Film/TV Mar 22, 2013 at 9:16 am

Donny & Marie & Steely Dan

David Schmader
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1
Cute but such completely horrible despicable people
Granny Smith on March 22, 2013 at 9:33 AM Report this
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Cool. Isn't that the nice lady who faints when she dances?
Lymis on March 22, 2013 at 9:34 AM Report this
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I went to prom with a Mormon. She's a cruise ship entertainer now.
mhulot on March 22, 2013 at 9:39 AM Report this
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Oh, wherefore art thou, Seventies?

And Marie's a little pitchy, I think.
aureolaborealis on March 22, 2013 at 9:40 AM Report this
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Oh god..... What did Kathy Griffin call their show? Shame based entertainment you never told anyone at school you watched?
Cato the Younger Younger on March 22, 2013 at 9:47 AM Report this
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Oh, shit, now I remember why I started using drugs.
cracked on March 22, 2013 at 9:56 AM Report this
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I confess I used to watch this show enthusiastically when I was in high school, and had a mad crush on Donnie Osmond. I blame pot and confused gay hormones. There can be no real justification otherwise.
Reverse Polarity on March 22, 2013 at 9:57 AM Report this
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I miss variety shows something fierce.
Fnarf on March 22, 2013 at 10:09 AM Report this
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That was so gross I couldn't watch more than 30 seconds. I'm surprised Steely Dan allowed this travesty.
RebR on March 22, 2013 at 10:35 AM Report this
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At first, I was convinced this was some clever mash-up, that someone edited the video to make it look like they were singing Steely Dan's most famous tune. It was good, very realistic...

It eventually dawned on me that they were really doing it. I'm still trying to cope with the discordance.

Brooklyn Reader on March 22, 2013 at 10:47 AM Report this
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@10, I agree. I thought this would be a mashup, but it's just a video of the show, which is as lacking in creativity as throwing skating into a seventies skit comedy was. Could we get a compendium of cat videos Wendy?
biffp on March 22, 2013 at 10:54 AM Report this
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Somewhere in the world, a drag queen sheds a little tear
Merlin D. Bear on March 22, 2013 at 11:21 AM Report this
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Does anyone think Donny & Marie knew at the time what the eponymous Steely Dan was?
cgd on March 22, 2013 at 11:28 AM Report this
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Meanwhile civil war raged through Cambodia, Steven Biko was beaten to death in South African prison, and the Clash released their first album. Not that such contradictions don't always exist, but 1970's sure were a special time.
Gurldoggie on March 22, 2013 at 11:59 AM Report this
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@8 There are stars today that could pull off a classic variety show, but the production involves too much sweat and requires too much viewer attention. It takes more than just Carol or Dean to make the magic. (sigh)
Sir Vic on March 22, 2013 at 12:12 PM Report this
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How I wish they could have done "My Old School" instead. I'd love to hear Donny sing "To find you with the working girls in the county jail .."
--MC on March 22, 2013 at 12:25 PM Report this
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#16

Or Peg.

Supreme Ruler Of The Universe on March 22, 2013 at 12:42 PM Report this
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I love the Bubsy Berkeley influence.
Phoebe in Wallingford on March 22, 2013 at 12:45 PM Report this
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@15, all you need is a good band that can play anything and a director, choreographer and costume designer who think they're the reincarnation of Busby Berkeley, and you're set. Watching the idiot stars of today flounder around wound be hilarious. It's not like Donny and Marie were bursting with talent. You need a few real singers in occasionally to keep everybody grounded, that's all.
Fnarf on March 22, 2013 at 1:07 PM Report this
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I remember the Solid Gold dancers doing routines to Steely Dan, and it wasn't this bad.
biffp on March 22, 2013 at 5:04 PM Report this
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Almost a Monty Python sketch, isn't it?

I wasn't in the Osmonds' target audience which were 1) tweens in the throes of their first crushes and 2) older people who were relieved to see someone under 30 well-scrubbed and presentable. Perhaps we weren't going to Hell in a hand-basket after all. The Osmonds were the anti-cool. All I ever saw in the very few times I was forced to watch were teeth and Mormons.
Bauhaus I on March 22, 2013 at 5:30 PM Report this

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