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	Griffin, Merv
		Griffin's career as a television talk show host was associated from the beginning with that of Johnny Carson, the reigning "king of late night talk" from the 1960s through the 1980s.
		Griffin, who came to New York to sign a record contract with RCA in the early 1950s, was subject to a series of other influences.
		The key to Griffin's character, according to Blonsky, was a desperate drive to be accepted by the rich and powerful, and much of his financial success he owed to his financial manager, Murray Schwartz, who he never credited and with whom he parted ways in the late 1980s.
	www.museum.tv /archives/etv/G/htmlG/griffinmerv/griffinmerv.htm (879 words)

	Merv Griffin leaves an entertainment empire - USATODAY.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Griffin, 82, who died Sunday in Los Angeles of prostate cancer, ruled the game-show genre with two of its longest-running and highest-rated programs, which are broadcast worldwide in countries such as Argentina, France and Singapore.
		Griffin began as a radio show and big-band singer and a bit player in film and on stage.
		Griffin, who was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 1996, will not see how Merv Griffin's Crosswords fares when it premieres in syndication Sept. 10.
	www.usatoday.com /life/people/2007-08-12-griffinobit_N.htm?csp=34 (547 words)

	Merv Griffin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Griffin scored a coup when Jack Paar accidentally emerged onto the set of Play Your Hunch during a live broadcast (Paar was superstitiously trying to avoid the elevators at Rockefeller Center), and Griffin got him to stay for a spontaneous interview.
		Merv Griffin launched a syndicated 90-minute talk show in 1965, that aired in a variety of time slots throughout North America (many stations ran it in the daytime, some aired it opposite Johnny Carson's The Tonight Show, and it aired for many years in prime time on WNEW in New York).
		Griffin was an honorary pallbearer at the funeral of President Ronald Reagan.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Merv_Griffin (1082 words)

	Merv Griffin
		Merv Griffin started singing in his church choir as a boy, and by his teens was earning extra money as a church organist.
		Griffin started his talk show career filling in for Jack Paar, and it was quickly evident that he had the knack for schmooze and banter.
		He was back with another Merv Griffin Show for Westinghouse in 1965, which drew better numbers and critical acclaim for sometimes booking controversial guests such as George Carlin, Dick Gregory, Richard Pryor, and intellectuals you would see only on PBS today, for instance R.
	www.nndb.com /people/418/000022352 (641 words)

	Entertainer, businessman Merv Griffin dies at 82 - CNN.com
		Merv Griffin died of prostate cancer Sunday, according to a spokeswoman.
		Griffin died of prostate cancer, according to a statement from his family that was released by Marcia Newberger, spokeswoman for The Griffin Group/Merv Griffin Entertainment.
		Griffin was billed as "the young romantic voice of radio." He attracted the interest of RKO studio boss William Dozier, who was visiting San Francisco with his wife, Joan Fontaine.
	www.cnn.com /2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/08/12/griffin.obit.ap/index.html (1166 words)

	CBC.ca Arts - Nancy Reagan, Arnold Schwarzenegger attend Merv Griffin funeral
		Griffin, who died of prostate cancer at the age of 82 on Aug. 12, interviewed 25,000 guests on his show.
		Afterwards, mourners were planning to drive to the Beverly Hilton, which Griffin bought in 1987 and then sold in 2003, listening to performers from the Young Musician's Foundation and jazz musician Jack Sheldon, a frequent guest on Griffin's talk show.
		Griffin's entertainment career started in the 1950s as a radio singer, moving onto hosting duties on television. He made his mark with his talk show, created in 1965, which included high-profile guests from Martin Luther King to John Lennon to Rose Kennedy.
	www.cbc.ca /arts/tv/story/2007/08/18/griffin-funeral.html?ref=rss (1633 words)

	www.rainfilm.com : The Movie Rain - Production & Crew: Merv Griffin
		Merv Griffin, creator of Jeopardy!, Wheel of Fortune, and long-time host/producer of The Merv Griffin Show, has won 17 Emmys for his extraordinary achievements in television.
		MGE controls the valuable vault of The Merv Griffin Show which includes appearances, over a 23-year period, of the most famous and fascinating people in the world, some of whom appeared exclusively with Merv.
		Merv's private passions are his beautiful family: son Tony, daughter-in-law Tricia, grandchildren Farah and Donovan Mervyn, his long-haired sharpei dog Charlie Chan, his La Wuinta ranch which houses 55 thoroughbred racing horses and his ranch in the Carmel Valley where he also produces his private label "Mont Merveilleux" wines.
	www.rainfilm.com /griffin.htm (218 words)

