The Best Episodes of The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour

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1. Sonny and Cher open the show with ""Let Me Down Easy"" and banter about their marriage and individual honors. 2. Sonny and Cher introduce Michael Jackson and talk to him about his accomplishments. 3. The Jackson Five perform ""Looking Through the Window"" 4. The Bonos present the first ""Sonny Bono Show Business Award"" to California's Governor Ronald Reagan, who in turn thanks them with one of his old dedication speeches. 5. Cher sings ""Say It Isn't So"" 6. Michael Jackson sings ""Ben"" 7. A gypsy fortune teller (Cher) warns Sonny that he is about to be attacked, strangled and robbed. 8. Sonny and Cher perform a medley of ""Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show"" and ""Mr. Tambourine Man"" 9. ""The Vamps"" -- Cleopatra (Cher) finds herself having to choose between Mark Anthony (Sonny) and Julius Caesar (Larry); and Sadie Thompson (Cher) and the preacher (Sonny) are visited by Sir Francis Winchester (Wilfrid), a famous yachtsman who is sailing around the world alone. 10. ""The Cultural Spot"" -- I

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1. Sonny and Cher open the show with a medley of ""The Beat Goes On"" and ""It Don't Come Easy"", followed by a monologue featuring banter from their nightclub act. 2. As the Bonos sing ""Close To You"", security guards keep Sonny away from Cher, who is wearing the 750-carat Star of Queensland, believed to be the world's largest black sapphire (provided by Kazanjiian Jewels of Beverly Hills). 3. Jimmy is featured in a production number of ""Mrs. Robinson"" and ""Some Of These Days"" 4. Sonny dresses as a penguin to look for his National Geographic magazine. 5. Cher sings ""You Made Me Love You"" 6. Sonny joins Cher on stage, claiming to be a fantastic swordsman who can rescue any fair damsel from the clutches of evil. 7. ""The Vamps"" -- Julius Caesar (Jimmy) comes to claim the hand of Cleopatra (Cher) in marriage; the father of Pocahontas (Jimmy) orders John Smith (Sonny) beheaded for his involvement with the lovely Indian princess (Cher); and Mata Hari (Cher) schemes to get the truth out of Jimmy.

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1. Sonny and Cher open the show with ""From Me To You"" and banter about their daughter and child psychology. 2. Sonny consults a gypsy fortune teller (Cher) on how to make his life more exciting and winds up getting arrested for insulting the local sheriff (William). 3. Cher sings ""He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother"" 4. ""Sonny's Pizza Parlor"" -- William plays his Cannon role for laughs as he comes to the pizzeria looking for six veterans of the Korean War. 5. William sings ""The Men In My Little Girl's Life"" 6. Rick makes his American network television debut, singing ""What Would the Children Think?"" 7. Sonny presents Rick with the Bono Award for bringing his great talent to the show. 8. Pool shark San Quentin Spats (William) is challenged by Minnesota Short (Sonny). 9. ""Headlines In the Papers"" -- William and Rick join the show's regulars for a montage of skits and one-liners poking fun at people and events in the news, such as the controversial land development plans in Yosemite National

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1. Sonny and Cher open the show with ""Happy Together"" and banter about their habit of poking fun at one another. 2. Bobby sings ""Marching To the Music"" 3. After a gypsy fortune teller (Cher) changes Chad and Bobby into the greatest song and dance team in the world, she makes Sonny sing ""like he's never sung before."" 4. Cher sings ""When the Sun Comes Out"" 5. ""The Vamps"" -- The love-starved Elizabeth Regina (Cher), daughter of the beheaded Anne Boleyn, desperately tries to get kissed by Sir Walter Raleigh (Bobby), Sir Francis Drake (Chad) and the royal messenger (Sonny); comic strip heroine Brenda Starr (Cher) longs to meet her mystery man, whom she only knows will be wearing a patch over one eye; and Tarzan (Sonny) becomes jealous of a doctor (Chad) who comes to the jungle to open a medical center and gets smitten with Jane (Cher). 6. Sonny and Cher perform a medley of ""Simple Song Of Freedom"" and ""Look What They've Done To My Song, Ma"" 7. ""The Cultural Spot"" -- Cher is featured as Lady

