THE OSMONDS CARTOON SHOW 1972 + LIVE IN CONCERT + MUSIC VIDEO COLLECTION DVD-R!

The Osmonds is a 1972 ABC-TV Saturday morning cartoon series produced by Rankin/Bass Productions starring the Osmond Brothers. 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 slant-eyed talking pet dog , Fuji. “One Bad Apple” was used for the opening and closing credits of the show. Like Jackson 5ive, it used a laugh track created by Rankin/Bass, but unlike the Jacksons, the Osmond brothers provided their own speaking voices in their series. The Osmonds were an American family music group who reached the height of their fame in the early to mid-1970s. The group had its best-known configurations as a quartet (billed the Osmond Brothers) and a quintet (the Osmonds). The group consisted of siblings, all members of a family of musicians from Ogden, Utah, and have been in the public eye since the 1960s. The Osmond Brothers began as a barbershop quartet consisting of brothers Alan, Wayne, Merrill and Jay. They were later joined by younger siblings Donny and Jimmy, both of whom enjoyed success as solo artists. With the addition of Donny, the group became known as the Osmonds; performing both as teen idols and as a rock band, their peak lasted from 1971 to 1975. The eldest of the Osmond brothers who were members of the band, Alan was recognized as leader of The Osmonds, with his brothers referring to him as “No. 1.” In 1967, the Osmonds had the single “Flower Music” b/w “I Can’t Stop” released by UNI Records. The song failed to become a hit. The group saw several other singles released over the next four years, failing to score a hit until the 1971 chart debut of “One Bad Apple“. Record producer Mike Curb saw the Osmonds perform as a band and recognized that they combined a rare mix of polished performing style, instrumental skill, and vocal talent. Curb, at the time, was in the midst of a crusade against rock musicians who promoted drug use, and the Osmond Brothers represented a wholesome and drug-free alternative to the psychedelic rock of the late 1960s. He signed the Osmonds to MGM Records and arranged for them to record at Muscle Shoals with R&B producer Rick Hall. Under Hall’s guidance, the Osmonds hit the top spot on the pop chart with “One Bad Apple” in 1971. The song, “One Bad Apple”, written by George Jackson, was composed in the style of the Jackson 5 (Jackson denied that he had ever offered it to the Jackson 5, though the Osmonds would later state that the Jackson 5 considered recording it). The Osmond and Jackson families would eventually meet in 1972 and become friends, with Donny and Michael Jackson becoming particularly close and Donny being deeply affected when Michael died in 2009. “One Bad Apple” debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 on 2 January 1971, first hitting No. 1 in February, where it stayed for five weeks. color, mono, fullscreen, contains 5 complete politically incorrect episodes. includes The Osmonds’ Music Video Collection, featuring live performances and TV appearances. 2 1/2 hours! DVD-R comes packaged as shown in color DVD case, wrapped in plastic!