The Big Show (1980)
The Big Show (1980)

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Cast & Crew.

Charlie Hill
Self

Adolfo Quinones
Self

Dick Clark
Self - Host

Edie McClurg
Self

Mimi Kennedy
Self

John Aylesworth
Self - Announcer

Pamela Myers
Self

Steve Allen
Self - Host

David Copperfield
Self

Graham Chapman
Self

Lola Falana
Self

Debby Boone
Self

Loretta Swit
Self

Buck Owens
Self

Robin Cousins
Self

Dottie West
Self

Plácido Domingo
Self

Peggy Fleming
Self

Loni Anderson
Self

Bert Parks
Self

Joe Namath
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Tony Randall
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Murray Langston
Self

Juliet Prowse
Self

Skip Stephenson
Self

Meadowlark Lemon
Self

Nell Carter
Self

Mel Tillis
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Tanya Tucker
Self

Dorothy Hamill
Self

Sylvie Vartan
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Sarah Purcell
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Imogene Coca
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Alexander Godunov
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John Byner
Self

Jamie Farr
Self

Alwin Nikolais
Self

Robert Shields
Self

Ronnie Corbett
Self

Randy Jones
Self - Village People (uncredited)

Barbi Benton
Self

Donald O'Connor
Self

Steve Martin
Self

Toller Cranston
Self

Hervé Villechaize
Self

Count Basie
Self

Diahann Carroll
Self

Dionne Warwick
Self
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This TV Show Is About.
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The Big Show is an American comedy-variety-musical television series produced and broadcast by NBC from March 4, 1980, through June 3, 1980.
The series aimed to revitalize the moribund variety television genre, which had been in a downward spiral for several years. The Big Show took its title seriously, using a huge stage set (complete with a live audience and an ice rink and swimming pool) and filling a 90-minute time-slot (one of the only variety programs in American television history to run this length), with at least one two-hour installment broadcast. It was in many respects a revival and television adaptation of The Big Show, which had aired on the NBC Radio Network from 1950 to 1951 and likewise was a big-budget, 90-minute weekly variety show designed to prevent old-time radio from fading into history.
Although the first broadcast ranked 16th in national ratings, poor reviews and low ratings of succeeding episodes (typical of NBC during the Fred Silverman era) resulted in the program being cancelled after only a few months on May 8, 1980. The series nonetheless was nominated for six Emmy Awards, winning for Outstanding Costume Design.
Regular performers included Joe Baker, Mimi Kennedy, Shabba-Doo, Charlie Hill, Graham Chapman, Owen Sullivan, Edie McClurg, Paul Grimm, and Pamela Myers. Groups that appeared regularly included The Big Show Water Ballet, The Big Show Ice Skaters, The Tony Charmoli Dancers, and The Nick Perito Orchestra.
Guest hosts included Steve Allen, Nell Carter, David Copperfield, Geoffrey Holder, Gary Coleman, and Sid Caesar. Skaters who performed in the show included Peggy Fleming, Dorothy Hamill, John Curry, Jim Bray, and Toller Cranston.