Shark Bytes

Now this show is and always will be classic! Osmonds were always way ahead of their time. They had the first music videos on here - great production - fantastic entertainers!

I saw Donny and Marie's appearance this morning on GMA and there is nothing like the reminiscent joy of pure childhood nostalgia!

They are yester-year's "high school musical" cast of two. Like the fresh,innocent sounds of the Jonas Brothers, or Miley when she first came on the scene, Donny and Marie were a source of inspiration, clean role models, and fun-spirited sibling rivalry--fringed boots, purple socks, and all!

And as for Mr. Big Time Hollywood Producer's comments, they're as inferior as your production career seems to be--how does a BTHP have time to post analytical reviews on an niche website about 30+ year old shows? "Bitter" seems to fit better.

This show sucked when it was on the air originally, and it still sucks today. D&M are no-talents who are nothing more than part of the corporate show-biz industry intent on ramming smarmy, soul-less pap down the throats of Americans. And the really horrible part of it is, so few people in America have any artistic sensibility that they actually gulp this stuff down like it's a delicacy.

Go out and open your ears. Open your eyes. There's so much out there that is 10,000 times better than what the industry passes off as the next big thing, or the huge blockbuster or the greatest old acts from your past...

D&M should never have been allowed to sing in front of a camera. Period.

Hey, I've got a great idea for a new TV show! Sonny and Cher had a top 10 hit, but they've just divorced, so...we'll graft their proven formula onto a couple who CAN'T get divorced...'cause they're brother and sister! And get this...they're also Mormons! See, we got the wholesome angle all squared away. They'll bicker like Sonny and Cher, then they'll sing duets like Sonny and Cher, then they'll perform really lame skits like Sonny and Cher. They'll even occasionally "break the fourth wall" like Sonny and Cher. And we'll get Cher's costumier, Bob Mackie, to clothe Marie.

Hmmmm...Donny's not short like Sonny, so we can't have any running gags about him being a shrimp...wait! I've got it! We'll do a running gag about Donny wearing purple socks!

And we'll add ice skaters and their little brother Jimmy, and, and...

*bolts upright in bed, sweaty and gasping, before lying down and going back to sleep*

If only this show HAD been only a fever dream...

In answer to the question: Does anyone remember seeing the rarely-seen pilot for "Gilligan's Island",when it aired on TBS years ago and had a DIFFERENT, more reggae theme, a different Professor, and no Ginger and Mary Ann? YOU CAN VIEW IT ON: youtube.com

From Stewie: I'm a little bit country... I'm a little bit queasy.

One word: J I M M Y ! ! ! ! !

I was just a kid and saw the movie "Jaws" and was terrified of the water. Then I turned on the television and saw these two morons, I mean Mormons, and had post-traumatic-stress-disorder from their teeth. I was then scared of my own living room. Marie had nice knockers though!

They are both very talented, and I think time has shown them to have the last laugh for being criticized for their wholesome ways.How many "cool" seventies singers are still around in good health?

I can't beleive how long it's been since this was on Donny is STILL a hunk.

I loved this show as a kid. (kids were their primary audience) They were talented singers and had the type of humor that kids appreciate. Had I first seen this as an adult, I probably would have thought it was total nonsense. But keeping it in perspective, it ran its course.

Like every other third grade girl, I had the BIGGEST crush on Donny.

Like many other shows, this must be judged based on who it was meant for. You can't judge it from an adult point of view. It was never meant for adults, except to watch with their kids.

This show pretty much started in shark-infested waters. I remember the joke writers made a big deal out of Donny's habit of wearing purple socks. If that's comedy, you're headed for the shark at full throttle.

I loved Donny and Marie show but then I loved Donny and Marie, I was a fan of theirs and the Osmond Brothers back in the day, so it would stand to reason I would like their show. However, I didn't like all elements of the show, I didn't like the skating routines every week, I didn't know why these skaters were needed and every week it seem like their skating routines were the same as the week before. I also wasn't too keen on Jimmy, hey I think there's a real reason why he is the only Osmond who didn't pursue a singing career at a later age, he was a cute kid, cute voice, but once puberty hit, that was it, career over. But the thing I think really changed this show and invited the Shark over for a visit was when they moved the show from LA, to Utah and changed the whole feel of the show, from the beginning it was a campy variety show, but the change to Utah and including the whole family just didn't work and caused the whole show to lose it original appeal.

I was in third grade and this was my must-see Friday night ritual! I had purple socks with silver threads running though them that I thought were so cool, but then my best friend got "official" Donny and Marie purple socks and I was very depressed. And I remember clearly the night Marie wore the boots and one was thigh high and the other was real short...does anyone else remember that!?! I am a shoe-aholic now thanks to those boots!