The Merv Griffin Show

The Merv Griffin Show was a long-running talk show on the American televisionhost Merv Griffin, which was. The series was from 1962 to 1963, from 1965 to 1969 and 1972 to 1986 's seen on the NBC. Between 1969 and 1972 was the show during the week to 11: 30 p.m. broadcast on CBS. The episodes between 1972 and 1986 were also sent to other television stations.

Merv began each episode always with a short introduction, which he sometimes sang a song. Several celebrities appeared in the show for an interview with Merv. Generally the program was broadcast from Los Angeles, but the program was often included in Las Vegas . From 1969 to 1970 came the program from the Cort Theatre in New York City. The Supremes, the first girl group of record company Motown, were settled in to see the program: in 1971, 1975 and 1976, with a different Setup in each show.

In 1997 made a parody on Seinfeld (episode 6, ninth season), in which Cosmo Kramer pretended to host his own talk show was never broadcast material using by Merv Griffin.

Andy Kaufman's appearance in The Merv Griffin Show was also in the film Man on the Moon mounted from 1999 . The film tells the story of Andy short life (he died in 1984 of lung cancer at the age of 35) and played the role of Merv Griffin in which Mike Villani. The film makers claim that each guest in the show got a picture of Merv Griffin with his signature, and got Schildpaddenvet vouchers.