# In the 70s, everybody had their own variety show. Let's list 'em. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 17, 2013, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-70s-everybody-had-their-own-variety-show-lets-list-em/663707 "2013-07-17T00:05:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2013, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-70s-everybody-had-their-own-variety-show-lets-list-em/663707/21 "2013-07-17T01:09:24Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > I watched and enjoyed _The Hudson Brothers Razzle Dazzle Show_ on Saturday mornings in the mid-seventies, though I can only remember one bit (and truth be told, I can’t absolutely guarantee it was actually from that show - the seventies are a bit of a blur): My almost 50-year-old daughter still plays her Hudson Brothers records, and Friended one of them on FB awhile back. 🙂 Their show was a lot of fun. I remember watching these “name” variety shows but won’t swear it was in the 70’s: Smothers Brothers Sonny & Cher Johnny Cash Dean Martin Jimmy Dean ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2013, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-70s-everybody-had-their-own-variety-show-lets-list-em/663707/22 "2013-07-17T01:11:42Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > I watched and enjoyed _The Hudson Brothers Razzle Dazzle Show_ on Saturday mornings in the mid-seventies, though I can only remember one bit (and truth be told, I can’t absolutely guarantee it was actually from that show - the seventies are a bit of a blur): > > The Hudsons are singing a pseudo-Latin love song, with Brett (or whoever was the “zany” one) directly singing to a hot Latina with his brothers as backup: > > Brett: I like your eyes. > Backup: I like your eyes. > Brett: I like your lips. > Backup: I like your lips. > Brett: Would you like my teeth? [shows her one of those novelty clacking-teeth toys, she walks away in disgust, he shrugs and puts the teeth back in his pocket, sings the rest of the song with his brothers] Ah, and the guy with the attack emu puppet! Loved it! Rendezvous, ren-ren-ren-rendezvous… ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2013, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-70s-everybody-had-their-own-variety-show-lets-list-em/663707/23 "2013-07-17T01:16:17Z")
Remember [The Jacksons](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jacksons_%28TV_series%29) variety show? ---
**Author:** ![LVBoPeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/858c86/32.png) [@LVBoPeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVBoPeep)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2013, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-70s-everybody-had-their-own-variety-show-lets-list-em/663707/24 "2013-07-17T01:16:38Z")
The Barbara Mandrell show with all of her sisters. Corny but we loved it. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2013, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-70s-everybody-had-their-own-variety-show-lets-list-em/663707/25 "2013-07-17T01:19:15Z")
[Shields and Yarnell](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shields_and_Yarnell) Everybody loves mime, right? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2013, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-70s-everybody-had-their-own-variety-show-lets-list-em/663707/26 "2013-07-17T01:24:15Z")
The Bobby Darin Amusement Company - 1972-1973. ♪ ♪♪ Oh, the shark, babe, Has such teeth, dear… ♪♪ ♪ ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2013, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-70s-everybody-had-their-own-variety-show-lets-list-em/663707/27 "2013-07-17T01:26:57Z")
The Harlem Globetrotters Popcorn Machine The Jimmy Dean Show (which gave Jim Henson his start) The Richard Pryor Show Your Show of Shows with Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca; writers Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2013, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-70s-everybody-had-their-own-variety-show-lets-list-em/663707/28 "2013-07-17T01:35:39Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > I watched and enjoyed _The Hudson Brothers Razzle Dazzle Show_ on Saturday mornings in the mid-seventies… Do they count as two since they had the Saturday morning show, and an evening hour at one point? ---
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Tom Jones was on ABC Friday nights from 8:00 to 9:00, CT, just before _ **The Avengers** _ came on. This had to be well before 1969, since I used to hurry home on my bike each week to watch them in the summertime. My favorite variety show in the late '60s and early '70s was Dean Martin’s. Loved him, loved his guests, loved the Golddiggers. The clips from his show on YouTube still send me into hysterics! Jimmy Dean? My God, he was on when I was in third grade, well before the '70s. ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2013, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-70s-everybody-had-their-own-variety-show-lets-list-em/663707/30 "2013-07-17T02:00:26Z")
Cher Shields and Yarnell ---
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> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > Tony Orlando and Dawn, probably the signature 70s show other than Donnie and Marie. > > The horribly derivative Pink Lady and Jeff, which I’d forgotten until it was mentioned in the other thread. > > Bobby Vinton? Was he the one that sang some opening or closing signature song in Polish? “Blah-blah-blah means that I Love You So?” > > And who closed out the show with a line or two from “Tie a Yellow Ribbon”? That was your aforementioned Tony Orlando and Dawn. ---
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The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour! ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2013, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-70s-everybody-had-their-own-variety-show-lets-list-em/663707/33 "2013-07-17T02:49:37Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Ah, and the guy with the attack emu puppet! Loved it! Ah, the emu… totally forgot about that. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2013, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-70s-everybody-had-their-own-variety-show-lets-list-em/663707/34 "2013-07-17T02:57:29Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Sonny and Cher > [@Reeses\_Monkey](#): > > Cher Not to mention the [Sonny Comedy Review.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071055/) ---
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Speaking of Saturday morning variety shows, there was also the Bay City Rollers Show. ---
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> [@Southern\_Yankee](#): > > Howard Cosell actually hosted the “first” _Saturday Night Live_, which was on ABC. It was a completely different show from the NBC icon, which came shortly afterwards. I remember my babysitter insisted on watching an episode of it (while she was sitting us one Saturday night) because Howard was hyping an appearance by “Chicago”, which was her favorite band. Finally, late in the show, it turned out it was actually a number by the cast of the Broadway musical. Man, was my babysitter pissed. 😃 From what I remember, it was a lot like (and probably was meant to be a lot like) the Ed Sullivan Show. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2013, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-70s-everybody-had-their-own-variety-show-lets-list-em/663707/37 "2013-07-17T03:15:05Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > The Jimmy Dean Show (which gave Jim Henson his start) Was that where I first saw The Mighty Favahd (sp?) sketches? Those were hysterical. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2013, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-70s-everybody-had-their-own-variety-show-lets-list-em/663707/38 "2013-07-17T03:25:22Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > Was that where I first saw The Mighty Favahd (sp?) sketches? Those were hysterical. [The Mighty Favog](http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/The_Mighty_Favog) was on the first season of SNL—which early in its run had more of the feel of a classic variety show than what it later evolved into. ---
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The Original Amateur Hour (1948 - 1970) just cause it did it early. Hee Haw (1969 -1970) Buck Owens and Roy Clark. ---
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