Kristy & Jimmy McNichol w/ The Carpenters (1978)

[ahfaxthis]

that is so bizzare ! OMG

[Madkillsz]

lol jimmy's son goes to my school

[zimminkie]

What a bittersweet video...

Looking back, life seemed a little simpler then and people, in general, more "connected" no matter how cheesy it might have appeared.

[steveatl40]

I don't care that he has 5 kids with his adopted 1st cousin, Richard is a closet case.

[badbadboy68]

What a horrible song.....and I'm a HUGE Karen C. fan!!

I was working in Century City in the late 70's, and I saw Karen going into the EMMYS one nite...and she was SO VERY THIN....I never forgot it....She died way too early...with a voice that few will ever match.....

[Relda999]

Karen was soo tiny, love the video.

[ScotGoddessQ]

Jimmy is the older sibling to Kristy, they also have an older brother. Jimmy is married and has kids now.

I sooooo miss Karen! The musical world is just not the same!

[lrewopf]

Were Kristy and Jimmy twins?

[NebulousBadGuy]

"Are you calling me a turky?" LOL!!!!!

[NebulousBadGuy]

Gosh, so many grate memory's ! The seventy's rule ! R.I.P. Jimmy.

[06karencarpenterfan]

The boys CANNOT sing. Karen and Kristy can sing :) They make it :)

[michelleyuen]

actually i think it's just jimmy

[markxxx21]

Karen Carpenter is good, you'd have to be pretty awful to sing a song with her and have it come out bad :)

[06karencarpenterfan]

I love this song :)

Big brothers :)

[steveatl40]

You have to admit that this is as cheesy as they get...bleccch

[steveatl40]

I wonder what happened to Jimmy?

[GottiDaGoodfella]

who is the guy that pops up holding the snow globe?  looks like an osmond....?

[obsessong]

If you search for "Carpenters - A Christmas Portrait 1978 (Part 1)" and go to the very end, you'll see his picture and hear "Introducing Peter (something like Piff or Pit)."

[heebieandjeebie]

i am so glad i grew up in the late 60s and 70s..fun decade. great songs,tv shows..love it!!

[bertozzina]

these people are different. they are aliens.

[babybirl009]

omg...karen lookes soooo skinny in the skit outfit she was a walking skelington

[WadeElvisMan]

that's from her anorexia ...what a shame:-( we miss you Karen..RIP

WadeElvisMan

[Manwithjeep]

I love these old Christmas specials. So nice to see Karen. Who wants to go back to the 70's with me?

[sisterlead02]

ME!!!

[rudedogcarney]

Oh gosh I loved listening to the Carpenters and was so mad at the media for Karen dying.

If they just published the facts and not what

they thought Karen would be living maybe to

this day.

[pibnv]

OMG! What a delight to see this again! I remember this, Thanks for the archives!

[sisterlead02]

love the song!

[83survivor]

Damn...Everytime I see Jimmy from the mid-late 70s era in these clips, he always reminded a lot of my best friend at school during the early 80s. He was so much alike, it was kind of scary.

[OutsidersLover12]

i think the sisters in both families got most of the talent. not that jimmy and richard dont have great voices but kristy and karen just compliment each others voices. maybe thats why. i love kristy!

[mytie67]

"The Carpenters: A Christmas Portrait" is available on iTunes (20 songs in all) for $6.99!!

[mickster907]

Karen looks god awful skinny in that ski outfit. Yuk, eating disorder in full swing.

[KAQ88]

This is adorable. Jimmy was really cute! Makes me nostalgic for my childhood

[dj99surf]

I love this cheesey 70's variey show banter. Karen had such charisma. They don't make tv like this anymore.

[Gwenster11]

you know i wonder how kristy felt when karen died, sometimes you just winder becuase she was on both christmas specials, and idk, i've just always wondered. hmmmmm.....

[OutsidersLover12]

yeah, good point. i wonder too, now youve got me thinking about it!

[arfies]

@Gwenster11 Probably devastated- Karen does seem like the "big sister" type here. In fact, according to "Little Girl Blue," if Karen had a daughter one day, she had wanted to name her "Kristi." Richard ended up naming one of his daughters that.

[ssoko]

Great quality video... Funny, really funny.

But I wonder how they planned to travel with this car full of things...?????? lol

[OutsidersLover12]

i kno. its a two seater with all the stuff in it and hmmm, there four people. maybe the bros will leave the sis' there?! lol it would fit the song! lol

[Mystifier122]

Fantastic, never knew this existed :-)

[Seventiesfan]

Many thanks for posting this. There sure were a lot of wonderful Christmas specials in those days. I have one of Donny & Marie, and this one reminds me of it.

Here's to the good old days.

[GeorgeHumperty]

why is richard always under pressure????

[GeorgeHumperty]

come on post here the whole special. the 5 ones too come on !

[sweetgirl4JC]

I wish this whole special would come on dvd.

[Gwenster11]

me too!!! it makes me mad lol

[Tyfanke]

Love this. Tx for uploading.

[Kaykay940]

Within five years of when this came on, Karen died. Very sad.