Oct 11, 1975 saw the introduction of what TV staple, hosted by George Carlin, with Andy Kaufman, Janis Ian and Billy Preston as guests?
"October 11, 1975. He made 16 ""SNL"" appearances in all, doing routines from his comedy act, such as the Mighty Mouse singalong, Foreign Man, and the Elvis impersonation. After he angered the audience with his female-wrestling routine, Kaufman in January 1983 made a pretaped appearance (his 16th) asking the audience if he should ever appear on the show again, saying he would honor their decision. ""SNL"" ran a phone vote, and 195,544 people voted to ""Dump Andy"" while 169,186 people voted to ""Keep Andy"". During the ""SNL"" episode with the phone poll, many of the cast members stated their admiration"
"October 11, 1975, with George Carlin as its host. It was created by Canadian Lorne Michaels. The original concept was for a comedy-variety show featuring young comedians, live musical performances, and short films. Rather than have one permanent host there was a different guest host each week. The first cast members were The Second City alumni Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, and Gilda Radner and ""National Lampoon Lemmings"" alumni Chevy Chase (whose trademark became his usual falls and opening spiel that ushered in the show's opening), Jane Curtin, Laraine Newman, and Garrett Morris. The original head writer was Michael O'Donoghue, a"
"October 11, 1975. ""The Daily Show"" and ""The Colbert Report"" use stylistic formats that are similar to ""Weekend Update"". On ""The Daily Show"", host Jon Stewart used footage from news programs to satirize politics and the news media. Stephen Colbert performed in character on ""The Colbert Report"" as a right-wing news pundit. Both hosts' television programs were broadcast on Comedy Central, while ""The Daily Show"" continues to run featuring a new host. Colbert became the host of ""The Late Show"", succeeding David Letterman. With their shows, Stewart and Colbert helped increase public and academic discussion of the significance of political"
"George Carlin, Oscar Peterson, Bob Newhart, Liberace, and Peter, Paul and Mary. ""First Lady of Television"" received a standing ovation at its public premiere on December 15, 2011; four days later, WLWT-TV preempted NBC programming to present the documentary as a two-hour primetime special. Cincinnati Enquirer media critic John Kiesewetter gave the program “an A+ on all counts,” finding it “worthy of a national audience on PBS or The History Channel...In a word, this is perfect.” DVDs of the show were briefly available at United Dairy Farmers convenience stores; overwhelming public demand resulted in a total sellout after only 10"
"George Carlin: Again! George Carlin: Again! (sometimes listed as On Location: George Carlin at Phoenix) is American comedian George Carlin's second HBO stand-up television special. It was filmed in the round in 1978 at The Celebrity Theatre in Phoenix, Arizona. The show was first broadcast on July 23, 1978. The opening segment of the show contains pictures from Carlin's childhood which he narrates over: ""I thought we might take a look at some of the pictures from the days when my show business career was just starting"". The narration segues into Carlin waiting backstage to go on. He begins his"
"on the show include Muhammad Ali, Joe Namath, Roger Maris, Willie Mays and Reggie Jackson. In addition, many of the most important comedians of the era were on the show including early performances by George Carlin, Richard Pryor, Andy Kaufman, Steve Martin and Jerry Seinfeld, who made his TV debut on the show in 1981. Other notable guests that rarely made TV appearances showed up to talk to Merv include Andy Warhol, Norman Rockwell and Salvador Dalí. Griffin's longtime bandleader was Mort Lindsey. Griffin frequently clowned and sang novelty songs with trumpeter Jack Sheldon. In 2012, Reelin' In the Years"
