The Jackson 5ive
4.7/5
Année : 1971
Nombre de saisons : 2
Durée moyenne d'un épisode : 30 minutes
Genre(s) : Animation, Enfant, Comédie, Famille
The Jackson 5ive was a Saturday morning cartoon series produced by Rankin/Bass and Motown Productions. It is a fictionalized portrayal of the careers of Motown recording group The Jackson 5.
Saisons
Saison 1
5/5
Saison 2
5/5
Épisodes
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Épisode 1 - It All Started With...
11 septembre 1971 - 5/5
The pilot episode, introducing the five brothers, their pets, their producer (Berry Gordy) and the apocryphal origin story of the Jacksons depicting Diana Ross as their mentor who discovered them when they saved her from their pet snake, Rosey. Songs: "ABC", "Goin' Back to Indiana"
Épisode 2 - Pinestock U.S.A.
18 septembre 1971 - 5/5
The Jackson brothers agree to play an outdoor concert similar to Woodstock, but learn that a team of cruel lumberjacks plan to level the forest where the concert is scheduled. Songs: "I'll Be There", "The Young Folks"
Épisode 3 - Drafted
25 septembre 1971 - 5/5
Marlon and Michael are accidentally drafted into Fort Paratrooper, while Jackie, Tito and Jermaine try to figure out a way to get them out before showtime, they play various pranks to avoid kitchen patrol and having their Afros cut off by a recruit with hairclippers. Songs: "I Want You Back", "2-4-6-8"
Épisode 4 - Mistaken Identity
2 octobre 1971 - 5/5
The Jacksons, out west driving to a tour date in Las Vegas, get sidetracked in an Old West town where they are mistaken for five ornery bandit brothers. Songs: "I'll Bet You", "16 Candles"
Épisode 5 - Bongo, Baby, Bongo
9 octobre 1971 - 5/5
Michael finds himself the unwitting and reluctant adopted son of a female gorilla whose bongo-playing offspring is pet-napped by a malevolent clown for his circus act. The remaining Jackson brothers are forced to find ways to rescue Michael from the lovesick animal. Songs: "My Little Baby", "It's Great To Be Here"
Épisode 6 - The Winners' Circle
16 octobre 1971 - 5/5
Visiting a race track, Michael is tricked by a somewhat shifty horse racer into accidentally buying a lazy, unmotivated horse. When the brothers learn that the horse can race real fast when their music is being played, the horse racer comes up with a plan to make sure they lose everything. Songs: "The Love You Save", "How Funky Is Your Chicken?"
Épisode 7 - CinderJackson
23 octobre 1971 - 5/5
The brothers hear at a press conference that Mr. Leo F. King, a show business entrepreneur, is holding a lavish birthday party for Samantha Christie, the Princess of Pop, but Michael is sick and is unable to attend her party. Then he receives and a package from Gary, Indiana, which he thinks is chicken soup, but is soon greeted by an Afro-crowned "Hairy Godfather" fairy who grants him a wish to see the star. He sneaks to the ball regardless and dances with the celebrity. Songs: "Reach In", "Can I See You In The Morning?"
Épisode 8 - The Wizard of Soul
30 octobre 1971 - 5/5
Michael wanders into an oasis called the Land of Soul he sees each of his brothers play a familiar Wizard of Oz character. Together they journey to find the "Wizard of Soul," who if located can help him get back to his (real) brothers and get to the show on time. Songs: "The Love I Saw In You Was Just A Mirage", "Oh How Happy"
Épisode 9 - The Tiny Five
6 novembre 1971 - 5/5
The Jacksons are shrunk to miniature size and have to avoid large household perils to reverse the mishap that miniaturized them. Songs: "The Wall", "I Will Find A Way"
Épisode 10 - The Groovatron
13 novembre 1971 - 5/5
The Jacksons tour themselves to exhaustion and long to take a break. Marlon, depicted as a gear-head genius, builds an Afro-wearing musical robot titled "The Groovatron" to stand in for them for future performance dates. However, a shifty salesman named Sam Sham witnesses the successful maiden performance of the robot, kidnaps it, and sends it on tour on its own, replacing The Jacksons and selling out instead of them. The brothers scheme at once to kidnap their robot back before their careers are destroyed. Songs: "Maybe Tomorrow", "Nobody"
Épisode 11 - Ray & Charles: Superstars
20 novembre 1971 - 5/5
Ray and Charles become envious of the success of their owners and decide to become stars on their own. Discovered by Hollywood, the two mice become superstars overnight and soon as they do, the brothers fear that the success will go to their heads. Songs: "(Come Round Here) I'm The One You Need", "(We've Got) Blue Skies"
Épisode 12 - Farmer Jacksons
27 novembre 1971 - 5/5
Jackie decides that his family should have a break from superstardom and place a bet with a crook to run a farm, which leads to disasters with the animals, food and the farm itself. But with the help of their singing, they might be able to work as a team. Songs: "My Cherie Amour", "Honey Chile"
Épisode 13 - