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Season 18 (Metromedia Syndication)(1979-80)
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.
18.01 [3615] Merv Griffin Show
03Sep1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne Joan Rivers
actress Barbara Carrera
raconteur George Jessel
Bert Greene author of "Pity the Poor";
and singer Deniece Williams.
18.02 [3616] Merv Griffin Show
04Sep1979 [News-Pilot]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Greg Bradford
and Jimmy Van Patten
actress Melissa Sue Anderson
comedienne Nancy Parker
comedian Ronnie Schell
and singer-actress Andrea McArdle.
18.03 [3617] Merv Griffin Show
05Sep1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Chad Everett
and William Demarest
dance show host Deney Terrio
comedian Alan Sues
and diet and exercise expert Richard Simmons.
18.04 [3618] Merv Griffin Show "Inflation, Depression and Investments"
06Sep1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
economic expert Howard Ruff
and investment advisers Paula Nelson
Albert J. Lowry
and C.V. Myers.
18.05 [3619] Merv Griffin Show
07Sep1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Charlene Tilton of "Dallas";
comic actor Paul Smith
comedian Johnny Dark
mimes Sheilds and Yarnell
columnist Richard Hack
and disco singer Mary Welch sings "I Could Have Danced All Night".
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18.06 [3620] Merv Griffin Show
10Sep1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedians Milton Berle
and Norm Crosby
professional comic heckler Irv Benson
The Lettermen sing "Send in the Clowns";
singing group Sister Sledge sing "Thinking of You";
poolside act with Jack Sheldon
and a fur fashion show.
18.07 [3621] Merv Griffin Show
11Sep1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedians Pete Barbutti
and Jack Carter
comedienne Elayne Boosler
boxer Sugar Ray Leonard
puppeteer Barclay Shaw
sculptor Steve Carson
singer Denice Clemente sings "Don't Cry Out Loud";
and singer Neil Sedaka sings "You Can Hear the Love"
18.08 [3622] Merv Griffin Show
12Sep1979 [rerun 04Jun80] [San Francisco Examiner]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Greg Evigan
comic actor Jimmie Walker
comedian David Brenner
musician Doc Severinsen
singer Leland Scott performs "Share the Load";
singer Maureen McGovern sings "Different Worlds";
and singing group The Ritchie Family perform "Bad Reputation".
18.09 [3623] Merv Griffin Show
13Sep1979 [Desert Sun]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Bob Hope
impressionist Frank Welker
entertainer Wayne Newton sings "You Stepped Into My Life";
singer Gloria Gaynor sings "I Will Survive";
singer-actor James Darren sings "It's A Miracle";
pianist Walt Wagner performs "MacArthur Park";
and the Lido showgirls.
18.10 [3624] Merv Griffin Show
14Sep1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Shecky Greene
New Jersey Governor Brendan Byrne
comic Freddie Sales
ventriloquist Sammy King
pianist Walt Wagner
entertainer Tiny Tim
and The Jones Girls perform "Make Me Love Somebody Else".
18.11 [3625] Merv Griffin Show
17Sep1979 [Lompoc Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Jack Klugman
Malcolm McDowell
and Jimmy McNichol
comedian Bobby Keller
disco singer Don Lurio performs "Ruba, Ruba";
and singer Debbie Jacobs sings "Don't You Want My Love".
18.12 [3626] Merv Griffin Show
18Sep1979 [Lompoc Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Barry Newman
singer-dancer-actor Joel Grey sings "The More I See You";
actress Mimi Kennedy
comic Lonnie Shorr
and Country singer Larry Gatlin performs "All the Gold in California".
18.13 [3627] Merv Griffin Show "Self-Made Females"
19Sep1979 [rerun 06Jun80] [Lompoc Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Mary Hudson, Hudson Oil Co.;
Ruth Handler, Mattel Toys;
and Sally Stanford,
former madame and currently Vice Mayor of Sausalito, Calif.
18.14 [3628] Merv Griffin Show
20Sep1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comic actor Jerry Van Dyke
comedienne Marilyn Sokol
comic Ed Bluestone
singer Jack Jones sings "I Could Have Been a Sailor";
and The Rollers perform "Elevator" and "Turn on the Radio".
18.15 [3629] Merv Griffin Show
21Sep1979 [Lompoc Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Gavin MacLeod
comedienne Dody Goodman
comedian Alan Sues
Jay Conrad Levinson author of "Earning Money Without a Job";
Dolly Freed author of "Possum Living";
and Bernard Lefkowitz author of "Breaktime".
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18.16 [3630] Merv Griffin Show "Foreign and American Models"
24Sep1979 [rerun 02Jun80] [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
modelling agent Nina Blanchard
Anna Bjorn (Denmark)
Yuliis Ruval (Norway)
Beto Brasil (Brazil)
Michael Principe (Providence R.I.)
Vibeke Knudsen
and Tony Hamilton.
18.17 [3631] Merv Griffin Show
25Sep1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Eva Gabor
actor Patrick Wayne
comedian Kelly Monteith
retired Neiman Marcus chairman Stanley Marcus.
and singer-songwriter Peter Allen sings "Don't Wish Too Hard".
18.18 [3632] Merv Griffin Show
26Sep1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actor Pat Boone
and wife Shirley Boone
dancer-singer Charo
columnist R. Couri Hay
and singer Chris Sterling who sings "Tonight Is Love".
18.19 [3633] Merv Griffin Show
27Sep1979 [Lompoc Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors McLean Stevenson
and Vincent Price
Jackie Collins author of "Lovers and Gamblers"
wine expert Daniel Mirassou
gymnast Igor Ashkinazi
and 13-year-old Stacy Tutton.
18.20 [3634] Merv Griffin Show
28Sep1979 [News-Pilot]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Larry Wilcox of "CHiPS"
and Michael Keaton of "Working Stiffs";
actress Kate Mulgrew of "Mrs. Columbo";
journalist Charles Kuralt
and singer Robert John performs "Sad Eyes".
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18.21 [3635] Merv Griffin Show
01Oct1979 [Lompoc Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
TV personality Steve Allen
actor Norman Fell
comedienne Dottie Archibald
Dr. Laurence J. Peter author of "Peter's People";
and singer Maureen McGovern.
18.22 [3636] Merv Griffin Show
02Oct1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Loni Anderson
actor-comedian Orson Bean
comedian George Miller
journalist Ron Hendren
disco singer Evelyn "Champagne" King
and a Gregory Poe Fashion Show.
18.23 [3637] Merv Griffin Show
03Oct1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor-boxer Tony Danza
Andrew Smith author of "The Main Event";
fighter-turned-actor Carlos Palomino
fight promoter Harry Kabakoff
consumer advocate David Horowitz
and Senator Birch Bayh (D-Ind).
18.24 [3638] Merv Griffin Show
04Oct1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Reverend Billy Graham
President Ford's daughter Susan Ford Vance
and her husband Chuck Vance
and Dr. Joyce Brothers.
18.25 [3639] Merv Griffin Show
05Oct1979 [Lompoc Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Mike Connors
actress Mariette Hartley
comic Guy Marks
and sexual behavior specialists Dr. Pierre Mornell
and Dr. Bernie Zilbergeld.
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18.26 [3640] Merv Griffin Show
08Oct1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Joan Collins
comedienne Betty White
actor Earl Holliman
mime Robert Shields
and singer Nana Mouskouri.
18.27 [3641] Merv Griffin Show
09Oct1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Herve Villechaize
actress Diana Canova
comedians Charles Nelson Reilly
and Soupy Sales
comic Rick Podell
entertainer Jim Giovanni
and a Willy Bogner ski fashion show.
18.28 [3642] Merv Griffin Show
10Oct1979 [Modesto Bee]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
drummer Buddy Rich
and daughter Kathy Rich
actress Jane Seymour
comedienne Kaye Ballard
comedian Stubby Kaye
Benji the dog
and Sew-at-home-fashions.
18.29 [3643] Merv Griffin Show
11Oct1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Patty Duke
TV host Joey Bishop
comic Tom Dreesen
lawyer Gladys Towles Root
and singer Teddy Pendergrass.
18.30 [3644] Merv Griffin Show Cast members from "Skatetown USA"
12Oct1979 [Sacramento Bee]
Taped on location at the Palladium in Hollywood.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
skaters Greg Bradford
and Katherine Kelly Lang
April Allen
actors Ron Palillo
Johnny Poole
Dave Mason
and Denny Johnston
singer-songwriter John Sebastian
and singing group The New Horizons.
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18.31 [3645] Merv Griffin Show
15Oct1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Buddy Hackett
singer Mary MacGregor
comics Skiles and Henderson
entertainer Pod Rogers
impressionist Marilyn Michaels
magician David Copperfield
and the Charlie Daniels Band.