	OpinionJournal - Leisure & Arts
		Griffin had early success as a singer and radio personality, culminating in the 1950 hit song "I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts." From 1952 to 1955, he worked as a contract actor for the Warner Bros. studio, starring in films such as "So This Is Love" and "Phantom of Rue Morgue." Although Mr.
		Griffin had already worked as a host for some smaller television shows in the early 1950s, his television career got a major boost when he was signed as a host of the game show "Play Your Hunch," a Mark Goodson-Bill Todman production, which aired on CBS, ABC and NBC from 1958 to 1962.
		Griffin explains that the unique "answer and question" format of "Jeopardy!" was suggested by his then-wife, Julann, to avoid any associations with the quiz-show scandals of the 1950s, which involved some contestants being provided answers to questions ahead of airtime.
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	Hollywood stars mourn Merv Griffin - CNN.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Griffin's son followed with a mix of humor and affection: "I never knew anyone who loved life as much as my father," he said.
		Griffin, who created "Jeopardy!" and "Wheel of Fortune," was 82 when he died Sunday of prostate cancer.
		Griffin was to be buried not far away, in Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery, where Marilyn Monroe, Dean Martin, Natalie Wood and other Hollywood notables are interred.
	www.cnn.com /2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/08/18/griffin.funeral.ap/index.html?section=cnn_latest (444 words)

	Merv Griffin Transcript, December 3 1971
		Merv Griffin: They're the ones that gave him the dollar...for that appearance.
		Merv Griffin: Happiness on, uh, fourteen feet is the way one publicity man described the group that you're about to meet, made up of five boys and two girls they happen to be, uh, brothers and sisters and, uh, you're going to love the sound they all make together.
		Merv Griffin: And to Ben Gazzara and Peter Fonda...
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	Merv Griffin - Biography - AOL Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Music might not be the first thing you think of when someone mentions talk show host and entrepreneurial powerhouse Merv Griffin, but he earns more in royalties from his television themes than most musicians do from their whole catalog.
		Griffin sold his production company, Merv Griffin Enterprises, in 1986 to Columbia Pictures Television for $250 million.
		At the time it was the largest acquisition of an entertainment company owned by a single individual, and Griffin pulled back from the public eye, focusing on developing and producing game shows and other television programming.
	music.aol.com /artist/merv-griffin/153092/biography (480 words)

	For Merv Griffin, Woodstock a happy memory
		Merv Griffin has had a long, varied and very successful show business career.
		His Emmy Award-winning "The Merv Griffin Show" was broadcast nationwide for more than two decades.
		Griffin's late-night show never rivaled "The Tonight Show" in the ratings and was cancelled a couple of years later.
	archive.recordonline.com /archive/2003/03/16/merv16.htm (425 words)

	Wanda's Kate Jackson Web Page-Merv Griffin Interview (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Merv: Still the wife is managing to have a baby.
		Merv: Well, they fall in love with television characters because you're in their home, they really fall in love with them and they don't like change.
		Merv: Okay, Bruce Boxleitner and Kate Jackson in a scene from Scarecrow and Mrs.
	www.katejackson.net /merv.html (2016 words)

	Extratv.com : Merv Griffin
		Looking back at the talk show that led him down the road to super success, Merv says there were many magic moments on "The Merv Griffin Show," from presidents to princes to superstars and those on their way.
		Today, Merv says TV is very different from his days in front of the mike: too many talk shows and enough with the reality rage.
		And although he admits sometimes he misses the limelight, Merv is content running his multibillion-dollar empire and living the good life here in his own private paradise.
	extratv.warnerbros.com /dailynews/extra/01_03/01_10d.html (219 words)

	Merv Griffin dies at 82 - Celebrity News - MSNBC.com
		When Griffin entered a hospital a month ago, he was working on the first week of production of a new syndicated game show, “Merv Griffin’s Crosswords,” his son said.
		Griffin eventually acquired Resorts for $240 million, even though Trump had held 80 percent of the voting stock.
		Griffin never underestimated the intelligence of his audience, offering such figures as philosopher Bertrand Russell, cellist Pablo Casals and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer-philosopher-historians Will and Ariel Durant as well as movie stars and entertainers.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/20236685 (924 words)

	The Merv Griffin Show (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Merv had a wonderful smooth style and had on a lot of guests that I liked.
		Griffin for the totally balls to the wall attitude he takes in fighting his cancer.
		I was a big fan of Merv in the mid to late sixties - I was a latchkey kid, and Merv and Arthur kept me company in the afternoons until the folks got home.
	www.jumptheshark.com /m/mervgriffin.htm (1289 words)

	Merv Griffin St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture - Find Articles
		Griffin parlayed his quick wit and affable personality into movie acting opportunities as well as hosting television game and travel shows in the 1950s.
		Known for his jovial, friendly style, Griffin was disparaged as a "softball" questioner by some, and accused of being more concerned with ingratiating himself with his guests than with being a "tough" interviewer.
		Griffin later made an even larger fortune as an owner of hotels and casinos across the country.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_g1epc/is_bio/ai_2419200493 (248 words)

	ABC News: Merv Griffin Visits His High School (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		SAN MATEO, Calif. Feb 10, 2006 (AP)— Merv Griffin paid a visit to his high school alma mater on Friday as it dedicated its quad to one of its most prominent donors.
		Griffin appeared to be in good spirits as he chatted up staff and students Friday.
		Griffin is best remembered as the host of "The Merv Griffin Show," and later became a top entertainment executive, creating TV game shows such as "Wheel of Fortune" and "Jeopardy."
	abcnews.go.com /Entertainment/wireStory?id=1605588 (308 words)

	Merv Griffin Photos, Cast, Episodes for Merv Griffin \| TVGuide.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
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	The Merv Griffin Show - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Merv Griffin Show was a long-running American television talk show, starring singer Merv Griffin.
		The series ran from 1962 to 1963 on NBC, 1965 to 1969 and again from 1972 to 1986 in first-run syndication, and at 11:30 weeknights on CBS from 1969 to 1972.
		Seinfeld spoofed the show in Season 9, Episode 6, “The Merv Griffin Show”, in which Cosmo Kramer pretends that he hosts his own talk show using discarded material from the Merv show.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Merv_Griffin_Show (267 words)

	Amazon.ca: The Merv Griffin Show: 40 of the Most Interesting People of Our Time: DVD: Merv Griffin,Jack Sheldon,Arthur ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Using material gathered from a quarter-century of The Merv Griffin Show (1962 to 1986), this three-disc boxed set captures a number of newsworthy figures in very relaxed circumstances, open and funny, speaking freely about their careers or views on world affairs.
		Griffin, often kidded by Johnny Carson (whose brother, Dick Carson, directed Griffin's program) for producing what The Tonight Show host often called "Merv's fabulous theme shows," actually looks, in retrospect, like a very capable interviewer who can challenge his guests without the sting of confrontation.
		Thus, when Griffin asks Richard Nixon in 1967 if running for the presidency a second time won't be difficult because of Nixon's reputation as a "loser," the question doesn't seem provocative so much as probing--yet the effect is the same, i.e., getting Nixon to answer a tough query.
	www.amazon.ca /Merv-Griffin-Show-Interesting-People/dp/B000BF2KH0 (748 words)

