''The Sunshine Hour'' is a Canadian music variety television series which aired on CBC Television in 1976.

Premise

Jim Bennet, Tom Gallant and Gloria Kaye starred in this mid-season replacement for ''

The Tommy Hunter Show Thomas James Hunter, CM, O.Ont (born March 20, 1937) is a Canadian country music performer, known as "Canada's Country Gentleman". Career In 1956, he began performing as a rhythm guitarist on the CBC Television show, '' Country Hoedown''. '' ...

''. The series house band was led by Paul Mason. Comedy sketches were performed by

Andrea Martin Andrea Louise Martin (born January 15, 1947) is an American-Canadian actress, singer, and comedian, best known for her work in the television series '' SCTV'' and ''Great News''. She has appeared in films such as '' Black Christmas'' (1974), ''W ...

, Joe Flaherty and Eugene Levy ('' Second City Television''). Visiting artists included Debbie Lori Kaye, Mary Ann McDonald, David Michaels and

Marg Osburne Marg Osburne (December 29, 1927 – July 16, 1977) was a Canadian country, folk and gospel singer. She was a recipient (posthumously) of the ECMA Stompin' Tom Connors award. Early life She was born in Moncton, New Brunswick and received her voc ...

Scheduling

This hour-long series was broadcast on Fridays at 9:00 p.m. (Eastern) from 18 June to 27 August 1976.

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sunshine Hour CBC Television original programming 1976 Canadian television series debuts 1976 Canadian television series endings 1970s Canadian variety television series 1970s Canadian music television series