The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
Show 57 - Christmas Episode
TV Flash files “Show 57 - Christmas Episode” as hour 39 of 42 in the TV Flash guide — The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour (1971–1974) on CBS, season 3, episode 14, aired 1973-12-19, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E14: listed hour 39 of 42 in the The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour guide, hour 3 of 6 in season 3. It aired 1973-12-19 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Oct 13, 1972” (S03E05). Next is “Show 59 - Danny Thomas, George Foreman, Ken Berry” (S03E16).
Viewer FAQ
Where does Show 57 - Christmas Episode sit in the The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour guide?
S03E14 is listed hour 39 of 42 — hour 3 of 6 in season 3, season 3 episode 14.
When did The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour S03E14 air?
Show 57 - Christmas Episode aired 1973-12-19 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…