The Sonny and Cher Show

Episode Synopsis

1. Sonny and Cher open the show with ""You Are the Sunshine Of My Life"" and banter about a lecture Sonny attended that taught him how to get power. 2. ""A Woman Behind Every Man"" -- Sonny plays Punch, who's receiving the blows from Judy (Cher) and another puppet (McLean); the great Hannibal (McLean) takes his wife (Cher) and their two obnoxious brats (regulars Ted Zeigler and Billy Van) on a three-year elephant ride across the Swiss Alps in search of an Italian dinner; and Robert Fulton (Sonny) gets some ideas from his wife (Cher) when he isn't sure what his invention of the steam engine can be used for. 3. Sonny and Cher perform a medley of ""Love Song"" and ""Hang On In There, Baby"" 4. ""The Case Book Of Sam Spade"" -- Elderly detective Sam Spade (Sonny) recalls ""the case of the jade wiener"", which had been stolen from the Frankfort Museum. (McLean appears as the mysterious stranger who's tailing Spade throughout the skit and Cher plays Shanghai Susie, the prime suspect who has a monkey on