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Earlier this month TVShowsonDVD.com says a new 12 disc Anthology boxset by MPI Home Video is to be released on November, 4th 2014 (source: http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Merv-Griffin-1962-to-1986/20267).
The box set will have 44 full length shows, after searching on the web, I find that according to mervgriffin.com, the boxset will have the "July 19, 1984: Muppets Take Manhattan" episode
In the mean time, here's a sample of the episode:
The box set will have 44 full length shows, after searching on the web, I find that according to mervgriffin.com, the boxset will have the "July 19, 1984: Muppets Take Manhattan" episode
Fingers crossed The Tonight Show will release some Muppet guest spots from the 70'sDISC #1
Episode #1 September 2, 1965 – Phyllis Diller, Capt. Mitsuo Fuchida, Frederick Ayer, Jr.
Episode #2 September 8, 1965 – Richard Pryor, Phil Spector
Episode #3 September 14, 1965 – Dionne Warwick, Dick Gregory
Episode #4 October 6, 1965 – Andy Warhol & Edie Sedgwick, Reni Santoni & Renee Taylor
Episode #5 October 21, 1965 – Carol Burnett, Roddy McDowall, Oscar Levant
Bonus Section
Episode #6 November 9, 1962 – Danny Kaye, Dolores Wilson, Shelly Berman
May 1965 – News Segment-Interview With Merv Griffin
DISC #2
Episode #1 November 11, 1965 – George Carlin, Henny Youngman,
Minnie Pearl, Frankie Laine, Col. John Glenn
Episode #2 February 4, 1966 – Willie Mays, Tallulah Bankhead, Lionel Hampton
Episode #3 July 18 & 19, 1966 – Dr. Timothy Leary, Mort Sahl, Marion Williams
Bonus Section
December 30, 1965 – Salvador Dali
January 10, 1966 – Bob Crane
February 23, 1966 – Phil Spector
March 7, 1966 – Redd Foxx
June 9, 1966 – Norman Rockwell
DISC #3
Episode #1 July 20, 1966 – Jayne Mansfield, Henny Youngman, Monti Rock III,
Dr. Henry Brill
Episode #2 August 1, 1966 – Everly Brothers, Richard Pryor, Jerry Lewis,
Dagmar, Charlie Callas
Episode #3 July 6, 1967 – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Harry Belafonte
Bonus Section
August 10, 1966 – Freddie Martin
September 1, 1966 – Adam West & Burt Ward
January 18, 1967 – Jane Fonda & Roger Vadim
DISC #4
Episode #1 October 3, 1967 – Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, Carl Reiner
Episode #2 December 20, 1967 – Richard M. Nixon, David Susskind
Episode #3 August 18, 1969 – Woody Allen, Moms Mabley, Hedy Lamarr,
Ted Sorensen, Leslie Uggams
Episode #4 November 21, 1970 – John Wayne
Bonus Section
May 14, 1970 – Gore Vidal
DISC #5
Episode #1 October 28, 1971 – Dennis Hopper, Willie Mays, James Brolin, Diane Baker
Episode #2 December 6, 1972 – Isaac Hayes, Staple Singers, Luther Ingram, Albert King, Johnnie Taylor, Carla Thomas, Emotions
Episode #3 April 27, 1973 – Jack Benny
Bonus Section
December 21, 1971 – Eva Gabor (Guest Host), Chuck Norris
December 27, 1971 – Roger Miller (Guest Host), Glen Campbell, Dick Clark
January 13, 1972 – James Caan
June 7, 1972 – Warren Beatty
DISC #6
Episode #1 July 31 & August 1, 1973 – Ingrid Bergman, Jacqueline Bisset,
George Segal, Richard Pryor, Kris Kristofferson & Rita Coolidge, Rex Reed
Episode #2 October 12, 1973 – Lucille Ball, Bob Hope, Lucie Arnaz,
Desi Arnaz, Jr., Gary Morton, Gale Gordon
Episode #3 November 29, 1973 – Bette Davis, Walter Pidgeon, Olivia De Havilland, Samantha Eggar, William Wyler
Bonus Section
December 5, 1975 – James Michener
DISC #7
Episode #1 February 16, 1976 – John Denver, Starland Vocal Band
Episode #2 November 30, 1976 – Farrah Fawcett-Majors, Lindsay Wagner,
Marie Osmond, Michael Learned, Gladys Knight
Episode #3 September 22, 1977 – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Alex Haley, Louis Gossett, Jr.
