Important Stuff

More important than this Donald Trump nonsense, anyway. Recently here, we were wondering about a video I linked to — a musical number with Barbara Eden performing "Spinning Wheel" on some variety show of (obviously) the seventies. We had a lot of guesses and I thought it was either from Sonny & Cher or from the series Sonny Bono did without the lovely Cher. Well, that was a good guess but it turns out to be wrong.

A couple of folks sent in the answer but the first one I received was from Bill Mullins, who sent me this clipping from the Boston Herald from Wednesday, Mar 18 1970. John Wells also sent in a similar paragraph from another newspaper…

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So Mike Clark, who thought he recognized the camerawork, was right. I told you Mike knows a lot about TV production. It was indeed a Bob Hope special and I love how when I ask a question here, I get an answer. Thanks, everyone!