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Season 16 (Metromedia Syndication)(1977-78)
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.
16.01 [3135] Merv Griffin Show
05Sep1977 [rerun 02Dec77] [Press-Telegram]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Danny Thomas
singer Mel Tillis
comic Lonnie Shorr
singer-guitarist Angelo Garcia
the Argentinean Gauchos folk dancers
and six Lido Showgirls.
16.02 [3136] Merv Griffin Show
06Sep1977 [rerun 13Dec77] [Press-Telegram]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Country singer-musicians Roy Clark
and Glen Campbell
comedienne Minnie Pearl
comic Pat Henry
singer-dancer Lola Falana
comic-juggler Dieter Tasso
and dancer Wayne Sleep of Sadler Wells Ballet
who teaches Merv the Pas de deux.
16.03 [3137] Merv Griffin Show
07Sep1977 [rerun 15Dec77] [Press-Telegram]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Tina Turner
actor-comedian Buddy Hackett
comedian Jackie Vernon
singer-songwriter John Hartford
and singer Dean Friedman.
16.04 [3138] Merv Griffin Show
08Sep1977 [rerun 08Dec77] [Press-Telegram]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor-comedian Bill Cosby
singer Cleo Laine
and her husband saxophonist John Dankworth
singer-songwriter Peter McCann
and actor Reid Shelton from the Broadway play
"Annie" playing Daddy Warbucks
and Antonio's Poodles.
16.05 [3139] Merv Griffin Show
09Sep1977 [rerun 09Dec77] [Press-Telegram]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actor Robert Goulet
dancer-actress Charo
comic George Miller
magician The Great Tomsoni
and trombonist Bill Watrous.
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16.06 [3140] Merv Griffin Show "Married Couples"
12Sep1977 [rerun 12Jun78] [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Zsa Zsa Gabor and her husband Michael O'Hara
Vidal Sassoon and his wife Beverly Sassoon
and Billy Carter and his wife Sybil Carter.
16.07 [3141] Merv Griffin Show
13Sep1977 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Al Jarreau
comedienne Dody Goodman
actor-comedian Orson Bean
comics Stan Kann
and David Sayh.
16.08 [3142] Merv Griffin Show
14Sep1977 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
TV personality Virginia Graham
actress LaWanda Page
and comic actor Bob Anderson.
16.09 [3143] Merv Griffin Show
15Sep1977 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Peter Strauss
and Wayne Rogers
actress Bonnie Franklin
and novelist Allen Drury.
16.10 [3144] Merv Griffin Show
16Sep1977 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Tony Randall
comedians Tim Conway
and Jerry Clower
and England Dan and John Ford Coley.
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16.11 [3145] Merv Griffin Show
19Sep1977 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
humorist Mort Sahl
actor Hans Conried
comic Ed Bluestone
columnist Rubin Carson
singer Chaka Khan and Rufus.
16.12 [3146] Merv Griffin Show
20Sep1977 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
ventriloquist Wayland Flowers and Madam
impressionist Fred Travalena
author-journalist Les Whitten
and Country singer Freddy Fender.
16.13 [3147] Merv Griffin Show
21Sep1977 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Johnnie Ray
bodybuilder-actor Arnold Schwarzenegger
actress-comedienne Marilyn Sokol
and Russian singing duo Sasha and Lena.
16.14 [3148] Merv Griffin Show
22Sep1977 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
basketball star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Alex Haley author of "Roots";
actor Lou Gossett
and Rep. Yvonne Burke of California.
16.15 [3149] Merv Griffin Show
23Sep1977 [Herald-News]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Eva Gabor
singer-actor Jim Nabors
Dr. Joyce Brothers
Country singer Larry Gatlin
and anti-ERA spokeswoman Phyllis Schlafly.
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16.16 [3150] Merv Griffin Show
26Sep1977 [Press-Telegram]
"1st Annual Soap Opera Digest Awards"
honoring contributions in the world of Daytime Drama.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Bill Hayes and Susan Seaforth Hayes
Beverlee McKinsey
John Fitzpatrick and Donald May.
This first award also included a special award for
'Outstanding Achievement in the World of Daytime Drama'
to All My Children and One Life to Live's creator Agnes Nixon.
16.17 [3151] Merv Griffin Show
27Sep1977 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Eli Wallach
comedian Louis Nye
dancer-singer Charo
and illusionist Glenn Falkenstein.
16.18 [3152] Merv Griffin Show
28Sep1977 [Independent]
Steve Allen is the guest host.
Guests
comedians Milton Berle
Phil Silvers
Sid Caesar
and Imogene Coca.
16.19 [3153] Merv Griffin Show
29Sep1977 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Barry Newman
and Rick Podell
comedian Jackie Mason
singer-actress Susan Anton
and animal trainer Ray Berwick.
16.20 [3154] Merv Griffin Show
30Sep1977 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Lee Majors
and James Stacy
humorist Art Buchwald
and actress Lynnie Greene.
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16.21 [3155] Merv Griffin Show
03Oct1977 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Elke Sommer
comedienne Totie Fields
Cyra McFadden author of "The Serial"
and musical group Pablo Cruise.
16.22 [3156] Merv Griffin Show
04Oct1977 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor John Ritter
actress Betty White
comedian Johnny Yune
singer Jaye P. Morgan
and musical group The Floaters.
16.23 [3157] Merv Griffin Show
05Oct1977 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Jackie Vernon
comedienne Joanne Worley
actors Dick Van Patten
and Jerry Van Dyke.
16.24 [3158] Merv Griffin Show
06Oct1977 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
puppeteer Jim Henson and the Muppets,
Dr. Teeth and Kermit the Frog;
actor David Doyle
comedian Henny Youngman
and singer Andy Gibb.
16.25 [3159] Merv Griffin Show
07Oct1977 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne Dody Goodman
impressionist Frank Welker
magician David Copperfield
comic Jonathan Moore
and singer Johnny Rivers.
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16.26 [3160] Merv Griffin Show
10Oct1977 [Daily Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Lesley Ann Warren
comedian Alan Sues
actor Gary Frank
pianist Herbie Hancock
and trumpeter Jon Faddis.
16.27 [3161] Merv Griffin Show "Famous Parents and Their Offspring"
11Oct1977 [rerun 13Jun78] [News-Pilot]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Robert Stack and his daughter Elizabeth Stack
Sheila MacRae and her daughter Meredith MacRae
Jack Jones and his father Allan Jones, they sing Allan's famed "Donkey's
Serenade",
which, incidentally, he recorded the night Jack was born.
16.28 [3162] Merv Griffin Show "Fashion Show"
12Oct1977 [Daily Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
designers Oscar de la Renta
Doree Selevan
Tere Tereba
Robert Beauchamp
and Albert Capraro.
16.29 [3163] Merv Griffin Show
13Oct1977 [Daily Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singers B.J. Thomas
and Crystal Gayle
pianist Chick Corea
and musical group The Keane Brothers.
16.30 [3164] Merv Griffin Show
14Oct1977 [Daily Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Arte Johnson
actor-comic Martin Mull
Stan Kann the Gadget man
comic Tom Dreesen
Janelle Commissiong (Miss Universe),
Kimberly Tomes (Miss USA),
Felicia Mercado (Miss Mexico),
and Widalys Romero Lopez (Miss American Teenager).
