Absolutely loved this interview. Too bad they don’t make interviewers like Tom Snyder nor entertainers like Merv Griffin any longer. It was a different era. God Bless them both. R.I.P.
MET MERV AT AM PHILADELPHIA MANY YEARS AGO AND HE WAS THE NICEST PERSON YOU COULD MEET. MERV WAS THE FIRST BILLIONAIRE I HAD EVER MET AND EVERY BILLIONAIRE COULD LEARN FROM MERV AS HE WAS JUST THE GREATEST PERSON YOU COULD MEET. GOD BLESS MERV.
When I visited the Westwood Cemetary in LA, I visited the grave of Merv Griffin to honor him. Merv left this world far too soon. But Merv always had a great sense of humor and I've always loved his distinctive laugh, which many an impressionist used to try to imitate. On Merv's gravestone, under his name, it reads: "I will not be right back after this message."
Tom Snyder is under-appreciated as a late night show talk show host. He's right there with Johnny Carson and David Letterman, Without Tom Snyder, there is no David Letterman, Conan O'Brien, Jimmy Fallon, and Seth Myers for NBC, and then Craig Kilborn, Craig Ferguson, and James Corden for CBS. Snyder put 12:30a on the map.
2 class acts. Tom was the best talk show personality of all time. Merv Griffin, a visionary and a good man. I knew him from Atlantic City. He is missed
Great interview - thanks for posting. I grew up watching both of these two remarkable Gentlemen. Snyder's late night stuff was most memorable and Griffin was creatively, crazy like a fox business wise - sold his production company for $250m in 1986. Merv's comments on dealing with Trump in the day was also interesting ; )
An intelligent conversation. Merv was right, attention spans were diminishing from one simple implement, then add the other modes of instant gratification. Snyder was a very well rounded and knowledgeable man who wasn't afraid to ask if he didn't know. Merv was something of a Renaissance man, entertainer, writer, producer, businessman and entrepreneur. Like probably most, I knew him from his talk show, and later heard of his business side and recall him and Trump going at it for awhile. Both of these men really seemed to love what they were doing in life, and they did it very well by most any account.
This is nearly a 25 minute interview, the interaction between the two is magnificent. When Carson was on for 90 mins the guests often had 15 to 20 mins, now it is 7-9 and all you get is fluff.
@@mwilliams1330 In the old days Carson, Merv, and the others too, would have people on to simply talk & interact, wherever it might go, unpredictably ... it wasn't only to promote something like now
These gentlemen projected a certain something that I feel is missing today. Call it class or simply showing respect to their fellow man, it's something I respect. This probably seems like something that would come from a boomer, but I'm not nearly that old. I'm starting to get a tad of age on me and I'm starting to think in ways I never did. I used to hear adults say things that I just didn't get, now as I get older, I'm starting to say the same things. When we're young we think, I'll never think like that, I'll remember how I think now. As we get older we realize it's just what's supposed to happen, we mature. We welcome this wisdom we have acquired and we realize it would be awful not to see things in a more mature way. I know it doesn't feel like you'll go through this when you're young, but believe me, you will and you'll be thankful. Imagine if we didn't grow and mature!
A hilarious SNL sketch where Rick Moranis played Merv working a nightclub at Trump casino, doing a stage show, picking up laundry, validating parking, all at once. So funny, wish they'd post it.
@intercommerce yep he was & Dan Akroyd did an even better Snyder! The last performance I saw Merv in was Fat Actress (Kirstie Allie) which I found very poignant but hilarious. Merv was a charming character in it, and he was the most pleasant & low key host imo. Idk about rumors -- good or bad -- but I got this far in my life w'out knowing more abt either of them!
I recall Letterman making fun of how Merv would go 'ooooh!' on his talk show, about something he liked... It wasn't something other talk show guys did but I always found it charming and real, a spontaneous appreciation of the moment.
