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>> here's woody allen! >> i'm too cowardly to be a protest comic. i'm in favor of all those things that we've come to know and hate about -- >> merv griffin, despite almost a milquetoast reputation, was always more willing to have people on that represented aspects of the counterculture. >> dr. timothy leary has been described as being either a prophet or a fiend. >> how many times have you taken lsd, doctor? >> i've taken lsd 311 times. >> in 1969 when "the merv griffin show" debuted on cbs, for the first time ever you have what you would now call the late-night wars. merv versus joey versus ...

Griffin, who had been doing a great syndicated black and white talk show. >> merv griffin was just light and fun and fluffy. he loved everybody. and he had the funniest people on. >> here's woody alan. >> i'm too cowardly to -- to -- to be a protest comic. i'm in favor of all those things that -- that we've come to know and hate. >> merv griffin, despite almost a milk-toast reputation, was always more willing to have people on that represented aspects of the counterculture. >> dr. timothy leery has been described as being, either, a profit or a fiend. >> how many times have you tak

This tonight, and i understand next week johnny carson may do a show just like this. >> bishop was a -- this strange show. it's almost flukish to watch. >> are we on? >> yes. >> the reason i ask is because it's going so slow. >> joey was often in a bad mood. >> for a guy who don't show up for rehearsals you sure talk a lot. i'll tell you that. >> cbs, meanwhile, hires merv griffin, who had been doing a great syndicated black-and-white talk show for westinghouse. >> it's the merv griffin show! >> merv griffin was just light and fun and fluffy. ♪ what do you get when you fall in love ♪ >> he...