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16.31 [3165] Merv Griffin Show
17Oct1977 [Daily Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Christopher Lee
and Abe Vigoda
TV personality Arthur Godfrey
Barbara McDowell co-editor of "Women's Almanac"
and singer-songwriter Peter McCann.
16.32 [3166] Merv Griffin Show
18Oct1977 [Daily Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Peter Ustinov
and pianist Victor Borge.
16.33 [3167] Merv Griffin Show
19Oct1977 [Daily Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Tony Roberts
and Squire Fridell of "Rosetti and Ryan"
actor Robert Urich
"Blansky's Beauties" actress Rhonda Bates
actress Elinor Donahue
and comic Lonnie Shorr.
16.34 [3168] Merv Griffin Show
20Oct1977 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedy writer Carl Reiner
actor Peter Isacksen
columnist James Bacon
and nightclub owner Régine.
16.35 [3169] Merv Griffin Show
21Oct1977 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor McLean Stevenson
singer-actress Michelle Phillips
health-spa founder-owner Deborah Mazzanti
and singer Debby Boone.
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16.36 [3170] Merv Griffin Show
24Oct1977 [Daily Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actor Robert Goulet
comedian Jackie Vernon
comic actor Jimmie Walker
actor William Katt
and actress Ronnie Claire Edwards.
16.37 [3171] Merv Griffin Show
25Oct1977 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
"Baretta" star actor Robert Blake
Lloyd Martin (L.A.P.D. Special Officer in child pornography)
and John Ayala (L.A.P.D. Crash Unit Officer)
of the Los Angeles Police Department
who discuss crimes committed against children.
16.38 [3172] Merv Griffin Show "Teenage Suicide"
26Oct1977 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guest
Dr. William Rader
16.39 [3173] Merv Griffin Show
27Oct1977 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
entertainer Bob Hope
actor Mark Hamill
"Cosmopolitan" editor Helen Gurley Brown
and singer-actress Helen Schneider.
16.40 [3174] Merv Griffin Show
28Oct1977 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors James Mason
and Mike Farrell
actress Melissa Gilbert
singer Peter Pringle
and dancers Arthur and Kathryn Murray.
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16.41 [3175] Merv Griffin Show
31Oct1977 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
TV personality Steve Allen
comic actor Jerry Van Dyke
actress Elizabeth Ashley
comedienne Hermione Baddeley
and animal trainer Ray Berwick.
16.42 [3176] Merv Griffin Show
01Nov1977 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Lynda Carter
comic Leonard Barr
actor-singer-songwriter Jim Dale
singer-actor Robert Clary
and singer Ricci Martin.
16.43 [3177] Merv Griffin Show
02Nov1977 [Daily Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne Joan Rivers
actor Henry Winkler
and comic George Miller.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5OtIZyXS0s
16.44 [3178] Merv Griffin Show
03Nov1977 [rerun 08Jun78] [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Milton Berle
singing duo Steve Lawrence
and Eydie Gorme
and comedienne Totie Fields.
16.45 [3179] Merv Griffin Show
04Nov1977 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor David Soul of "Starsky and Hutch"
actor Edward Asner of "Lou Grant"
actor Parker Stevenson of "The Hardy Boys"
and comic Jay Leno.
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16.46 [3180] Merv Griffin Show
07Nov1977 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singers Rosemary Clooney
and Margaret Whiting
comedienne Rose Marie
and singer-actress Eartha Kitt.
16.47 [3181] Merv Griffin Show "Salute to Harry James"
08Nov1977 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
trumpeter-bandleader Harry James
singer-actor Dick Haymes
and songstress Helen Forrest.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKXqCdBtQ6s
16.48 [3182] Merv Griffin Show "Salute to Glenn Miller & Jimmy Dorsey"
09Nov1977 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Tex Beneke and His Band
singers Helen O'Connell
and Bob Eberle.
16.49 [3183] Merv Griffin Show "Salute to Jazz"
10Nov1977 [Valley News]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Jazz bandleader Benny Goodman
singer Martha Tilton
pianist Lou Levy
pianist-arranger Mel Powell
and columnist Herb Caen author of a pictorial book on Benny's band.
Highlights:
"Let's Dance", "Back Home in Indiana",
"And the Angels Sing" and "Goody Goody".
16.50 [3184] Merv Griffin Show
11Nov1977 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Barry White
and 51 piece Love Unlimited Orchestra in concert.
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16.51 [3185] Merv Griffin Show
14Nov1977 [The Record]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Zsa Zsa Gabor
comedian David Brenner
actress Dyan Cannon
singer Peter Pringle
bassist David Friesen
Mickey Finn & his Ragtime band
and six Las Vegas Showgirls.
16.52 [3186] Merv Griffin Show
15Nov1977 [The Record]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Bobby Vinton
dancer-singer Chita Rivera
comedian Pete Barbutti
stuntman Dennis Madalone
and a Chinese acrobatic act.
16.53 [3187] Merv Griffin Show
16Nov1977 [The Record]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
entertainer Sammy Davis Jr.
comedians Foster Brooks
and Marty Brill
singer-actress Susan Anton
comic xylophonist Roger Ray
puppeteer Barclay Shaw
show dog Ashley Whippet
six showgirls from The Dunes
and Dancin' Machine.
16.54 [3188] Merv Griffin Show
17Nov1977 [The Record]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
dancer-singer Charo
comic actor Jerry Van Dyke
singer Tom Christi
The Bay City Rollers
and a Hawaiian magic act.
16.55 [3189] Merv Griffin Show
18Nov1977 [The Record]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Tony Bennett
comedian Ronnie Schell
songstress Keely Smith
actor Rick Moses
and Sam Butera and the Witnesses.
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16.56 [3190] Merv Griffin Show
21Nov1977 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian George Burns
comic Jackie Vernon
actor-comic Billy Crystal
and TV journalist Edwin Newman
16.57 [3191] Merv Griffin Show
22Nov1977 [Independent]
From Monte Carlo.
2nd annual Merv Griffin Tennis Tournament
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Princess Grace, Charlton Heston,
Jack Paar, Wayne Rogers,
Cliff Robertson, Dina Merrill,
Carl Reiner and Dick Van Patten.
16.58 [3192] Merv Griffin Show
23Nov1977 [rerun 06Jun79] [Independent]
From Monte Carlo,
Finals of the 2nd annual Merv Griffin Tennis Tournament
Princess Grace and Prince Ranier
celebrities
Jack Paar, Charlton Heston, Wayne Rogers,
Dina Merrill,Cliff Robertson, Tom Laughlin, Carl Reiner,
Dolores Taylor, Dick Van Patten, Vincent Van Patten,
Roy Emerson, Clark Grabner and Don Budge.
16.59 [3193] Merv Griffin Show Cast of "Pete's Dragon"
24Nov1977 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Dick Van Dyke
Mickey Rooney
Red Buttons
Dean Jones
Jim Dale
and Sean Marshall.
16.60 [3194] Merv Griffin Show
25Nov1977 [rerun 15Jun78] [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Sophia Loren
and actor Burt Reynolds.
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16.61 [3195] Merv Griffin Show
28Nov1977 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Burt Lancaster
novelist Irwin Shaw
and poet Maya Angelou author of
"Singing and Swinging and Getting Merry like Christmas".
16.62 [3196] Merv Griffin Show
29Nov1977 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actresses Bernadette Peters
and Sally Field
comedienne Dody Goodman
and model Cheryl Tiegs.
