"I couldn't possibly fail to disagree with you less."
12 August 2007Who was Merv Griffin?"I'll take Renaissance Men for a thousand, Alex." Okay, maybe if you run down the usual list of Renaissance Men, you probably won't run into Merv Griffin. But Merv, who died this week at 82, had as diverse a life as exists in a Beverly Hills ZIP code, and probably more fun than most of his contemporaries. Really. In a career that spanned more than half a century, Merv Griffin wore the following hats:
See? Fun. What's more, he was named "Merv," a name with verve, even if it had been shortened from "Mervyn." You just had to like this guy. (Via Lorie Byrd, who did.) Posted at 1:00 PM to Almost YogurtTime to give my copy of "I've Got A Lovely Bunch of Coconuts" another listen. Posted by: Old Grouch at 6:37 PM on 12 August 2007It's only because of those bullets that he got off scot free for the Elevator Killer thing. Posted by: Brian J. at 9:15 PM on 12 August 2007By all accounts, a loverly man. So deeply embedded in pop culture that Trinity, in a highly-tense situation (Matrix Revolutions), out of nowhere invokes his name ("What's it gonna be, Merv?"). You just know he said "oooooo" when he heard about that one. Posted by: Mister Snitch! at 12:45 AM on 13 August 2007 |