Merv Griffin gets the (eternally) last laugh

Sun, Jan 13, 2008 at 01:16 PM EST

My gravestone:
"You're next! Ha ha, just kidding... I'm behind you!"

WH Sat, Jan 12, 2008 at 02:57 PM EST

Just great. Marc, love your epitaph. And when I was a little kid, I thought Merv was the wittiest guy. Nice to know he can stil crack me up.

Queen of Disrepair Sat, Jan 12, 2008 at 02:19 PM EST

Marc, loved your epitaph. Every year for Halloween my third graders get buried and write their own epitaphs. One of them a couple of years ago wrote "I was always told to not rush, and do my work just right, Unfortunately I forgot while crossing the street at night"

Christine Sat, Jan 12, 2008 at 12:24 PM EST

I want mine to say;

"If I died suspicously, don't trust any kids I went to junior high school with!"

This will act as reference to my populairty in childhood.

damon` Sat, Jan 12, 2008 at 11:30 AM EST

I was just at that cemetery a couple weeks ago, and took pictures of that grave and some others-- Jack Lemmon and Billy Wilder's epitaphs are pretty funny, too.
Here's a link:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nohodamon/sets/72157603531035011/

Jakeem Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 11:29 PM EST

It's too bad that W.C. Fields' tombstone does not say, "On the whole, I'd rather be in Philadelphia"!

daisyj Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 07:17 PM EST

"Ow! Get off my head!"

vw Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 05:09 PM EST

to this day i think the best i ever saw is 'she hath done all she could'

Cece Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 05:00 PM EST

You are both right and wrong, Sven. The musical was not the best, but "The Body" lives on as the best Buffy has ever done.

Cece Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 04:59 PM EST

My all time favorite is Dennis Hoffman's from a 60 Minute's interview:

Either 'I knew this would happen' or 'I'd like to thank my mother and father because without them I couldn't have come this far.'"

B Ro Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 04:53 PM EST

This reminds me of another star, perhaps it's Jack Lemon who joked that their tombstone would read "Jack Lemon. In."

JC Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 04:14 PM EST

Hmm...has someone been listening to SModcast? :)

JC Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 04:12 PM EST

Hmm...has someone been listening to SModcast? :)

step Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 04:06 PM EST

Nothing beat Royal Tenenbaums: 'Died Tragically Rescuing His Family From The Remains Of A Destroyed Sinking Battleship'

jr Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 03:39 PM EST

marc, i LOVE your epitaph.

Sven Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 03:30 PM EST

That episode (Season 5 Finale) of Buffy will go as the best ever (and please don't say the musical was better).

Tony Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 03:19 PM EST

Here lies David St. Hubbins, and why not?

sj Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 03:09 PM EST

How about "When you're not looking at this tombstone, it says something else."

Too unoriginal?

Elizabeth Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 03:09 PM EST

I love it - I barely remember the show, but I miss the random interviews and sightings we got.