16.63 [3197] Merv Griffin Show Salute to the movie "Silver Bears"
30Nov1977 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Michael Caine
actress Cybill Shepherd
comedian Tom Smothers
and comic Jay Leno.
[--] Merv Griffin Show
01Dec1977 [repeat from 07Jul77]
From Las Vegas.
Roy Clark, daredevil Evel Knievel, Marlena Shaw, Dick Jensen.
[--] Merv Griffin Show
02Dec1977 [repeat from 05Sep77]
From Las Vegas.
Danny Thomas, Mel Tillis, Lonnie Shorr, Angelo Garcia,
Argentinian Gauchos, Lido Showgirls.
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16.64 [3198] Merv Griffin Show
05Dec1977 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Connie Stevens
actor Patrick Duffy of "Man From Atlantis"
"Dear Abby" columnist Abigail Van Buren.
and singer-songwriter Mac Davis.
[--] Merv Griffin Show
06Dec1977 [repeat from 05Jul77]
Rich Little, Joe Frazier, Joe Louis, Mentalist Kreskin,
Doug Kershaw, Barbara Fairchild
[--] Merv Griffin Show
07Dec1977 [repeat from 06Jul77]
Kenny Rogers, Kiki Dee, Foster Brooks, B.B. King, Picasso, Guy Marks
[--] Merv Griffin Show
08Dec1977 [repeat from 08Sep77]
Bill Cosby, Cleo Laine, John Dankworth, Peter McCann, Reid Shelton
[--] Merv Griffin Show
09Dec1977 [repeat from 09Sep77]
Robert Goulet, Charo, George Miller, Billy Watrous and Tomsoni.
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[--] Merv Griffin Show
12Dec1977 [repeat from 04Jul77]
Don Rickles, Bernadette Peters, Norm Crosby, Larry Mahan, Freddie Roman
[--] Merv Griffin Show
13Dec1977 [repeat from 06Sep77]
Roy Clark, Lola Falana, Minnie Pearl, Pat Henry, Wayne Sleep, Dieter Tasso
16.65 [3199] Merv Griffin Show
14Dec1977 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Burt Reynolds
and Squire Fridell
magician Doug Henning
and Transcendental Meditation founder Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
[--] Merv Griffin Show
15Dec1977 [repeat from 07Sep77]
Buddy Hackett, Jackie Vernon, Tina Turner, John Hartford
16.66 [3200] Merv Griffin Show
16Dec1977 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actresses Phyllis Newman
and Pamela Sue Martin
comedian Richard Lewis
comic Stan Kann
and The Sylvers.
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16.67 [3201] Merv Griffin Show
19Dec1977 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Abe Vigoda
comedians Jack Carter
and Johnny Dark
and NASA scientist Robert Jastrow.
16.68 [3202] Merv Griffin Show
20Dec1977 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Angie Dickinson of "Police Woman"
comedian Kelly Monteith
radio and television commentator Carlton Fredericks.
16.69 [3203] Merv Griffin Show
21Dec1977 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Richard Deacon
and Richard Thomas
ventriloquist Roger De Courcey
Peter Tauber author of "The Last Best Hope";
and rock group Player perform "Baby Come Back".
16.70 [3204] Merv Griffin Show
22Dec1977 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedians Jackie Mason
and Charles Nelson Reilly
actress Teri Garr
and singer Chip Hand.
16.71 [3205] Merv Griffin Show "Salute to Young TV Actors"
23Dec1977 [Independent]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actresses Kristy McNichol
and Melissa Gilbert
actors Ralph Carter
Gabriel Melgar
and James Vincent McNichol.
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16.72 [3206] Merv Griffin Show
26Dec1977 [Press-Telegram]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne Kaye Ballard
actress Susan Dey
actor Patrick Duffy
and former CBS news correspondent Daniel Schorr
16.73 [3207] Merv Griffin Show
27Dec1977 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor John Travolta
singer-songwriter Don McLean
singer Tanya Welk
musical group Jigsaw
and The Arthur Murray Dancers.
16.74 [3208] Merv Griffin Show
28Dec1977 [The Record]
Mel Tillis is the guest host
Guests
Country singer Roger Miller
comedian Norm Crosby
impressionist Fred Travalena
and The Oak Ridge Boys.
16.75 [3209] Merv Griffin Show
29Dec1977 [Press-Telegram]
Joey Bishop is the guest host.
Guests
TV personality Dick Clark
actor Erik Estrada
comics Mickey Manners
and Corbett Monica
Dr. Wayne Dyer author of "Your Erroneous Zones";
and The Spinners.
16.76 [3210] Merv Griffin Show
30Dec1977 [Independent]
Joey Bishop is the guest host
Guests
actor Jack Klugman
actor-bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger
comic Tom Dreesen
Dr. Joyce Brothers
and singer Teresa Brewer.
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16.77 [3211] Merv Griffin Show
02Jan1978 [Daily Record]
Joey Bishop is the guest host
Guests
actor Bill Macy
comedienne Pat Carroll
comic Ed Bluestone
Dr. Joseph E. Shorr
and singer-songwriter Phoebe Snow.
16.78 [3212] Merv Griffin Show
03Jan1978 [Daily Record]
Jerry Van Dyke is the guest host
Guests
actor Dick Van Patten
actress LaWanda Page
comedian Ronnie Schell
Private investigator Jay J. Arms
and Country singer Johnny Paycheck.
16.79 [3213] Merv Griffin Show
04Jan1978 [Daily Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Eva Gabor
comic Dave Landsberg
Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Steve Garvey
photographer Francesco Scavullo
and Country musician Larry Gatlin.
16.80 [3214] Merv Griffin Show
05Jan1978 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actress Susan Anton
actor Alex Karras
comedy writer Jack Douglas and his wife Reiko
and musical group High Energy.
16.81 [3215] Merv Griffin Show "Tribute to Rosalind Russell"
06Jan1978 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Jack Lemmon
producer-director Josh Logan
and producer Frederick Brisson (Rosalind Russell's widower).
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16.82 [3216] Merv Griffin Show
09Jan1978 [rerun 05Jun78] [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
politician John Dean and Maureen Dean
columnist Rona Barrett
author Susan Margolis
and comedy writer George Plimpton.
16.83 [3217] Merv Griffin Show
10Jan1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Perry King
humorist Mort Sahl
author Pete Hamill
and Country singer Glen Campbell.
16.84 [3218] Merv Griffin Show "Adventure"
11Jan1978 [rerun 14Jun78] [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
astronaut Gordon Cooper
explorer Dr. Jack Wheeler
stuntman Dar Robinson
and mountain climber George Willig.
16.85 [3219] Merv Griffin Show "UFO's"
12Jan1978 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Science fiction author Ray Bradbury
U.F.O. authority Dr. J. Allen Hyneck
comedian-actor Orson Bean
and singer Peter Pringle.
16.86 [3220] Merv Griffin Show
13Jan1978 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Peter Allen
comedian Kelly Monteith
Ashford & Simpson
and The Babys.
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16.87 [3221] Merv Griffin Show
16Jan1978 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Victor French
comedian Charlie Callas
game show host Chuck Woolery
comic Stan Kann
and singer Nana Mouskouri.
16.88 [3222] Merv Griffin Show
17Jan1978 [rerun 06Jun78] [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Omar Sharif
actress Betty White
"Cosmopolitan" editor Helen Gurley Brown
and singer-actress Della Reese.
16.89 [3223] Merv Griffin Show
18Jan1978 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Shelley Winters
model Marjorie Wallace
actress-comedienne Marilyn Sokol
and actress Carole Cook.
