Tony Orlando and Dawn

Episode 1

Premiere - guest stars Loretta Swit and Rosey Grier

Wed, Jul 3, 1974 60 mins

The first of four summer comedy-variety shows starring the vocal group Tony Orlando and Dawn. Guest stars are Rosie Grier and Loretta Swit, making her television singing debut.

Episode 2

Lloyd Bridges/Charo

Wed, Jul 10, 1974

Guests are Charo and Lloyd Bridges. Lloyd joins Tony in a vaudeville rendition of "Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer," and Charo and Tony sing "Cuando Calienta El Sol." Dawn's Telma Hopkins and Joyce Vincent Wilson sing a medley of "Rockin' Roll Baby" and "Rock-A-Bye Baby"; and are featured with the entire cast in comedy vignettes on inflation, and a baseball sketch.

Episode 3

Shari Lewis/Jimmie Walker

Wed, Jul 17, 1974

Shari Lewis, Jimmie Walker and 1974 Junior Miss Karen Morris are the guests. Jimmie joins Tony in a musical sketch about the Lone Ranger and Tonto; and Tony, Shari and her puppet-friend Hush Puppy discuss marriage. Dawn's Telma Hopkins and Joyce Vincent Wilson sing "Touch Me in the Morning." Also: comedy vignettes spoofing TV commercials.

Episode 4

Will Geer/Jo Anne Worley

Wed, Jul 24, 1974

Will Geer and Jo Anne Worley are the guests. Will portrays Mark Twain, reciting from some of the author's works, and joins Tony in singing "Making the Best of a Bad Situation." Jo Anne plays a lady who has an obsession with plants. Dawn's Telma Hopkins and Joyce Vincent Wilson sing a medley of "When You Wish upon a Star" and "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road," and join the entire cast for a comic rendition of "Hard-hearted Woman."

Episode 5

William Conrad/Florence Henderson

Wed, Dec 4, 1974 60 mins

Guests are William Conrad and Florence Henderson. In sketches, William plays a college student (with Tony as his father), and an ice-cream parlor proprietor who employs an Eskimo (Tony).

Episode 6

Jackie Gleason/Nancy Walker

Wed, Dec 11, 1974

Guests: Jackie Gleason and Nancy Walker. Jackie gives Tony a lesson in coining phrases; Nancy is cast as a snowbird; and Tony tries to salute his childhood cowboy heroes. Entire cast performs a series of blackouts covering show business.

Episode 7

Christmas Show - Carroll O'Connor

Wed, Dec 18, 1974

Episode 8

Lloyd Bridges/Esther Rolle

Wed, Dec 25, 1974

Esther Rolle is the guest. Segments include Esther as an extremely wealthy woman in the TV series "Very, Very Good Times"; series regular Alice Nunn as a female Santa; and Tony and Dawn in a musical salute to gypsies.

Episode 9

Telly Savalas/Anne Meara

Wed, Jan 1, 1975

Episode 10

Bill Macy/Loretta Swit

Wed, Jan 15, 1975

Episode 11

Danny Thomas/Ruth Buzzi

Wed, Jan 22, 1975

Episode 12

Kate Smith/Ted Knight

Wed, Jan 29, 1975

Tony's guest Ruth Buzzi stars as Marshall Dillion, first woman sheriff of Dodge City. Roy Clark performs "Heart to Heart" then duets with Tony on "Thank God I'm a Country Boy." Tony is joined by Dawn on "Hello, Goodbye."

Episode 13

Art Carney/Anne Meara

Wed, Feb 5, 1975

Episode 14

Andy Griffith/Georgia Engel

Wed, Feb 12, 1975

Episode 15

Rosey Grier/Loretta Swit

Wed, Feb 19, 1975

Episode 16

Tammy Wynette/Dom DeLuise

Wed, Feb 26, 1975

Segment: Tony's Bad Dream - 'The Bad Haircut' Tony has a dream that he falls asleep in a barber chair (barber, Dom DeLuise) badly cuts Tony's long 1970's hair off.

Episode 17

Tony Randall/Charo

Wed, Mar 5, 1975

Episode 18

Frankie Avalon/Arte Johnson/Lisa Todd

Wed, Mar 12, 1975

Episode 19

Buddy Ebsen/Kate Smith

Wed, Mar 19, 1975

Episode 20

Nancy Walker/John Amos/Mel Tillis/Demond Wilson

Wed, Mar 26, 1975

Episode 21

Jack Albertson/Ruth Buzzi

Wed, Apr 2, 1975

Episode 22

Ted Knight/Georgia Engel/Henry Aaron

Wed, Apr 9, 1975