In Popular Culture
Seinfeld spoofed the show in Season 9, Episode 6, “The Merv Griffin Show,” in which Cosmo Kramer pretends that he hosts his own talk show using the discarded set from the show, which he sets up in his apartment.
Andy Kaufman's appearance on the show in a segment produced by John Scura was edited into the 1999 biopic Man on the Moon, with Griffin being played by character actor Mike Villani. The movie claims that all guests of the show receive an autographed photo of Dicker and Dicker of Beverly Hills (furriers known for their fur coats, mainly as prizes on game shows), coupons, and Turtle Wax.
The Merv Griffin Show was parodied on Second City Television, with Griffin played by Rick Moranis. The sketches included a crossover with The Andy Griffith Show and a mashup of 2001: A Space Odyssey and Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
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