Journey beyond the miracle that became a song!
Michael Jackson: [Having just dangled his baby out the window] I just wanted to share Blanket with the World.
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This 5 part musical special was produced by VH1 and NBC and aired in the fall of 1999 to mark Saturday Night Live's 25th Anniversary. Each special covered 5 years of SNL's history and featured musical performances and music themed comedy sketches from the respective period. Host - 1975-80 Chevy Chase, Host 1980-85 Martin Short, Host - 1985-90 Al Franken, Host 1990-95 Jay Mohr, Host 1995-99 Cheri Oteri
Keywords: hip-hop, rap, sketch-comedy
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The true story of The Temptations, the Soul vocal group of the 1960s, as seen from the viewpoint of the last surviving member, Otis Williams. Beginning from their humble origins in the late 50s and continuing through the 90s and the deaths of the other 4 members.
Keywords: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, african-american, alcoholism, argument, band, based-on-book, based-on-true-story
The unforgettable story of one of Motown's hottest acts.
The story of a dream come true and the struggle to keep that dream alive.
Their sound made them famous. Their struggle made them legends.
David Ruffin: I'm the one sellin' the records. They're comin' to see me.::Otis Williams: They're comin' to see the Temptations.::David Ruffin: Ain't nobody comin' to see you, Otis! You wish you could work it the way I do, but you can't! Because there is only one David Ruffin. And without him, the Temps ain't nothin' but a group in SEARCH of a David Ruffin. Matter of fact, I been thinkin'. We should call the group David Ruffin And The Temptations. Yeah, that sound good to me. Y'all beggin' me not to leave you. [sings] "And I refuse to let you go." Yeah, David Ruffin And The Temptations. Whatcha think?::Otis Williams: [stands up] That ain't never gonna happen.
Otis Williams: [after David has jumped up on stage with the Temptations] David, are you out of your damn mind? I will whoop your ass!
David Ruffin: [after reading a memo firing him from the group] Y'all are stupid! You can't fire me! I made your asses! Do you hear me? DO YOU HEAR ME? You can't do me like this! You ungrateful son of a bitches!
David Ruffin: I heard about Paul.::Eddie Kendricks: They got the doctors and everybody in on it.::David Ruffin: And you next.::Eddie Kendricks: Me?::David Ruffin: Yeah, you. I sang "My Girl", "Ain't Too Proud To Beg". Look what they did to me. Paul's gonna be gone and that's your boy. Shark's eatin' his own guts, Corn. And after you, ain't gonna be nothin' but O and Blue. And he gonna eat Blue, too, 'cause that's the way them types is. You better quit, save yourself some dignity.::Eddie Kendricks: You don't know what you're talking about, Ruff. We're supposed to be back in the studio. When Paul gets better, we got the tour.::David Ruffin: Yeah, the tour. Hey, Corn, you bigger than them, Corn. Just like I was bigger than them. You wait till your next hit, they gonna come after you. You better leave before you get fired.
David Ruffin: I'm back! I quit all that stuff, O.::Eddie Kendricks: I told you he was clean.::Otis Williams: I don't care!::David Ruffin: [takes off his glasses] Look, I'm straight, man. Can't you see I'm straight?::Eddie Kendricks: He's straight. Listen to him.::David Ruffin: I'm back in the group, O. Tell me I'm back in the group.::Otis Williams: You ain't in this group. Don't you get it? You blew it!::Eddie Kendricks: The crowd went wild when he jumped on stage.::Otis Williams: He's the one who blew it, Corn!::David Ruffin: Paul... Corn... Blue, baby, all I'm asking y'all is for another chance. Come on now!::Melvin Franklin: David, I'm sorry, but you got to go.::Otis Williams: Get out or get carried out.::David Ruffin: I ain't goin' nowhere! You said I was a Temp for life. How 'bout that promise, huh O?::Otis Williams: You ain't no Temptation no more!::[Otis tries to beat up David, but Melvin holds him back]
[last lines]::Otis Williams: Temptations... Forever
[Melvin is in the hospital after being shot by a carjacker who stole his car]::Melvin Franklin: He shot me, then he recognized me, and then he kicked my butt out of MY car.::Otis Williams: Was it Ruffin? [they both laugh]::Melvin Franklin: No, Ruffin would've killed me.
