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Season 17 (Metromedia Syndication)(1978-79)
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.
17.01 [3376] Merv Griffin Show
04Sep1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
author of a biography of Alabama Judge Frank M. Johnson;
feminist-activist Gloria Steinem
and lawyer Vincent Bugliosi author of "Helter Skelter".
17.02 [3377] Merv Griffin Show
05Sep1978 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Jack Klugman
actress JoAnna Cameron
director Roger Vadim
and fashion designer Halston with a fashion show.
17.03 [3378] Merv Griffin Show
06Sep1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor-musician Bobby Troup
comedian Jackie Vernon
songwriter Sammy Cahn
Manhattan Transfer
and The Graduates.
17.04 [3379] Merv Griffin Show
07Sep1978 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Country singer Mel Tillis
"Cosmopolitan" editor Helen Gurley Brown
Jane Howard author of "Families";
Dr. Harold Voth author of "The Castrated Family";
and singer Anne Murray.
17.05 [3380] Merv Griffin Show
08Sep1978 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Dudley Moore
actresses Jane Seymour
and Lynn Redgrave
comedienne Hermione Gingold
entertainer Clive Revill
and singer Shani Wallis.
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17.06 [3381] Merv Griffin Show
11Sep1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Country singer Roy Clark
actor Gavin McLeod
comedian Pete Barbutti
dance show host Deney Terrio
juggler Kris Kremo
Elvis Presley impersonators Johnny Harra and Morris.
and Lido De Paris Show.
17.07 [3382] Merv Griffin Show
12Sep1978 [The Record]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian-actor Bill Cosby
dancer-singer-actor Gene Kelly
comics Jay Leno
and Freddie Sales
singers Sonny King
and Barbara Fairchild
and Susie Creamcheese Fashion Show.
17.08 [3383] Merv Griffin Show
13Sep1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin0
Guests
comedienne Joan Rivers
game show host Bert Convy
entertainer Billy Fellows
singer Teddy Neely
comic David Saye
weight lifting champion Alexeev
and Moore's Mongrel Revue.
17.09 [3384] Merv Griffin Show
14Sep1978 [The Record]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-dancer Chita Rivera
comedienne Kaye Ballard
comedians Rip Taylor
and Foster Brooks
Michele and Scott Heyden
and A Taste of Honey.
17.10 [3385] Merv Griffin Show
15Sep1978 [The Record]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Shecky Greene
actress Andrea McArdle
singer-dancer Lola Falana
the Amazing Kreskin
British comedian Ray Fell
The Rosetti's
and singer Nick Gilder sings "Hot Child in the City".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKFHVOgN_D8
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17.11 [3386] Merv Griffin Show
18Sep1978 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor McLean Stevenson
actresses Marilu Tolo
and Heidi Bruhl
singers Burton Cummings
and Frankie Laine.
17.12 [3387] Merv Griffin Show
19Sep1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor James Franciscus
comedian Charles Nelson Reilly
exercise guru Richard Simmons
musician Jean-Luc Ponty
and singer Karen Morrow.
17.13 [3388] Merv Griffin Show
20Sep1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Dick Shawn
singer-actress Susan Anton
dance show host Deney Terrio
and K.C. and the Sunshine Band.
17.14 [3389] Merv Griffin Show
21Sep1978 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Angie Dickinson
actor Steve Kanaly
soprano Renata Scotto
and singer Helen Schneider.
17.15 [3390] Merv Griffin Show "New Series Faces"
22Sep1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actresses Jane Seymour
Deborah Klinger
Priscilla Barnes
Pat Klous
and Loni Anderson.
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17.16 [3391] Merv Griffin Show "Couples"
25Sep1978 [Courier-News]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Roy Rogers and Dale Evans
Cleo Laine and John Dankworth
Jack Sheldon and Karen Holt.
and Melina Mercouri and Jules Dassin.
17.17 [3392] Merv Griffin Show "US Magazine Awards"
26Sep1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Porter Bibb, US magazine publisher
Farrah Fawcett, female personality of the year
Chevy Chase, male personality of the year
Aretha Franklin, music personality of the year.
actor Gary Busey
and manager Jay Bernstein.
17.18 [3393] Merv Griffin Show
27Sep1978 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor-writer-director Orson Welles
singer-actor Joey Travolta
and author-photographer Laddie Marshak.
17.19 [3394] Merv Griffin Show
28Sep1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
Dick Van Patten is the guest host
Guests
singer-actress Florence Henderson
actor Adam Rich
comedian Jack Carter
screenwriter Bernard Slade
and Dick's wife Patty Van Patten.
17.20 [3395] Merv Griffin Show
29Sep1978 [Courier-News]
Joey Bishop is the guest host
Guests
comedienne Rose Marie
actress Maren Jensen
comic Kip Adotta
singers Thom Bresh
and Lori Lieberman.
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17.21 [3396] Merv Griffin Show
02Oct1978 [Daily Record]
Joey Bishop is the guest host
Guests
actor Fernando Lamas
actress Adrienne Barbeau
columnist Abigail Van Buren
magician Harry Blackstone Jr.
and musical group Foxy perform "Get Off".
17.22 [3397] Merv Griffin Show
03Oct1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
Betty White is the guest host
Guests
game show host Peter Marshall
comedienne Dody Goodman
actress Rue McClanahan
Dr. Joyce Brothers
and butcher Leon Lobel.
17.23 [3398] Merv Griffin Show
04Oct1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
Mel Tillis is the guest host
Guests
actress Jacqueline Bisset
singer-actress Rita Moreno
sportsman-author Grits Gresham
comic Steve Bluestein
and magician Steve Dacri.
17.24 [3399] Merv Griffin Show
05Oct1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
musician Lionel Hampton
singer-songwriter Paul Jabara
singer Patti Brooks
actor Bruce Mahler
comedienne Elayne Boosler
and The Commodores perform "Brick House".
17.25 [3400] Merv Griffin Show
06Oct1978 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
TV personality Dick Clark
actress Linda Lavin
comedian George Gobel
writer Kathy Cronkite
and Olympic gymnast Kurt Thomas.
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17.26 [3401] Merv Griffin Show
09Oct1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
entertainer Sammy Davis Jr.
comedian Sid Caesar
actress Sandy Duncan
comic London Lee
magician Dale Salwak
and Les Brown and His Band of Renown.
17.27 [3402] Merv Griffin Show
10Oct1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actor Robert Goulet
comedienne Kaye Ballard
singer-actress Susan Anton
tennis star Jimmy Connors
The Sylvers
and Les Brown and His Band of Renown.
17.28 [3403] Merv Griffin Show
11Oct1978 [Desert Sun]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-dancer-actor Ben Vereen
singer-actress Eartha Kitt
comic Ken Byrd
"Dance Fever" host Deney Terrio
singer Yvonne Elliman
and Les Brown and His Band of Renown.
17.29 [3404] Merv Griffin Show
12Oct1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
magician David Copperfield
comedian Fred Willard
singers Sergio Franchi
and Anne Murray
The Las Vegas Dancers
and Les Brown and His Band of Renown.
17.30 [3405] Merv Griffin Show
13Oct1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Danny Thomas
actress Rita Moreno
comic Lonnie Shorr
disco drag performer Sylvester
and Les Brown and His Band of Renown.
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17.31 [3406] Merv Griffin Show
16Oct1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Opera singer Robert Merrill
comedienne Hermione Gingold
actor Charles Frank
and Fran Lebowitz author of "Metropolitan Life".
17.32 [3407] Merv Griffin Show
17Oct1978 [Daily Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Raymond Burr
and Perry King
singer-songwriter Carole Bayer Sager
and publicist R. Couri Hay.
17.33 [3408] Merv Griffin Show
18Oct1978 [Daily Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actress Della Reese
comedian Dick Shawn
actors Steven Ford
and Steve Guttenberg
and singer Ann Marie Blake.
17.34 [3409] Merv Griffin Show
19Oct1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Caesar's Palace Major League Rodeo from Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
entertainer Wayne Newton
singers Bobby Goldsboro
and Eddie Rabbitt
Rex Allen Jr. and His Country Travelers band who perform "With Love".
and Major-league team Rodeo competition,
with commentators Steven Ford and Bob Tallman.
