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      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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  "se": "S01E21",
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  "se": "S01E23",
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      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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  "se": "S03E118",
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  "title": "Episode #9.102",
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      "name": "Miyoshi Umeki",
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  "title": "Episode #9.191",
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      "name": "Sally Marr",
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      "name": "Kate Mulgrew",
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      "name": "Lee Remick",
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          "char": "Himself"
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  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Caesar's Palace Week from Las Vegas",
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      "name": "Pancho González",
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      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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      "name": "Trini López",
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  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Carol Channing/George Maharis/Robert Vaughn/Stanley Myron Handelman/Dalton Trumbo",
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  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode #10.16",
  "tt": 2167796,
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  "description": null,
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      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Anna Chakrin",
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          "char": "Herself"
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      "name": "Carole Cook",
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          "char": "Herself"
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      "name": "Virginia Graham",
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          "char": "Herself"
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      "name": "Ginger Rogers",
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{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode #14.76",
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      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    {
      "name": "Jack Albertson",
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          "char": "Himself"
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      "name": "Steve Allen Jr.",
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          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Steve Allen",
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          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Ginger Rogers",
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          "char": "Herself"
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  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode #3.242",
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      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    {
      "name": "Charo",
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          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Xavier Cugat",
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          "char": "Himself"
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      "name": "Nanette Fabray",
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          "char": "Herself"
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  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode #4.142",
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  "description": null,
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      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    {
      "name": "Marty Allen",
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          "char": "Himself"
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      "name": "David Janssen",
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          "char": "Himself"
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      "name": "Stefanie Powers",
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          "char": "Herself"
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  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "George Maharis/Anne Jackson/Adela Rogers St. Johns/Hendra and Ullett",
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      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "George Maharis/Gianni Russo/Norman Jewison/Charo",
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      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "International Music Theme",
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      "name": "Charo",
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  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Jack Albertson/George Maharis/Margaret Whiting/Toni Arden/Johnnie Mack",
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  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Las Vegas Week",
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  "se": "S??E??",
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  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Ross Martin Celebrity Tennis Tournament",
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  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "S 3: Ep 104",
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  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Salute to Tony Bennett",
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      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 2 March 1966",
  "tt": 1772033,
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  "description": null,
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      "name": "Phil Ford",
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    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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    {
      "name": "Mimi Hines",
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    {
      "name": "Jackie Mason",
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    {
      "name": "Max Morath",
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          "char": "Himself"
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      "name": "Arthur Treacher",
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          "char": "Himself"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 9 March 1966",
  "tt": 646754,
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  "description": null,
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    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
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          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Joan Crawford",
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          "char": "Herself"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 16 March 1966",
  "tt": 1130421,
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  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Robert Vaughn",
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      "name": "John Wayne",
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          "char": "Himself - Guest"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 30 March 1966",
  "tt": 1918438,
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  "description": null,
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      "name": "Dayton Allen",
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          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Gabriel Dell",
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          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Nelson Eddy",
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          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Gale Sherwood",
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          "char": "Herself"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 5 April 1966",
  "tt": 646755,
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  "description": null,
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      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
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        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Joan Crawford",
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 21 April 1966",
  "tt": 1504831,
  "air_date": "1966-04-21",
  "description": null,
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      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Barrie Chase",
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          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Judy Collins",
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    {
      "name": "Glenn Ford",
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    {
      "name": "Kathryn Hays",
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          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Georgie Kaye",
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          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Oral Roberts",
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    {
      "name": "Irene Ryan",
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          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Arthur Treacher",
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},
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  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 26 April 1966",
  "tt": 646756,
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  "description": null,
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      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Joan Crawford",
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          "char": "Herself"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 14 June 1966",
  "tt": 2040129,
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  "description": null,
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      "name": "Omar N. Bradley",
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    {
      "name": "Genevieve",
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    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    {
      "name": "Arthur Treacher",
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          "char": "Himself - Regular Cast"
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  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 19 July 1966",
  "tt": 1148500,
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  "description": null,
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      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    {
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    {
      "name": "Edith Head",
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          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Walter Slezak",
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          "char": "Himself"
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},
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  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 3 August 1966",
  "tt": 1222526,
  "air_date": "1966-08-03",
  "description": null,
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    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    {
      "name": "Orson Bean",
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          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Mickey Hargitay Jr.",
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          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Mariska Hargitay",
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          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Zoltan Hargitay",
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          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Jayne Mansfield",
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          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Renée Taylor",
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          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Arthur Treacher",
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          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Bert Wheeler",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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},
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  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 5 August 1966",
  "tt": 2674114,
  "air_date": "1966-08-05",
  "description": null,
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    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Hugh O'Brian",
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          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Sharon Tate",
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Arthur Treacher",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 8 August 1966",
  "tt": 1327464,
  "air_date": "1966-08-08",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
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          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    {
      "name": "Bob Crane",
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          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "David Susskind",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 18 August 1966",
  "tt": 2922354,
  "air_date": "1966-08-18",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Inger Stevens",
      "nm": 828447,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
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      ]
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  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 30 August 1966",
  "tt": 2922352,
  "air_date": "1966-08-30",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Inger Stevens",
      "nm": 828447,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
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  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 18 November 1966",
  "tt": 1624007,
  "air_date": "1966-11-18",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Polly Bergen",
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Sebastian Cabot",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Jean-Paul Vignon",
      "nm": 897096,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Betty White",
      "nm": 924508,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Donna Jean Young",
      "nm": 949491,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 22 December 1966",
  "tt": 1369233,
  "air_date": "1966-12-22",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "David Janssen",
      "nm": 418148,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 15 March 1967",
  "tt": 1068479,
  "air_date": "1967-03-15",
  "description": "Merv hosted the 45th Annual Gold Medal Photoplay Award. With awards going to Barbara Stanwyck for favorite TV actress for \"The Big Valley\" and David Janssen favorite TV actor for \"The Fugitive\" and Stefanie Powers and Noel Harrison for \"The Girl From Uncle\" as favorite show.",
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    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Marty Allen",
      "nm": 4702,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Phyllis Diller",
      "nm": 226887,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Noel Harrison",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "David Janssen",
      "nm": 418148,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Richard Long",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Stefanie Powers",
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Barbara Stanwyck",
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Arthur Treacher",
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      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    }
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 29 March 1967",
  "tt": 1173828,
  "air_date": "1967-03-29",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Bill Walters",
      "nm": 2450269,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Specialty Act - Puppeteer",
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        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 1 May 1967",
  "tt": 646757,
  "air_date": "1967-05-01",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Cliff Arquette",
      "nm": 37115,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Agnes Moorehead",
      "nm": 1547,
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 2 May 1967",
  "tt": 646758,
  "air_date": "1967-05-02",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Phyllis Diller",
      "nm": 226887,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Pat McCormick",
      "nm": 566588,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Stephen Strimpell",
      "nm": 834519,
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          "char": "Himself",
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 3 May 1967",
  "tt": 646759,
  "air_date": "1967-05-03",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Joan Crawford",
      "nm": 1076,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Dom DeLuise",
      "nm": 1123,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Judy Geeson",
      "nm": 2096,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Alan Young",
      "nm": 949241,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 4 May 1967",
  "tt": 646760,
  "air_date": "1967-05-04",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "June Havoc",
      "nm": 369896,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Van Johnson",
      "nm": 4496,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Lainie Kazan",
      "nm": 443577,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Minnie Pearl",
      "nm": 669080,
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 5 May 1967",
  "tt": 646761,
  "air_date": "1967-05-05",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Phil Ford",
      "nm": 285829,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Virginia Graham",
      "nm": 334344,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Mimi Hines",
      "nm": 385699,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 15 May 1967",
  "tt": 646762,
  "air_date": "1967-05-15",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Gene Autry",
      "nm": 810,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Chuck Connors",
      "nm": 175200,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Bob Hope",
      "nm": 1362,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Lena Horne",
      "nm": 395043,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Michael Landon",
      "nm": 1446,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 16 May 1967",
  "tt": 646763,
  "air_date": "1967-05-16",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Claire Bloom",
      "nm": 1954,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Redd Foxx",
      "nm": 289359,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Tony Randall",
      "nm": 709704,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Dionne Warwick",
      "nm": 5536,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 17 May 1967",
  "tt": 646764,
  "air_date": "1967-05-17",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Dick Martin",
      "nm": 552189,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Dan Rowan",
      "nm": 746387,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Jim Simpson",
      "nm": 2279401,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 18 May 1967",
  "tt": 646765,
  "air_date": "1967-05-18",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Genevieve",
      "nm": 312808,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Hugh O'Brian",
      "nm": 639385,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "David Soul",
      "nm": 815800,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "David Susskind",
      "nm": 839914,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 19 May 1967",
  "tt": 646766,
  "air_date": "1967-05-19",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Richard Benjamin",
      "nm": 907,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "George Jessel",
      "nm": 422181,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Paula Prentiss",
      "nm": 696038,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Della Reese",
      "nm": 5343,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 29 May 1967",
  "tt": 646767,
  "air_date": "1967-05-29",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Marty Brill",
      "nm": 109349,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Clint Eastwood",
      "nm": 142,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Milt Kamen",
      "nm": 436542,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Aliza Kashi",
      "nm": 440543,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Anthony Perkins",
      "nm": 578,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 5 June 1967",
  "tt": 646768,
  "air_date": "1967-06-05",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Totie Fields",
      "nm": 1172060,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Bob Hope",
      "nm": 1362,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Gloria Swanson",
      "nm": 841797,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 28 June 1967",
  "tt": 646769,
  "air_date": "1967-06-28",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Joan Crawford",
      "nm": 1076,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 7 August 1967",
  "tt": 1782331,
  "air_date": "1967-08-07",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Pat Cooper",
      "nm": 178291,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Duke Ellington",
      "nm": 254153,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Bandleader"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Milt Kamen",
      "nm": 436542,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Mort Lindsey Orchestra",
      "nm": 3016495,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Themselves"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Arthur Treacher",
      "nm": 871546,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 11 September 1967",
  "tt": 646770,
  "air_date": "1967-09-11",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Joan Crawford",
      "nm": 1076,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 25 September 1967",
  "tt": 646771,
  "air_date": "1967-09-25",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Joan Bennett",
      "nm": 910,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 5 October 1967",
  "tt": 646772,
  "air_date": "1967-10-05",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Hal Frazier",
      "nm": 1660044,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 18 December 1967",
  "tt": 646773,
  "air_date": "1967-12-18",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Jack Carter",
      "nm": 141660,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Rocky Graziano",
      "nm": 337200,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Bayn Johnson",
      "nm": 424561,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Moms Mabley",
      "nm": 531098,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Emily Yancy",
      "nm": 945904,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 25 December 1967",
  "tt": 646774,
  "air_date": "1967-12-25",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Virginia Graham",
      "nm": 334344,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Stanley Myron Handelman",
      "nm": 359569,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Forrest Tucker",
      "nm": 875861,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 26 December 1967",
  "tt": 646775,
  "air_date": "1967-12-26",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Helen Gurley Brown",
      "nm": 113702,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Dick Capri",
      "nm": 135627,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Bob Crosby",
      "nm": 188972,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Phyllis Diller",
      "nm": 226887,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Warde Donovan",
      "nm": 233074,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Phil Ford",
      "nm": 285829,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Mimi Hines",
      "nm": 385699,
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Lynn Kellogg",
      "nm": 446122,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 27 December 1967",
  "tt": 646776,
  "air_date": "1967-12-27",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Lillian Briggs",
      "nm": 109058,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Dick Gregory",
      "nm": 339793,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Gloria Loring",
      "nm": 521001,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Joey Villa",
      "nm": 897621,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 28 December 1967",
  "tt": 646777,
  "air_date": "1967-12-28",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Red Buttons",
      "nm": 999,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Genevieve",
      "nm": 312808,
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Karen Morrow",
      "nm": 607512,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Joe Namath",
      "nm": 620619,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    }
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 29 December 1967",
  "tt": 646778,
