The Sonny and Cher Show

S01E05: Show 5

1. Sonny and Cher open the show with ""Take Life a Little Easier"" and banter about Sonny having negotiated a deal with a major studio to do a movie about his life with Cher. 2. ""The Battle Of the Sexes"" -- Cher plays a liberated woman coming home after a hard day's work to find Sonny so wrapped up in his card game with the boys that he forgot to have dinner ready and Don devastated that his wife walked out on him the night before. 3. Sonny and Cher perform a medley of ""United We Stand"" and ""Without You"" 4. ""The Sonnytone News"" -- A TV newscaster (Don) demonstrates a gimmick that allows him to deliver the news with a steady, sincere stare; all three major TV networks clear time for the great political debate; the world's oldest taxicab driver (regular Gailard Sartain) speaks out at his retirement party; the youngest pitchman in TV history (Chastity) tapes a spot on her used tricycle lot; and the ever-popular Laverne (Cher) is named the first woman ambassador to Great Britain. 5. A heartb

Overview

Cher and Sonny Bono starred in this quintessentially '70's TV comedy/variety show. Sonny and Cher's hit songs featured prominently on the show, as they would often sing and perform them between short skits.

Episodes

S01E01 Show 1

February 1, 1976 60 min
1. Sonny and Cher open the show with banter about their getting back together and a duet of ""Love Will Keep Us Together."" 2. ""Teams"" -- Sonny and Cher appear in a series of comedy...

S01E02 Show 2

February 7, 1976 60 min
1. Sonny and Cher open the show with ""It Takes Two"" and banter about Sonny asking Cher for a little constructive criticism. 2. A sorrowful Raymond returns his ""pet rock"", claiming that it died on...

S01E03 Show 3

February 14, 1976 60 min
1. Sonny and Cher open the show with ""More Today Than Yesterday"" and banter about Sonny attempting to deliver his recitation of ""Fly, Robin, Fly"" 2. ""The Sonnytone News"" -- In comedy blackouts, the people...

S01E04 Show 4

February 22, 1976 60 min
1. Sonny and Cher open the show with ""Got To Get You Into My Life"" and a comedy dialogue. 2. ""The Vamps"" -- Cher appears in comedy sketches as the sneaky Mata Hari, the willing-to-please...

S01E05 Show 5

February 29, 1976 60 min
1. Sonny and Cher open the show with ""Take Life a Little Easier"" and banter about Sonny having negotiated a deal with a major studio to do a movie about his life with Cher. 2....

S01E06 Show 6

March 7, 1976 60 min
1. Sonny and Cher open the show with ""You Are the Sunshine Of My Life"" and banter about a lecture Sonny attended that taught him how to get power. 2. ""A Woman Behind Every Man""...

S01E07 Show 7

March 14, 1976 60 min
1. Sonny and Cher open the show with ""How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)"" and banter about how they haven't had one argument since they've started working together again. 2. Laverne (Cher)...

S01E08 Show 8

March 21, 1976 60 min
1. Tommy Smothers tries to fill Sonny's shoes in an opening number with Cher. 2. Sonny and Cher sing ""Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You"" 3. ""The Sunshine Girls"" -- Debbie and Cher perform...

S01E09 Show 9

March 28, 1976 60 min
1. Sonny and Cher open the show with ""The Beat Goes On"" and banter with Sonny being concerned about Cher performing in her condition. 2. ""Dolls In the Navy"" -- Cher and Diahann are featured...

S01E10 Show 10

April 4, 1976 60 min
1. Sonny and Cher open the show with ""Put a Little Love In Your Heart"" and show a film clip of the numerous takes it took for them to tape an introduction for Raymond Burr...

S01E11 Show 11

April 11, 1976 60 min
1. Sonny and Cher open the show with ""There's a Kind Of Hush"" and an opening dialogue. 2. ""Sonny's Pizza Parlor"" -- Restaurateur Sherman attempts to do in competitor Sonny. 3. ""The Sonnytone News"" --...

Cast

Sonny Bono
Sonny Bono
Self - Host
Cher
Cher
Self - Host
Jack L. Harrell
Announcer
Robert Shields
Robert Shields
Regular Performer
Lorene Yarnell Jansson
Lorene Yarnell Jansson
Regular Performer

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