Wednesday, April 14, 2004
Answering Your Questions...
Dear Chris Magazine,
As I was watching the Nick and Jessica Variety Hour this weekend, I
wondered(besides why am I watching this), what would Chris Magazine look like
if it had a Variety Hour?? Would you have blonde hair and a big chest?? Large
ripply muscles, and a flat tummy?? or some combination of both???
Curious TV Watcher
Dear Curious TV Watcher,
Funny you should ask. Chris Magazine did have a variety hour on CBS in the mid-70s. Unfortunately it didn't make it past the pilot stage due to a couple of unfortunate happenstances.
Here were some of the sketches we did for the pilot: Freddy Prinze Sr. working at a suicide hotline... Terry Kath of Chicago in a Russian roulette sketch... Mama Cass was on as a person who walks into a kosher deli demanding a ham sandwich. Chris's co-host on the show was Natalie Wood, they did a very funny sketch about Chris being a pirate and making Natalie walk the plank and drown. The show later became known as the Macbeth of Variety hours.
As far as Chris's appearance... he did highlight his hair and although he worked out a bit, it was the 70s so while he didn't have large ripply muscles or a flat tummy, he did have a ton of chest hair.
As I was watching the Nick and Jessica Variety Hour this weekend, I
wondered(besides why am I watching this), what would Chris Magazine look like
if it had a Variety Hour?? Would you have blonde hair and a big chest?? Large
ripply muscles, and a flat tummy?? or some combination of both???
Curious TV Watcher
Dear Curious TV Watcher,
Funny you should ask. Chris Magazine did have a variety hour on CBS in the mid-70s. Unfortunately it didn't make it past the pilot stage due to a couple of unfortunate happenstances.
Here were some of the sketches we did for the pilot: Freddy Prinze Sr. working at a suicide hotline... Terry Kath of Chicago in a Russian roulette sketch... Mama Cass was on as a person who walks into a kosher deli demanding a ham sandwich. Chris's co-host on the show was Natalie Wood, they did a very funny sketch about Chris being a pirate and making Natalie walk the plank and drown. The show later became known as the Macbeth of Variety hours.
As far as Chris's appearance... he did highlight his hair and although he worked out a bit, it was the 70s so while he didn't have large ripply muscles or a flat tummy, he did have a ton of chest hair.