16.90 [3224] Merv Griffin Show "World of Recording"
19Jan1978 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actor Paul Nicholas
radio personality D.J. M.G. Kelly
singer Toni Basil
singer-songwriter Ron Miller
composer Kenny Hirsch
and The Sylvers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0jgWpld6Oc
16.91 [3225] Merv Griffin Show "Noted Authors"
20Jan1978 [rerun 09Jun78] [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
authors James A. Michener
Irving Stone
and Ariel and Will Durant.
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16.92 [3226] Merv Griffin Show
23Jan1978 [The Record
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne Joan Rivers
stripper Carol Doda
Dr. Kurt Wagner
and singer Anne Murray
16.93 [3227] Merv Griffin Show
24Jan1978 [The Record
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Carol Channing
actor Ricardo Montalban
composer-lyricist Jerry Herman
pro skater Dorothy Hamill
and Odyssey.
16.94 [3228] Merv Griffin Show
25Jan1978 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
TV personality Arthur Godfrey
actress Joyce DeWitt
comedienne Kaye Ballard
dancers Arthur and Kathryn Murray
and Les Brown author of "The New York Times Encyclopedia of Television.
16.95 [3229] Merv Griffin Show "Adventurers"
26Jan1978 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
explorer Lowell Thomas
TV host Hugh Downs
and Dr. Jack Wheeler.
16.96 [3230] Merv Griffin Show
27Jan1978 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Robert Wagner
actress Natalie Wood
The Bee Gees
singer Pearl Bailey
and singer-songwriter Dan Hill.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRlA97zzrJA
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16.97 [3231] Merv Griffin Show "Battered Wives"
30Jan1978 [Courier-News]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
moderator Dr. William Rader,
battered wives Lavonne Brown and Jan Blankernship;
Don Edinger, a former wife beater,
Darren Blankernship, son of a wife beater;
and Marty Ross, a woman who killed her husband.
16.98 [3232] Merv Griffin Show
31Jan1978 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
baseball star Steve Garvey
and his wife Cindy Garvey
comedian-actor Orson Bean
ERA opponent political activist-author Phyllis Schlafly
and author Paula Nelson ("The Joy of Money").
Discussion of the Equal Rights Amendment.
16.99 [3233] Merv Griffin Show
01Feb1978 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor-comedian Shelley Berman
actor Norman Alden
comedians Jim Samuels
and Professor Irwin Corey
singer June Gable
and High Energy.
16.100 [3234] Merv Griffin Show
02Feb1978 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Joey Bishop
actors Patrick Duffy
and Lance Kerwin
singer Paula Morgan
and John Anderson & daisy, a dog act.
16.101 [3235] Merv Griffin Show
03Feb1978 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor David Soul
stage actor Burr Schmidt
actress-comedienne Marilyn Sokol
and singer-songwriter Harry Chapin.
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16.102 [3236] Merv Griffin Show "Recording Biz"
06Feb1978 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singers Donna Summer
and Leo Sayer
music producer Richard Perry
and Casablanca Record founder and executive Neil Bogart and Joyce Bogart.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTTYe5pUZ6M
16.103 [3237] Merv Griffin Show
07Feb1978 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Jack Webb discusses his new program "Project U.F.O."
actress Cloris Leachman
and comedian Martin Mull.
16.104 [3238] Merv Griffin Show
08Feb1978 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Tony Curtis
writer-producer Carl Reiner
novelist Barbara Howar
magician Steve Dacri
and band Pablo Cruise.
16.105 [3239] Merv Griffin Show "4th Annual Ladies Home Journal Awards"
09Feb1978 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Lenore Hershey editor of "Ladies Home Journal"
actress Kate Jackson
Jaclyn Smith
Carol Burnett
and Sally Field
Susan Ford
and Lynda Bird Johnson Robb.
16.106 [3240] Merv Griffin Show "Records Salute"
10Feb1978 [Courier-News]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Arista record producer Clive Davis
singer-songwriter Barry Manilow
singers Melissa Manchester
Eric Carmen
Al Stewart
and Randy Edelman.
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16.107 [3241] Merv Griffin Show
13Feb1978 [The Record]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Rosemary Clooney
game show host Bert Convy
comedians Tom Dreesen
and Foster Brooks
female impersonator Jim Bailey
Dominique
and Bluebell Girls from Lido de Paris.
16.108 [3242] Merv Griffin Show
14Feb1978 [The Record]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne Joan Rivers
entertainer Tiny Tim
singer-actor Guy Marks
comic Rip Taylor
and musician-comedian Pete Barbutti.
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=10153866697748817
16.109 [3243] Merv Griffin Show
15Feb1978 [The Record]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Bobby Vinton
Opera singer Roberta Peters
stuntman Dar Robinson
dancers Fernando Bujones
and Mariana Tcherkasky
comic Freddie Sales
and High Energy.
16.110 [3244] Merv Griffin Show
16Feb1978 [The Record]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
entertainer Sammy Davis Jr.
comedienne Joan Rivers
dancers Fernando Bujones
and Mariana Tcherkasky
singer-actress Kim Milford
comic Myron Cohen
and casino owner Steve Wynn.
16.111 [3245] Merv Griffin Show
17Feb1978 [The Record]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actor Robert Goulet
singer Eddy Arnold
actor-comic Irving Benson
comedian Pat Cooper
singer-songwriter Foster Sylvers
Ioni and Pin-Ups 2001.
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16.112 [3246] Merv Griffin Show
20Feb1978 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-songwriter Barry Manilow
comics Lonnie Shorr
and Stan Kann
and singer-actress Susan Anton.
16.113 [3247] Merv Griffin Show Salute to the film "Coming Home"
21Feb1978 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Jane Fonda
actors Jon Voight
Bruce Dern
and Robert Carradine
and producer-director Jerome Hellman.
16.114 [3248] Merv Griffin Show
22Feb1978 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor-comedian Billy Crystal
Country singer Charley Pride
singer Milly Jackson
and singer-songwriter Dan Hill.
16.115 [3249] Merv Griffin Show "Famous Married Couples"
23Feb1978 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Betty White and Allen Ludden;
Brenda Boozer and Robert Klein;
Jerry Van Dyke and his wife Shirley.
16.116 [3250] Merv Griffin Show
24Feb1978 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Hans Conried
lyricist Sammy Cahn
author Joseph Wambaugh
and comic Alan Sues.
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16.117 [3251] Merv Griffin Show
27Feb1978 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian George Gobel
actor Dick Van Patten
singer-actress Susan Anton
and singer-actor Robert Clary.
16.118 [3252] Merv Griffin Show
28Feb1978 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
composer Marvin Hamlisch
singer Vic Damone
actor Andrew Stevens
singers June Gable
and Bruce Roberts.
16.119 [3253] Merv Griffin Show
01Mar1978 [rerun 12Dec78] [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
talk show host Jack Paar
host Hugh Downs
comedienne Dody Goodman
and actor Hans Conried.
16.120 [3254] Merv Griffin Show
02Mar1978 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Charles Nelson Reilly
Dr. Joyce Brothers
"Candid Camera" host Allen Funt
singer-songwriter David Gates
and R&B band Rose Royce.
16.121 [3255] Merv Griffin Show "Astrology"
03Mar1978 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
astrologers Sydney Omarr
and Joan Quigley
psychic Irene Hughes
and Dr. Joseph Jeffers.