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1. Sonny and Cher open the show with ""Two Of Us"" and banter featuring Cher teasing Sonny about everything from his singing to his mother. 2. ""Sonny's Pizza Parlor"" -- In an effort to draw more customers to the pizzeria, Sonny decides to hire a tall, dark and handsome singer (Robert), who immediately catches the eye of Sonny's girl (Cher). 3. The Temptations perform a medley of ""Smiling Faces Sometimes"", ""Take a Look Around"", and ""Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are)"". 4. Robert sings ""A House Is Not a Home"" 5. A gypsy fortune teller (Cher) predicts that if Robert would give her one dollar, his generosity will be returned twofold. 6. Sonny and Cher perform ""You Don't Mess Around With Jim"" 7. Cher sings ""Can't Help Lovin' That Man Of Mine"" 8. ""The Cultural Spot"" -- Robert appears as Captain Gorgeous in an operatic spoof of the French Foreign Legion, a haven for anyone who has something to forget, set to the tune of Hawaiian music. (Also featured are regular Ted Zeigler as the l

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1. Sonny and Cher open the show with ""With a Little Help From My Friends"" and banter about Sonny having been asked to perform at the White House. 2. Cher sings ""He's Funny That Way"" 3. Jerry is featured in a comedy sketch about the Three Musketeers. 4. ""The Vamps"" -- Snow White (Cher) has an affair with a woodsman (Jerry), who disguises himself as six of the seven dwarfs in an attempt to elude her husband, Prince Charming (regular Ted Zeigler); and the ghoulish Vampira (Cher) calls upon an unsuspecting TV repairman (Jerry) to fix her set. 5. The Supremes perform ""Your Wonderful, Sweet, Sweet Love"" 6. Jerry appears as a chess champion whose annoying habits distract his opponent (Sonny). 7. Sonny and Cher perform a medley of ""I Just Want To Celebrate"" and ""Take a Look Around"" 8. ""Headlines In the Papers"" -- Jerry joins the show's regulars in a series of blackouts and one-liners based on current events in the news, such as the disappearance of $5,000,000 that was dropped from a skyjacked

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1. Sonny and Cher open the show with ""I Need You"" and banter about Sonny's mother. 2. Bobby sings ""Sail Away"" 3. ""The Vamps"" -- Helen Of Troy (Cher) tries to come to the aid of her husband (Bobby) by seducing a Greek warrior (Sonny) in an effort to get him to tell her all about his plans for the invasion of Troy; Clark Kent (Bobby) allows ace reporter Lois Lane (Cher) to watch him change into Superman (Sonny) so that she'll give him her heart; and Sadie Thompson (Cher) and the preacher (Sonny) are joined by a pair of desperate criminals who've escaped from Devil's Island (Bobby and regular Freeman King). 4. Cher sings ""Willow Weep For Me"" 5. ""The Cultural Spot"" -- In a comedy sketch set to American college songs, King Richard the Lionhearted (Sonny) regains his throne and suggests that Robin Hood (series regular Bruce Tuthill) duel it out with the evil Sheriff of Nottingham (Bobby), who's come for his revenge against the merry men of Sherwood Forest by taking Maid Marian (Cher) to his

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1. Sonny and Cher open the show with ""You Didn't Have To Be So Nice"" and an opening dialogue. 2. Lorne plays an overthrown Latin president facing a firing squad. 3. The Williams Brothers (Andy's nephews Andy and David) sing ""Falling, Falling, Gone"" 4. Sonny and Cher perform ""Ease Your Pain"" 5. Lorne sings ""M-O-T-H-E-R"" 6. Lorne recites a sports poem about slaves versus gladiators. 7. Cher sings ""The Man I Love"" 8. ""The Vamps"" -- Lorne is featured as Leonardo da Vinci and Prince Charming, opposite Cher's vamps of Mona Lisa and Cinderella

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1. As Sonny sings ""Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen"" at the piano, Ken comes up to him, claiming to know all about his troubled past. 2. Sonny and Cher open the show with ""Joy To the World"" and banter about Sonny's Italian background. 3. Cher sings ""Greensleeves"" in a comedy blackout as Sonny and Ken each take one of her hands and walk off-camera. 4. Ken is featured in a musical production number of ""All I Need Is the Girl."" 5. Ken gets vocally carried away as he and Cher watch the film Love Story. 6. Sonny mimes a recording of Jim Nabors singing ""Gonna Build a Mountain"" as two mountain climbers struggle to get up to him. 7. Cher sings ""It Had To Be You"" 8. Ken is featured in a repetitive vaudeville routine about tap dancers whose top hats are taken by the previous performers. 9. Cher attempts to show Sonny what it is that he does best. 10. Sonny and Cher perform a medley of ""I Believe In Music"" and ""Put Your Hand In the Hand."" 11. Sonny, dressed as German composer Ludwig van Beethov

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1. Sonny and Cher open the show with ""With a Little Help From My Friends"" and an opening dialogue. 2. Cher sings ""God Bless the Child"" 3. The rock group Gideon and Power perform ""In the Upper Room"" 4. Glen sings ""Today Is Mine"" 5. Glen is the musical commentator as Sonny and Cher do blackouts dealing with the future human condition. 6. Glen joins Sonny and Cher for a medley of ""Cry Like a Baby"" and ""Bad Moon Rising""