18.32 [3646] Merv Griffin Show
16Oct1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Tennessee Ernie Ford
comic actor Jerry Van Dyke
Bob Anderson
roller skaters Katherine Kelly Lange
and Greg Bradford
singer Tasha Thomas
Ford and Kurland
and singing group The Addrisi Brothers.
18.33 [3647] Merv Griffin Show
17Oct1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actor John Davidson
actress Eva Gabor
singers Yvonne Elliman
and Michael Johnson
ventriloquist Jay Johnson
singer Tony Mele (a Davidson protege)
comic Johnny Yune
and Mr. Nevada and three runners-up.
18.34 [3648] Merv Griffin Show
18Oct1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comic actor Jerry Van Dyke
Siegfried and Roy
game show host Peter Marshall
golfer Nancy Lopez
prizefighter Larry Holmes
comic Kelly Monteith
singers Deniece Williams
and Sylvester
and Two Tons of Fun.
18.35 [3649] Merv Griffin Show
19Oct1979 [Modesto Bee]
From Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Mel Tormé
drummer Buddy Rich
comedian Pete Barbutti
singer-dancer Melba Moore
impressionists Roger and Roger
disco group Destination
and The Harmonicats.
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18.36 [3650] Merv Griffin Show
22Oct1979 [Lompoc Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Kate Jackson
and her husband actor Andrew Stevens
Captain and Tennille
Judith Krantz author of "Scruples"
and Steven Krantz author of "Laurel Canyon"
and the Arthur Murray Dancers.
18.37 [3651] Merv Griffin Show
23Oct1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Michael Douglas
and William Devane
actress Lindsay Wagner
and singer Clint Holmes.
18.38 [3652] Merv Griffin Show
24Oct1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
TV personality Dick Clark
singer Vic Damone
model-actress Maud Adams
comedienne Dody Goodman
and a fashion show by Michael Vollbracht.
18.39 [3653] Merv Griffin Show
25Oct1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Robert Blake
and James Woods
singer-actress Shirley Jones
author Joseph Wambaugh
disco performers Lisa Clasing and Michael Angelo.
18.40 [3654] Merv Griffin Show
26Oct1979 [Lompoc Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Robert Stack
actress Mariette Hartley
Mini Locker
Michael Del Ray
David Price
Carson Levitt
and Mike Glickman.
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18.41 [3655] Merv Griffin Show "Sports Figures"
29Oct1979 [Lompoc Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
basketball player Bill Russell
sportswriter John Underwood
football player Jack Tatum
and James Michener author of "The Watermen".
18.42 [3656] Merv Griffin Show
30Oct1979 [Modesto Bee]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
model-actress Shelley Hack
researcher Durk Pearson
Dr. Richard Selzer
and acupuncturist Dr. Zion Yu.
18.43 [3657] Merv Griffin Show
31Oct1979 [Times-Advocate]
Celebrity shows from Venice Italy. (Pt. 1) "Tennis in Venice"
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
writer-director Mel Brooks
actress Anne Bancroft
actor Gene Wilder
actor-director Tom Laughlin
actress Dyan Cannon
football star Lynn Swann
and columnist Jim Bacon.
18.44 [3658] Merv Griffin Show
01Nov1979 [Lompoc Record]
Celebrity shows from Venice Italy. (Pt. 2) "Tennis in Venice"
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Dina Merrill
British
actor Trevor Howard
actor Gene Hackman
comedy writer Carl Reiner
actor Rob Reiner
actress Penny Marshall
and singer-actress Connie Stevens.
18.45 [3659] Merv Griffin Show
02Nov1979 [Lompoc Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Cheryl Ladd
comedian Jay Leno
Debby Chester who collected material for a book called "Star-Art"
singer Melissa Manchester
and Bob Mackie with a fashion show.
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18.46 [3660] Merv Griffin Show
05Nov1979 [Lompoc Record]
From Atlantic City.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Country singer Glen Campbell performs "You're Learning the Blues";
singer Ethel Merman belts out "Alexander's Ragtime Band";
disco singer Gloria Gaynor sings "I Will Survive";
historian Vicki Gold Levi
and Francine Coffey with a fashion show.
18.47 [3661] Merv Griffin Show
06Nov1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Atlantic City.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Dudley Moore
Opera singer Robert Merrill
comedienne Nancy Parker
historian Vicki Gold Levi
Country singer Clint Holmes sings "The Power of Love";
and disco singer Grace Jones sings "Atlantic City".
18.48 [3662] Merv Griffin Show
07Nov1979 [Lompoc Record]
From Atlantic City.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Phyllis Newman
comedian Henny Youngman
historian Vicki Gold Levi
disco dancers Jimmy and Jody King
and Debby Boone sings "My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own".
and a ski fashion show.
18.49 [3663] Merv Griffin Show
08Nov1979 [News-Pilot]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
former boxing champ Joe Louis
comic Morty Gunty
singer-actress Eartha Kitt sings "I Will Survive";
singer-actor Len Cariou sings "Send in the Clowns";
singer-actress Andrea McArdle sings "Love Wings";
frisbee experts Mark Dana and Scott Zimmerman.
18.50 [3664] Merv Griffin Show
09Nov1979 [Lompoc Record]
From Atlantic City.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
dancer Chita Rivera
Cheryl Prewitt (Miss America 1979)
historian Vicki Gold Levi
Joey Travolta sings "I Came Again";
Stephanie Mills sings "Whatcha Gonna Do with My Lovin'";
Stella Parton performs "The Room at the Top of the Stairs";
Lobo sings "Where Were You When I Was Falling in Love".
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18.51 [3665] Merv Griffin Show
12Nov1979 [Morning News]
From New York City at Lincoln Center.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Sandy Duncan
model Cheryl Tiegs
Mayor Ed Koch
bandleader Benny Goodman
Dr. Aldo Gucci with his Gucci Designs Fashion Show.
18.52 [3666] Merv Griffin Show
13Nov1979 [Newsday]
From New York City at Lincoln Center.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Shelley Winters
film critic Rex Reed
and self-improvement segments featuring
Jack Haber and Bob Beauchamp from Gentleman's Quarterly,
plastic surgeon Dr. Richard Coburn
hair specialist Dr. Edward Settel
skin-care authority Georgette Klinger
nutritionist Dr. Herman Tarnower (The Scarsdale Diet)
and an exercise machine demonstrated by Michael O'Shea.
18.53 [3667] Merv Griffin Show
14Nov1979 [Los Angeles Times]
From New York City at Lincoln Center.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
former President Gerald Ford and his wife Betty Ford
composer Marvin Hamlisch
Opera singer Marilyn Horne
Country singer Crystal Gayle
singer Pearl Bailey
and her husband bandleader Louis Belson.
18.54 [3668] Merv Griffin Show
15Nov1979 [Lompoc Record]
From New York City at Lincoln Center.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actresses Angie Dickinson
and Lucie Arnaz
actor Brian Keith
comedian Tim Cahill
Arthur Schlesinger author of "Robert Kennedy and His Times"
and historian Craig Morris with samples from the Columbia Gold Exhibit.
18.55 [3669] Merv Griffin Show
16Nov1979 [Lompoc Record]
From New York City at Lincoln Center.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Opera star Beverly Sills
maestro Zubin Mehta
actor Tony Randall
actress Mary Jo Salerno
Richard Browne
Malcolm Forbes from Forbes Magazine;
White House inflation adviser Alfred Kahn;
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Prince Charming.
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18.56 [3670] Merv Griffin Show
19Nov1979 [Lompoc Record]
From New York City at Lincoln Center.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Dina Merrill
socialite Lee Radziwill
Princess Sumair
with fashion show given by Charlotte Ford
and Betsy Bloomingdale.
18.57 [3671] Merv Griffin Show
20Nov1979 [Courier-Post]
From New York City at Lincoln Center.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Sophia Loren
TV talk show host Dick Cavett
Opera singer Giorgio Tozzi
and former boxer Rocky Graziano
18.58 [3672] Merv Griffin Show
21Nov1979 [Los Angeles Times]
From New York City at Lincoln Center.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
TV personality Barbara Walters
actress Bo Derek
British comedienne Hermione Gingold
Sylvia Porter author of "Sylvia Porter's New Money Book for the 80s";
and singer France Joli sings "Come to Me".
18.59 [3673] Merv Griffin Show
22Nov1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
From New York City at Lincoln Center.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Norman Mailer author of "The Executioner's Song";
Pete Hamill author of "The Deadly Piece";
Peter Maas author of "Made in America";
Jack Anderson author of "Confessions of a Muckraker";
and Anne Murray sings "Broken Hearted Me".
18.60 [3674] Merv Griffin Show
23Nov1979 [Daily News]
From New York City at Lincoln Center.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Governor Hugh Carey (D-NY)
dancer-singer-actress Ann Miller
singer-actor Kris Kristofferson
singer-actor David Soul
actress Marsha Mason
comedian Robert Klein
baseball player Willie Stargell
artist LeRoy Neiman
Metromedia board chairman John Kluge,
Lincoln Center of New York president John Mazzola,
a 75-piece marching band and cameo appearances by many other public figures.
