# Merv Griffin announces that something "amazing" is going to happen... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 18, 2004, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merv-griffin-announces-that-something-amazing-is-going-to-happen/245842 "2004-05-18T20:42:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merv-griffin-announces-that-something-amazing-is-going-to-happen/245842/1 "2004-05-18T20:42:34Z")
…to Jeopardy beginning on May 20. He calls it “just the most amazing thing”. He won’t disclose what it is. But I wonder if anyone else saw the announcement and is speculating. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merv-griffin-announces-that-something-amazing-is-going-to-happen/245842/2 "2004-05-18T20:47:20Z")
I’m guessing someone makes it to $100,000 in a day. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merv-griffin-announces-that-something-amazing-is-going-to-happen/245842/3 "2004-05-18T20:52:45Z")
Andy Kaufman will be a contestant. He promised Griffin 20 years ago that when he finally comes clean about faking his death, it would be on Griffin’s show. Since his talk show is long gone, to satisfy the promise he has to go on Jeopardy. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merv-griffin-announces-that-something-amazing-is-going-to-happen/245842/4 "2004-05-18T21:01:02Z")
I dunno. Andy seems more of a Wheel of Fortune type to me. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merv-griffin-announces-that-something-amazing-is-going-to-happen/245842/5 "2004-05-18T21:05:35Z")
I have to ask. What kind of list do you have to be on to get advanced Merv Griffin announcements? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![El\_Cheapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8e7dd6/32.png) [@El\_Cheapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cheapo)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merv-griffin-announces-that-something-amazing-is-going-to-happen/245842/6 "2004-05-18T21:08:24Z")
I have heard from a contestant-in-waiting that a player is going to go on a ridiculously long winning streak. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merv-griffin-announces-that-something-amazing-is-going-to-happen/245842/7 "2004-05-18T21:09:05Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > I’m guessing someone makes it to $100,000 in a day. Possibly, but it sounded to me more like something over a period of time, maybe permanent. I was thinking maybe some sort of T of C with a bizarre twist, or even a change in the show’s format. Maybe a change of host? I just hope it’s something good, and not something that ruins the game. > [@Exapno Mapcase](#): > > What kind of list do you have to be on to get advanced Merv Griffin announcements? He just announced it on Ryan Seacrest’s show. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merv-griffin-announces-that-something-amazing-is-going-to-happen/245842/8 "2004-05-18T21:19:52Z")
I would guess the $ amount or a 3-way tie or something, except that he said “beginning May 20”, so I’d guess the start of a awesome run fro the champion. Brian ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merv-griffin-announces-that-something-amazing-is-going-to-happen/245842/9 "2004-05-18T21:29:35Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > Possibly, but it sounded to me more like something over a period of time, maybe permanent. I was thinking maybe some sort of T of C with a bizarre twist, or even a change in the show’s format. Maybe a change of host? I just hope it’s something good, and not something that ruins the game. > He just announced it on Ryan Seacrest’s show. He announced it on American Idol? Because I KNOW you’re not going to tell me that The Twinklet was actually given his own talk show… ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merv-griffin-announces-that-something-amazing-is-going-to-happen/245842/10 "2004-05-18T21:33:59Z")
Yep. _On Air With Ryan Seacrest_ broadcasts live each weekday at 3:00 eastern from the Hollywood and Highland entertainment complex in Los Angeles. Today, Ryan had his all-time favorite idols (in the general sense), and they included Merv Griffin and Chicago (the band). ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merv-griffin-announces-that-something-amazing-is-going-to-happen/245842/11 "2004-05-18T21:42:23Z")
The last time someone made an announcement like this, all we got was the Segway. We all know how the world was improved when THAT came out. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Ms\_Boods](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5e9695/32.png) [@Ms\_Boods](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Boods)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merv-griffin-announces-that-something-amazing-is-going-to-happen/245842/12 "2004-05-18T21:54:45Z")
Jupiter is going to turn into a star? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merv-griffin-announces-that-something-amazing-is-going-to-happen/245842/13 "2004-05-18T23:39:30Z")
> [@Ms Boods](#): > > Jupiter is going to turn into a star? > > 😃 yes, except instead of ‘Lucifer’, we will call it ‘Merv’. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merv-griffin-announces-that-something-amazing-is-going-to-happen/245842/14 "2004-05-18T23:52:30Z")
At the end of each round, the contestants vote someone off? I bet Alex Trebek wouldn’t last a day. ---
**Author:** ![capacitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@capacitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capacitor)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merv-griffin-announces-that-something-amazing-is-going-to-happen/245842/15 "2004-05-19T00:22:25Z")
I bet someone cracks at least $500000 on a 5-day run, rivaling Thom McGee as the best game show player ever. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merv-griffin-announces-that-something-amazing-is-going-to-happen/245842/16 "2004-05-19T00:31:51Z")
> [@Ms Boods](#): > > Jupiter is going to turn into a star? You know, that’s the _first_ thing I thought when I saw the thread title. (Even though _that_ was “Something wonderful.”) How much of a geek do you have to be for “Something,” coupled with a random superlative, immediately makes you think of 2010? I hope it’s not just us! ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merv-griffin-announces-that-something-amazing-is-going-to-happen/245842/17 "2004-05-19T00:33:04Z")
^pretend there’s grammar up there^ ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merv-griffin-announces-that-something-amazing-is-going-to-happen/245842/18 "2004-05-19T00:48:25Z")
The contestants have to be pantless. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merv-griffin-announces-that-something-amazing-is-going-to-happen/245842/19 "2004-05-19T00:49:39Z")
> [@Larry Mudd](#): > > You know, that’s the _first_ thing I thought when I saw the thread title. (Even though _that_ was “Something wonderful.”) > > How much of a geek do you have to be for “Something,” coupled with a random superlative, immediately makes you think of 2010? > > I hope it’s not just us! Exactly what I thought! I was gonna post: Merv: Something’s going to happen. The Rest of the World: What? What’s going to happen? Merv: Something _wonderful_. ---
**Author:** ![spiralscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@spiralscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spiralscratch)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merv-griffin-announces-that-something-amazing-is-going-to-happen/245842/20 "2004-05-19T01:04:19Z")
> [@Ms Boods](#): > > Jupiter is going to turn into a star? I think that’s not going to happen until May 20, _2010_. So, we’ve got six years to prepare for that. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merv-griffin-announces-that-something-amazing-is-going-to-happen/245842.md?page=2)