Cher on the Tonight show 1979

[@ChuckHackney]

I admire her so much... but I had forgotten how much I loved Rich Little and his impressions.

[@PNWOlygurl66]

Absolutely Beautiful!❤️

[@sweetjane5033]

Cher is a brilliant talented funny artist!!!❤

[@jchow5966]

She is so pretty here! I just love her!

[@allthatjazzspaz95]

This was a period in her career when she was thought of as a joke. I love to watch this, and then watch her oscar wins and later concerts and movies... She sure showed them. ;)

[@juangnlz1999]

allthatjazzspaz95 it can't cross my mind to think of cher as a joke. She is untouchable now.

[@deborahhoffman7394]

allthatjazzspaz95 She is brilliant at transforming herself into someone who is better and better her whole life.

[@staxoffunk1863]

She owned the 70's but in the 80's that when the "has been" period haunted her

[@PatriCoop]

Deborah Hoffman exactly, ambition personified- great example for us all!

[@catherineeckert3706]

Cher always an amazing interview.

[@richardmills1505]

God, Cher's outfit on Tonight was stunning! Must be Bob Mackie!

[@catherinepiper7830]

After a few minutes I realized that Rich little either is imitating Johnny Carson or sound just like him.

[@TheBrownIsland]

​Around this time From 1979-1986 after the *_Sonny & Cher Show_* was Off the Air *Cher was Selling Out shows-Singing, performing, doing Comedy* _(making a Fortune)_ and *Acting in Movies.* Switched to doing Rock Music. Gave _Stunning Movie Performances_ & Winning Awards Oscars & Golden Globe: ✦ _"Come Back to the 5 & Dime" 1982_ ✦ _"Silkwood" 1983_ -Won Golden Globe Award ✦ _"Mask" 1985_ ✦ _"Suspect" 1987_ ✦ _"The Witches of Eastwick" 1987_ ✦ _"*Moonstruck" 1987_ -Won Oscar Award This also propelled her *_Solo Music Career._* *Cher was NEVER a Joke or seen as a Has-Been.* Only Type-Cast momentarily by Critics who questioned if she could be a great Actress as opposed to a Comedy Act on Stage at the Caesars Palace Las Vegas. *_She showed them!_*

[@Haniele-w1m]

She is definitely better than Madonna, she has her own personality... she doesn't wear herself out imitating anyone, like Madonna did when she imitated Marilyn Monroe... Cher shines with her own light.

[@devinramos6317]

Wow!!!♥️♥️♥️♥️🙏🏼❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@mikel3363]

*~((( God, She's BEAUTIFUL ~!!! )))~*

[@sweetjane5033]

that 70’s hair on the interviewer!!!

[@annrodriguez2891]

Rich little

[@toehead20007]

Cher is a goddess here

[@Monica_29]

Oh my gosh that fall😳🤦🏼‍♀️🙈🤣🤣

[@USAjock9]

VERY cute interview!

[@jeffpoitra4118]

I love Cher! Lol. 6:31. She told him he was an asshole long before she told Letterman he was. ♡♡♡♡

[@phililpb]

Cher is looking forward to the gathering when she will meet up with the other immortals

[@NattyBumppo48]

Wow........just wow!

[@stevelowhand1236]

This guy was a deuce...he didn’t realize he was talking to a legend

[@halfbreed4life62]

Rich Little is a legend in his on time. Don't you know the man of a thousand voices? He was sitting in for Johnny

[@donnalombardo1135]

He was a talented guy

[@joeljack1]

She comes across so sweet here. That tough rock girl isn't visible.

[@michaelbarlow6610]

Although Rich Little in this 1978 videotaped appearance by Cher on Johnny Carson's, "The Tonight Show" did talk about himself a little too much, it is understandable in that as an inexperienced talk show host/interviewer he understandably tried to make his interview of Cher like a conversation in which two people talk about their similar experiences in the entertainment business.

[@jedijones]

Ironically, Dave Letterman once had Dana Carvey do Johnny Carson impressions on his show after Carson's death, and seemed to be overjoyed at experiencing the sensation that Carson was there with him again.

[@mybiz2167]

12:10 It's Ross' and Monica's dad!! LOL.

