The_Osmonds_(TV_series)

<i>The Osmonds</i> (TV series)

The Osmonds (TV series)

American TV series or program

The Osmonds is a 1972 ABC-TV Saturday morning cartoon series produced by Rankin/Bass Productions starring the Osmond Brothers.[1] Each episode features the family in a different location around the world, with young Jimmy's antics usually driving the plot of the episode. As with most television series oriented around bands, the Osmonds' songs were featured prominently in the series. The series also featured their talking pet dog, Fuji.[2] Marie Osmond did not appear in the series (save for being briefly depicted in "Transylvania,") as she would not make her performing debut until 1973. An abridged version of their hit song "One Bad Apple" was used for the opening and closing credits of the show.

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Like The Jackson 5ive, it used a laugh track created by Rankin/Bass,[3] but unlike the Jacksons, the Osmond brothers provided their own speaking voices in their series.[4]

Episodes

Each episode features one song by the Osmonds as a group and one solo song by either Donny or Jimmy. Songs are followed by the albums on which they were included. Most of the Osmonds group songs came from their rock-era albums Phase III and Crazy Horses.

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References

  1. [1]
    Woolery, George W. (1983). Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part 1: Animated Cartoon Series. Scarecrow Press. pp. 206–207. ISBN 0-8108-1557-5. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  2. [2]
    Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. p. 597. ISBN 978-1476665993.
  3. [3]
    Iverson, Paul R. (February 1994, rev. December 2012), "The Advent of the Laugh Track" (2nd ed.), Hempstead, New York: Hofstra University archives Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. [4]
    Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 437–438. ISBN 978-1538103739.


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