''Stand Up and Cheer'' (also known as ''Johnny Mann's Stand Up and Cheer'') is an American

variety show Variety show, also known as variety arts or variety entertainment, is entertainment made up of a variety of acts including musical theatre, musical performances, sketch comedy, magic (illusion), magic, acrobatics, juggling, and ventriloquism. It is ...

that aired in

syndication Syndication may refer to: * Broadcast syndication, where individual stations buy programs outside the network system * Print syndication, where individual newspapers or magazines license news articles, columns, or comic strips * Web syndication, ...

for three consecutive seasons (sponsored nationally by

Chevrolet Chevrolet ( ), colloquially referred to as Chevy and formally the Chevrolet Motor Division of General Motors Company, is an American automobile division of the American manufacturer General Motors (GM). Louis Chevrolet (1878–1941) and ous ...

), beginning in 1971, hosted by

Johnny Mann John Russell Mann (August 30, 1928June 18, 2014) was an American arranger, composer, conductor, entertainer, singer, and recording artist. Career Johnny Mann's began his music career in the late 1940s in his hometown of Baltimore before serving ...

, with many musical numbers sung by "The Johnny Mann Singers". Although the program occasionally featured

comedy skit Sketch comedy comprises a series of short, amusing scenes or vignettes, called "sketches", commonly between one and ten minutes long, performed by a group of comic actors or comedians. The form developed and became popular in vaudeville, and is ...

s, most of the segments in the half-hour show involved patriotic

musical Musical is the adjective of music. Musical may also refer to: * Musical theatre, a performance art that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance * Musical film and television, a genre of film and television that incorporates into the narr ...

s, singing, or dancing.

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* 1971 American television series debuts 1974 American television series endings 1970s American musical comedy television series 1970s American sketch comedy television series 1970s American variety television series English-language television shows First-run syndicated television programs in the United States Television series by Fremantle (company) {{US-music-tv-prog-stub