I Got You Babe: The Best of Sonny and Cher

. . . one episode had "The Supremes" as the musical guest-act.Ever seen a Diana Ross-less version of the OTHER Supremes?Sorta like a version of The Doors [without Jim Morrison]; or,Jimi Hendrix's EXPERIENCE [without James Marshall Hendrix].That said, these [fifty-year-old] episodes will make those of usthat wee still in Vietnam in 1972 feel grateful we made it backto see Sonny and Cher making fun of President Nixon. . .Lots of political satire of that time-period their child Chastity,when HE was still a child, and NOT fifty-four years old.Lotsa, dead, entertainers in THESE episodes! World a look. . . back!

Great Sound, Music and a lot of Fun , these 10 episodes will make you smile and cheer you up !These episodes seem edited as run time ranges between 39+ to 46 + minutes each, video quality and color are quite pleasant !Disc 1Ep 0101 45:13 1971Guest - Jimmy Durante‘The Beat Goes On’, ‘Ain’t Nono Mountain High Enough’, ‘Suspicious Minds’.’I Got You Babe’V..A..M..P and Opera skitsEp 0102 46:25 1972Guests - Tony Curtis and Dinah Shore‘Sooner Or Later’, ‘Mr Tambourine Man’Headlines In The Papers skitBonus MaterialsCher Interview 17:05Frankie Avalon Interview 10:15Barbara McNair excerpt 8:00 Cher sings ‘Danny Boy’Jerry’s (Blavat) Place 14;20 1970 Sonny and Cher interview plus ‘I Got You Babe’ live.Disc 2Ep 0104 44:05 1972Guest - O’ Conner sings ‘Remembering You’‘Good Day Sunshine’, ’Stagger Lee’V.A.M.P and Opera skitsEp 0107 43:20 1972Guest - Art Carney‘Can’t Take My Eyes Off You’US Army and Vaudeville skitsDisc 3Ep 0205 43:53 1972Guests - Jerry Lewis, Supremes sing ‘Your Wonderful Sweet Love‘‘With A Little Help From My Friends’V.A.M.P and Headlines In The Papers skitsEp 0203 1972Guests- Jim Brown, Bobby Vinton sings ‘Sealed With A Kiss’‘Bad Moon Rising’Football and Mississippi River skitsDisc 4Ep 0216 39:22 1973Guest- Jim Nabors sings ‘Good Time Charlie’s Got The Blues’‘I’ll Follow The Sun’ ,’Listen To The Music’V.A.M.P skitEp 0327 43:11 1974Guest - Joe Namath and Righteous Brothers sing ‘You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling’‘Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow’Cops, Laverne and Lady Luck skitsDisc 5 Sixties SpecialEp 0304 44:35 1073Guests - Dick Clark, Edd Byrnes andJerry Lee Lewis ‘Whole Lotta Shakin’Franki Valli & Four Seasons ‘Sherry Baby’Bobby Vinton ‘Blue Velvet’Chuck Berry ‘Johnny B Goode’‘Rock N’ Roll Is Here to Stay’, ’I Dig Rock N’ Roll Music’Sixties skit, Chastity’s song, Sonny Swivel skitEp 0311 40:25 1073Guest – Wolfman Jack andNeil Sedaka ‘Breaking Up Is Hard To Do’Peter Noone ‘ Henry The Eighth’Paul Anka ‘Diana’The Coasters ‘Charlie Brown’‘Rock N’ Roll Is Here to Stay’, ’I Dig Rock N’ Roll Music’Sixties and Bar skitsCher sings ‘Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves’

These ten Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour shows are fun to watch, but beware - most of the music has been excised. While all opening duets (with comic interludes) are here, there's very little in the way of music here (with the exception of several comic operas - one of which is actually shown TWICE, on two different shows!). Most of Cher's solos have been excised, as have those of guest stars. The worst is the fifth disc, which consists of The Sonny and Cher Years Special, Parts 1 & 2. These two specials feature musical legends Chuck Berry, Bobby Vinton, Jerry Lee Lewis, Frankie Valli, Paul Anka, The Coasters, Peter Noone, and Neil Sedaka - but the only time these guests sing is in the opening numbers (and only a few seconds each at that) - in the finales, where they all clearly had a number to sing, horribly obvious cuts have been made and all that is shown is them taking bows alongside their hosts. To add insult to injury, several of the Vamp skits are truncated (a fact made obvious when the "casts" come out to take their bows and some of characters are from skits not shown). Further, the Cher "interview" is just a bunch of short clips of her speaking on a few different S&C show-related topics. All I can say is that I'm glad I bought this 5-disc set instead of wasting my money on the 10-disc, $100+ set! The cuts are obvious, sloppy, and unforgivable.IMHO, The Sonny and Cher Ultimate Collection 3-disc set (released back in 2004) is far superior. It includes a nice selection of complete shows - music and all - from both The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour AND the post-divorce reboot, The Sonny & Cher Show. It's currently out-of-print, but if you can snag a copy at a decent price, I recommend it over this new Time-Life set.

I LOVE SONNY & CHER & I WAS EXCITED WHEN IT CAME OUT & HAD TO ORDER IT RIGHT AWAY, THEY SAY IT WAS RESTORED, BUT I DON'T THINK IT WAS RESTORED & ON BOTH SIDES THERE ARE KIND OF LIKE LINES ON BOTH SIDES, IT REALLY GET ON YOUR NERVES, 5 STARS 🌟 FOR THE SHOW & 2 STARS FOR THE SO CALLED RESTORED & IT WAS A GREAT PRICE & I GUESS THATS WHAT YOU GET

to see what Cher wore- ahead of their time for tv

Gave as gift said they loved it

Not half-bad.

Vendor was fine. Material arrived on time. It’s just the content that wasn’t that great. The clips used for this set are not the best for Sonny and Cher.

I enjoyed this dvd . So seventies and fun.

1970年代アメリカのCBSのゴールデン・タイムに放映されていたヴァラエティ・ショウ"Sonny & Cher comedy hour"から10のエピソードを5枚のDVDに収録した作品。リージョン１なので日本のプレイヤーでは再生できない。Sonny BonoとCherのおしゃべりとコメディが中心で日本人にはわかりにくい。ゲストにはNeil Sedaka, Paul Anka, Chuck Berry, Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons, Bobby Vintonなどとオールディーズ系が中心で、歌は少なく、あくまでコメディーに時間をさいている。制作のアラン・バイルとクリス・ビアードは’70年代にAndy Williams Show, Bobby Vinton Showなどもてがけているがやはりコメディーはどたばたものが多く、もう少し歌の場面を増やしてほしいというのが印象だが、アメリカ人と日本人との好みの違いかもしれない。

Arrived ok