*Note: "The Merv Griffin Show" celebrates it's 2000th edition.
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18.61 [3675] Merv Griffin Show
26Nov1979 [Morning News]
From Belmont Park race track in New York: "A Day at the Races".
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Dick Van Patten
and Mickey Rooney
dancer-actress Ann Miller
lyricist-songwriter Sammy Cahn
British comedienne Hermione Gingold
British actress Jean Marsh
jockey Laffitt Pincay Jr.
trainer Woody Stevens
horse owner A.F. Vanderbilt,
exercise girl Nancy Walker
and trainer Mac Miller.
Also a fashion show.
18.62 [3676] Merv Griffin Show "American Image Awards"
27Nov1979 [rerun 01Jan80] [Los Angeles Times]
From the Grand Ballroom of the Hilton Hotel in New York
the Fourth Annual American Image Awards are presented.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actresses Dina Merrill, Ruth Gordon, Arlene Dahl, Ruby Dee,
Cathryn Damon, Ann Reinking and Phyllis George
Opera star Roberta Peters and columnist Ann Landers
actors George Segal, Hal Linden and Tom Tryon
tennis pro Arthur Ashe
magazine editor Malcolm Forbes
Senator John Warner
and White House correspondent Richard Valeriani.
18.63 [3677] Merv Griffin Show
28Nov1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Joseph Bottoms
comic Rip Taylor
Country singer Tanya Tucker sings "Tear Me Apart".
and The Village People sing "Ready for the Eighties";
18.64 [3678] Merv Griffin Show
29Nov1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors David Soul
and Robby Benson
ventriloquist Wayland Flowers and Madame
singing duo Ashford and Simpson
and a show of gift items.
18.65 [3679] Merv Griffin Show
30Nov1979 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Father Godfrey of the Franciscan Order in Israel
and Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen
Merv and Richard Fredericks of the Metropolitan Opera conduct
a tour of the footsteps of Jesus from Bethlehem to Calvary and other
spots in the Holy Land.
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18.66 [3680] Merv Griffin Show
03Dec1979 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guest
former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger author of "The White House Years";
talks about Vietnam, the Soviets, former presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald
Ford
and the current crisis in Iran.
18.67 [3681] Merv Griffin Show
04Dec1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Rich Little
singer-dancer Lola Falana
actors George Lindsey
and David Naughton
disco dancers Tom & Erin
comedian Bob Shaw
singer Teri De Sario
and unicyclists The Volantes.
18.68 [3682] Merv Griffin Show "Songwriters"
05Dec1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
folksinger Judy Collins
Country singer Larry Gatlin
songwriting team of Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil
and Marilyn and Alan Bergman.
18.69 [3683] Merv Griffin Show "Adventurers"
06Dec1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
explorer-anthropologist Thor Heyerdahl
balloonist Ray Abruzzo
mountain climber Jack Wheeler
British explorer Lawrence Blair
and Peter Jenkins who spent six years walking across America.
18.70 [3684] Merv Griffin Show
07Dec1979 [Times-Advocate]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Tony Bennett
comic poet Nipsey Russell
Country singer Dottie West
comedian Gallagher
The Hudson Brothers
and casino owner Benny Binnion.
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18.71 [3685] Merv Griffin Show
10Dec1979 [Newsday]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor-director Henry Winkler who shows a clip from
his ABC movie "An American Christmas Carol"
comedian David Brenner talks about driving in California
actress Susan Anspach shows a clip from "Running"
comedienne Elayne Boosler
and actor Walter Slezak.
18.72 [3686] Merv Griffin Show
11Dec1979 [Lompoc Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Kathleen Beller
actor Robert Guillaume of "Benson";
comedian-actor Michael Keaton
jeweler Edwin Haasman
and singer Donny Osmond.
18.73 [3687] Merv Griffin Show
12Dec1979 [Lompoc Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian-actor Billy Crystal
actor Reb Brown of "Captain America";
actress Cisse Cameron
and singer-songwriter Barry Manilow.
18.74 [3688] Merv Griffin Show
13Dec1979 [Modesto Bee]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
"Dukes of Hazard" stars John Schneider and Tom Wopat
Jean Kennedy Smith,
National Chairwoman of the Arts Festival for Handicapped Children
nutritionist Nathan Pritkin
dermatologist Dr. Arnold Klein
and Dr. John Mayland.
[--] Merv Griffin Show "Self-Made Millionaires"
14Dec1979 [repeat from 14Mar79]
Freddie Laker, Percy Ross, Orville Redenbacher, Fred C. Sands, Anastasios
Kyriakides.
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18.75 [3689] Merv Griffin Show
17Dec1979 [Los Angeles Times]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedians David Brenner
and Norm Crosby
pianist Walt Wagner
singers Natalie Cole
and Isaac Hayes
Mess a Mutts
and the Lido de Paris Show Girls.
18.76 [3690] Merv Griffin Show
18Dec1979 [Lompoc Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
writer-director-actor Orson Welles
actress Ruth Gordon
and playwright Garson Kanin.
18.77 [3691] Merv Griffin Show
19Dec1979 [Modesto Bee]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comic actor Jerry Van Dyke
comedian Lonnie Shorr
"Dance Fever" host Deney Terrio
comedian Broadway Bob
pianist Roger Williams
and singer Mary Wilson.
18.78 [3692] Merv Griffin Show: From the movie "The Jerk"
20Dec1979 [Modesto Bee]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor-comedian Steve Martin
comedy writer-director Carl Reiner
comedian Jackie Mason
actress Catlin Adams
and The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KhMqzVFGmQ
18.79 [3693] Merv Griffin Show
21Dec1979 [News Journal]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Pat O'Brien
and William Demarest
actress Estelle Winwood
entertainer Gracie Fields
novelist-poet Robert Nathan
and author Adela Rogers St. Johns.
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18.80 [3694] Merv Griffin Show
24Dec1979 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Zsa Zsa Gabor
actor-bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger
female bodybuilder Stacey Bentley
singer-songwriter Peter Allen
and Lord Snowden.
18.81 [3695] Merv Griffin Show
25Dec1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian-actors George Burns
and Art Carney talk about their new movie "Going Out in Style".
actress Valerie Harper
and humorist Rubin Carson.
18.82 [3696] Merv Griffin Show
26Dec1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comic actor Jerry Van Dyke
comedian Denny Johnston
singer-actress Carole Cook
Dr. John Laragh
and R&B singer Lou Rawls.
18.83 [3697] Merv Griffin Show
27Dec1979 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actresses Shelley Winters
Elizabeth Ashley
and Kathryn Crosby
and Midge Costanza, former assistant to President Carter.
18.84 [3698] Merv Griffin Show
28Dec1979 [rerun 08Aug80] [Modesto Bee]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Anthony Newley
musician Woody Herman
singer Chris Thompson
comedian Franklyn Ajaye
and dancer Vicki Frederick
ballet dancers Fernando Bujones and Kristine Elliott.
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18.85 [3699] Merv Griffin Show
31Dec1979 [Newsday]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor John Houseman
humorist Mort Sahl
and actress Helen Hayes.
18.86 [3700] Merv Griffin Show
01Jan1980 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Leonard Nimoy of "Star Trek: The Motion Picture";
actor Dirk Benedict of "Ruckus";
actress Yvette Mimieux
and astrologer Joan Quigley offers predictions for 1980.
18.87 [3701] Merv Griffin Show
02Jan1980 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Charles Nelson Reilly
drummer Buddy Rich
comic Denny Johnston
comedy team of Roger and Roger
author Peter Elbling
and pet shop owner John Ingraham.
18.88 [3702] Merv Griffin Show "Incest"
03Jan1980 [Lompoc Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
psychotherapist Susan Forward
and victims of incest.
18.89 [3703] Merv Griffin Show
04Jan1980 [rerun 04Aug80] [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Jacqueline Bisset
actors Robert Conrad
Dudley Moore
and Sir Wilfrid Hyde-White
and sportscaster Jayne Kennedy.
==================================
18.90 [3704] Merv Griffin Show
07Jan1980 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Tom Jones
Tom's manager Gordon Mills
actress Ann Turkel
comic Jay Leno
and model Monique St. Pierre.
18.91 [3705] Merv Griffin Show "Salute to Ms. Magazine"
08Jan1980 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor-director-writer Orson Welles
feminist-activist Gloria Steinem
and actress Valerie Harper.
18.92 [3706] Merv Griffin Show "Salute of Francis Ford Coppola"
09Jan1980 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
director Francis Ford Coppola
actor Gene Hackman
actresses Talia Shire
and Cindy Williams
and actor Frederic Forrest.
