Denny's Sho

Denny's Sho
Genre	music variety
Starring	Denny Doherty
Country of origin	Canada
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13
Production
Location(s)	Halifax
Running time	30 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	CBC Television
Original run	1 June 1978 – 7 September 1978

Denny's Sho is a Canadian music variety television series which aired on CBC Television in 1978.

Premise

Denny Doherty, of the Mamas and Papas, was host of this Halifax-produced variety series. The Lovin' Spoonful's John Sebastian and Zalman Yanovsky were guests on one episode. Other visiting artists were Salome Bey, Tom Gallant, Gloria Kaye, Moe Koffman, Marie-Paule Martin, Murray McLauchlan, Original Caste, Ryan's Fancy and Ken Tobias. At one point, Doherty sang "When I'm Sixty-Four" accompanied by his father playing a tuba.

Denny's Sho included the first public performance of the remaining members of the Mamas and Papas since Cass Elliot's death six years earlier.^[1]

Scheduling

This half-hour series was broadcast on Thursdays at 9:00 p.m. (Eastern) from 1 June to 7 September 1978.

References

1. ^ Corcelli, John (August 2005). "Denny's Sho". Canadian Communications Foundation. http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/programming/television/programming_popup.php?id=1193. Retrieved 7 May 2010. 

External links

• Allan, Blaine (1996). "Denny's Sho". Queen's University. http://www.film.queensu.ca/CBC/Dan.html. Retrieved 7 May 2010. 
• Denny's Sho at the Internet Movie Database