Helen Merrill, Merv Griffin, Carroll O'Connor

[djbassey2]

Helen Merrill... Fantastic !

[andrewdick]

Wow, I've never seen Carroll O'Connor with facial hair.

[newman20072008]

rip both of you but i realy miss caroll (ARCHIE) man you WHERE the best r.i.p ARCH

[caponsacchi]

Priceless tape. I'd never have guessed a meeting like this in a million years. Merv came up as a boy singer in Freddie Martin's band. He knew enough what not to try on this occasion. He had lots of charisma, and enough faith in musicians--madcaps like Jack Sheldon--tp turn it over to them on occasion and take his chances. Carson, for all his greatness, was above all about control. His genius was in not letting it show.

[mylesspike119]

R.I.P. Merv Griffin and Carroll O'Connor

[hookalakah]

Merv may not have been a jazz singer but give him points--he was hip enugh to book Helen Merrill, and he pretty much kept out of the way on the tune. O'Connor didn't go too far into the musical abyss, either.

[sweenus]

Piano: Roger Kellaway, Bass: Chuck Domanico, Drums: Johnny Guerin. L.A. dream-team.

[bootcords]

A great clip! Thanks for posting.

[uchinobakka]

Good post

[encierro75]

Sun 12 Aug 20007. RIP, Merv Griffin

[abuiltmale]

And per Merv's wishes upon his passing..."Merv will not be right back".....Merv , your final request has been completed.

[john123wayne]

Merv was always classy, kind, humble, nice sense of humor and a pleasure to watch. RIP Merv

[evans54]

RIP Merv

[mkp1974]

I think Merv wanted to sex up Archie instead of the lady, O'Connor knew to keep his distance and play it cool.

[Viktoria3]

This is so classic. Merv and O'Conner are not that bad either. : D

[FightNightLegend]

Archie was not trying to go there he was like step off!!

[mistyntwisty]

No, actually he was a confirmed Helen Merrill fan, loved her records and was probably enjoying this a lot.

[VIBEFAT]

Of all the Merv! Post more!