Suzanne cops Stevie's look!

[UndoingTheLaces]

Check out this clip from the Donny & Marie show from the 70's. I think Suzanne Sommers snuck into Stevie's closet. Forward to 4:15. I half expected Suzanne to break out into a rousing rendition of Stand Back!

http://youtu.be/t9rDOoPrhDM

[gldstwmn]

Ha! I love Paul Lynde!

[pattyfan]

OMG!!
First, you are soooo right. She looks just like her :)

Second, how did you ever stumble upon this clip?? I'm guessing you weren't watching old Donny and Marie reruns on youtube. :)

Third, Paul Lynne playing a married (to a woman) guy. Now that's what I call acting :)

Kevin

[pattyfan]

Just to amend my first response...I actually thing the other woman in the camping skit looked more like Stevie :)

And how did people use to sit though variety shows? :) Donny and Suzanne were, um, not great.

Kevin

[Macfanforever]

What a classic.I was a littlebit country.and I was rock and roll.Betty White ,Paul Lynde.Oh I do like Suzanne Somers.They dont make tv like they used to.Today we got crap.

[UndoingTheLaces]

OMG!!
First, you are soooo right. She looks just like her :)

Second, how did you ever stumble upon this clip?? I'm guessing you weren't watching old Donny and Marie reruns on youtube. :)

Third, Paul Lynne playing a married (to a woman) guy. Now that's what I call acting :)

Kevin

I was actually on a Betty White kick and watching videos from her long career. I also used to love the Donny & Marie show so I had to check that out.

[mylittledemon]

Ha! I love Paul Lynde!

LOL... I know he always makes me laugh too

[UndoingTheLaces]

Just to amend my first response...I actually thing the other woman in the camping skit looked more like Stevie :)

And how did people use to sit though variety shows? :) Donny and Suzanne were, um, not great.

Kevin

Oh hon, you're making me feel OLD. And I'm only 42! LOL!

The "other woman" is Donny's sister Marie in a blond wig. And the 70's were a very different time. While the teens and young adults were smoking pot and listening to Stevie belt out Rhiannon the families were going for more wholesome entertainment. Donny & Marie were what Glee is today. Entertainers doing watered down versions of rock songs on a family friendly tv show. TV had only been around for a few decades, color tv was a new and exciting thing. And the idea of making tv shows that really showed off brilliant colors, singing and dancing and comedy was a really big thing. And there was a lot of it. Sonny & Cher, Captain & Tennile, Shields & Yarnell, and even the Brady Bunch got into the act. Yeah it was corny but people liked corny. The edgy stuff was still on the fringes with stuff like Laugh-In, and even Saturday Night Live in it's early days was something the kids were already in bed before and was seen as really subversive and wild. It took a while for it to become the household name it is today.

[mylittledemon]

marie looks very "stevie" to me in that part of the skit... with her hair up. Very "Tusk" era Stevie.

[olive]

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the families were going for more wholesome entertainment. Entertainers doing watered down versions of rock songs on a family friendly tv show. .[/QUOTE]

like this . . watch til the end !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LWcmlIbNhs

[UndoingTheLaces]

like this . . watch til the end !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LWcmlIbNhs


OMG, I remember watching this when it aired!!! And I had never heard the song Rock & Roll Fantasy before and when I heard the real song on the radio I thought "Hey, there's some dudes singing that Linda Carter song!" LOL!!! Thanks for sharing that.

[olive]

I am surprised they let her get away with the KISS costume if this aired today" one million moms" would have a fit

[UndoingTheLaces]

I am surprised they let her get away with the KISS costume if this aired today" one million moms" would have a fit

I'm surprised KISS let them get away with those dancers dressed like KISS. It was like watching KISS in a bizzarro universe where instead of a hard rock band they are all gay Vegas dancers.