Maharishi on the Merv Griffin Show
 April 1975, late autumn 1975, and 1977
Merv Griffin Theater, 1555 Vine Street, Hollywood, California
This broadcast resulted in the largest wave of people learning TM in history.

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	Clint Eastwood, Merv Griffin, and Maharishi Mahesh Yogi www.YouTube.com/watch?v=O8B8L56KrYo 23 minutes	Merv Griffin Theater Google Street View
	Maharishi on Merv Griffin Show with Clint Eastwood, Mary Tyler Moore, et al www.YouTube.com/watch?v=NF3xm-7j3zk   This video is full length - 02:09:16 hours April 1975 and 1976
	From Tennis Court to Transcendental Consciousness Clint Eastwood played tennis with Merv Griffin who asked about TM.  Clint told Merv about it. Merv, in turn, told millions of people about TM. An actress told Clint about TM, so thanks to whoever she is.

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Merv is a meditator himself, and brought famous meditating guests: 

Photo	Guest	Show
	Ellen Corby Star of The Waltons TV show	1
	Dr. Harold Bloomfield Psychiatrist	1
	Senator Arlen Gregorio Senator (California)	1

	Clint Eastwood Actor - had recently completed The Eiger Sanction (1975), and was beginning The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)	2
	Mary Tyler Moore Actress - one of her rare TV interviews	2
	Congressman Richard Nolan (Minnesota) Congressman	2
	Dr. Bernard Glueck Medical scientist	2

MERV on marquee	Merv tells Maharishi that he admires his work	Maharishi Mahesh Yogi	Merv practices Transcendental Meditation

 

 

 

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Merv Griffin Show Theme Song

Transcript

Maharishi was featured on the cover of TIME magazine October 1975
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Music and Media from Maharishi's Merv Griffin Show

It was customary for a guest on Merv Griffin to be welcomed with a song related to his or her career.

	Maharishi was introduced to music from the Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour Fool on the hill.   Merv Griffin was very respectful and supportive of Maharishi, so no slight was intended.  This music was an allusion to the visits of John, Paul, George, and Ringo to Maharishi's ahsram in India during the 1960's.
	Clint Eastwood was introduced with the music from his movie Play Misty for Me.  Misty is a song by Errol Garner. It was Clint Eastwood who introduced Transcendental Meditation to Merv Griffin, his tennis buddy. Clint had just completed filming of The Eiger Sanction, when he was on Merv Griffin.  In 1975, he was the top male actor at the time, as measured by box office production revenue.  He was in the process of filming The Outlaw Jose Wales.
	Mary Tyler Moore was in her Emmy Award winning sitcom The Mary Tyler Moore Show  and was welcomed with the Mary Theme.
	Joe Namath was mentioned by Merv Griffin as "a famous meditator...and football player"
	Merv Griffin 40 "Most Interesting" People of Our Time   Includes the voice of Donald Duck but does not include Maharishi, Clint Eastwood, Mary Tyler Moore, Burt Reynolds, and others?	1) Ingrid Bergman 2) Richard Burton 3) Tom Cruise 4) John Wayne 5) Sophia Loren 6) Orson Welles 7) David Niven 8) Grace Kelly 9) Joan Collins 10) Sammy Davis Jr. 11) Janet Leigh 12) Lee Marvin 13) Jane Fonda 14) Tom Hanks 15) Arnold Schwarzenegger 16) Roy Rogers 17) Michael Caine 18) Christopher Reeve 19) Denzel Washington	20) Jack Benny 21) George Carlin 22) Jerry Seinfeld 23) Jackie Mason 24) Phyllis Diller 25) Don Rickles 26) George Burns 27) Richard Pryor 28) Jay Leno 29) Carl Reiner 30) Totie Fields 31) Monti Rock III 32) Billy Crystal 33) Danny DeVito 34) Tony Danza 35) Clarence Nash (Voice of Donald Duck)	36) Barbara Walters 37) Walter Cronkite 38) Rose F. Kennedy 39) Robert F. Kennedy 40) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 41) Harry Belafonte 42) Gerald Ford 43) Ronald Reagan 44) Jimmy Carter 45) Richard Nixon
	Another popular TV talk show host informs the public about Transcendental Meditation Oprah Winfrey Note: this is not an endorsement by Oprah.

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