat from 30Nov76]
Lenore Hershey Journal editor, Cloris Leachman, Farrah Fawcett, Marie Osmond,
Lindsay Wagner, Michael Learned, Gladys Knight.
[--] Merv Griffin Show
10Jun1977 [repeat from 14Feb77]
Burt Bacharach, Charo, Anthony Newley, James Carroll Jordan
==================================
15.181 [3075] Merv Griffin Show "Unusual Rental Services"
13Jun1977 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
musician Jack Sheldon
comic Ryan Kelly
and includes Rent-a-Pie, Renta-a-Yenta and Rent-a-Wreck.
15.182 [3076] Merv Griffin Show
14Jun1977 [Daily Register]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Charlie Callas
comedienne Pat Carroll
singer-songwriter Michael Franks
actor Chuck McCann
and pianist-composer Joe Raposa.
15.183 [3077] Merv Griffin Show
15Jun1977 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Jodie Foster
actor-comedian Orson Bean
Country singer Kenny Rogers
and The Keane Brothers.
15.184 [3078] Merv Griffin Show
16Jun1977 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Buddy Hackett
actor Desi Arnaz Jr.
author-broadcaster Studs Terkel
and comic Stan Kann.
15.185 [3079] Merv Griffin Show
17Jun1977 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Eva Gabor
singer Charles Aznavour
singer-actress Susan Anton
and comic Johnny Dark.
==================================
15.186 [3080] Merv Griffin Show
20Jun1977 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Mel Torme
actress Denise Alexander
comedian Jack Carter
Richard Bach author of "Jonathan Livingston Seagull"
and Love Unlimited.
15.187 [3081] Merv Griffin Show
21Jun1977 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Ursula Andress
TV co-host Ed McMahon
humorist Sam Levenson
and The Alessi Brothers.
15.188 [3082] Merv Griffin Show "Musicians"
22Jun1977 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Jazz guitarist Laurindo Almeida
pianists Roger Williams
Floyd Cramer
and Peter Nero
and saxophonist John Klemmer.
15.189 [3083] Merv Griffin Show
23Jun1977 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Dan Haggerty
singer-actor Robert Clary
comics Lonnie Shorr
and Ed Bluestone
and the Hues Corporation.
15.190 [3084] Merv Griffin Show
24Jun1977 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Jacqueline Bisset
actors Andrew Smith
and Rick Moses
Country singer Larry Gatlin
and The Untouchables.
==================================
15.191 [3085] Merv Griffin Show
27Jun1977 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Carroll O'Connor
humorist Mort Sahl
and economist-educator-author John Kenneth Galbraith.
15.192 [3086] Merv Griffin Show
28Jun1977 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Robert Carradine
comedian Alan Sues
comic actor Hank Garcia
singer Minnie Riperton
and tenor Jan Peerce.
15.193 [3087] Merv Griffin Show
29Jun1977 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Jack Klugman
comedian Ronnie Schell
actors Tom Hallick
and Wes Parker.
15.194 [3088] Merv Griffin Show
30Jun1977 [Daily Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Linda Lavin
comedian Dick Gregory
singer Shaun Cassidy
and Dr. Michael Fox.
15.195 [3089] Merv Griffin Show
01Jul1977 [Daily Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian-actor Steve Landesberg
comedienne Dody Goodman
musician Johnny "Guitar" Watson
Dr. Joyce Brothers
and 'Greengrocer' Joe Carcione.
==================================
15.196 [3090] Merv Griffin Show
04Jul1977 [rerun 12Dec77] [Press-Telegram]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Don Rickles
singer-actress Bernadette Peters
comedian Norm Crosby
rodeo performer Larry Mahan
and comic Freddie Roman.
15.197 [3091] Merv Griffin Show
05Jul1977 [rerun 06Dec77] [Press-Telegram]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Rich Little
Cajun musician Doug Kershaw
boxers Joe Frazier and Joe Louis
comic David Sayh
mentalist The Amazing Kreskin
and singer Barbara Fairchild.
15.198 [3092] Merv Griffin Show
06Jul1977 [rerun 07Dec77] [Daily Record]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Country singer Kenny Rogers
comedian Foster Brooks
actor-comedian Guy Marks
juggler El Gran Picasso
musician B.B. King
and singer Kiki Dee.
15.199 [3093] Merv Griffin Show
07Jul1977 [rerun 01Dec77] [Independent]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Country singer-musician Roy Clark
stuntman Evel Knievel
Miss Nevada Marlena Shaw
comic Ed Bluestone
Hawaiian entertainer Dick Jensen
and magician The Great Tomsoni.
15.200 [3094] Merv Griffin Show
08Jul1977 [Daily Record]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
entertainer Jerry Lewis
comedian Steve Martin
Opera singer Roberta Peters
singer Don Ho
and the Arthur Murray Dancers.
