{"id":666,"date":"2020-01-24T14:34:53","date_gmt":"2020-01-24T14:34:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/the-baby-thing-the-first-nine-months-is-the-hardest\/"},"modified":"2023-02-20T08:13:28","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T15:13:28","slug":"the-baby-thing-the-first-nine-months-is-the-hardest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/2020\/01\/the-baby-thing-the-first-nine-months-is-the-hardest\/","title":{"rendered":"The Baby Thing (The First Nine Months is the Hardest)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new show cropped up on Amazon Prime recently that no fan I know had ever heard about, no biographer had ever written about or obscure list mentioned. I&#39;ve come to call it &quot;the baby thing.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Amazon Prime has been including some great old 1970s material lately, like all the Tattle Tales episodes and Paul Lynde\u2019s Halloween Special and now this Sonny &amp; Cher special from 1971. Most fans I\u2019ve spoken to have never even heard of it, let alone seen it; which begs the question: what else is out there that we don&#39;t know about? Anyway, many thanks to Cher scholar Michael for alerting me to its existence.<\/p>\n<p>The show is called <em>The First Nine Months are the Hardest&#0160;<\/em>and Amazon lists the air date as 1971, but a few fans tell me it looks like it was filmed much earlier judging by how Sonny and Cher look.<\/p>\n<p>And there <em>is<\/em> a lot of Sonny &amp; Cher here doing skits and singing songs. I can&#39;t help but think this show might have helped sell TV execs on their ability to do a variety show.<\/p>\n<p>The show is hosted by Dick Van Dyke (who I love!) and includes outfits by Bob Mackie (which seem oddly pedestrian for him) and an Emmy nominated score by Ray Charles. Whaa???<\/p>\n<p>Cher scholar Robrt dug up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/Len-Weinrib-Joyce-Jameson-The-First-Nine-Months-Are-The-Hardest\/release\/4863567\">an earlier non-musical version directed by Carl Reiner in 1964<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The show features three real celebrity couples. Michele Lee is lovely and amazing and her husband James Farentino is nice on the eyes but doesn&#39;t really pop out. Ken Berry and his wife Jackie Joseph are typical Broadway fare. The other couples have oodles of talent for sure, way beyond Sonny &amp; Cher in song and dance ability, but somehow Sonny &amp; Cher have such an interesting chemistry in comparison. They steal the show.<\/p>\n<p>The tone of the show is a bit weird, nostalgic and retro even for 1971, as if its trying to convince bra-burning women to settle down. But really, it&#39;s all about the gas-company sponsor promoting fears in new mothers in order to get them to want to switch from electric or coal to \u201cclean gas.\u201d But aside from that, this is a gem of a new find for Sonny &amp; Cher fans. &#0160;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/First-Nine-Months-are-Hardest\/dp\/B07W6RLGDB\">Check it out on streaming from Amazon Prime<\/a>. In the meantime, here&#39;s the play-by-play of the show (at the least the parts where Sonny &amp; Cher appear).<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The show begins with a big song and dance number. Each crib has the couple&#39;s surname on it.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/.a\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef0240a4b652d5200c-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"float: left;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Baby2\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341d6c7753ef0240a4b652d5200c img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef0240a4b652d5200c-200wi.png?w=676&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"width: 200px; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;\" title=\"Baby2\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/.a\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef0240a4b652d9200c-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"float: left;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Baby2\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341d6c7753ef0240a4b652d9200c img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef0240a4b652d9200c-200wi.png?w=676&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"width: 200px; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;\" title=\"Baby2\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>In Cher&#39;s first skit, the new mothers are in a doctor&#39;s waiting room (Dick Van Dyke plays a somewhat smug doctor) wondering how hard their pregnancies will be. Cher&#39;s hair looks great in all these skits.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/.a\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef0240a4df7a95200d-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"float: left;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Baby4\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341d6c7753ef0240a4df7a95200d img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef0240a4df7a95200d-200wi.png?w=676&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"width: 200px; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;\" title=\"Baby4\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/.a\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef0240a4df7a8d200d-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"float: left;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Baby4\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341d6c7753ef0240a4df7a8d200d img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef0240a4df7a8d200d-200wi.png?w=676&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"width: 200px; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;\" title=\"Baby4\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/.a\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef0240a4df7a91200d-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"float: left;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Baby4\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341d6c7753ef0240a4df7a91200d img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef0240a4df7a91200d-200wi.png?w=676&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"width: 200px; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;\" title=\"Baby4\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>In the next skit with Cher, Sonny is trying to call Cher&#39;s father to tell him the good news, but Cher wants to keep the secret until she&#39;s showing.