Since I was born in 1970, “The Jackson 5ive” animated show aired before I was old enough to
be a fan of Saturday morning cartoons.
Forty years after it left the airwaves in 1972, it has finally been released on DVD.
The series was produced by Rankin/Bass...
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Since I was born in 1970, “The Jackson 5ive” animated show aired before I was old enough to
be a fan of Saturday morning cartoons.
Forty years after it left the airwaves in 1972, it has finally been released on DVD.
The series was produced by Rankin/Bass and Motown Productions and broadcast on ABC from
Sept.
11, 1971, until October 1972.
Though I knew the show offered a light-hearted fictionalized portrayal of the careers of The
Jackson 5 Motown recording group, what I didn’t realize is that young Michael Jackson and his
brothers Marlon, Jackie, Jermaine and Tito, didn’t lend their voices to their cartoon likenesses.
“Jackson 5ive: The Complete Animated Series” became available from DreamWork Classics
Tuesday and the DVD collection is priced at $32.
99.
It includes all 23 of the episodes, which
contain 46 original songs.
Since the series was animated mainly in London at the studios of Halas and Batchelor, with
some animation done at Estudios Moro, Barcelona, Spain, the brothers
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