  "air_date": "1967-12-29",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Rodney Dangerfield",
      "nm": 1098,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Elliott Gould",
      "nm": 1285,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Tony Martin",
      "nm": 553149,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    }
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 1 January 1968",
  "tt": 646779,
  "air_date": "1968-01-01",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Joyce Brothers",
      "nm": 112579,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Norm Crosby",
      "nm": 189030,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Shari Lewis",
      "nm": 507741,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Carl Reiner",
      "nm": 5348,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    }
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 2 January 1968",
  "tt": 646780,
  "air_date": "1968-01-02",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Hugh Downs",
      "nm": 236180,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Paul Ford",
      "nm": 285818,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "David Susskind",
      "nm": 839914,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Rudy Vallee",
      "nm": 884964,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    }
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 3 January 1968",
  "tt": 646781,
  "air_date": "1968-01-03",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Ossie Davis",
      "nm": 1115,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Ruby Dee",
      "nm": 2039,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "George Jessel",
      "nm": 422181,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Charlie Manna",
      "nm": 543033,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
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    },
    {
      "name": "Arthur Treacher",
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      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    }
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 4 January 1968",
  "tt": 646782,
  "air_date": "1968-01-04",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Hermione Gingold",
      "nm": 320006,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Milt Kamen",
      "nm": 436542,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Rip Taylor",
      "nm": 853067,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Dana Valery",
      "nm": 884623,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    }
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 5 January 1968",
  "tt": 646783,
  "air_date": "1968-01-05",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Helen Gurley Brown",
      "nm": 113702,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Gabriel Dell",
      "nm": 217316,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Anthony Perkins",
      "nm": 578,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Susan Strasberg",
      "nm": 1782,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 8 January 1968",
  "tt": 762013,
  "air_date": "1968-01-08",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Jack Carter",
      "nm": 141660,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Rocky Graziano",
      "nm": 337200,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Bayn Johnson",
      "nm": 424561,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Moms Mabley",
      "nm": 531098,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Emily Yancy",
      "nm": 945904,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 9 January 1968",
  "tt": 762014,
  "air_date": "1968-01-09",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Totie Fields",
      "nm": 1172060,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Elliott Gould",
      "nm": 1285,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Georgie Kaye",
      "nm": 1706032,
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        {
          "char": "Himself",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "David Merrick",
      "nm": 581195,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 10 January 1968",
  "tt": 762015,
  "air_date": "1968-01-10",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Richard Nixon",
      "nm": 633271,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "David Susskind",
      "nm": 839914,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Dana Valery",
      "nm": 884623,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 11 January 1968",
  "tt": 762016,
  "air_date": "1968-01-11",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Marty Brill",
      "nm": 109349,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "George Jessel",
      "nm": 422181,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Betty Walker",
      "nm": 907551,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Gretchen Wyler",
      "nm": 943738,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 12 January 1968",
  "tt": 762017,
  "air_date": "1968-01-12",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Hermione Gingold",
      "nm": 320006,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Karen Morrow",
      "nm": 607512,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Josephine Premice",
      "nm": 695925,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Bobby Ramsen",
      "nm": 708946,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Forrest Tucker",
      "nm": 875861,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 22 January 1968",
  "tt": 762018,
  "air_date": "1968-01-22",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Pat Cooper",
      "nm": 178291,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Hermione Gingold",
      "nm": 320006,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Rocky Graziano",
      "nm": 337200,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Irene Papas",
      "nm": 660327,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 23 January 1968",
  "tt": 762019,
  "air_date": "1968-01-23",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Joyce Brothers",
      "nm": 112579,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself",
          "as Dr. Joyce Brothers": true
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Tony Randall",
      "nm": 709704,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 24 January 1968",
  "tt": 762020,
  "air_date": "1968-01-24",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Neil Diamond",
      "nm": 4871,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Stanley Myron Handelman",
      "nm": 359569,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Jesse White",
      "nm": 924964,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 25 January 1968",
  "tt": 762021,
  "air_date": "1968-01-25",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Colleen Dewhurst",
      "nm": 223157,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Henry Morgan",
      "nm": 604711,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Della Reese",
      "nm": 5343,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Gig Young",
      "nm": 949574,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 26 January 1968",
  "tt": 762022,
  "air_date": "1968-01-26",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Marty Brill",
      "nm": 109349,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Charo",
      "nm": 4819,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Xavier Cugat",
      "nm": 191265,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Jimmy Dean",
      "nm": 212818,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 29 January 1968",
  "tt": 762023,
  "air_date": "1968-01-29",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Charlie Callas",
      "nm": 130324,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Selma Diamond",
      "nm": 224723,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "George Jessel",
      "nm": 422181,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "K.C. Townsend",
      "nm": 870145,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Frankie Valli",
      "nm": 885110,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 30 January 1968",
  "tt": 762024,
  "air_date": "1968-01-30",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Tallulah Bankhead",
      "nm": 845,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Robert Culp",
      "nm": 191685,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "France Nuyen",
      "nm": 638395,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 31 January 1968",
  "tt": 762025,
  "air_date": "1968-01-31",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Orson Bean",
      "nm": 4730,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Norm Crosby",
      "nm": 189030,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Skitch Henderson",
      "nm": 376606,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Pat O'Brien",
      "nm": 2285,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 1 February 1968",
  "tt": 762026,
  "air_date": "1968-02-01",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Rodney Dangerfield",
      "nm": 1098,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Jack E. Leonard",
      "nm": 502651,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Renée Taylor",
      "nm": 853041,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Henny Youngman",
      "nm": 950267,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 2 February 1968",
  "tt": 762027,
  "air_date": "1968-02-02",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Milo O'Shea",
      "nm": 642675,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Marian Seldes",
      "nm": 783033,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Eugene Troobnick",
      "nm": 873548,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Eli Wallach",
      "nm": 908919,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 5 February 1968",
  "tt": 646784,
  "air_date": "1968-02-05",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Fred Barber",
      "nm": 53387,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Dirk Bogarde",
      "nm": 1958,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Jack Carter",
      "nm": 141660,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Barbara Nichols",
      "nm": 629539,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 6 February 1968",
  "tt": 646785,
  "air_date": "1968-02-06",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Jody Graber",
      "nm": 3001177,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Aliza Kashi",
      "nm": 440543,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Pat Paulsen",
      "nm": 667323,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Betty Walker",
      "nm": 907551,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 7 February 1968",
  "tt": 646786,
  "air_date": "1968-02-07",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Carl Reiner",
      "nm": 5348,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Frank Sinatra Jr.",
      "nm": 801535,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 8 February 1968",
  "tt": 646787,
  "air_date": "1968-02-08",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Jack Carter",
      "nm": 141660,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Gabriel Dell",
      "nm": 217316,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Anne Meara",
      "nm": 575198,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Jerry Stiller",
      "nm": 5467,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 9 February 1968",
  "tt": 646788,
  "air_date": "1968-02-09",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Diahann Carroll",
      "nm": 140792,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Selma Diamond",
      "nm": 224723,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Hermione Gingold",
      "nm": 320006,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 12 February 1968",
  "tt": 646789,
  "air_date": "1968-02-12",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Jack Douglas",
      "nm": 235088,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Gloria Loring",
      "nm": 521001,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Minnie Pearl",
      "nm": 669080,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Joey Villa",
      "nm": 897621,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 13 February 1968",
  "tt": 646790,
  "air_date": "1968-02-13",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Jack E. Leonard",
      "nm": 502651,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 14 February 1968",
  "tt": 646791,
  "air_date": "1968-02-14",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Frank Converse",
      "nm": 176586,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Aliza Kashi",
      "nm": 440543,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Charlie Manna",
      "nm": 543033,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Ultra Violet",
      "nm": 899216,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 15 February 1968",
  "tt": 646792,
  "air_date": "1968-02-15",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Jack Carter",
      "nm": 141660,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "The Five Stairsteps",
      "nm": 2001439,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Themselves"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Don Francks",
      "nm": 290475,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Stanley Myron Handelman",
      "nm": 359569,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Reva Rose",
      "nm": 741629,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 16 February 1968",
  "tt": 646793,
  "air_date": "1968-02-16",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Morey Amsterdam",
      "nm": 25440,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Anne Jackson",
      "nm": 413271,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "London Lee",
      "nm": 497783,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Eli Wallach",
      "nm": 908919,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 27 February 1968",
  "tt": 646794,
  "air_date": "1968-02-27",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Joan Crawford",
      "nm": 1076,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 6 May 1968",
  "tt": 646795,
  "air_date": "1968-05-06",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Joan Crawford",
      "nm": 1076,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 3 June 1968",
  "tt": 646796,
  "air_date": "1968-06-03",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Marty Brill",
      "nm": 109349,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Patti Deutsch",
      "nm": 222095,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Hermione Gingold",
      "nm": 320006,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Moe Howard",
      "nm": 2935,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Soupy Sales",
      "nm": 758130,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 17 July 1968",
  "tt": 1251808,
  "air_date": "1968-07-17",
  "description": "Promoting NYC Mayor John Lindsay's Give A Damn campaign to help underprivileged young people.",
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Muhammad Ali",
      "nm": 738,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "James Brown",
      "nm": 113768,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Godfrey Cambridge",
      "nm": 131387,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Mahalia Jackson",
      "nm": 413810,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Gladys Knight",
      "nm": 460912,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself",
          "as Gladys Knight and the Pips": true
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Burt Lancaster",
      "nm": 44,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "John V. Lindsay",
      "nm": 512245,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Nipsey Russell",
      "nm": 751369,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Spanky & Our Gang",
      "nm": 2017813,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Themselves"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Joe Tex",
      "nm": 856722,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Arthur Treacher",
      "nm": 871546,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Willie Tyler",
      "nm": 878939,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself",
          "as Willie Tyler & Lester": true
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Slappy White",
      "nm": 925463,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 22 November 1968",
  "tt": 1285690,
  "air_date": "1968-11-22",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "John Cassavetes",
      "nm": 1023,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Corbett Monica",
      "nm": 598093,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Phyllis Newman",
      "nm": 628233,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Tony Randall",
      "nm": 709704,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 23 December 1968",
  "tt": 646797,
  "air_date": "1968-12-23",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Judy Garland",
      "nm": 23,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself - Co-Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Margaret Hamilton",
      "nm": 2121,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 2 January 1969",
  "tt": 1332272,
  "air_date": "1969-01-02",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Judy Garland",
      "nm": 23,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself - Guest"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Mort Lindsey",
      "nm": 512388,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Conductor"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Arthur Treacher",
      "nm": 871546,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        },
        {
          "char": "Announcer"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 6 January 1969",
  "tt": 1332273,
  "air_date": "1969-01-06",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Marty Brill",
      "nm": 109349,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Judy Garland",
      "nm": 23,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Margaret Hamilton",
      "nm": 2121,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Van Johnson",
      "nm": 4496,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Moms Mabley",
      "nm": 531098,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Ohio Express",
      "nm": 3163599,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Themselves - Guests"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Rex Reed",
      "nm": 715643,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Arthur Treacher",
      "nm": 871546,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        },
        {
          "char": "Announcer"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 19 March 1969",
  "tt": 1564531,
  "air_date": "1969-03-19",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Henny Backus",
      "nm": 45737,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Jim Backus",
      "nm": 822,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Skeeter Davis",
      "nm": 205473,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Sheilah Graham",
      "nm": 334309,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 27 March 1969",
  "tt": 646798,
  "air_date": "1969-03-27",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Jonathan Frid",
      "nm": 294847,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Arthur Treacher",
      "nm": 871546,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        },
        {
          "char": "Announcer"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
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  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 18 August 1969",
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      "name": "Hedy Lamarr",
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      "name": "Moms Mabley",
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      "name": "Leslie Uggams",
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  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 21 August 1969",
  "tt": 1372996,
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  "description": null,
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      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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    {
      "name": "Ann-Margret",
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      "name": "Arlo Guthrie",
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    {
      "name": "Roger Smith",
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  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 18 September 1969",
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  "description": null,
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    {
      "name": "Vincent Price",
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          "char": "Himself"
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  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 4 November 1969",
  "tt": 646799,
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  "description": null,
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      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Joan Crawford",
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          "char": "Herself"
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  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 6 November 1969",
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  "description": null,
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      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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    {
      "name": "Ann-Margret",
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    {
      "name": "Glen Campbell",
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    {
      "name": "Richard Dawson",
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    {
      "name": "Shecky Greene",
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      "name": "Dorothy Morrison",
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      "name": "Nipsey Russell",
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    {
      "name": "Roger Smith",
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    {
      "name": "Chill Wills",
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  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 5 January 1970",
  "tt": 1564532,
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  "description": null,
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      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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    {
      "name": "Arthur Treacher",
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    {
      "name": "Jimmy Dean",
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    {
      "name": "Mamie Van Doren",
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      "name": "Stevie Wonder",
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    {
      "name": "Earl Wilson",
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  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 6 January 1970",
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  "description": null,
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      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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    },
    {
      "name": "Arthur Treacher",
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    {
      "name": "Jacob Javits",
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    {
      "name": "Gwen Verdon",
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    {
      "name": "Vince Edwards",
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    {
      "name": "Sam Levenson",
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          "char": "Himself - Guest"
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  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 7 January 1970",
  "tt": 1564534,
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  "description": null,
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      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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    },
    {
      "name": "Arthur Treacher",
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    },
    {
      "name": "Adam Clayton Powell Jr.",
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    {
      "name": "Margaret Mead",
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    {
      "name": "Milt Kamen",
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  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 8 January 1970",
  "tt": 1564535,
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  "description": null,
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      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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    },
    {
      "name": "Arthur Treacher",
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    },
    {
      "name": "Tony Sandler",
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    },
    {
      "name": "Ralph Young",
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    {
      "name": "Pamela Myers",
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          "char": "Herself - Guest"
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  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 9 January 1970",
  "tt": 1565274,
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  "description": null,
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      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Arthur Treacher",
