ISO: Cher

[ltm1997]

I'm looking for the following full 1 hour episodes from Cher's CBS show:

March 2, 1975:

1. Cher opens the show with "By Myself" and a monologue about being clumsy off-camera.
2. Cher sings and tap dances to "Do a Take" with Jack and Cloris.
3. Cloris recites a Shakespeare-like soliloquy, with simultaneous jive translations by Cher.
4. "Life With Laverne" -- Laverne (Cher) takes her car in for its 300,000-mile checkup and gets waited on by "Chico and the Man's" Ed Brown (Jack).
5. Cher performs a medley of "I've Got the Music In Me" and "Listen To the Music"
6. Jack and Cloris appear as man and wife in this blackout on Geritol commercials.
7. Cloris plays a wealthy eccentric whose annual dinner parties for former suitors are always unattended, with Jack cast as her butler who must cater to her every whim.
8. "Saturday Night" -- Cher tells about dating a Gemini with a split personality.
9. Cher sings "Am I Blue?"
10. Jack sings "The Man In My Little Girl's Life"
11. Cher closes the show.

March 9, 1975:

1. Cher opens the show with "When You're Smiling" and a monologue in which she compares her TV show with a new baby.
2. Cher and Freddie camp it up in a song-and-dance routine.
3. "Life With Laverne" -- Laverne (Cher) is reunited with Olivia (Teri), her old friend from the launderette.
4. Mable the Fable Lady (Cher) interviews a present-day Cinderella and Prince Charming (Teri and Freddie).
5. The Pointer Sisters sing "Live Your Life Before You Die"
6. Cher appears as a clown in this comedy vignette about unhappiness.
7. "Girls" -- Cher and The Pointer Sisters introduce a series of comedy sketches about how woman are superior to men. In blackouts, Freddie plays Cher's ever-lying husband who promises he'll never lie again and a dissatisfied customer trying to exchange an electric blanket at the complaint department.
8. "Saturday Night" -- Cher describes another date with a "loser."
9. Cher sings "How Long Has This Been Going On?"
10. Cher and The Pointer Sisters perform a medley of songs from the swing era, including: "Chattanooga Choo Choo", "On the Sunny Side Of the Street", "Well, All Right", "I've Got a Gal In Kalamazoo" and "Opus One."

May 18, 1975:

1. Cher opens the show with "Great Balls Of Fire" and introduces a video clip her staff put together of questions asked by the studio audience throughout the season.
2. "Life With Laverne" -- Laverne (Cher) tells her old friend Olivia (Teri) her secrets on how she keeps husband Harry happy.
3. The Hudson Brothers perform "Rendezvous"
4. Cher and Art sing "My Blue Heaven"
5. Cher appears as a buxomly stewardess describing her airline's "extras".
6. Chastity makes a cameo appearance in a sketch about a little girl buying a balloon.
7. Art tries getting Cher to laugh during their brief intermission.
8. The Hudson Brothers appear as bill posters trying to put up a sign on the outside of an old theatre. Comedy blackouts include: "Flashback Theatre", in which Art plays the dentist credited with inventing dentures, and "Memories", with Cher appearing as Art's very forgetful wife.
9. Cher performs a medley of "My Sweet Lord" and "Oh, Happy Day"
10. Prosecutor Art gives witness Teri a trying time in the courtroom.
11. Teri attempts to return a shower package to Cher at the complaint department.
12. Cher sings "Hernando's Hideaway"
13. Cher closes the show.

September 21, 1975:

1. Cher opens the show with a medley of "Feeling Good" and "I Feel the Earth Move", followed by a monologue about the Family Hour and TV censorship.
2. Cher and Wayne portray two clowns who can't play their wedding ceremony straight.
3. Cher performs "Puppet Man"
4. Nancy is cast as a temporary hotline worker who gives advice to callers with problems.
5. Cher sings "Until It's Time For You To Go"
6. "People In the News" -- Cher and Wayne appear as a pair of scientists who are studying the effects of living underwater on human behavior.
7. Cher, Wayne and Nancy showcase their talents in this sketch about each other.
8. "The Corsican Sisters" -- Cher and Nancy play identical twins who've grown up learning to suffer with each other's aches and pains.
9. Wayne and Nancy join Cher in a musical finale saluting the all-American hamburger.
10. Cher closes the show.

