Donny & Marie
Desi Arnaz, Arthur Godfrey, Art Linkletter
TV Flash files “Desi Arnaz, Arthur Godfrey, Art Linkletter” as a desk essential hour — Donny & Marie (1976–1979) on ABC, season 2, episode 1, aired 1976-09-24, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E01: listed hour 16 of 71 in the Donny & Marie guide, first listed hour of season 2. It aired 1976-09-24 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Don Knotts, Michael Landon” (S01E15). Next is “George Burns, Chubby Checker, Evel Knievel” (S02E02).
Essential hour: “Desi Arnaz, Arthur Godfrey, Art Linkletter”. Desi Arnaz, Arthur Godfrey, Art Linkletter is old-variety royalty on a teen-idol hour. The Osmonds keeping the form alive: country, rock, and ice-skating production numbers as the grammar.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Desi Arnaz, Arthur Godfrey, Art Linkletter sit in the Donny & Marie guide?
S02E01 is listed hour 16 of 71 — first listed hour of season 2, season 2 episode 1.
When did Donny & Marie S02E01 air?
Desi Arnaz, Arthur Godfrey, Art Linkletter aired 1976-09-24 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Do I watch for the duets or the sketches?
Variety means both: duets, sketches, guests, and ice-skating production numbers. Sibling chemistry is the hour; the rest is Krofft spectacle.
In the series
Why this series still plays
A little bit country, a little bit rock and roll, and a lot of ice-skating production numbers. The Osmond siblings keep variety alive for teen-idol audiences while wholesome branding fights showbiz glitter. Sibling chemistry as network spectacle, sequins included, before MTV made this kind of hour antique.
The ice arrives before the duet. ABC, 1976–1979: brother-sister pop idols still teens or young adults, hosting a high-gloss variety hour of sketches, guests, and production numbers that look like a rink hired a sequin budget. Sid and Marty Krofft's Donny & Marie split the public brands — a little bit country, a little bit rock and roll — and matched the era's variety excess with ice-skating spectacle. *Sequins, ice, wholesome lighting that is a press strategy.* Style is the plot. Sibling chemistry as network…
Filed against
- Donny Osmond as Host
Donny Osmond co-hosted Donny & Marie as teen-idol variety — a little bit country, a little bit rock and roll, and ice-skating production numbers that kept wholesome branding in sequins. Sibling chemistry as network spectacle, before MTV…
- Marie Osmond as Host
Marie Osmond hosted the ice as herself on Donny & Marie — a little bit country, a little bit rock and roll, a lot of skating production numbers, wholesome branding fighting showbiz glitter. Sibling chemistry as network spectacle, sequins…