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          "char": "Himself - Announcer"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Madeline Kahn",
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        {
          "char": "Herself - Guest"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Ronnie Dyson",
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          "char": "Himself - Guest"
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  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 12 January 1970",
  "tt": 1565275,
  "air_date": "1970-01-12",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Arthur Treacher",
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          "char": "Himself - Announcer"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Enzo Stuarti",
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          "char": "Himself - Guest"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 14 January 1970",
  "tt": 1565276,
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  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Arthur Treacher",
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        {
          "char": "Himself - Announcer"
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    },
    {
      "name": "John Sebastian",
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          "char": "Himself - Guest"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Michael Crawford",
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        {
          "char": "Himself - Guest"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Bernadette Peters",
      "nm": 1613,
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        {
          "char": "Herself - Guest"
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    }
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 15 January 1970",
  "tt": 1565277,
  "air_date": "1970-01-15",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Arthur Treacher",
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        {
          "char": "Himself - Announcer"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Rita Moreno",
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        {
          "char": "Herself - Guest"
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    }
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 16 January 1970",
  "tt": 646800,
  "air_date": "1970-01-16",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Joan Crawford",
      "nm": 1076,
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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    }
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 16 February 1970",
  "tt": 1565278,
  "air_date": "1970-02-16",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Arthur Treacher",
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      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Announcer"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Freddy Martin",
      "nm": 552303,
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          "char": "Himself - Guest"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Phil Silvers",
      "nm": 799014,
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          "char": "Himself - Guest"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Polly Bergen",
      "nm": 917,
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        {
          "char": "Herself - Guest"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Pamela Mason",
      "nm": 446052,
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        {
          "char": "Herself - Guest"
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      ]
    }
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},
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  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 17 February 1970",
  "tt": 1565279,
  "air_date": "1970-02-17",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Arthur Treacher",
      "nm": 871546,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Announcer"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Desi Arnaz",
      "nm": 789,
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        {
          "char": "Himself - Guest"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Edy Williams",
      "nm": 5557,
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        {
          "char": "Herself - Guest"
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      ]
    }
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 18 February 1970",
  "tt": 1565280,
  "air_date": "1970-02-18",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Arthur Treacher",
      "nm": 871546,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Announcer"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Jim Brown",
      "nm": 987,
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        {
          "char": "Himself - Guest"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Eva Gabor",
      "nm": 1247,
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        {
          "char": "Herself - Guest"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Mort Sahl",
      "nm": 756340,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Guest"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Candice Bergen",
      "nm": 298,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself - Guest"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Sam Yorty",
      "nm": 948844,
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        {
          "char": "Himself - Guest"
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    }
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},
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  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 19 February 1970",
  "tt": 1565281,
  "air_date": "1970-02-19",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Arthur Treacher",
      "nm": 871546,
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        {
          "char": "Himself - Announcer"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Sonny Bono",
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          "char": "Himself - Guest"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Cher",
      "nm": 333,
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Miyoshi Umeki",
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    },
    {
      "name": "George Carlin",
      "nm": 137506,
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        {
          "char": "Himself - Guest"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 20 February 1970",
  "tt": 1565282,
  "air_date": "1970-02-20",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Arthur Treacher",
      "nm": 871546,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Announcer"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "George Jessel",
      "nm": 422181,
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          "char": "Himself - Guest"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Herbert Wiere",
      "nm": 927540,
      "roles": [
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          "char": "Himself - Guest"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Harry Wiere",
      "nm": 927539,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Guest"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Sylvester Wiere",
      "nm": 927541,
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        {
          "char": "Himself - Guest"
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    }
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},
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  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 21 March 1970",
  "tt": 646801,
  "air_date": "1970-03-21",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Joan Crawford",
      "nm": 1076,
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 29 March 1970",
  "tt": 2235219,
  "air_date": "1970-03-29",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Harry Belafonte",
      "nm": 896,
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          "char": "Himself - Singer"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Sergio Franchi",
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        {
          "char": "Himself - Singer"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Teresa Graves",
      "nm": 336358,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Lewis & Christie",
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      "roles": [
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          "char": "Themselves"
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    },
    {
      "name": "David Schoenbrun",
      "nm": 3641379,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    }
  ]
},
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  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 30 March 1970",
  "tt": 646802,
  "air_date": "1970-03-30",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Irwin Corey",
      "nm": 179782,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Sheilah Graham",
      "nm": 334309,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Eloise Laws",
      "nm": 1658442,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
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      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 31 March 1970",
  "tt": 646803,
  "air_date": "1970-03-31",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Jim Bailey",
      "nm": 47312,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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        {
          "char": "Barbra Streisand",
          "ch": 34511
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        {
          "char": "Phyllis Diller",
          "ch": 245539
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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    {
      "name": "Buffy Sainte-Marie",
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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},
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  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 1 April 1970",
  "tt": 646804,
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  "description": null,
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    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
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        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Leonard Barr",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Arthur Treacher",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 4 May 1970",
  "tt": 646805,
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  "description": null,
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    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
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        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Clive Barnes",
      "nm": 1239317,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Little Richard",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Jonathan Moore",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 5 May 1970",
  "tt": 646806,
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  "description": null,
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    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
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        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Eloise Laws",
      "nm": 1658442,
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Bette Midler",
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Jimmie Rodgers",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 6 May 1970",
  "tt": 646807,
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  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Al Capp",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "John Denver",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Diane Keaton",
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Louisa Moritz",
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Peter Ustinov",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Emily Yancy",
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 7 May 1970",
  "tt": 646808,
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  "description": null,
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    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Jacques Levy",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Sarah Vaughan",
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Jane Weintraub",
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          "char": "Herself",
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{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 8 May 1970",
  "tt": 646809,
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  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
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        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Imogene Coca",
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Jack Douglas",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Marcia Wallace",
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 11 May 1970",
  "tt": 646810,
  "air_date": "1970-05-11",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    {
      "name": "Ronnie Dyson",
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          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Totie Fields",
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Brother Theodore",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 12 May 1970",
  "tt": 646811,
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  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Leonard Frey",
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          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Aliza Kashi",
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Sarah Vaughan",
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 14 May 1970",
  "tt": 646812,
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  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Selma Diamond",
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Kevin James",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Anne Meara",
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Jerry Stiller",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 18 May 1970",
  "tt": 646813,
  "air_date": "1970-05-18",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Yvonne Constant",
      "nm": 176024,
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Kristoffer Tabori",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 19 May 1970",
  "tt": 646814,
  "air_date": "1970-05-19",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "George Carlin",
      "nm": 137506,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Soupy Sales",
      "nm": 758130,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 20 May 1970",
  "tt": 646815,
  "air_date": "1970-05-20",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Morey Amsterdam",
      "nm": 25440,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Eloise Laws",
      "nm": 1658442,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Pat O'Brien",
      "nm": 2285,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    }
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 21 May 1970",
  "tt": 646816,
  "air_date": "1970-05-21",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Stu Gilliam",
      "nm": 319097,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    }
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 25 May 1970",
  "tt": 646817,
  "air_date": "1970-05-25",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Marki Bey",
      "nm": 79864,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Studs Terkel",
      "nm": 855602,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    }
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 26 May 1970",
  "tt": 646818,
  "air_date": "1970-05-26",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Maxine Greene",
      "nm": 338152,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Dean Jones",
      "nm": 427894,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Moms Mabley",
      "nm": 531098,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
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      ]
    }
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 27 May 1970",
  "tt": 646819,
  "air_date": "1970-05-27",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Anne Baxter",
      "nm": 879,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Benjamin Spock",
      "nm": 819280,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself",
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      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 29 May 1970",
  "tt": 646820,
  "air_date": "1970-05-29",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Frankie Howerd",
      "nm": 398110,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 1 June 1970",
  "tt": 646821,
  "air_date": "1970-06-01",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Peggy Cass",
      "nm": 143918,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Jackie Mason",
      "nm": 556750,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Anna Moffo",
      "nm": 595666,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Pamela Myers",
      "nm": 616822,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 2 June 1970",
  "tt": 646822,
  "air_date": "1970-06-02",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Hedy Lamarr",
      "nm": 1443,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Soupy Sales",
      "nm": 758130,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 3 June 1970",
  "tt": 646823,
  "air_date": "1970-06-03",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Leonard Barr",
      "nm": 56536,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Joyce Brothers",
      "nm": 112579,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Richard Harris",
      "nm": 1321,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Louisa Moritz",
      "nm": 605770,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 4 June 1970",
  "tt": 646824,
  "air_date": "1970-06-04",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Charlton Heston",
      "nm": 32,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Richard Kiley",
      "nm": 453006,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Marcia Rodd",
      "nm": 734454,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
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      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 5 June 1970",
  "tt": 646825,
  "air_date": "1970-06-05",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Lillian Briggs",
      "nm": 109058,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Tommy James",
      "nm": 1643411,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Julius LaRosa",
      "nm": 488485,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Rudy Vallee",
      "nm": 884964,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 18 June 1970",
  "tt": 1634716,
  "air_date": "1970-06-18",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Steve Allen",
      "nm": 6752,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Tim Conway",
      "nm": 176792,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "José Feliciano",
      "nm": 4913,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Jayne Meadows",
      "nm": 5217,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Ricardo Montalban",
      "nm": 1544,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 19 June 1970",
  "tt": 1634717,
  "air_date": "1970-06-19",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Marty Allen",
      "nm": 4702,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Ann-Margret",
      "nm": 268,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Teresa Graves",
      "nm": 336358,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Harriet Hilliard",
      "nm": 384948,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Ozzie Nelson",
      "nm": 625651,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Roger Smith",
      "nm": 809783,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 22 June 1970",
  "tt": 646826,
  "air_date": "1970-06-22",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Chuck Connors",
      "nm": 175200,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Doris Day",
      "nm": 13,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
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    {
      "name": "Dom DeLuise",
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      "name": "Roger Miller",
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    {
      "name": "Lou Rawls",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 23 June 1970",
  "tt": 1634718,
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  "description": null,
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      "name": "Marty Allen",
      "nm": 4702,
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    {
      "name": "Jacqueline Bisset",
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          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Arlene Dahl",
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 24 June 1970",
  "tt": 646827,
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  "description": null,
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      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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    {
      "name": "Red Buttons",
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      "name": "Charo",
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      "name": "Shecky Greene",
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    {
      "name": "Phil Silvers",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 25 June 1970",
  "tt": 646828,
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  "description": null,
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      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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    {
      "name": "Morey Amsterdam",
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    {
      "name": "Pat Buttram",
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    {
      "name": "Michael Landon",
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          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Tony Martin",
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          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Debbie Reynolds",
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 26 June 1970",
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  "description": null,
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      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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    {
      "name": "Gig Young",
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{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 13 July 1970",
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  "description": null,
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      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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    {
      "name": "Irwin Corey",
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      "name": "Cleo Dawson",
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    {
      "name": "Rocky Graziano",
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      "name": "Diane Keaton",
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    {
      "name": "Oliver",
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{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 19 July 1970",
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      "name": "Al Capp",
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      "name": "Ronnie Dyson",
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    {
      "name": "Zsa Zsa Gabor",
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    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Christine Jorgensen",
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  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 23 July 1970",
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  "description": null,
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      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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    {
      "name": "Phil Flowers",
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    {
      "name": "Diane Keaton",
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          "char": "Herself"
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      "name": "Jack E. Leonard",
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    {
      "name": "Guy Marks",
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      "name": "Forrest Tucker",
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  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 3 August 1970",
  "tt": 646830,
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      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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    {
      "name": "Jimmy Martinez",
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    {
      "name": "Jacqueline Susann",
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          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Mamie Van Doren",
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          "char": "Herself"
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{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 4 August 1970",
  "tt": 646831,
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  "description": null,
