Donny & Marie Show guest Desi Arnaz Jr.

[playsbass1969]

drumming is koool

[evhvariac2]

Ridiculous. Yet I watch

[stormylane]

I used to hate Jimmy!

[snoops71]

@stormylane OHHH, me TOO!!! :)

[evhvariac2]

Who's the fat little kid playing the drums?

[QueenBeatlesWings]

@evhvariac2 Jimmy Osmond- the youngest Osmond Brother

[QueenBeatlesWings]

@evhvariac2 Jimmy Osmond- the youngest of the Osmond Brothers

[dallastim]

worst playlist ever. diamonds and rust is a great song but a priest setlist with diamonds and rust over and over again and three other songs then donny and marie F'ing show is pathetic. I had to apologize to the people around me listening! terrible, F, failure.

[dnt9217]

WOW!!! I can watch this over and over again and STILL be amazed!!! If I could drum that brilliantly!!!!! I LOVE the sound of Jimmy's drums!!!!

[TYSONWILLIAMMUSIC]

HOLY CRAP!!!!

i know drummer considered amazing these days that could poke a stick at that machine gun drummer guy!

[flightmare12]

Check out 2:19,after the big finale,the music restarts ,but the 3 drummers are way late..

[m0de]

i would kill for that rack of synths. donny got the goods!

[TTKamikazees2]

I'm 21 and what is this?

[killbrad]

Parts of it remind me of the Inspector Gadget theme.

[mixmessily]

This video is so awesome that the VHS tape cant handle the awesomeness!

[dreadpiraterobert]

Hey, BoingBoing'd! Wow, "Topsy" it may be, but you can sure hear the Cantina band hiding inside that Moog. Sweet.

Donny's collar and sweater -- and flashbulb smile -- make him the anti-Gary Numan here.

[iburl]

Dezi Osmond is the odd one out. He has that latin flavor that Jimmy didn't develop until his 24th LP "Soy Amor"

[evildust86]

damn- i remember this... i'm so old... back when it was on ABC in 1977 i believe...

[toresbe]

geeze. I mean, if that was done live I can't even begin to imagine the adrenaline that technical director was experiencing. Visual effects work like that was NOT EASY back in that day...!

[rhiann0n1]

wow I don't remember seeing that episode. Desi's a bit of an animal on drums heh and sweet Jay is perfect as usual.

[blessedbeJesus]

I like Jimmy's part the best

[uhjigali]

Why do those inbreed Osmonds always gotta steal the camera. Couldnt they just let jr. have his moment there?

[donlovesme1]

Awesome video...wish is was better quality.

[scottbaino]

Is this where the "Inspector Gadget" theme song was created? xD

[freepussy]

Not originally Inspector Gadget theme

The song is called "Topsy", and was a hit for drummer Cozy Cole in 1958Originally

[luvjamesspader]

Was this the battle of the bands and Families?!

[sigge951]

why is this in judas priest playlist? btw i have no knowledge about the drummers in judas but this might be him( no idea)

[drum30506]

this is awesome. thanks for posting this. this is great. i have been looking for something with desi playing drums for a long time. i didn't know jimmy and jay could play drums. it was fun to watch all 3 play. enjoyed it very much.

[romeodiscos]

i liked desi dut I like donny better on the synthsizer donny got funky lol

[glcfordco]

This soooo coool........

Thanks

Gailxx

[kirchfam]

Kind of cool.

[wyominglost]

the osmonds are good,but desi kicked there collective behinds on the drums.

[lilfallenangel]

Jimmy looks so cute playing the durms!! :)

[JohnLRice]

Agreed!!!

[MrsMJFox]

this is GREAT!

[KathleenWilbeck]

Hey....what about Desi????? Awesome!

[nothing192]

i swear honest to god on my life...i have his 8 peice drumset

[waltere200]

Wow, I've never seen this video and didn't know Jimmy can play drums as well! Thanks for posting.

[ursathemagnificent]

Head 'splode.

[x0abbiex0]

GO DONNY!

[x0abbiex0]

osmonds are SOO talented!

[stargate121]

Back when music was COOL!!

[tdrewman]

Desi, he was playing drums since he could walk!

[LarryBrown2]

Unbelievable!!!! I also didn't know that Jimmy could play the drums. I wonder about the live performance. I don't see Jimmy playing what I hear. The fancy editing in Desi's solo obscures what he is playing. I do see Donny playing what I hear. So funny the change in times. Do you think Donny has time to sit and fiddle with that Moog for hours and hours anymore? No way. I guess he has to prioritize and just do what makes him money. I wonder if he even owns the Moog anymore. Probably not. Sad.

[kbirdusa]

Jimmy - fat, ugly, and untalented.

[x0abbiex0]

your rude....i feel the same way about you, fat,ugly, and untalented! OSMOND ARE THE BEST!

[KYBRENDA]

What memories! Believe it or not... but I was at the taping of that show. Soooo long ago. Thanks for posting this.

[jajacko22003]

listen to this song fucked up is awesome!!!

[ws12hurd]

Love it.

It it just goes to prove that Jay is most definately The Best Drummer in Lithuania!!

J x

(Don't worry .... Jay understands the joke ;-) )

[88Rocker]

I always liked Desi Arnaz and I always Loved Lucy so how could anyone not like the son of someone that made you laugh as much as they did?  Danny O'Donnell

[happymoogman]

DONNY OSMOND IS A GENIUS!

[xshortybabyx]

great playin by all four never saw jimmy play n instrument b4 n i was impressed thou not a big fan of his singing i prefer watchin him play n instrument lol:)

[Yunginspirit]

Fantastic!

[gvader]

Very impressive by all 3 I have to say!!!

[dylanispeng]

Wow!I loved that video...straight to my favourite videos :D

[afghanhound]

Wish it ha better quality, looks like from a VHS tape.

[nightripper2010]

Would be great if the poster of this video could at least spell Desi right.

[CanDSam]

Not that this illustrates it, but Jay Osmond was voted one of the 20 best drummers of the 1970s by Rolling Stone Magazine. And, of course, Desi started drumming as a baby at his Daddy's side. This is great vintage 1970s! Thanks for posting this.

[gregindallas]

Wow! First time I think I'd ever seen Desi jr. actually play. I missed alot of "Donny and Marie" episodes. glad to finally catch up on what I missed.

[blzbug242]

I'm just glad Gary Numan discovered synths as well.

[afghanhound]

Gary Numan sucks....

[DA90027]

My thoughts exactly...mediocrity at it's best!

[afghanhound]

**ponders the phrase mediocrity at it's best***

Never knew Jimmy could play drums.

[Utoobhasbestfreeporn]

proof that any dumbass in the world can play drums

[CGAWLEY]

And proof positive that any brain-dead hick who doesn't appreciate talent can post his/her opinion on the internet!

This was a great clip, & if you can't recognize it as such, keep your opinions to yourself!

[afghanhound]

Yeah, CGawley that's what I was gonna say too....proves that they are not censoring

your mean comments....