Leigh French-Smothers Brothers 20 Year Reunion Show-1988

[@MannyEmm]

She still has that excellent comedic timing. Well done, Ms Leigh.

[@dsugimoto313]

Leigh French as spaced -out Goldie Keif was one of the funniest things on TV.

[@maxes11]

Me and all my friends loved her. She radiated pure happiness! ( Not just because of drugs.)

[@TheSentinel64]

"Hi... weren't we !". LOL !! Leigh French was the Cecily Strong of her era.

[@andrewmohler5131]

would rather watch reruns of this than saturday nite live today

[@thejupiter2574]

This was great to see again. I was just a kid but I loved seeing her on TV, her smile, laugh and humor was fun eve if I didn't understand much of the social and drug related references or meanings back then I liked her skits.

[@worldsgreatestimpressionis6462]

She still looks good here. Great show, great performer

[@garychambers5850]

Love her! God Bless her, she's 75 Years old!

[@barbaratiemeier7631]

I LOVED HER AND THAT OLD TV SHOW!!!!! Never missed it!!!! Now I really miss it...

[@LargestClassifieds]

Leigh French looked so natural and spontaneous. I was fooled by her when she appeared on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. I thought she was a nobody, spotted and asked to come on stage.

[@savage22bolt32]

As a 14 year old, I absolutely remember this. They fooled me too!

[@stevenmeyer9674]

@@savage22bolt32 She was a member of the San Francisco Improv comedy group the "Committee " Their cast included Howard Hessman and Rob Reiner.

[@savage22bolt32]

@@stevenmeyer9674 Jeeez! I loved that liberal comedy, even though I'm pretty much of the right, or libertarian ilk. I sure miss the days we could be different but not hate each other....

[@JeffSchall]

@@savage22bolt32 If you're libertarian, those values that she spoke about in her "Goldie" persona fit with your philosophy --- ending the drug war, ending war, etc...

[@captainjimolchs]

@@stevenmeyer9674 Also Tom Hanks, as I remember.

[@kberken]

First it was hippie hair then 20 years later, big 80s hair! She was fun to watch!

[@davenorth8922]

She is STILL one of the most beautiful I've ever seen.

[@judyrobertson9479]

We really need her now!!!

[@djdon60]

couldn't recall her name but, as an 8-year-old(!), I had a crush, on Miss French. Yes, my parents allowed me to watch the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. I understood and, really, enjoyed most of it.

[@pocopico7409]

Can’t believe she’s 76 now.

[@vmtz2001]

An incredible actress

[@captainjimolchs]

She was acting?

[@garychambers5850]

Wow, brings back some great memories watching Tommy & Dickie back in the good old days! 😂

[@Rodin99]

My favorite segment on the show

[@chatanugadotorg]

A while back, I was watching the season 4 episode of "CHiPs" that she was in where she was a teller at the bank that kept messing up Ponch's bank account. Working in the tech support call center for a large bank, I had a laugh at all of the bank scenes in that episode thought she realistically portrayed some of the people I deal with each day. One thing that I couldn't figure out was why she looked so familiar. So, the other day, I looked her up on the IMDB and saw that there was one other on-camera scene that she did that I've seen, which explained why she looked so familiar. I've been a huge fan of the Halloween movies for years, and Halloween II is still my second favorite horror movie. There in her credits, I saw that she played the part of the mom of an injured kid at the hospital in the movie. With the scenes appearing at night, I never realized it was her until the other day.

[@cfwintner1]

I still love her.

[@davidfranklin9254]

Yeah buddy I miss those days when the hippie chicks were just like her peace

[@SceneSkipper]

The oblique references to the War on Drugs and HIV epidemic are good reminders of how strange a time the late 80s were.

[@captainjimolchs]

--Not so oblique. Cable is more free/less enslaved than broadcast. --Stranger than what? Korea, COVID, Hussein, Iran, Sudan, Polio, mad cow, 9/11, Gulf war, Somalia, Crimea, Gaza, Bosnia, Gulf of Tonkin, Mall/school shootings, immigrants. Same stuff, different decade. The Beat goes on. Keep the faith, baby.

[@franf.4479-v9z]

Leigh French is great.

[@MONGOOSE1ful]

"THE SMOTHERS BROTHERS COMEDY HOUR 20th REUNION" aired on February 3, 1988, on CBS, in what was perhaps the most unexpected event, especially after CBS head, Robert Wood canceled "THE SMOTHERS BROTHERS COMEDY HOUR" in 1969 after the network objections and corporate censorship which had plagued the 1967-69 CBS variety hour and its controversial internal disputes that Tom and Dick Smothers had with the network. Hence, it was an unexpected event to see them back on CBS after this feud! The original variety hour was later replaced by "THE LESLIE UGGAMS SHOW" and "HEE HAW" (which CBS canceled in The Spring of 1971 during their "de-ruralization" process, but "HEE HAW" survived in first-run syndication from 1971 to 1992), so, with that said, the 1988 CBS reunion was a nostalgic journey back to 1968 when The Smothers had ruled the CBS airwaves despite the internal hassles that they had to endure with their TV network, while their NBC rival, "Rowan & Martin's "LAUGH-IN" had also flourished heavily in their success -and, in fact, both Dan Rowan and Dick Martin also appeared on "THE SMOTHERS BROTHERS COMEDY HOUR" as guests. But after the success of the February 1988 TV reunion special, CBS took another unique move when they decided to bring back "THE SMOTHERS BROTHERS COMEDY HOUR" as a 16 run episode series on March 30, 1988, which was quite an unusual move, especially after the turbulence that The Smothers went through with CBS in the late 1960s!

[@JSB1882]

She was the best!

[@GeorgeRellas]

omg, the "JUST SAY NO TO APPLIANCES" lady!

[@nowdid]

from 1:25 to 4:40 She reminds me of a cross between Linda Ellerbee and Gilda Radner

[@OttoByOgraffey]

Monica Lewinsky

[@captainjimolchs]

Don't know Linda but you bring to mind Marianne Moore from George Gobel's show.

[@johnward8064]

Still hot.

[@steveglover6411]

She’s great

[@eavitale055]

Leigh French, Ladies & Gentlemen!!!!

[@Gichanasa]

0:55 COVID Visionary!

[@richardturner6981]

She's still very pretty. I wonder what she looks like today?

[@tackyman2011]

Like our grandmas.

[@ProjectGRX]

Mrs. Freidman, The Hollywood Knights 1980

[@dogbarbill]

"Mrs. Freidman" from "The Hollywood Knights". en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leigh_French

[@mangrove]

"Heavens, Nevans!"

[@ralphchristianson]

A cup of tea with Goldie, far out man, she knew how to breathe and get down and loved organics....

[@Channel-os4uk]

Laugh? I nearly did...

[@djlunaticdreyfuss7562]

Clever

[@neilgerace355]

She's just sending herself up here :)

[@AC3handle]

She transitioned from the 60s to the 80s with plum and appeal. I notice the comment she made about talking about sex, and that's all we should do, as a way of addressing the AIDS issue, without naming it. Would that we had learned from that era.

[@mikerequadt9661]

Those were better times.

[@mondo4422]

Are you thinking 1988 or 1968?

[@mikerequadt9661]

@@mondo4422 1968

[@80steen44]

@@mikerequadt9661 if you were white

[@sylviastreet6785]

Hi weren’t we! I can compare!

[@jimlimbach6629]

LoL

[@sylviastreet6785]

Just say no, just say no! Sound familiar?

[@rickyeager5460]

I wish on heaven I could've played the boyfriend she had on Hollywood knights, my God she was gorgeous and still stunning today