Saturtainment: Get It Together (1970)

Dick Clark owned Saturday afternoons on ABC from the mid-60's, when American Bandstand shifted from weekdays to Saturdays, to the late 80's, when ABC finally bade good-bye to Bandstand, though it would soldier on in syndication and cable for another couple of years.

First, Clark tried out Happening as an opening act for Bandstand. That lasted a couple of seasons, changing the year at the end of the title for each calendar year, a practice Match Game adopted when CBS revived that franchise in 1973. 

And, then, there was Get it Together, which was a mid-season replacement series, presumably for Happening, when it launched in January 1970. Sam Riddle (ex-Hollywood A-Go-Go) and singer Mama Cass Elliott served as co-hosts for the half hour series.

Unfortunately, Together lasted just the one season, and ABC would begin running reruns of cartoons in the 12 noon (ET) slot ahead of Bandstand until launching ABC Weekend Special in 1977, and that series ran for nearly 20 years.

All that's available now is an episode from February 14 (Valentine's Day). The video quality isn't that great, but what can ya do?

No rating. I was usually taking a nap when this was on back then.