[@kevint2878]

I didn't understand that he didn't understand that some males have higher pitched voices naturally, and some females have lower pitched voices naturally.

[@TreenaBeena]

Sexism and ignorance were popular at that time.

[@TheBrownIsland]

@@TreenaBeena More popular Today.

[@jedijones]

Still a valid question to ask why those singers with non-traditional voices were popular.

[@joebrentar6066]

He keeps slipping into his Johnny Carson impersonation. Cher is uncomfortable with her arms crossed but she does save the interview. She hated Johnny Carson and would never appear with him because he evicted her from his house.

[@terrencemalbrough5766]

Joe Brentar lol thank you, this isn't Carson. Carson was on when i was a small child... he sounds like Carson. Lol

[@MoeGreensRightEye]

Lol he didn't say it was Carson. Lol he knows it's not Carson lol. Lol

[@markdaniele4539]

@@terrencemalbrough5766 You don't read well.

[@jeffreyzeiss1326]

Good for Carson

[@bobbippity9261]

Chaz...was into little league...not sure what she's gonna do...they talk about Chaz and you think Oh boy...if only they knew what would happen 30 years later but it was always there.

[@jedijones]

Was funny when Rich Little used the "it's just a phase" line. 😂

[@halfbreed4life62]

That guy is a legend in his own right!!!

[@mikey59]

Thanks for posting Nina. I have never seen this!! Rich Little is an awful interviewer!! I felt bad for Cher.

[@Alvin4NY]

Rich was awful, but Cher was/is a pro and saved it, and still made it entertaining.

[@michaelbarlow6610]

@ mikey59. Bear in mind that Rich Little was not an experienced talk show host or an experienced interviewer. So it is unfair to expect him to be a good interviewer. He was and is an impressionist.

[@doravernon1511]

@@michaelbarlow6610 why was he doing it then? Money for old rope.

[@doravernon1511]

@@Alvin4NY hair looked like a bad perm, terrible clothes, high up voice, most strange.

[@doravernon1511]

Feel bad for people who have to work for a living not this tripe.

[@janchristian8768]

Amen

[@russelldolter]

March 6 1978

[@nicw3251]

Russell Dolter March 5 1979

[@mauriceortiz8817]

johnny Carson didn't like Cher. Had her escorted out of his house when she crashed a house party

[@kelleydeclue4100]

I wasn't a fan of Johnny that snake eyed trouser trout! Anyone who doesn't like Cher is written up as nada on my list!

[@TreenaBeena]

I was literally watching this and thinking, “he must be a Sagittarius 🙄 (like me).” My fellow Sagittarius tend to irritate me. I looked him up, and it turns out we have the same exact birthday. Go figure!

[@DaisyPusher]

Yes he kept making it about himself... I see the resemblance 😂

[@jeffpoitra4118]

Yes!!! Me and Cher are Taurus

[@ianmmueller]

The audience kept laughing at super random points.... when she mentioned Elijah they laughed?

[@jedijones]

Think because the name seemed eccentric and out there. No different than Chastity.

[@ed2700]

I was always very excited whenever I saw Rich Little on TV when I was a kid. Never saw him guest-hosting the Tonight Show. Now I see why. The guy's really not good at interviewing. He seems to be shy as himself.

[@markcolley1914]

Edmonster08 love cher

[@muzeezhodillo8613]

Is that Ross and Monica's Dad talking at the end? 😮

[@SpiritHawk7]

This was interesting, I've never seen it before. I don't know if it's me, or a difference in interview styles between what I watch now and how they interviewed people back then, but I recently noticed when I watch old interviews from the 80's etc, the questions/interviewer just seems "off" and a little weird, like the interviewer is uncomfortable the whole time & not prepared. I noticed in this interview that half the time he was talking about himself & his experiences and not focusing on the interview being about her; was he always like that in interviews or just star struck?

[@Alvin4NY]

Rich was a little conservative here, going after Barry Gibb (in a stuttering, uncomfortable way)as not being 'normal'- for singing in the falsetto style that sold 100 million records. You can imagine what he was thinking of the tabloid queen (at that time) Cher, when she first walked out before her honest-down-to-earth personality, finally put him at ease. (Cher also had a tiff with Johnny Carson a few years before this, and only went on The Tonight Show when Johnny wasn't hosting....maybe Rich was hip to that, and was expecting a more confrontational Cher.)