17.35 [3410] Merv Griffin Show
20Oct1978 [Lompoc Record]
From Caesar's Palace Major League Rodeo from Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Major-league team Rodeo competition,
with commentators Steven Ford and Bob Tallman.
Other guests are entertainer Wayne Newton, singers Bobby Goldsboro
steer wrestling and bull riding will be included.
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17.36 [3411] Merv Griffin Show
23Oct1978 [Daily Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actresses Susan Saint James
and Joan Fontaine
author Maya Angelou
tennis champion Virginia Wade
and singer Sylvia Syms.
17.37 [3412] Merv Griffin Show
24Oct1978 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Alan King
actor Erik Estrada
comic actor Jerry Van Dyke
game show host Art Fleming
and singer Evelyn "Champagne" King.
17.38 [3413] Merv Griffin Show
25Oct1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singers Vic Damone
and Melba Moore
Maynard Ferguson and His Band
entertainer Guy Marks
and Arthur Murray Dancers.
17.39 [3414] Merv Griffin Show
26Oct1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Peter Ustinov
comedienne Joan Rivers
actors Herve Villechaize of "Fantasy Island"
and Larry Breeding of "Who's Watching the Kids?".
17.40 [3415] Merv Griffin Show "An Evening of Authors"
27Oct1978 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
newscaster Paul Harvey
author of "The Rest of the Story";
Ron Nessen, former secretary to President Ford
author of "It Sure Looks Different From the Inside";
former FBI Special Agent William W. Turner
author of "The Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy";
and William Manchester
author of "American Caesar".
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17.41 [3416] Merv Griffin Show
30Oct1978 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Mike Connors
comedienne Dody Goodman
consumer advocate Ralph Nader
Emil Draitser author of "Forbidden Laughter";
and singer Bob McGilpin.
17.42 [3417] Merv Griffin Show
31Oct1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Tim Matheson
and Steve Shortridge
comedian-actor Charlie Hill
singer-songwriter Patrick Juvet
and folk musician John McEuen.
17.43 [3418] Merv Griffin Show
01Nov1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Burt Reynolds
actress Loni Anderson
actor Tony Danza
film critic Harry Medved
and singer Patti Brooks.
17.44 [3419] Merv Griffin Show
02Nov1978 [Valley News]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Jane Seymour
singer Bobby Vinton
actors Joseph Bottoms
and Bruce Boxleitner
musician Conrad Bell
and men's fur fashions.
17.45 [3420] Merv Griffin Show
03Nov1978 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Jane Fonda
actors Robert Morley
and Richard Harris
and saxophonist John Klemmer.
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17.46 [3421] Merv Griffin Show
06Nov1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actor David Soul
impersonator Jim Bailey
comedians Charlie Callas
and Shecky Greene
the Lido Showgirls
and Sparky with Sgt. Dupont.
17.47 [3422] Merv Griffin Show
07Nov1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Lillian Carter, President's mother
Country singer Loretta Lynn
singer-songwriter Paul Williams
entertainer Andy Williams
and the Argentinian Gauchos.
17.48 [3423] Merv Griffin Show
08Nov1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Bill Cosby
comedienne Elayne Boosler
Goldfinger and Dove
singer Vikki Carr
stage performer Andrea McArdle who sings "Tomorrow";
and elephant act Baby Dondi and Co.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCV7MbTtjAY
17.49 [3424] Merv Griffin Show
09Nov1978 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Gregory Peck
and Harrison Ford
actress Bianca Jagger
and the Texas Cowgirls.
17.50 [3425] Merv Griffin Show
10Nov1978 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Alan Alda
actresses Joyce DeWitt
and Lorrie Mahaffey
musician Mike Silverman
and Bruce Winnerstrom.
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17.51 [3426] Merv Griffin Show
13Nov1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
From New York
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Ethel Merman
actresses Alexis Smith
and Shelley Winters
actor Yul Brynner
Mayor Ed Koch
baseball player Bucky Dent
singer-dancer Lisa Mordante
Richard Cox and Fran Lee
and cast members of the musical "Platinum"
17.52 [3427] Merv Griffin Show
14Nov1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
From New York.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
news anchors Tom Brokaw
and Jane Pauley
political journalist Theodore H. White
William Manchester author of "American Caesar";
Arthur Schlesinger Jr. author of "Robert Kennedy and His Times"
and singing group Odyssey perform "Native New Yorker".
17.53 [3428] Merv Griffin Show
15Nov1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
From New York.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
talk show host Dick Cavett
Opera star Beverly Sills
singer-actress Madeline Kahn
journalist-author Jimmy Breslin
and Fran Lebowitz author of "Metropolitan Life".
17.54 [3429] Merv Griffin Show
16Nov1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
From New York.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
baseball star Reggie Jackson
actor Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
actor Barnard Hughes of "Da"
singer Lorna Luft
musician Benny Goodman
and mimes Pilar Garcia and James Greiner.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jqlxjH4zDs
17.55 [3430] Merv Griffin Show
17Nov1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
From New York.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-dancer-actor Joel Grey
actress Phyllis Newman
comic duo Bob and Ray
singer Grace Jones
Disco Sally a 78-year-old dancer
and the cast of "Ain't Misbehavin'".
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17.56 [3431] Merv Griffin Show
20Nov1978 [Daily Register]
From New York.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comic brothers Tom and Dick Smothers
comedian Kelly Monteith
journalist-author Jimmy Breslin
disco singer Sylvester
and Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
17.57 [3432] Merv Griffin Show
21Nov1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
From New York.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Henry Fonda
R&B singer Lou Rawls
ragtime pianist Eubie Blake
Broadway performers Lynnie Godfrey and Maurice Hines of "Eubie"
singer-actress Millicent Martin performs "King of Hearts";
singer Judy Kaye
Imogene Coca and John Cullum of "On the Twentieth Century"
and dancers from "Best Little Whorehouse in Texas".
17.58 [3433] Merv Griffin Show
22Nov1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
From New York.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Town & Country magazine fashion director Mary Louise Ramsdell
designers Geoffrey Beane
Albert Capraro
Charles Suppen
Mary McFadden
and John Anthony
models Cristina Ferrare
and Beverly Johnson
and beauty expert Luciana Avedon.
The most elaborate fashion show ever on TV.
Staged by Town & Country magazine
with 30 mannequins and the nation's top couturiers.
17.59 [3434] Merv Griffin Show
23Nov1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
From New York.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Cicely Tyson
entertainer Marilyn Sokol
gymnast Torrance York
financial experts Sylvia Porter
and Andy Tobias
and the cast of Beatlemania.
17.60 [3435] Merv Griffin Show
24Nov1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
From New York.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Jack Lemmon
TV personality Barbara Walters
actress Shelly Bruce of Broadway's "Annie"
humorist Art Buchwald
and Metropolitan Opera star Renata Scotto.
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17.61 [3436] Merv Griffin Show
27Nov1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Natalie Wood,
author-director Elia Kazan
comedian Ronnie Schell
actor James Stephens
and singer Donna Theodore.
17.62 [3437] Merv Griffin Show
28Nov1978 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
legendary actress Bette Davis
actor Robert Wagner
actress Ursula Andress
and singer Lori Lieberman.
17.63 [3438] Merv Griffin Show
29Nov1978 [rerun 04Jun79] [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actress Shirley Jones
actors Michael Caine
Telly Savalas
Jack Warden
and Mark Harmon
and producer Irwin Allen.
17.64 [3439] Merv Griffin Show
30Nov1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
entertainer Bob Hope
actor Charlton Heston
and comedian Don Rickles.
17.65 [3440] Merv Griffin Show
01Dec1978 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Olympic medalist Bruce Jenner
and his wife Chrystie Jenner
body builder Tony Pearson
fitness guru Richard Simmons
Sidney Filson author of "Nightwalker";
and the Harlem Globetrotters.
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[--] Merv Griffin Show
04Dec1978 [repeat from 11May78]
From Las Vegas Mac Davis, Mickey Finn, Della Reese, Eva Gabor,
Pete Barbutti, Kris Kremo.
