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it — and, in a way, they were. "I was born in San Mateo, California, which is really a small town," Merv explains, "and Julann is from the northwoods Michigan town of Ironwood, with a population of 11,000. We both love New York, but we've always sort of lived country-style in New York." "The wonderful thing about being in the country," Julann offers, "is that you feel you are in a special world all your own. One of the troubles with New York is that, once you get out of your apartment, there's no place to sit down unless you go into a restaurant for a cup of coffee or a hamburger. Out here, the whole world is yours." The Griffins find it a genuine luxury just to be able to go on long walks through the woods and, occasionally, to go horseback riding. If Merv were a huntsman, he would find himself in clover, but, as he puts it, "We prefer to limit our shooting to clay shoots. This is great deer country, but neither of us is much for putting a slug in a deer." On the other hand, the change of environment has brought out the royal blood in Poochie, who is part fox and part nobody-knows. "She bays at the moon, and she goes crazy when you bring a chicken into the house," says Merv. "Not only that, but she looks so much like a fox, we're going to have to put lights and diamond bracelets on her paws so nobody will take a shot at her." Still less than a year old, the Griffins' small son Tony is too young to appreciate his new home. But Julann feels certain that he has grown twice as fast and twice as healthy as when the family was in the city. And the parent Griffins have taken particular joy in the friendliness of the area. "To begin with," says Merv, "a lot of our friends live down here. In fact, that's how we came to buy this place. After our very first visit, we decided that this is where we wanted to have our home, so we let it be known among as many people as we could. The Teetertown property was the one we fell in love with most, and when one of the folks heard that it was being put up for sale, we were the first ones notified. So we came right down and closed the deal. "You couldn't find more wonderful people anywhere in the world," he continues. "We feel as if we have been here all our lives already. Just going over to Rambo's general store is a treat. He not only cuts you steaks like you never ate in your life, but you pick up all of the local gossip there. It's a real crackerbarrel atmosphere, the sort of thing you read about at times but which you think of as being fictional. Well, by golly, it's real, and here we are right in the middle of it." In addition to finding a wealth of contentment in Califon — in Teetertown, to be more specific — Merv and Julann have ambitious plans for establishing some sidelines there. Julann, a former comediennne whom Merv met when they worked together on radio, is quite serious about making quilts for sale and also putting up preserves and frozen meat pies on a commercial basis. Further, the Griffins have an interest in a company which manufactures framed stuffed animals for children's nurseries, and hope to expand that business by hiring local women and training them in the skill. If all this, together with his TV commitments, seems like Merv has bitten off more than he can chew, he does have the help of resident farmers on the place. Also, Merv and Julann are energetic people who thrive on doing things, because they make it a practice to indulge only in those they really enjoy. As he revels in his new role of country gentleman, complete with corduroy trousers and dark sports shirts, Merv is convinced that good things come in pairs: It was at just about the time he bought the country homestead that he got word that Play Your Hunch had not only been renewed for fifty -two weeks as a Monday-through -Friday daytime show, but was also going on the air every Friday night, as of last April 15. All this — plus his frequent appearances on The Arthur Murray Party — makes Merv one of television's mostseen personalities. Critics and audience are agreed that the top-rated success of Play Your Hunch is largely the work of this boyishly good-looking chap who so thoroughly enjoys meeting the show's contestants. Merv Griffin figures to go on indefinitely — not only on TV, but as "mayor" of Teetertown. His contented constituents in both worlds are obviously ready to vote for him in every foreseeable election! 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