Sonny And Cher Christmas 1976

[Music] from television city in hollywood ladies and gentlemen sunny and cher [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] hey [Music] it is [Music] [Applause] [Music] oh [Music] boy boyle foreign gee willow girls sonny and cher's christmas show hey i wonder what she's gonna give sonny this year last year she gave him the shaft [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] they go all the way [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] thank you thank you thank you thank you well it's christmas merry christmas merry christmas careful that's right i think anyone we're watching no merry christmas same to you okay is that your christmas dress yes isn't that the same is that the same the infamous no it's a cleaned up version of the infamous dress it's lots more sequins lots more feathers in the right place yes all right well it's christmas and uh because it's christmas i think that uh we should be benevolent to one another and that you should thank me for all the wonderful things i've done for you [Music] no i just i just want you to know that on a christmas show i'm to be christmas warm to you on christmas nights there let me just i get you a share doll and you can play with it as much thank you very much very good anyway i'd like to say to everyone thank you christmas merry christmas and it's it's nice to have me here especially on april fool's day that's your day i just want to say you know something no this is uh we're getting to be like a tradition on christmas shows you know i mean we're getting to be like mistletoe holly eggnog yeah pepperoni fruitcake you can't phase me tonight because i feel so benevolent here you do and i yeah i'm really excited because i love christmas at my house i'm gonna get it ready for a real old-fashioned italian christmas i got the mozzarella on the tree and everything huh don't be snide you know how great my italian christmases can be that's true i know actually it's a shame you're gonna miss my christmas dinner i know i i love to watch you carve the meatball that's something special no remarks cher you know you want to know something chastity was over today and you know what we did we made italian cranberry sauce i wondered why her feet were red you used to love my italian christmas remember we used to sit up late and wait for that big fat person with the red nose to come down the chimney yes i do remember that how is your mother anyway i can never understand why she didn't use the front door like everybody else all right cher you better watch out here yes and i'm telling you why cher why there's someone out there cher who sees you when you're sleeping yes who knows when you're awake who knows if you no in your case it's rona barrett right anyway folks tonight's our christmas show and it's a really a neat show and we're very proud of it yes and then we have some we have some really terrific people on it and one is our our favorite little christmas package chastity bono yeah ladies and gentlemen [Music] we also have a teeny weeny little surprise guest later on and also a wonderful man who has earned the respect and love of millions of television viewers throughout years sir the me listen you're embarrassing me i'm talking about captain kangaroo mr bob keisha [Applause] [Music] [Applause] it really is just great to be here with you both thank you very much it's nice of you to say that yeah you know what captain i mean your show has been on so long and sunny and i were always big fans and now chastity is a big fan it's just terrific oh it's crazy about you i know you know i i got the sweetest letter and i was really touched by it you know oh it was kind of printed all over the page kind of crooked printing and there are a lot of words that were misspelled and none of that mattered because through all of that the message was really clear oh that's cute you know i didn't even know that she wrote you a letter oh she didn't the letter was from sunny [Applause] it's the sunny and cher show starring tv's captain kangaroo bob keisha [Music] shields and yarnell with strings attached chastity bono winning her wings and special guest star bernadette peters drumming up business also starring ted ziegler and his trained ed all this and more tonight on the sunny and chair show and may all your christmases be ah you know i really i really love christmas songs me too me too deck the halls with boughs of holly how how's the rest of that song [Music] i see you don't know it either huh hey hey come on you guys i don't tell you to stand around here laughing yeah for what you passed we should be standing around crying come on you guys get to work we got to work tonight and get this place clean so we can open up tomorrow tonight we got to work tonight tomorrow we got to work tomorrow tonight we got to work tonight tomorrow we got to work tomorrow yeah sonny come on what kind of a guy would keep his place open christmas eve and christmas day yeah yeah what kind of guy yeah a very shrewd intelligent guy that's what kind of guy oh yeah who'd you sell the place to hey come on no wise cracks now get to work you guys sonny come on you can't work christmas you're worse than scrooge bah pepperoni humpback go ahead you guys can accuse me of anything you want use if anything you want oh okay i got you i got i got you now listen i got christmas spirit i have a lot of christmas spirit you know what i do every year every year i take some poor destitute bum and i feed him a meal you do that i do that every year you do yeah i'm good hey you beggar get out of here come on we haven't got all night he doesn't seem to be too anxious for his meal would you well my friend tonight you're gonna feast like a king now let me ask you something how does a turkey pizza sound how do i know i don't do impressions son come here i gotta have a talk with you come on excuse me bub now listen you gotta be kidding about working christmas eve and christmas day see my little niece is coming over and she's expecting me to take her to the christmas pageant