viva variety be a unique hybrid program that be both a parody of and a tribute to the program it represent . it be most directly a mock up of the classic 1970s favorite and the sonny and cher show and with thomas lennon and kerri kenney play a divorced show biz couple who be somehow force to host this program together and the female of the pair tower over the male and and the constant barrage of insult humor the couple toss at each other and plus sketch comedy bit and performance from what be most kindly describe a specialty act . the hybrid be the mix of fact and fantasy . of course and there be no mr. and former mrs. laupin and and the program announcer and johnny bluejeans and be likewise equally fictional . but all the act that perform be certainly real and and some be even entertain . but there be also some act that would have clearly be well suit for the old chuck barris gong show . the show itself be really more like an extended sketch from sctv ( it be bear from the mtv series and the state and after all ) and and some would suggest that it would have be well a a five minute bit in the mix of a program like that one and rather than a stand alone series . but viva variety certainly should get high mark for original concept and and even though it be often more odd than funny and it be certainly worthwhile and especially when they road trip to las vega and brought in even glitzier act to perform . it unlikely we will ever see anything like this on television again .