September 28, 1975:

1. Cher opens the show with "Can You Tell Me How To Get To Sesame Street?" and a monologue.
2. Illusionist Mark Wilson and his son, Greg, show Cher and Chastity some magic tricks.
3. The Captain brings along Stupidillo, a three-headed animal (played by The Hudsons).
4. The Hudson Brothers perform "Lonely School Year"
5. "Saturday Night" -- Cher tries to get some pep into her new watchdog.
6. Cher sings "When You Wish Upon a Star"
7. The Captain reenacts his attempt to sell his idea for a children's TV series. 8. Cher and The Hudson Brothers appear as toy soldiers in this comedy sketch.
9. Mark Wilson, aided by Cher, demonstrates more of his great illusions.
10. Cher closes the show.

October 5, 1975:

1. Cher opens the show with "Take Me Home, Country Roads" and a monologue about some of the letters printed in the TV section of the Sunday newspaper.
2. Mac sings "I Still Love You (You Still Love Me)"
3. Cher offers a glimpse of what a beauty contestant winner is like off-camera.
4. LaBelle sings "Messin' With My Mind"
5. Cher joins LaBelle for "Are You Lonely?"
6. "Life With Laverne" -- Laverne (Cher) is reunited with Larry, her equally tacky brother (played by Don Reo, the show's co-producer).
7. Cher sings "Five Hundred Miles"
8. Cher and Mac perform a medley of popular songs that Davis wrote, including: "Stop and Smell the Roses", "One Hell Of a Woman", "In the Ghetto", "Baby, Don't Get Hooked On Me" and "I Believe In Music."
9. Regular Gailard Sartain is featured in a comedy skit about the possible hazards that can occur in an ordinary home.
10. Cher performs a medley of The Rolling Stones' greatest hits, including: "It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It)", "Under My Thumb", "It's All Over Now", "Ruby Tuesday" and "Jumpin' Jack Flash."
11. Cher closes the show.

October 12, 1975:

1. Cher opens the show with "There'll Be Some Changes Made" and a monologue about how bad she is at telling jokes.
2. Anthony sings "Quilp"
3. Cher joins Anthony for "Take a Little Dab Of Hope"
4. Cher appears in a commercial blackout about losing weight.
5. "Life With Laverne" -- Laverne (Cher) gets an interior decorator (Anthony) to help her with a complete makeover of her apartment.
6. Tina performs "River Deep, Mountain High"
7. Ike and Tina perform "Baby, Get It On"
8. Ike impresses Cher with his deep, philosophical thoughts.
9. A nouveau rich couple (Cher and Anthony) learn that their stolen car is being held for ransom.
10. Cher sings "You Turn Me On"
11. Cher and Tina perform "Country Side Of Life"
12. Anthony pitches a record album containing the bottom one hundred songs.
13. Anthony and Tina join Cher for a spirited salute to the old-time revival meetings. Featured songs in the medley include: "Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show", "Resurrection Shuffle" and "Saved."
14. Cher closes the show, reprising "Saved" with Tina and Anthony.

October 26, 1975:

1. Cher opens the show with a medley of "Stars" and "Keep the Customer Satisfied", followed by a monologue about Halloween.
2. Dick Smothers appears as a chain-gang prisoner being visited by his wife (Cher).
3. Ted tries finding a father at the Big Daddy Foundation.
4. Ted sings "I'm In Love With Barbara Walters"
5. "Saturday Night" -- Cher tells her dog, Tiger, about her date for the evening.
6. "Life With Laverne" -- Anchor man Ted Baxter from "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" (Ted) appears on Laverne's (Cher's) doorstep.
7. Cher sings "If You Could Read My Mind"
8. Comedian Steve Martin delivers one of his standup comedy routines.
9. "Man vs. Machine" -- Regular Gailard Sartain appears in a skit showing the problems a person could have trying to get a cup of coffee from a vending machine.
10. The Smothers Brothers approach Cher with their idea for a new TV series, a variety show starring Howard Cosell.
11. Tom, Dick and Ted join Cher in the show's finale, a comic look at big-time crime.
12. Cher closes the show.