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16.122 [3256] Merv Griffin Show "Fashion Models"
06Mar1978 [rerun 18Dec78] [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
modelling agent Nina Blanchard
model-actress Barbara Carrera
models Cheryl Tiegs
Matt Collins
and John McMurray.
16.123 [3257] Merv Griffin Show
07Mar1978 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Governor Ronald Reagan and Nancy Reagan
actor Fred Astaire
producer Ross Hunter
TV show host Deney Terrio
and his girlfriend Patsy Folkerson.
16.124 [3258] Merv Griffin Show
08Mar1978 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Charlton Heston
Reverend Billy Graham
and humorist Mort Sahl.
16.125 [3259] Merv Griffin Show "Aging"
09Mar1978 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Ben Gazzara
screenwriter Garson Kanin
and author Durk Pearson.
16.126 [3260] Merv Griffin Show
10Mar1978 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
dancer-singer-actor Gene Kelly
actor Herve Villechaize of "Fantasy Island";
comic actor Jerry Van Dyke
and exercise guru Jack LaLanne.
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16.127 [3261] Merv Griffin Show
13Mar1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Opera singer Robert Merrill
comedian Jackie Vernon
Captain & Tennille
and The Spinners.
16.128 [3262] Merv Griffin Show
14Mar1978 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Jack Carter
pianist Bobby Short
mime Antoinette Attell
Country singer Loretta Lynn
and the musical group Rubican.
16.129 [3263] Merv Griffin Show
15Mar1978 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Jack Klugman
and Gavin McLeod
author Barbara Matterson
TV personality Virginia Graham
and singer Jim Stafford.
16.130 [3264] Merv Griffin Show "Sounds of Buddy Rich"
16Mar1978 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
drummer Buddy Rich
singer Mel Tormé
comedians Redd Foxx
and Henny Youngman
and tap dancer Jack Ackerman.
Highlights:
Buddy and his band perform "Birdland".
Mel Tormé performs "That's Jazz".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peq_bNru4NM
16.131 [3265] Merv Griffin Show "Married Couples"
17Mar1978 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Shirley Jones and Marty Ingels
Joyce Van Patten and Dennis Dugan
Yolanda and Bernie Kopell
Barbara Stuart and Dick Gautier.
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16.132 [3266] Merv Griffin Show
20Mar1978 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Tony Curtis
actress Eva Gabor
comedians Dick Shawn
and Lonnie Shorr
and singer Samantha Sang.
16.133 [3267] Merv Griffin Show
21Mar1978 [rerun 13Dec78] [The Record]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singers Tony Bennett
and Sarah Vaughan
comedian Pete Barbutti
singer-actresses Bernadette Peters
and Karen Morrow.
16.134 [3268] Merv Griffin Show
22Mar1978 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
From Las Vegas.
Guests
comedian Bill Cosby
tennis star Jimmy Connors
TV show host Deney Terrio
impressionist Frank Welker
Country singer Kenny Rogers
singers Anne Murray and Jim Stafford.
16.135 [3269] Merv Griffin Show
23Mar1978 [The Record]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Shecky Greene
singer Jerry Vale
comedians Bill Saluga
and Freddie Sales
and Anden's Poodles.
16.136 [3270] Merv Griffin Show
24Mar1978 [rerun from 22Dec78] [The Record]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Milton Berle
dancer-actress Chita Rivera
comedian-TV host Joey Bishop
and Chris Kermo
and singer Andy Gibb sings "Shadow Dancing".
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16.137 [3271] Merv Griffin Show "Adventurers"
27Mar1978 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
astronaut Col. Gordon Cooper
Jack Wheeler
Roger Miklos
Webb Chiles
and Leo Lebon.
16.138 [3272] Merv Griffin Show
28Mar1978 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Abe Vigoda
singer-actress Rita Moreno
comic Alan Sues
Jay Anson author of "The Amityville Horror"
and Col. William Coleman.
16.139 [3273] Merv Griffin Show
29Mar1978 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comics Jay Leno
and Jim Samuels
model-actress Cyb Barnstable
singers Bobby Arvon
and Randy Jones
Country singer Marty Robbins
and musicians John Pappas and Jim Diederich.
16.140 [3274] Merv Griffin Show
30Mar1978 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Shirley MacLaine
singers Jaye P. Morgan
and Jane Olivor
and bodybuilder Peter Grymkowski.
16.141 [3275] Merv Griffin Show
31Mar1978 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Zsa Zsa Gabor
fashion designer Oleg Cassini
mentalist Max Maven
and the Starland Vocal Band.
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16.142 [3276] Merv Griffin Show
03Apr1978 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Richard Benjamin of "Quark";
actor-musician Desi Arnaz Jr.
Sidney Sheldon author of "Bloodline";
and singing duo Ashford and Simpson.
16.143 [3277] Merv Griffin Show
04Apr1978 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actor Pat Boone
and his daughter singer Debby Boone
musician Benny Goodman
Mayor Teddy Kollek of Jerusalem
and Mayor George Moscone of San Francisco.
16.144 [3278] Merv Griffin Show
05Apr1978 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne Kaye Ballard
actor Gary Frank
comedian Jim Giovanni
Judith Krantz author of "Scruples";
and Brooklyn Dreams.
16.145 [3279] Merv Griffin Show
06Apr1978 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Goodman
comedienne Dody Goodman
Country singer Freddy Fender
humorist Rubin Carson
also a 21-year-old man and his 77-year-old wife and stepmother.
16.146 [3280] Merv Griffin Show
07Apr1978 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Dick Shawn
dance show host Deney Terrio
comedienne Elayne Boosler
folksinger Buffy Sainte-Marie
and singer Chuck Berry.
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16.147 [3281] Merv Griffin Show
10Apr1978 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Joseph Bottoms
and James Darren
comics Bill Kirchenbauer
and Thom Sharp
and singer Helen Schneider.
16.148 [3282] Merv Griffin Show
11Apr1978 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Arnold Schwarzenegger
comedian Louis Nye
exercise guru Jack LaLanne
and singer Bobby Goldsboro.
16.149 [3283] Merv Griffin Show
12Apr1978 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
consumer advocate Ralph Nader
journalist Richard Reeves
newspaper columnist Joe Graedon
and author Ralph Charell.
16.150 [3284] Merv Griffin Show
13Apr1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
Steve Allen is the guest host
Guests
entertainer Bob Hope
actresses Jayne Meadows
and Elke Sommer
comedian Jack Carter
and songwriter Elliot Teplitz.
16.151 [3285] Merv Griffin Show
14Apr1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
Steve Allen is the guest host
Guests
comedians Dick Shawn
and Louis Nye
actor Dick Van Patten
singer Eddie Rabbitt
and impressionist comic Bob DiVerde.
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16.152 [3286] Merv Griffin Show
17Apr1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
Joey Bishop is the guest host
Guests
humorist-pianist Victor Borge
TV personality Arlene Francis
comic actor Phil Foster
Dr. Samuel Dunkell expert on sleeping positions
and LeBlanc-Carr Band.
16.153 [3287] Merv Griffin Show
18Apr1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
Joey Bishop is the guest host
Guests
actor Fernando Lamas
Country singer Stella Parton
voice actor Mel Blanc
actor-comedian Skip Stephenson
and entertainer Don Kuchinski.
