The Redundant Variety Hour

The Sweetest Hangover

2012-03-07T19:14:00.001-06:00

Poppers, anyone?

Dominique Walter

2012-03-07T10:09:00.001-06:00

Those girls are outta control!

A Worley Moment

2012-03-06T23:16:00.000-06:00

LOVE HER!

It's Nell Carter!

2012-03-06T14:03:00.000-06:00

Singing a very special song.

Astrud Gilberto - Bim Bom

2012-03-06T00:12:00.002-06:00

Miss Gilberto is delightful, as is the fancy footwork of her dancing friend.

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2012-03-05T17:00:00.004-06:00

Ann-Margret stars in the first million dollar commercial ever made.
It's really something.

Irene Cara

2012-03-05T00:12:00.002-06:00

Remember her name, bitches.

I'm the Greatest Star!

2012-03-04T11:45:00.001-06:00

Ann Miller, Carol Channing, Della Reese and Ethel Merman...on the freakin' Love Boat.

Sunday Scopitone: Timi Yuro

2012-03-04T00:12:00.000-06:00

With a little help from her Scopitone friends.

LIZA!

2012-03-03T12:00:00.000-06:00

She ain't gonna tell you what she's been drinking.

Miss Joey Heatherton

2012-03-02T21:12:00.000-06:00

Let her entertain you!

Iris Chacon!

2012-03-02T17:00:00.000-06:00

Showing how it's done.

Eydie Gorme - If He Walked Into My Life

2012-03-02T00:02:00.000-06:00

Oh, girl, we have so totally been there.

Neanderthal Man

2012-03-01T16:29:00.000-06:00

This is awesome.

The Fabulous Dolores Gray

2012-03-01T00:01:00.002-06:00

And her whip-wielding men in black.

Ladies and Gentlemen, Miss Lola Falana!

2012-02-29T17:34:00.000-06:00

Work it, girls!

The Waiter and the Porter and the Upstairs Maid

2012-02-29T12:23:00.000-06:00

Connie Stevens and her best gays.

Eartha Kitt - This Is My Life

2012-02-28T16:12:00.001-06:00

And these are her whorish dancers.

Judy Carne - Ring Around the Rosie Rag

2012-02-28T00:12:00.002-06:00

Appropriately, she's dressed as a tampon.

Ladies and Gentlemen...The Fifth Dimension!

2012-02-27T16:50:00.000-06:00

Fabulous.

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2012-02-26T22:59:00.001-06:00

Angie Dickinson's in a "white mood".

The Establishment - Age of Aquarius

2012-02-26T12:46:00.002-06:00

Oh, my. Brought to you by the same people who did this.

Sunday Scopitone: Small Potatoes

2012-02-26T00:01:00.001-06:00

Any song about strippers and pink champagne is okay by us!

(By the way, a vintage Scopitones video jukebox is currently up for sale!)

William Shatner - How to Handle a Woman

2012-02-25T13:30:00.000-06:00

SHATNER!!!

Ladies and Gentlemen, Ken Berry!

2012-02-24T22:53:00.000-06:00

He's got rhythm!

It's Still Winter!

2012-02-24T11:06:00.001-06:00

Dance appropriately.

A Disco Medley

2012-02-23T23:12:00.000-06:00

Featuring Donnie & Marie, Paul Lynde, Karen Valentine, Hal Linden, and various Sweathogs.
You've been warned.

Does Anyone Remember...

2012-02-23T18:26:00.001-06:00

...Dora Hall?

The Fabulous Zizi Jeanmaire!

2012-02-23T00:47:00.000-06:00

OUI!

Ladies and Gentlemen, Engelbert Humperdinck

2012-02-22T13:31:00.001-06:00

Tell him quando, quando, quando.

Miss Abbe Lane

2012-02-22T00:33:00.000-06:00

She's having a heatwave. A fabulous heatwave.

I Love a Parade!

2012-02-21T00:21:00.000-06:00

The fabulous Peter Gennaro and dancers.

Peter Lawford - The Age of Aquarius

2012-02-20T18:06:00.000-06:00

That's right.

Raffaella Carrà

2012-02-20T00:02:00.000-06:00

We love her!

The One and Only...Cher!

2012-02-19T17:17:00.004-06:00

Just doing what she does. With a giant shoe.

Ladies and Gentlemen, Miss Tammy Wynette

2012-02-19T02:36:00.003-06:00

Standing by her wig.

Sunday Scopitone: Vikki Carr

2012-02-19T00:27:00.001-06:00

In which Miss Carr's dancers have a back-alley rumble.