"The George Carlin Show The George Carlin Show is an American sitcom that aired Sunday at 9:30 pm on the Fox network from January 1994 to July 1995. It was created jointly by Sam Simon and the show's namesake, comedian George Carlin. The series centers on George O'Grady (George Carlin), a taxicab driver living in New York City. The show, for the most part, took place in The Moylan Bar, run by bartender Jack Donahue (Anthony Starke). The setting's real-life basis was the now-defunct Moylan Tavern, a younger Carlin's neighborhood bar on Broadway between La Salle Street and Tiemann Place"
"dean of counterculture comedians"". In April 2004, he placed second on the Comedy Central list of ""Top 10 Comedians of US Audiences"". The first of Carlin's 14 stand-up comedy specials for HBO was filmed in 1977. From the late 1980s, Carlin's routines focused on sociocultural criticism of American society. He often commented on contemporary political issues in the United States and satirized the excesses of American culture. He was a frequent performer and guest host on ""The Tonight Show"" during the three-decade Johnny Carson era, and hosted the first episode of ""Saturday Night Live"" in 1975. His final HBO special,"
"history, even before a regular ""Comedy Showcase"" was first established in 1975. Bob Hope was the main headliner at Summerfest 1969, performing two shows at Milwaukee County Stadium. George Carlin (opening for Arlo Guthrie) performed his ""Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television"" routine at the 1972 event (and was subsequently arrested for violating obscenity laws). Prior to his arrest, he discarded a bag of cocaine to avoid further imprisonment. Since 1975, comedy acts ranging from David Brenner and Henny Youngman to Jay Leno and Jon Stewart have performed at the event. Sandra Bernhard did TV and radio promos"
"began to produce fewer concerts, but focused more on ""world class"" music events featuring artists such as Elton John, Tina Turner and Barbra Streisand, as well as fundraisers such as Farm Aid. The ""On Location"" comedy specials, which presented a stand-up comedian's performance in its entirety and uncut, began in 1975 with a special starring Robert Klein. The first of twelve concert specials televised by the network featuring George Carlin aired on HBO in 1977 as part of ""On Location"", featuring Carlin's first televised performance of his classic routine, ""The Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television"". As other"
"created by Chris Bearde and packaged by Chuck Barris. The series was syndicated to local stations in the United States, although the program's entry in the user-edited Internet Movie Database suggests it may also have been broadcast by CBS during 1975 (CBS did broadcast his one-hour special, ""Bobby Vinton's Rock N' Rollers"", during 1978). The series also spawned a 1975 soundtrack album on ABC Records; see ""The Bobby Vinton Show (album)"". Guests appearing on the show included: Ethel Merman, Ted Knight, Barbara Walters, Phyllis Diller, O.J. Simpson, The Spinners, Donna Summer, Petula Clark, Laine Kazan, Foster Brooks, Anne Murray, Jessica"
"1963, it had been expanded to a full hour with a slightly altered format. Although the program continued to primarily showcase folk music, other genres were added to the mix: jazz (represented by such performers as Herbie Mann, Pete Fountain, Stan Getz and Stan Rubin's Tigertown Five), country (artists such as Johnny Cash, Eddy Arnold, Flatt & Scruggs and Homer & Jethro) and gospel (The Staple Singers, Clara Ward, Bessie Griffin and Alex Bradford). The second season also added a spot for stand-up comedy; the best-known participants being Woody Allen, Bill Cosby (in his network TV debut), Jackie Vernon, Pat"
"greatest success hosted by Perry Como between 1959 and 1967. In 1966, the program was a summer replacement for ""The Andy Williams Show"", known as the Kraft Summer Music Hall, with singer John Davidson as the host. Comedian George Carlin was a featured regular. Beginning in 1963, ""Kraft Music Hall"" specials hosted by Como were presented about once a month, through 1967. During the 1963-64 and 1964-65 television seasons, ""Kraft Suspense Theatre"" (co-produced by Como's ""Roncom Films"") was broadcast in the same time slot during the remaining weeks. In the fall of 1967, the ""Kraft Music Hall"" returned as a"
