For some reason, the 1970s show The $1.98 Beauty Show came to mind recently. It was a briefly running variety program that looked like a beauty pageant but really was not.
Apparently, as with Sha Na Na, you can find full episodes digitized from videocassette recorder early adopters’ home collections:
Well, maybe it’s not that much different from what you see today as entertainment, but adjusted for the changing times.
And for the life of me, I cannot remember why this program came to mind. Sometimes, I think I’ve just got my brain on Shuffle.