The
1970s were perhaps the golden age of the professional celebrity. People who were marginally well-known a decade or more earlier could be found all over daytime
television as regulars on
game shows and
talk shows, and on
prime time as "special guest stars" on shows like
The Love Boat and
Fantasy Island.
Orson Bean, Charles Nelson Reilly, J. P. Morgan, Mr. Blackwell, Charo, Sonny Bono, Soupy Sales...