Nefertiti, Cleopatra and the Queen of Sheba

2012-02-18T13:41:00.000-06:00

Afrocentric fabulosity with a disco beat!

[via the always fabulous Give 'Em The Old Razzle Dazzle!]

And Now, A Word From Our Sponsor...

2012-02-18T00:12:00.000-06:00

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The Ernest Flatt Dancers

2012-02-17T17:48:00.001-06:00

Where would we be without them? Or their balls?

Miss Mitzi Gaynor

2012-02-17T02:12:00.000-06:00

An exotic number by our glittering goddess.

The Doodlin' Song

2012-02-17T00:59:00.003-06:00

While not from an actual variety show, we think this jaunty little number still fits the bill.

Tom Jones - I Who Have Nothing

2012-02-16T15:35:00.000-06:00

In which Mr. Jones serenades a very special lady.

(Dedicated to Mr. Peenee)

Bisquit - Roller Boogie

2012-02-16T00:12:00.002-06:00

Behold!

A Supreme Moment

2012-02-15T16:18:00.004-06:00

This song has been known to bring a single fabulous tear to our eye.

Those Lovely Lennons

2012-02-15T00:12:00.000-06:00

Unquestionably the best-coiffed group in television history, they've brought along their wig boxes just for the occasion.

A Valentine's Medley

2012-02-14T00:12:00.001-06:00

Because we love you.

Carol Burnett & Dolly Parton!

2012-02-14T00:10:00.000-06:00

Singing songs from the heart.

The Hullabaloo Dancers!

2012-02-13T18:38:00.001-06:00

An interpretive dance to the theme from Batman. Pay special attention to the lyrics.

Petula Clark - Who Am I?

2012-02-12T22:13:00.000-06:00

In which our Pet undergoes an extremely groovy identity crisis.

Rosemary Clooney, Tony Randall & Tab Hunter

2012-02-12T13:12:00.001-06:00

You do the math.

Sunday Scopitone: Virginia Vee

2012-02-12T02:12:00.001-06:00

This is pretty fabulous, in that low-rent Scopitone way.

Karel Gott - Lady Karneval

2012-02-11T17:09:00.000-06:00

Watch and learn.

[via PCL LinkDump]

Astrud Gilberto / Stan Getz - The Girl From Ipanema

2012-02-11T12:11:00.002-06:00

Pretty faboo.

Telly Savalas - If

2012-02-11T01:12:00.006-06:00

And, more importantly, WHY?

(Dedicated to Donna Lethal)

Donna Summer - Bad Girls

2012-02-10T13:54:00.004-06:00

Featuring fabulous back-up whores Twiggy, Debralee Scott, and the one and only Pat Ast!
Compare and contrast with the stunning rendition by Liza Minnelli.

The Fabulous Kim Sisters

2012-02-10T00:12:00.001-06:00

Out of their heads.

Miss Kaye Ballard

2012-02-09T14:00:00.000-06:00

In her own peculiar version of Cabaret.

Guilda!

2012-02-08T22:30:00.000-06:00

An overload of old-school fabulosity!

Donna Loren on Shindig

2012-02-08T14:58:00.001-06:00

This is way cool.

The Fabulous Patty Pravo

2012-02-08T01:20:00.000-06:00

Demonstrating the power of sequins.

Miss Ann-Margret

2012-02-07T16:56:00.000-06:00

And the Rockettes!

Baby, Don't You Go Away Mad

2012-02-07T00:12:00.001-06:00

Unless every step is choreographed, of course.

And Now, A Word From Our Sponsor...

2012-02-06T16:50:00.001-06:00

One woman, three wigs!

Ladies and Gentlemen, Miss Peggy Lee

2012-02-06T14:25:00.001-06:00

Don't let the wig distract you. This is excellent.

Meanwhile, in the Garden of Eden...

2012-02-05T22:21:00.000-06:00

Mary Tyler Moore, Ben Vereen, The Manhattan Transfer, and lots of sequins!

Sunday Scopitone: Queen of the House

2012-02-05T08:00:00.000-06:00

And a house is not a home without the Scopitone dancers!

Sylvie Vartan

2012-02-04T23:00:00.001-06:00

Oodles of fabulosity!

Lena Horne - I'll Plant My Own Tree

2012-02-04T15:43:00.000-06:00

Yes, dolls, it's that song. And that tree will fucking grow.

Do the Hustle

2012-02-04T02:37:00.001-06:00

DO IT!