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/.a\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef0240a504218d200b-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"float: left;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Baby7\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341d6c7753ef0240a504218d200b img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef0240a504218d200b-200wi.png?w=676&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"width: 200px; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;\" title=\"Baby7\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/.a\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef0240a5042191200b-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"float: left;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Baby7\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341d6c7753ef0240a5042191200b img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef0240a5042191200b-200wi.png?w=676&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"width: 200px; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;\" title=\"Baby7\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>In the next skit, Sonny &amp; Cher argue about purchasing too many things for the baby.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/.a\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef0240a4df7aad200d-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"float: left;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Baby9\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341d6c7753ef0240a4df7aad200d img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef0240a4df7aad200d-400wi.png?w=676&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"width: 400px; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;\" title=\"Baby9\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>In the next skit, they argue about Cher&#39;s mother coming over to help out once the baby is born.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/.a\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef0240a50421b9200b-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"float: left;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Baby101\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341d6c7753ef0240a50421b9200b img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef0240a50421b9200b-250wi.png?w=676&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"width: 250px; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;\" title=\"Baby101\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>Next is another big song-and-dance with the full cast singling about baby names. Cher actually considers the name Mary. I can&#39;t deny this was somewhat exciting seeing as I once fantasized about being the kid of Sonny &amp; Cher. As if Cher would ever pick such a pedestrian name for her kid, though.<\/p>\n<p>But I always think about that little grade-school boy who wrote about the meaning of love as &quot;when your name sounds good in their mouth.&quot;&#0160;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/.a\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef0240a4b65315200c-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"float: left;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Bby102\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341d6c7753ef0240a4b65315200c img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef0240a4b65315200c-200wi.png?w=676&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"width: 200px; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;\" title=\"Bby102\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/.a\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef0240a4b65319200c-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"float: left;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Bby102\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341d6c7753ef0240a4b65319200c img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef0240a4b65319200c-200wi.png?w=676&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"width: 200px; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;\" title=\"Bby102\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>This last skit is a creepy one where the three women idolize their doctor, Dick Van Dyke, who sits on a throne! The women are all infantilized as little girls. Ugh. This was back before you could insist on having a female gynecologist!<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/.a\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef0240a50421eb200b-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"float: left;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Baby104\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341d6c7753ef0240a50421eb200b img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef0240a50421eb200b-200wi.png?w=676&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"width: 200px; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;\" title=\"Baby104\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/.a\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef0240a50421f0200b-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"float: left;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Baby104\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341d6c7753ef0240a50421f0200b img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef0240a50421f0200b-200wi.png?w=676&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"width: 200px; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;\" title=\"Baby104\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>The last skit is where the dad&#39;s get one last visit at their wives before they&#39;re wheeled into the delivery room. This was also back in the day when new fathers did not get to stay in the delivery room! What a time capsule this is!<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/.a\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef0240a4b6536d200c-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"float: left;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Baby106\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341d6c7753ef0240a4b6536d200c img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef0240a4b6536d200c-300wi.png?w=676&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"width: 300px; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;\" title=\"Baby106\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sonny &#038; Cher in a special from 1971 called &#8220;The First Nine Months are the 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