Saturday, July 20, 2024

YouTube Theatre: Bob & Ray, Jane, Laraine, & Gilda (1979)

 This was not your average episode of Saturday Night Live, because, technically, it wasn't.

Bob & Ray, Jane, Laraine, & Gilda was formatted similarly to SNL, with the venerable team of Bob Elliott & Ray Goulding dominating most of the show, including an amusing cover of Rod Stewart's "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy", with SNL's Jane Curtin, Laraine Newman, & Gilda Radner rotating on lead vocals. Otherwise, the musical guests are Leon Russell & Willie Nelson.


Yep, Don Pardo and the rest of the Not Ready For Prime Time Players were given the night off, with NBC announcer Mel Brandt filling in.

Rating: A-.

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