==================================
15.201 [3095] Merv Griffin Show
11Jul1977 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
TV personality Arthur Godfrey
Beach Boy singer-songwriter Bruce Johnston
author-journalist James Bacon
singer Karen Morrow
and The Graduates.
15.202 [3096] Merv Griffin Show
12Jul1977 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
composer Marvin Hamlisch
comic actor Jerry Van Dyke
Julie Nixon Eisenhower
and pianist Monte Alexander.
15.203 [3097] Merv Griffin Show
13Jul1977 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Charles Nelson Reilly
comedy writer Jack Douglas
and his wife Reiko Douglas
comic Louis Nye
and novelist-screenwriter Noel Behn.
15.204 [3098] Merv Griffin Show "Salute to the film "New York, New York"
14Jul1977 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actress Liza Minnelli
director Martin Scorsese
actress Mary Kay Place
and actor Lionel Stander.
15.205 [3099] Merv Griffin Show
15Jul1977 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Jackie Mason
singer Stephen Bishop
comedienne Rhonda Bates
actress Hermione Baddeley
and comic Stan Kann.
==================================
15.206 [3100] Merv Griffin Show
18Jul1977 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singers Della Reese
and Anthony Newley
composer Walter Murphy
pianist Monty Alexander
and Formerly the Harlettes.
15.207 [3101] Merv Griffin Show
19Jul1977 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian-actor Orson Bean
actor Beau Kayser
comedians Jackie Vernon
and Gallagher
and Addresi Brothers.
15.208 [3102] Merv Griffin Show
20Jul1977 [Daily Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
"Star Wars" actor Mark Hamill
comedians Jack Carter
and Pete Barbutti
singer-actress Ren Woods
and musical group Wild Cherry.
15.209 [3103] Merv Griffin Show
21Jul1977 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Zsa Zsa Gabor
comedian Alan Sues
singer-actor Anson Williams of "Happy Days"
and fashion critic Mr. Blackwell.
15.210 [3104] Merv Griffin Show
22Jul1977 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Susan Saint James
actors Rick Moses
and David McCharen
comedian Jim Varney
and author Stephen Birmingham
==================================
15.211 [3105] Merv Griffin Show
25Jul1977 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
news anchor Dan Rather
actress Taryn Power
TV personality Art Linkletter
and Jazz singer-pianist Blossom Dearie.
15.212 [3106] Merv Griffin Show
26Jul1977 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Henny Youngman
singer Kenny Nolan
comic David Sayh
comedian-musician Gary Mule Deer
guitarists Herb Ellis
and Barney Kessel
disco group Hot
and KC and the Sunshine Band.
15.213 [3107] Merv Griffin Show "Salute to Married Couples"
27Jul1977 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Jean-Pierre Aumont and Marisa Pavan
Rosanno Brazzi and Lydia Brazzi
Lynda Day and Christopher George.
15.214 [3108] Merv Griffin Show
28Jul1977 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress-comedienne Dody Goodman
Susan Ford, daughter of the former President Gerald Ford.
comedian George Miller
and Dr. Joyce Brothers.
15.215 [3109] Merv Griffin Show
29Jul1977 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors William Shatner
and Ron Howard
magician Ricky Jay
fashion designer Oleg Cassini
and musical group Starbuck.
==================================
15.216 [3110] Merv Griffin Show
01Aug1977 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne Lucille Ball
author James A. Michener
McDonald's business magnate Ray Kroc
and poet Howard Simon.
15.217 [3111] Merv Griffin Show
02Aug1977 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Eva Gabor
actor Patrick Wayne
TV personality Virginia Graham
and mime Marcel Marceau.
15.218 [3112] Merv Griffin Show "All British"
03Aug1977 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Bernard Fox
comedienne Hermione Baddely
singer-songwriter Jim Dale
singers Cliff Richard
and Shani Wallis.
15.219 [3113] Merv Griffin Show
04Aug1977 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actresses Polly Bergen
Bonnie Franklin
and Carole Cook
and comic Ed Bluestone.
15.220 [3114] Merv Griffin Show
05Aug1977 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
raconteur Henry Morgan
comic Johnny Dark
self-help authors Mildred Newman
and Bernard Berkowitz
singer-actress Susan Anton
and singer Andy Gibb.
==================================
15.221 [3115] Merv Griffin Show
08Aug1977 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Hans Conried
actress Pamela Sue Martin
etiquette author Marjabell Stewart
singer-songwriters Carole Bayer Sager
and Peter McCann.