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      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    {
      "name": "Teresa Graves",
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          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Pat O'Brien",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 6 August 1970",
  "tt": 646832,
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  "description": null,
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      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    {
      "name": "Jack Douglas",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Soupy Sales",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 17 August 1970",
  "tt": 971828,
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  "description": null,
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      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    {
      "name": "Frankie Howerd",
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          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Gary Puckett",
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          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Elaine Stritch",
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 7 September 1970",
  "tt": 646833,
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  "description": null,
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    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    {
      "name": "Tony Martin",
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          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Louisa Moritz",
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Buffy Sainte-Marie",
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 8 September 1970",
  "tt": 646834,
  "air_date": "1970-09-08",
  "description": null,
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    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    {
      "name": "Joey Heatherton",
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          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "George Jessel",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 9 September 1970",
  "tt": 646835,
  "air_date": "1970-09-09",
  "description": null,
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    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
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        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Totie Fields",
      "nm": 1172060,
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Marge Redmond",
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          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Mickey Rooney",
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          "char": "Himself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Karen Valentine",
      "nm": 884259,
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Jack Weston",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 11 September 1970",
  "tt": 646836,
  "air_date": "1970-09-11",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
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        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Cab Calloway",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Jack Douglas",
      "nm": 235088,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 25 September 1970",
  "tt": 1372998,
  "air_date": "1970-09-25",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
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        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Eddie Albert",
      "nm": 734,
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          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Ann-Margret",
      "nm": 268,
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Barry Goldwater",
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          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "The Mills Brothers",
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        {
          "char": "Themselves"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 28 September 1970",
  "tt": 1415757,
  "air_date": "1970-09-28",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Jan Arvan",
      "nm": 38066,
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          "char": "Himself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Polly Bergen",
      "nm": 917,
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Shecky Greene",
      "nm": 338922,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Jud Strunk",
      "nm": 835347,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Miyoshi Umeki",
      "nm": 880855,
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 26 October 1970",
  "tt": 646837,
  "air_date": "1970-10-26",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Richard Chamberlain",
      "nm": 328,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Denny Hall",
      "nm": 355491,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Karen Valentine",
      "nm": 884259,
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 27 October 1970",
  "tt": 646838,
  "air_date": "1970-10-27",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "George Lindsey",
      "nm": 512357,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Trini López",
      "nm": 530382,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Erich Segal",
      "nm": 781777,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 28 October 1970",
  "tt": 646839,
  "air_date": "1970-10-28",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Victor Borge",
      "nm": 96493,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Totie Fields",
      "nm": 1172060,
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 29 October 1970",
  "tt": 646840,
  "air_date": "1970-10-29",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Norm Crosby",
      "nm": 189030,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Peter Fonda",
      "nm": 1228,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Peter Lupus",
      "nm": 527032,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 5 November 1970",
  "tt": 646841,
  "air_date": "1970-11-05",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Frankie Avalon",
      "nm": 811,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Peter Fonda",
      "nm": 1228,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Annette Funicello",
      "nm": 2088,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Loretta Lynn",
      "nm": 528750,
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 16 November 1970",
  "tt": 646842,
  "air_date": "1970-11-16",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Tim Conway",
      "nm": 176792,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Joe Lewis",
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    },
    {
      "name": "George Plimpton",
      "nm": 687321,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Burt Reynolds",
      "nm": 608,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 17 November 1970",
  "tt": 646843,
  "air_date": "1970-11-17",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Lorne Greene",
      "nm": 1296,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Lou Rawls",
      "nm": 712675,
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        {
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      "name": "Robert Wagner",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 18 November 1970",
  "tt": 646844,
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  "description": null,
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      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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    {
      "name": "Bubba Smith",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 19 November 1970",
  "tt": 646845,
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  "description": null,
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      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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    {
      "name": "Mary Costa",
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          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Alex Dreier",
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          "char": "Himself"
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      "name": "Peter Haskell",
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          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Mickey Mantle",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 23 November 1970",
  "tt": 646846,
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  "description": null,
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      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    },
    {
      "name": "James Daly",
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          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Steve Lawrence",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 24 November 1970",
  "tt": 646847,
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  "description": null,
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    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    {
      "name": "Rich Little",
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          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Beverly Sills",
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 25 November 1970",
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  "description": null,
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      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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    {
      "name": "Joyce Brothers",
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      "name": "Deacon Jones",
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          "char": "Himself"
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  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 26 November 1970",
  "tt": 646849,
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  "description": null,
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      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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    {
      "name": "Joanna Barnes",
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    {
      "name": "Slim Pickens",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 5 December 1970",
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  "description": null,
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      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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    {
      "name": "Barbara Parkins",
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    {
      "name": "Lee Marvin",
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    {
      "name": "Chad Everett",
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          "char": "Himself"
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  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 17 December 1970",
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  "description": null,
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      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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    {
      "name": "Jimmy Dean",
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    {
      "name": "Alex Karras",
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    {
      "name": "Alex Dreier",
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        {
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  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 14 January 1971",
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  "description": null,
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      "name": "Jackie Coogan",
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      "name": "Lillian Gish",
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    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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    {
      "name": "Charles 'Buddy' Rogers",
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  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 26 February 1971",
  "tt": 2113515,
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  "description": null,
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      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    {
      "name": "Gene Kelly",
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    {
      "name": "Keith Michell",
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    {
      "name": "Diana Rigg",
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          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Maggie Smith",
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          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Robert Stevens",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 16 March 1971",
  "tt": 646850,
  "air_date": "1971-03-16",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    {
      "name": "Darren McGavin",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 29 March 1971",
  "tt": 646851,
  "air_date": "1971-03-29",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Jack Albertson",
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          "char": "Himself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "George Burns",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Vincent Price",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Miyoshi Umeki",
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 13 April 1971",
  "tt": 1634719,
  "air_date": "1971-04-13",
  "description": null,
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    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Dorothy Malone",
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          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Jane Wyman",
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 17 June 1971",
  "tt": 2246373,
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  "description": null,
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      "name": "Angie Dickinson",
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          "char": "Herself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Sergio Franchi",
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          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Joe Namath",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 8 July 1971",
  "tt": 855544,
  "air_date": "1971-07-08",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Tony Bennett",
      "nm": 4746,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Peggy Lee",
      "nm": 498007,
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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      ]
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 12 July 1971",
  "tt": 1359260,
  "air_date": "1971-07-12",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Rita Hayworth",
      "nm": 28,
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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      ]
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 15 July 1971",
  "tt": 1980796,
  "air_date": "1971-07-15",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Vincent Price",
      "nm": 1637,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    }
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 24 September 1971",
  "tt": 1980797,
  "air_date": "1971-09-24",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Vincent Price",
      "nm": 1637,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    }
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 28 October 1971",
  "tt": 646852,
  "air_date": "1971-10-28",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Joan Crawford",
      "nm": 1076,
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 31 October 1971",
  "tt": 1980798,
  "air_date": "1971-10-31",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Vincent Price",
      "nm": 1637,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 2 November 1971",
  "tt": 2246375,
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  "description": "Jimmy Dean discuss being on the same episode of \"Sunday Night at the London Palladium\" in England when Sergio Franchi was discovered by Norman Luboff.",
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    {
      "name": "Jimmy Dean",
      "nm": 212818,
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        {
          "char": "Himself - Singer"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Sergio Franchi",
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        {
          "char": "Himself - Singer"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 16 November 1971",
  "tt": 2403333,
  "air_date": "1971-11-16",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Jack Klugman",
      "nm": 1430,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Ginger Rogers",
      "nm": 1677,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Cesar Romero",
      "nm": 3110,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 3 December 1971",
  "tt": 822603,
  "air_date": "1971-12-03",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Pete Duel",
      "nm": 240233,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Ben Murphy",
      "nm": 614101,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    }
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 18 April 1972",
  "tt": 1625837,
  "air_date": "1972-04-18",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "James Caan",
      "nm": 1001,
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          "char": "Himself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Harry Guardino",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Susan Strasberg",
      "nm": 1782,
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Brenda Sykes",
      "nm": 843044,
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Susan Tolsky",
      "nm": 866214,
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Fred Williamson",
      "nm": 4365,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 22 June 1972",
  "tt": 2235221,
  "air_date": "1972-06-22",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Buddy Greco",
      "nm": 337432,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Gladys Knight",
      "nm": 460912,
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        {
          "char": "Herself - Singer"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Marya Mannes",
      "nm": 2966213,
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 24 June 1972",
  "tt": 646853,
  "air_date": "1972-06-24",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Jim Bailey",
      "nm": 47312,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Yvonne De Carlo",
      "nm": 1119,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
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      ]
    }
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 14 July 1972",
  "tt": 808777,
  "air_date": "1972-07-14",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Rory Calhoun",
      "nm": 1983,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Peggy Ann Garner",
      "nm": 307750,
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Pat Henry",
      "nm": 377963,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Pamela Mason",
      "nm": 446052,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Chuck Mitchell",
      "nm": 593228,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Tasha Thomas",
      "nm": 859565,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
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      ]
    }
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 24 July 1972",
  "tt": 1634720,
  "air_date": "1972-07-24",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Dorothy Collins",
      "nm": 172281,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Yvonne De Carlo",
      "nm": 1119,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
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      ]
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    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Stephen Sondheim",
      "nm": 814227,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    }
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 28 August 1972",
  "tt": 1634721,
  "air_date": "1972-08-28",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Rona Barrett",
      "nm": 57270,
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Joe Flynn",
      "nm": 283499,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Kent McCord",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Mort Sahl",
      "nm": 756340,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    }
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 29 August 1972",
  "tt": 1634722,
  "air_date": "1972-08-29",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Edward Asner",
      "nm": 799,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "James Brolin",
      "nm": 981,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Florence Henderson",
      "nm": 1341,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Ted Knight",
      "nm": 461095,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Robert Reed",
      "nm": 1658,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Elena Verdugo",
      "nm": 893900,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
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      ]
    }
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 30 August 1972",
  "tt": 1634723,
  "air_date": "1972-08-30",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Edward Albert",
      "nm": 1902,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
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    },
    {
      "name": "Leonard Barr",
      "nm": 56536,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Jo Ann Castle",
      "nm": 1433043,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Carmen McRae",
      "nm": 574424,
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Jackie Vernon",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Joe Williams",
      "nm": 930920,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    }
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 1 September 1972",
  "tt": 1634724,
  "air_date": "1972-09-01",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Richard Dawson",
      "nm": 206241,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Marjoe Gortner",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Aliza Kashi",
      "nm": 440543,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Anne Murray",
      "nm": 614834,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
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      ]
    }
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 26 September 1972",
  "tt": 646854,
  "air_date": "1972-09-26",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Joan Crawford",
      "nm": 1076,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Ken Weiner",
      "nm": 2048484,
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        {
          "char": "Himself - Performer"
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    }
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 26 January 1973",
  "tt": 1051010,
  "air_date": "1973-01-26",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Liza Minnelli",
      "nm": 591485,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Richard Selzer",
      "nm": 85948,
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        {
          "char": "Himself",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Doc Severinsen",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Elke Sommer",
      "nm": 813961,
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 27 March 1973",
  "tt": 1663073,
  "air_date": "1973-03-27",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Al Capp",
      "nm": 135439,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Louis Nizer",
      "nm": 633303,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 29 March 1973",
  "tt": 1637515,
  "air_date": "1973-03-29",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "James Brolin",
      "nm": 981,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Eva Gabor",
      "nm": 1247,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Burl Ives",
      "nm": 412322,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Rich Little",
      "nm": 514648,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 27 May 1973",
  "tt": 2242873,
  "air_date": "1973-05-27",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Jeannine Burnier",
      "nm": 122528,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Norm Crosby",
      "nm": 189030,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Dominique",
      "nm": 4902678,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Sergio Franchi",
      "nm": 289972,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Singer"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Lenny Kent",
      "nm": 448794,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Wayne Newton",
      "nm": 628611,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Singer"
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      ]
    }
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 2 August 1973",
  "tt": 950982,
  "air_date": "1973-08-02",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Edgar Bergen",
      "nm": 1944,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Guest"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Mel Blanc",
      "nm": 305,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Guest"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Arch Oboler",
      "nm": 643443,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Guest"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Harold Peary",
