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RIP, Merv Griffin

by John Cole|  August 12, 200711:54 am| 7 Comments

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  1. 1.

    Gold Star for Robot Boy

    August 12, 2007 at 12:33 pm

    As a talk show host, he was before my time.
    But as a producer, his contributions couldn’t be missed.

  2. 2.

    Dulcie

    August 12, 2007 at 12:51 pm

    I grew up watching Merv in the seventies. Every day after school, I’d rush home to see who his musical guest would be, or watch him interviewing celebrities of the day. He was the godfather of the modern celebrity interview. He helped to create and refine America’s 20th century obsession with entertainment news. His contribution to the game show genre is second to none with Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune. His death marks the end of an era, and it makes me feel old!

  3. 3.

    Wilfred

    August 12, 2007 at 1:23 pm

    From Bertrand Russel to Monte Rock III. He had range.

  4. 4.

    Bob In Pacifica

    August 12, 2007 at 3:01 pm

    Arthur Treacher. The man behind the throne. Fish & chips too.

  5. 5.

    Hyperion

    August 12, 2007 at 6:44 pm

    i grew up watching The Merv Griffin Show in the mid to late 60s. in tampa he was on every weekday from 4:30 to 6 pm. so an after-school treat..with no parents around to perturb the experience. he had some very interesting guests on like Gore Vidal, David Suskind, Mort Sahl, David Frost, Tony Hendra, a very young Richard Pryor…all people that were NEVER on TV in florida in the 60s. Plus all these broadway folks i had no clue about. And Treacher was the best. Whenever the conversation got a bit too rude for him, he would get up and silently move to the end of the couch, oozing contempt.

    that show gave me a glimpse of a world quite different from the one i inhabited. (the only similar TV experience for me was Jack Paar. but that was on only on fridays very late.) i remember hearing a photographer on merv griffin recounting a story about his meeting the queen and her saying “i have a brother-in-law who is a photographer”, referring to Lord Snowden. “that’s funny because i have brother-in-law who is a queen.” at the time (i was 14 maybe) i thought “hmm, queen must be another word for queer.” so…educational TV.

  6. 6.

    Dave_Violence

    August 13, 2007 at 11:53 am

    Later, TKE brother Merv.

  7. 7.

    BIRDZILLA

    August 14, 2007 at 10:08 am

    Remeber his game shows JEPORDY and WHEEL OF FOURTUNE yeah lstter turner VANNA WHITE

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