The Sonny and Cher Show was the quintessential American variety show in the 1970s. It was filmed at CBS Television City in Hollywood.
But there were more Canadians putting the show together than Americans.
The credits on a 1971 episode of The Sonny and Cher Show list writers Bob Arnott and Paul Wayne, executive producers/writers Chris Bearde and Allan Blye, assistant producer Garry Blye, musical director Jimmy Dale, production assistants Danny Mann and Larry Robins, and cast members Murray Langston, Billy Van, Jack Duffy, Ted Ziegler, and Peter Cullen.
That’s four Canadian writers, three Canadian producers, one Canadian musical director, two Canadian production assistants and five Canadian actors.
Nearly all of them came to Hollywood after immense frustration dealing with the CBC in Toronto.