[During a concert break, Paul rushes off stage into the bathroom, coughs and throws up]::Shelly Berger: That was a disaster.::Melvin Franklin: Yeah, Shelly, we know. All right?::Shelly Berger: The next set's in 45 minutes. There's no way he'll be ready.::Eddie Kendricks: He'll be ready.::Shelly Berger: Falling down drunk doesn't get better in 45 minutes, Eddie. You know what we have to do, Otis...::Eddie Kendricks: No! If Paul's not on that stage, I'm not on that stage.::Shelly Berger: The Temptations are known for precision, Eddie. I don't know what that was, but that wasn't it.::Eddie Kendricks: What's it to you, Shelley? You ain't up there.::Shelly Berger: I might as well be. Mr. Gordy holds me responsible for everything that goes on out there.::Eddie Kendricks: I'm responsible for Paul.::Shelly Berger: Oh, yeah? Then where were you when he was getting plastered?::Eddie Kendricks: I said it. I'm not going on without Paul
Otis Williams: Oh yeah, not the same but nominated for a Grammy!
David Ruffin: Y'all ain't the same without me.::Otis Williams: Oh, yeah? Not the same but nominated for a Grammy!::David Ruffin: That's mine!::Otis Williams: No, no, that ain't you on "Cloud Nine". That's Dennis' voice!
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The Jacksons are your average working-class family in Gary, Indiana; but when their father discovers the kids have an extraordinary musical talent they form a band. Winning talent show after talent show they soon hit it big when Motown calls. From there they become the now famous Jackson 5. But along the way their success brings trouble and turmoil
Keywords: 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, african-american, airplane, baby, brother-brother-relationship, celebrity
There's fame...there's fortune...and then there's family. Sometimes it's hard to choose.
Joseph Jackson: Black Beatles, that's what they call 'em! Black Beatles!
Michael Jackson: Berry once told me a song has to tell a story. I've got a million stories in my head. I can't sleep just thinking about them, and I want to sing them. I'm filled up with music. I just want it to come out.::Katherine Jackson: And it will, because there's no stopping it.
Marlon: You know, I'm sick of this- promotional tours. When do we get to perform again?::Jackie: Hey, man, ask Michael.::Marlon: Yeah, sure. "Ask Michael." Who ever sees Michael?::Jackie: You need an appointment to see your own little brother.
Michael Jackson: We're embarking on this tour for many reasons, but mainly because of our mother. Our father, too, for the dream that they had... an American dream... that started a long, long time ago, when our ancestors came here... slaves... oppressed people... beaten down, beaten up... You know, we've come a long, long way from 2300 Jackson Street, when my brothers and I used to long for a color T.V. We weren't beaten down by poverty, and we're not going to be beaten down by fame, either. 'Cause this is what it's all about. This tour is a celebration. It's a victory.
Joseph Jackson: You know, Berry Gordy's not gonna be satisfied until he has one of my boys calling him "Daddy".
Katherine Jackson: She never should've given the microphone to Michael. She may never get it back!
Michael Jackson: Tell them I liked riding in the ambulance. It was wild with the sirens wailing.
Jackie: Hey, Jermaine, why don't you help out the brothers? Talk to Berry. He is your father-in-law.::Jermaine: Look, father-in-law is one thing, group is another. Anyway. we got a winning combination. A seven-year run of hits.::Marlon: Got no more hits.::Jermaine: We'll get it back, man. I'm not running to my father-in-law every time someone's got a complaint. You wanna talk to him, talk to him.::Jackie: I wanna talk to him, but he ain't gonna wanna listen.
Jermaine Jackson: They ripped off my medallion!::Jackie: Hey, I kind of like the whole thing.
Suzanne de Passe: How about a giant chocolate candy bar? You can eat it on the plane.::Michael Jackson: No.::Jermaine: Michael! You never turn down candy.::Michael Jackson: Please don't make me go on that plane. I'm scared. I don't want to go on anymore planes ever. Ever!
Diana Ernestine Earle Ross (born March 26, 1944) is an American singer, record producer, and actress.
Diana Ross was lead singer of the Motown group The Supremes during the 1960s. After leaving the group in 1970, Ross began a solo career that has included successful ventures into film and Broadway. She received a Best Actress Academy Award nomination for her role as Billie Holiday in Lady Sings the Blues (1972), for which she won a Golden Globe award. She has won seven American Music Awards, was honored with a 2012 Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award, and won a Tony Award for her one-woman show, An Evening with Diana Ross, in 1977.
In 1976, Billboard magazine named her the "Female Entertainer of the Century." In 1993, the Guinness Book of World Records declared Diana Ross the most successful female music artist in history due to her success in the United States and United Kingdom for having more hits than any female artist in the charts with a career total of 18 number one records in the United States. Diana Ross has sold more than 100 million records worldwide.