"the best of friends"". In the 1960s, Carlin began appearing on television variety shows, where he played various characters: Variations on these routines appear on Carlin's 1967 debut album, ""Take-Offs and Put-Ons"", which was recorded live in 1966 at The Roostertail in Detroit, Michigan and issued by RCA Victor in 1967. During this period, Carlin became a frequent performer and guest host on ""The Tonight Show"", initially with Jack Paar as host, then with Johnny Carson. Carlin became one of Carson's most frequent substitutes during the host's three-decade reign. Carlin was also cast in ""Away We Go"", a 1967 comedy"
"as well as the Ted Preston Quintet. Guests who appearing during the run of this version included Terry Stanhope, June Carey, Jan Fraser, John Rohan, Hazel McInerney, Gavin Paul, Paula Langlands, Keith Petersen, Gaynor Bunning, Ron Cadee, Margaret Becker, and Robert Peach. The third version aired in late 1960 and ended 2 January 1961 for a series of six episodes. This version starred John and Shirley Broadway as well as vocal group The Tri-Tones and the Ted Preston Quintet. Guests who appeared during the run of this version included Gavin Paul, John Dooland, Terry Stanhope, and Frankie Davidson. It is"
"Tour 1976-78 CHAMPLAIN / CTV The Julie Show Variety Series (44 episodes) 1976-78 CHAMPLAIN / CTV Loto Canada Variety Specials (10 episodes) 1977 DISTORTED REFLECTIONS Dolly Parton Concert Wardrobe (with Patrick Reeves-Aaron) 1976 CBC / HARTLEY The Shari Lewis Special Variety Special 1976 CTV / GLENWARREN The David Steinberg Show Comedy Series (22 episodes) 1976 CTV / BLYE / GLENWARREN The Bobby Vinton Show Variety Series (24 episodes) 1975 HALLMARK / CBS / G.W. Valley Forge Drama Special (Key to Anne Roth) 1975 ABC / CTV Welcome To My Nightmare Variety Special with Alice Cooper 1975 CHAMPLAIN / CTV Kidstuff"
"The Johnny Cash Show (TV series) The Johnny Cash Show is an American television music variety show hosted by Johnny Cash. The Screen Gems 58-episode series ran from June 7, 1969 to March 31, 1971 on ABC; it was taped at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee. The show reached No. 17 in the Nielsen ratings in 1970. Cash opened each show, invariably preceding the first number with his customary ""Hello, I'm Johnny Cash"" greeting, and its regulars included members of his touring troupe, June Carter Cash (his wife) and the Carter Family, The Statler Brothers, Carl Perkins, and The"
"September 1978 to May 1979. John Gorman became a regular performer from November onwards. STV and Granada dropped the series in 1978 in favour of showing other programmes but began carrying the series again in 1979. HTV continued to opt in and out of the programme during ""Ten on Saturday"". Bob Carolgees made his debut in early 1979, having been told to go on the programme by Irish comic Frank Carson. Carolgees appeared again two weeks later, and Chris was so pleased with his contribution that he decided to make a regular fixture out of Bob. Lenny Henry made sporadic"
"Tonight Show"" had departed for Los Angeles two years prior), so NBC decided to base the show at their studios in Rockefeller Center to offset the overhead of maintaining those facilities. Michaels was given Studio 8H, a converted radio studio that prior to that point was most famous for having hosted Arturo Toscanini and the NBC Symphony Orchestra from 1937 to 1951, but was being used largely for network election coverage by the mid-1970s. When the first show aired on October 11, 1975 with George Carlin as its host, it was called ""NBC's Saturday Night"" because ABC featured a program"
"Billy Preston, Linda Ronstadt and Tower of Power once again from the Queen Mary ballroom. Beginning with the 1975 edition, the program moved to ABC and Clark assumed hosting duties; billed as Chicago's New Year's Rockin' Eve 1975 and seen as part of ""ABC's Wide World of Entertainment"" late-night block, the first ABC edition was headlined by the rock group Chicago, with guests The Beach Boys, The Doobie Brothers, Herbie Hancock and Olivia Newton-John, in segments pre-recorded at MGM Studios in Hollywood. After Guy Lombardo's death in 1977, CBS and the Royal Canadians attempted to continue their New Year's Eve"