[--] Merv Griffin Show
05Dec1978 [repeat from 03Aug78]
Anthony Newley, Bernadette Peters, Madeline Kahn (R)
[--] Merv Griffin Show
06Dec1978 [repeat from 18Jul78]
From Outer Space.
Gordon Cooper, Gerard K. O'Neill, and Durk Pearson (R)
[--] Merv Griffin Show
07Dec1978 [repeat from 03Jul78]
Millicent Martin, Josephine Premice, Don Correia, Deney Terrio (R)
[--] Merv Griffin Show
08Dec1978 [repeat from 30Jun78]
Ethel Merman, Mark Hamill, William F. Buckley Jr. (R)
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[--] Merv Griffin Show
11Dec1978 [repeat from 26Jun78]
McLean Stevenson, Dr. Manuel Smith, Dr. George Weinberg
[--] Merv Griffin Show
12Dec1978 [repeat from 01Mar78]
Jack Paar, Hugh Downs (R)
[--] Merv Griffin Show
13Dec1978 [repeat from 21Mar78]
Tony Bennett, Sarah Vaughan, Bernadette Peters, Karen Morrow and Pete Barbutti
(R)
17.66 [3441] Merv Griffin Show
14Dec1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Henry Winkler
singer Andy Williams
actress Polly Bergen
Chef Julia Child
and the cast from the L.A. production of "Annie".
17.67 [3442] Merv Griffin Show
15Dec1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
dancers Arthur and Kathryn Murray
writer Gail Palmer
journalist William Buckley Jr.
and singer John Davidson.
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[--] Merv Griffin Show "Fashion Models"
18Dec1978 [repeat from 06Mar78]
Top Models, Barbara Carrera, Cheryl Tiegs, Matt Collins, John McMurray (R)
17.68 [3443] Merv Griffin Show
19Dec1978 [Fort Lauderdale News]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor James Mason
actress Marilu Tolo
comic Lonnie Shorr
actor-bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger
and TV personality Hugh Downs.
17.69 [3444] Merv Griffin Show
20Dec1978 [Santa Maria Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedians Redd Foxx
and Johnny Dark
singers Tommy Roe
Marlene Ricci
and Sergio Franchi
and Bob Berosini with orangutan Clyde.
[--] Merv Griffin Show
21Dec1978 [repeat from 17May78]
Orson Welles, Jimmy Grippo
[--] Merv Griffin Show
22Dec1978 [repeat from 24Mar78]
From Las Vegas. Milton Berle, Joey Bishop, Andy Gibb, Chita Rivera
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17.70 [3445] Merv Griffin Show
25Dec1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Leonard Nimoy
Tony Danza
and Richard Hatch
comedian Charlie Callas
Skier Yuichiro Miura
Olympic sprinter Michael Johnson
John Kenneth Galbraith and Nicole Salinger
authors of "Almost Everyone's Guide to Economics";
and butcher Merle Ellis.
17.71 [3446] Merv Griffin Show
26Dec1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Anthony Quinn
actresses Dolores Del Rio
and Lupita Ferrer
and film producer Hal Bartlett.
17.72 [3447] Merv Griffin Show
27Dec1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedians Buddy Hackett
and Martin Mull
actress Marilu Tolo
and historian A.L. Rowse.
17.73 [3448] Merv Griffin Show
28Dec1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Wayne Rogers
Robby Benson
and Desi Arnaz Jr.
actress Persis Khambatta
and Irving Wallace author of "The Word".
17.74 [3449] Merv Griffin Show
29Dec1978 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Carroll O'Connor
director Josh Logan
comedian-actor Steve Guttenberg
and musician Bob Thomas.
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17.75 [3450] Merv Griffin Show
01Jan1979 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actress Bernadette Peters
actor Robert Urich
stand-up comedian Charlie Hill
baseball player Steve Garvey
and his wife Cyndy
and psychologist William Wallster author of "A New Look at Love".
17.76 [3451] Merv Griffin Show
02Jan1979 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Dirk Benedict
comedians Robert Klein
and Wil Shriner
comedienne Rhonda Bates
singer Kiki Dee
and Ronald F. Patrick.
17.77 [3452] Merv Griffin Show
03Jan1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne Betty White
actress Pam Dawber
comic actor Jerry Van Dyke
comedian David Letterman
and interviewer R. Couri Hay.
17.78 [3453] Merv Griffin Show
04Jan1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne Phyllis Diller
actress Liz Torres
disco group Deney Terrio and Motion
disco star Grace Jones
and The Village People perform "Rock and Roll is Back Again".
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=574475740668748
17.79 [3454] Merv Griffin Show
05Jan1979 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian-actor Orson Bean
actress Barbara Carrera
guitarist Leo Kottke
Metropolitan Museum of Art curator Thomas Hoving
and singer-actress Gloria Loring.
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17.80 [3455] Merv Griffin Show
08Jan1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Dick Van Patten
actress Marisa Berenson
actor Peter Crabbe
lawyer F. Lee Bailey
criminal expert Charles Silberman
and R&B Funk band Switch.
17.81 [3456] Merv Griffin Show
09Jan1979 [Times-Advocate]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
humorist-pianist Victor Borge
actress Lindsay Wagner
film producer Ron Samuels
Stephen Birmingham author of "The Golden Dream: Suburbia in the 1970s";
and singer Samantha Sang.
17.82 [3457] Merv Griffin Show "Forecast for 1979"
10Jan1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
astrologers Joan Quigley
and Sydney Omarr
and psychics Kebrina Kincade
and Tamara Rand.
17.83 [3458] Merv Griffin Show
11Jan1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Wayne Rogers
comedian Denny Johnston
singer-actress Pia Zadora
actress Shelley Hack
and singer Eric Carmen.
17.84 [3459] Merv Griffin Show
12Jan1979 [Daily Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Country singer Glen Campbell
voice actor Frank Welker
actress Florinda Bolkan
Ruth Batchelor of the Film Critics Association
and The Lennon Sisters.
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17.85 [3460] Merv Griffin Show
15Jan1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedians Jack Carter
and Soupy Sales
actor Vincent Van Patten
actress Liz Torres
ballet dancer Anne Ditchburn
and singer-actress Susan Anton.
17.86 [3461] Merv Griffin Show
16Jan1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Zsa Zsa Gabor
martial arts expert Joe Lewis
comedian George Miller
philanthropist Percy Ross
and singer Ann-Marie Blake.
17.87 [3462] Merv Griffin Show
17Jan1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
TV personality Virginia Graham
actor Josh Taylor
Candy Loving, Playboy Playmate of the Month (Jan '79);
sportswriter Vic Ziegel
comic Stan Kann
and folksinger Livingston Taylor.
17.88 [3463] Merv Griffin Show
18Jan1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actor Robert Goulet
actress Ann Turkel
actor Guich Koock
Tristan Jones author of "Saga of a Wayward Sailor";
and Country musician Gary Mule Deer.
17.89 [3464] Merv Griffin Show
19Jan1979 [Los Angeles Times]
"Los Angeles Drama Critics Awards"
For the 10 top films and actors and actresses.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
film critic Ruth Batchelor
actresses Jane Fonda
Lee Grant
and Dyan Cannon
actors Richard Dreyfuss
and Jon Voight and others.
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17.90 [3465] Merv Griffin Show
22Jan1979 [rerun 11Jun79] [Modesto Bee]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Pat O'Brien
and William Demarest
actress Estelle Winwood
author Adela Rogers St. Johns.
novelist-poet Robert Nathan
and singer-actress Gracie Fields.
17.91 [3466] Merv Griffin Show
23Jan1979 [Daily News]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
game show host Bert Convy
actress Laurette Spang
impressionists/singers Roger and Roger
singer Betty Wright
and the Bay City Rollers.
Video Disc Demo and Home Computer Demo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YRHouO6dcc&t=68s
17.92 [3467] Merv Griffin Show
24Jan1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Michael Caine
actress Barbara Bach
Opera star Robert Merrill
astronomer Robert Jastrow
and singer Sara Dash.
17.93 [3468] Merv Griffin Show
25Jan1979 [Modesto Bee]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Hal Linden
and Erik Estrada
actress Hermione Baddeley
comedian Ronnie Schell
and Lietenant Governor of California, Mike Curb.
