"Motown 25"... this show just never gets old!!

[Joel Cairo]

I just won a laserdisc copy on eBay a couple of weeks ago, and sat down to watch it last weekend, after not having seen the show for quite a few years...

Hokey smoke, Bullwinkle!!

Marvin's Gaye's passionate performance, the Temps & the Tops going at each other (musically) Diana Ross & the Supremes going after each other (literally, though largely off-screen), Stevie Wonder blasting through hit after hit... and Michael Jackson's unbelievable dancing and singing, both with and without his brothers.

It must have been awful to have to sit through all the stage set ups, but I would have **loved** to have been there, nevertheless!

Find a copy of this show, if you can, folks!! :)

Anyone else remember seeing this when it first aired??

-Kevin

[Dan C]

Anyone else remember seeing this when it first aired??

-Kevin

YES I remember that! My sister and I watched it and we couldn't contain ourselves, and I really remember us both gasping and going "WOW!!" when Jackson did his moonwalk. It was perhaps my generation's "Beatles on Sullivan" moment. :)

Nice score, never knew it was commercially released. Another one for the DVD wish list.

Dan C

[xios]

The big question I had at the time was "What's Adam Ant doing on this show?" but I think it was a label requirement in order to allow Michael Jackson to appear.

[Joel Cairo]

Dan C.:

'Fraid you'll have to settle for tape or laserdisc on the legit market... it hasn't made it to DVD yet (assuming it's ever going to...)

-Kevin

[Dan C]

Dan C.:

'Fraid you'll have to settle for tape or laserdisc on the legit market... it hasn't made it to DVD yet (assuming it's ever going to...)

-Kevin

Oh yeah, that's what I meant. My "wish" is that it was available in the first place.

Dan C

[bartels76]

Motown doesn't have the rights to release it on DVD unfortunately. The special is owned by whatever network it aired on and whoever produced it.

[srigby]

I am a little confused. I checked on ebay and there seems to be several Motown 25 DVD's for auction, also a laser disc 2 disc set and VHS tapes. Are these a different Motown 25 than what you are taliking about here?

Scott

[bartels76]

I am a little confused. I checked on ebay and there seems to be several Motown 25 DVD's for auction, also a laser disc 2 disc set and VHS tapes. Are these a different Motown 25 than what you are taliking about here?

Scott
The special came out on laserdisc and VHS back in the 80's.
The DVD's are boots.

[srigby]

Shawn
The laser disc set on ebay is a 2 disc set, is it an original release?

Scott

[Joel Cairo]

Yes it is, Scott.

-Kevin

[srigby]

I just bid on it, I hope that I win it.

Scott