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geardaddy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-26-08 02:48 PM
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Poll question: Favorite Variety Show of the 1970s
Now there are reality shows. Then it was all variety shows.
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OmahaBlueDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-26-08 02:50 PM
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1. Richard Pryor was really too short lived to be on the list
.. and you left off Donnie & Marie
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geardaddy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-26-08 02:50 PM
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2. Right.
I totally forgot about D&M.
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kwassa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-26-08 10:18 PM
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28. Pryor's show was pure genius, though.
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Parche Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-26-08 02:51 PM
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3. Has To B The BradyBunch Hour


:woohoo: :woohoo:
:rofl:

:hi:
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geardaddy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-26-08 02:51 PM
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4. I was waiting for someone to post that.
:D
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-26-08 02:51 PM
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5. Muppets or Sha Na Na.
Loved those shows when I was little.
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geardaddy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-26-08 02:57 PM
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9. I totally forgot about Sha-na-na!
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kmla Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-26-08 02:52 PM
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6. You forgot 'Pink Lady and Jeff'.
Pure comedic genius, that was.
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geardaddy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-26-08 02:58 PM
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11. I don't recall that one.
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kmla Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-26-08 03:01 PM
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12. Here ya go!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Lady_and_Jeff
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geardaddy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-26-08 03:06 PM
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13. Thanks!
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Aristus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-26-08 02:53 PM
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7. The Muppet Show.
Still wonderful to watch.
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Inchworm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-26-08 03:10 PM
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15. I agree
They still are funny :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uh_aG5MzPVM

The Swedish Chef was one of my favorites
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2B6bnUVbUWw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAsYwW7pt7o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sY_Yf4zz-yo

And the old men in the balcony.

:hi:
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-26-08 02:56 PM
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8. The Carol Burnett Show
Few things in the history of teevee have been as funny as any time Tim Conway and Harvey Korman got together.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEGuVb-mtf0
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geardaddy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-26-08 02:58 PM
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10. Agreed.
That was a family favorite on Saturday nights.
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elleng Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-26-08 03:18 PM
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16. ALL Carol Burnett!
NOTHING LIKE IT!!!
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yellowdogintexas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-26-08 09:05 PM
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21. Carol Burnett show, no question. It was Must See TV back then
Saturday night.

MTM, NEWHART, Burnett, it was wonderful

Then you watched the news and flipped to NBC for Saturday Night Live when it was at its finest
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stlsaxman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-26-08 10:16 PM
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25. Hands Down Carol Burnett! n/t
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GoneOffShore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-26-08 03:08 PM
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14. Gotta be the MUPPETS!!!
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End Of The Road Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-26-08 03:19 PM
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17. I was gonna say The Smothers Brothers Comedy hour...
but it was cancelled in 1969. Dang.
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-26-08 03:20 PM
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18. "Cher"
Yes, she had her own variety show (minus Sonny) in the 70's. Lasted only a year.

But I loved it because I would look forward to seeing what fabulous Bob Mackie outfit she would wear.

I was quite gay even then, apparently.
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Dr. Strange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-26-08 03:22 PM
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19. The glue that held America together during the 70s:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-N6ywC5-n7Y
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-26-08 05:49 PM
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20. Carol Burnett is one of my all time favourite shows. Those laughs don't
get old.
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MorningGlow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-26-08 09:11 PM
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22. What, no Donnie and Marie?
No Captain and Tenille?
:rofl:

I voted for The Muppet Show, but I loved Carol Burnett too. Seems like The Muppet Show was kind of a postmodern take on the variety show, so it's kind of in its own category. For straight-up "serious" variety shows, Carol Burnett all the way.
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hippywife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-26-08 09:18 PM
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23. Rowan and Martin's Laugh In
It aired from 1968 to 1973. :hi:
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greenbriar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-26-08 10:12 PM
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24. you forgot Captain and Tenille
they were good
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johnnie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-26-08 10:17 PM
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26. The Mac Davis show
I remember liking that one.
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book_worm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-26-08 10:17 PM
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27. Oh, Carol Burnett but I also liked The Dean Martin Show and Donny and Marie.
Oh, and my mom always watched "This is Tom Jones" and my dad liked "The Johnny Cash Show."
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