Fall 1975-1976 Season
Original CBS Airdate: September 10, 1975
Starring: Tony Orlando, Telma Hopkins and Joyce Vincent-Wilson
Guest Stars: Lucy Arnaz, Reverend Ike
Special Guest Star: Art Carney
Opening Song: "Alexander's Ragtime Band/Lullaby Of Broadway"
Song: "Ain't She Sweet" Piano: Art Carney - Vocals: Tony and Art
Sketch: Lou Effy and Moreen - "Paying Bills" - Starring: Telma, Joyce and Reverend Ike
Song: "Nothin' Stronger Than Our Love" - Performed by: Tony and Lucy Arnaz
Song: "You're All I Need To Get By" - Performed by: Tony and Dawn
Tony's Fantasy: "A Salute To the Universe" - Song: "Aquarius" - Tony and Dawn
Closing Song: "My Life Is An Example" - Performed by: Tony and Dawn
Concert Spot: "Amen" - Performed by: Tony, Telma, Joyce and Reverend Ike
Original CBS Airdate: September 24, 1975
Starring: Tony Orlando, Telma Hopkins and Joyce Vincent-Wilson
Guest Star: Anne Meara
Special Guest Star: Hal Linden
Opening Song: "Sittin' Here Lovin' You"
Sketch: Lou Effy and Moreen - "The Attack" - Starring: Telma, Joyce and cast
Sketch: "The Separation of the White of an Egg From the Yolk" - Tony and Anne
Song: "Let It Be Me" - Performed by: Telma and Joyce
Tony's Fantasy: "Ramar of the Jungle" African song and dance/The Lion Sleeps Tonight Tony and Dawn
Song: "There Is A Rose In Spanish Harlem" - Performed by: Tony
Sketch: "The Orient Express" - Starring: The Entire Cast
Concert Spot: "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"
Original CBS Airdate: October 1, 1975
Starring: Tony Orlando, Telma Hopkins and Joyce Vincent-Wilson
Guest Star: Demond Wilson
Special Guest Star: Kate Smith
Opening Song: "Spinning Wheel"
Song: "Friends Medley" - Performed by: Tony and Kate Smith
Sketch: Lou Effy and Moreen - "Ginger-Ale Johnson" - Telma, Joyce and Demond
The Domino Wizard - Bob Spector
Song and Dance: Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers(s) Medley - "Steppin' Out With My Baby/Dancin' Cheek To Cheek/Puttin' On The Ritz/The Continental/Steppin' Out" - Performed by Telma, Joyce and Demond
Tony's Fantasy: Elvis Presley - Song: "Don't Be Cruel" - Tony and Dawn
Musical Sketch: "Today's Weddings" - Starring: The Entire Cast
Concert Spot: "Sing/George Washington Bridge"
Original CBS Airdate: October 8, 1975
Starring: Tony Orlando, Telma Hopkins and Joyce Vincent-Wilson
Guest Star: Nancy Walker
Special Guest Star: Tony Randall
Opening Song: "Put A Little Love In Your Heart"
Tony Randall tries his hand at the concert spot - Song: "Reach Out And Touch"
Song: "Climb Every Mountain/Ain't No Mountain High Enough" - Telma and Joyce
Sketch: Lou Effy and Moreen - "Al Fonz" - Starring: Telma, Joyce and cast
Song: "I'll Try To Say I Love You In A Song" - Performed by: Tony
Tony's Fantasy: The Maharishi Yogi Orlando - Song: "Listen To What The Man Says" - Tony and Dawn
Song: "Solitaire" - Performed by: Telma and Joyce
Song: "Gunsmoke Was Our Favorite Show" - Tony, Nancy Walker and Tony Randall
Concert Spot: N/A
Original CBS Airdate: October 15, 1975
Starring: Tony Orlando, Telma Hopkins and Joyce Vincent-Wilson
Guest Stars: Loretta Swit and Ted Mack
Special Guest Star: Shelley Berman
Opening Song: "Oh, Lonesome Me"
Sketch: "Talking Baby Mobile" - Song: "Top Of The World" - Tony, Loretta and Shelley
Song: "There's A Hole In The Bucket" - Performed by: Tony and Loretta
Comedy Routine: Shelley Berman
Tony's Fantasy: The Matador - Song: "Lady Of Spain" - Tony and Dawn
Tony and Ted Mack discuss "The Original Amateur Hour"
Sketch: "Ted Mack's Amateur Hour Auditions" - Starring: The Entire Cast
Closing Song: "Wake Up Little Susie"
Concert Spot: "All You Need Is Love/Goin' To The Chapel" - Mrs. Miller's visit
Original CBS Airdate: October 22, 1975
Starring: Tony Orlando, Telma Hopkins and Joyce Vincent-Wilson
Guest Star: Isabelle Sanford
Special Guest Star: Dom Deluise
Opening Song: "How Can I Forget You"
Sketch: "I Waltoni" - Starring: Tony, Dom Deluise and Alice Dunn
Song: "Solitaire" - Performed by: Telma and Joyce
Song: "Everybody's Talkin' At Me" - Performed by: Tony
Song: "I Don't Know Why I Love You, But I Do" - Performed by: Tony and Isabelle
Sketch: "A Tribute To Doctors" - Starring: The Entire Cast
Concert Spot: "Why Can't We Be Friends?"
