{"id":2248141,"date":"2026-01-24T06:17:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T06:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2248141"},"modified":"2026-01-24T06:17:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T06:17:13","slug":"donny-osmond-explains-why-the-comedy-on-donny-marie-looked-silly-its-kind-of-endearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/donny-osmond-explains-why-the-comedy-on-donny-marie-looked-silly-its-kind-of-endearing\/","title":{"rendered":"Donny Osmond explains why the comedy on \u201cDonny &#038; Marie\u201d looked silly: &#8216;It&#8217;s kind of endearing&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Fifty years after <em>Donny &amp; Marie<\/em> first hit the airwaves, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/donny-osmond\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Donny Osmond;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Donny Osmond<\/a> can look back on the comedic elements of his and his sister&#8217;s variety show and admit they were &#8220;kind of silly.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;We never really knew anything about variety television,&#8221; the former teen idol <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/donny-osmond-reflects-on-donny-and-marie-on-50th-anniversary-of-the-show-exclusive-11891031\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:recently told PEOPLE;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">recently told PEOPLE<\/a>, referring to himself and sibling <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/marie-osmond\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Marie Osmond;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Marie Osmond<\/a>. &#8220;We were thrown into comedy, and that&#8217;s why I say some of the comedy stuff is kind of silly, because we weren&#8217;t comedians. We&#8217;re singers, but it&#8217;s forgivable when you think of the time element, and it&#8217;s kind of endearing, at least it is for me. It&#8217;s so fun to look back and say, &#8216;Oh, I should have done that differently, and that was so stupid,&#8217; but it worked.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The variety show, which was inspired by the popular <em>Sonny &amp; Cher Comedy Hour<\/em>, premiered Jan. 23, 1976. It also served as a star vehicle to further promote the Osmond siblings, who were already pop stars in their own right. <em>Donny &amp; Marie<\/em>, which ultimately aired on ABC through May 1979, was so popular that it forced the siblings to postpone their music careers for a bit so they could promote their other endeavor.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal dialogue\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<div style=\"max-height:none;overflow:visible\">\n<p>Denise Truscello\/WireImage<\/p>\n<p> Donny and Marie Osmond receive a star on the Las Vegas strip in 2019<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Donny credits some of that aforementioned &#8220;endearing&#8221; quality with the show&#8217;s success.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;The\u00a0<em>Donny\u00a0&amp; Marie<\/em>\u00a0team, there was something about it that was just organic,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It was real. It wasn&#8217;t manufactured because if it were manufactured, a lot of people would take shots at it, and they did. Over the years, they&#8217;d take shots at\u00a0<em>Donny\u00a0&amp; Marie<\/em> because of the goody-goody factor.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In 2021, Donny began a solo residency at Harrah&#8217;s Las Vegas, and that show takes fans back through every decade of his career, including his stint on <em>Donny &amp; Marie<\/em>, which he said still makes him emotional half a century later.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I love my show to pieces,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I mean, I work my butt off, and I love every moment of those 90 minutes each night, but there&#8217;s a lump in my throat when I turn around, and I&#8217;m singing &#8216;In My Life,&#8217; and I&#8217;m seeing the <em>Donny &amp; Marie<\/em> show from first perspective.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong><em>Get your daily dose of entertainment news, celebrity updates, and what to watch with\u00a0our\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/ew-dispatch-newsletter-11812417\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:EW Dispatch newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">EW Dispatch newsletter<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Donny, 68, and Marie, 66, last performed together in 2019, after an 11-year joint residency at the Flamingo Las Vegas. When asked by PEOPLE if an onstage reunion might be in the cards, Donny replied, &#8220;Just to do one concert, it&#8217;s an enormous amount of rehearsals to get the show ready for one show. So if you&#8217;re going to do that, you might as well do a residency, and that\u2019s not going to happen.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In the meantime, Donny&#8217;s show returns to Vegas starting Jan. 27.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/donny-osmond-explains-why-donny-and-marie-comedy-looked-silly-11891893\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Entertainment Weekly;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Entertainment Weekly<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source nz.news.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fifty years after Donny &amp; Marie first hit the airwaves, Donny Osmond can look back on the comedic elements of his and his sister&#8217;s variety show and admit they were &#8220;kind of silly.&#8221; &#8220;We never really knew anything about variety television,&#8221; the former teen idol recently told PEOPLE, referring to himself and sibling Marie Osmond. 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