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Viva Variety
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Viva Variety

1997
Viva Variety
Viva Variety

Viva Variety

7.3 | TV-PG | en | Comedy

Viva Variety is an American sketch comedy series that aired on Comedy Central from April 1997 to December 1999. The series satirizes European variety shows.

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EP11  Wedding Spectacular
Oct. 20,1998
Wedding Spectacular

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EP10  Carmen Electra, Better Than Ezra
Oct. 13,1998
Carmen Electra, Better Than Ezra

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EP9  Whoopi Goldberg, Dag, Inversion Entertainment
Oct. 16,1998
Whoopi Goldberg, Dag, Inversion Entertainment

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EP8  RuPaul, Charles Durning, Shonen Knife
Oct. 09,1998
RuPaul, Charles Durning, Shonen Knife

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EP7  Keenen Ivory Wayans, Jonathan Richman
Sep. 15,1998
Keenen Ivory Wayans, Jonathan Richman

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EP6  Bob Goldthwait, Eve 6
Sep. 08,1998
Bob Goldthwait, Eve 6

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EP5  Traci Bingham, Jimmie Vaughan, George Christian
Aug. 25,1998
Traci Bingham, Jimmie Vaughan, George Christian

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EP4  Shelley Long, The Tories, Tom Owen
Aug. 18,1998
Shelley Long, The Tories, Tom Owen

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EP3  Nell Carter, Superdiamond, Slovin & Allen
Aug. 11,1998
Nell Carter, Superdiamond, Slovin & Allen

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EP2  Tommy Davidson, Wailing Souls
Aug. 04,1998
Tommy Davidson, Wailing Souls

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EP1  Viva in Vegas
Jul. 28,1998
Viva in Vegas

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7.3 | TV-PG | en | Comedy | More Info
Released: 1997-04-01 | Released Producted By: , Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:
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Viva Variety is an American sketch comedy series that aired on Comedy Central from April 1997 to December 1999. The series satirizes European variety shows.

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Thomas Lennon , Kerri Kenney , Michael Ian Black

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Reviews

gabrielkoot This was one of my fave shows of all time. It was hilarious and great parody! She was so sexy and he was such a great parody TV host. The variety acts and music and dancing were always so entertaining and the show always made my sister and I laugh our guts out. I can't believe people barely remember this show now, so sad.
jsblakemore This show was incredible, but too esoteric for most people. If you had never truly seen a European variety show in the 70's or 80's (or at least a Mexican one) the entire show would probably be lost on you. If you had, this show was a dead on skewering satire of the phony spectacle and shallowness that these shows dive into at their worst. Helmed by a chain-smoking suave wannabe with a pencil moustache and his ultra-glamorous and immasculating harridan of an EX-wife, "Viva Variety" is a variety show that tries to get off the ground every episode but always descends into in-fighting and acts gone very wrong. The hosts are joined by "Johnny Bluejeans", a dim witted side-kick who seems to have been named because blue jeans are a very popular product in his country and that means the kids will like him, which of course, they don't.The result was a hilarious spoof of variety shows in general. Imagine the arguing that probably happened BACKSTAGE during the last days of the "Sonny & Cher Show". Now imagine it's happening ONSTAGE in front of you and the stars are trying to keep their composure. Now add cheesy acts and a Euro-riche mentality (tuxedoes, gowns, booze, accents and smokes). NOW you have "Viva Variety".Have you ever heard a musician whose music was pretty much written for other musicians? Too conceptual? Viva Variety did this for comedians. WAY too esoteric for the standard American audience. It was funny as Hell. And doomed.
DeanNYC Viva Variety was a unique hybrid program that was both a parody of and a tribute to the programs it represented. It was most directly a mock up of the classic 1970s favorite, "The Sonny & Cher Show," With Thomas Lennon and Kerri Kenney playing a divorced show biz couple who were somehow forced to host this program together, the female of the pair towering over the male, and the constant barrage of "insult humor" the couple tossed at each other, plus sketch comedy bits and performances from what are most kindly described as "specialty" acts! The "hybrid" was the mix of fact and fantasy. Of course, there was no "Mr. and Former Mrs. Laupin," and the program's announcer, Johnny Bluejeans, was likewise equally fictional. But all the acts that performed were certainly real, and some were even entertaining! But there were also some acts that would have clearly been better suited for the old Chuck Barris "Gong Show." The show itself was really more like an extended sketch from "SCTV" (it was borne from the MTV series, "The State," after all), and some would suggest that it would have been better as a five minute bit in the mix of a program like that one, rather than a stand alone series. But "Viva Variety" certainly should get high marks for original concepts, and even though it was often more odd than funny, it was certainly worthwhile, especially when they road tripped to Las Vegas and brought in even glitzier acts to perform. It's unlikely we'll ever see anything like this on television again.
Jabe-2 I thought that this show was better than average. The whole gimmic with the "#1 show in Europe" thing was cool. I like Johnny Bluejeans the best, especially when he said things like "I got me a bad case of the herpes." Once or twice they even had a cool musical guest. It was O.K, but who cares, we will never see it again.

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