Season: 2 (Cher)
Episode: 29
Guest(s): Glen Campbell, Ruth Buzzi
CBS Air Date: January 4, 1976
Also aired: Never re-aired
Torch Open/Opening Song: “Georgia On My Mind” and “Sweet Georgia Brown” (Audio Only)
Cover of Hoagy Carmichael (1930) and Hoagy Carmichael (1925)
Monologue: Cher talks to Ruth Buzzi about one of Cher’s early concert appearances. (Aww, would have liked to have seen that.)
Trashy Ladies:
– Mae West
– Scarlett O’Hara
Duet with Guest (Audio Only)
Cher and Glen Campbell do a duet medley of “By the Time I Get to Phoenix” (Glen Campbell, 1967), “Wichita Lineman” (Glen Campbell, 1968), “Galveston” (Glen Campbell, 1969) and “Gentle On My Mind” (Glen Campbell, 1967).
Skit: Ruth Buzzi plays her drunk Laugh In character Doris Sidebottom searching trash cans for discarded cans of beer.
Skit: Something about a man stealing sugar (from tv.com).
The Flying Garbanzos: The third and final installment of this circus trapeze family.
Life with Laverne:Laverne tries to arrange a date for her frumpy friend Gladys Ormphby, the hairnet wearing, purse wielding spinster from Laugh In in another fabulous 1970s oddball character mashup. Would love to see this someday.
Guest Spot: Glen Campbell sings “Country Boy (You Got Your Feet in LA).”
Finale: The entire cast is part of a TV show that has music, melodrama and comedy (from tv.com).
Close: Cher closes this final show with a blooper from the week’s taping.
Highlights: Cher and Glen Campbell have done many medley duets over the years on each others’ variety shows and are always great old-friend singing partners from back in the 1960s Wrecking Crew days. Laverne meets Glady Ormphby! This short but vibrant series now ends with a whimper instead of a bang, not even a final Cher solo to see us off. Boo. Cher will be back in February in a revamped show with Sonny, a single show which will be one of the most anticipated and watched TV-premieres up to that time.
