Shari Lewis' 1st series for PBS was 1975's The Shari Show, which ran for 2 seasons. Concurrently, Shari was also doing a series in the UK that ran until 1976, while also finding time to make the rounds of talk & game shows.
Behind the scenes, it was a sort of family affair. Shari's husband, Jeremy Tarcher, was a writer-producer, and daughter Mallory, who has inherited her mother's family of puppet characters, got her first taste of puppeteering.
The show is set at a television station, and this predates Second City Television's debut in the US by a year.
Let's scope a sample episode, "There's Gonna be a Show Tonight":
Second City had a US base in Chicago, and Shari was based there. Hmmmmmm.
Rating: A.
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