18.93 [3707] Merv Griffin Show
10Jan1980 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Beatrice Arthur
actor Ricky Schroeder
comic Lonnie Shorr
authors Tom Wolfe ("The Right Stuff")
and C.D.B. Bryan ("The National Air And Space Museum")
and singer-musician Jimmy Messina performs "New and Different Day".
18.94 [3708] Merv Griffin Show
11Jan1980 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Buddy Ebsen
and Sam Elliott
actresses Cloris Leachman
and Shelley Smith
and comedienne Elayne Boosler.
==================================
18.95 [3709] Merv Griffin Show
14Jan1980 [The Record]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Lynda Carter
singer-comedian Mel Tillis
comedian-actor Freddie Sales
singer-songwriter Rupert Holmes
Nikki the Magician
and Lill's Chimps.
18.96 [3710] Merv Griffin Show
15Jan1980 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Country singers Mac Davis
and Dottie West
boxer Sugar Ray Leonard
comedian Jay Leno
stuntman Don Koko
musician Big Tiny Little
and ventriloquist Wayland Flowers and Madame.
18.97 [3711] Merv Griffin Show
16Jan1980 [Daily News]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Bill Cosby
Nevada Governor Robert List
Jazz singer Joe Williams
singer Jack Jones
comedian Pete Barbutti
backgammon champion Wayne Araki
The Duncan Sisters
and musical group the Dancin' Machine.
18.98 [3712] Merv Griffin Show
17Jan1980 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Bobby Vinton
comic actor Jerry Van Dyke
impressionist Mark McCullen
ballet dancers Bryan Pitts and Laura Flagg
and disco group Chic.
18.99 [3713] Merv Griffin Show
18Jan1980 [Modesto Bee]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
entertainer Bob Hope
Country singer Tom T. Hall
Denise Clements
comedian Johnny Yune
singing impressionist Bob Anderson
guitarist Liona Boyd
and the Arthur Murray Dancers.
==================================
18.100 [3714] Merv Griffin Show: Salute to "Chapter Two"
21Jan1980 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
writer Neil Simon
actor James Caan
actress Marsha Mason
and actor Roger Moore.
18.101 [3715] Merv Griffin Show
"5th Annual Los Angeles Film Critics Awards"
22Jan1980 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Robert Benton and Carmine Coppola
actresses Bette Davis, Jane Fonda
Natalie Wood, Sally Field
Sally Kellerman, Meryl Streep
Stockard Channing and Rita Moreno
actors Jon Voight, Dustin Hoffman
Michael Douglas, Alan Alda
George Kennedy and Richard Chamberlain.
18.102 [3716] Merv Griffin Show
23Jan1980 [Lompoc Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comic actors Don Knotts
and Tim Conway
comedian Charles Nelson Reilly
Opera singer Diana Soviero
singer Teri DeSario
and lead singer K.C. of the Sunshine Band.
18.103 [3717] Merv Griffin Show "Vitamins, Cancer and Health"
24Jan1980 [rerun 03Jun80] [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Durk Pearson
author of "Life Extension: A Practical Scientific Approach";
Dr. Linus Pauling
Dr. David Bresler
and Dr. Robert J. Benowicz.
18.104 [3718] Merv Griffin Show
25Jan1980 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Nick Nolte
actress Linda Lavin
comedian Andy Kaufman
and R&B singer Lou Rawls.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QDFlnE2EUI
==================================
18.105 [3719] Merv Griffin Show
28Jan1980 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Robert Blake star of "Helltown";
tax reduction advocate Howard Jarvis
nuclear scientist Dr. John Gofman
and singing duo Peaches and Herb.
18.106 [3720] Merv Griffin Show
29Jan1980 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor John Carradine and his sons
actors Keith Carradine
David Carradine and Robert Carradine
comedian Paul Dooley
and singer-songwriter Rupert Holmes.
18.107 [3721] Merv Griffin Show
30Jan1980 [Daily Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
modelling agent Nina Blanchard
model-actress Zacki Murphy
models Jeff Aquilon
Ann Holbrook
and Tony Fick.
18.108 [3722] Merv Griffin Show
31Jan1980 [Lompoc Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
director Otto Preminger
comedian-actor Orson Bean
actress Susan Blanchard
actor Charles Frank
and comedian Wil Shriner.
18.109 [3723] Merv Griffin Show
01Feb1980 [Modesto Bee]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
entertainer Bob Hope
"House Calls" stars Wayne Rogers and Lynn Redgrave
writer-novelist Michael Korda
and the cast of "Ain't Misbehavin'".
==================================
18.110 [3724] Merv Griffin Show
04Feb1980 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne Lucille Ball
actress Natalie Wood discusses her new film with George Segal;
actors James Brolin of "The Amityville Horror";
and singer-actress Michele Lee of "Knots Landing".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNsP1TzedfM
18.111 [3725] Merv Griffin Show
05Feb1980 [Modesto Bee]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor-director Ron Howard
comedian Dick Shawn
comedienne Dottie Archibald
journalist Walter Sullivan
and ragtime pianist Eubie Blake.
18.112 [3726] Merv Griffin Show "Rising Young Stars"
06Feb1980 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Steve Guttenberg
and Gregory Harrison
actress Morgan Brittany
comedian Ronnie Schell
and Michael Young host of "Kids Are People Too".
18.113 [3727] Merv Griffin Show
07Feb1980 [Lompoc Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Lindsay Wagner
actors David Soul
and Jeff Conaway
magician Doug Henning
and comedian Ed Bluestone.
18.114 [3728] Merv Griffin Show
08Feb1980 [Modesto Bee]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
TV personality Steve Allen
actor James Woods
actress Mimi Kennedy
and Norman Cousins author of
"Anatomy of an Illness: As Perceived by the Patient - Reflections on Healing and
Regeneration".
==================================
18.115 [3729] Merv Griffin Show
11Feb1980 [Daily Record]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Milton Berle
Country singer Tammy Wynette
musician Woody Herman
stage singer-actress Andrea McArdle
comedienne Jeannine Burnier
columnist Dick Maurice
knife thrower Skeeter Vaughan
heckler Irv Benson
Lido de Paris Showgirls
and the Nevada Dance Theatre.
18.116 [3730] Merv Griffin Show
12Feb1980 [Modesto Bee]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Don Rickles
singer-actor Robert Goulet
singer Marlene Ricci
pianist Glenn Smith
The Kendalls
and knife act Murillo and Ulises.
18.117 [3731] Merv Griffin Show
13Feb1980 [Modesto Bee]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
entertainer Liberace
comedy team Skiles and Henderson
actor Roderick-Spencer Sibert of Broadway's "Eubie!"
comedian Freddie Roman
accordion player Marco Valenti
and singer Marlene Ricci.
18.118 [3732] Merv Griffin Show
14Feb1980 [Modesto Bee]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Bobby Vinton
actresses Eva Gabor
and Nell Carter
comedian Pat Cooper
songstress Julie Budd
rock 'n' roll legend Chuck Berry
and cabaret singer Ken Page.
18.119 [3733] Merv Griffin Show
15Feb1980 [Desert Sun]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Foster Brooks
singer-actress Pia Zadora
comedian-actor Freddie Sales
impressionist Bob Anderson
singer Robert John
and the Berosini Orangutangs.
==================================
18.120 [3734] Merv Griffin Show: Salute to 20th Century Fox's movie "Fatso"
18Feb1980 [Lompoc Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Anne Bancroft who wrote the screenplay, directed and starred in it
with co-stars Dom DeLuise
Ron Carey
Candice Azzara
and Richard Karron.
18.121 [3735] Merv Griffin Show
19Feb1980 [Modesto Bee]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Dick Van Dyke
Country singer Glen Campbell
singer Rita Coolidge
and dancers Kathryn and Arthur Murray.
18.122 [3736] Merv Griffin Show
20Feb1980 [Modesto Bee]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
consumer advocate Ralph Nader
prospector George Massie
financial expert C.V. Myers
Bob Woodward and Scott Armstrong co-authors of "The Brethren".
18.123 [3737] Merv Griffin Show
21Feb1980 [Lompoc Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Tim Conway
actress Anne Archer
comedy writer Pat McCormick
comedians Gallagher
and Stan Kann the Gadget man.
18.124 [3738] Merv Griffin Show "Millionaires II"
22Feb1980 [rerun 27Jun80] [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Kemmons Wilson founder of Holiday Inn
clothing manufacturer Meshulam Riklis
cookie entrepreneur Wally Amos
Rory Fuerst owner of a company that resoles sporting shoes
and tea company owner Mo Siegel.
==================================
18.125 [3739] Merv Griffin Show
25Feb1980 [Desert Sun]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Jack Klugman
bodybuilder-actor Arnold Schwarzenegger
actress Catherine Bach
comedian Kelly Monteith
and Opera singer Norma French.
