The Japanese duet were very talented, but NBC did not hold up there part, these singers deserve better what they got. it was a good idea but poorly produce. after the series was cancelled, they were still very popular.

First, let me be very clear: "Pink Lady" was not a good variety show. It was a pretty horrible one most of the time. BUT it WAS at the same time a truly awesome show. The 70s also gave us variety shows from Donnie and Marie, the Mandrell Sisters, Captain and Tennile and many, many others. All of them sucked--lame comedy, bad music, horrible production values. That was the standard in the 70s--especially from producers Sid and Marty Kroft. "Pink Lady (and Jeff)" rises above all these by being just plain weird. Casting two unknown Japanese pop stars along with a homegrown but not really any better known comedian was so stupid a thing to do that it bordered on genius. In other words no one in their right mind would have thought of it. The result 30 years later is a great 1980 time capsule of the clash between American Crap-Lame culture and the rising Japanese pop culture that you're not going to see anywhere else. Lots of jokes are made at the girl's expense--especially by semi-regular Sid Caesar, who does a recurring samurai bit that makes John Belushi's old SNL routine look PC by comparison. But the Pink Ladies get their digs in as well, making fun of Altman's non-celeb status, height, and lack of manliness. And its even funnier when you can tell that they have very little idea what they're even saying. The culture clash plus the language barrier plus the really poor taste plus the ultra lameness of the comedy bits, mixed in with the super-peppy, semi-sexy disco performances (in English and Japanese) by the perky, super happy Pink Lady makes for a late 70s Variety Show parody you could not make up today. It is a time capsule of stupid fun that makes me nostalgic for the days when "crap TV" was good natured goofiness instead of "reality" show meanness. Screw the 21st century! BRING BACK PINK LADY AND JEFF!

This was from the period when NBC was horrible and Fred Silverman was running the show (no pun intended). This from the man who help develop gems like "Three's Company" and "Laverne and Shirley" for ABC and beauties like "All in the Family" and "M*A*S*H" for CBS.It baffled me that he went to NBC and came up with crap like this. How could you give a show to 2 women or anyone for that matter who could barely speak English??? I still remember both Kei Masuda and Mei Niemoto at the beginning of the show tell the audience who that night's guests will be. You could barely make out what they were saying and it was very painful to listen.Jeff Altman as well; This had to set his career back 2-3 steps. I like his comedy, but even he couldn't save this show.Every episode would always end with Mie and Kei say something to Jeff you couldn't understand, then they would remove their kimonos revealing the swimsuits they were wearing under it and would drag him fully dressed into the hot tub. It was one of the few funny things I can remember, but they did that every week and it got old fast.Clearly, not one of television's best moments.

Many people cite "Hello Larry" as the show that ended Fred Silverman's run as head of N.B.C.. However, this piece of crap was the one that made the network's executives say enough is enough. When old Fred was at C.B.S. he was hailed as a genius for making them more hip (despite the fact that he was responsible for the purge that got rid of many of the most popular shows on that network because of their rural appeal). He also was hailed as the man responsible for making A.B.C. the most popular network on television while he was there. Unfortunately when he got to N.B.C. his midas touch disappeared. And if it wasn't bad enough that he virtually destroyed N.B.C., he also basically ruined the career of young up and coming comic Jeff Altman. The only good thing to come out of this show though was that Pink Lady never was heard from again.