tonight yeah well call her and tell her you can't make it call her and tell her i can't make it yeah sure just call her and say you can't make it that's all no big deal merry christmas to you too she's a good sport you know i thought she'd be mad hey merry christmas to you too rosa sonny what don't throw the food around now what do you want what i just wanted to tell you something i think it's very important this here isn't exactly a gold mine you know this year place so how do you expect anybody to be coming in here in christmas day let alone christmas eve huh i'll tell you who she is that's who young lady come over here and sit right down here let me get a chair for you there you are my dear just sit right down there now let me ask you something how would you like to have a turkey pizza i want a turkey pizza correction nobody wants a pizza along 20th street with a 15-piece i turkey span playing the 12 days of christmas you know that tune yeah yeah when uh the uh light changed on eighth avenue and they swung right and i marched left and the last thing i heard was five golden rings so i thought that i'd stop in here to see if any one of you might have heard four calling first three frenchies you know that's really terrible i really feel sorry for you little girl that's really touches my heart i'd like to be able to help you out you want your arm hey luigi what are you doing here anyway get back to work now how would you like some pizza while you're waiting can i talk to you again a minute again some come on geez rose i'm busy what do you want now all right you're gonna be fine well what do you want look you got no christmas spirit can't you see she's upset yeah so what and another thing what do you think the man upstairs is gonna think about your little actions today huh let him run his business and i'll run mine i mean if he wants me to run my business differently why doesn't he send a messenger with a message hi i'm a messenger with a message it's time for my aunt rosa to take me to the christmas pageant oh honey i've got some bad news for you scrooge here is gonna make me work on christmas eve well business is business but what kind of a person would ruin a little girl's christmas pageant all right you two i got to tell you something we are staying open and that's that you understand i have been working all night making turkey pizzas and we're staying open we're getting tired i'm gonna take a little rest i'm tired of arguing with you guys you watch the store all right come on honey you go with uncle luigi i gotta finish up these napkins oh man what do they know slowly up here at the top it's even lonelier at the bottom i'm gonna make a fortune this christmas this will be the only store that's open i'll show i'm really gonna show [Music] what is it who are you i am the ghost of pizza pass oh thank goodness for a minute i thought my sign fell down i'm trying to show you the way you used to be look it's the old neighborhood and look everyone's laughing why are they laughing look how happy they are they're laughing they're laughing because they love your delicious pizza gee i had a good time then why did it all change it changed because you discovered that sand was cheaper than flowers it didn't have to be that way that way [Music] sunny sunny wake up sunny hey who are you i am the ghost of pizza present and you should be ashamed what did i do what did you do i'll show you i'll show you come with me look sunny look here look at rosa oh yeah she's been with you for years look how hard she works slaves away and you have never given her a raise never a kind word and she wants only one thing what to marry me why should she want more trouble all rosa wants is a little praise and you see those two yeah [Applause] [Music] do you know what those two want he wants a brain and she wants to get back to kansas to see auntie anne i think you got your stories mixed up probably made a wrong turn anyway the little girl wants to go to the christmas pageant and luigi he wants only one thing he does need a brain hey this little girl look over your shoulder look over there oh yeah see she doesn't need a pizza she wants her drum to go boom boom not her tummy tom tom gee i guess i've made everybody pretty unhappy oh you did you did you did [Applause] [Music] hey aren't you out of uniform no i am the ghost of pizza yet to come [Music] what other room oh you mean in the kitchen no jerk you died that's your headstone let me read what it says here lies the remains of sonny who in his life made lots of money with pizzas of cheese and never did please he's gone away now ain't that funny hey put up a lousy rotten headstone like that the bombs from the mission they say that their savings are contributed oh yeah hey rosa luigi hi i can't hear you oh yeah i forgot hey rosa luigi you didn't forget me what's that that's one of your pizzas they bring one every week oh isn't that nice why because they love me no because the garbage men refused to take them to the dump that's horrible horrible that's horrible oh oh nothing's a matter everything hey i'm alive archer oh rosa rosa you're the greatest waitress in the world and you luigi you're the greatest waiter i've ever seen in my life and you're the prettiest little angel ever and you you have you have a great set of drums and you're the best beggar i've ever seen i don't do impressions and now i have an announcement to make everybody i know a little christmas cheer as of right now sunny's pizza is closed for the holidays how about that as a special treat we're gonna have the biggest grandest most delicious pizza you ever had in your life you wait a minute i'm not gonna make it we're gonna send out for it [Applause] [Music] it's the last time heartburn [Music] [Applause] oh this place is simply gene that tay alvin thank you oh alvin did your leg yeah i i i have to limp a little bit i dropped a meatball on my achilles tendon oh well this place is just terrific well how about something to nipple like alvin we just got here laverne you are such a clown sometimes yeah take off your coat