BOB AND RAY, JANE, LARAINE AND GILDA (TV)

Summary

This comedy/variety special features the comedy team Bob and Ray (Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding) with "Saturday Night Live" cast members Jane Curtin, Laraine Newman, and Gilda Radner. Highlights include Bob and Ray's lucky phone call; Jane, Laraine, and Gilda with the "story" of Bob and Ray; a clip of Bob and Ray with Audrey Meadows; "Finley in Focus," in which Bob interviews a man (Ray) who is 11 inches high; the McBeebee Twins (Elliott and Goulding); the Bob and Ray film "Bullets Never Kiss"; Willie Nelson's rendition of "Georgia on My Mind"; the Bob and Ray annual spelling bee; Jane, Laraine, Gilda, and Bob and Ray in "Do Ya' Think I'm Sexy?"; Dr. Dexter, dragon expert; Nelson and Leon Russell's performance of "Heartbreak Hotel"; a cop show parody, "Squad Car 119," with Bob and Ray on a murder case; an ad parody for an anchovy ironer with Jane, Laraine, and Gilda; "Robin Hood of Sherman Forest" with Bob as a miserly Robin; and Willie Nelson and Leon Russell's version of "One For My Baby." Includes commercials.

Details

NETWORK: NBC
DATE: March 31, 1979 11:30 PM
RUNNING TIME: 1:07:37
COLOR/B&W: Color
CATALOG ID: T82:0243
GENRE: Comedy/Variety
SUBJECT HEADING: Comedy; Country music; Rock music; Rock music - Parody; TV - Parody
SERIES RUN: NBC - TV, 1979
COMMERCIALS: N/A

CREDITS

Jean Doumanian … Producer, Writer
Audrey Peart Dickman … Associate Producer
Dave Wilson … Director
Bob Elliott … Writer
Ray Goulding … Writer
Al Franken … Writer
Tom Davis … Writer
Matt Neuman … Writer
Bob and Ray … Cast
Bob Elliott … Cast
Ray Goulding … Writer
Jane Curtin … Cast
Laraine Newman … Cast
Gilda Radner … Cast
Willie Nelson … Cast, Singer
Leon Russell … Cast, Singer
Audrey Meadows