Farewell, Raquel. The widely accepted standard of beauty in my lifetime. Bellow, you’ll find the television special that she headlined from the 1970s. Variety shows are that uniquely special creatures that are designated to days long gone. I think that is a good thing. They were both entertaining and at the same time an incredible source of cringe. From the obligatory guest stars, who don’t exactly hold up after all these years, to song and dance numbers with some who don’t have any more talent to do so than I do, these shows were a staple of late sixties to the early eighties’ television. I digress… this is about Raquel. Without further ado…