18.126 [3740] Merv Griffin Show "Salute to MCA Records"
26Feb1980 [Modesto Bee]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actress Ann-Margret
Country singers Tanya Tucker
and Merle Haggard
singer-songwriter Elton John
record company president Bob Siner
singer Paul Sabu
and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers perform "Refugee".
18.127 [3741] Merv Griffin Show
27Feb1980 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Buddy Hackett
actress Adrienne Barbeau
model-actress Maud Adams
psychiatrist Dr. Helen DeRosis
and singer Tom Johnston.
18.128 [3742] Merv Griffin Show
28Feb1980 [Modesto Bee]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Beau Bridges
and Willie Aames
singer Clint Holmes
actresses Marcia Wallace
and Erin Gray
comedienne Elayne Boosler
and singer Clint Holmes.
18.129 [3743] Merv Griffin Show
29Feb1980 [Desert Sun]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
composer Marvin Hamlisch
dancer-actress Ann Reinking
"Dance Fever" host Deney Terrio
comedian Johnny Dark
and The Skatt Brothers.
==================================
18.130 [3744] Merv Griffin Show
03Mar1980 [Santa Maria Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Anthony Newley
actor Sir Wilfrid Hyde-White
comedian Alan Sues
disco singer Thelma Houston
singer Mike Cossley
and singer-dancer Winston DeWitt Hemsley.
18.131 [3745] Merv Griffin Show
04Mar1980 [Modesto Bee]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Stockard Channing
actors Earl Holliman
and Brian Kerwin
comedian John Barbour
football player Tony Dorsett
and R&B group Shalamar.
18.132 [3746] Merv Griffin Show
05Mar1980 [San Francisco Examiner]
Steve Allen is the guest co-host
Guests
Cowboy singer-actor Roy Rogers
and singer-actress Dale Evans
comedian Bob Shaw
Michael Young host of "Kids Are People Too";
pop group The Beat
and a demonstration of household robots.
18.133 [3747] Merv Griffin Show
06Mar1980 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Donny Most
Barry Van Dyke
and Michael Keaton
comedian Graham Chapman
and singer Debby Boone.
18.134 [3748] Merv Griffin Show
07Mar1980 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-dancer-actor Ben Vereen
actor Herve Villechaize
comedian Johnny Yune
astrologer Joan Quigley
and singer Patrice Rushan.
==================================
18.135 [3749] Merv Griffin Show
10Mar1980 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Ricardo Montalban
journalist-author William F. Buckley Jr.
evangelist Ernest Angley
and economist Milton Friedman.
18.136 [3750] Merv Griffin Show
11Mar1980 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Robert Stack
actress Jamie Lee Curtis
comedian Steve Landesberg
comedienne Lotus Weinstock
Country singer Margo Smith
and Australian artist Brett-Livingstone Strong.
18.137 [3751] Merv Griffin Show
12Mar1980 [Miami Herald]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Chad Everett
model-actress Lauren Hutton
actress Lorna Patterson
comedienne Dottie Archibald
and singer-songwriter David Gates.
18.138 [3752] Merv Griffin Show
13Mar1980 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Country singer Loretta Lynn
singer Isaac Hayes
Concert violinist Eugene Fodor
and comedian Bob Shaw.
18.139 [3753] Merv Griffin Show
14Mar1980 [Miami News]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
entertainer Bob Hope
humorist Abe Burrows
actress Joyce Bulifant
and singer Smokey Robinson.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXy4ndE29ms
==================================
18.140 [3754] Merv Griffin Show
17Mar1980 [Desert Sun]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedienne Joan Rivers
comedian Tom Dreesen
actor Jon Walmsley
actress Lisa Harrison
singer-dancer Lola Falana
and the Irish Show Band.
18.141 [3755] Merv Griffin Show
18Mar1980 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Pearl Bailey
actor Tom Wopat
singer-actress Pia Zadora
comedians Dick Shawn
and Lonnie Shorr
and the Nevada Dance Theatre.
18.142 [3756] Merv Griffin Show
19Mar1980 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
animal trainer-magicians Siegfried and Roy
Mayor Bill Brier
raconteur George Jessel
singer Abbe Lane
comedienne Phyllis Diller
and actors Willie Aames
and Michael Walden.
18.143 [3757] Merv Griffin Show
20Mar1980 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actress Susan Anton
comedians Norm Crosby
and Robert Sacchi
comic Freddie Roman
rock 'n' roll legend Chuck Berry
singer T.G. Sheppard
musical impressionists Roger and Roger.
18.144 [3758] Merv Griffin Show
21Mar1980 [Desert Sun]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
entertainer Wayne Newton
Canadian singer Anne Murray
comedian Henny Youngman
singer Dann Rogers
writer-director Wolfgang Becker
and puppeteer Barclay Shaw.
==================================
18.145 [3759] Merv Griffin Show
24Mar1980 [Modesto Bee]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Walter Matthau
and actress Sara Stimson "Little Miss Marker"
in the remake of the 1934 film of the same name.
actress Stockard Channing
writer Jeannine Burnier
and singers K.C. and Teri DeSario sing "Yes I'm Ready".
18.146 [3760] Merv Griffin Show
25Mar1980 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Steve Guttenberg, Jerry Van Dyke
Tom Ligon, Ken Michelman
Dennis Christopher and Christopher Knight
director Michael Lembeck
comedian Wil Shriner
and fashion director Chip Tolbert.
18.147 [3761] Merv Griffin Show
26Mar1980 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Stacy Keach
and Oliver Reed
comedian Martin Mull
actress Helen Shaver
and author Christopher Cerf.
18.148 [3762] Merv Griffin Show
27Mar1980 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors William Devane
and Robby Benson
actress Kristy McNichol
comedian Charlie Callas
and Dr. Joyce Brothers.
18.149 [3763] Merv Griffin Show
28Mar1980 [Modesto Bee]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Dick Van Patten
and his son actor Vincent Van Patten
singer-songwriter Carole Bayer Sager
author Martin Sloan
and public relations expert Henry Rogers.
==================================
18.150 [3764] Merv Griffin Show
31Mar1980 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Larry Wilcox
and James Franciscus
authors Judith Krantz
and Michael O'Mary
and French singer Line Renaud.
18.151 [3765] Merv Griffin Show
01Apr1980 [Daily News]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors William Holden
and Sterling Hayden
author Frederick Forsyth
former astronaut Gordon Cooper
and writer John Peer Nugent.
18.152 [3766] Merv Griffin Show
02Apr1980 [Modesto Bee]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Richard Barsh
comedian Jay Leno
Don Post, latex mask creator
songwriter David Shire
singer Eddy Arnold
and Cabaret singer Loni Ackerman.
18.153 [3767] Merv Griffin Show
03Apr1980 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor James Coburn
singer-actor James Darren
voice actor Mel Blanc
actress Brianne Leary
actor-comedian Skip Stephenson
pool players Steve Mizerak
and Peter Margo
and a pair of female mud wrestlers.
18.154 [3768] Merv Griffin Show
04Apr1980 [Desert Sun]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Kaye Ballard
poet Nipsey Russell
comedian Thom Sharp
comedienne Jeannie Burnier
professional laugher Ann Shalla
and singer Jack Jones.
==================================
18.155 [3769] Merv Griffin Show
07Apr1980 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Suzanne Somers
actor Donald Sutherland
comedienne Marcia Wallace
Dr. Donald Wilson
and singer-songwriter Rupert Holmes.
18.156 [3770] Merv Griffin Show
08Apr1980 [Newsday]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
author Gore Vidal
tax advocate Howard Jarvis
and comedian Jackie Vernon.
18.157 [3771] Merv Griffin Show
09Apr1980 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actresses Jacqueline Bisset
and Barbara Carrera
actor Gil Gerard
and his wife actress Connie Sellecca
and Dr. Arnold Klein.
***************** Re-Numbered from 10Apr1980 ****************
18.158 [3772*] Merv Griffin Show
10Apr1980 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
TV host personality Dick Clark
actor Brian Kerwin
and naturalist Jim Fowler
and Cliff Richard sings "We Don't Talk Anymore".
18.159 [3773] Merv Griffin Show
11Apr1980 [Lompoc Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
talk show host Phil Donahue
English actress Rula Lenska and her husband,
actor Brian Deacon
comedienne Elayne Boosler
and David Lewis
and Jane Olivor sings "Don't Let Go of Me".
==================================
18.160 [3774] Merv Griffin Show
14Apr1980 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-songwriter Mac Davis
composer Andrew Lloyd Webber
singer Tommy James
singer-actor Robert Clary
and musical actress Marti Webb.
18.161 [3775] Merv Griffin Show
15Apr1980 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Ron Ely
actress Eva Gabor
director William Peter Blatty
British actress Jean Marsh
and Capt. Cliff Montgomery of the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department.
