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1977 America voted on entertainment and THIS is what they chose. No refunds.

The People's Command Performance: '77 (1977)

retro variety hour chaosyour grandparents' TikTokdemocracy gone weird

Overview

ComedyDocumentaryTV MovieMusic

A celebrity lineup selected by a “specially conducted nationwide survey” entertains.

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Standout Aspects

Production

Gloriously dated set design and audience fashion

Acting

George Burns' impeccable timing holding chaos together

Best for:Background: Perfect for folding laundry to 70s variety energy·Rewatch: Culturally fascinating on repeat with irony goggles
Heads up:Triggers: Casual 70s attitudes that aged like milk in a hot car
Walter C. Miller

Director

Walter C. Miller

ReleasedApr 7, 1977
Runtime2h
StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacesteady
Intensitylow
Tonelight
Feellight
Bob Stivers Productions

Top Cast

George Burns

George Burns

Self - Host

Bernadette Peters

Bernadette Peters

Self - Host

George Memmoli

George Memmoli

Self - Ace Trucking Company

Michael Mislove

Michael Mislove

Self - Ace Trucking Company

Bill Saluga

Bill Saluga

Self - Ace Trucking Company

Patti Deutsch

Patti Deutsch

Self - Ace Trucking Company

Fred Willard

Fred Willard

Self - Ace Trucking Company

George Benson

George Benson

Self

Edgar Bergen

Edgar Bergen

Self

George Carlin

George Carlin

Self

Carol Channing

Carol Channing

Self

Michael McDonald

Michael McDonald

Self - The Doobie Brothers

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Cultural

This special captures the exact moment before cable fractured America's monoculture—you're watching the last gasp of truly national shared entertainment.

Trivia

Ace Trucking Company was a real working-class improv group whose entire brand was pretending to be incompetent movers; this was their mainstream peak.

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