All episodes Season 3 S03E20 1974-02-13 60 min 1970s CBS

The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour

Show 63 - Valentine's Day Episode

TV Flash files “Show 63 - Valentine's Day Episode” as a desk essential hour — The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour (1971–1974) on CBS, season 3, episode 20, aired 1974-02-13, 60 min.

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How this hour is filed

This leaf is S03E20: listed hour 42 of 42 in the The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour guide, last listed hour of season 3. It aired 1974-02-13 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Show 62” (S03E19). No later hour is listed in this guide.

Essential hour

Essential hour: “Show 63 - Valentine's Day Episode”. Show 63, the Valentine's Day episode, is the 1974-adjacent bow. Couple variety on a romance holiday: the marriage imploding in prime time, Mackie armor outlasting the grin.

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Viewer FAQ

Where does Show 63 - Valentine's Day Episode sit in the The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour guide?

S03E20 is listed hour 42 of 42 — last listed hour of season 3, season 3 episode 20.

When did The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour S03E20 air?

Show 63 - Valentine's Day Episode aired 1974-02-13 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.

In the series

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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