18.162 [3776] Merv Griffin Show
16Apr1980 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Patrick Duffy
comedian Charles Nelson Reilly
Opera singer Diana Soviero
Gypsy Rose Knee (Tony Lockhart)
facial-exercise advocate Joe Saffon
and musical group Ray, Goodman and Brown.
18.163 [3777] Merv Griffin Show "Men in Love"
17Apr1980 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
author Nancy Friday
actress Elke Sommer
actors Joseph Bottoms
and Sir Wilfrid Hyde-White.
18.164 [3778] Merv Griffin Show
18Apr1980 [Newsday]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Linda Gray of "Dallas";
comedian Byron Allen
artist Olaf Wieghorst
Diana Putnam, Miss Rodeo America 1980;
singer Rex Smith
rodeo bull rider Don Gay
and a Wrangler Fashion Show.
==================================
18.165 [3779] Merv Griffin Show
21Apr1980 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Britt Ekland
actors Peter Fonda
and Bill Duke
comic actress Mimi Kennedy
comedian Gerry Bednob
and rock singer Cindy Bullens.
18.166 [3780] Merv Griffin Show
22Apr1980 [Newsday]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
humorist Mort Sahl
actor Robert Walden
authors Alvin Toffler
and Durk Pearson.
18.167 [3781] Merv Griffin Show
23Apr1980 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
humorist-pianist Victor Borge
actor Jeff Conaway
comedian Lonnie Shorr
and Dr. Reinhold Altman.
18.168 [3782] Merv Griffin Show
24Apr1980 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Tom Jones
comedian Jay Leno
actress Ann Turkel
news anchor Jackson Bain
and broadcast journalist Delores Handy.
18.169 [3783] Merv Griffin Show
25Apr1980 [Lompoc Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
writer-director-actor Orson Welles
actor Oliver Reed
and singer-dancer Charo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5Yt95PKFxE
==================================
18.170 [3784] Merv Griffin Show
28Apr1980 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comic actor Jerry Van Dyke
comedian Dick Gautier
author Shelley Aspaklaria
the U.S.C. Cheerleaders
Billy Preston and Syreeta duet with "Please Stay".
18.171 [3785] Merv Griffin Show
29Apr1980 [Newsday]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Tom Wopat
and Jameson Parker
actress Anne Archer
actor Leon Isaac Kennedy
and five finalists in Laughing Contest
and David London sings "Sound of the City".
18.172 [3786] Merv Griffin Show
30Apr1980 [rerun 18Sep80] [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Robert Urich
actresses Loni Anderson
and Pamela Hensley
singer-songwriter Neil Sedaka
and daughter Dara Sedaka.
18.173 [3787] Merv Griffin Show
01May1980 [rerun 19Sep80] [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comic actor Chevy Chase
improvisational comedian Jim Staahl
comic Jim Fisher
singer-songwriter Graham Nash
rock singer Grace Slick
and singer Andy Gibb sings "Desire" and "After Dark".
18.174 [3788] Merv Griffin Show
02May1980 [Miami Herald]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actresses Pam Dawber
Donna Pescow
and Michele Lee
"Cosmopolitan" editor Helen Gurley Brown
and screenwriter Gail Parent.
==================================
18.175 [3789] Merv Griffin Show "Ladies Home Journal Awards"
05May1980 [rerun 21Aug80] [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
magazine editor Lenore Hershey
actresses Bo Derek
Sissy Spacek
Loni Anderson
and Marsha Mason
and author Judith Krantz.
18.176 [3790] Merv Griffin Show
06May1980 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Omar Sharif
and Gregory Harrison
TV personality Virginia Graham
and singer Rosemary Clooney.
18.177 [3791] Merv Griffin Show
07May1980 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Robert Blake
Brian Kerwin
and Claude Akins
comedienne Dottie Archibald
and author Raymond Strait.
18.178 [3792] Merv Griffin Show
08May1980 [Desert Sun]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Cheryl Ladd
actor Don Adams
comedienne Marsha Warfield
singers Julie Budd
and Rachel Sweet
and Frank Sabella's show dogs.
18.179 [3793] Merv Griffin Show
09May1980 [Miami Herald]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors John Schneider
and Steve Guttenberg
actress Caroline McWilliams
comic Bob Shaw
gymnast Gary Morgan
and pop group Air Supply perform "Lost In Love".
==================================
18.180 [3794] Merv Griffin Show
12May1980 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Roger Moore
David Hedison
and Robert Hays
singer-actress Bernadette Peters
and comedienne Lotus Weinstock.
18.181 [3795] Merv Griffin Show "Changing Sexual Mores"
13May1980 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Cloris Leachman
Gay Talese author of "Thy Neighbor's Wife"
psychiatrist Dr. Martin Grotjahn
and musical group Spryo Gyra performs "Catching the Sun".
18.182 [3796] Merv Griffin Show "Modeling"
14May1980 [rerun 30Sep80] [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
modeling agent Nina Blanchard
and fashion and photographers' models.
Shari Harper, Tony Gritti, Dan Bromstad,
Tree Allen and Sheri LaRoque.
18.183 [3797] Merv Griffin Show
15May1980 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Wayne Rogers
actress Valerie Harper
comedian Ronnie Schell
singer Mac Davis sings "Something's Burning";
and singers Marie and Cherie Currie,
The Curries sing "Messin' with the Boys".
18.184 [3798] Merv Griffin Show From the television series "Moviola"
16May1980 [Lompoc Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Tony Curtis
Lloyd Bridges
Barry Bostwick
and Ed Winter
actresses Sharon Gless
Constance Forslund
and Morgan Brittany.
==================================
18.185 [3799] Merv Griffin Show
19May1980 [San Francisco Examiner]
From New York.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
musical actress Carol Channing
Opera singer Beverly Sills
dancer-actress Ann Miller
and singer-actress Andrea McArdle sings "On the Radio".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROxG2uUwFbc
18.186 [3800] Merv Griffin Show
20May1980 [San Francisco Examiner]
From New York.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Robert Klein
ballet dancer Rudolph Nureyev
singer-actress Carole Cook
roller skaters Pat and Terry Richardson
journalist Walter Williams
and Opera singer Diana Soviero.
18.187 [3801] Merv Griffin Show
21May1980 [San Francisco Examiner]
From New York.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Madeline Kahn
comedienne Pat Carroll
actress Patti LuPone
actors Alan Dysert
and Wayne Massey
and blues singer Alberta Hunter performs "Amtrak Blues".
18.188 [3802] Merv Griffin Show "Salute to Broadway"
22May1980 [San Francisco Examiner]
From New York.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Ethel Merman
actress Stockard Channing ("They're Playing Our Song")
actor Ken Marshall
theatre actress Josie De Guzman
comedian Bob Nelson
and members of the casts of "West Side Story"
and "Oklahoma!".
18.189 [3803] Merv Griffin Show
23May1980 [Daily Register]
From New York.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actress Nell Carter
model Cheryl Tiegs
author Truman Capote
Jazz singer Bobby Short
Graham Nash performs "Out on the Island"
and Van Cleef and Arpel Jewlery Display.
==================================
18.190 [3804] Merv Griffin Show
26May1980 [San Francisco Examiner]
From New York.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Mickey Rooney
actress Sandy Duncan
stars Brooke Shields and Christopher Atkins of "Blue Lagoon"
Broadway actors Dorothy Loudon
and George Hearn
and comedy team Monteith and Rand.
18.191 [3805] Merv Griffin Show
27May1980 [Times-Advocate]
From New York.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Judge John Sirica
journalist William F. Buckley Jr.
magazine editor Malcolm Forbes
and newspaper editor William Loeb.
18.192 [3806] Merv Griffin Show Salute to the Movie "Can't Stop the Music"
28May1980 [Lompoc Record]
From New York.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
co-producer Allan Carr
actresses Valerie Perrine
and Nancy Walker
actor Steve Guttenberg
disco music and novelty act creator Jacques Morali.
The Village People sings "Can't Stop the Music".
The Ritchies perform "Give Me a Break".
David London sings "Samantha".
18.193 [3807] Merv Griffin Show
29May1980 [Desert Sun]
From New York.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Ruth Gordon
writer-director Carl Reiner
dancer Ann Reinking
and designer Larry Le Gaspi
with a Le Gaspi Fashion Show.
18.194 [3808] Merv Griffin Show
30May1980 [Newsday]
From New York.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
music prognosticator Kal Rudman ("Friday Morning Quarterback");
disco club owner Regine
Marvin Hamlisch performs "The Other Side of Me";
Rupert Holmes sings "Answering Machine";
Dizzy Gillespie the Ensemble do "Manteca";
and the McDonald Tri-State Jazz Ensemble.
==================================
[--] Merv Griffin Show
02Jun1980 [repeat from 24Sep79]
Nina Blanchard with models from around the world
Anna Bjorn, Yuhis Ruval, Beto Brasil, Michael Principe, Vibeke Knudsen, Tony
Hamilton.