YES!!! I'm old enough to watched him during daytime WITH Arthur Treacher. What an amazing and nice guy. Dealing with Trump would be a nightmare! Truly!
merv is a perfect example of 2 of lifes most important truths..... Never give a rats butt about what others think about you .....and he truly loved living his life....Not a man who lived a quiet desperation....
He did care a great deal that the public thought he was straight. But yes, he certainly enjoyed being rich and acquiring the toys and lifestyle that go with that.
Why is this Man’s , Merv Griffin , Life Not been the subject of a Blockbuster movie . His life was AMERICANA of the 20th Century. His unparalleled accomplishments & association with notable persons from all aspects of life DEMAND HIS STORY BE TOLD !!!
This show takes me back to my youth. NOthing was better than watching Johnny Carson and then winding down with Tom Snyder. He was always fun and a great conversationalist. Those were the days. Leno came in after Carson and I stopped watching. Leno was embarrassing and not funny. No class. Still had no class when he ended. All the GREATS were gone by then. Now I'm happy to rewatch the greats on youTube.
@@steveconn No Steve. Sorry I missed it. I cannot believe he achieved class at the END of his show. By then, I had stopped watching him. He was attracting the younger groups because he was making himself relevant to their mentality. I was beyond that and I'm 75 now, so little amuses me when they use toilet humor, passing gas or making fun of people and calling that humor. I hear that and I change the channel or shut it off.
Dick Carson, of course! I remember in the very early '70's, Johnny paid a visit to Merv's afternoon show and brother Dick Carson came out and the 3 talked for a bit.
Yes. Dick Carson was the Emmy Award Winning Director of "Wheel of Fortune." Prior to this, he Directed Merv's talk show and his brother's "Tonight Show" from 1962 - 1968.
I thought of all the talk show hosts, Merv was the most extroverted, open and engaging host. Steve Allen, Johnny Carson, Dick Cavett, and David Letterman were all shy and introverts, great at what they did, however. David Frost with his clip board and English accent was a bit of an idiot: "What was your greatest role in the theater?......." Frost was the anti-Jack Paar.
Actually the Internet with shows like Joe Rogan has allowed guests to be interviewed for an hour or longer. So it's not about people's attention span but its about putting on interesting guests and asking good questions. Main Stream TV is beholden to sponsors like Pfizer and it has become so censored and sensitive it has become bland. Shows like Stephen Colbert and Saturday Nite Live have become propaganda shows. Most of the other ones are the same.
I know he was doing schtick, but the protest, “You’re raising…questions!”, mystifies. Merv was many things in The Day, but never a reverential idol. Unfortunately for him, TS was expert at swimming past guano. And silliness.
To quote them both -- Trump who? I wish! Griffin was 20x smarter than the Don of course. It was trump who had several bankruptcies of his casinos - practically unheard of!
Well blokes there is a trade-off and we are all victims of it. American business owns a major share of UK wealth. In return, British talent is launched in the US. We the people feel it because they are taking OUR jobs. But believe me as an American living in the UK there is very little left in the UK that is still British. By the way Griffin shouldn`t talk. His lover was Roddy McDowell a Brit and he had lots of British friends all earning a crust in the USA. Lately it`s not just American industry which has invaded the UK. Many university jobs are dispensed to Americans who come over here, quickly obtain citizenship and take jobs gthat should go to Brits and/or permanent UK residents (such as I) I was interviewed for a job teaching cinema by an American who copped citizenship as fast as she could. She was head of Media STudies at a small college in Kent. They were hiring for a Media STudies lecturer. Of course she rejected my application for the job. Amazing as the context involved teaching on `Streetcar`. One, I knew Williams slightly and two, I have to hand THREE audio interviews with actors who played Stanley Kowalski (Jon Voight, James Farentino and STacy Keach)
Just read a book about Merv by Darwin Porter, what a cool guy, he had great taste in Men, he liked them well built and well hung. Very impressed with Merv.
