"Greg Garrison" was a pioneer Television producer/producer and Television director/director in television, directing nearly 4,000 shows in his career. He received more than a dozen Emmy Award nominations, although he never won.

Garrison, born Harvin Ginsburg, started his television career by accident at the age of 22. Among his first productions were The Kate Smith Show (CBS, 1950) and Your Show of Shows. He went on to produce and direct many television specials with Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Donald O'Connor and many others. He was probably best known for producing and directing the The Dean Martin Show, The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts, hour-long comedy specials with Dom DeLuise, and summer shows with Dan Rowan and Dick Martin (comedian)/Dick Martin, Jonathan Winters, The Golddiggers, and Marty Feldman. He also directed one of television's landmark 1960 presidential debates between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon.

In his later years Garrison supervised for Guthy-Renker the digital remastering of the Dean Martin Show and celebrity roasts for release on DVD. The marketing of these included an entertaining informercial with clips of an interview of Garrison by host Regis Philbin about his memories of producing/directing the Martin show.

Garrison died on March 25, 2005 in Thousand Oaks, California, from pneumonia.

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That's kind of their trademark, to play hard and apply pressure. I think we came out a little timid and didn't attack their pressure like we probably should have. And that was the difference in the game as far as our approach to attacking their pressure.

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We're not looking forward to that trip, to be honest with you.

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There's a reason Cory Davis is getting a Division I scholarship. He's a difference maker, not only for them but for everyone in the league.

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We didn't come out ready to play. They're a good team and well coached, and you're not going to beat anybody when you start that way.

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One of the big benefits is getting our kids away from home, sharing (motel) rooms. The camaraderie, the team-building that takes place is a great benefit.

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Our defensive presence was there ? they had 23 turnovers. Our (turnovers) came in stretches that led to points for them, especially in the first half.

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We managed to hang on. We didn't do a good job of putting them away when we could have.

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The encouraging thing is we got better each game. It was a great team effort.

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They were really physical inside and pushed us away from the basket. We didn't get the ball inside like we need to do. That's partly our fault and partly due to good defense.

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