It Dont Come Easy--You Know it Dont Come Easy...Good Night America

[Waverley_Hills_Hiker]

Does anyone remember this very late night, very intermittent TV variety show from the 70s, hosted by, yes, Geraldo Rivera?

Probably one of the more out-there things on TV back in the pre-cable days. They opened with some pythonesque/comix animations to the tune of Ringo Starrs "It Don't Come Easy", and also used Arlo Guthries "City of New Orleans" to close and to seque to & from commercials.

Gerlado had the most unusual things one...drag queens (the first time I ever saw drag queens), Kurt Vonnegut reading poetry, live musical guests (like the Greatful Dead...with their video of "US Blues"..the first music video I ever saw).

Maybe by todays (or even yesterdays) standards it was lame, but for a teenager like me this was pretty cool stuff....I guess this was part of the mainstreaming of the counterculture. And Geraldo Rivera was pretty funky to in his big long-haired hairdo...it was like some old hippy hosting a stoner variety show.

In any case, I really cant find too much on the web about this show, other than it involved the now-famous (and more conventional) Geraldo Rivera.

[Waverley_Hills_Hiker]

1. hmmmm

"Does anyone remember this very late night, very intermittent TV variety show...."

...guess not.