The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
Show 5
TV Flash files “Show 5” as hour 5 of 42 in the TV Flash guide — The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour (1971–1974) on CBS, season 1, episode 5, aired 1971-08-29, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E05: listed hour 5 of 42 in the The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour guide, hour 5 of 19 in season 1. It aired 1971-08-29 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Show 4” (S01E04). Next is “Show 6 - Summer Replacement Series Finale” (S01E06).
Viewer FAQ
Where does Show 5 sit in the The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour guide?
S01E05 is listed hour 5 of 42 — hour 5 of 19 in season 1, season 1 episode 5.
When did The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour S01E05 air?
Show 5 aired 1971-08-29 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Do I watch for the songs or the insults?
Variety means both: duets, sketches, and marital digs. The loving insults are the couple brand — until they stop feeling like a bit.
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Why this series still plays
Sonny's bobblehead grin, Cher's Bob Mackie armor, and marital digs that stopped feeling like a bit. Variety as a couple brand, then a public divorce plot twist. The hour that made Cher a comedy and fashion force beyond radio, while the marriage imploded in prime time.
The armor arrives before the grin. CBS, 1971–1974: husband-and-wife pop stars host sketches and duets built around loving insults, guest stars, and Cher's increasingly architectural fashion. Chris Bearde and Allan Blye's The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour was a top variety draw of the early 1970s. Sonny Bono's bobblehead grin, Cher's Bob Mackie armor, I got you babe as the password. *Architectural gowns, a bobblehead as a press strategy, marital digs that stopped feeling like a bit.* Style is the plot. On-air insults…
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- Cher as Host
Cher hosted The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour in Bob Mackie armor — Sonny's bobblehead grin, marital digs that stopped feeling like a bit, variety as a couple brand, then a public divorce plot twist. The hour that made her a comedy and fashion…
- Sonny Bono as Host
Sonny Bono hosted The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour as the bobblehead grin beside Bob Mackie armor — variety as a couple brand, marital digs that stopped feeling like a bit, then a public divorce as plot twist. TV Flash files him as 1970s…