sweetheart listen can i laverne yeah it's too early to be exchanging gifts but i'm so excited and i want to do this so much that i'd like to exchange gifts that we have for each other oh terrific album i can't wait for you to get mine mine is so perfect you're gonna love it i just know you're gonna love it love it love it and i can hardly wait for you to get mine you're just gonna love it too sweetie i know that's okay alvin you know oh listen darling it's not something that you can put under a christmas tree all right that's all right alvin because i know that it's hard to fit a big red convertible under a little tree like that you always are joking all the time but i love that about you thank you i know that's one of my better characteristics i'm light-hearted i want to tell you something else yes this is kind of a touchy moment so i'm gonna say it in a touching sort of way all right i well the gift i have for you took a lot of thought sweetheart and and something i knew you had your heart set on but it and well it's something that that will bring us closer together oh alvin how sweet my gift will bring us closer together too well laverne what i did was i sold my house so i could move into your place and live with you oh no alvin you shouldn't have oh that's okay sweetheart i wanted to no no but i mean you really shouldn't have you see my gift to you is that i sold my house so i could move in with you oh my goodness this is just like oh henry how can you think of the candy bar at a time like this see i was no it wasn't no laverne i'm talking about the writer oh henry's you see he wrote a story called gift of the magi about a couple who were very much in love yeah and the man sells his watch to buy a woman's comb for her hair see and she sells her beautiful long hair to buy a chain for his watch yeah but at least they had a place to live well alvin i got to be out of my place at the end of this week oh no and i have to be out of here by tomorrow oh no alvin what are we gonna do hey wait a minute laverne maybe it's a blessing in disguise come here let me tell you something of it this way sweetheart if if i had moved into your house yeah well it would always remember well it would always remind me that you and harry used to live in that home together you know yes and if i moved into your house would have always reminded me that you and myrna had lived there together that's right right but now you know what we can do we can pool our money and and just get a house for the two of us our own little love nest laverne and we can make a whole new life together my sweet darling you know what alvin you've just proposed to me yeah yes you certainly did you're kidding that couldn't have been a proposal no see a proposal is you're supposed to get down on one knee and you're supposed to class your hands together and and tell the loved one how much you need them all right alvin a few incest alvin you're the love of my life and i need you a whole bunch will you marry me i will burn this is so sudden [Music] [Applause] it's a great way to spend christmas isn't it chess i mean opening all the presents and playing with all toys turn when do i the come on chess so one day of the year i get a little carried away you do the same on my birthday all right so two days out of the year tell you what we'll take turns okay fair enough okay okay what do you want to play with marionettes hey terrific i love to play with marinettes they're over there in the dollhouse aren't they yeah okay ah now terrific yeah i'm gonna play with the marionettes danny i thought it was my turn to play with it chass nagnag nag you'll get to work them i'll just watch me all right maybe i'll just supervise you [Music] okay make him walk okay move the strings chass daddy i thought i was playing with him make him walk over to the table [Music] [Music] pretty good [Music] think i'll take them chess to the couch to rest [Music] [Applause] make them dance [Music] faster faster good chest make them dance together come on chance there's more gifts to open we'll play with these later okay okay [Music] [Applause] stay tuned for the second half of the sunny and share show substantial penalty for early withdrawal [Music] rotten weather no cabs out there lousy town good evening to you sir and may i wish you a very merry christmas yeah sure sure are you serving dinner oh indeed we are may i take your coat please and your hat right this way sir please if you will just sit here and be comfortable on this lovely lovely evening uh sir most of our staff is home spending christmas with their families yes yes well not me mister you won't catch j.b bradshaw horning in on his kid's christmas i told my daughter when she got married i said i don't want any part of it i don't need their sympathy no sir yes sir yes the menu please sir yeah good good another christmas sitting in a hotel well why not wants to hang around where you're not wanted if you ask me christmas is just a big nuisance besides i hate turkey [Music] ah good evening just bring me into me a very merry christmas to you miss yes telephone yes you do know it's christmas eve yes yes i know that i know that but christmas doesn't mean anything to me now would you please bring me the telephone and you can stop all that christmas spirit stuff i'm an adult yes yes miss may i uh thank you yes thank you yes yes yes i don't have time to get sentimental over christmas i'm 30 years old and i'm running my own ad agency that's my christmas you don't get any place without some sacrifices besides i hate turkey me [Music] good evening miss good evening and a very merry christmas to you thank you thank you do you happen to have a pay phone oh indeed we do miss right over there if you please waiter i'd like to order you know i have things to do yes sir yes waiter did you forget about my telephone no miss i haven't forgotten uh first perhaps you would enjoy some nice hot spiced wine compliments of the season there you are sir miss you will enjoy this no no i'm fine oh really everything's just going great huh oh i'm spending