	David Soul (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		A former band singer, Merv Griffin was a veteran of daytime talk and game shows, having hosted talk shows almost continuously since 1962.
		Griffin frequently avoided anything in the slightest bit radical, offensive or controversial and as a result, found it difficult to compete against NBC 's rival Johnny Carson's Tonight Show.
		It was on The Merv Griffin Show that he was spotted by talent scout, Renee Valente who, at the time, was head of a new talent scheme for Columbia Television.
	www.davidsoul.com /themervgriffinshow.html (384 words)

	Merv Griffin Biography :: Hollywood.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		After a brief stint as a Warner Bros. contract player, Griffin found his niche on TV in the 1950s, first as a singer, then as a variety and game show host and finally as the easygoing, enthusiastic host of his own successful celebrity talk show (1965-86).
		Though Griffin was no match for Carson, the syndicated daytime version of his show ran until 1986, earning more for owner Griffin than "The Tonight Show" did for NBC employee Carson.
		His sale of Merv Griffin Productions (featuring "Jeopardy!" and "Wheel of Fortune") to Columbia Pictures (then-owned by Coca-Cola) netted him $250 million, elevating him to a different level of entrepreneurship, after which he went about acquiring the properties that have made him a hotel tycoon first and foremost.
	www.hollywood.com /celebs/fulldetail/id/194493 (1164 words)

	Entertainment Tonight: TV
		Based on a classic Robert Heinlein story, the episode is set in the future, when the world's seventh richest couple, the van Vogels, find their lives changed forever when they acquire an anthropoid named Jerry.
		Governor Schwarzenegger and wife Maria Shriver, Nancy Reagan and Ellen DeGeneres were among the guests who attended Merv's funeral.
		When "That Girl" premiered in 1966, star and producer Marlo Thomas turned it into a groundbreaking series by taking women out of their normal housewife role and demonstrating that they could be strong, independent and happily single.
	www.etonline.com /tv (264 words)

	The Merv Griffin Show - 40 of The Most Interesting People of Our Time - Press Release \| TVShowsOnDVD.com
		Merv's guests reflected his eclectic interests in what was happening in the world and who was making it happen.
		Digitally mastered from the original broadcast tapes preserved in Merv's vault, the discs are housed in a handsome leather box, and include a collectible scrapbook of rare candid photos with Merv and his guests.
		Merv Griffin was recently honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2005 Daytime Emmys, adding another Emmy to the 16 he already owns; he also was the sole honoree at the 2005 Museum of Television and Radio Gala, at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York attended by more than a thousand industry leaders and celebrities.
	www.tvshowsondvd.com /newsitem.cfm?NewsID=4159 (643 words)

	MERV GRIFFIN - INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED
		Griffin launched The Merv Griffin Show, a daily, hour-long NBC talk show in 1962, which was the beginning of his long foray into the chat-show world.
		That same year, he sold his Merv Griffin Enterprises to Coca-Cola for a whopping $250 million.
		Thanks to this deal, to his nurturing of such game-show properties as Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy, and to his management of numerous casinos, hotels and resorts in both LA and Las Vegas, Merv Griffin may well close out the 20th century as the wealthiest entertainer/entrepreneur on earth.
	www.galleryofhistory.com /archive/1_2004/great_buys/MERV_GRIFFIN.htm (177 words)

	The Merv Griffin Show \| video : ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Griffin, now 80, presided over truly chatty chat shows on NBC and in syndication, in the evenings and afternoons, off and on from 1962 to 1986.
		When the great Canadians of SCTV parodied Griffin, Rick Moranis embodied Merv as possessing a cat's-purr voice and a lurching alacrity — Moranis captured the way Griffin would lean in with a sly smile and murmur his questions.
		Always cheerful (no Jack Paar tantrums or David Letterman sarcasm for Merv), he lobbed softballs his guests enjoyed fielding, eliciting quite a bit of surprisingly intimate info from a vast variety of people, two score of whom are represented on the three-disc Merv Griffin Show: 40 of the Most Interesting People of Our Time.
	www.ew.com /ew/article/review/dvd/0,6115,1181110_2\|\|189972\|0_0_,00.html (646 words)

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