August 18, 1969 - February 11, 1972
Merv Griffin's guest is Betty Hutton ("comeback appearance").
Betty reminisces about her first Broadway stage appearance when she was 16 years old in Panama Hattie. She talks about Arthur Treacher who was a ladies man at that time, making sweet advances to her.
Betty talks about her trapeze training to do all her own aerials in The Greatest Show on Earth, Pete Condoli in Merv's Band introduced. Betty discusses her marriage to Pete living in two separate homes. Mentions her daughter 6 years old and 5 month old granddaughter.
NOTE: The date of his broadcast could be incorrectly notated based on the information stated by Betty on the program. However, IMDb and other resources do not indicate an earlier Betty Hutton TV appearance on The Merv Griffin Show.