      "nm": 669433,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Guest"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Ezra Stone",
      "nm": 831868,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Guest"
        }
      ]
    }
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 14 August 1973",
  "tt": 646855,
  "air_date": "1973-08-14",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Jean Arthur",
      "nm": 795,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Frank Capra",
      "nm": 1008,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 30 August 1973",
  "tt": 646856,
  "air_date": "1973-08-30",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Doris Day",
      "nm": 13,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Rick Segall",
      "nm": 781848,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Guest",
          "as Ricky Segall": true
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 4 September 1973",
  "tt": 1631243,
  "air_date": "1973-09-04",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Jeanne Crain",
      "nm": 2022,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Gloria DeHaven",
      "nm": 2038,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Rhonda Fleming",
      "nm": 281766,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Ann Miller",
      "nm": 587900,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Jane Russell",
      "nm": 66,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 5 September 1973",
  "tt": 1631244,
  "air_date": "1973-09-05",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Mike Connors",
      "nm": 175528,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "James Hampton",
      "nm": 358996,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Lois Nettleton",
      "nm": 626728,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Burt Reynolds",
      "nm": 608,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 6 September 1973",
  "tt": 1631245,
  "air_date": "1973-09-06",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Marty Allen",
      "nm": 4702,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "John McCook",
      "nm": 198931,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Juliet Prowse",
      "nm": 699120,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Doc Severinsen",
      "nm": 786341,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 10 September 1973",
  "tt": 1624008,
  "air_date": "1973-09-10",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Polly Bergen",
      "nm": 917,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Adela Rogers St. Johns",
      "nm": 820700,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Jacqueline Susann",
      "nm": 839797,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 11 September 1973",
  "tt": 1624009,
  "air_date": "1973-09-11",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Robert Blake",
      "nm": 86706,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Pat Boone",
      "nm": 4769,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Oral Roberts",
      "nm": 731469,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 12 September 1973",
  "tt": 1624010,
  "air_date": "1973-09-12",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Richard Dawson",
      "nm": 206241,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Uri Geller",
      "nm": 312414,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Eartha Kitt",
      "nm": 457755,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Michelle Phillips",
      "nm": 680645,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 14 September 1973",
  "tt": 1624011,
  "air_date": "1973-09-14",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "George Burns",
      "nm": 122675,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Gabe Kaplan",
      "nm": 438241,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Freda Payne",
      "nm": 668326,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Chuck Woolery",
      "nm": 941103,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 4 October 1973",
  "tt": 3342742,
  "air_date": "1973-10-04",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Desi Arnaz",
      "nm": 789,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Lucie Arnaz",
      "nm": 36109,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Lucille Ball",
      "nm": 840,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Gale Gordon",
      "nm": 330198,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Gary Morton",
      "nm": 607979,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Vivian Vance",
      "nm": 888573,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 7 January 1974",
  "tt": 1060591,
  "air_date": "1974-01-07",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Clint Eastwood",
      "nm": 142,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Fernando Lamas",
      "nm": 482881,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 8 January 1974",
  "tt": 646857,
  "air_date": "1974-01-08",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Barbara Eden",
      "nm": 1174,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "William Kerwin",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Jean-Paul Vignon",
      "nm": 897096,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
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  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 9 January 1974",
  "tt": 1060592,
  "air_date": "1974-01-09",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
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      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
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        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Jack Cassidy",
      "nm": 144197,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Bernadette Peters",
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        {
          "char": "Herself - Guest"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Telly Savalas",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 10 January 1974",
  "tt": 1060593,
  "air_date": "1974-01-10",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Tammy Grimes",
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Pamela Mason",
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Susan Strasberg",
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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      ]
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 11 January 1974",
  "tt": 1060594,
  "air_date": "1974-01-11",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "David Carradine",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Zsa Zsa Gabor",
      "nm": 1248,
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 1 February 1974",
  "tt": 1136454,
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      "name": "Linda Blair",
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "William Peter Blatty",
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          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Ellen Burstyn",
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          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "William Friedkin",
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          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    {
      "name": "Max von Sydow",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 12 March 1974",
  "tt": 1634466,
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  "description": null,
  "cast": [
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      "name": "Joan Collins",
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    },
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Dina Merrill",
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Ann Miller",
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 13 March 1974",
  "tt": 1634467,
  "air_date": "1974-03-13",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Walter Brennan",
      "nm": 974,
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          "char": "Himself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Eva Gabor",
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 27 March 1974",
  "tt": 1631246,
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  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Ellen Corby",
      "nm": 179289,
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Michael Learned",
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          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Roddy McDowall",
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          "char": "Himself"
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    {
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Sally Struthers",
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          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Andy Williams",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 29 March 1974",
  "tt": 1634468,
  "air_date": "1974-03-29",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
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      "name": "Tom Bosley",
      "nm": 98014,
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          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Ron Howard",
      "nm": 165,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Esther Rolle",
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Jimmie Walker",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 2 April 1974",
  "tt": 1381467,
  "air_date": "1974-04-02",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
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        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Charlton Heston",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Dan Rowan",
      "nm": 746387,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 12 May 1974",
  "tt": 2235223,
  "air_date": "1974-05-12",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Sergio Franchi",
      "nm": 289972,
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        {
          "char": "Himself - Singer"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    },
    {
      "name": "The King Sisters",
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        {
          "char": "Themselves"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 30 May 1974",
  "tt": 1634469,
  "air_date": "1974-05-30",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Tina Louise",
      "nm": 1481,
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Guy Marks",
      "nm": 548840,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Johnny Mathis",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Keely Smith",
      "nm": 808906,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 31 May 1974",
  "tt": 2040130,
  "air_date": "1974-05-31",
  "description": null,
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    {
      "name": "Pat Cooper",
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        {
          "char": "Himself - Comedian"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Sergio Franchi",
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          "char": "Himself - Tenor"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Richard Gonzales",
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        {
          "char": "Himself - Tennis Pro"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Alan King",
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          "char": "Himself - Comedian"
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    {
      "name": "Trini López",
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          "char": "Himself - Singer"
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    {
      "name": "Sally Struthers",
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        {
          "char": "Herself - Actress"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 13 June 1974",
  "tt": 1630434,
  "air_date": "1974-06-13",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
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      "name": "Joe Flynn",
      "nm": 283499,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Louis Nye",
      "nm": 638574,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Susan Tolsky",
      "nm": 866214,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
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      ]
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 19 June 1974",
  "tt": 1269914,
  "air_date": "1974-06-19",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Stephen Boyd",
      "nm": 963,
      "roles": [
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          "char": "Himself - Guest"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Billy Braver",
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          "char": "Himself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Robert Clary",
      "nm": 165145,
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        {
          "char": "Himself - Guest"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    }
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 21 June 1974",
  "tt": 1631247,
  "air_date": "1974-06-21",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Amanda Blake",
      "nm": 86469,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Pamela Mason",
      "nm": 446052,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Cyril Ritchard",
      "nm": 728509,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    }
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 25 June 1974",
  "tt": 1631248,
  "air_date": "1974-06-25",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Jack Carter",
      "nm": 141660,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Hans Conried",
      "nm": 175788,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Sally Ann Howes",
      "nm": 398141,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 14 July 1974",
  "tt": 2122143,
  "air_date": "1974-07-14",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Ted Knight",
      "nm": 461095,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Gloria Swanson",
      "nm": 841797,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Loretta Swit",
      "nm": 842794,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Bobby Vinton",
      "nm": 899130,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    }
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 23 July 1974",
  "tt": 1631249,
  "air_date": "1974-07-23",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Totie Fields",
      "nm": 1172060,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Joan Hackett",
      "nm": 352466,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Claudine Longet",
      "nm": 519296,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Ann Miller",
      "nm": 587900,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
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      ]
    }
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 16 August 1974",
  "tt": 1631250,
  "air_date": "1974-08-16",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Mike Connors",
      "nm": 175528,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "James Franciscus",
      "nm": 2082,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Ida Lupino",
      "nm": 526946,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Joel McCrea",
      "nm": 566948,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    }
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 9 September 1974",
  "tt": 1060119,
  "air_date": "1974-09-09",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Barbara Parkins",
      "nm": 662808,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
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      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 8 October 1974",
  "tt": 1634725,
  "air_date": "1974-10-08",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Hermione Gingold",
      "nm": 320006,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Billy Graham",
      "nm": 333932,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Anita Loos",
      "nm": 2616,
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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      ]
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 20 November 1974",
  "tt": 1631251,
  "air_date": "1974-11-20",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Lynda Day George",
      "nm": 313519,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Lee Meriwether",
      "nm": 580886,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Dina Merrill",
      "nm": 581277,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Ann Miller",
      "nm": 587900,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 26 November 1974",
  "tt": 1162783,
  "air_date": "1974-11-26",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Judy Carne",
      "nm": 138637,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Patrick Macnee",
      "nm": 1495,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Rick Segall",
      "nm": 781848,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Guest",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Susannah York",
      "nm": 948772,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
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      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 9 December 1974",
  "tt": 1285691,
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      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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    {
      "name": "Bill Macy",
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          "char": "Himself"
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      "name": "Phyllis Newman",
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    {
      "name": "Steven Warner",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 25 December 1974",
  "tt": 2040131,
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  "description": null,
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      "name": "Charlie Callas",
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      "name": "Professor Flory",
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      "name": "Sergio Franchi",
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    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    {
      "name": "Joan Rivers",
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          "char": "Herself - Comedienne"
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    {
      "name": "Keely Smith",
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        {
          "char": "Herself - Songstress"
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  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 7 January 1975",
  "tt": 1369236,
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  "description": null,
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      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    {
      "name": "David Janssen",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 24 January 1975",
  "tt": 1609726,
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  "description": null,
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      "name": "Diahann Carroll",
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    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    {
      "name": "Mort Lindsey Orchestra",
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    {
      "name": "Otto Preminger",
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          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Vincent Price",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 11 February 1975",
  "tt": 1165945,
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  "description": null,
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    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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    {
      "name": "Judy Lewis",
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    {
      "name": "Scott Newman",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Dick Powell Jr.",
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          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Taryn Power",
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 14 February 1975",
  "tt": 1631252,
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  "description": null,
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      "name": "Angie Dickinson",
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          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Gail Fisher",
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    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    {
      "name": "Cloris Leachman",
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          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Karen Valentine",
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    {
      "name": "Jessica Walter",
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{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 19 February 1975",
  "tt": 1554056,
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  "description": null,
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      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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    {
      "name": "Irwin Allen",
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    {
      "name": "Henry Fonda",
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          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Gene Hackman",
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          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Walter Pidgeon",
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          "char": "Himself"
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{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 5 March 1975",
  "tt": 1276306,
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  "description": null,
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      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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    {
      "name": "Steve Allen",
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    {
      "name": "Adrienne Barbeau",
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    {
      "name": "Cleavon Little",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 6 April 1975",
  "tt": 2233183,
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  "description": null,
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      "name": "Norm Crosby",
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    {
      "name": "Sergio Franchi",
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    {
      "name": "Eydie Gormé",
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    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    {
      "name": "Dana Valery",
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    {
      "name": "Slappy White",
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    {
      "name": "Harry Wiere",
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          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Herbert Wiere",
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          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Sylvester Wiere",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 8 April 1975",
  "tt": 1634470,
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  "description": null,
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      "name": "Eddy Arnold",
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          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Mickey Gilley",
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          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Jim Hager",
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          "char": "Himself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Jon Hager",
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          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "John Hartford",
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          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "George Lindsey",
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          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Tammy Wynette",
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 10 April 1975",
  "tt": 1630435,
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  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Steve Allen",
      "nm": 6752,
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          "char": "Himself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Hermione Baddeley",
      "nm": 45968,
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          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Gary Burghoff",
      "nm": 121400,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Milt Kamen",
      "nm": 436542,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Jean-Paul Vignon",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 23 April 1975",
  "tt": 1133111,
  "air_date": "1975-04-23",
  "description": null,
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    {
      "name": "Linda Blair",
      "nm": 304,
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          "char": "Herself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "David Brenner",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Jimmy Connors",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Karen Morrow",
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Jack Warden",
      "nm": 912001,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 15 July 1975",
  "tt": 1634471,
  "air_date": "1975-07-15",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Ron Howard",