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1. Sonny and Cher open the show with ""Games People Play"" and banter about Sonny's logic that their show will become a mid-season replacement. 2. Merv sings ""Get Together"" as the competition at an unusual ping-pong game in the background gets out of hand. 3. Cher sings ""Stormy Weather"" 4. Sonny appears on-stage with Cher dressed as Superman, claiming that nothing can deter him from fighting crime in America except kryptonite. 5. Sonny proposes to bring a semi-classical spot into the show by singing ""Be My Love"" 6. Sonny is surprised to learn that their next guests will be the carpenters, not the brother-sister duo but a group of construction workers, who erect a frame structure around him. 7. Merv sings ""What Are You Doing the Rest Of Your Life?"" 8. Sonny is taken by a gypsy fortune teller (Cher). 9. Merv sets himself up to be cut down by Cher in the same style she does with Sonny. 10. Cher and the Jimmy Dale Orchestra capture the band sound in an elaborate production number, singing ""S

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1. Sonny and Cher open the show with ""Proud Mary"" and banter about Sonny's horoscope having him think that he can't do anything wrong. 2. ""The Cultural Spot"" -- Cher is featured as ""the princess who couldn't smile"", with Phyllis playing a court jester who tries to get her to laugh and Sonny as a peasant with a song. 3. Cher, who is singing ""We'll Meet Again"" while waiting for a romantic movie star to come and sweep her off her feet, jumps from a bridge when Sonny shows up instead. 4. The all-girl rock group Fanny performs ""Charity Ball"" 5. Phyllis and Cher talk about their husbands. 6. Sonny comes on-stage singing ""Puppet Man"", until Cher pulls his strings. 7. ""Cliff House"" -- The master of the house (Sonny) brings his new wife (Cher) home to the eerie mansion, much to the dismay of his housekeeper (Phyllis). 8. Sonny and Cher perform a medley of ""Two Of Us"" and ""We Can Work It Out"" 9. Sonny seeks advice from a gypsy fortune teller (Cher). 10. Cher sings ""Georgia On My Mind"" 11. Phylli

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1. Sonny and Cher perform ""Something"" and ""Maybe I'm Amazed"" 2. ""The Vamps"" -- Cher is featured in comedy blackouts as Helen of Troy, Catherine the Great and Sadie Thompson. 3. Sonny and Cher appear in a soap opera spoof called ""Cliff House"", a Gothic melodrama complete with crashing thunder and eerie organ music.

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1. Sonny and Cher open the show with ""All I Ever Need Is You"" and banter about their summer show and Christmas holiday together. 2. As Sonny recites his new poem, ""What Is Life?"", the choir members behind him fall asleep. 3. Cher sings ""Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves"" 4. Sonny, dressed as Henry VIII, is given a citation for overacting by Glenn. 5. ""The Vamps"" -- Cher appears as Nefertiti, one of the best-known Egyptian queens, with Harvey cast as King Tut and Sonny as the official taster for the king; the German songstress Lili Marlene (Cher) faces execution by a firing squad, until she gets kissed by a German sergeant (Harvey) who ends up riddled with bullets instead; and Sadie Thompson (Cher) agrees to help a preacher (Sonny) save a drunken bum (Harvey) from the demon rum. 6. Sonny and Cher perform a medley of ""Love Grows"" and ""Where You Lead"" 7. Sonny turns to Harvey for tips on how to handle Cher's put-downs. 8. Cher sings ""One Tin Soldier"", an anti-war song illustrated by cartoonist

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1. Sonny and Cher open the show with ""Sooner Or Later"" and banter about what makes their marriage such a solid success. 2. Sonny sings ""Whispering"" until he's distracted by everyone whispering behind his back. 3. Cher sings ""Come Rain Or Come Shine"" 4. Sonny plans a special memorial surprise honoring Tony on the 20th anniversary of his film The Prince Who Was a Thief. 5. Dinah tells Cher how her marriage to Sonny is an inspiration to other couples. 6. Dinah sings ""The Song Is Love"" 7. ""Detective Fat"" -- Everyone is overweight in this spoof of the ""Cannon"" series, starring Tony in the title role, Sonny and Cher as the couple who find a dead man in their living room, and Dinah as the maid. 8. ""Sonny and Cher At Home"" -- The Bonos parody the glamorous Hollywood lifestyle. 9. Tony shares fashion tips with Sonny about the benefits of wearing a ""sit-down suit."" 10. Sonny and Cher perform ""Mr. Tambourine Man"" and (with Dinah) ""Joy To the World"" 11. ""Headlines In the Papers"" -- Tony and Dinah

