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Brian L. Foley '69, Harvard's 6-4 would-be singing star, appeared on the Merv Griffin Show last Tuesday evening and sang one of his own songs. "Time and Tide." Foley had been invited to make six more performances on the show...
...Gentlemen" etc.) are piped over the loudspeaker after every blackout, and stage movement is held to a static minimum. Unfortunately, radiant Rosemary Harris as the dowdy, embittered Queen looks even better than she did as Ophelia two year ago; while cherubic and smooth-skinned Bruce Scott, late of the Merv Griffin Show, fails to convince anybody that he's Prince John, who, as the text repeatedly states, is the victim of massive acne. As for the miscast Mr. Preston, we are reminded with his every movement what a great musical comedy performer he is. Unfortunately, the depressing influence...
...million in sponsor billings this year will edge Paar's top by $4,000,000. Carson makes it look so easy that others have been prompted to get in on the act. ABC has been running a competitor, Nightlife, for almost three months, and Westinghouse Broadcasting Co. syndicates Merv Griffin, a cheery-faced former singer who was once mentioned as a Paar replacement. The net effect of both shows to date on Carson's: nil. His New York area rating is five times their combined total...
...replacement NBC feels most comfortable with is somebody named Merv Griffin, who has slopped over from daytime game shows. When Griffin is blessed with glib guests-as he was on several shows last week-he is at least innocuous and agile at keeping the conversation alive. Art Linkletter's turns at the helm suggest a scoutmaster on a field trip...
...billed as the world's most costly dress, was designed by Couturiere Livia Sylva. Hope wore it on NBC-TV's quiz show, Play Your Hunch, where contestants guessed about the number of constellations in her high-carat caparison. Hunch's master of ceremonies, Merv Griffin, suggested to her that they should quietly run away together. Hope declined, conjectured that cops would soon overtake them...