Word: griffins
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Carson can be trouble too, especially if one is an anxious guest on his Tonight show. Tynan has been there on what he calls "two vertiginous occasions." His impression: "The other talk shows in which I have taken part were all saunas by comparison with Carson's. Merv Griffin is the most disarming of ego strokers; Mike Douglas runs him a close second in the ingratiation stakes; and Dick Cavett creates the illusion that he is your guest, enjoying a slightly subversive private chat. Carson, on the other hand, operates on a level of high, freewheeling, centrifugal banter that...