      "nm": 165,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Don Most",
      "nm": 609182,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Anson Williams",
      "nm": 930041,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Henry Winkler",
      "nm": 1857,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 19 September 1975",
  "tt": 1805050,
  "air_date": "1975-09-19",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
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        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 14 October 1975",
  "tt": 880246,
  "air_date": "1975-10-14",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Robert Blake",
      "nm": 86706,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Ruth Buzzi",
      "nm": 125651,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Paul Williams",
      "nm": 931437,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    }
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 7 November 1975",
  "tt": 2939506,
  "air_date": "1975-11-07",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Joyce Jillson",
      "nm": 422719,
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Sidney Omarr",
      "nm": 2056332,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Joan Quigley",
      "nm": 2320738,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Carroll Righter",
      "nm": 1506906,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    }
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 28 January 1976",
  "tt": 3720380,
  "air_date": "1976-01-28",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Mel Blanc",
      "nm": 305,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "George Burns",
      "nm": 122675,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Irving Fein",
      "nm": 270650,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Gisele MacKenzie",
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Don Wilson",
      "nm": 933311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 17 February 1976",
  "tt": 1150705,
  "air_date": "1976-02-17",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Donna Gordon",
      "nm": 330153,
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        {
          "char": "Guest"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 23 February 1976",
  "tt": 646858,
  "air_date": "1976-02-23",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "John Denver",
      "nm": 135,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    }
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 30 March 1976",
  "tt": 1634472,
  "air_date": "1976-03-30",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "June Carter Cash",
      "nm": 141745,
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Johnny Cash",
      "nm": 143599,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Larry Gatlin",
      "nm": 309705,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Roger Miller",
      "nm": 589248,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    }
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 7 April 1976",
  "tt": 2242875,
  "air_date": "1976-04-07",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Don Adams",
      "nm": 10915,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Sergio Franchi",
      "nm": 289972,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Singer"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Jim Stafford",
      "nm": 821299,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "John Travolta",
      "nm": 237,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    }
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 24 May 1976",
  "tt": 2030145,
  "air_date": "1976-05-24",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Edie Adams",
      "nm": 10944,
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Groucho Marx",
      "nm": 50,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 23 August 1976",
  "tt": 762028,
  "air_date": "1976-08-23",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Henry Fonda",
      "nm": 20,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Joshua Logan",
      "nm": 517597,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Ken Norton",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Alan Sues",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 24 August 1976",
  "tt": 762029,
  "air_date": "1976-08-24",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
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        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Robby Benson",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Rod McKuen",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Greg Mullavey",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 25 August 1976",
  "tt": 762030,
  "air_date": "1976-08-25",
  "description": null,
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    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Cyndi Grecco",
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          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Stephanie Mills",
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          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Tavares",
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          "char": "Themselves"
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    {
      "name": "Mel Tormé",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 26 August 1976",
  "tt": 762031,
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  "description": null,
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      "name": "Bill Cosby",
      "nm": 1070,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Grace Kelly",
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Penny Marshall",
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Dina Merrill",
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          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Prince Rainier of Monaco",
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          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Rob Reiner",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 27 August 1976",
  "tt": 762032,
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  "description": null,
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      "name": "Barbara Anderson",
      "nm": 26392,
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          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Bill Cosby",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    {
      "name": "Grace Kelly",
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      "name": "Dina Merrill",
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          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Donna Mills",
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    {
      "name": "Prince Rainier of Monaco",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Cliff Robertson",
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          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Wayne Rogers",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 13 October 1976",
  "tt": 646859,
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  "description": null,
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    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    {
      "name": "Robert Blake",
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          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Sammy Davis Jr.",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Jimmy Dean",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 8 November 1976",
  "tt": 762875,
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  "description": null,
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    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
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        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Dody Goodman",
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Betty White",
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 9 November 1976",
  "tt": 762876,
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  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
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        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Bob Hope",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Gladys Knight",
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 11 November 1976",
  "tt": 762877,
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  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Jerry Van Dyke",
      "nm": 886733,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Lawrence Welk",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 12 November 1976",
  "tt": 762878,
  "air_date": "1976-11-12",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Steve Allen",
      "nm": 6752,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Stan Kann",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Ronnie Schell",
      "nm": 770742,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 15 November 1976",
  "tt": 762879,
  "air_date": "1976-11-15",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Phyllis George",
      "nm": 313575,
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Joyce Jillson",
      "nm": 422719,
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Don McLean",
      "nm": 572534,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Pat Morita",
      "nm": 1552,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Louis Nye",
      "nm": 638574,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 16 November 1976",
  "tt": 762880,
  "air_date": "1976-11-16",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
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        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Arthur Murray",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Bobby Van",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 18 November 1976",
  "tt": 762881,
  "air_date": "1976-11-18",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Charles Nelson Reilly",
      "nm": 717650,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Charlie Rich",
      "nm": 723615,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Mel Tillis",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    }
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 19 November 1976",
  "tt": 762882,
  "air_date": "1976-11-19",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Jack Jones",
      "nm": 428278,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Otto Preminger",
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      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Lonnie Schorr",
      "nm": 774901,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    }
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 3 January 1977",
  "tt": 761748,
  "air_date": "1977-01-03",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Shecky Greene",
      "nm": 338922,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Michel Legrand",
      "nm": 6166,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Phyllis Newman",
      "nm": 628233,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Ben Vereen",
      "nm": 893965,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    }
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 4 January 1977",
  "tt": 761749,
  "air_date": "1977-01-04",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Foster Brooks",
      "nm": 111983,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Liberace",
      "nm": 508766,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Frankie Stevens",
      "nm": 1067353,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    }
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 5 January 1977",
  "tt": 761750,
  "air_date": "1977-01-05",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Pete Barbutti",
      "nm": 53895,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Count Basie",
      "nm": 59831,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Tony Bennett",
      "nm": 4746,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Sally Kellerman",
      "nm": 1419,
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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      ]
    }
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 6 January 1977",
  "tt": 761751,
  "air_date": "1977-01-06",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Tennessee Ernie Ford",
      "nm": 285892,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Pete Fountain",
      "nm": 1197219,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Al Hirt",
      "nm": 386707,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "George Kirby",
      "nm": 456154,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    }
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 7 January 1977",
  "tt": 761752,
  "air_date": "1977-01-07",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Bill Cosby",
      "nm": 1070,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Kelly Monteith",
      "nm": 599260,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Freda Payne",
      "nm": 668326,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
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      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 24 February 1977",
  "tt": 646860,
  "air_date": "1977-02-24",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Kenny Kingston",
      "nm": 1815961,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 7 March 1977",
  "tt": 868396,
  "air_date": "1977-03-07",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Hermione Baddeley",
      "nm": 45968,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Dody Goodman",
      "nm": 329060,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "David L. Lander",
      "nm": 5581,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Michael McKean",
      "nm": 571106,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Frank Welker",
      "nm": 919798,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 24 March 1977",
  "tt": 1417502,
  "air_date": "1977-03-24",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Robert Goulet",
      "nm": 332587,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Kelly Monteith",
      "nm": 599260,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Norm Neilson",
      "nm": 2111706,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "The Pointer Sisters",
      "nm": 1429298,
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        {
          "char": "Themselves"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Jud Strunk",
      "nm": 835347,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    }
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 18 July 1977",
  "tt": 646861,
  "air_date": "1977-07-18",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Anthony Newley",
      "nm": 627969,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Della Reese",
      "nm": 5343,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
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      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 19 July 1977",
  "tt": 646862,
  "air_date": "1977-07-19",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Orson Bean",
      "nm": 4730,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Beau Kayser",
      "nm": 443480,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 20 July 1977",
  "tt": 646863,
  "air_date": "1977-07-20",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
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        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    {
      "name": "Pete Barbutti",
      "nm": 53895,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Jack Carter",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Wild Cherry",
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        {
          "char": "Themselves"
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    {
      "name": "Mark Hamill",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
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    {
      "name": "Renn Woods",
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        {
          "char": "Herself",
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      ]
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},
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  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 21 July 1977",
  "tt": 646864,
  "air_date": "1977-07-21",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
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        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Zsa Zsa Gabor",
      "nm": 1248,
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Alan Sues",
      "nm": 837297,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Anson Williams",
      "nm": 930041,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 22 July 1977",
  "tt": 646865,
  "air_date": "1977-07-22",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
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        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Liza Minnelli",
      "nm": 591485,
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Mary Kay Place",
      "nm": 5316,
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Martin Scorsese",
      "nm": 217,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    }
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 25 July 1977",
  "tt": 646866,
  "air_date": "1977-07-25",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Blossom Dearie",
      "nm": 213154,
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
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        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Taryn Power",
      "nm": 694470,
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Dan Rather",
      "nm": 711710,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 26 July 1977",
  "tt": 646867,
  "air_date": "1977-07-26",
  "description": null,
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    {
      "name": "Harry Wayne Casey",
      "nm": 1241044,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "KC & The Sunshine Band",
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        {
          "char": "Themselves"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Kenny Nolan",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
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    {
      "name": "David Sayh",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Henny Youngman",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 27 July 1977",
  "tt": 646868,
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  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    {
      "name": "Jean-Pierre Aumont",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Rossano Brazzi",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 28 July 1977",
  "tt": 646869,
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  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
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        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Susan Ford",
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Dody Goodman",
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 29 July 1977",
  "tt": 646870,
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  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
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        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Ron Howard",
      "nm": 165,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "William Shatner",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 29 August 1977",
  "tt": 646871,
  "air_date": "1977-08-29",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Richard Gautier",
      "nm": 310370,
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          "char": "Himself",
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    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Tom Laughlin",
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          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Pat O'Brien",
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          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Delores Taylor",
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 30 August 1977",
  "tt": 646872,
  "air_date": "1977-08-30",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
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        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Helen Gurley Brown",
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Barbara Carrera",
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Renee Harris",
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Roger Moore",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 31 August 1977",
  "tt": 646873,
  "air_date": "1977-08-31",
  "description": null,
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    {
      "name": "Rosemary Clooney",
      "nm": 167041,
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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      ]
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    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Bruce Jenner",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Chrystie Jenner",
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Mickey Rooney",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 1 September 1977",
  "tt": 646874,
  "air_date": "1977-09-01",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Beau Bridges",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Mel Tillis",
      "nm": 863381,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    }
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 2 September 1977",
  "tt": 646875,
  "air_date": "1977-09-02",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Leonard Barr",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Harrison Ford",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Stella Parton",
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Wayne Rogers",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    }
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 5 September 1977",
  "tt": 646876,
  "air_date": "1977-09-05",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Lonnie Schorr",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Danny Thomas",
      "nm": 858683,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Mel Tillis",
      "nm": 863381,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    }
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 6 September 1977",
  "tt": 646877,
  "air_date": "1977-09-06",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Roy Clark",
      "nm": 164450,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Lola Falana",
      "nm": 265832,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Pat Henry",
      "nm": 377963,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Minnie Pearl",
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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      ]
    }
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 7 September 1977",
  "tt": 646878,
  "air_date": "1977-09-07",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Buddy Hackett",
      "nm": 4983,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Tina Turner",
      "nm": 877913,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Jackie Vernon",
      "nm": 894682,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    }
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 8 September 1977",
  "tt": 646879,
  "air_date": "1977-09-08",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Bill Cosby",
      "nm": 1070,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "John Dankworth",
      "nm": 6023,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Cleo Laine",
      "nm": 481832,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Peter McCann",
      "nm": 564912,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Reid Shelton",
      "nm": 791385,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 9 September 1977",
  "tt": 646880,
  "air_date": "1977-09-09",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Charo",
      "nm": 4819,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Robert Goulet",
      "nm": 332587,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 19 September 1977",
  "tt": 890514,
  "air_date": "1977-09-19",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Ed Bluestone",
      "nm": 1095368,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Hans Conried",
      "nm": 175788,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Chaka Khan",
      "nm": 451193,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Mort Sahl",
      "nm": 756340,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 20 September 1977",
  "tt": 890515,
  "air_date": "1977-09-20",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Freddy Fender",
      "nm": 271733,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Wayland Flowers",
      "nm": 283222,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Fred Travalena",
      "nm": 871239,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 21 September 1977",
  "tt": 890516,
  "air_date": "1977-09-21",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Johnnie Ray",
      "nm": 712877,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Arnold Schwarzenegger",
      "nm": 216,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Marilyn Sokol",
      "nm": 812427,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
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      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 3 October 1977",
  "tt": 646881,
  "air_date": "1977-10-03",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Totie Fields",
      "nm": 1172060,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Elke Sommer",
