Merv Griffin interview

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He's a bit of a, you know, frustrated now, but I think he's taking in all his, um, all his frustrations out in our success, which is great.</div> <bR> <div> Merv:     Great.  That's good.</div> <bR> <div> Andy:     Yeah, We enjoy him.</div> <bR> <div> Merv:     How's that boat?  Are you a</div> <bR> <div> Andy:     My boat?  Yes.  </div> <bR> <div> Merv:     Are you into </div> <bR> <div> Andy:     Yes, it's doing very well.</div> <bR> <div> Merv:     Sailing around the Bahamas down there?</div> <bR> <div> Andy:     Whenever I get the chance, yeah, I take it to Bahamas.</div> <bR> <div> Merv:     Stinkpot or sail?</div> <bR> <div> Andy:     Stinkpot?</div> <bR> <div> Merv:     oh, uh, I'm not insulting, no, you look like I'm insulting you.</div> <bR> <div> Andy:     Yeah</div> <bR> <div> Merv:     See in California they're known, if you have a motor in it, it's a stinkpot.</div> <bR> <div> Andy:     It's a stinkpot.</div> <bR> <div> Merv:     YOU have a stinkpot?</div> <bR> <div> Andy:     I have, I have a boat too.</div> <bR> <div> Merv:     (laughs)  It's a, oh, it's not a sail.</div> <bR> <div> Andy:     No, it's a two-diesel engines, turbo diesels.</div> <bR> <div> Merv:     Good.  How big?</div> <bR> <div> Andy:     She's 58 foot long.</div> <bR> <div> Merv:     ooooh, Aaaandy.</div> <bR> <div> Andy:     That's my pride and joy.</div> <bR> <div> Merv:     It must be so lonely on there.</div> <bR> <div> Andy:     (laughs)  Wellllll</div> <bR> <div> Merv:     Fifty-eight feet long, and you're the captain?</div> <bR> <div> Andy:     Yeah, I'm the captain.</div> <bR> <div> Merv:     And you do it all yourself?</div> <bR> <div> Andy:     Yeah, yeah, I do all my own navigation.  Plot the course.</div> <bR> <div> Merv:     Oooh, you poor guy.</div> <bR> <div> Andy:     Oh, it's tough.</div> <bR> <div> Merv:     all by yourself out there in the Bahamas.</div> <bR> <div> Andy:     No, I take my friends along.</div> <bR> <div> Merv:     Oh do you?  The whole gang go?</div> <bR> <div> Andy:     Cast off the bowline, cast off the stern.  {I'm assuming he's talking about fishing, but I don't know that much about boats, so maybe these are boating terms.}</div> <bR> <div> Merv:     It's a wonderful place out of Miami for a</div> <bR> <div> Andy:     It is</div> <bR> <div> Merv:     for sailing and for boating, and the Bahamas are there and, ah</div> <bR> <div> Andy:     That's right, the Bahamas are 40 miles away.</div> <bR> <div> Merv:     Right.</div> <bR> <div> Andy:     It's great.</div> <bR> <div> Merv:     Now, are you down there a lot?</div> <bR> <div> Andy:     Yes, I'm going at the end of this week, I'll be off on a two-week sail.</div> <bR> <div> Merv:     Ever nervous about those sudden squalls that come up?</div> <bR> <div> Andy:     Sure, I've got all the best equipment on board, though, to, ah, predict storms, and a worldwide radio.</div> <bR> <div> Merv:     Do you ever get in trouble on them?</div> <bR> <div> Andy:     I've never been in trouble, well, I've been in trouble once, but it wasn't really in trouble, it was just a very rough crossing, we went out in about 20 foot head seas on it.</div> <bR> <div> Merv:     hmm-mmm.</div> <bR> <div> Andy:     And I was kinda nervous at the time, it was the first big trip I'd done on her.  But now, I just avoid the bad weather.</div> <bR> <div> Merv:     You love all the attention that you get from those ladies out there, don't you?</div> <bR> <div> Andy:     What, mermaids or what?  (laughs)  In the ocean?</div> <bR> <div> Merv:     No, no, no, sitting out in the audience.</div> <bR> <div> Andy:     Oh, I beg your pardon, yes.  Oh yes, of course, I do.</div> <bR> <div> Merv:     They still hanging around the house down in Miami?</div> <bR> <div> Andy:     Ah, yes, they follow us around, and when we drive from one house to the other, they follow us.</div> <bR> <div> Merv:     Does it bother you at all?</div> <bR> <div> Andy:     No, I mean, it's when it stops you got to start worrying.</div> <bR> <div> Merv:     Yeah, yeah.  And you stop and talk to them and say, `hi gang.'</div> <bR> <div> Andy:     Sure, we talk to them now and again.</div> <bR> <div> Merv:     Come on in for dinner.</div> <bR> <div> Andy:     Yeah, There are certain ones now, you know, who are becoming quite well known to us.  (laughs)  So,</div> <bR> <div> Merv:     (laughs) Yeah, I'll bet, they hang around your front door.</div> <bR> <div> Andy:     Yeah, well, we talk to them now and again.</div> <bR> <div> Merv:     You're on a tour right now?</div> <bR> <div> Andy:     Well, I'm on a promotion tour, that's promoting the new album, and, ah, we've already been to Holland, Germany, Paris, ah, we haven't really stopped yet for about a month or two.</div> <bR> <div> Merv:     Where are the record sales the biggest, obviously still America, but where outside of America?  Is Holland, a great market.</div> <bR> <div> Andy:     Yeah, Holland and Germany are very, very big markets.  I also believe the Far East, Japan and the East is a great market</div> <bR> <div> Merv:     Have you been there?</div> <bR> <div> Andy:     and Australia.  I haven't no,  I want to go there badly.</div> <bR> <div> Merv:     Yeah, I'm, I betcha they would die</div> <bR> <div> Andy:     It would be lovely.</div> <bR> <div> Merv:     Put the, have you got the album on disk?  Put it up there again, that's really a nice</div> <bR> <div> Andy:     Thanks</div> <bR> <div> Merv:     You've gotten excellent reviews.  This album is called After Dark, and that's the title song we're going to hear right now?  Isn't it?</div> <bR> <div> Andy:     Yes.</div> <bR> <div> Merv:     Okay, here's Andy Gibb, After Dark.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> NOTE:  I transcribed this from a television interview Andy gave, so if there are any errors, it may have been due to a part where I could not understand what was being said clearly enough.</div> </td> </tr></table></body>