[@apollozero]

SpiritHawk7 Everything now is rehearsed and scripted, the questions and the answers. The shows back then did not do that.

[@patty-cf7jj]

It’s so phony now...the guest and hosts have to kiss and hug even if they never met before and act like best friends.

[@usfanlovesjiwoo1978]

Rich was not a good interviewer. The best back in the day were Johnning Carson, Mike Douglans, Dick Cavett and Merve Griffin IMO.

[@mybiz2167]

The idiot who interviews her here is dumb as a doorbell. That's the difference you notice I guess.

[@rgrndu]

No matter what Cher said, Rich made it about himself. What an ego.

[@gabbyb7347]

Before the nose job and braces.

[@RJS1974]

Imagine doing your own tv special twice and putting out two albums over the course of three years and the interviewer states you haven’t been doing anything. By today’s standards, doing two tv specials and dropping two albums over three years would be considered a hard working entertainer. This guy doing the interview is a real jerk.

[@kseniyaryazanceva2667]

About her personality it sayed cross arms lot secrets no lies she love spirit all moments her life yet success both ways good family and popular that time and ever know it secret her ups.

[@paullee1521]

Who's the host? Is the host before Carson?

[@Texaslawhorn]

Rich Little. Subbing for Johnny

[@devonchildress1427]

Is there a reason she was never on with Carson? How odd is it that I can only find interviews with guest hosts....

[@jasonjones6172]

I don't think this is exactly why Carson never interviewed Cher on his show, but I think this is interesting. "On election night in 1968, Son [Sonny Bono] and I were invited to Jack Benny’s house. A bunch of people were sitting around the television as Nixon made his acceptance speech. Johnny Carson, who was a big Nixon fan I guess, was there … But Lucy [Ball] thought that Nixon’s speech was boring, and she started making these great, rude jokes and noises while he was speaking. You could tell that Johnny Carson wasn’t happy - actually, he was pissed off - but he wasn’t going to say anything to her, right? I didn’t like Nixon, either, and I couldn’t stop laughing, especially because I knew I wasn’t supposed to." (Beverly Hills, Calif., 1968) -Cher

[@norelcopc2431]

+Jason Jones I can't see Johnny being a fan of Nixon.

[@nancycoghlan5696]

Jason Jones 9

[@yans.3908]

Carson threw Cher out of his house once and she doesn't like him since

[@michaelbarlow6610]

What was the reason that Johnny Carson once ordered Cher to leave his house? Carson was a very private man and wasn't known to host cocktail or dinner parties at his house, so why was Cher at his house?

[@bellsca1917]

The most awkward interview, Rich is a wonderful entertainer / impersonator, but as a talk show host ...not so good.

[@jacksmith5692]

Rich isn't dead.

[@jedijones]

He's 84. Imagine him and Cher having a reunion now for another interview! 😆

[@jacksmith5692]

@@jedijones She might drive him nuts with woke bs!

[@chalemi6909]

Rich Little was NOT a great sub for Johnny.

[@annrodriguez2891]

Hindsight is 20/20...

[@susiflorence6960]

Awkward

[@DaisyPusher]

Why would you keep directing the conversation to be about yourself when your guest is CHER?!

[@jedijones]

Cuz she hadn't done much other than do cheesy variety shows and have some oldies hits from the 1960s, LOL.

[@DaisyPusher]

@@jedijones back then they were just.. hits… and having a show was a bigger deal when society’s focus wasn’t nearly as diversified…

[@jasonsmith6122]

This creeps the WORSTE

[@cynthiagalvan161]

Lot of people talt like her but this is patty probes.

[@itwasntmeboningbivvy181]

What ???

[@jchow5966]

Huh????

[@randolphouimet9428]

What a terrible host!

[@jerryosborn9996]

z

[@doravernon1511]

Both wearing wigs. Another inane 'interview'. Anyone else notice how high her voice is? That wasn't her falling it was a stunt MAN.

[@jedijones]

That stunt dude had a nice ass!