Genre: | music variety |
Starring: | Denny Doherty |
Country: | Canada |
Language: | English |
Channel: | CBC Television |
Num Seasons: | 1 |
Num Episodes: | 13 |
Location: | Halifax |
Runtime: | 30 minutes |
Denny's Sho is a Canadian music variety television series which aired on CBC Television in 1978.
Denny Doherty, of The Mamas & the 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 & the Papas since Cass Elliot's death four years earlier.[1]
This half-hour series was broadcast on Thursdays at 9:00 p.m. (Eastern) from 1 June to 7 September 1978.