Bonus Section
July 8, 1977 – Steve Martin
January 12, 1978 – Ray Bradbury
February 14, 1978 – Joan Rivers
DISC #8
Episode #1 November 7, 1978 – Lillian Carter, Andy Williams, Loretta Lynn
Episode #2 June 25, 1979 – President Gerald Ford, Gene Wilder
Episode #3 October 31 & November 1, 1979 – Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner, Anne Bancroft,
Rob Reiner & Penny Marshall, Gene Wilder, Gene Hackman
Episode #4 December 20, 1979 – Steve Martin, Carl Reiner, Jackie Mason
Bonus Section
November 21, 1979 – Barbara Walters
DISC #9
Episode #1 January 9, 1980 – Francis Ford Coppola, Gene Hackman,
Cindy Williams, Talia Shire, Frederic Forrest
Episode #2 May 28, 1980 – Brooke Shields & Christopher Atkins, Mickey Rooney
Episode #3 August 22, 1980 – Shelley Winters, Charles Grodin, June Carter Cash,
Irving Stone
Bonus Section
August 29, 1980 – Muhammad Ali, Larry Holmes
DISC #10
Episode #1 October 6, 1980 – Dick Cavett Interviews Merv Griffin
Episode #2 August 24, 1981 – Jerry Seinfeld, Bill Cosby
Episode #3 May 24, 1982 – William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley
Episode #4 May 26, 1982 – Sylvester Stallone, Burgess Meredith, Talia Shire,
Mr. T, Carl Weathers
Bonus Section
November 2, 1981 – Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta
February 15, 1982 – Maya Angelou
June 25, 1982 – Orson Welles (Guest Host), Andy Kaufman
DISC #11
Episode #1 June 30, 1982 – Carole King, Gloria Steinem, Jane Fonda,
Loretta Swit, Lee Grant
Episode #2 December 22, 1982 – Sir Laurence Olivier
Episode #3 June 23, 1983 – Whitney Houston, Cissy Houston, Clive Davis, Sandy Duncan
Episode #4 September 27, 1983 – President Ronald Reagan, Nancy Reagan
Episode #5 July 19, 1984 – Jim Henson & Frank Oz, Muppets, Dabney Coleman
Bonus Section
January 17, 1983 – Don Rickles & Mr. T
March 24, 1983- Rosa Parks
DISC #12
Episode #1 October 14, 1985 – Orson Welles, Barbara Leaming
Episode #2 November 5, 1985 – Betty White, Bea Arthur, Rue McClanahan, Estelle Getty
Bonus Section
October 19, 1984 – Alec Baldwin
November 2, 1984 – Bill Maher
October 9, 1985 – George Clooney
February 6 & 11, 1986 – Merv Teaches Jay Leno How To Host A Talk-Show
Jay Leno (Guest Host), Jerry Seinfeld
ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN
Hilarious moments from the Westinghouse show 1965-1967
MUSICAL MOMENTS
December 6, 1965 – Freddie & The Dreamers – “I’m Telling You Now”
June 6, 1966 – Mrs. Miller – “Downtown”
September 21, 1966 – Screamin’ Jay Hawkins –“ I Put A Spell On You”
October 11, 1966 – The Mitchell Trio (Featuring John Denver) – “Your Friendly, Liberal, Neighborhood KKK”
November 11, 1966 – Nina Simone – “Work Song”
September 17, 1967 – Stevie Wonder – “I Was Made To Love Her”
November 1, 1967 – Aretha Franklin – “Do Right Woman, Do Right Man”
February 20, 1971 – Merle Haggard – “Amazing Grace”
August 11, 1972 – Sammy Davis, Jr. – “The Candy Man”
August 5, 1976 – Liberace – “Chopsticks”
July 3, 1981 – Hank Williams, Jr. –“Family Tradition”
July 14, 1981 – Smokey Robinson – “The Tracks Of My Tears”
June 29, 1984 – Weird Al Yankovic – “I Lost On Jeopardy”
PROMO TRAILERS 1971 & 1972
I WILL NOT BE RIGHT BACK
Highlights From Merv’s Final Show – September 5, 1986
JAY LENO REMEMBERS MERV – July 9, 2014
source: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cachewbrAF5vYbIJ:mervgriffin.com/dvd-box-set-breakdown/ &cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk
NOTE: This is Google's cache of http://mervgriffin.com/dvd-box-set-breakdown/. It is a snapshot of the page as it appeared on 17 Sep 2014 22:56:57 GMT.
In the mean time, here's a sample of the episode:
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