Great gifts - for YOU! Videos and DVDs - NEW TITLES! It was a 1971 guest spot on the 'The Merv Griffin Show' that convinced CBS programming head Fred Silverman that Sonny and Cher, one of the top touring acts of the Sixties (who's hits dried up in 1967), could be the network's next big thing. When The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour debuted on CBS the first day of August in 1971 as a five-week summer ...