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Entertainment legend, inventor of Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune Merv Griffin passed away today at the age of 82.
Notice Merv's natural interviewing style as he speaks with Buddy Rich and Cathy Rich on his Merv Griffin Show.
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Added: 12th August 2007
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Posted By: Old Fart |
 
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June 2, 1962, a very young and slim Merv Griffin hosted a game show on NBC called Play Your Hunch, one of Merv's last appearances on the show before his daytime talk/variety series began on the network that fall.
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Added: 10th December 2007
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'Who was Art Fleming?' That would be the correct question to the answer, 'The original host of Jeopardy!' Fleming was an actor who had no experience as a TV host. Jeopardy! creator Merv Griffin saw Fleming in commercials and thought his 'authoritarian but warm' persona would be perfect for his new quiz show. Griffin's instinct proved to be right. Fleming's stint as host of daytime Jeopardy! on NBC ran from the debut broadcast on Monday, March 30, 1964 to its conclusion on Friday, January 3, 1975 and encompassed 2,753 shows. Fleming also hosted a nighttime version of Jeopardy! during its NBC years, plus two short-lived syndicated attempts to revive the show after 1975. He never missed hosting a single episode. Sadly, NBC saw no point in keeping the tapes of old game shows, so the vast majority of the original Jeopardy! shows were destroyed and are lost forever. Fleming died of pancreatic cancer in 1995 at age 70.
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Added: 25th March 2010
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