17.94 [3469] Merv Griffin Show
26Jan1979 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Elizabeth Ashley
comedian Richard Pryor
singer-actress Eartha Kitt
actress Marilu Tolo
and etiquette expert Letitia Baldridge.
==================================
17.95 [3470] Merv Griffin Show
29Jan1979 [rerun 05Jun79] [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Patrick Duffy
actress Connie Sellecca
comedians Fred Willard
and Gallagher
and singer Engelbert Humperdinck.
17.96 [3471] Merv Griffin Show
30Jan1979 [Herald-News]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Research scientist Durk Pearson
scientist John C. Lilly
and UFO research scientist Stanton E. Friedman.
Research into old age, communication with dolphins
and UFO's is discussed by scientists.
17.97 [3472] Merv Griffin Show
31Jan1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Tony Danza
and McLean Stevenson
psychologist Dr. Cleo Dawson
water-ski champion Wayne Grimditch
and disco singer Patrick Juvet.
17.98 [3473] Merv Griffin Show
01Feb1979 [Modesto Bee]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actresses Cloris Leachman
and Loni Anderson
comedienne Ruth Buzzi
psychologist Dr. Roger L. Gould author of "Transformations";
and singer Carlene Carter.
17.99 [3474] Merv Griffin Show
02Feb1979 [Daily Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor-director Orson Welles
actor Robert Blake
and singing duo Peaches and Herb.
==================================
17.100 [3475] Merv Griffin Show
05Feb1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Christopher Reeve
actress Angie Dickinson
comedian George Carlin
and singer Steve Lawrence.
17.101 [3476] Merv Griffin Show
06Feb1979 [Courier-News]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Bruce Dern
and Dudley Moore
singer-actress Andrea McArdle sings "Tomorrow"
film historian Robert Osborne
and The Arthur Murray Dancers.
https://annieorphans.com/video/andrea-mcardle-on-merv-griffin
17.102 [3477] Merv Griffin Show "Salute to Columbia Pictures." (Pt. 1 of 3)
07Feb1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Dustin Hoffman
Harrison Ford
Hal Linden
Justin Henry
Patricia Anne Patts
Keene Curtis
the Orphans from "Annie";
and singer Donna Summer.
*Note: Columbia Pictures 75th Anniversary.
17.103 [3478] Merv Griffin Show "Salute to Columbia Pictures." (Pt. 2 of 3)
08Feb1979 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian-actor George Burns
director Frank Capra
actors George Segal
and Robby Benson
actress Lynn-Holly Johnson
singer Melissa Manchester
and composer Marvin Hamlisch.
17.104 [3479] Merv Griffin Show "Salute to Columbia Pictures." (Pt. 3 of 3)
09Feb1979 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Jack Lemmon
and Michael Caine
actress Jacqueline Bisset
and comedian-actor Gabriel Kaplan.
==================================
17.105 [3480] Merv Griffin Show
12Feb1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Eva Gabor
actor Ed Asner
actress Leslie Caron
lyricist Alan Jay Lerner
and singer Joyce Everson.
17.106 [3481] Merv Griffin Show
13Feb1979 [Fort Lauderdale News]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Mel Tormé
drummer Buddy Rich
actor Barry Bostwick
comedian Charlie Hill
Dr. Joyce Brothers
and disco group Chic perform "Le Freak" and "I Want Your Love".
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2p1txn
17.107 [3482] Merv Griffin Show "Dream Houses"
14Feb1979 [The Signal]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
real estate publicist Bruce Wennerstorm
interior designer Phyllis Morris
Architectural Digest editor Paige Rense
rental agent Claire Packman
real estate agents Marty Trugman
and Larry McDonald.
17.108 [3483] Merv Griffin Show "Sports Heroes"
15Feb1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
basketball player Julius Erving
football player Fred Dryer
baseball players Steve Garvey
and Bucky Dent
tennis player Tracy Austin
and baseball pitcher Tommy John.
17.109 [3484] Merv Griffin Show
16Feb1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
playwright Neil Simon
actress Lucie Arnaz
comedian Robert Klein
composer Marvin Hamlisch
and singer-songwriter Carole Bayer Sager,
who did the score for Neil Simon's "They're Playing Our Song".
==================================
17.110 [3485] Merv Griffin Show
19Feb1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Shecky Greene
singer Lorna Luft
dancer Deney Terrio
comic Guy Marks
singing impressionist Bob Anderson
and the Lido de Paris Show Girls.
Highlights:
Lorna sings "A Foggy Day (In London Town)" & "Native New Yorker"
17.111 [3486] Merv Griffin Show
20Feb1979 [rerun 12Jun79] [Daily Record]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singers Rosemary Clooney
Helen O'Connell
and Margaret Whiting
actor Rick Moses
comedian David Brenner
comedienne Rose Marie
comic Rip Taylor
and Mr. Sound Effects Wes Harrison.
17.112 [3487] Merv Griffin Show
21Feb1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Milton Berle
actor Robert Urich
singer-actress Eartha Kitt
comic heckler Irving Benson
puppeteer Barclay Shaw
comic Charlie Hill
and singer-songwriter Neil Sedaka.
17.113 [3488] Merv Griffin Show
22Feb1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actress Cher
her mother Georgia Holt
her sister Georganne La Pierre
her daughter Chastity Bono
and her son Elijah Blue Allman
and The Hudson Brothers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEjoA-qfeW4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJ02GgT3-u8
17.114 [3489] Merv Griffin Show
23Feb1979 [The Record]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comic actor Gabriel Kaplan
comedian Pete Barbutti
actor John Adair
Country singer Freddy Fender
Disco singer Grace Jones
acrobat team Hiabushi Brothers
and Berosini's Orangutans.
==================================
17.115 [3490] Merv Griffin Show
26Feb1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Charlie Callas
Pittsburgh Steeler Lynn Swann
singer Tasha Thomas
Carlton Fredericks author of "Psycho Nutrition"
and the Arthur Murray Dancers.
17.116 [3491] Merv Griffin Show
27Feb1979 [Daily Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor-director Orson Welles
writer Gore Vidal
and John Le Boutillier author of "Harvard Hates America".
17.117 [3492] Merv Griffin Show
28Feb1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Country singer Larry Gatlin
songwriters Barry Mann
and Cynthia Weil
lyricists Alan and Marilyn Bergman
and folksinger Judy Collins.
17.118 [3493] Merv Griffin Show
01Mar1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Gloria Swanson
"Dallas" stars Larry Hagman and Patrick Duffy
comic actor Ted Knight
actor Charles Frank of "The Chisholms";
former rodeo champion Larry Mahan
and fashion consultant Chip Talbot.
17.119 [3494] Merv Griffin Show
02Mar1979 [Argus-Courier]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Herve Villechaize
comedian Jack Carter
ventriloquist Senor Wences
Country singer Tammy Wynette
disco singer Yvonne Elliman
singing group The Raes
the Lido de Paris Showgirls
and members of the Nevada Dance Theater.
==================================
17.120 [3495] Merv Griffin Show
05Mar1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actress Florence Henderson
comedian-actors Charles Grodin
and Steve Landesberg
actors Rick Moses
and Paul L. Smith.
17.121 [3496] Merv Griffin Show "Fashion and Photography"
06Mar1979 [rerun 17Aug79] [Miami Herald]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
modelling agent Nina Blanchard
model-actress Shelley Smith
model Eva Voorhees
male models Michael Edwards
and Bob Pittard
and Paolo Frediani.
17.122 [3497] Merv Griffin Show
07Mar1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Linda Lavin
comedienne Dody Goodman
comedian David Letterman
actress-author Toni Tucci
and actor Robert Logan.
17.123 [3498] Merv Griffin Show
08Mar1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actress Connie Stevens
actors Marjoe Gortner
Reb Brown
and Gregory Harrison
and voice actor Frank Welker.
17.124 [3499] Merv Griffin Show
09Mar1979 [Miami Herald]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Fernando Lamas
and his son actor Lorenzo Lamas
dancer-actress Ann Miller
actresses Diana Dors
Lesley-Anne Down
and Stockard Channing.
==================================
17.125 [3500] Merv Griffin Show
12Mar1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Vincent Price
comic talk show host Joey Bishop
Country singer Loretta Lynn
comedian Denny Johnston
and Mr. Universe 1978 Mike Mentzer.