"of comedians and writers. Cher also announced plans to star in a new variety series of her own. Critics predicted that Bono would be the big winner with a solo comedy vehicle, and held little hope for Cher's more musical showcase. After only six weeks, however, Bono's show was abruptly canceled. The ""Cher"" show debuted as an elaborate, all-star television special on February 16, 1975, featuring Flip Wilson, Bette Midler, and special guest Elton John. Cloris Leachman and Jack Albertson both won Emmy Awards for their appearances as guest-stars a few weeks later, and the series received four additional Emmy"
"memorable catchphrases in TV history: ""Tonight (presenter name), I'm going to be..."" and was named most popular entertainment show at the National Television Awards in 1996, 1998, 1999 and 2000. The most impersonated stars are Dolly Parton, Elvis Presley, Cher, George Michael, Celine Dion, Kylie Minogue and Madonna. In February 1990, Leslie Crowther was chosen as the host of the show which began airing on 21 July 1990. Crowther hosted the first three series, and a Christmas Special in 1991. At the time of his car accident in October 1992, he was booked to record an Elvis Presley special hosted"
"Carl Reiner, Rosalind Russell, Joe Smith, Jean Stapleton. Performers: Clive Baldwin, Joey Faye, Angela Lansbury, Alexis Smith. Musicals represented: ""Winners are in bold"" 29th Tony Awards The 29th Annual Tony Awards ceremony was held on April 20, 1975, at the Winter Garden Theatre in New York City, and broadcast by ABC television. Hosts/Performers/Presenters were Larry Blyden, George S. Irving, Larry Kert, Carol Lawrence, Michele Lee, Bernadette Peters and Bobby Van. The theme centered on the Winter Garden Theatre, where many of the greatest stars in theatrical history began their careers. Presenters: Jack Albertson, Eve Arden, Fred Astaire, Milton Berle, Ray"
"a 1976 TV-promoted oldies compilation album. In 2010, the cast, including: Gabe Kaplan, Marcia Strassman, John Travolta, Robert Hegyes, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, and Ellen Travolta were honored at the TV Land Award ceremonies that year. Co-star Ron Palillo was not in attendance. The popular theme song, ""Welcome Back"", written and recorded by former Lovin' Spoonful frontman John Sebastian, became a No. 1 hit in the spring of 1976. The show was originally going to be called ""Kotter"", but that was changed because of the theme song lyrics. Sebastian has said he tried to find a more general theme for the song"
"a greater emphasis on comedy, with Steve Martin and Jim Varney appearing as regulars, and with June Carter Cash performing several comedy routines as ""Aunt Polly"" (reviving a character she had performed early in her career). Following ""Johnny Cash and Friends"", an annual ""Johnny Cash Christmas Special"" series was launched, starting in 1976, with specials airing almost every year until 1985. 32 episodes A DVD set featuring 66 live performances from the show, called ""The Best of The Johnny Cash TV Show"", was released in Region 1 on September 18, 2007. The DVD set was hosted by Kris Kristofferson and"
"for Los Angeles. In July 1975, Ray and Joey had a brief moment of network glory with their own CBS-TV variety program, ""Joey and Dad"". Times had changed and variety shows, as well as Joey's once-hot career fell victim to changing tastes, while Ray was seen on TV at the time as the commercial spokesman for Tropicana Orange Juice. However, for four weeks, July 6–27, they were the stars of the Sunday 7:30-8:30 p.m. summer replacement for Cher's variety hour. Comedy performers Pat Paulsen, Henny Youngman and Bob Einstein were supporting regulars and, by summer-show standards, the program received relatively"
