Gladys Knight pied (on Masterjoke Theatre?) by MaxSenate

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So.

History tells us that, in the short history of the Captain & Tennille variety program, only one female celebrity was pied in the weekly "Masterjoke Theatre" segment, and that was Charo.

Yet here, courtesy of Getty Images, we see Gladys Knight, on the MT set and seated in the MT chair, enjoying the after effects of a MT pie, even though this scene was never broadcast.

(Gladys and the Pips appeared on the 11/15/76 episode with comics Stiller & Meara, but Jerry Stiller hosted the Masterjoke Theater sketch that week.)

Did Gladys find the prospect of a pie too good to pass up? Food for thought!)

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Great discovery..

Coincidentally, Annette Funicello also pied herself on MT and despite published images, this segment also never actually aired.

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She's a pip!

Oh Janet! You look so funny!!!

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MaxSenate said: So.

History tells us that, in the short history of the Captain & Tennille variety program, only one female celebrity was pied in the weekly "Masterjoke Theatre" segment, and that was Charo.

Yet here, courtesy of Getty Images, we see Gladys Knight, on the MT set and seated in the MT chair, enjoying the after effects of a MT pie, even though this scene was never broadcast.

(Gladys and the Pips appeared on the 11/15/76 episode with comics Stiller & Meara, but Jerry Stiller hosted the Masterjoke Theater sketch that week.)

Did Gladys find the prospect of a pie too good to pass up? Food for thought!)

Probably, this was broadcasted, but there are no records of the scene anymore...

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It is a bit frustrating that the C&T show releases a 3-volume DVD set.... that leaves out ALL the female Masterjoke pieings.

And from what I've heard, the Charo one (which aired but doesn't seem to be online) was a bad hit.... whereas the Annette one was fantastic, and this Gladys one looks really good too. But if the last two didn't even air, the chances of footage getting out are basically nil.

Unless C&T releases an official set.
Except they already did.
And none of these pieings were in it.

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HappyCamper said: She's a pip!

I always wanted to be a Pip...except I was white and had no rhythm......WOO WOO

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HappyCamper said: She's a pip!

I always wanted to be a Pip...except I was white and had no rhythm......WOO WOO

Chuck Dickens says "Pip pip! Cheerio!"

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Never knew this! What a great find. Hopefully someone can recover video footage of this and (hopefully) others.

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The NYT obit of Darryl Dragon a few years ago suggested that ABC cancelled the show and ate a lot of episodes. That would explain the lost pics

The Captain and Toni Tennille were happy about that; they found that the show wasn't the one they signed up for.

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nosmoking said: Great discovery..

Coincidentally, Annette Funicello also pied herself on MT and despite published images, this segment also never actually aired.

And those images would be published where exactly please?

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nosmoking said: Great discovery..

Coincidentally, Annette Funicello also pied herself on MT and despite published images, this segment also never actually aired.

Anybody got said images?

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boxster2 said: The NYT obit of Darryl Dragon a few years ago suggested that ABC cancelled the show and ate a lot of episodes. That would explain the lost pics

The Captain and Toni Tennille were happy about that; they found that the show wasn't the one they signed up for.

What did they sign up for? "Love Will Keep Us Breaking Bad?"

Actually, I remember that Dragon had ZERO interest in being on camera unless he was playing music and the network wanted them to be like Sonny and Cher. But he would have had to work his way UP to shy. Just a bad move by TV execs........which is actually a redundancy.

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Here is the highly promising pic of the Annette Funicello pieing.

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Johnnyballgame said: Here is the highly promising pic of the Annette Funicello pieing.

Thank you! Wish there was a before version of it! What a shame - far better than any pies she took in Beach Party.

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Robby, I think Fred Silvemann wanted a cheap and not controversal show like Sonny and

Cher and not Carol Burnett and the Smothers Brothers. I mean Pat Paulson? Gimme a break.

Oh, according to the obit, it was sham marriage.Variety said they were married and they took the hint.