17.126 [3501] Merv Griffin Show
13Mar1979 [Miami Herald]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Natalie Wood
actors Tom Wopat
and John Schneider
comedian Jay Leno
singer-actress Carole Cook
and Joyce Rebeta-Burditt author of "The Cracker Factory".
17.127 [3502] Merv Griffin Show "Self-Made Millionaires"
14Mar1979 [rerun 14Dec79] [Miami Herald]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Sir Freddie Laker
philanthropist Percy Ross
popcorn magnate Orville Redenbacher
real estate developer Fred C. Sands
and inventor-businessman Anastasios Kyriakides.
17.128 [3503] Merv Griffin Show
15Mar1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
First Lady Betty Ford
actors Peter Strauss
and Christopher Plummer
and psychic Kathlyn Rhea.
[--] Merv Griffin Show "The China Syndrome"
16Mar1979 [postponed to 30Apr79]
Jane Fonda, Michael Douglas, Jack Lemmon and James Bridges.
==================================
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17.129* [3504] Merv Griffin Show
19Mar1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin0
Guests
singers Natalie Cole
and Isaac Hayes
comedians David Brenner
and Norm Crosby
pianist Walt Wagner
the Lido Showgirls
and Mess A Mutts.
17.130 [3505] Merv Griffin Show
20Mar1979 [Lompoc Record]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Bobby Vinton
Country singer Johnny Paycheck
comedian Kelly Monteith
pianist Walt Wagner
Israeli singer Edna Lev
Berosini's Orangutans
and the Nevada Dance Theatre.
17.131 [3506] Merv Griffin Show
21Mar1979 [rerun 13Jun79] [Lompoc Record]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Shecky Greene
Jazz singer Joe Williams
comic Johnny Dark
songstress Jacqueline Douquet
Siegfried and Roy
disco dancers Mishkin and Bonacci
and the Lido de Paris Showgirls.
17.132 [3507] Merv Griffin Show
22Mar1979 [rerun 14Jun79] [San Francisco Examiner]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Bill Cosby
dancer-singer Lola Falana
dance showhost Deney Terrio
Barnstable Twins (Cyb and Trish)
comic Georgie Tate
escape artist Chris Chalen
and ventriloquist Gary Larimore and Delaware.
17.133 [3508] Merv Griffin Show
23Mar1979 [rerun 08Jun79] [Sacramento Bee]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actress Rita Moreno
impressionist Rich Little
tenor Sergio Franchi
and his sister singer Dana Valery
Globetrotter Meadowlark Lemon
and ragtime pianist Big Tiny Little.
==================================
17.134 [3509] Merv Griffin Show
26Mar1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
TV personality Virginia Graham
actor Steve Guttenberg
comic Lonnie Shorr
exercise guru Richard Simmons
and R&B group Gary's Gang.
17.135 [3510] Merv Griffin Show
27Mar1979 [Lompoc Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne Phyllis Diller
actress Kaye Ballard
comic actor Jerry Van Dyke
actor Chris Lemmon
and flutist Herbie Mann.
17.136 [3511] Merv Griffin Show
28Mar1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
"4th Annual Ladies' Home Journal Star Dazzle Awards"
Host Merv Griffin
with editor Lenore Hershey
guests are
actresses Lynda Carter
Jaclyn Smith
Suzanne Sommers
and Lauren Hutton
with a Simplicity Patterns Fashion Show.
17.137 [3512] Merv Griffin Show
29Mar1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
TV personality Arthur Godfrey
research scientist Durk Pearson
high jumper Dwight Stones
and nutritionist Dr. H.L. Newbold.
17.138 [3513] Merv Griffin Show
30Mar1979 [Santa Maria Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Elliott Gould
Kurt Russell
and Gil Gerard
actress Kim Crosby
comic Stan Kann
Merv the Tiger
and former Elvis Presley bodyguard turned actor Red West
==================================
17.139 [3514] Merv Griffin Show
02Apr1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comic actor Marty Feldman
actress Carole Cook
comedian Alan Sues
Dr. John Diamond
and Rocky Pamplin, former football player, musician and bodyguard.
17.140 [3515] Merv Griffin Show
03Apr1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Robert Conrad
author Susan Ford
and husband Chuck Vance, former Secret Service Agent for President Ford.
actors Robert Hays
and Rick Moses
and comedian George Miller.
17.141 [3516] Merv Griffin Show
04Apr1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor George Hamilton
comedian Gallagher
actor Robert Clary
singers Sasha Distel
and Cheryl Lynn
and disco group Boney M.
17.142 [3517] Merv Griffin Show
05Apr1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Cheryl Ladd
actor Tony Danza
comic musician Bruce Mahler
rock group Player
and designer Clovis Ruffin who presents a fashion show.
17.143 [3518] Merv Griffin Show "Changing Attitudes on Love and Marriage"
06Apr1979 [Miami News]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actor Robert Goulet
actress Rita Moreno
director Roger Vadim
divorce counselor Mel Krantzler
and singer Marilyn Sokol.
==================================
17.144 [3519] Merv Griffin Show
09Apr1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
TV personality Steve Allen
actor-producer Tony Bill
singer Gloria Gaynor
singer-songwriter Carol Connors
and songwriters Jerry Leiber
and Mike Stoller.
17.145 [3520] Merv Griffin Show
10Apr1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Hal Linden
comedienne Dody Goodman
singer-actor Joey Travolta
comedian Johnny Yune
and Country singer Mickey Gilley.
17.146 [3521] Merv Griffin Show
11Apr1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Lorenzo Lamas
Jimmy Van Patten
and Grant Goodeve
model-actress Rene Russo
singer Amii Stewart
and Karma Rock.
17.147 [3522] Merv Griffin Show "Live Together or Get Married?"
12Apr1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actresses Eva Gabor
and Betty White
novelist Barbara Cartland
co-authors Toni Ihari and Ralph Warner of "The Living Together Kit"
ballet dancers Marianna Tcherkassy and Peter Schaufuss.
17.148 [3523] Merv Griffin Show
13Apr1979 [Modesto Bee]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
model-actress Maud Adams
actors Timothy Bottoms
and Joseph Bottoms
and their father Bud Bottoms
comic Skip Stephenson
singers Don McLean
and Linda Clifford
and rock group Levi and the Rackats.
==================================
17.149 [3524] Merv Griffin Show
16Apr1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Dick Van Patten
and Cornel Wilde
actresses Gene Tierney
and Amy Irving
and columnist James Bacon.
17.150 [3525] Merv Griffin Show "How to Fight Inflation"
17Apr1979 [Miami Herald]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Ken Gerbino of the American Economic Council
Howard Ruff author of "How to Prosper During the Coming Bad Years"
foreign exchange company head Nicholas L. Deak
investment adviser James Sinclair
and financial newsletter writer James Dines.
17.151 [3526] Merv Griffin Show
18Apr1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Jean Kennedy Smith,
National Chairwoman of the Arts Festival for Handicapped Children
actors John Schneider
and Tom Wopat
nutrionist Nathan Pritikin
dermatologist Dr. Arnold Klein
and Dr. John Maylard.
17.152 [3527] Merv Griffin Show "Adventurers"
19Apr1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
explorer Thor Heyerdahl
balloonist Ray Abruzzo
Peter Jenkins who walked across America
mountain climber Jack Wheeler
and British explorer Dr. Lawrence Blair.
17.153 [3528] Merv Griffin Show
20Apr1979 [Modesto Bee]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Jon Voight
and Ricky Schroeder of "The Champ"
singer-actress Susan Anton
comic Jeremy Krispien
singer Al Jarreau
and male model Paolo Fredianni.
==================================
17.154 [3529] Merv Griffin Show
23Apr1979 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
TV host Joey Bishop
author Pete Hamill
actor Steve Guttenberg
comic Alan Sues
and comedienne Rhonda Bates.
17.155 [3530] Merv Griffin Show
24Apr1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actress Bernadette Peters
comedian-actor Billy Crystal
actor Andrew Stevens
record producer Todd Fisher (son of Eddie Fisher)
and hypnotist Pat Collins.
