Does anyone remember "Variety Shows"?

[Longgrain]

Back when i was a kid it was a big deal to get to stay up and watch Donny and Marie.

Earlier generations had Uncle Miltie, Your Show of Shows...

I'm still a big fan of "Laugh-In"

Except for late night T.V. odd school variety shows have all but vanished...

[maveric]

1. The Smothers Brothers were my favorites.

Perry Como Show too.

[skygazer]

2. I remember them

Flip Wilson, Sonny and Cher - I loved that format when I was a kid. There were always a number of silly sketches and some musical acts. Flip Wilson did jokes, Sonny and Cher sang. And of course, the best of them all, The Carol Burnett Show.

[Longgrain]

5. Sonny and Cher another fave!

Even if Sonny was a puke...:puke:

I do remember one episode they showed on T.V. Land in which St. Ronnie guested on. Sonny tried giving him some big award which Ronnie refused to take.

Funny stuff!

[murielm99]

3. They were sort of a holdover from vaudeville.

They carried it over to radio and TV. Both evolved into other things, and the variety show died.

I liked variety shows on TV when I was a kid. I wonder if people would watch a good variety show now. Maybe not.

[LiberalinNC]

4. Dean Martin had a "variety" type show...

not that I'm old enough to remember that one...
What about Carol Burnett - her's was great. The drapes make into a dress!!! LMAO

Even Tony Orlando and Dawn had a variety show!

[yellowdogintexas]

6. Steve Allen, Danny Kaye, Ed Sullivan, "Your Show of Shows"

Carol Burnett

All were wonderful.

Andy Williams had a good one too.

[Ivan Sputnik]

7. Ed Sullivan

was a cultural institution.

I can't imagine a show like his -- essentially a vaudeville review, on which the Beatles and a troop of jugglers might appear on the same program -- succeeding today. The culture is too fragmented now.