Soul Train
Lenny Williams/ Mother's Finest/ Cheech & Chong
TV Flash files “Lenny Williams/ Mother's Finest/ Cheech & Chong” as hour 277 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 8, episode 15, aired 1978-11-25, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S08E15: listed hour 277 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 15 of 40 in season 8. It aired 1978-11-25 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Jerry Butler/ Rick James” (S08E14). Next is “Johnny Guitar Watson/ Jean Carn” (S08E16). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Lenny Williams - "Midnight Girl" and "You Got Me Running." Mother's Finest - "Love Changes" and "Don't Wanna Come Back." Cheech and Chong (comedy team)
Viewer FAQ
Where does Lenny Williams/ Mother's Finest/ Cheech & Chong sit in the Soul Train guide?
S08E15 is listed hour 277 of 1134 — hour 15 of 40 in season 8, season 8 episode 15.
When did Soul Train S08E15 air?
Lenny Williams/ Mother's Finest/ Cheech & Chong aired 1978-11-25 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Do I watch from 1971 in order?
No. It is a music-and-dance series, not a plot. Sample eras for the guests and the Line; Cornelius's classic hosting years are the brand center.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Don Cornelius promises the hippest trip in America and delivers the national dance party corporate TV had under-served: guests, fashion, the Line, scrambleboard kids who became famous. Syndicated Black music television as cultural archive from 1971 deep into the 2000s. Velvet baritone as the rope.
Chicago, 1971: Don Cornelius promises a hip trip across America and delivers the most important dance party in television history, then keeps delivering it until 2006. Soul Train began locally, went to national syndication, and ran thirty-five seasons, more than a thousand hours, putting Black music, fashion, and the Soul Train Line into living rooms corporate television had long under-served. Artists performed. Dancers — including scrambleboard kids who became famous — moved the culture forward. Cornelius…
Filed against
- Don Cornelius as Host
Don Cornelius promised the hippest trip in America on Soul Train — guests, fashion, the Line, scrambleboard kids who became famous, syndicated Black music television as cultural archive from 1971 deep into the 2000s. Velvet baritone as a…