The Ken Berry 'Wow' Show
A free-form comedy/variety show starring singer/comedian Ken Berry, this 1972 summer replacement series also featured such soon-to-be-famous performers as Steve Martin, Teri Garr, and Cheryl Ladd as cast members. Off-beat sketch comedy was the order of the day on this short-lived but well-remembered series.
- 1972-1972
- 1 season
- ABC
- Comedy, Family, Music
A free-form comedy/variety show starring singer/comedian Ken Berry, this 1972 summer replacement series also featured such soon-to-be-famous performers as Steve Martin, Teri Garr, and Cheryl Ladd as cast members. Off-beat sketch comedy was the order of the day on this short-lived but well-remembered series.
Season 1 Episode Guide
6 Episodes 1972
Episode 0
Episode #1.0
Tue, Mar 21, 1972
Ken plays a ski lodge owner who uses talented locals for a variety show. Ken introduces his two kids in a segment entitled Green, Green Grass of Home. Berry dances a tribute to NYC. Ken, in a sketch, is caught up in a war protes .
Episode 1
Episode #1.1
Sat, Jul 15, 1972 60 mins
Debut of a musical-comedy series with guests and production numbers. Like tonight's best production number, a frothy spoof of the Forties' "On the Town."
Episode 2
Episode #1.2
Sat, Jul 22, 1972
Ken and his guests enjoy themselves in a skit about the dance marathon craze. A comparison is made between New York City and Topeka, Kansas. An egotistical quarterback is made to pays for his attitude.
Episode 3
Episode #1.3
Sat, Jul 29, 1972
Andy Griffith and Peter Lawford are the guests and appear in comedy routines: "Wings Over Cincinnati," a satire on World War I flying epics; a take-off on the derring-do of Douglas Fairbanks; and Ken's slapstick version of a bumbling photographer. Carol Burnett makes a cameo appearance.
Episode 4
Episode #1.4
Sat, Aug 5, 1972
Episode 5
Episode #1.5
Sat, Aug 12, 1972