The Cher Show!

[ltm1997]

I'm looking for ANYONE who has the following full 1 hour Cher Shows from her stint on CBS from 1975-76:


SHOW 4
Guests: Jack Albertson and Cloris Leachman
Airdate: 02 March 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.

SHOW 5
Guests: Freddie Prinze, The Pointer Sisters and Teri Garr
Airdate: 09 March 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."
11. Cher closes the show.

SHOW 14
Guests: Art Carney, The Hudson Brothers, Teri Garr and Chastity Bono
Airdate: 18 May 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.

SHOW 15 -- SEASON PREMIERE
Guests: Bill Cosby, The Smothers Brothers, Jim Henson's Muppets and Euell Gibbons
Airdate: 07 September 1975
1. Cher opens the show with a medley of "Where You Lead" and "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)", followed by a monologue about her summer vacation.
2. "The Recording Session" -- A very demanding record producer (Bill) interrupts Cher and The Muppets while they're trying to cut an album.
3. Tom Smothers sings "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes"
4. Bill is cast as a hustler of bargain nose jobs, trying to find his way into Cher's dressing room.
5. Cher sings "Send In the Clowns"
6. The Smothers Brothers perform "Yo-Yo Man"
7. Cher and the Muppet Sweetums sing "Something"
8. "The Pain Game" -- Cher and Tom Smothers portray contestants in a game show where the losers are stiffly penalized.
9. "Shape Up, America" -- The entire cast takes part in the grand finale, a series of comedy vignettes about physical fitness.
10. Cher closes the show.

SHOW 17
Guests: Wayne Rogers and Nancy Walker
Airdate: 21 September 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.

SHOW 18
Guests: Captain Kangaroo, The Hudson Brothers, Mark Wilson and Chastity Bono
Airdate: 28 September 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.

SHOW 20
Guests: The Ike and Tina Turner Revue and Anthony Newley
Airdate: 12 October 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.

SHOW 21
Guests: Ted Knight, The Smothers Brothers and Steve Martin
Airdate: 26 October 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.

SHOW 28 -- SPECIAL CHRISTMAS SHOW
Guests: Redd Foxx, The Hudson Brothers, The Lennon Sisters and Chastity Bono
Airdate: 21 December 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."

SHOW 29
Guests: Glen Campbell, Ruth Buzzi and Hal Linden
Airdate: 04 January 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.

[bestimitation]

I have recently gotten into Sonny and Cher and would love to see some of her solo shows. Don't have any yet but please get in touch if you have any for trade.

[fragglevision]

This site has a copy of Show 15 and another episode: http://www.toughpigs.com/cher-1/

[siblis]

I jst taped this one:


SHOW 28 -- SPECIAL CHRISTMAS SHOW
Guests: Redd Foxx, The Hudson Brothers, The Lennon Sisters and Chastity Bono
Airdate: 21 December 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."