Talk Show Hosts Collection on Letterman, Part 5 of 7: Merv Griffin
This is my own supplementary material to the six-part documentary "The Story of Late Night" that will air on CNN. I selected seven talk-show hosts who had guested on Dave. Fifth up: Merv Griffin..
The David Letterman Show:
1. September 23, 1980. _Book: _Merv_.
Late Night:
2. November 11, 1982. Book: _ From Where I Sit: Merv Griffin's Book of People_. Later joined by Brooke Shields.
3. August 20, 1986. Dave mentions Merv's last show.
Late Show:
4. 1995 to 1998: Montage of Dave wondering if Merv is still alive:
November 22, 1995. Monologue.
January 11, 1996. With Jason Alexander.
June 7, 1996: With Rosie O'Donnell.
December 12, 1996: New Books.
April 4, 1997: CBS Mailbag.
May 7, 1997: On Dinah Shore (died 2-24-94).
June 20, 1997: With Siskel & Ebert.
May 5, 1998: With disgraced man-child con-man.
June 5, 1998: Live Remote: Walter Matthau and his barber at Merv's Beverly Hilton Hotel.
5. June 9, 1998. Dave tries to call Merv.
6. September 23, 1999. Know Your Merv Griffin.
7. September 28, 1999. Nathan Lane: "Simply Mervelous."
8. January 31, 2002. Merv guests on Late Show for the first time.
9. January 8, 2003. book: Merv: Making the Good Life Last.
10. February 10, 2004. What Did Merv Have for Lunch? with Rupert Jee.
11. June 6, 2005. Biff hangs out on Merv's yacht.
12. Dave's eulogy: August 20, 2007.