      "nm": 813961,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 4 October 1977",
  "tt": 646882,
  "air_date": "1977-10-04",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Jaye P. Morgan",
      "nm": 604736,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "John Ritter",
      "nm": 615,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Betty White",
      "nm": 924508,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 19 October 1977",
  "tt": 1606541,
  "air_date": "1977-10-19",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Rhonda Bates",
      "nm": 61014,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Elinor Donahue",
      "nm": 231942,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Squire Fridell",
      "nm": 294881,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Tony Roberts",
      "nm": 731634,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Lonnie Schorr",
      "nm": 774901,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Robert Urich",
      "nm": 1810,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 24 October 1977",
  "tt": 646883,
  "air_date": "1977-10-24",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Ronnie Claire Edwards",
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          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Robert Goulet",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    },
    {
      "name": "William Katt",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Jackie Vernon",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Jimmie Walker",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 26 October 1977",
  "tt": 1634473,
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  "description": null,
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      "name": "Beverly Adams",
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    {
      "name": "Zsa Zsa Gabor",
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          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    {
      "name": "Joe Lewis",
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    {
      "name": "Michael O'Hara",
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          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Vidal Sassoon",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 4 November 1977",
  "tt": 1634474,
  "air_date": "1977-11-04",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Edward Asner",
      "nm": 799,
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          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    {
      "name": "Jay Leno",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "David Soul",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Parker Stevenson",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 7 November 1977",
  "tt": 1634475,
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  "description": null,
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      "name": "Rosemary Clooney",
      "nm": 167041,
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          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    {
      "name": "Eartha Kitt",
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Rose Marie",
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Margaret Whiting",
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 18 November 1977",
  "tt": 1634476,
  "air_date": "1977-11-18",
  "description": null,
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      "name": "Tony Bennett",
      "nm": 4746,
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          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    {
      "name": "Rick Moses",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Ronnie Schell",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Keely Smith",
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 22 November 1977",
  "tt": 1379493,
  "air_date": "1977-11-22",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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    {
      "name": "Charlton Heston",
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          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Grace Kelly",
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Dina Merrill",
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Prince Rainier of Monaco",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Jack Paar",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Carl Reiner",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Cliff Robertson",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Wayne Rogers",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Dick Van Patten",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 23 November 1977",
  "tt": 1379494,
  "air_date": "1977-11-23",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    {
      "name": "Charlton Heston",
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          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Grace Kelly",
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Tom Laughlin",
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          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Dina Merrill",
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Prince Rainier of Monaco",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Jack Paar",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Carl Reiner",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Cliff Robertson",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Wayne Rogers",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 25 November 1977",
  "tt": 1634477,
  "air_date": "1977-11-25",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    {
      "name": "Sophia Loren",
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 5 December 1977",
  "tt": 1634478,
  "air_date": "1977-12-05",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Mac Davis",
      "nm": 205067,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Patrick Duffy",
      "nm": 1155,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Connie Stevens",
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Abigail Van Buren",
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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      ]
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 16 December 1977",
  "tt": 1234012,
  "air_date": "1977-12-16",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Stan Kann",
      "nm": 1683794,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Richard Lewis",
      "nm": 507659,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Pamela Sue Martin",
      "nm": 552863,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Mort Lindsey Orchestra",
      "nm": 3016495,
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        {
          "char": "Themselves"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Phyllis Newman",
      "nm": 628233,
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "The Sylvers",
      "nm": 843203,
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        {
          "char": "Themselves"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 23 December 1977",
  "tt": 1634479,
  "air_date": "1977-12-23",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Ralph Carter",
      "nm": 141876,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Melissa Gilbert",
      "nm": 1271,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Jimmy McNichol",
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        {
          "char": "Himself",
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    },
    {
      "name": "Kristy McNichol",
      "nm": 1531,
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Gabriel Melgar",
      "nm": 577665,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    }
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 26 December 1977",
  "tt": 1634480,
  "air_date": "1977-12-26",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Kaye Ballard",
      "nm": 50639,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Susan Dey",
      "nm": 1138,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Patrick Duffy",
      "nm": 1155,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Daniel Schorr",
      "nm": 774897,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 27 December 1977",
  "tt": 1634481,
  "air_date": "1977-12-27",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Don McLean",
      "nm": 572534,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "John Travolta",
      "nm": 237,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Tanya Welk",
      "nm": 1463346,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 3 January 1978",
  "tt": 1630190,
  "air_date": "1978-01-03",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "LaWanda Page",
      "nm": 656250,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Ronnie Schell",
      "nm": 770742,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Jerry Van Dyke",
      "nm": 886733,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Dick Van Patten",
      "nm": 887694,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 4 January 1978",
  "tt": 1630191,
  "air_date": "1978-01-04",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Eva Gabor",
      "nm": 1247,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Steve Garvey",
      "nm": 4953,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Larry Gatlin",
      "nm": 309705,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "David Landsberg",
      "nm": 485126,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Francesco Scavullo",
      "nm": 289914,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 5 January 1978",
  "tt": 1630192,
  "air_date": "1978-01-05",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Susan Anton",
      "nm": 772,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Alex Karras",
      "nm": 440090,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 6 January 1978",
  "tt": 1630193,
  "air_date": "1978-01-06",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Frederick Brisson",
      "nm": 109900,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Jack Lemmon",
      "nm": 493,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Joshua Logan",
      "nm": 517597,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 3 February 1978",
  "tt": 1630194,
  "air_date": "1978-02-03",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Harry Chapin",
      "nm": 152166,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Wilfrid Hyde-White",
      "nm": 405035,
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    },
    {
      "name": "David Soul",
      "nm": 815800,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 14 February 1978",
  "tt": 1630195,
  "air_date": "1978-02-14",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Jack Ackerman",
      "nm": 9978,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Redd Foxx",
      "nm": 289359,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Buddy Rich",
      "nm": 723608,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Mel Tormé",
      "nm": 868123,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Henny Youngman",
      "nm": 950267,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 24 March 1978",
  "tt": 893178,
  "air_date": "1978-03-24",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Milton Berle",
      "nm": 926,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Joey Bishop",
      "nm": 84086,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Andy Gibb",
      "nm": 316449,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Chita Rivera",
      "nm": 729234,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 27 March 1978",
  "tt": 1630008,
  "air_date": "1978-03-27",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Gordon Cooper",
      "nm": 178070,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
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          "char": "Himself - Host"
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  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 29 March 1978",
  "tt": 646884,
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  "description": null,
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      "name": "Cyb Barnstable",
      "nm": 56118,
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          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    {
      "name": "Randy Jones",
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          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "John Pappas",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 7 May 1978",
  "tt": 2233185,
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  "description": null,
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      "name": "David Brenner",
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          "char": "Himself - Comedian"
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    {
      "name": "Patti Brooks",
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          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Larry Cisweski",
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          "char": "Himself"
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      "name": "Sergio Franchi",
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          "char": "Himself - Singer"
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    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    {
      "name": "Harry James",
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          "char": "Himself - Musician"
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      "name": "Skiles and Henderson",
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          "char": "Themselves"
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  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 6 September 1978",
  "tt": 808778,
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  "description": null,
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      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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    {
      "name": "Barry Gibb",
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          "char": "Himself"
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      "name": "Maurice Gibb",
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          "char": "Himself"
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      "name": "Robin Gibb",
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          "char": "Himself"
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{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 26 September 1978",
  "tt": 1606542,
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  "description": null,
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      "name": "Farrah Fawcett",
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      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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          "char": "Himself - Host"
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{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 5 October 1978",
  "tt": 2235225,
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  "description": null,
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      "name": "Les Brown",
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      "name": "Sid Caesar",
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      "name": "Sammy Davis Jr.",
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      "name": "Sandy Duncan",
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      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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    {
      "name": "London Lee",
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          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Dale Salwak",
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          "char": "Himself"
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  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 6 October 1978",
  "tt": 2235227,
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      "name": "Susan Anton",
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      "name": "Kaye Ballard",
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      "name": "Les Brown",
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      "name": "Freddy Fender",
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      "name": "Robert Goulet",
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    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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    {
      "name": "George Miller",
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          "char": "Themselves - Group"
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  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 7 October 1978",
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  "description": null,
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      "name": "Les Brown",
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          "char": "Himself - Regular"
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    {
      "name": "Ken Byrd",
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    {
      "name": "Yvonne Elliman",
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    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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      "name": "Eartha Kitt",
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      "name": "Teno",
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    {
      "name": "Deney Terrio",
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      "name": "Ben Vereen",
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      "name": "Barry Williams",
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          "char": "Himself"
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  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 8 October 1978",
  "tt": 2233187,
  "air_date": "1978-10-08",
  "description": null,
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      "name": "Les Brown",
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      "name": "David Copperfield",
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          "char": "Himself - Magician"
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    {
      "name": "Sergio Franchi",
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          "char": "Himself - Singer"
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    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    {
      "name": "Anne Murray",
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          "char": "Herself - Singer"
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    {
      "name": "Freddy Sales",
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          "char": "Himselves"
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      "name": "Fred Willard",
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          "char": "Himself"
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{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 9 October 1978",
  "tt": 2235231,
  "air_date": "1978-10-09",
  "description": null,
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      "name": "Les Brown",
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          "char": "Himself - Regular Band"
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    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    {
      "name": "Jay Johnson",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Shorr. Lonnie",
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          "char": "Himself - Comedian"
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    {
      "name": "Rita Moreno",
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          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Sylvester",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Danny Thomas",
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          "char": "Himself - Actor"
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    {
      "name": "Anson Williams",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 17 December 1978",
  "tt": 2233189,
  "air_date": "1978-12-17",
  "description": null,
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      "name": "Bob Berosini",
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    {
      "name": "Redd Foxx",
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          "char": "Himself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Sergio Franchi",
      "nm": 289972,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Singer"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 8 June 1979",
  "tt": 2233191,
  "air_date": "1979-06-08",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Sergio Franchi",
      "nm": 289972,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Singer"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    {
      "name": "Meadowlark Lemon",
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          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Mort Lindsey",
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          "char": "Himself - Musician"
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    {
      "name": "Big Tiny Little",
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        {
          "char": "Himself - Musician"
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    {
      "name": "Rich Little",
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          "char": "Himself - Comedian, Impersonator"
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    {
      "name": "Rita Moreno",
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          "char": "Herself - Actress"
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          "char": "Dancer"
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    {
      "name": "Dana Valery",
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        {
          "char": "Herself - Singer"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 26 July 1979",
  "tt": 2542860,
  "air_date": "1979-07-26",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
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        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Reb Brown",
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          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Gloria Gaynor",
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          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Arnold Schwarzenegger",
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          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Elke Sommer",
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          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Marilù Tolo",
      "nm": 866186,
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 10 August 1979",
  "tt": 1741455,
  "air_date": "1979-08-10",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Tony Bennett",
      "nm": 4746,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
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    {
      "name": "Gallagher",
      "nm": 302329,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "The Hudson Brothers",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Dottie West",
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 22 October 1979",
  "tt": 797524,
  "air_date": "1979-10-22",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    {
      "name": "Wilfrid Hyde-White",
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    },
    {
      "name": "Kate Jackson",
      "nm": 462,
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 23 October 1979",
  "tt": 3389556,
  "air_date": "1979-10-23",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "William Devane",
      "nm": 1137,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Michael Douglas",
      "nm": 140,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Clint Holmes",
      "nm": 391786,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Lindsay Wagner",
      "nm": 905993,
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 13 December 1979",
  "tt": 646885,
  "air_date": "1979-12-13",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
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          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Jim Bailey",
      "nm": 47312,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Randy Jones",
      "nm": 429063,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Andy Kaufman",
      "nm": 1412,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 19 December 1979",
  "tt": 1734522,
  "air_date": "1979-12-19",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
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          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Broadway Bob",
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          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Lonnie Schorr",
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    {
      "name": "Deney Terrio",
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    {
      "name": "Jerry Van Dyke",
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 27 December 1979",
  "tt": 3078940,
  "air_date": "1979-12-27",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
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        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Elizabeth Ashley",
      "nm": 39051,
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          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Kathryn Grant",
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          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Shelley Winters",
      "nm": 1859,