17.156 [3531] Merv Griffin Show
25Apr1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
TV host Ed McMahon
director-actress Lee Grant
General Frank Peterson (USMC)
and Ben Stein author of "The Views from Sunset Boulevard".
17.157 [3532] Merv Griffin Show
26Apr1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comic actor Jerry Van Dyke
actress Eileen Brennan
actor Norman Fell
and actress Audra Lindley of The Ropers
and comic Jay Leno.
17.158 [3533] Merv Griffin Show
27Apr1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
model Cheryl Tiegs
model-actress Twiggy
and her husband Michael Witney
actors Tim Matheson
and Josh Taylor
and tenor Robert White.
==================================
17.159 [3534] Merv Griffin Show Salute to "The China Syndrome"
30Apr1979 [postponed from 16Mar79] [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
film director James Bridges
actress Jane Fonda
actors Jack Lemmon
and Michael Douglas.
17.160 [3535] Merv Griffin Show
01May1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Albert Brooks
humorist Henry Morgan
comedian Ronnie Schell
singer-dancer Charo
and singer Ray Stevens.
17.161 [3536] Merv Griffin Show
02May1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Sophia Loren
comedian Charles Nelson Reilly
casino owner Benny Binion
and 1978 U.S. poker champion Bobby Baldwin.
17.162 [3537] Merv Griffin Show "Disco"
03May1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
The Village People
The Ritchie Family
singers Dennis Parker
and Patrick Juvet
record producer Jacques Morali
and record executive Neil Bogart.
Highlights:
The Village People perform "In the Navy".
17.163 [3538] Merv Griffin Show
04May1979 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
producer David Susskind
comedian-actor Chevy Chase
actress Britt Ekland
and disco singer Sylvester.
==================================
17.164 [3539] Merv Griffin Show
07May1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
director-actor Orson Welles
actor Carroll O'Connor
and writer-actor Carl Reiner
17.165 [3540] Merv Griffin Show
08May1979 [Herald-News]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Robert Blake
comedians Charlie Callas
and David Letterman
Charles Berlitz author of "The Philadelphia Experiment"
and singing group Sister Sledge, who perform "He's the Greatest Dancer."
17.166 [3541] Merv Griffin Show
09May1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Dick Van Dyke
actress Lesley Anne Down
composer Burt Bacharach
producer-actor Tony Bill
and actor Dayton Ka'Ne.
17.167 [3542] Merv Griffin Show "Outspoken Woman"
10May1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actresses Shelley Winters
Susan Saint James
and Sylvia Kristel
and "Cosmopolitan" editor Helen Gurley Brown.
17.168 [3543] Merv Griffin Show
11May1979 [Modesto Bee]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor-comedian Art Carney
actor Barry Bostwick
actresses Jean Stapleton
Polly Holliday
and Beth Howland.
==================================
17.169 [3544] Merv Griffin Show
14May1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
From New York.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Mayor Ed Koch
TV personality Barbara Walters
actress Lauren Bacall
and singer Pearl Bailey.
17.170 [3545] Merv Griffin Show
15May1979 [San Bernardino County Sun]
From New York.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Engelbert Humperdinck
dancer-actress Chita Rivera
comedian Dick Shawn
dancer-actress Debbie Allen
and actor Ken Page of Broadway's "Aint Misbehavin".
and Bill Butler a roller-disco dancer.
Highlights:
Engelbert Humperdinck sings "Can't Help Falling in Love".
17.171 [3546] Merv Griffin Show
16May1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
From New York.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actresses Liv Ullmann
and Tovah Feldshuh
comedienne Hermione Gingold
actress Lucie Arnaz sings "I Still Believe in Love"
from the show "They're
Playing Our Song";
actress-dancer Ann Reinking of "Dancing'";
and Margaret Trudeau author of "Beyond Reason".
*Note: In the audience legendary composer Richard Rodgers and his wife Dorothy
Rodgers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqfaJ0CxfQI
*News item: Margaret Trudeau, the former first lady of Canada, was making a
guest
appearance on the "Merv Griffin Show", was offstage waiting her turn to get on.
Singer Lou Rawls was onstage singing and Margaret Trudeau got so turned on,
she slipped off the pants and started doing a disco dance. Her bikini bottom was
enough to cover any embarrassment felt by the onlookers.
17.172 [3547] Merv Griffin Show
17May1979 [News-Pilot]
From New York.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
journalist Shana Alexander
author-commentator William F. Buckley Jr.
newscaster-journalist-author Edwin Newman
and journalist David H. Halberstam author of "The Powers That Be".
17.173 [3548] Merv Griffin Show
18May1979 [News-Pilot]
From New York.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
TV host Dick Cavett
actor Mickey Rooney
singer-songwriter Peter Allen
columnist Liz Smith
and writer E.J. Kahn.
==================================
17.174 [3549] Merv Griffin Show
21May1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
From New York.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Robert Klein
Opera star Renata Scotto
actor-boxer Tony Danza
Danza's fight manager John Ciarcia
comedy team Monteith and Rand
and musical group Instant Funk. Mort Lindsey conducts.
17.175 [3550] Merv Griffin Show
22May1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
From New York.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
John V. Lindsay former Mayor of New York.
author Truman Capote
journalist-author Jimmy Breslin
disco singer Grace Jones
Studio 54 owner Steve Rubell
and fashion designer Halston with a Fashion Show.
17.176 [3551] Merv Griffin Show
23May1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
From New York.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Opera star Beverly Sills
comedians David Brenner
and Henny Youngman
actress Donna Pescow
and ballet dancers Martine Von Hammel
and John Meehan of the American Ballet Theater.
17.177 [3552] Merv Griffin Show
24May1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
From New York.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Ben Gazzara
and Greg Evigan
director Peter Bogdanovich
former Treasury Secretary William Simon
and economist Malcolm Forbes.
17.178 [3553] Merv Griffin Show "A Salute to Jule Styne"
25May1979 [rerun 11Jul80] [Los Angeles Times]
From New York,
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Broadway musical songwriter Jule Styne
pianist-composer Marvin Hamlisch
entertainer Sammy Davis Jr.
lyricist team Betty Comden and Adolph Green
and singer Ethel Merman sings "This is All I Ask"
and duets with Merv on "You're Just in Love";
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGXXWCD3RDg
==================================
17.179 [3554] Merv Griffin Show
28May1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Ricardo Montalban ("Fantasy Island")
Omar Sharif
and Wilfrid Hyde-White
actress Loni Anderson
and rock group War.
17.180 [3555] Merv Griffin Show
29May1979 [Miami Herald]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
tennis player-singer Dean-Paul Martin
producer Robert Evans
British comedian Bruce Forsyth
singer-actress Marilyn Sokol
and singer Minnie Riperton sings "Memory Lane" and "Lover and Friend";
*Note: This was Minnie Riperton's last televised performance before her death.
17.181 [3556] Merv Griffin Show
30May1979 [Miami Herald]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Tony Orlando
actors Dirk Benedict
and Ted Lange
comedian Jackie Vernon
comedienne-actress Kaye Ballard
and the Arthur Murray Dancers.
17.182 [3557] Merv Griffin Show
31May1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
consumer advocate Ralph Nader
lobbyist-politician Howard Jarvis
journalist Sarah McClendon
and feminist spokeswoman Kate Millett.
17.183 [3558] Merv Griffin Show
01Jun1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Robert Stack
Jazz musician Lionel Hampton
actresses Marilu Tolo
and Heidi Bruhl
singers Patrick Juvet
and Sylvie Vartan.
==================================
[--] Merv Griffin Show
04Jun1979 [repeat from 29Nov78]
Shirley Jones, Michael Caine, Telly Savalas, Jack Warden, Mark Harmon, Irwin
Allen (R)
[--] Merv Griffin Show
05Jun1979 [repeat from 29Jan79]
Engelbert Humperdinck, Patrick Duffy, Connie Sellecca, Gallagher, Fred Willard.
