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