September 13, 1980 –
The musical variety show, Solid Gold, featuring Dionne Warwick and the Solid Gold dancers, first started in syndication on this date.
Rumor has it that Wayland Flowers, whose scene-stealing puppet, Madame, was a recurring guest, was so high on cocaine that he frequently had to be carried on and off the set. Theme composer/musical director Michael K. Miller disagreed, “I was at all the tapings of Solid Gold (and a lot of the Madame’s Place tapings too) and I never once witnessed him as being anything other than fully focused and healthy.”
The Haus of Dcaligari 