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I was listening to the 70's radio station this morning, and they throw in little clips from different Tv shows from the 70's. They did one from Sonny and Cher...where they were talking to Bob Hope and he told them their show was in his top 7 favorite variety shows ...and they said there are only 7 variety shows...and he says ..he doesn't like to pick favorites.
I was trying to think who all had variety shows in the 70's...and why can't they do anything entertaining like that again.
Was Lawerence Welk a Variety Show? I just remember them singing on that show...but my Grandma loved him.
The Variety Shows that I could think of are:
Donny and Marie Carol Burnett Sonny and Cher Hee Haw
Were the Muppets considered a variety show?
Was Solid Gold?
I always loved those shows, because they always had comedy, and singing and dancing, and celebrity guest stars.
When I think of who would be the stars of a variety show today...I cringe at the thought of it.
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Flip Wilson Ed Sullivan The Brady Bunch Tony Orlando and Dawn
of course a lot depends on exactly what year that clip was from to determine what the 7 shows would have been
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quote:Originally posted by mamamiasweetpeaches: PINK LADY AND JEFF? as awful as it was!
and I think THE BAY CITY ROLLERS had one.
say...didnt STARLAND VOCAL GROUP have one too???
Yep, The Starland Vocal Band had a short-lived musical-variety show during the summertime.
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Believe it or not, ABC-TV had a short-lived musical-variety show called "Saturday Night Live", but it's not the one with Chevy Chase, John Belushi, Gilda Radner, etc.
This particular SNL was hosted by...Howard Cosell!
It was broadcast the same year (1975) that NBC's SNL did, but Cosell's show came out a few weeks earlier.
The idea was that Cosell, who had no previous experience hosting a variety show, could be the next Ed Sullivan. And for that reason, Cosell got his first musical guest, the Bay City Rollers, and called them "the next Beatles"!
Ironically, Bill Murray and Billy Crystal had small parts in this show, long before they hooked up with NBC's SNL.
When Cosell's show was cancelled after a few weeks, NBC got permission to switch their show title from "NBC's Saturday Night", to the SNL we all know now.
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Surprised no one mentioned The Captain and Tenille. I have a best-of of some of the episodes of their show on dvd, as well as collections of Sonny & Cher and Tony Orlando & Dawn. I think there's supposed to be a Donny & Marie dvd collections released soon too. Tha Jacksons also had a variety show for a limited run. If i remember correctly **** van Dyke had one in the 70s called Van Dyke and Company.
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Wow....you just KNOW thats an old post. Instead of calling Isis "Isis" I refer to her as "The Girl With The Underoos". Hahahahaha!
She never DID show us those pictures! Oh well.
I just thought of another one we missed (I think): BARBARA MANDRELL and THE MANDRELL SISTERS.
Come to think of it...SHA NA NA had one too!
I remember VIVIDLY watching those - along with SOLID GOLD - with my cousin. Feels like only yesterday!
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That's a great catch. How could I forget Sha Na Na, that was a favorite of mine too. Man I feel old, lol.
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