by Ron Onesti

Growing up in the "dawn" of the variety show concept, one of my favorites had to be "The Sonny & Cher Show." Each week, watching the little Italian guy get picked on by the tall beauty, well, really hit home for me, as I was one myself.

When the show went on summer hiatus in 1974, its replacement starred a guy who I was excited to see, mainly because he was another Italian American with a great voice. Tony Orlando was actually Greek and Puerto Rican, but he still looked like one of my cousins with the big bushy mustache and Seventies disco hair parted down the middle.

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