[--] Merv Griffin Show
03Jun1980 [repeat from 24Jan80]
Durk Pearson, Dr. Linus Pauling, Dr. David Bresler, Dr. Robert J. Benowicz.
[--] Merv Griffin Show
04Jun1980 [repeat from 12Sep79]
David Brenner, Doc Severinson, Greg Evigan, The Ritchie Family.
[--] Merv Griffin Show
05Jun1980 [repeat from 10Jul79]
Don Rickles, Robert Goulet, Glenn Smith, Barbara Mandrell, Sammy King, Johnny
Yune
[--] Merv Griffin Show "Self-Made Millionaires"
06Jun1980 [repeat from 18Sep79]
Mary Hudson, Ruth Handler, Sally Stamford
==================================
18.195 [3809] Merv Griffin Show
09Jun1980 [Desert Sun]
Valerie Harper is the guest host
Guests
actresses Cloris Leachman
and Doris Roberts
actor Richard Crenna
comic George Miller
author Sara Davidson
and singer Jim Photoglo.
18.196 [3810] Merv Griffin Show
10Jun1980 [San Francisco Examiner]
Mel Tillis is the guest host
Guests
comedienne Lucille Ball
comics Roger and Roger
astrologer Joyce Jillson
folksinger Judy Collins
and singer Johnny Tillotson.
18.197 [3811] Merv Griffin Show
11Jun1980 [Times-Advocate]
Ron Ely is the guest host
Guests
actresses Joanna Cassidy
Erin Gray
and Pamela Hensley
football player Lynn Swann
and singer Lisa Donovan.
18.198 [3812] Merv Griffin Show
12Jun1980 [Times-Advocate]
Bill Cosby is the guest host
Guests
actress Stella Stevens
Country singer Mickey Gilley
actor-comedian Orson Bean
comics Stan Kann
and Lionel Norman
and singer Stacy Lattisaw.
18.199 [3813] Merv Griffin Show
13Jun1980 [San Francisco Examiner]
Bobby Vinton is the guest host
Guests
actresses Cathy Lee Crosby
and Rhonda Fleming
cabaret performer Loni Ackerman
and singer Natalie Cole.
==================================
18.200 [3814] Merv Griffin Show
16Jun1980 [Desert Sun]
From New York.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Senator William Proxmire
dancer-actress Ann Miller
dancer-actor Donald O'Connor
actor Gerald Anthony
singer Alberta Hunter
and the West Point Glee Club.
18.201 [3815] Merv Griffin Show
17Jun1980 [Desert Sun]
From New York.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Alan King
dancer Donna Wood
comics Bob and Ray
raconteur Henry Morgan
singer Pamela Myers
and a Men's Fashion Show.
18.202 [3816] Merv Griffin Show
18Jun1980 [Los Angeles Times]
From New York.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
author Norman Mailer
British comedienne Hermione Gingold
actor Ricky Schroeder
singer-actress Pia Zadora
and Shanghai Acrobatic Theatre.
18.203 [3817] Merv Griffin Show
19Jun1980 [San Francisco Examiner]
From New York.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
stage actor Chris Groenendaal
musical actresses Betty Buckley
and Marianne Tatum
singer-songwriter Jim Dale
comedian Henny Youngman
singer Alberta Hunter
and a fashion show.
18.204 [3818] Merv Griffin Show
20Jun1980 [Miami Herald]
From New York.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
dancer-actress Chita Rivera
actor Tony Franciosa
songwriters Fred Ebb
and John Kantor
Father Bruce Ritter
and Roller Skate Fashion Show.
==================================
18.205 [3819] Merv Griffin Show
23Jun1980 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Shelley Winters
and former Vice-President Spiro T. Agnew.
18.206 [3820] Merv Griffin Show From the movie "Airplane!"
24Jun1980 [Desert Sun]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Robert Hays
Lloyd Bridges
Robert Stack
Kareem Abdul Jabbar
Peter Graves
and actress Lorna Patterson.
18.207 [3821] Merv Griffin Show
25Jun1980 [Times-Advocate]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Tom Wopat
Brian Kerwin
and Jed Allan
comedienne Jeannine Burnier
singer Elizabeth Hansen
and The Dirt Band.
18.208 [3822] Merv Griffin Show
26Jun1980 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actresses Carroll Baker
and Joan Van Ark
comedian Wil Shriner
Sidney Sheldon author of "Rage of Angels";
and singer-actor Rex Smith.
[--] Merv Griffin Show "Millionaires"
27Jun1980 [repeat from 22Feb80]
Kemmons Wilson, Meshulam Riklis, Wally Amos
==================================
18.209 [3823] Merv Griffin Show
30Jun1980 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Tony Bennett
magician Doug Henning
bandleader Ray Anthony
comic Rip Taylor
comedienne Elayne Boosler
and singer Julie Anthony.
18.210 [3824] Merv Griffin Show
01Jul1980 [San Francisco Examiner]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Mickey Finn and his Ragtime Band
with Laura Kirkman on fiddle;
singer Grace Slick
comedian David Brenner
comic Chaz Chase
The Mills Brothers
and guest bandleader for the week Ray Anthony.
18.211 [3825] Merv Griffin Show
02Jul1980 [Desert Sun]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Barry White
dancer-singer Charo
comedian Bob Shaw
entertainer Sal Richards
the Arthur Murray Dancers
and bandleader Ray Anthony.
18.212 [3826] Merv Griffin Show
03Jul1980 [Times-Advocate]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Shecky Greene
actress Bernadette Peters
singer Mary Shore
musical duo Sandler and Young
Israeli mime Yacob Noy
and bandleader Ray Anthony.
18.213 [3827] Merv Griffin Show
04Jul1980 [rerun 08Oct80] [Times-Advocate]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-songwriter Paul Anka
actor Willie Aames
comedian Tom Dreesen
foot juggler Jean Claud
poker champ Stewart Unger
Tennessee Ernie Ford sings "Tennessee Stud";
pop singer Amy Holland
musicians Jack Sheldon, Bill Berry and Pete Candoli
and bandleader Ray Anthony and the Trumpeters
==================================
18.214 [3828] Merv Griffin Show
07Jul1980 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Tim Matheson
and Rick Lohman
actresses Madolyn Smith
and Murphy Cross
comedian Jay Leno
and psychologist Dr. Gayle Delaney.
18.215 [3829] Merv Griffin Show
08Jul1980 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comic actor Jerry Van Dyke
comic acting duo Cheech and Chong
Country singer Johnny Paycheck
Watermelon Queen, Sissy Whitfield
comedienne Lotus Weinstock
and illusionist Glen Falkenstein
18.216 [3830] Merv Griffin Show Cast of "How to Beat the High Cost of Living"
09Jul1980 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Richard Benjamin
and Dabney Coleman
actresses Susan Saint James
and Jane Curtin
and comic actor Fred Willard.
18.217 [3831] Merv Griffin Show "Salute to Songwriters and Performers"
10Jul1980 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
songwriters Marilyn and Alan Bergman
pianist-composer Michel LeGrand
singer Jack Jones
and balladeer Amanda McBroom.
[--] Merv Griffin Show
11Jul1980 [repeat from 25May79]
Jule Styne, Sammy Davis Jr., Ethel Merman, Marvin Hamlisch,
Phyllis Newman, Comden and Green
==================================
18.218 [3832] Merv Griffin Show
14Jul1980 [Miami News]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Bobby Vinton
comedienne Phyllis Diller
actor Willie Aames
comedian Garry Shandling
magician Nick Lewin
and singer Christy Lane.
18.219 [3833] Merv Griffin Show
15Jul1980 [Miami News]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Andy Gibb
actor Robert Clary
comedian Johnny Dark
singing duo Billy Preston and Syreeta
and Mess O'Mutts, a performing dog act.
18.220 [3834] Merv Griffin Show
16Jul1980 [Miami News]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Pete Barbutti
impressionist Bob Anderson
gymnast Kurt Thomas
ice skater Linda Fratianne
artist Leroy Neiman
John Toomey
singing duo Dave & Sugar
and the Arthur Murray Dancers.
18.221 [3835] Merv Griffin Show
17Jul1980 [Miami Herald]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Country singer Kenny Rogers
comedian Foster Brooks
comedienne Dottie Archibald
singer Denise Clemente
and a Western wear fashion show.
18.222 [3836] Merv Griffin Show
18Jul1980 [Tampa Times]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
entertainer Liberace
impressionist Fred Travalena
magician Harry Anderson
Jan Howard and Helena
singer Loretta Holloway
and singer Joey Travolta.
==================================
18.223 [3837] Merv Griffin Show
21Jul1980 [Miami Herald]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor William Shatner
TV personality Virginia Graham
singers Kenny Rankin
and Mary Shore
Playboy model-actress Dorit Stevens
and two female body builders.