Original CBS Airdate: October 29, 1975
Starring: Tony Orlando, Telma Hopkins and Joyce Vincent-Wilson
Guest Stars: Barbara Eden, Mel Tillis and Alice Dunn
Opening Song: "Rampart Street Parade"
Sketch: Lou Effy and Moreen - "The Mouse" - Starring: Telma, Joyce and other cast
Song: "Amor, My Love" - Performed by: Tony
Tony's Fantasy: "Zorro!" - Starring: Tony, Telma and Joyce
Song: "When The Party's Over" - Performed by: Telma, Joyce and Barbara Eden
Tony and Mel Tillis discuss Mel's stuttering
Song: "The Woman In The Back Of My Mind" - Performed by: Mel Tillis
Sketch: Imitating Television Shows - Starring: The Entire Cast
Closing Song: "Do You Believe In Magic/Bibbedy Bobbedy Boo"- Telma's Birthday Celebration
Original CBS Airdate: November 5, 1975
Starring: Tony Orlando, Telma Hopkins and Joyce Vincent-Wilson
Guest Stars: Phyllis Diller and Neil Sedaka
Special Guest Star: Jim Nabors
Opening Song: "What The World Needs Now"
Song: "Hank Williams Medley" - Performed by: Tony and Jim Nabors
Sketch: Lou Effy and Moreen - "Police Informants" - Telma, Joyce and other cast
Song: "Bad Blood" - Performed by: Neil Sedaka
Comedy Routine: Phyllis Diller
Musical Sketch: "A Salute To Great Ships of Film History" - Starring: The Entire Cast
Concert Spot: Imitating Humphrey Bogart - Song: "Dinah Won't You Blow Your Horn"
Original CBS Airdate: November 12, 1975
Starring: Tony Orlando, Telma Hopkins and Joyce Vincent-Wilson
Guest Star: Totie Fields
Special Guest Star: Don Knotts
Opening Song: "Bill Bailey"
Sketch: "A New Act - Totie and Dawn" - Song: "Give 'em The Ole Razzle Dazzle" - Performed by: Telma, Joyce and Totie
Don Knotts shows Tony his magic tricks - and they get handcuffed to each other
Song: "Unchained Melody" - Performed by: Tony (and Don)
Sketch: "Herbie's Cut-Rate Hospital" - Starring: Tony, Don and Totie
Telma and Joyce show off over 1,000,000 in jewelry
Song: "Our Day Will Come" - Performed by: Telma and Joyce (Not shown on Good Life)
Sketch: "Musical Genius From The Slums" - Starring: The Entire Cast
Concert Spot: "If I Had A Bell"
Original CBS Airdate: November 19, 1975
Starring: Tony Orlando, Telma Hopkins and Joyce Vincent-Wilson
Guest Star: Adrienne Barbeau
Special Guest Star: Freddie Prinze
Opening Song: "I Got The Music In Me" - Performed by: Freddie and Dawn
Comedy Routine: Freddie Prinze
Tony's Fantasy: "Rudolph Valentino" - Song: "The Shiek Of Arubi" - Tony and Dawn
Song: "That Ain't No Way To Treat A Lady" - Performed by: Telma and Joyce
Song: "If They Could See Us Now" - Performed by: Telma, Joyce and Adrienne
Sketch: "The Road To Puerto Rico" - Tony, Freddie, Adrienne and Alice Dunn
Closing Song: "Down By The Riverside"
Original CBS Airdate: December 3, 1975
Starring: Tony Orlando, Telma Hopkins and Joyce Vincent-Wilson
Guest Stars: Kate Smith, Conrad Bain and Neil Sedaka
Opening Song: "Ain't No Mountain High Enough"
Song: "The Way We Were" - Performed by: Kate Smith
Sketch: Lou Effy and Moreen - "The Modeling Job" - Telma, Joyce and Darrell Eigus
Neil Sedaka Medley - Performed by: Neil, Tony, Telma, Joyce and Kate
Joke Routine: "Bain and Orlando" - Tony and Conrad
Musical Sketch: "Name Sakes" - Starring: The Entire Cast
Concert Spot: N/A
Original CBS Airdate: December 17, 1975
Starring: Tony Orlando, Telma Hopkins and Joyce Vincent-Wilson
Guest Star: Dinah Shore
Special Guest Star: Dom Deluise
Opening Song: "Walk On In"
Sketch: "Suicidal New Yorker" - Starring: Tony, Dom and other cast
Song: "All's Fair In Love" - Performed by: Dinah Shore
Song: "Song Sung Blue" - Performed by: Tony and Dinah
Tony's Fantasy: Santa Claus - Song: "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" - Dawn
Song: "You're A Lot Like Christmas" - Performed by: Tony
Sketch: "A Salute To Prison Films" - Starring: The Entire Cast
Concert Spot: N/A
Original CBS Airdate: December 31, 1975
Starring: Tony Orlando, Telma Hopkins and Joyce Vincent-Wilson
Guest Star: Minnie Pearl
Special Guest Star: Tony Randall
Opening Song: "Celebrate!"
