The 70s gave us disco, bell bottoms, and basketball players doing sketch comedy. What a time.
The Harlem Globetrotters Popcorn Machine is a Saturday morning variety show featuring players from the basketball team the Harlem Globetrotters singing, dancing, and performing comedy sketches. Broadcast in 1974, it was produced by Funhouse Productions and Yongestreet Productions for CBS Productions.
Production
1974 Saturday morning energy — pure, unfiltered, slightly unhinged.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Globetrotters were already entertainment icons by 1974, having played over 20,000 games since 1926 — this show was their attempt to own Saturday morning TV from athletes to full performers.
Only eight episodes aired before cancellation, making this a genuine lost curio of 1970s television — most footage exists only in collectors' circles and YouTube rip holes.
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