christmas with a bunch of friends yeah i'm with them right now no but i've got a lot of big auditions coming up really big ones so don't worry yeah well take care of yourself mom merry christmas [Music] miss we have a table for you now right this way please no thank you but um i i've got to meet a bunch of friends yes yes i'm sure but but just for a moment enjoy the season i have some hot spiced wine compliments of the lovely christmas season well um okay but it's just for a minute yes miss of course just for a minute maybe i should have never left home i'd be sitting around with pop and jimmy playing cards eating all that yummy food i guess if i'm going to be a big star i have to give up some things there'll be other christmases besides who needs turkey [Music] hey where's all the action a merry christmas to you sir merry christmas yeah right right boy this place is dead isn't it uh we have a table for you right over here uh give me a scotch on the rocks how's that you got that yes sir make it a double you know what i'm celebrating yeah i just got divorced oh yes sir should have done a long time ago no problems no worries no ties none of that stuff yes yeah now i can just kind of get into a groove and enjoy life a little yes sir freedom that's what a divorce is yes cut you loose again what's his amendment it's a menu sir yes yeah okay double make it a double yeah enjoy life all right well here it is christmas eve i'm free as a bird hey what the heck it's better for both of us besides i got no gift to buy no tree to trim no turkey to carve you know i really can't stand turkey [Music] [Music] sure they will big deal only i was miles away [Music] excuse me mr bradshaw i'm apologize but you seem to be sitting in a terrible dress i'm sure you'll be much much more comfortable right here please sir be comfortable thank you i've already prepared your wine miss you asked for a telephone and i'm sorry the telephone does not fit reach to the stage before i've come here many times please i'm sure you'll be very i don't i don't want to horn it on this man right there please sir we've meant to do something about that wobbly table and i promise you you will uh if you just please come right over here and be i'm just waiting for the duck sit right here if you would please you'll be so much more comfortable there you are sir excuse me but i wonder would you folks mind if that lady joined you at this table it seems that she's just a little bit homesick well uh just a bit i don't really i don't mr bradshaw you have a daughter just about her age i know you would like to make your daughter feel at home and you sir you do know what it is like to be lonely and all alone something like yourself ma'am when you first came to the city to make your fortune yes what do you say folks i don't i cares you know thank you thank you thank you very much bother me miss so some folks at that table would like you to join them on this christmas eve oh oh no please don't bother i i i'm fine i think they're going to insist rick spoiled no miss they're going to be very insistent please come this way with me if you would please sit here and join my friends how could you possibly spoil christmas why are you getting so upset over christmas it's just another date on the calendar no it isn't i mean i know exactly how she feels she's lonely what's christmas without someone you love yeah that's right i mean christmas doesn't have to be about things it's it's people hey you want to know something i kind of feel like crying myself yes well not on christmas eve and you young lady you'd better cheer up that's an order right let's cheer up hey that's all cheer up thank you and and thank you for being so understanding merry christmas merry christmas merry christmas merry christmas christmas davey merry merry christmas nice wine uh i'm terribly sorry to keep you waiting may i take your order please that's okay the other waiter is taking care of us yeah he uh he already got it what other waiters i'm the only one on duty what are you talking about the what about him where did he go who the nice man with the white hair and the big smile yeah there's no one here working like that and now what what would you like for dinner what else we want turkey and all the trimming right hey madison how about some champagne all around oh and some hot minced meat pie yes and some party hats and put a smile on your face pal this is christmas you're crying out loud you've got to know how that's the trouble with some people they don't know how to enjoy christmas they really don't or celebrate that you know someone who does whoever he was right and wherever he is yeah that fella really was a cheery oh look at that [Applause] [Music] [Applause] is [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] from [Music] i'm dreaming [Music] just like the one [Music] oh [Music] i'll be back [Music] [Applause] [Music] he sees you when you're he knows [Music] [Applause] [Music] is [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] downstairs to take a peek that i was [Music] and if you ever saw it you would even say it love oh how the reindeer loved him as they shouted out with glee throughout the red-nosed reindeer you'll go down in history [Music] [Applause] [Music] gone [Music] [Applause] hey [Music] [Music] no matter we could build a snowman and pretend that he's a circus clown [Music] here comes santa claus right down santa claus lane fixing and glixing and all his reindeer pulling on the rainbow [Music] is [Music] [Applause] [Music] is [Applause] and we'd like to wish all of you a very very merry christmas and happy new year and one final word from our own chastity god bless everyone [Applause] [Music] i don't know of all that's true you got me and baby baby baby i got you baby [Music] won't pay the rent before it's earned our money is but at least i'm sure of all the things we got i got you babe i got you babe what you doing i'm playing good night everybody [Music] [Applause] [Music] you

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Published: Fri Dec 24 2021