16.154 [3288] Merv Griffin Show
19Apr1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
Mel Tillis is the guest host
Guests
Billy Carter
actor Robert Guillaume
comic Lonnie Shorr
singer-actress Susan Anton
and knife thrower Larry Cisewski.
16.155 [3289] Merv Griffin Show
20Apr1978 [Courier-News]
Joan Rivers is the guest host
Guests
game show host Peter Marshall
actor Tom Poston
author-feminist Erica Jong
comedian Tom Dreesen
and singer Clint Holmes.
16.156 [3290] Merv Griffin Show
21Apr1978 [The Record]
Joey Bishop is the guest host
Guests
Country singer Charlie Rich
comedian Henny Youngman
matchmaker Clara Lane
Murray Langston the Unknown Comic
magician Steve Dacri
and female funk group Stargard.
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16.157 [3291] Merv Griffin Show
24Apr1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
Joey Bishop is the guest host
Guests
boxer Ken Norton
comedian Jackie Gayle
fast-draw expert Dee Wollem
singers Jack Jones
and Anne Murray.
16.158 [3292] Merv Griffin Show
25Apr1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
Joey Bishop is the guest host
Guests
actor Steven Ford
comedian Pete Barbutti
Dr. Joyce Brothers
comic Stan Kann
and singer-golfer Don Cherry.
16.159 [3293] Merv Griffin Show
26Apr1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
Steve Allen is the guest host.
Guests
TV personality Dick Clark
actor Pat Harrington
singer Helen O'Connell
and pianist Peter Nero.
16.160 [3294] Merv Griffin Show
27Apr1978 [Courier-News]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian George Gobel
humorist Mort Sahl
Country singer Larry Gatlin
and author Durk Pearson.
16.161 [3295] Merv Griffin Show "Magazines"
28Apr1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
journalist-magazine editor Clay Felker co-founder of New York Magazine
feminist-activist Gloria Steinem
TIME magazine journalist Richard Stolley
and Newsweek writer Edward Kosner.
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16.162 [3296] Merv Griffin Show "Models"
01May1978 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
modelling agent Nina Blanchard
models Cristina Ferrare
Rene Russo
Michael Taylor
Gail Kendrick
and Donald McLean Jr.
16.163 [3297] Merv Griffin Show
02May1978 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Loretta Swit
comedienne Hermione Gingold
author Gore Vidal
and singer Peter Allen.
16.164 [3298] Merv Griffin Show
03May1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Joan Hackett
actor Herve Villechaize ("Fantasy Island")
model-actress Marcy Hanson
comedian Jackie Vernon
and singer-actor Robert Clary.
16.165 [3299] Merv Griffin Show Salute to "Smokey and the Bandit"
04May1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Burt Reynolds
actress Sally Field
comedian-actor Dom DeLuise
and singer-actor Jerry Reed.
16.166 [3300] Merv Griffin Show Salute to Irwin Allen's "The Swarm"
05May1978 [rerun 07Jul78] [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Michael Caine
Richard Widmark
Fred MacMurray
and Henry Fonda
actress Katherine Ross
and producer-director Irwin Allen.
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16.167 [3301] Merv Griffin Show
08May1978 [The Record]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor-comedian Bill Cosby
magician Doug Henning
game show host Bert Convy
comedian Steve Landesberg
the musical group Formerly of the Harlettes.
and Harry James and His Band perform "Opus #1".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZ6T_RBNF_w
16.168 [3302] Merv Griffin Show
09May1978 [The Record]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Sergio Franchi
comedian David Brenner
singer Patti Brooks
Skiles & Henderson
knife thrower Larry Cisewski
and Harry James and His Band.
16.169 [3303] Merv Griffin Show
10May1978 [The Record]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Eddy Arnold
mimes Shields & Yarnell
juggler Chris Kermo
impressionist Jim Giovanni
singers Jeannie Thomas
and Dana Valery
and Harry James and His Band.
16.170 [3304] Merv Griffin Show
11May1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-songwriter Mac Davis
comedian-actor Redd Foxx
musician-comedian Pete Barbutti
comic Renaldo Rey
game show host Chuck Woolery
sound effects expert Wes Harrison
singer-actress Millicent Martin
and Harry James and His Band.
16.171 [3305] Merv Griffin Show
12May1978 [The Record]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Mel Torme
comedian Jackie Mason
singer-actress Gloria Loring
Murray Langston the Unknown Comic
balancing act Murillo & Ulises
and Harry James and His Band.
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16.172 [3306] Merv Griffin Show Salute to "The Cheap Detective"
15May1978 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Peter Falk
actress Marsha Mason
writer-director Neil Simon
comedian-actor Dom DeLuise
and singer-songwriter Paul Williams.
16.173 [3307] Merv Griffin Show
16May1978 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor John Ritter
comedienne Hermione Gingold
comedian George Miller
actor Rod Gist
and singer-comedienne June Gable.
16.174 [3308] Merv Griffin Show
17May1978 [rerun 21Dec78] [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
producer-director-writer-actor Orson Welles
and magician Jimmy Grippo.
16.175 [3309] Merv Griffin Show Salute to "Thank God It's Friday"
18May1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Joey Travolta
singer Donna Summer
singer-songwriter Paul Jabara
disco group Love and Kisses
and Brooklyn Dreams.
16.176 [3310] Merv Griffin Show "National Disco Contest Finals"
19May1978 [San Bernardino County Sun]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Casablanca Records founder Neil Bogart
Bill Wardlow of Billboard Magazine
"Dance Fever" host Deney Terrio
disco owner Regine
and The Village People.
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16.177 [3311] Merv Griffin Show
22May1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors McLean Stevenson
and James Brolin
actress Karen Carlson
comics Lonnie Shorr
actress
Rhonda Bates
16.178 [3312] Merv Griffin Show
23May1978 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Tony Curtis of "The Manitou";
actor David Groh of "Rhoda";
comic actor Jerry Van Dyke
and jingle writer-director Joe Brooks talks about
his new film "If Ever I See You Again".
16.179 [3313] Merv Griffin Show
24May1978 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
tennis star Chris Evert
"Cosmopolitan" editor Helen Gurley Brown
Judith Krantz author "Scruples";
and singer Samantha Sang.
16.180 [3314] Merv Griffin Show
25May1978 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Betty White
comedienne Dody Goodman
comic Stan Kann
clown actor Billy Beck
and singer Anthony Newley.
16.181 [3315] Merv Griffin Show
26May1978 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Jacqueline Bisset
impressionist Rich Little
comedienne Kaye Ballard
comedian Tom Dreesen
and Sheik Mohammed Al-Fasil.
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16.182 [3316] Merv Griffin Show "Latest Fashions"
29May1978 [Fort Lauderdale News]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actresses Loretta Swit
Elizabeth Montgomery
Edie Adams
Samantha Egger
Juliet Mills
Zsa Zsa Gabor
and singer Toni Tennille.
[--] A Visit to Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills.
29May1978 6:30pm 1 hr. Special [Times-Advocate]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Vidal Sassoon
Dr. Aldo Gucci
Fred and Gale Hayman
Daniel Ryan
Jerry Magnin
Donald Planter
Xavier Guerrand-Hermes
and John Travis.
16.183 [3317] Merv Griffin Show
30May1978 [Courier-News]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Robert Blake
comedian Don Rickles
singer Ginette Reno
musician Jimmy "Bo" Horne
and K.C. & the Sunshine Band.
