Donny Osmond explains why the comedy on 'Donny & Marie' looked silly

Donny Osmond explains why the comedy on 'Donny & Marie' looked silly

The sibling singers' variety show debuted 50 years ago.ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Donny Osmond and Marie Osmond on 'Donny & Marie' in 1976Fifty years after Donny & Marie first hit the airwaves, Donny Osmond can look back on the comedic elements of his and his sister's variety show and admit they were "kind of silly.""We never really knew anything about variety television," the former teen idol recently told…

Donny Osmond Reflects on Donny & Marie on 50th Anniversary of the Show: 'I Thought My Career Was Over'

"If people can hear you for free on television every week, why go buy an album?" he recalled wondering just before the show premiered on Jan. 23, 1976B. Jones/Express/Getty  Donny Osmond and Marie Osmond in London in August 1974NEED TO KNOWWhen the Donny & Marie show debuted 50 years ago, Donny Osmond had just turned 18"I said, 'There goes my recording career,'" the “Soldier of Love” singer tells PEOPLEThe show was an instant hit, forcing Osmond…

Donny Osmond Revisits Early Fears About Making the 'Donny & Marie' Show

Donny Osmond thought the 'Donny & Marie' show would kill his music career.

Donny Osmond Marks 50th Anniversary of ‘Donny & Marie’ in Video Message to Fans

"Thank you to everyone who's followed us, supported us, and shared in these wonderful memories over the years."