Comedy Routine: Minnie Pearl
Song: "Moments To Remember" - Performed by: Tony Orlando
Song: "Sister Suzie Sewing Shirts For Soldiers" - Telma, Joyce and Tony Randall
Sketch: "Stuffing TV Characters Into One Show" - Starring: The Entire Cast
Closing Song: "Happy Days Are Here Again"
Original CBS Airdate: January 7, 1976
Starring: Tony Orlando, Telma Hopkins and Joyce Vincent-Wilson
Guest Star: Danny Thomas
Special Guest Star: Georgia Engel
Opening Song: "Neverending Love For You"
Sketch: Lou Effy and Moreen - "The Boob Tube" - Starring: Telma, Joyce and cast
Song and Dance: "I Wish That I Was Dancing On My Toes" - Performed by: Georgia
Tony's Barber Shop Quartet
Comedy Routine: Danny Thomas - Song: "Young and Foolish"
Sketch: "Baby Telma/Heir Watchamacallit" - Starring: The Entire Cast
Concert Spot: "By The Light of the Silvery Moon"
Original CBS Airdate: January 14, 1976
Starring: Tony Orlando, Telma Hopkins and Joyce Vincent-Wilson
Guest Star: Buck Owens and The Buckaroos and The Hee Haw Gang
Tony Orlando and Dawn Salutes - "Hee Haw"
Opening Song: "Gentle On My Mind"
What Tony went through to get Buck on the show - Tony, Telma, Joyce, Buck and some of the Hee Haw Gang
Sketch: "The Hee Haw Gang's Tour of Hollywood" - Chinese Theater/Hollywood and Vine/Freddies of Hollywood
Song: "Big John Law" - Performed by: Buck Owens and The Buckaroos
Song: "When Will I Be Loved" - Performed by: Telma and Joyce
Comedy Sketch: "The Strawberry Patch" - Tony, Telma, Joyce and The Hee Haw Gang
Sketch: "Country Fashion Freak-Out" - Starring: The Entire Cast
Closing Song: "Hold That Tiger" - Tony, Telma, Joyce and Buck
Concert Spot: "You All Come/She'll Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain" - Tony teaches Junior the "Orango Tango"
Original CBS Airdate: January 21, 1976
Starring: Tony Orlando, Telma Hopkins and Joyce Vincent-Wilson
Guest Stars: Ruth Buzzi and Captain Kangaroo
Special Guest Star: John Davidson
Opening Song: "The Nickelodeon"
Song: "Steven Foster Medley" - "I Dream of Jeannie/Beautiful Dreamer/Old Kentucky Home/Swany River/Oh Susannah" - Performed by: Tony and John as: Sly and Stone/Charlie Rich/Ray Charles/Johnny Cash/Bob Dylan
Sketch: Lou Effy and Moreen - "Cindereffy" - Starring: Telma, Joyce, Pauline and Hilda
Captain Kangaroo's favorite memories - Song: "We Love You Captain" - Performed by: Tony, Captain Kangaroo and the kids
Tony, Telma and Joyce discuss famous trios
Sketch: Famous Trios - Three Happy Hungarians/The Three Musketeers - Starring: The Entire Cast
Concert Spot: N/A
Original CBS Airdate: January 28, 1976
Starring: Tony Orlando, Telma Hopkins and Joyce Vincent-Wilson
Guest Stars: Charo and Freddie Fender
Special Guest Star: Joe Namath
Opening Song: "Next To You"
Song: "Standin' On The Corner, Watchin' All The Girls Go By" - Tony and Joe
Sketch: "Trans Banana Airlines" - Tony, Charo, Joe, Freddie and other cast
Song: (?) - Performed by: Charo
Song: "Under The Bamboo Tree/I Want To Be Loved By You" - Telma and Charo
Song: "Secret Love" - Performed by: Freddie Fender
Sketch: "A Salute To Great Artists and Their Masterpieces" - The Entire Cast
Closing Song: "Hello Dolly" - (No Dawn)
Original CBS Airdate: February 4, 1976
Starring: Tony Orlando, Telma Hopkins and Joyce Vincent-Wilson
Guest Star: Jim Nabors