"of music heard during the show's Final Jeopardy! Round, and which later became the iconic melody of the theme for the syndicated version of the show hosted by Alex Trebek. In 1975, NBC canceled ""Jeopardy!"" after moving it twice on its daytime schedule, despite having an additional year on its network contract left to fulfill. Griffin produced the show's successor, ""Wheel of Fortune"", which premiered on January 6, 1975. ""Wheel"", with Chuck Woolery as host and Susan Stafford as the hostess, had successful ratings throughout its network run. From December 1975 to January 1976, the show expanded to an hour,"
"on the program include Orson Welles, John Wayne, Judy Garland (who took over as guest hostess for Griffin on one program in January 1969, six months before her death), Doris Day (Griffin's longtime friend), Robert De Niro, Tom Cruise, Sophia Loren, George Clooney, Tom Hanks, Gene Wilder, Francis Ford Coppola, Dustin Hoffman, Clint Eastwood and Grace Kelly. Musical performers and composers ranging from Devo to Aretha Franklin with Andrew Lloyd Webber, Marvin Gaye, Merle Haggard, The Bee Gees and Johnny Cash all guesting. ""The Merv Griffin Show"" hosted Whitney Houston’s first TV appearance in 1983. Sports figures interviewed by Merv"
"Jones, David Byrne, Debbie Harry, James Chance, Klaus Nomi, Charles Rocket, and Jean-Michel Basquiat. In 2005 Brink Films has re-released some of the best of the 80 plus episodes on DVD, as well as a documentary about the TV show. TV Party TV Party was a public-access television cable TV show in New York City that ran from 1978 to 1982. After Glenn O'Brien was a guest on the weekly variety show television show, ""The Coca Crystal Show: If I Can’t Dance, You Can Keep Your Revolution,"" he went on to create his own show, ""TV Party"". Glenn O'Brien was"
"series from the Golden Age of Television. It was still on the air during President John F. Kennedy's famous April 11, 1962 confrontation with steel companies over the hefty raising of their prices. The show featured a range of television acting talent, as its episodes explored a wide variety of contemporary social issues, from the mundane to the controversial. Notable guest actors included Martin Balsam, Tallulah Bankhead, James Dean, Dolores del Río, Keir Dullea, Andy Griffith, Rex Harrison, Celeste Holm, Sally Ann Howes, Jack Klugman, Peter Lorre, Walter Matthau, Bennye Gatteys, Paul Newman, George Peppard, Suzanne Storrs, Albert Salmi, and"
"and noon and 6pm on Sundays. On January 25 and 26, 1975—just four-and-a-half months shy of celebrating its 20th anniversary—""Monitor"" spent its last 12 hours looking back on its 20-year history (approximately 20,000-plus hours) with hosts Big Wilson and John Bartholomew Tucker. Many clips were played, including Dave Garroway's interview with Marilyn Monroe on the show's first day, Frank McGee's talk with Martin Luther King Jr. in the early 1960s, Bob and Ray spoofing ""Miss Monitor"" and reporter Helen Hall riding on a roller-coaster. On January 26, Wilson hosted from noon to 3pm while Tucker hosted from 3-6pm. The program's"
"show began a successful run with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and then moved to Global Television in 1980. In addition to the daytime programming, Global Television also developed 26 prime time episodes. The show continued to air in Canada with Global and on a few CBS owned-and-operated stations in the US until 1987. At that point Initiative Productions and partners had produced 478 episodes. Among the guests who appeared on the show was a pre-stardom David Letterman. Other guests included Margaret Trudeau (aired 3 February 1978), Jean Beliveau, Barry Morse and Elayne Boosler. An episode featuring guest Bob Crane was"
"Cher (TV series) Cher is an American variety show that premiered on CBS in 1975, hosted by singer-actress Cher. The show had many famous musical guests. It followed a TV special featuring Elton John, Bette Midler, and Flip Wilson as guests. ""Cher"" premiered at 7.30pm on Sunday, February 16, 1975, and finished the season ranked 1st among variety shows and 22nd among all programs, with a 21.3 average household share, also receiving the most fan mail of any CBS program at the time. The first season aired Sundays at 7:30 and the second aired at 8:00. The show featured Cher"