18.224 [3838] Merv Griffin Show
22Jul1980 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Mike Connors
actress Caroline McWilliams
singer Marie Blake
comedian Shamus McCool
and pianist-actor Max Showalter.
18.225 [3839] Merv Griffin Show "Salute to Soaps"
23Jul1980 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Deidre Hall and Stephen Brooks of "Days of Our Lives"
Jaime Lyn Bauer and Doug Davidson of "The Young and the Restless"
Jacklyn Zeman and Doug Sheehan of "General Hospital".
18.226 [3840] Merv Griffin Show "Living Longer and Better"
24Jul1980 [rerun 17Oct80] [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
scientific researcher Durk Pearson
dermatologist Dr. Arnold Klein
Dr. Kurt Donsbach author of "A Nutritional Approach to Super Health"
and Alvin Silverstein author of "Conquest of Death".
18.227 [3841] Merv Griffin Show
25Jul1980 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors James Franciscus
and Larry Wilcox
French singer Line Renaud
authors Judith Krantz
and Michael O'Mary.
==================================
18.228 [3842] Merv Griffin Show
28Jul1980 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
playwright-actor Peter Ustinov
actors Kurt Russell
and Mark Hamill
actress Jane Seymour
comedian Gallagher
and singer-actors Louis Valenzi
and Stefanianne Christopherson.
18.229 [3843] Merv Griffin Show Salute to the Movie "Final Countdown"
29Jul1980 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Kirk Douglas
actress Katharine Ross
actors James Farentino
and Ron O'Neal
and producer Peter Douglas.
18.230 [3844] Merv Griffin Show
30Jul1980 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actresses Eva Gabor
and Morgan Fairchild
actor Andrew McFarlane
impressionist Denny Johnston
singer Mary Shore
Frank Sabella and his show dogs.
18.231 [3845] Merv Griffin Show
31Jul1980 [Desert Sun]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian-actor Charles Nelson Reilly
actor Brian Kerwin
comic Guy Marks
comedienne-actress Marsha Warfield
and Opera singer Roberta Peters.
18.232 [3846] Merv Griffin Show
01Aug1980 [The Record]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Charlton Heston of "The Mountain Men"
and Barry Newman
actress Randi Oakes
stand-up comedian Al Romero
and karate expert turned actor Chuck Norris.
==================================
[--] Merv Griffin Show
04Aug1980 [repeat from 04Jan80]
Jacqueline Bisset, Robert Conrad, Dudley Moore,
Sir Wilfrid Hyde-White, Jayne Kennedy
18.233 [3847] Merv Griffin Show
05Aug1980 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Angie Dickinson
actor Lee Marvin
FCC Commissioner Tyrone Brown
comedian Gallagher
and Fashion Awards with Chip Tolbert.
18.234 [3848] Merv Griffin Show
06Aug1980 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
Country singer Glen Campbell
singer Rita Coolidge
music prognosticator Kal Rudman
rocker Eddie Money
pop group Ambrosia performs "Biggest Part of Me";
and a clip of Boz Scaggs from London.
18.235 [3849] Merv Griffin Show
07Aug1980 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Richard Chamberlain
and Christopher Atkins
British comedienne Hermione Gingold
comedians Lonnie Shorr
and Alan Sues
and singer Stephanie Mills.
[--] Merv Griffin Show
08Aug1980 [repeat from 28Dec79]
Anthony Newley, Woody Herman, Fernando Bujones,
Kristine Elliott, Franklin Ajaye, Vicki Frederick, Chris Thompson.
==================================
18.236 [3850] Merv Griffin Show "Adventurer".
11Aug1980 [Miami Herald]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Robert Brown
bounty hunter Ralph Thorson
explorer-adventurer-author Dr. Jack Wheeler
and marine biologist Jean Michel Cousteau.
*Note: Dr. Jack Wheeler has had two parallel careers for many years:
one in the field of adventure and exploration as the owner of Wheeler
Expeditions;
the other in the field of political and economic freedom as president of the
Freedom Research Foundation.
Regarding the first, at age 12 he was honored in the White House by President
Eisenhower as the
Youngest Eagle Scout in the history of the Boy Scouts. He climbed the Matterhorn
at age 14,
swam the Hellespont (LIFE Magazine 12/12/60) and lived with Amazon headhunters
at 16, hunted
a man-eating tiger in Vietnam at 17, started an export business in Vietnam at
19, and wrote
"The Adventurer’s Guide" (New York: Mackay, 1975), described by Merv Griffin as
"the definitive
book for anyone wishing to lead a more adventurous and exciting life.” He has
three "first contacts"
with tribes never before contacted by the outside world: a clan of Aushiri in
the Amazon, the Wali-Ali-Fo
in New Guinea, and a band of Bushmen in the Kalahari. He has retraced Hannibal’s
route over the Alps
with elephants; led numerous expeditions in Central Asia, Tibet, Africa, the
Amazon, the Sahara, Mongolia,
and elsewhere, including 21 expeditions to the North Pole; and has been listed
in
"The Guinness Book of World Records" for the first free fall sky-dive in history
at the North Pole.
18.237 [3851] Merv Griffin Show
12Aug1980 [Miami Herald]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Dyan Cannon of "Honeysuckle Rose";
comedian Charlie Callas
actress-comedienne Kaye Ballard
and singer Johnny Lee.
18.238 [3852] Merv Griffin Show
13Aug1980 [Miami Herald]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Margot Kidder
actors Ray Sharkey
and Dick Van Patten
comedian Jim Samuels
and violinist Itzhak Perlman.
[--] Merv Griffin Show
14Aug1980 [repeat from 24Jul80]
Durk Pearson, Dr. Arnold Klein in a discussion of living better.
18.239 [3853] Merv Griffin Show
15Aug1980 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actors Tom Wopat
and Herve Villechaize
Barbara Goldsmith author of "Little Gloria"
news personality Jack Ford
and singer Murphy Cross.
==================================
18.240 [3854] Merv Griffin Show
18Aug1980 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer-actor Robert Goulet sings "That's Life";
actor-dancer Gene Anthony Ray
comedy duo Rick and Ruby
Opera singer Leona Mitchell
comedian George Miller
and pop group Air Supply performs "All Out of Love".
18.241 [3855] Merv Griffin Show
19Aug1980 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor Brian Kerwin
comedian Bob Shaw
singer Rosemary Clooney sings "Our Love is Here to Stay";
and singer-songwriter Peter Allen performs a medley of his songs.
18.242 [3856] Merv Griffin Show "Child Custody"
20Aug1980 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
psychotherapist Susan Forward
Sylvia Rendon
Betty Niems
Diane Kimberly
Kristin Chapman
Lee Alpert
and Conrad Smith.
[--] Merv Griffin Show "Ladies Home Journal Awards"
21Aug1980 [repeat from 05May80]
Bo Derek, Sissy Spacek, Loni Anderson, Judith Krantz,
Lenore Hershey editor of Ladies Home Journal.
18.243 [3857] Merv Griffin Show
22Aug1980 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actress Shelley Winters
actor Charles Grodin
comedian Mark McCollum
Irving Stone author of "The Origin"
and Country singer June Carter Cash sings "Hello Stranger".
==================================
18.244 [3858] Merv Griffin Show
25Aug1980 [Desert Sun]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Bobby Vinton
singer-dancer Lola Falana
mime Robert Shields
comedienne-actress Marsha Warfield
impressionist Bob Anderson
and Mary McFadden Fashion Show.
18.245 [3859] Merv Griffin Show
26Aug1980 [Desert Sun]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
comedian Shecky Greene
singer-actress Pia Zadora
comedian Freddie Roman
comic Bob Anderson
mime Yacov Noy
singer Tom Netherton sings "Come Rain or Come Shine";
Opera singer Roberta Peters sings "Getting to Know You";
and dance group Hollywood Dancin'.
18.246 [3860] Merv Griffin Show
27Aug1980 [Miami News]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
singer Anthony Newley
comedian David Brenner
impressionist David Frye
comedienne Elayne Boosler
and Jazz singer Loretta Holloway sings "Anytime".
18.247 [3861] Merv Griffin Show
28Aug1980 [Desert Sun]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
actor-comedian Gabriel Kaplan
comedian Tom Dreesen
singer Mel Tormé sings "New York State of Mind";
disco singer Leonore O'Malley sings "First Be a Woman";
a juggling act
and a Prix de Cachet fashion show.
18.248 [3862] Merv Griffin Show
29Aug1980 [The Record]
From Las Vegas.
Host Merv Griffin
Guests
boxers Muhammad Ali
and Larry Holmes
comedian Norm Crosby
pianist Walt Wagner plays "Renaissance".
singer-actress Andrea McArdle
singer-songwriter Livingston Taylor
and The Mills Brothers.
############# The Merv Griffin Show ############
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