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1967-69 Variety Femmenomena
date   Movies   date   TV
03-09-1967 How to Succeed...   01-18-1967 1966 Bob Hope Vietnam Xmas Special
09-18-1968 Funny Girl   03-29-1967 "Delovely & Scruggs"
10-23-1968 Live A Little, Love A Little   04-03-1967 "Monkees Get Out More Dirt"
03-19-1969 Can Heironymus Merkin...   01-18-1968 1967 Bob Hope Vietnam Xmas Special
        12-03-1968 Elvis Presley's Comeback Special
        01-16-1969 1968 Bob Hope Vietnam Xmas Special

By the late 60s everyone was too cool for variety, with "cool" being hippie-oriented and the old-style song 'n' dance 'n' tease going out of favor... No more Beach, innocent youth or even Elvis flicks... The film musical, a staple of the 1950s for Sexy Glamorously Dominant WOmen, had all but disappeared... Even Elvis had to make a comeback on tv... And on the tube Dean Martin, of course, was still dialing up old style varie-tease, and Joey, Ann-M & Raquel showed up often on many programs... In fact much of tv had many variety shows with young girls in mini-skirts and boots, but largely as background atmosphere dancing aimlessly to psychedelic rock...