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 8 January 1980",
  "tt": 1626089,
  "air_date": "1980-01-08",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
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      "name": "Dirk Benedict",
      "nm": 70767,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    {
      "name": "Leonard Nimoy",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 20 January 1980",
  "tt": 1741456,
  "air_date": "1980-01-20",
  "description": null,
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    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Mac Davis",
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          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Jay Leno",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Sugar Ray Leonard",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Dottie West",
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          "char": "Herself"
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  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 25 January 1980",
  "tt": 646886,
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  "description": null,
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      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
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    {
      "name": "Sandy Helberg",
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    {
      "name": "Andy Kaufman",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 8 August 1980",
  "tt": 1367767,
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  "description": null,
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      "name": "Christopher Atkins",
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          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Richard Chamberlain",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Hermione Gingold",
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          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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    {
      "name": "Charlton Heston",
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      "name": "Wilfrid Hyde-White",
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    {
      "name": "Louanne",
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      "name": "Stephanie Mills",
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    {
      "name": "Lonnie Schorr",
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          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Alan Sues",
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          "char": "Himself"
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  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 5 September 1980",
  "tt": 1741457,
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  "description": null,
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      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "John Gibson",
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          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Gregory Harrison",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 16 October 1980",
  "tt": 1653561,
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      "name": "Devo",
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      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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      "name": "Benny Mardones",
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          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Stephanie Mills",
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          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Teddy Pendergrass",
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    {
      "name": "Kal Rudman",
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      "name": "T.G. Sheppard",
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          "char": "Himself"
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{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 21 October 1980",
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  "description": null,
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      "name": "Lillian Gish",
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    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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      "name": "Myrna Loy",
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      "name": "Ethel Merman",
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    {
      "name": "Ann Miller",
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    {
      "name": "Renata Scotto",
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          "char": "Herself"
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  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 21 December 1980",
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  "description": null,
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      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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    {
      "name": "Peter Bergman",
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    {
      "name": "Dawn Marie Boyle",
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          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Jane Elliot",
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          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Anthony Geary",
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    {
      "name": "Ruth Gordon",
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Sandy Helberg",
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    {
      "name": "Fred Klein",
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    {
      "name": "David Lewis",
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          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Judith Light",
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          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Emily McLaughlin",
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          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Taylor Miller",
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          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "James Mitchell",
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          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Gloria Monty",
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          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Philip Tanzini",
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          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Ruth Warrick",
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 3 February 1981",
  "tt": 1371321,
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  "description": null,
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      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
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        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Charlton Heston",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 30 March 1981",
  "tt": 1741458,
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  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Tony Danza",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Tony Orlando",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Robert Urich",
      "nm": 1810,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Dottie West",
      "nm": 922046,
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 14 April 1981",
  "tt": 1741459,
  "air_date": "1981-04-14",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Pat Boone",
      "nm": 4769,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Wilfrid Hyde-White",
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    },
    {
      "name": "Rick Springfield",
      "nm": 819782,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Rod Steiger",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 20 July 1981",
  "tt": 1653562,
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  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Susan Anton",
      "nm": 772,
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Stephanie Mills",
      "nm": 590196,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Dudley Moore",
      "nm": 1545,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Bob Saget",
      "nm": 756114,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Arnold Schwarzenegger",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 19 August 1981",
  "tt": 1741460,
  "air_date": "1981-08-19",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Betty Buckley",
      "nm": 990,
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          "char": "Herself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Randy Jones",
      "nm": 429063,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Rick Springfield",
      "nm": 819782,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "The Village People",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 2 October 1981",
  "tt": 646887,
  "air_date": "1981-10-02",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
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        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Karen Carpenter",
      "nm": 139389,
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Richard Carpenter",
      "nm": 139443,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Andy Kaufman",
      "nm": 1412,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Tony Clifton",
          "ch": 9001
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    },
    {
      "name": "Olivia Newton-John",
      "nm": 556,
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Rick Springfield",
      "nm": 819782,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "John Travolta",
      "nm": 237,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 28 October 1981",
  "tt": 646888,
  "air_date": "1981-10-28",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Jim Bailey",
      "nm": 47312,
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        {
          "char": "Barbra Streisand",
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    },
    {
      "name": "Lynda Carter",
      "nm": 4812,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Randy Jones",
      "nm": 429063,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Andy Kaufman",
      "nm": 1412,
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          "char": "Tony Clifton",
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    },
    {
      "name": "David Price",
      "nm": 2606,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 1 March 1982",
  "tt": 646889,
  "air_date": "1982-03-01",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Lynda Carter",
      "nm": 4812,
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 24 June 1982",
  "tt": 2381821,
  "air_date": "1982-06-24",
  "description": null,
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    {
      "name": "Lucille Ball",
      "nm": 840,
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        {
          "char": "Herself - Guest"
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    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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    },
    {
      "name": "Ethel Merman",
      "nm": 581062,
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    },
    {
      "name": "Ginger Rogers",
      "nm": 1677,
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        {
          "char": "Herself - Guest"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 25 June 1982",
  "tt": 1471107,
  "air_date": "1982-06-25",
  "description": null,
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    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
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          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Nick Ashford",
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        {
          "char": "Himself",
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    },
    {
      "name": "Valerie Simpson",
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          "char": "Herself",
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 6 November 1982",
  "tt": 1741461,
  "air_date": "1982-11-06",
  "description": null,
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    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "John James",
      "nm": 416625,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Marthe Keller",
      "nm": 445715,
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Rita Moreno",
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 12 January 1983",
  "tt": 2318149,
  "air_date": "1983-01-12",
  "description": null,
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      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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    },
    {
      "name": "Virginia Ferry",
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          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Joanna Lumley",
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          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Hala Salaam Maksoud",
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 17 January 1983",
  "tt": 2941206,
  "air_date": "1983-01-17",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
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          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Mr. T",
      "nm": 1558,
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          "char": "Himself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Don Rickles",
      "nm": 725543,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 12 February 1983",
  "tt": 1741462,
  "air_date": "1983-02-12",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Kathleen Beller",
      "nm": 898,
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "John James",
      "nm": 416625,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Ed Metzger",
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          "char": "Himself",
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    {
      "name": "Prince Charles",
      "nm": 697608,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 31 May 1983",
  "tt": 1569902,
  "air_date": "1983-05-31",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
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      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
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          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Douglas Adams",
      "nm": 10930,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    {
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    {
      "name": "Ira Reiner",
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    {
      "name": "Kelly Reno",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 9 August 1983",
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  "description": null,
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      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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    {
      "name": "Heather O'Rourke",
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 25 April 1984",
  "tt": 2122145,
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  "description": null,
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      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Ricky Martin",
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    {
      "name": "Jerry Mathers",
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    {
      "name": "Menudo",
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        {
          "char": "Themselves"
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{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 18 May 1984",
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    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Sara Douglas",
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          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Marj Dusay",
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    {
      "name": "Shelley Taylor Morgan",
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Paula Poundstone",
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          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Connie Stevens",
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 27 May 1984",
  "tt": 2246377,
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  "description": null,
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      "name": "Sergio Franchi",
      "nm": 289972,
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    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    {
      "name": "Ann Miller",
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          "char": "Herself - Actress"
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        {
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{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 7 August 1984",
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  "description": null,
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    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
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        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Patrick Macnee",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Linda Gray",
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          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Julie Walters",
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          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Robert Merrill",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Evelyn King",
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 27 September 1984",
  "tt": 646891,
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  "description": null,
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    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Barbara Eden",
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 2 January 1985",
  "tt": 1715677,
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  "description": null,
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    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    {
      "name": "Rex Meredith",
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    {
      "name": "Susan Scannell",
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Lonnie Schorr",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    {
      "name": "Tom Selleck",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 3 January 1985",
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  "description": null,
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      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Joan Embery",
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          "char": "Herself"
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    {
      "name": "Don Rickles",
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 11 February 1985",
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  "description": null,
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      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Beverly J. Camhe",
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          "char": "Herself - Interviewee"
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    {
      "name": "Tim Matheson",
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      "name": "Jane Seymour",
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          "char": "Herself - Interviewee"
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{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 29 April 1985",
  "tt": 646892,
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  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Whitney Houston",
      "nm": 1365,
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 29 May 1985",
  "tt": 2310200,
  "air_date": "1985-05-29",
  "description": null,
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    {
      "name": "Jim J. Bullock",
      "nm": 120160,
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        {
          "char": "Himself",
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    {
      "name": "Morton Cooper",
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          "char": "Himself - Guest",
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    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
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          "char": "Himself",
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    },
    {
      "name": "Yvonne Hall",
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          "char": "Herself - Guest"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Mamie Van Doren",
      "nm": 886638,
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        {
          "char": "Herself",
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    {
      "name": "Augustus van Heerden",
      "nm": 4979772,
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          "char": "Himself - Guest"
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  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 6 July 1985",
  "tt": 1569903,
  "air_date": "1985-07-06",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Meg Bussert",
      "nm": 1080834,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Patrick Macnee",
      "nm": 1495,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Doug Sheehan",
      "nm": 790585,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 9 July 1985",
  "tt": 2103048,
  "air_date": "1985-07-09",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    }
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 12 July 1985",
  "tt": 2103049,
  "air_date": "1985-07-12",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    }
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 16 July 1985",
  "tt": 646893,
  "air_date": "1985-07-16",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Cheryl Rhoads",
      "nm": 722333,
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Douglas Wood",
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        {
          "char": "Fine Line Comedy Duo"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 8 October 1985",
  "tt": 646894,
  "air_date": "1985-10-08",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Jim Bailey",
      "nm": 47312,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Phyliss Diller",
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    },
    {
      "name": "Barbara Eden",
      "nm": 1174,
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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      ]
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 10 October 1985",
  "tt": 2403335,
  "air_date": "1985-10-10",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    }
  ]
},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 5 November 1985",
  "tt": 2251001,
  "air_date": "1985-11-05",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Bea Arthur",
      "nm": 37735,
      "roles": [
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          "char": "Herself - Actress"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Sergio Franchi",
      "nm": 289972,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Estelle Getty",
      "nm": 1268,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself - Actress"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Rue McClanahan",
      "nm": 1516,
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          "char": "Herself - Actress"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Betty White",
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        {
          "char": "Herself - Actress"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 14 May 1986",
  "tt": 2377304,
  "air_date": "1986-05-14",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
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        {
          "char": "Host"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 15 May 1986",
  "tt": 828252,
  "air_date": "1986-05-15",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Mat Plendl",
      "nm": 961559,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Jason Stuart",
      "nm": 835725,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    }
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 18 June 1986",
  "tt": 3560708,
  "air_date": "1986-06-18",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "James Darren",
      "nm": 201626,
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          "char": "Himself"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Marj Dusay",
      "nm": 244582,
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 30 June 1986",
  "tt": 646895,
  "air_date": "1986-06-30",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Patty Andrews",
      "nm": 28809,
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        {
          "char": "Herself"
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},
{
  "se": "S??E??",
  "title": "Episode dated 20 August 1986",
  "tt": 646896,
  "air_date": "1986-08-20",
  "description": null,
  "cast": [
    {
      "name": "Merv Griffin",
      "nm": 341311,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Himself - Host"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Kevin Bernhardt",
      "nm": 76791,
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        {
          "char": "Himself"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Barbara Eden",
      "nm": 1174,
      "roles": [
        {
          "char": "Herself"
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      ]
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