Utah: The Magic of the Osmonds with Sharon McMahon

Here's Where It Gets Interesting

Sharon McMahon

Government, History, Storytelling, Education

4.9 • 15.1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2022

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

In this solo state episode, Sharon takes us back to the 1970s to follow the rise of two of the most iconic names in showbiz… Donny and Marie Osmond. Follow along as we learn about the siblings’ long history in entertainment, from five year old Donny’s first appearance on the Andy Williams Show to Marie’s number one country hit at the tender age of thirteen. The brother and sister pair have spent their entire lives in the public eye, but have risen to the challenges of the business with talent and dedication. Think you know all the Donny and Marie trivia there is to know? Sharon shares some little-known facts about the stars!

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0:00.0	Hello my friends welcome always a pleasure to have you and today's no different. I've a really just fun and
0:15.0	funny story for you today about some people whose names you might recognize that are from the incredible state of Utah.
0:19.0	So let's dive in.
0:21.0	I'm Sharon McMahon and welcome to the Sharon Says So podcast.
0:27.0	Let's go back in time to the 1970s, which was really the era of exploration, innovation, especially when it came to entertainment.
0:37.3	It was the dawn of the blockbuster movie.
0:40.6	For example, Jaws made its debut in 1975 and by the 1970s 95% of homes had
0:49.3	TVs in them families begin to watch hours of television together. This was a massive
0:54.8	cultural shift that happened rapidly in the United States and it also
1:00.0	became the age of the iconic duo like Levern and Shirley, Starsky and
1:07.2	Hudge, Sunny and Cher, Kermit and Miss Peggy, and also the dawn of the variety show.
1:15.0	So if you are not old enough to remember variety shows,
1:18.0	remember how talk shows were real big in the 90s,
1:21.0	tons of talk shows.
1:23.5	And there's still talk shows, obviously today.
1:25.7	In the 1970s, variety shows were very popular.
1:31.4	People like Carol Burnett and Dean Martin and the Smothers Brothers and
1:34.5	Andy Williams and Johnny Cash and the Jackson's all had TV variety shows which leads me to another dynamic duo that had a variety show in the 1970s, Donnie and Marie Osmond.
1:56.1	I had to do it.
1:57.2	I had to do it.
1:58.8	If you don't know who Donnie and Marie Osmond are,
2:01.5	buckle up. So Donnie and Marie Osmond had a variety show that debuted in 1975, but before that began, Donnie was already a famous heart-throb and TV performer, but it was
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