Clusterfuck of Stars

2012-02-03T16:34:00.005-06:00

Peter Allen! A glittery Ashford & Simpson! Maureen Stapleton selling hotdogs! Placido Domingo! The fabulous Marisa Berenson! Deborah Raffin (anyone remember her?)! Robert Klein! Lucie Arnaz! Jerry Orbach! Leslie Uggams! Melba Moore! (Check out her outfit.) Petula Clark! (in a mullet?) Carol Channing! Big Bird! Dinah Shore! Patti Labelle! Jennifer Holliday! (Check out her outfit.) Joe Namath? Crappy choreography and sparkly sequins! Ah, those were the days...

Liza must have been in rehab at the time.

Once Again...Tiny Tim!

2012-02-03T04:14:00.000-06:00

How did this even happen?

Showbiz Siblings

2012-02-02T17:37:00.002-06:00

Doing somethin' stupid.

Tina Turner, Toni Tennille, Olivia Newton-John

2012-02-02T02:21:00.000-06:00

Girl's night out!

Pretty For Me

2012-02-01T20:39:00.006-06:00

Redundant regulars will remember what is perhaps the ultimate rendition of this number, by Miss Chita Rivera. Here's another take on it. Keep an eye out for a certain Nigel Lythgoe, if you dare.

The Babushka Dancers

2012-02-01T02:01:00.000-06:00

Workin' it for the motherland.

A Dramatic Reading by Joan Crawford

2012-01-31T19:16:00.000-06:00

Followed by a Bufferin commercial starring Joan Fontaine. Seriously.

Once Again, Miss Joey Heatherton

2012-01-31T11:45:00.000-06:00

Viva la sex kitten!

And Now, A Word From Our Sponsor...

2012-01-30T22:02:00.000-06:00

Five minutes, Miss Lenska!

Twiggy - Shaking the Blues Away

2012-01-30T14:41:00.000-06:00

And they're all wearing blue! How terribly clever!

Sammy Davis, Jr. - Up, Up, and Away

2012-01-29T18:54:00.000-06:00

Dig that far out, groovy, crazy cat.

Sunday Scopitones: Miss Jane Morgan

2012-01-29T03:33:00.000-06:00

Miss Morgan is in a French mood today.

If only we could somehow live in that world. Or in that wig!

Barry Bostwick - Jump (For My Love)

2012-01-28T21:46:00.000-06:00

This is all kinds of wrong.

Take Five

2012-01-28T13:29:00.000-06:00

Simple yet elegant.

Steve & Eydie in Hate

2012-01-27T23:47:00.000-06:00

This classic SCTV bit is way too funny!

Joanie Sommers - Don't Pity Me

2012-01-27T16:05:00.001-06:00

And don't pity her dancers, either.

Andy Williams

2012-01-26T23:58:00.000-06:00

The boys watch the girls while the girls watch the boys who watch the girls go by...

Even More Variety!

2012-01-26T14:45:00.000-06:00

As can be seen on the right of the page, we've started a sister site featuring song-and-dance extravaganzas of the silver screen. Check out The Forgotten Musical when you have time. You'll be glad you did!

Baubles, Bangles, & Beads

2012-01-26T14:18:00.000-06:00

This is what it's all about.

The Harlem Shuffle

2012-01-26T00:28:00.000-06:00

Pretty damn groovy.

PIA ZADORA

2012-01-25T15:25:00.000-06:00

That's right, bitches.

And Now, A Word From Our Sponsor...

2012-01-25T15:03:00.000-06:00

Was everyone tripping in the sixties?

Bobbie Gentry

2012-01-25T00:10:00.000-06:00

In some sort of fabulous bayou, apparently.

Rosemary Squires

2012-01-24T20:39:00.001-06:00

It's all worthwhile once the camera pulls back to reveal that dress.

Amanda Lear - Follow Me

2012-01-24T13:11:00.000-06:00

Felliniesque, to say the least.

The Hullabaloo Dancers!

2012-01-24T01:11:00.001-06:00

Some great young talent, including A Chorus Line's Michael Bennett and Donna McKechnie!

Sweet Jesus

2012-01-23T18:45:00.000-06:00

Words fail.

Annette Funicello - Do The Clyde

2012-01-23T13:18:00.000-06:00

It was a simpler time.

The Stars of CBS

2012-01-23T13:06:00.000-06:00

Some of whom are still alive!

The Fabulous Dusty Springfield

2012-01-23T00:16:00.000-06:00

That voice! That dress! THAT WIG!