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1. Sonny and Cher open the show with ""Good Day Sunshine"" and banter about how Sonny sets Cher up for the big laughs. 2. ""Information Please"" -- The Presidential assistant to Marketing, Research and Economic Stability (Carroll) attempts to explain President Nixon's wage and price freeze. 3. Cher sings ""What a Difference a Day Makes"" 4. Sonny, dressed in a costume of feathers, announces that he's been studying birds and plans to be the first man to fly. 5. ""The Vamps"" -- Napoleon (Carroll) returns home to an unfaithful Josephine (Cher) after his war with the Russians, and Delilah (Cher) learns that the secret of Samson's (Carroll's) strength lies in his hair. 6. Cher sings ""Mountain Greenery"" and ""Big Yellow Taxi"", while showing an animated satire on pollution by cartoonist John Wilson. 7. Carroll proves to a skeptical Sonny that his singing voice can shatter wood. 8. Carroll sings his own lyrics to ""Remembering You"", the closing theme song heard at the end of each ""All In the Family"" sh

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1. Sonny and Cher open the show with ""It Takes Two"" and banter about Sonny's new interest in body language. 2. ""I Got You Babe"" -- Sonny is featured in a recurring skit as a struggling writer named Eddie Farber, whose wife (Holly) adds to his frustrations with her shocking confession that she's had an affair. 3. Kate sings ""If He Walked Into My Life Today"" 4. A gypsy fortune teller (Cher) predicts that a rich eccentric Texan will give Sonny one million tax-free dollars. 5. Sonny appears as a motorist whose car has run out of gas in an ecology satire. 6. Cher sings ""How Long Has This Been Going On?"" 7. Sonny, dressed as Thor, the god of lightning and thunder, attempts to bring a big bolt out of the sky with his hammer. 8. A gypsy fortune teller (Cher) predicts that Kate will have lunch with a tall, dark and handsome stranger with a mustache. 9. An overly enthusiastic waitress (Kate) serving two lovebirds (Sonny and Cher) in a tea room has every line Sonny sings about in ""Tea For Two"" br

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1. Sonny and Cher open the show with ""Put a Little Love In Your Heart"" and an opening dialogue. 2. ""The Vamps"" -- Cher appears in comedy sketches as Scarlett O'Hara of Gone With the Wind, Greta Garbo and Queen Alexandra. 3. Chad sings ""Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone"" 4. Lorne recites Shakespeare to Sonny's version of the gunfight at the OK Corral. 5. Cher sings ""I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good"" 6. Chad tries to get a nude shot of his model (Cher) despite Sonny's objections. 7. Sonny and Cher perform a medley of ""Ain't No Mountain High Enough"" and ""Suspicious Minds""

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1. Sonny and Cher open the show with ""More Today Than Yesterday"" and banter about Sonny's new organic health food diet. 2. Cher sings ""The Way Of Love"" 3. Tony leads the cast in a sing-along of ""Heart Of My Heart"" at the piano bar of a 747. 4. ""The Vamps"" -- Lady Chatterley (Cher) turns to her gardener (Tony) for affection after Lord Chatterley (Sonny) seems to have neglected her; Sadie Thompson and the preacher (Sonny and Cher) anticipate the arrival of a man sent from headquarters (Tony), who is coming to review the preacher's progress on the island; and Maid Marion (Cher) confesses to Robin Hood (Sonny) that she's been seeing Little John (Tony) behind his back. 5. The female rock group Honey Cone performs ""One Monkey Don't Stop No Show"" 6. A gypsy fortune teller (Cher) predicts great opportunity in Tony's future. 7. Cher sings ""Brand New Key"" to John Wilson's animated satire of the hit song. 8. Sonny and Cher perform a medley of ""We'll Sing In the Sunshine"" and ""You Are My Sunshine""

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1. Sonny and Cher open the show with ""People Got To Be Free"" and banter about the art of self-control. 2. Sonny and Cher are joined on-stage by Mike and Jean, who only seem to have compliments for each other. 3. Jean shows Cher a secondhand pair of magic dancing shoes that she's just bought. 4. Cher sings ""Body and Soul"" 5. A gypsy fortune teller (Cher) predicts good news and bad news for Mike. 6. ""Meet the Candidate"" -- A televised at-home interview with a Presidential candidate (Mike) is interrupted by the unexpected arrival of his tipsy wife (Jean) and a ""surprise"" visit from his close friend and black neighbor (regular Freeman King), whom Jean reveals on the air is actually the couple's butler. 7. Mike and Jean are featured in ""The First Annual Daytime TV Academy Awards"", a takeoff on awards shows, spoofing everything from daytime soap operas like General Hospital to instructional cooking shows like The Galloping Gourmet. The coveted awards are presented in such silly categories as

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