16.184 [3318] Merv Griffin Show
31May1978 [Courier-News]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Patrick Duffy
comedian George Carlin
model Douglas McLean Jr.
and singer Crystal Gayle.
16.185 [3319] Merv Griffin Show
01Jun1978 [Times-Advocate]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Nicholas Hammond
actress Bess Armstrong
comedian Norm Crosby
actor Paul Winchell
and Dr. Christiaan Barnard.
16.186 [3320] Merv Griffin Show
02Jun1978 [Times-Advocate]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Jack Carter
musician Oscar Peterson
singer-actress Char Fontane
actors Paul Regina
and Caskey Swaim
and The Village People.
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[--] Merv Griffin Show
05Jun1978 [repeat from 09Jan78]
Susan Margolis, John Dean and Maureen Dean, Rona Barrett, George Plimpton
[--] Merv Griffin Show
06Jun1978 [repeat from 17Jan78]
Omar Sharif, Betty White, Della Reese, Helen Gurley Brown
[--] Merv Griffin Show "Medical Miracles"
07Jun1978 [repeat from 24Aug77]
New Medical Theories in Areas of Longevity, Skin Disease, Acupuncture and
Nutrition.
[--] Merv Griffin Show
08Jun1978 [repeat from 03Nov77]
Eydie Gorme, Steve Lawrence, Totie Fields, Milton Berle
[--] Merv Griffin Show
09Jun1978 [repeat from 20Jan78]
James Michener, Ariel and Will Durant, Irving Stone
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[--] Merv Griffin Show
12Jun1978 [repeat from 26Oct77]
Billy and Sybil Carter, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Michael O'Hara, Vidal and Beverly
Sassoon.
[--] Merv Griffin Show "Famous Parents and Their Offspring"
13Jun1978 [repeat from 11Oct77]
Allan Jones and Jack Jones, Robert Stack and Elizabeth Stack,
Sheila MacRae and Meredith MacRae.
[--] Merv Griffin Show "Adventure"
14Jun1978 [repeat from 11Jan78]
Gordon Cooper, Dr. Jack Wheeler, Dar Robinson, George Willig
[--] Merv Griffin Show
15Jun1978 [repeat from 25Nov77]
Sophia Loren and Burt Reynolds.
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16.187 [3321] Merv Griffin Show
19Jun1978 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Eva Gabor
actor Abe Vigoda
singer-actress Millicent Martin
and The O'Jays.
16.188 [3322] Merv Griffin Show
19Jun1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor George Peppard
actress Nancy Dussault
singer Karen Morrow
impressionist Jim Giovanni
disco group Chic
and Las Floristas Models.
16.189 [3323] Merv Griffin Show
20Jun1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne Hermione Gingold
actress Joanna Cameron
Charles Hix author of "Looking Good - A Guide For Men",
model Matt Collins
exercise guru Richard Simmons
and Aida Thibiant, restaurant owner.
16.190 [3324] Merv Griffin Show
21Jun1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Joseph Bottoms
actress Jill St. John
gossip columnist Rona Barrett
and singer Jane Olivor.
16.191 [3325] Merv Griffin Show
22Jun1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor George Hamilton
comedienne Joan Rivers
comedian Dick Shawn
model-singer-actress Barbi Benton
and the World's tallest woman Sandy Allen.
16.192 [3326] Merv Griffin Show
23Jun1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Milton Berle
actor Herve Villechaize
singer-actress Susan Anton
game show host Allen Ludden
comedian Steve Landesberg
and bird trainer Ray Berwick.
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16.193 [3327] Merv Griffin Show
26Jun1978 [rerun 11Dec78] [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor McLean Stevenson
psychologist-authors Mildred Newman
and Bernard Berkowitz of "How to Be Your Own Best Friend"
Dr. Manuel Smith
Dr. George Weinberg
and Dr. Thomas Tutko.
16.194 [3328] Merv Griffin Show "Married Couples"
27Jun1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Lynda Carter and Ron Samuels
Rossano Brazzi and Lidia Brazzi
Dick Van Patten and Pat Van Patten.
16.195 [3329] Merv Griffin Show
28Jun1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Dick Van Dyke
dancer-actress Ann Miller
author Phyllis Chesler
and author Susan Ford.
16.196 [3330] Merv Griffin Show
29Jun1978 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Ruth Gordon
singers Nana Mouskouri
and Yvonne Elliman
impressionist Frank Welker
and singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III.
15.197 [3331] Merv Griffin Show
30Jun1978 [rerun 08Dec78] [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Ethel Merman
actor Mark Hamill
and journalist William F. Buckley Jr.
========================================
16.198 [3332] Merv Griffin Show
03Jul1978 [rerun 07Dec78] [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actress Millicent Martin
songstress Josephine Premice
actor Don Correia
lyricist Fred Ebb
dance show host Deney Terrio
and Patrick and Wendy Johnson.
16.199 [3333] Merv Griffin Show
04Jul1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Tony Curtis
and Jack Klugman
director Greg MacGillvray
and comic Morty Gunty.
16.200 [3334] Merv Griffin Show
05Jul1978 [Herald-News]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian-actor Orson Bean
writer Nora Ephron
astronomer Dr. Carl Sagan
and pro tennis player Stan Smith
16.201 [3335] Merv Griffin Show
06Jul1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Rob Reiner
Mickey Rooney
and Mickey Rooney Jr.
comic Johnny Yune
and director Charles Haid.
[--] Merv Griffin Show
07Jul1978 [repeat from 05May78]
Michael Caine, Richard Widmark, Katharine Ross,
Fred MacMurray, Henry Fonda, Irwin Allen
========================================
16.202 [3336] Merv Griffin Show
10Jul1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
entertainer Wayne Newton
comedian Shelley Berman
singer Cleo Laine
musician-comedian Pete Barbutti
and bandleader Freddy Martin and His Band.
16.203 [3337] Merv Griffin Show
11Jul1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singers Donny Osmond
Marie Osmond
and Jimmy Osmond
comedian Shecky Greene
dancer Ann Reinking
comedienne Elayne Boosler
Sergio Mendez and Brazil '88
and bandleader Freddy Martin and His Band.
16.204 [3338] Merv Griffin Show
12Jul1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Alan King
actress Juliet Prowse
actor John McCook
dance show host Deney Terrio
comic Johnny Dark
The Village People
and bandleader Freddy Martin and His Band.
16.205 [3339] Merv Griffin Show
13Jul1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
impressionist Rich Little
comedian Kelly Monteith
comic actor Jerry Van Dyke
dancer Don Correia
singing impressionist The Walkers
balancing act The Gladiators
and bandleader Freddy Martin and His Band.
16.206 [3340] Merv Griffin Show
14Jul1978 [Santa Maria Times]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne Totie Fields
singer-songwriter Paul Jabara
comedian David Brenner
singer Edna Lev
Country singer Freddy Fender
songstress Pattie Brooks.
and bandleader Freddy Martin and His Band.
========================================
16.207 [3341] Merv Griffin Show
17Jul1978 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
writer-director Carl Reiner
actress Betty White
comedians Alan Sues
and Ronnie Schell.
16.208 [3342] Merv Griffin Show "Outer Space"
18Jul1978 [rerun 06Dec78] [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
research scientist Durk Pearson
astronaut Col. Gordon Cooper
Dr. Gerard O'Neill
and George Jeffs,
President of Rockwell Corporation's North American Space Division.
