Merv Griffin
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"Mervyn Edward "Merv" Griffin, Jr." was an American television host, musician, actor, and media mogul. He began his career as a radio and big band singer who went on to appear in film and on Broadway theatre/Broadway. From 1965 to 1986 Griffin hosted his own talk show, The Merv Griffin Show, produced by Westinghouse Broadcasting (also known as Group W). He also created the game shows Jeopardy!, Wheel of Fortune (U.S. game show)/Wheel of Fortune, Click (game show)/Click, Ruckus (game show)/Ruckus, and Merv Griffin's Crosswords with his own television production companies, Merv Griffin Enterprises and Merv Griffin Entertainment. During his lifetime, Griffin was considered an entertainment business magnate.

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I'm sick. I just got a call from Brereton Jones, the former governor of Kentucky. He said that everybody is so down about this because they thought this horse was so good for racing. It's not life or death. It's just a hair fracture. But it took my breath away when I heard the news.

Roger King is, without a doubt, the greatest salesman in the history of anything. And I don't ever limit him just to television. He could sell you anything.

The success of those two shows, ratings-wise and monetarily, are mind-boggling. I mean, each show has got to have brought in over a couple of billion dollars each in revenues.

Looks like a bad dream.

Give him 52 days off.

Las Vegas without Wayne Newton is like Disneyland without Mickey Mouse.

It's an amazing story. I looked at her on the screen and said, 'My God! It's Gilda.

They were very private people. Gene approved the idea (for the television movie) but he didn't want to be involved. He said it would be too difficult for him.

I picked her because she knew the whole alphabet. She is America's sweetheart.