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The couple had one son, Anthony Patrick "Tony" Griffin, born in 1959, who later had two children of his own. [44] In an interview with The New York Times published on May 26, 2005, Merv Griffin "said with a sly grin" about his private life: "I tell everybody that I'm a quarter-sexual, I will do anything with anybody for a quarter."
Tony Clifton is a character created by comedian and performance artist Andy Kaufman in the late 1970s. An absurdly foul-mouthed and domineering lounge singer claiming to hail from Las Vegas , the tuxedo -clad Clifton often led unsuspecting audiences through awkward yet elaborate lounge singer performances.
The best-known theme song on Jeopardy! is "Think!", originally composed by Griffin under the title "A Time for Tony", as a lullaby for his son. [132] "Think!" Think!" has always been used for the 30-second period in Final Jeopardy! when the contestants write down their responses, and since the syndicated version debuted in 1984, a rendition of ...
Merv Griffin was the creator behind the famous game shows, along with his own program, ”The Merv Griffin Show,” which ran from 1962 through 1986. The massive horse ranch, which has a ...
The Merv Griffin Show is an American television talk show starring Merv Griffin. The series had runs on two different networks on NBC (1962–1963) and CBS (1969–1972) but is most known for its run on first-run syndication from 1965 to 1969 and 1972 to 1986.
She made multiple appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show, The Mike Douglas Show, The Merv Griffin Show, and The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. [9] [10] She also appeared in a 1971 episode of The Carol Burnett Show (Season 4, Episode 21) and a 1972 episode of Here's Lucy (Season 5, Episode 7) starring Lucille Ball. [11] [12]
Merv Griffin Enterprises was folded into Columbia TriStar Television (now Sony Pictures Television) on June 4, 1994. Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune were taken over by CTT starting in September of that year, while Griffin remained executive producer for both game shows until 2000. [4] [5] Griffin later founded Merv Griffin Entertainment on May ...
Griffin O’Neal was born Oct. 28, 1964 and would follow in the family business as an actor. As Ryan O’Neal and Moore's second child, he acted in films like "April Fool's Day," "Hadley's ...