''The Osmonds'' is a 1972 ABC-TV

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series produced by

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starring the Osmond Brothers. Each episode features the family in a different location around the world, with young Jimmy's antics usually driving the plot of the episode. As with most television series oriented around bands, the Osmonds' songs were featured prominently in the series. The series also featured their talking pet dog, Fuji.

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did not appear in the series (save for being briefly depicted in "Transylvania,") as she would not make her performing debut until 1973. An abridged version of their hit song " One Bad Apple" was used for the opening and closing credits of the show. Like '' The Jackson 5ive'', it used a laugh track created by

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.Iverson, Paul R. (February 1994, rev. December 2012), "The Advent of the Laugh Track" (2nd ed.), Hempstead, New York: Hofstra University archives Check date values in: , date= (help) Unlike the Jacksons, the Osmond brothers provided their own speaking voices in their series.

Episodes

Each episode features one song by the Osmonds as a group and one solo song by either Donny or Jimmy. Songs are followed by their album inclusions. Most of the Osmonds group songs came from their rock-era albums ''Phase III'' and ''Crazy Horses''.

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* * 1970s American animated television series 1970s American musical comedy television series American children's animated comedy television series American children's animated musical television series American Broadcasting Company original programming 1972 American television series debuts 1972 American television series endings Topcraft Animation based on real people Television series based on singers and musicians Rankin/Bass Productions television series Television series by Universal Television Television series by Halas and Batchelor {{US-child-tv-prog-stub