16.209 [3343] Merv Griffin Show
19Jul1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Robert Stack
and James Coco
TV personality Henry Morgan
and Bobby Baker former secretary to the Democratic Senate.
16.210 [3344] Merv Griffin Show On Location of "Hooper"
20Jul1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Burt Reynolds
actress Sally Field
actors Jan-Michael Vincent
and Brian Keith
director Hal Needham
comedian Robert Klein
and comic Soupy Sales.
16.211 [3345] Merv Griffin Show
21Jul1978 [Desert Sun]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Ron Howard
and Erik Estrada
comedienne Hermione Gingold
TV commercial actress Joanna Cameron
and Judy Anderson Miss U.S.A.
========================================
16.212 [3346] Merv Griffin Show
24Jul1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
Salute to "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Frankie Howerd
and Sandy Farina
producer Robert Stigwood
singer Peter Frampton
and The Bee Gees.
16.213 [3347] Merv Griffin Show
25Jul1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne Carol Burnett
former CIA chief William Colby
journalist-authors Tom Wicker
and Maxine Cheshire.
16.214 [3348] Merv Griffin Show
26Jul1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
entertainer Bob Hope
cartoonist Ray Nelson
Laurie Nelson, Miss Washington
Mario Aragon
Stanley Martinez
and Dickie Cessna.
16.215 [3349] Merv Griffin Show
27Jul1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Eddie Albert
comedian Soupy Sales
comedienne Marsha Warfield
actor Bo Svenson
and left-handed store owner Lynn Sherkow.
16.216 [3350] Merv Griffin Show
28Jul1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Elliott Gould
and Barry Williams
TV personality Arthur Godfrey
actor Bruce Mahler
author Joyce Catlett
Steve Firestone and Andrew Crammer
discuss their voyage around the world in a master schooner.
========================================
16.217 [3351] Merv Griffin Show
31Jul1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
tennis pro Ilie Nastase
singer-actress Susan Anton
comic Bobby Kelton
actor Bill Daily
and singer Mark Yetter.
16.218 [3352] Merv Griffin Show
01Aug1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Joey Bishop
actress Phyllis Newman
comic Stan Kann
and Country singer Mel Tillis.
16.219 [3353] Merv Griffin Show
02Aug1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Danny Thomas and his wife Rosemary
singer-actor Robert Goulet
comic pianist Dale Gonyea
singer-actor Ted Neeley
and comedienne Marcia Lewis.
16.220 [3354] Merv Griffin Show
03Aug1978 [rerun 05Dec78] [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Anthony Newley
actresses Bernadette Peters
and Madeline Kahn
and comic musician Bruce Mahler.
16.221 [3355] Merv Griffin Show
04Aug1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
bandleader Ray Anthony
actress Pamela Sue Martin
actors Nicholas Hammond of "Spiderman"
and Barry Williams
comic Guy Marks
and The L.A. Rams cheerleaders.
========================================
16.222 [3356] Merv Griffin Show
07Aug1978 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne Totie Fields
internist Dr. Ray Kennamer
orthopedist Dr. Jack Moshein
surgeon Dr. Richard Treiman
and prosthesis designer Keith Vinnecour.
*Note: This program was pre-recorded. Totie Fields had passed away on
02-Aug-1978.
16.223 [3357] Merv Griffin Show
08Aug1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne Lucille Ball
White House reporter Sarah McClendon
photographer John Engstead
film critic Rex Reed
and Country singer Loretta Lynn.
16.224 [3358] Merv Griffin Show
09Aug1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Nick Nolte
actress Barbara Carrera
musical comedy duo Betty Camden
and playwright Adolph Green
comedian Skip Stephenson
and singer-actor Ken Marshall.
16.225 [3359] Merv Griffin Show
10Aug1978 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Dick Van Patten
Dr. Joyce Brothers
Rena LeBlanc author of "Suddenly Rich";
singers Robert Palmer
and Brenda Lee.
16.226 [3360] Merv Griffin Show
11Aug1978 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comic actor Jerry Van Dyke
adventurer Jack Wheeler
comic Ed Bluestone
singers Jerome Stocco
and Stella Parton.
========================================
16.227 [3361] Merv Griffin Show
14Aug1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne Hermione Gingold
producer-director Jon Peters
actress Kaye Ballard
and singer-actor Anson Williams.
16.228 [3362] Merv Griffin Show
15Aug1978 [Fort Lauderdale News]
Tom Smothers guest host
Guests
entertainer Billy Fellows
actress Susan George
Dr. John Lilly author of "The Scientist";
singers Johnny Mathis
and Bonnie Tyler.
16.229 [3363] Merv Griffin Show
16Aug1978 [Fort Lauderdale News]
Anthony Newley is the guest host
Guests
actress Zsa Zsa Gabor
actor Dudley Moore
comic Glenn Super
and singer-actress Marilyn Sokol.
16.230 [3364] Merv Griffin Show
17Aug1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
Tom Smothers is the guest host
Guests
comedian Dick Smothers
comic Johnny Dark
motivational speaker-author Robert Ringer
singer-actress Kim Crosby
and singer Leo Sayer.
16.231 [3365] Merv Griffin Show
18Aug1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Shelley Winters
discotheque owner Regine
restaurateur Patrick Terrail
and Gerald A. Browne author of "11 Harrow House" and "Green Ice".
========================================
16.232 [3366] Merv Griffin Show "Modelling"
21Aug1978 [Fort Lauderdale News]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
modelling agent Nina Blanchard
male model Michael Irving
model-actress Maud Adams
model Susie Coelho
model-actress Erin Gray
and photographer David Young.
16.233 [3367] Merv Griffin Show
22Aug1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Soupy Sales
actor Herv Villechaize
impressionist Jim Giovanni
comedienne Rhonda Bates
and author Adela Rogers St. Johns.
16.234 [3368] Merv Griffin Show
23Aug1978 [Miami Herald]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne Hermione Gingold
comedians Jack Carter
Marty Brill
and Jackie Vernon
and singer Frankie Valli.
16.235 [3369] Merv Griffin Show
24Aug1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne Dody Goodman
actor Arnold Schwarzenegger
comedian Tom Dreesen
actor Charles Frank
and disco group Chic.
16.236 [3370] Merv Griffin Show
25Aug1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Eva Gabor
comic Lonnie Shorr
Roger Owens, the Peanut Man
singer Sarah Vaughan
and Opera singer Richard Fredericks.
========================================
16.237 [3371] Merv Griffin Show
28Aug1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Joey Bishop
singer Rosemary Clooney
musician Walter Egan
Michael Cheliel who has published a map of the locations of celebrity graves,
and 21-year-old Mark Goodman and
his 78-year-old wife, who is also his step-grandmother.
16.238 [3372] Merv Griffin Show
29Aug1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Mickey Rooney
comic actor Jerry Van Dyke
comedian Alan Sues
and Dr. Zev Wanderer.
16.239 [3373] Merv Griffin Show
30Aug1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Robert Klein
actress Betty White
actress Tippi Hedren
and her husband producer Noel Marshall
and singer Kay Starr
16.240 [3374] Merv Griffin Show
31Aug1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Steve Martin
Italian actress Marilu Tolo
beauty expert Adrian Arpel
singers Marilyn McCoo
and Billy Davis Jr.
16.241 [3375] Merv Griffin Show
01Sep1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Cheryl Ladd
actor Dirk Benedict
actress Katherine Helmond
and Country singer Roger Miller.
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