(R)
[--] Merv Griffin Show "Monte Carlo Tennis Tournament"
06Jun1979 [repeat from 22Nov77]
Prince and Princess Rainier (Grace Kelly)
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, Don Budge. (R)
[--] Merv Griffin Show "Monte Carlo Tennis Tournament"
07Jun1979 [repeat from 23Nov77]
Guests Prince and Princess Rainier (Grace Kelly)
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, Don Budge. (R)
[--] Merv Griffin Show
08Jun1979 [repeat from 23Mar79]
From Las Vegas. Rich Little, Sergio Franchi, Dana Valery, Rita Moreno,
Big Tiny Little, Meadowlark Lemon. (R)
==================================
[--] Merv Griffin Show
11Jun1979 [repeat from 22Jan79]
Pat O'Brien, Estelle Winwood, William Demarest, Adela Rogers St. Johns,
Robert Nathan, Gracie Fields. (R)
[--] Merv Griffin Show
12Jun1979 [repeat from 20Feb79]
David Brenner, Rosemary Clooney, Rose Marie, Helen O'Connell,
Margaret Whiting (R)
[--] Merv Griffin Show
13Jun1979 [repeat from 21Mar79]
Shecky Greene, Siegfried and Roy, Joe Williams, Mishkin and Bonacci,
Lido de Paris Showgirls. (R)
[--] Merv Griffin Show
14Jun1979 [repeat from 22Mar79]
Bill Cosby, Lola Falana, Deney Terrio, Barnstable Twins (R)
17.184 [3559] Merv Griffin Show
15Jun1979 [News-Pilot]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Mickey Rooney and William Shatner
actor Greg Evigan and "Bear"
actress Sheree North
comedian Charlie Hill
and singer-actress Karen Morrow.
==================================
17.185 [3560] Merv Griffin Show
18Jun1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
modelling agent Nina Blanchard
models Barbara Minty
Janet Johnson
and Lisa Cooper
actor Ted McGinley
and model Bart Turner.
17.186 [3561] Merv Griffin Show
19Jun1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Country singer Mel Tillis
TV personality Virginia Graham
actress Carole Cook
singer Samantha Sang
and Lenny and the Squiggtones.
17.187 [3562] Merv Griffin Show
20Jun1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Angie Dickinson
actors Jeff East
and Lorenzo Lamas
magician Doug Henning
astrologer Sydney Omarr
and The Sylvers.
Highlights:
The Sylvers perform "Mahogany".
17.188 [3563] Merv Griffin Show
21Jun1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actor James Darren
comic actor Jerry Van Dyke
actor Greg Evigan of "BJ and the Bear"
consumer advocate David Horowitz
and pianist-composer Frank Mills.
17.189 [3564] Merv Griffin Show
22Jun1979 [San Bernardino County Sun]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Glenda Jackson
actor David Soul
model-actress Brooke Shields
singers Dennis Parker
and Kelly Garrett.
Highlights:
Dennis sings "Like An Eagle".
==================================
17.190 [3565] Merv Griffin Show
25Jun1979 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
former President Gerald Ford author of "A Time to Heal";
John Ehrlichman former White House counsel
writer-actor-director Orson Welles
actor Gene Wilder of "The Frisco Kid";
and Ruth Beebe Hill author of "Hanta Yo".
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17.191 [3566] Merv Griffin Show
26Jun1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
British actor Jonathan Miller
actresses Maureen Stapleton
and Jane Seymour
actor Robby Benson
and research scientist Durk Pearson.
17.192 [3567] Merv Griffin Show
27Jun1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
TV personality Dick Clark
actress Pamela Hensley
singer-actress Carole Cook
comedian Lonnie Shorr
columnist Rubin Carson
and pop singer Blondie performs "Heart of Glass" and "One Way Or Another".
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NOT APPEARING:
actors Peter Falk, Alan Arkin and Mickey Rooney
singer-actress Ann Jillian sings "Warm and Willing"
and journalist Elizabeth Drew.
17.193 [3568] Merv Griffin Show
28Jun1979 [Miami Herald]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Tim Conway
comic actor Don Knotts
actor Tim Matheson
comedienne Ruth Buzzi
and actress Elyssa Davalos.
17.194 [3569] Merv Griffin Show
29Jun1979 [Miami Herald]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Robert Morley
comedian Charlie Callas
Dr. Joyce Brothers
Nancy Friday author of "My Mother, My Self"
and Christina Crawford author of "Mommie Dearest".
==================================
17.195 [3570] Merv Griffin Show "Dance in America"
02Jul1979 [Daily Record]
From New York.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
talk show host Dick Cavett
singer-dancer-actor Ben Vereen
tap dancer Honi Coles
ballet dancer Katherine Healy
disco dancers Floyd Chisholm and Nellie Cottle
and dancers from Broadway musicials
"Dancin'" and "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas".
17.196 [3571] Merv Griffin Show
03Jul1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
From New York.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Richard Chamberlain
actress Madeline Kahn
dancer-actor Gregory Hines of "Eubie!"
singer Melba Moore
and New York Yankee Graig Nettles.
17.197 [3572] Merv Griffin Show
04Jul1979 [Santa Maria Times]
From New York.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Shelley Winters
columnist Jack Anderson
singer Julie Budd
modelling agent Eileen Ford
models Jeri Hall
Tim Saunders
and Susan Amos
and fashion designer Conrad Bell.
17.198 [3573] Merv Griffin Show
05Jul1979 [Los Angeles Times]
From New York.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Treat Williams
and Annie Golden of "Hair"
actor Len Cariou of "Sweeney Todd"
actress Andrea McArdle of "Annie"
film critic Rex Reed
and three street acts from Central Park.
17.199 [3574] Merv Griffin Show
06Jul1979 [Desert Sun]
From New York.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian-actor Bill Cosby
actors Reid Shelton
and Stacy Keach
actresses Sarah Jessica Parker
Millicent Martin
and Molly Picon
and a fashion show on roller skates.
==================================
17.200 [3575] Merv Griffin Show
09Jul1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
composer Burt Bacharach
singer-songwriter Paul Williams
comedian-actor Jimmie J.J. Walker
comics Pete Barbutti
and Freddie Sales
singer Libby Titus
musician John Phillips
and juggling team the Valdez Duo.
17.201 [3576] Merv Griffin Show
10Jul1979 [rerun 19Jun80] [San Francisco Examiner]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Don Rickles
singer-actor Robert Goulet
comic Johnny Yune
Country singer Barbara Mandrell
pianist Glenn Smith
ventriloquist Sammy King
and the Las Vegas Lido Showgirls.
17.202 [3577] Merv Griffin Show
11Jul1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian-actor Bill Cosby
impressionist Rich Little
singer-dancer Lola Falana
comic Georgie Tate
illusionist Chris Challen
ventriloquist Gary Larrimore and Delaware
dance host Deney Terrio
disco dancers Tom and Erin
comedian Bob Shaw
and the acting Barnstable Twins (Tricia and Cyb).
17.203 [3578] Merv Griffin Show
12Jul1979 [Sacramento Bee]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian-actor Joey Bishop
ragtime pianist Mickey Finn
comic Pat Cooper
ventriloquist Wayland Flowers and Madam
singing impressionist Bob Anderson
singer Marlene Ricci
and the dancing Argentinian Gauchos.
17.204 [3579] Merv Griffin Show
13Jul1979 [Sacramento Bee]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Tony Bennett
comedian Nipsey Russell
Country singer Dottie West
comedienne Dody Goodman
comic Gallagher
The Hudson Brothers
and Las Vegas casino owner Benny Binnion.
==================================
17.205 [3580] Merv Griffin Show
16Jul1979 [Santa Maria Times]
Joey Bishop is the guest host
Guests
comics Phil Foster
Tom Dreesen
and Al Bernie
Dr. Joyce Brothers
gadget man Stan Kann
model Susie Coelho
and The Sylvers who sing "Mahogany".
17.206 [3581] Merv Griffin Show
17Jul1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Betty White is the guest hostess
Guests
actress Ruth Gordon
playwright Garson Kanin
comics Lonnie Shorr
and Johnny Dark
Gwen Davis author of "Ladies in Waiting"
and singer Anita Ward sings "Ring My Bell".
17.207 [3582] Merv Griffin Show
18Jul1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Betty White is the guest hostess
Guests
singer-actress Shirley Jones
actress Michele Lee
folksinger Joan Baez who sings "Honest Lullabye"
and Judith Krantz author of "Scruples".