Special Guest Star: Kate Smith
Opening Song: "The New Ragtime Follies" - Song: "Sweet Gypsy Rose"
Sketch: "Time Marches On" - Edison Invents The Phonograph / Henry Ford Invents The Automobile / First Telephone Installed In St. Louis
Song: "I Wanna Be Happy/Make Someone Happy" - Performed by: Kate Smith
Musical Sketch: "Nabors and Neighbors" - Starring: Telma, Joyce and Jim
Song: "Atlanta" - Performed by: Tony
Musical Sketch: Goin' A-Courtin' - Song: "Baby Face"
Melodrama: "A Young Girl's Dilemma" - Starring: The Orlando Players (Entire Cast)
Original CBS Airdate: February 18, 1976
Starring: Tony Orlando, Telma Hopkins and Joyce Vincent-Wilson
Guest Stars: Joey Bishop, Sid Ceasar
Special Guest Star: Milton Berle
Opening Song: "Comedy Tonight" - (performed with guests)
Tony asks Joey and Milton for advice - How to deal with hecklers
Song: "Theme From Mahogany" - Performed by: Telma and Joyce
Sketch: "The Art Of Elegant Dining" - Tony, Sid and other cast
Song: "Cupid" - Perfomed by: Tony and Dawn
Sketch: A Japanese P.O.W. Camp - Sid Ceasar and Joey Bishop
Sketch: "Streetcar Named Desire" - Sid Ceasar, Alice Dunn and Milton Berle
Sketch: A scene from: "Treasure of Sierra Madre" - Tony, Sid, Milton and Joey
Original CBS Airdate: February 25, 1976
Starring: Tony Orlando, Telma Hopkins and Joyce Vincent-Wilson
Guest Stars: Roy Rogers and Dale Evans
Special Guest Star: Sherman Hemsley
Special, Special Guest Stars: Movieland Wax Museum Figures
Opening Song: "Come and Play The Game With Me"
Tony talks with Roy Rogers and Dale Evans
Song: "Hoppy, Gene and Me" - Performed by: Roy Rogers
Song: "As Long As I Have You" - Performed by: Dale Evans (and Tony)
Song: "Steam Heat" - Performed by: Telma, Joyce and Sherman
Telma unveils the wax figures of Tony Orlando and Dawn
Song: "There's No Business, Like Show Business" - Performed by: Tony and Dawn
Musical Sketch: "A Salute To The Singing Cowboy" - The Entire Cast
Concert Spot: "I'm An Old Cowhand"
Original CBS Airdate: March 3, 1976
Starring: Tony Orlando, Telma Hopkins and Joyce Vincent-Wilson
Guest Star: Anne Meara
Special Guest Star: Jerry Lewis
Opening Song: "That's Good News"
Sketch: "Lewis and Orlando" - Starring: Tony and Jerry
Sketch: Lou Effy and Moreen - "Moreen's Secret Lover" - Telma, Joyce and Kristoff St. John
Song and Dance: "Flings Are Wonderful Things" - Alice Dunn and dancers
Sketch: Commercials Directed By Famous Hollywood Directors - "Crunch" / "Head and Neck" / "Sleep It Off" - Tony, Telma, Joyce and Anne
Tony introduces the show's conductor, Robert "Bob" Rozario
Song: "I Write The Songs" - Performed by: Tony and Rozie
Original CBS Airdate: March 10, 1976
Starring: Tony Orlando, Telma Hopkins and Joyce Vincent-Wilson
Guest Stars: Totie Fields and Tanya Tucker
Special Guest Star: Andy Griffith
Opening Song: "I'm Walkin'"
Musical Sketch: "Eyewitnesses to U.F.O's" - Song: "Someday You'll Believe It Too" - Starring: Tony, Totie and Andy
Song: "You Got Me To Hold On To" - Performed by: Tanya Tucker
Sketch: Lou Effy and Moreen - "The Stray Dog" - Starring: Telma, Joyce and other cast
Song: "Me and My Baby" - Performed by: Tony and Totie
Song: "The Midnight Special" - Performed by: Telma, Joyce and Andy
Sketch: "A Salute To High Noon" - Starring: The Entire Cast
Concert Spot: "Hey Lawdy Lawdy Lo"