and this is merv just started at -- >> which one is merv? this is merv right there? >> this is merv. >> good heavens. >> good heavens. joey bishop, your buddy. and johnny carson. >> he started in '67. and johnny in 1962. now, what were you doing in 1969? were you still in school? >> 1969? >> yeah. that's when this whole -- >> i was just graduating from college. >> did you have an eye on show business? >> well, it's a silly story. but where better to tell a sill your story than here? i was like you lost and i had some friends that as the grades progressed i realized how important it was to study and make good grades if you wanted to have the same peer group. and i was falling behind. i couldn't do anything. and all of my buddies were math and chemistry and algebra and on and on and on and i was kind of on the soft curriculum. you know, it was shop and that sort of -- nothing wrong with that. i can remember doing so poorly my mom was very upset about it and she said we're going to try to get you into a trade school. and again, that would have been fine. but i was not a

this process of arms control that i give such credit to people way back, you know, who when we were merving and doing things that seemed to make sense under the theory of deterrence had the courage to say, wait a minute. making the robo bounce is no exaggeration. none whatsoever. few people, but i include myself as one of them, have had the opportunity to review the war plan all the way and to look at individual targets and to see what -- what we were doing with the production of our development capabilities. so it's a new time, but the u.s. and russia do hold 90% of the world's nuclear weapons. i think with my experience with the russians, and i have had a considerable amount, that we and they really understand how much the utility -- the operational utility of nuclear weapons has been overstated and we need to somehow preserve this arms control process. the good work that's been done in verification and data exchange that i'm sure that secretary gutman will talk about today. so, again, it's our good fortune that we have made it to june 2012 in my mind. the revised calculus of deterrence t

. >> a house once owned by merv griffin is up for sale for the first anytime 19 years.mer house is on 90,000 square feet of prime real estate in bel-air. the four bedroom house has 24-foot high ceiling. the price a cool $9.5 million. if you can afford it it's been home to many celebrities including wilt chamberlain, farrah fawcett and prison. very cool. >> that will do it for us here at 5:00. captioned by closed captioning services inc.

he says we need more firemen, more policemen, more teachers: he did he not get the merv griffinnage of wisconsin, the american people did, it's time to cut back on government and help the american people. >> bob: so, there you have it, governor. is that the message? do the american people want fewer cops and fewer firemen and fewer teachers or was there a different message? >> well, i think it's slightly different. in our case what they wanted people to take on the tough issues not only here in where is i wisconsin but across the country. governor romney has a shot if the "r" doesn't stand for republican but reformer. if he shows my state and americans that he's got a plan to take on the reforms. the real difference what the president said this week is simple. the president and his allies believe success is government is defined by how many people are dependent on government programs. we believe that success just the opposite. how many fewer people are dependent on government programs because they have a job in the private sector where they can control their own freedom, their own dest

. >> got the merv griffin set. i remember that. skimp and when to splurge is the consumer savings advocate and expert, andrea. >> same as andrew. >> you're andrea. we know that. we know you're an expert. basic things to go over. let's start with headache medication. >> of course. generic drugs are copycats of name brand drugs and the f.d.a. requires that the generic drug work as quickly and as effectively as the name brand drug formulas they derive from and consumers can save 30% to 50% by going for the generic name brand or generic store brand medications like ibuprofen, antibiotic ointment. >> that's great information. when you're going down the aisle in the drugstore, you don't know. go for the generic. what about this? >> as long as the sunscreen says it's a broad spectrum uva/uvb protection, you can go for the generic sunscreen and again, you're looking to save up to 30% and they also say stay away from the pricey spf's higher than 50. sun protection maxes out at spf 50. >> it's called a lead shield. generic still works there.

. >> brian: he's on the merv griffin set outside our studio. >> gretchen: he's in the hallway. >> brianreacher. >> brian: why do you friday everything, arthur? >> gretchen: that makes me hungry. remember that? bill o'reilly, first your headlines. fox news alert. learning syria's foreign ministry -- ambassadors from the u.s., britain and france. syria saying they were no longer welcome. last week western nations expelled syrian diplomats in a coordinated move overt hula massacre in which more than 100 people were slaughtered. >>> in pakistan, t stands for terminated. >> one, two, three, four. >> gretchen: u.s. embassy in pakistan ending funding for a local version of sesame street. the move comes amid reports of corruption at the $20 million project. a pakinstani newspaper reporting there were financial irregularityies at the workshop, which developed the show with social security knee workship. they claim the u.s. backed off after already giving ten million bucks because of a lack of funds. >>> let's go live to london as the queen marks the final day of her jubilee celebration. she's at