November 30, 1975:

1. Cher opens the show with a medley of "I Feel a Song Coming On" and "Sing", followed by a monologue where she answers a few ridiculous questions from Jerry.
2. Jerry appears as an unsuspecting movie fan who's trying to watch a disaster film in a theater equipped with a new process called "feel around", which enables the viewer to actually experience everything that happens onscreen.
3. Cher and David perform "The Long and Winding Road"
4. "Trashy Ladies" -- Cher is featured in a series of sketches about Tarzan and Jane, Ma Barker, and Samson and Delilah.
5. Cher and Jerry appear in a cowboy movie as an Indian princess and a Jewish sheriff.
6. David sings "Hold Me Close"
7. Cher and Jerry present a pantomime about two lost souls who meet in the park.
8. Cher sings "Rhinestone Cowboy"
9. Cher closes the show with Jerry and David.

December 21, 1975:

1. Cher opens the show with a medley of "White Christmas" and "We Need a Little Christmas", followed by a monologue about the holidays.
2. The Hudson Brothers sing "Here Comes Santa Claus"
3. Redd appears as the judge on a case against Saint Nick, who's accused of disturbing the peace on Christmas Eve.
4. "Life With Laverne" -- Laverne (Cher) dreams she gets a visit from the Ghosts of Christmas Past.
5. Redd appears in a comedy segment as a policeman giving Santa Claus directions to Virginia.
6. The Lennon Sisters sing "Jingle Bells" with foreign accents.
7. Redd tells Cher his wishes for everyone during the Christmas holidays.
8. Redd and The Hudson Brothers appear in a spoof of the travelers' checks commercials.
9. The Lennon Sisters sing "Star Carol"
10. Cher sings "Some Children See Him"
11. Elmer the Elf (Redd) describes the gifts for those on Santa's VIP list.
12. Cher is featured in a sketch about a complaint department that's overflowing with unwanted gifts.
13. Everyone takes part in an old-fashioned Christmas Eve ball, featuring lots of yuletide music and dancing.
14. Cher and her guests close the show with "Silent Night."

January 4, 1976:

1. Cher opens the show with a medley of "Georgia On My Mind" and "Sweet Georgia Brown", followed by a monologue in which she reminisces with Ruth about one of her early concert appearances.
2. "Trashy Ladies" -- Cher is featured in a series of comedy sketches based on Mae West and Scarlett O'Hara of "Gone With the Wind."
3. Cher and Glen perform a medley of Glen's greatest hits, including: "By the Time I Get To Phoenix", "Wichita Lineman", "Galveston" and "Gentle On My Mind."
4. Ruth recreates her role as a drunk searching trash cans for a discarded can of beer.
5. A man is accused of stealing sugar in a comedy blackout.
6. The entire cast plays the Flying Garbanzos, a zany group of trapeze artists.
7. "Life With Laverne" -- The ever-popular Laverne (Cher) tries to arrange a blind date for her frumpy friend, Gladys Ormphby (Ruth).
8. Glen sings "Country Boy (You Got Your Feet In L.A.)"
9. The entire cast takes part in a wacky television show that combines music, melodrama and comedy.
10. Cher closes the show with a video clip showing one of the bloopers she made during that week's taping.

[MuppetDanny]

I don't suppose you would have 2 episodes with the Muppets?:

- September 7, 1975 season premiere, featuring the Smothers Brothers and Bill Cosby.
- November 16, 1975, featuring Ray Charles.

[siblis]

I have these:


CHER:
1)2-12-75 w/Elton John, Flip Wilson, Bette Midler 60 min Color Fair #460A
2))5-11-75 w/Greg Allman, Carol Burnett, Dennis Weaver 60 min Color VG #460B
3)3-16-75 w/Jackson 5, Lily Tomlin, David Groh 60 min Color VG+ #461A w/o/c
4)11-23-75 w/David Bowie, Tony Randall, Steve Martin 60 min Color VG- #461B

[ltm1997]

Originally Posted by MuppetDanny

I don't suppose you would have 2 episodes with the Muppets?:

- September 7, 1975 season premiere, featuring the Smothers Brothers and Bill Cosby.
- November 16, 1975, featuring Ray Charles.

Unfortunately no I don't.