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Tony Orlando & Dawn: The Ultimate Collection is a beautifully designed package that brings together the best episodes of the various incarnations of the series, a magnificent set that collects 11 of the best episodes of the various incarnations of the series. I had originally dismissed TO&D as a bad Sonny and Cher Show clone but I have a new appreciation for the show now. Guest stars
include the great Jackie Gleason, Phyllis Diller, Hank Aaron, Milton Berle,
Jerry Lewis, Freddie Prinze and more. They had stars then! You'll find
all, or most, of the group's hit tunes in this set (remember Who’s
In the Strawberry Patch With Sally?), and the weekly comedy bits
like Lou Effy and Moreen. Extras include Tony Orlando on The Tonight Show with guest host Freddie Prinze from 1976, Telma Hopkins and Joyce Vincent on Fridays in 1981 with Don Novello as "Father Guido Sarducci & Dawn" and a short parody from the Carol Burnett Show in 1975. If you're a fan of variety shows, you have to have this one - for the extras alone! The digital restoration is lovely to behold, you'll see every detail, right down to the sweat on Tony's brow. TO&D may not have been the funniest variety show of the era, but visually it's a never ending treat and the musical arrangements are crisp and bright in that vintage Las Vegas style. The first disc begins with the first episodes from the initial summer run. Disc two covers the 1975-76 seasons. Disc three samples the final version of the series, the Tony Orlando and Dawn Rainbow Hour with regular George Carlin. Carlin was the nation's hottest alternative comedian in 1976; putting him on in primetime with his own solo spot was quite a weird and wonderful thing to do. He performs his finest, early bits here on shows packed with guest stars. By the time
Tony Orlando & Dawn left the air in 1977, the era of the network variety
show was coming to a close, this is a last look at a dying form of entertainment
captured in all its splendor.
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