I remember Donny being very popular in the early 70’s ,I think after David Cassidy and before Bobby Sherman.I’ll be

Jul 25, 2024
10:47:16pm

Islandercoug Redshirt Freshman

honest,I wasn’t a fan,but as we all got older,I respected him for his ability to embrace his role as a teenybopper star and even make a little fun of it. I also thought his two appearances on the King of Queens was pretty cool.

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People older than me, how famous really was Donny Osmond at his peak?

Cougs4Lfe

Jul 25, 9:18pm

I mean, he was handsome, he was smart. Really, a walking work of art.

All-American

Jul 25, 9:22pm

Is that you my HCBW?

coolblue

Jul 26, 7:17am

This should tell you

Ted Lasso

Jul 25, 9:22pm

That is soooo bad.

DubuMfalme

Jul 25, 9:24pm

Still better than the 8th movie

Cougs4Lfe

Jul 25, 9:27pm

They knew Luke and Leia were brother and sister before everyone else...

jpesk2

Jul 25, 9:29pm

Basically as big as big as it gets. Maybe not quite Michael Jackson or Taylor

Thrill

Jul 25, 9:25pm

He was one of those '70s teen heart throbs. As big as anyone during his time.

Adrielle

Jul 25, 9:30pm

Like Justin Bieber.

ugo1st

Jul 25, 9:28pm

Was a teen idol. Dudes hated him, girls swooned (which is why dudes hated him).

valcorger

Jul 25, 9:29pm

So that was all over not just in Utah/LDS Circles?

Cougs4Lfe

Jul 25, 9:32pm

Yes. It was widespread.

Brisco

Jul 25, 9:33pm

Nope. All over America. England loved him, too. Still does.

Ted Lasso

Jul 25, 9:33pm

Donny and Marie were in one of my religion classes at BYU. One time Donny comes in a bit late - and of course one of the

Zenoch

Jul 25, 9:45pm

Very successful and popular very early. Osmonds in general were not as popular,

LiveY'r

Jul 25, 9:30pm

The Donnie and Marie show was

DizzyDean

Jul 25, 9:33pm

Two girls we baptized in Denmark on my mission were big Donny fans. Even overseas he was huge

Zenoch

Jul 25, 9:34pm

My Catholic Brit sister-in-law had a big crush on him back then.

Monomachos

Jul 25, 10:02pm

When I met people in England on my mission, more people mentioned

D.T. Survivor

Jul 25, 10:03pm

Met a Donny convert in France too. She was very active and married a French guy

LeGrandBleu

Jul 25, 10:26pm

A English member (then living in Germany) told us she and 2 friends were

BluebloodOR

Jul 25, 11:44pm

I lived overseas all through the 70s and early 80s and never heard anyone even

Japan Coug

Jul 26, 3:19am

He was so big he couldn’t go on a mission anywhere in the world where the church

gwalker

Jul 25, 9:38pm

they could have done Greenland

JOPE

Jul 25, 9:43pm

Do you want to go back to where I found you? Unemployed. In Greenland?

gwalker

Jul 25, 9:56pm

Justin Timberlake

shakarocks

Jul 25, 10:46pm

I remember Donny being very popular in the early 70’s ,I think after David Cassidy and before Bobby Sherman.I’ll be

Islandercoug

Jul 25, 10:47pm

RE: I remember Donny being very popular in the early 70’s ,I think after

ForzaPuma

Jul 26, 1:26am

Famous enough to get on the Kumars at number 42. When you make obscure British

IUCougar

Jul 25, 11:43pm

They sold about a million albums in England, near the top sales at the time

NYC and Japan

Jul 26, 8:08am

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