‘Bob And Ray, Jane, Laraine And Gilda’, 1979

Picture Parade 1…’Bob And Ray, Jane, Laraine And Gilda’, 1979

For some still unknown reason, this spacial ran in place of SNL on March 15, 1979. SNL was in it’s white hot fourth season, but in it’s place that Saturday night, we got this paring of long time stars Bob and Ray with Jane Curtain, Laraine Newman and Gilda Radner. Also on the show was a clean shaven, up and comer, Willie Nelson. Enjoy and share! -Bobby Ellerbee

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19 Comments

  1. Paul Bellefeuille December 22, 2014

    I’ve been a big fan of Bob and Ray for decades and managed to find a VHS tape that had this special. Very Happy to share it on youtube. I left out the Willie Nelson performances because they seemed out of place and interrupted the flow of the show… also because I didn’t want Willie’s attorneys on my case so to speak.. They were both reluctant to do the “Do Ya Think I’m Sexy” song but as soon as the audience began laughing they both knew all was well.

  2. Clark Humphrey December 14, 2014

    Bob’s son Chris and granddaughter Abby each later worked on SNL.

  3. Thomas Coleman December 14, 2014

    The Best of the Best of Two Generations here.

  4. Gene Williams December 12, 2014

    Bob & Ray were so far ahead of their time, they stayed hip for their entire career. …Which can’t be said for most comics outside of their generation. (Like Milton Burle who tried SNL and was embarrassingly out of place.)

  5. Fred Baube December 12, 2014

    hubba hubba

  6. Dennis Degan December 11, 2014

    As I vaguely recall, Gilda Radner and Laraine Newman had a limited-engagement two-woman Broadway show running at the time. I think it was sort of a promotion for their show, paired with Bob & Ray, who were enjoying a resurgence in their careers at the time.

  7. Gil Ludwig December 11, 2014

    Bruce those are RCA TK-44’s. I could align one in my sleep thank you Dean Keane KDNL30

  8. Mark Heller December 11, 2014

    they sold a bunch of DVD’s from that special, too!

  9. Bruce Hansen December 11, 2014

    Are those RCA TK-45s?

  10. Michael Hayne December 11, 2014

    quote: ‘ally Ballou here…’

  11. James M Patterson December 11, 2014

    Gilda died way too young. What a talent!

  12. Ken Fang December 11, 2014

    I watched it when it aired “live”. And I remember Bob and Ray did a version of Rod Stewart’s “Do Ya Think I’m Sexy?”

  13. Peter King December 11, 2014

    Great show with bob and ray doing “do you think I’m sexy!”

  14. Gary Walters December 11, 2014

    Possible pilot?

  15. Tim Miller December 11, 2014

    Keep hanging by your thumbs.

  16. David Fell December 11, 2014

    That show was the ONLY time I liked the song “Do Ya Think I’m Sexy.”

  17. David Bialik December 11, 2014

    A classic special

  18. Dennis A. Livesey December 11, 2014

    Legends, all of them.

  19. Albert J. McGilvray December 11, 2014

    Jane Curtain….just beautiful.