15.222 [3116] Merv Griffin Show
09Aug1977 [Times-Advocate]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Robert Conrad
actress Valerie Bertinelli
film producer Dino De Laurentiis
actor Rick Moses
and two dancers from the Joffrey Ballet Company
15.223 [3117] Merv Griffin Show
10Aug1977 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
British actor Albert Finney
actress Susan Sarandon
TV critic Rex Reed
and comic Larry Kert.
15.224 [3118] Merv Griffin Show
11Aug1977 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actor David Soul
journalist-author Sara Davidson
comedian Kelly Monteith
and The Keane Brothers.
15.225 [3119] Merv Griffin Show "Tribute to Jack Benny"
12Aug1977 [Independent]
Merv Griffin Productions
Metromedia
Executive producer, Murray Schwartz
Producer, Bob Murphy
Director, Dick Carson
Writers, Tony Garofalo, Bob Murphy, Merv Griffin.
Music, Mort Lindsey.
Broadcast on KTTV, Los Angeles.
Summary:
Five of Jack Benny’s closest friends and co-workers gather on
Merv’s show to
reminisce and pay tribute to their old boss.
Milt Josefberg, whose new book, The Jack Benny show, has just come out,
provides
much of the coloring.
Phil Harris and Dennis Day each sing a song.
Mel Blanc does imitations and all recall their first meetings with Jack.
Also included are clips with Jack on the Merv Griffith show shortly before
his
death, and one from Here’s Lucy,
in which Jack and Lucy go down into a specially built bank vault and get
caught
in quicksand.
Don Wilson is also a guest.
==================================
15.226 [3120] Merv Griffin Show
15Aug1977 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne Phyllis Diller
comedians Marty Allen
and Nipsey Russell
Claire and McMahon
and the Lucien's Chimps.
15.227 [3121] Merv Griffin Show
16Aug1977 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Buddy Hackett
actor Robby Benson
Steve Collura author of "Actor With a Gun"
and Morton Shulman author of "Anyone Can Make a Million".
15.228 [3122] Merv Griffin Show
17Aug1977 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedians Jackie Mason
and Alan Sues
comedienne Pat Carroll
singer Eddie Rabbitt
and Robert J. Ringer author of "Winning Through Intimidation".
15.229 [3123] Merv Griffin Show
18Aug1977 [Santa Maria Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Peter Fonda
actress Susan Saint James
comedians Jay Leno
and Stan Kann
and Dr. William Rader.
15.230 [3124] Merv Griffin Show
19Aug1977 [Daily Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Marty Feldman
choreographer Debbie Allen
comic Kip Adotta
and The Captain and Tennille.
==================================
15.231 [3125] Merv Griffin Show
22Aug1977 [Times-Advocate]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne-actress Betty White
animal trainer Pat Derby
comic actor Jerry Van Dyke
singer Jane Olivor
and guitarist Thom Bresh.
15.232 [3126] Merv Griffin Show
23Aug1977 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
author Truman Capote
TV personality Steve Allen
and actress Evelyn Keyes.
15.233 [3127] Merv Griffin Show "Medical Miracles"
24Aug1977 [rerun 07Jun78] [Courier-News]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Dr. Arnold Klein
Dr. Zio Yu
Dale Alexander
Nathan Pritkin
discuss new theories concerning longevity, skin disease, acupuncture and
nutrition.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxVSqRq1RKU
15.234 [3128] Merv Griffin Show
25Aug1977 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Merv's son Tony Griffin
dancer-singer Chita Rivera
and her daughter Lisa Mordente
actress Michele Lee
comedian Robert Klein
and Dr. Richard Corriere.
15.235 [3129] Merv Griffin Show
26Aug1977 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedians Jack Carter
and Norm Crosby
actor John Ritter
comedienne Rhonda Bates
and comic Bill Kirchenbauer.
==================================
15.236 [3130] Merv Griffin Show
29Aug1977 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Pat O'Brien
comedian-actor Dick Gautier
actor-director Tom Laughlin
and Tom's wife Delores Taylor
and their daughter Teresa.
15.237 [3131] Merv Griffin Show
30Aug1977 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Roger Moore
actress Barbara Carrera
actor Ken Prymus
the cast of "The Wiz"
"Cosmopolitan" editor Helen Gurley Brown
and singer Renée Harris.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Qcdp26tNqE
15.238 [3132] Merv Griffin Show
31Aug1977 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Mickey Rooney
singer Rosemary Clooney
Olympic decathlon champion Bruce Jenner
and his wife Chrystie.
15.239 [3133] Merv Griffin Show
01Sep1977 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Country singer Mel Tillis
actor Beau Bridges
singer-comic Carol Hannen
Dave Johns, Mr. America;
and The Emotions.
15.240 [3134] Merv Griffin Show
02Sep1977 [Courier-News]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Harrison Ford
and Wayne Rogers
comic Leonard Barr
inventor Don Cracke
and singer Stella Parton.
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