17.208 [3583] Merv Griffin Show
19Jul1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Steve Allen is the guest host
Guests
actress Jayne Meadows
actor Earl Holliman
comedienne Dody Goodman
and singer Mel Tormé sings "Start All Over Again".
17.209 [3584] Merv Griffin Show
20Jul1979 [Sacramento Bee]
Steve Allen is the guest host
Guests
actress Jayne Meadows
actor Hans Conried
jazz vibraphonist and band leader Terry Gibbs
singer Kay Starr who sings "Hard Hearted Hannah"
and John Keane, a detective who finds missing pets.
==================================
17.210 [3585] Merv Griffin Show
23Jul1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Walter Matthau
with his stepson Aram Saroyan, son of author William Saroyan. Aram recalls
a fist-fight he and daddy Matthau had in a restaurant, apparently they share a
nice
relationship though, because Walter plugs Aram's book "Genesis Angels" five
times.
comedian Alan Sues
actress Mimi Kennedy
and rock group Raydio performs "You Can't Change That".
17.211 [3586] Merv Griffin Show
24Jul1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Carole Cook
comic actor Jerry Van Dyke
comedian Denny Johnston
Dr. John Laragh an expert on hypertension
R&B singer Lou Rawls sings "Let Me Be Good to You".
17.212 [3587] Merv Griffin Show
25Jul1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Phil Silvers
actress Connie Stevens
comedienne Elayne Boosler
singer Con Hunley
Vincent Bugliosi author of "Till Death Us Do Part"
singers McFadden and Whitehead who sing "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now".
17.213 [3588] Merv Griffin Show
26Jul1979 [Santa Maria Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Elke Sommer talks about the film "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square"
which she filmed with David Niven in London
actor Reb Brown of "Captain America";
bodybuilder-actor Arnold Schwarzenegger who's writing a body book for women,
shows a clip from "The Villain"
Italian model-actress Marilu Tolo
and Disco singer Gloria Gaynor sings "Anybody Wanna Party?"
17.214 [3589] Merv Griffin Show
27Jul1979 [Desert Sun]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Michael York
comedian Charles Nelson Reilly
comedienne-actress Kaye Ballard
comic Jim Varney
and musical group Foxy performs "Hot Number".
==================================
17.215 [3590] Merv Griffin Show
30Jul1979 [News-Journal]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Alan Arkin
Peter Falk
and Mickey Rooney
journalist Elizabeth Drew
and singer-actress Ann Jillian sings "Warm and Willing".
17.216 [3591] Merv Griffin Show
31Jul1979 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian-actor Steve Martin
banjo player John McEuen
baseball player Steve Garvey
and his wife Cindy Garvey
manualist John Twomey
and singer Shaun Cassidy.
17.217 [3592] Merv Griffin Show "The Amityville Horror"
01Aug1979 [Los Angeles Times]
Guests
stars James Brolin
Rod Steiger
Don Stroud
as well as George and Kathleen Lutz, who live in San Diego County and are
portrayed
in the film.It is the first meeting of James Brolin with Lutz whom Brolin
portrays.
17.218 [3593] Merv Griffin Show
02Aug1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Loni Anderson
comedian Dick Shawn
Dr. Roger Gould author of
"Transformations: The Growth and Change in Adult Life"
musician Chuck Mangione
singer Jim Stafford sings "Me and Millie".
17.219 [3594] Merv Griffin Show
03Aug1979 [The News]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
dancer-actress Ann Miller
comedian Dom DeLuise
bodybuilder Lisa Lyon
singing duo Peaches and Herb sing "Reunited"
and a Sports Fashion Show.
==================================
17.220 [3595] Merv Griffin Show
06Aug1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Robert Wagner
and Peter Fonda
director-producer Joshua Logan
and comedian Shamus McCool.
17.221 [3596] Merv Griffin Show
07Aug1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-dancer-actor Joel Grey
comedienne Hermione Gingold
actresses Nancy Dussault
and Karen Morrow
and singer Suzi Quatro sings "If You Can't Give Me Love".
17.222 [3597] Merv Griffin Show
08Aug1979 [Daily Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
research scientist Durk Pearson
Robert Ellis Smith author of "Privacy: How to Protect What's Left of It"
Sheldon Shacket author of "The Complete Book of Electric Vehicles"
electronic manufacturing representative Henry Collins
who discuss inflation and investments.
17.223 [3598] Merv Griffin Show
09Aug1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor John Ritter
actress Nancy Morgan
comedian Harvey Korman
comic actor Fred Willard
and singer Eddie Money sings "Get a Move On".
17.224 [3599] Merv Griffin Show
10Aug1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Reb Brown of the TV movie "Captain America II: Death Too Soon"
comedienne Dottie Archibald
Sir Edmond Hillary mountain climber of Mount Everest.
singer Maxine Nightingale sings "Lead Me On"
and singer Bobby Vinton sings "Disco Polka".
==================================
17.225 [3600] Merv Griffin Show
13Aug1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
director-actor Orson Welles
John Ehrlichman, President Nixon's former Domestic Affairs Counsel
and Ruth Beebe Hill author of "Hanta Yo".
17.226 [3601] Merv Griffin Show
14Aug1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Zsa Zsa Gabor
actor Tom Skerritt
singer Dorothy Louden
comic Barry Diamond
and TV writer-producer Sylvia Fine Kaye.
17.227 [3602] Merv Griffin Show
15Aug1979 [Modesto Bee]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
TV personality Arthur Godfrey
actor-bodybuilder Lou Ferrigno of "The Incredible Hulk";
Andrew Greeley author of "The Making of the Popes 1978";
Walter Murphy author of "The Vicar of Christ";
Danny Davis and The Nashville Brass.
17.228 [3603] Merv Griffin Show
16Aug1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Jack Klugman
talk show host Dick Cavett
actor Larry Wilcox
and "Cosmopolitan" editor Helen Gurley Brown.
17.229 [3604] Merv Griffin Show
17Aug1979 [Modesto Bee]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comic actor Jerry Van Dyke
actress Mariette Hartley
comedian Bill Saluga
Country singer Charlie Rich
and singer Julie Budd.
==================================
17.230 [3605] Merv Griffin Show
20Aug1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Tovah Feldshuh
British comedienne Hermione Gingold
singer Roger Voudouris
whistler Jason Serinus
comic Bruce Mahler
and musical group Love & Kisses
17.231 [3606] Merv Griffin Show
21Aug1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Ron Howard of "Happy Days"
actresses Cindy Williams
and Candy Clark
comedienne Elayne Boosler
and disco group A Taste of Honey.
17.232 [3607] Merv Griffin Show
22Aug1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Alan Alda
and Rip Torn
columnist Richard Cohen
and singers Cindy and Ray.
17.233 [3608] Merv Griffin Show "The Brits"
23Aug1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
British comedienne Hermione Gingold
British actors Roger Moore
Dudley Moore
Ian Whitcomb
and Wilfred Hyde-White.
17.234 [3609] Merv Griffin Show
24Aug1979 [Lompoc Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Arnold Schwarzenegger
and Richard Kiel
actress Carole Cook
comic singers Rick and Ruby
and children's show host Michael Young.
==================================
17.235 [3610] Merv Griffin Show
27Aug1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
TV personality Virginia Graham
singer-actress Della Reese
model-actress Maud Adams
actresses Doris Roberts
and Barbara Gordon.
17.236 [3611] Merv Griffin Show
28Aug1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Tippi Hedren
and Tiger Merv
actor Lorenzo Lamas
R&B singer Bonnie Pointer
and singer Vic Damone.
17.237 [3612] Merv Griffin Show
29Aug1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Anthony Newley
actor Dennis Quaid
comic Wil Shriner
radio and commercial announcer Tom Campbell
and Sister Sledge.
17.238 [3613] Merv Griffin Show
30Aug1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Greg Evigan
and Sam of "BJ and the Bear"'
actress Linda Kelsey
comedian Buddy Hackett
comic Stan Kann
and French singer Patrick Hernandez.
17.239 [3614] Merv Griffin Show
31Aug1979 [News-Pilot]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
director-actor Orson Welles
comedian-actor Michael Keaton
and TV personality Virginia Graham.
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