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#2979: HELEN REDDY SHOW, THE
Order1973-06-28, WNBC, 52 min.
June 28, 1973-August 16, 1973. This was the first broadcast of the series. Helen Reddy hosted this variety hour, a summer replacement for "The Flip Wilson Show." A summer series with Grammy winner, Helen Reddy opens her eight-week series with the hit that's become her middle name - "I am Woman." The song projects her style, a blend of rock rhythms and folk themes. Helen is backed this week with comedy by Flip Wilson (Executive Producer of this series), and Lee Grant, and songs by Seals and Crofts, and the Pointer Sisters. HIGHLIGHTS: "Until It's Time for You to Go," "Delta Dawn".....Helen Reddy "Diamond Girl," "Ruby Jean and Billie Lee"....Seals and Crofts "I'll Never Go There Anymore"....Lee Grant, Helen Reddy "Cloudburst," "Old Songs..................Pointer Sisters
#2980: HELEN REDDY SHOW, THE
Order1973-07-05, WNBC, 52 min.
June 28, 1973-August 16, 1973. Helen Reddy hosted this variety hour, a summer replacement for "The Flip Wilson Show." The Temptations and singer-com poser Kenny Rankin join Helen for a musical hour, peppered with comedy by George Carlin and mellowed with a poetry recitation from "Ego Tripping" by actress Cicely Tyson. Helen interviews fictitious character, Josh Wallace, played by George Carlin who states he discovered Jonathan Livingston Seagull. At the end of the program all take questions from the audiences. Helen Reddy - Has a house boy called George...first recording in Chicago in 1967...why referred God as a She. George Carlin - Why he writes his own material...why he has grown his hair long now...a class clown in school. Cecily Tyson - Best ever role she has ever played, "Sounder."...currently about to do a new film very excited about. HIGHLIGHTS: "You are the Sunshine of my Life," "It Never Changes"...................Helen Reddy, Kenny Rankin "Hey Girl".....................................Temptations "I Believe in Music," "I Don't Remember My Childhood," "Peaceful," "Old-fashioned Way".................Helen Reddy "Daydreaming".......................Helen Reddy, Temptations
#2983: HELEN REDDY SHOW, THE
Order1973-07-12, WNBC, 52 min.
June 28, 1973-August 16, 1973. Helen Reddy hosted this variety hour, a summer replacement for "The Flip Wilson Show." Parody sketch "The Mating Game" with Cheech and Chong. HIGHLIGHTS: "Daddy Could Swear I Declare," "Where Peaceful Waters Flow" .....................Gladys Knight and the Pips "Tequila Sunrise"..................The Eagles "Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me," "I Believe in Music....Mac Davis "Half and Half...........Mac Davis, Helen Reddy Note: There is a Special Report Bulletin stating that President Richard Nixon has been hospitalized with Viral pneumonia.
#2984: HELEN REDDY SHOW, THE
Order1973-07-19, WNBC, 52 min.
June 28, 1973-August 16, 1973. Helen Reddy hosted this variety hour, a summer replacement for "The Flip Wilson Show." Singers Anne Murray, Jim Croce and Pointer Sisters provide the music; Joan Rivers the comedy with a monologue about the woes of being a married woman. Nelson Riddle orchestra. HIGHLIGHTS: "What About Me".......................Anne Murray "Ease Your Pain"..........Anne Murray, Helen Reddy "I Got a Name," "Bad, ad Leroy Brown".....Jim Croce "Jada"...................Pointer Sisters "Lovin' You," "What Would They Say?" "Long Hard Climb" ............................Helen Reddy
#2981: HELEN REDDY SHOW, THE
Order1973-07-26, WNBC, 52 min.
June 28, 1973-August 16, 1973. Helen Reddy hosted this variety hour, a summer replacement for "The Flip Wilson Show." Gloria Steinem joins Helen for a feminine-lib-style take-off on the news. Other guests are blues singer B.B. King, the New Seekers pop group, comic Albert Brooks and the Modern Jazz Quartet, who perform improvisational jazz. Nelson Riddle orchestra. HIGHLIGHTS: "Don't Mess with a Woman," "Our House," "Where is My Friend?"..........Helen Reddy "To Know You Is to Love You".......B.B.King "Pinball Wizard/See Me, Feel Me".....New Seekers
#2982: HELEN REDDY SHOW, THE
Order1973-08-02, WNBC, 52 min.
June 28, 1973-August 16, 1973. Helen Reddy hosted this variety hour, a summer replacement for "The Flip Wilson Show." Rock-and-roll great Chuck Berry, singer-songwriter P:aul Williams, comic Robert Klein and the singing Pointer Sisters are the guests. Nelson Riddle orchestra. HIGHLIGHTS: "Johnny B. Goode"...................Chuck Berry "Old-fashioned Love Song," "Look What I Found"..Paul Williams "That's How I Feel".......Pointer Sisters "Last Blues Song," "And I love You So"......Helen Reddy "Reeling and Rocking"......Helen Reddy and Chuck Berry
#2985: HELEN REDDY SHOW, THE
Order1973-08-09, WNBC, 51 min.
- Dick Gregory
- Mort Sahl
- Helen Reddy
- Billy Preston
- Albert Hammond
- Peter Allen
- Fanny All Girl Rock Band
- Nelson Riddle
June 28, 1973-August 16, 1973. Helen Reddy hosted this variety hour, a summer replacement for "The Flip Wilson Show." Comedians Mort Sahl and Dick Gregory take off on politics; all-girl rock group Fanny appears in a sequence filmed in London; and singer-composers Billy Preston, Albert Hammond and Peter Allen perform their own music. Nelson Riddle orchestra. At the end of the show, Helen Reddy and Mort Sahl take questions from the audience. HIGLIGHTS: "Will It Go Round in Circles?" "That's the Way God Planned it" ...........................Billy Preston "Charity Ball".............Fanny All Girl Rock Band "Smokey Factory Blues".........Albert Hammond "More than I Like You"............Peter Allen "Tightrope," "This Masquerade," "I'm a Bit Okay," "Westwind Circus"..........Helen Reddy
#2986: HELEN REDDY SHOW, THE
Order1973-08-16, WNBC, 52 min.
- The Pointer Sisters
- Helen Reddy
- Rod McKuen
- Ruth Buzzi
- Brenda Vaccaro
- Betty Wright and the Pointer Sisters
- Betty Wright
June 28, 1973-August 16, 1973. Rod McKuen, Ruth Buzzi, Actress Brenda Vaccaro, and singers Betty Wright and the Pointer Sisters (Ruth, Bonnie and June) are the guests. Comedy highlight: Ruth Buzzi doing a monologue about a supersonic-jet stewardess. A separate skit has Helen Reddy, Ruth Buzzi and Brenda Vaccaro getting together for a 10 year reunion since going to school together with many revelations shared. Audience asks questions of Hellen, Ruth and Brenda. HIGHLIGHTS: "Anthem-Revelation," "I don't Know How to Love Him," "Crazy Love," "Delta Dawn," "A Song for You"...Helen Reddy "Love's Been Good to Me," "Just Don't Ask Me Now"..Rod McKuen "I Am Woman"......................Betty Wright "Pains and Tears".............Pointer Sisters "Big Fat Heart....Helen Reddy and Betty Wright This was the final broadcast of the series. Helen Reddy hosted this variety hour, a summer replacement for "The Flip Wilson Show."