I heard that Sonny had signed on with ABC to host a new solo show, The Sonny Comedy Revue. Our friends at CBS had passed on the option even though Art Fisher would direct and several of our show’s veterans, including Teri Garr, Billy Van, and Freeman King, were on board. It had everything from Sonny’s monologues to his solo skits, and ABC liked that it would be a near copy of our show and planned to invite different female celebrities to take my place. In promotional interviews, Sonny joked that the only difference would be that when he looked left, there “wouldn’t be an Indian standing
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