Product Details

• Actors: Sonny Bono, Cher, Sandy Baron, Billy Van
• Directors: Jorn Winther
• Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Language: Unknown (Dolby Digital 2.0)
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: V.I.E.W. Video
• DVD Release Date: November 4, 2003
• Run Time: 48 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0000CBXY9
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #129,046 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The SONNY & CHER Nitty Gritty Hour" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Review

This 1971 blast-from-the-past will have you wondering a few things. Like, how is it that Sonny - who sounded like Derek Zoolander and looked, dressed, and acted like the lounge singer Bill Murray spoofed on Saturday Night Live - wound up a U.S. Congressman? people find this variety show so entertaining that it rose to Number 7 its third season, beating out such staples as The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Bob Newhart Show, The Wonderful World of Disney, Happy Days, Gunsmoke, and Monday Night Football... This is Cher before the nose job and dental work, a real pop-culture artifact. --James Plath, DVD Town

Product Description

This historic and nostalgic DVD brings this classic 1970s network television special back to life. As Seen on TV and showcasing Sonny Bono & Cher in the happiest of times, the Pop music couple of their generation (the Brangelina of the 1970s) sing, dance, and joke their way through an evening of hits, humor, hi-jinks and hopes. Sonny Bono's songwriting talents, including their #1 hit I Got You, Babe, let Cher reveal the voice, charisma and beauty that would take her from stardom to superstardom in the ensuing decade.

The Sonny & Cher Nitty Gritty Hour recaptures the sound, spirit, and style of the 70s, that vibrant time of non-stop hits, disco, sideburns and bell-bottoms. Deprived of many memories after Sonny Bono's untimely passing, this special DVD is not only a rare and retro look at the couple and the playful, wisecracking persona that captivated audiences through the mid 1970s, but the only available example of their incomparable television show. Complete with the hair-styles, bell-bottoms and sideburns, this classic-to-be nostalgically brings you back to that bygone era.

SELECTIONS INCLUDE:
We've Only Just Begun
I Got You, Babe
Vocal/Dance Medley: Alfie / All You Need Is Love /Funky Broadway
O Danny Boy
The Beat Goes On
and Five original Comedy Sketches.

DVD BONUS FEATURES:
Biographies of Sonny
Biography of Cher
Fun Facts and Trivia Subtitle Track
Instant Access to Songs
Remastered Footage
Digital Dolby Audio
Digitally Mastered Audio & Video

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

30 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great peek at the nervous duo spreading their wings to TV!, November 23, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Nitty Gritty Hour [VHS] (VHS Tape)

For any "Die Hard" Sonny & Cher fan, this is a must have, view, the couples entrance into the genre of television, from nightclubs. If you have read Sonny Bono's autobiography, "The Beat Goes On" then it would be absolutely inhuman of you not to purchase this video and see his book come to life. The couple's obvious crazy nuts about each other attitude comes through like a jumbo jet. Cher's nervousness on the stage without Sonny by her side, or at least within eye-shot, is as evident as thier height difference in stocking feet. While Sonny's strength, and his determination to keep Cher calm on stage makes you aware that he really WAS her rock, as she has stated many times: I couldn't go on stage sometimes without Sonny up there holding me. Considering the fact that you can catch thier act on old re-run channels, with this video, you watch them literally from beginning to end. It was this televised special that lead directly to thier "Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour on CBS". It's a treasure!

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars The pilot episode that turned into the Sonny and Cher Show., November 20, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Nitty Gritty Hour [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Interesting only in seeing Sonny and Cher do their Las Vegas lounge act schtick before they got slick. Funny to note that the audience wasn't quite sure what to make of the verbal barbs the two throw back and forth. Great singing numbers though, and very cool clothes.

20 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Believe" it! They way they were!, July 16, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Nitty Gritty Hour [VHS] (VHS Tape)

See the Rock n' Roll duo of the decade the way they were. Sonny & Cher sing, dance and joke their way through their hits "I Got You Babe," "The Beat Goes On" and more. #1324 - 48 min