If I Could Turn Back Time Trivia Quiz

Answer: Steve Martin

There was a large group of writers for the show, but the most famous is Steve Martin. Besides assisting with writing episodes, he also had occasional guest spots in the show's weekly comedy skits. He appeared in a total of 35 episodes of the show over its entire run.

Answer: Chastity Bono

Chaz Bono was born Chastity Sun Bono on March 4, 1969. Chastity made frequent appearances on "The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour" during its run. Chaz underwent a female-to-male gender transition from 2008-2010.

Answer: 1971-1974

"The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour" was created when a network executive spotted Sonny and Cher performing elsewhere. The show was supposed to be a summer replacement, but became a permanent fixture on the network when it received high ratings. The original "Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour" experienced some afterlife with syndication over the years, continuing into the 21st century on some obscure networks.

Answer: Ret Turner

Besides designing for "The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour", Ret Turner is known for designing costumes on a number of television series, variety shows and specials. He worked on over 50 series and specials in his lifetime. He started his career with "The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show" in 1958, and he last worked on "The 79th Academy Awards" in 2007 before passing away in 2016.

Answer: I Got You Babe

"I Got You Babe" was a hit for the duo, perhaps made more popular because they sang it to one another at the end of each episode. They would sometimes sing it with their toddler in tow. The opening of every episode started with the theme song of the show that would segue into a few notes of "The Beat Goes On", another popular Sonny and Cher tune.

Answer: 63

With the summer replacement episodes, plus the three full seasons of the show, a total of 63 episodes were aired on television. Each episode was one hour long. The show has re-appeared in syndication at a few points in time since it initially went off the air.

Answer: Art Fisher

Besides directing "The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour", Art Fisher directed a multitude of variety shows from 1969 through 2004. These include series and individual specials. For example, he directed the "Donny & Marie Show" from 1975-1978 (among other series).

He also directed specials for Dionne Warwick, Neil Diamond, Siegfried and Roy, and Suzanne Sommers (among many others). Bob Banner and Joe Hamilton produced "The Carol Burnett Show". The Krofft brothers were Canadian puppeteers who participated in a variety of children's programming.

Answer: 1

Despite being nominated for 14 Emmy Awards during its run, the show only won one. It was awarded to Art Fisher in 1972 in the "Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement - Variety Or Music" category.

Answer: CBS

Network executive Fred Silverman spotted Sonny and Cher performing elsewhere and worked to have them on their own variety show on his network. The show was taped at CBS Television City in Hollywood. Audience sounds on each episode were a mixture of live audience and laugh track.

The singing performances were typically done in front of a live audience, but due to delays caused by the need for costume changes, the sketch portions of the show were typically taped without a live audience and a laugh track was inserted later.

Answer: The divorce of Sonny and Cher.

Unfortunately, Sonny and Cher's divorce was quite bitter and happened before a season could be started in 1974. The split made it impossible for them to work together at that time. They did reunite in 1976 for "The Sonny and Cher Show", but that only lasted for one season before they split for good. Sonny Bono died in a skiing accident on January 5, 1998.