The Merv Griffin Show

1962 • ABC
4.8
12 reviews
TV-PG
Rating
Eligible
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Season 1 episodes (38)

1 Episode 1
9/2/65
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This compilation episode features guests Phyllis Diller, Frederick Ayer, Jr., Captain Mitsuo Fuchida, and Norman Rockwell.
2 Episode 2
9/8/65
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This compilation episode features Richard Pryor, Phil Spector, and Dick Gregory.
3 Episode 3
10/6/65
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This compilation episode features guests Andy Warhol, Edie Sedgwick, Reni Santoni, Renee Taylor, and Salvador Dali.
4 Episode 4
10/21/65
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This compilation episode features guests Carol Burnett, Roddy McDowall, Oscar Levant, Bob Crane, and Phil Spector.
5 Episode 5
11/11/65
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This compilation episode features guests George Carlin, Henny Youngman, Colonel John Glenn, Frankie Laine, Minnie Pearl, and Redd Foxx.
6 Episode 6
2/4/66
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This compilation episode features guests Tallulah Bankhead, Willie Mays, Colonel Sanders, and Adam West.
7 Episode 7
7/18/66
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This compilation episode features guests Mort Sahl, Dr. Timothy Leary, and Marion Williams.
8 Episode 8
7/20/66
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This compilation episode features guests Jayne Mansfield, Monti Rock III, Dr. Henry Brill, Henny Youngman, and Mariska Hargitay.
9 Episode 9
8/1/66
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This compilation episode features guests Jerry Lewis, Richard Pryor, Charlie Callas, and Dagmar.
10 Episode 10
7/6/67
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This compilation episode features guests Martin Luther King, Jr. and Harry Belafonte.
11 Episode 11
10/3/67
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This compilation episode features guests Robert F. Kennedy, Carl Reine, Jane Fonda, and Roger Vadim.
12 Episode 12
12/20/67
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This compilation episode features guests Richard Nixon and David Susskind.
13 Episode 13
8/18/69
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This compilation episode features guests Woody Allen, Hedy Lamarr, Moms Mabley, Leslie Uggams, Ted Sorenson, and Gore Vidal.
14 Episode 14
1/27/71
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This compilation episode features guest John Wayne.
15 Episode 15
10/28/71
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This compilation episode features guests Dennis Hopper, James Brolin, Diane Baker, and Willie Mays.
16 Episode 16
4/27/73
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This compilation episode features guests Jack Benny, Chuck Norris, and Eva Gabor.
17 Episode 17
7/31/73
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This compilation episode features guests Ingrid Bergman, Jacqueline Bisset, George Segal, Richard Pryor, Rex Reed, Kris Kristofferson, and Rita Coolidge.
18 Episode 18
10/12/73
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This compilation episode features guests Lucille Ball, Bob Hope, Ronald Reagan, Lucie Arnaz, Desi Arnaz Jr., Gale Gordon, and Gary Morton.
19 Episode 19
11/29/73
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This compilation episode features guests Bette Davis, Oliva de Havilland, Walter Pidgeon, William Wyler, and Samantha Eggar.
20 Episode 20
11/30/76
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This compilation episode features guests Farrah Fawcett, Marie Osmond, Lindsay Wagner, Michael Learned, and Joan Rivers.
21 Episode 21
9/22/77
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This compilation episode features guests Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Alex Haley, and Lou Gossett, Jr.
22 Episode 22
1/13/72
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This compilation episode features guests James Caan, Warren Beatty, Steve Martin, and James Michener.
23 Episode 23
12/5/75
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This compilation episode features guests Gene Wilder and Gerald Ford.
24 Episode 24
10/31/79
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This compilation episode features guests Mel Brooks, Anne Bancroft, Gene Hackman, Rob Reiner, Penny Marshall, Gene Wilder, and Carl Reiner.
25 Episode 25
12/20/79
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This compilation episode features guests Jackie Mason, Carl Reiner, and Steve Martin.
26 Episode 26
1/9/80
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This compilation episode features guests Francis Ford Coppola, Cindy Williams, Talia Shire, Frederic Forrest, and Gene Hackman.
27 Episode 27
5/28/80
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This compilation episode features guests Mickey Rooney, Brooke Shields, Christopher Atkins, Orson Welles, Don Rickles, and Mr. T.
28 Episode 28
8/29/80
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This compilation episode features guests Muhammad Ali, Larry Holmes, Norm Crosby, Bill Cosby, and Jerry Seinfeld.
29 Episode 29
10/6/80
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This compilation episode features guest Dick Cavett.
30 Episode 30
8/22/80
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This compilation episode features guests Shelley Winters, Charles Grodin, Irving Stone, John Travolta, and Olivia Newton-John.
31 Episode 31
2/15/82
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This compilation episode features guests Ray Bradbury, Barbara Walters, and Maya Angelou.
32 Episode 32
5/24/82
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This compilation episode features guests William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelly, Bib Besch, Rosa Parks, and Sandy Duncan.
33 Episode 33
5/26/82
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This compilation episode features guests Sylvester Stallone, Burgess Meredith, Carl Weathers, Talia Shire, Mr. T., and George Clooney.
34 Episode 34
6/30/82
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This compilation episode features guests Gloria Steinem, Carole King, Loretta Swit, Lee Grant, Jane Fonda, and Bill Maher.
35 Episode 35
12/22/82
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This compilation episode features guests Laurence Olivier, The Muppets, Jim Henson, Frank Oz, and Dabney Coleman.
36 Episode 36
9/27/83
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This compilation episode features guests President Ronald Regan and First Lady Nancy Regan.
37 Episode 37
10/10/85
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This compilation episode features guests Orson Welles, Barbara Leaming, and Alec Baldwin.
38 Episode 38
11/5/85
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This compilation episode features guests Betty White, Bea Arthur, Rue McClanahan, Estelle Getty, Jerry Seinfeld, and Jay Leno.

About this show

The Merv Griffin Show is widely considered one of the premier talk shows in the history of television. Hosted by the charming and intelligent Merv Griffin, this ground-breaking show was known for in-depth interviews with celebrities and newsmakers, innovative stand-up comedy and stellar musical performances. Over the course of its run from 1962 to 1986, the show garnered 10 Emmy Awards and welcomed more than 5,000 guests, including many of the most important names in the fields of entertainment, politics, music, art, sports, fashion, and literature.

Ratings and reviews

4.8
12 reviews
Metal monkey
August 12, 2017
I can totally see why Bea would hate Betty after watching this show. Betty just thought she was being funny, but, was sort of a big jerk, sorry Betty. I also would have liked to see the golden girls show in its entirety, it seems they chopped a lot off of everyone but Betty Whites interview time. Rue McClanahan mainly seemed to be robbed in this particular video. Wasn't really worth the price, in my opinion, I didn't care for the part with Leno, it was boring!