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Friday, March 22, 2013

Donny & Marie & Steely Dan

Posted by on Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 9:16 AM

This started making the rounds a couple days ago and rightly so, for it is tremendous. (Ice-skating kick line! Severely attenuated "comedy"!)

(Thank you, Slog tipper Mindy, and whoever alerted Mindy to it...)

 

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Granny Smith 1
Cute but such completely horrible despicable people
Posted by Granny Smith on March 22, 2013 at 9:33 AM
2
Cool. Isn't that the nice lady who faints when she dances?
Posted by Lymis on March 22, 2013 at 9:34 AM
3
I went to prom with a Mormon. She's a cruise ship entertainer now.
Posted by mhulot on March 22, 2013 at 9:39 AM
aureolaborealis 4
Oh, wherefore art thou, Seventies?

And Marie's a little pitchy, I think.
Posted by aureolaborealis on March 22, 2013 at 9:40 AM
Cato the Younger Younger 5
Oh god..... What did Kathy Griffin call their show? Shame based entertainment you never told anyone at school you watched?
Posted by Cato the Younger Younger on March 22, 2013 at 9:47 AM
6
Oh, shit, now I remember why I started using drugs.
Posted by cracked on March 22, 2013 at 9:56 AM
Reverse Polarity 7
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.
Posted by Reverse Polarity on March 22, 2013 at 9:57 AM
Fnarf 8
I miss variety shows something fierce.
Posted by Fnarf http://www.facebook.com/fnarf on March 22, 2013 at 10:09 AM
RebR 9
That was so gross I couldn't watch more than 30 seconds. I'm surprised Steely Dan allowed this travesty.
Posted by RebR on March 22, 2013 at 10:35 AM
10
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.

Posted by Brooklyn Reader on March 22, 2013 at 10:47 AM
biffp 11
@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?
Posted by biffp on March 22, 2013 at 10:54 AM
Merlin D. Bear 12
Somewhere in the world, a drag queen sheds a little tear
Posted by Merlin D. Bear on March 22, 2013 at 11:21 AM
13
Does anyone think Donny & Marie knew at the time what the eponymous Steely Dan was?
Posted by cgd on March 22, 2013 at 11:28 AM
Gurldoggie 14
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.
Posted by Gurldoggie http://gurldogg.blogspot.com on March 22, 2013 at 11:59 AM
Sir Vic 15
@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)
Posted by Sir Vic on March 22, 2013 at 12:12 PM
--MC 16
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 .."
Posted by --MC on March 22, 2013 at 12:25 PM
Supreme Ruler Of The Universe 17
#16

Or Peg.

Posted by Supreme Ruler Of The Universe http://www.you-read-it-here-first.com on March 22, 2013 at 12:42 PM
Phoebe in Wallingford 18
I love the Bubsy Berkeley influence.
Posted by Phoebe in Wallingford on March 22, 2013 at 12:45 PM
Fnarf 19
@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.
Posted by Fnarf http://www.facebook.com/fnarf on March 22, 2013 at 1:07 PM
biffp 20
I remember the Solid Gold dancers doing routines to Steely Dan, and it wasn't this bad.
Posted by biffp on March 22, 2013 at 5:04 PM
Bauhaus I 21
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.
Posted by Bauhaus I on March 22, 2013 at 5:30 PM

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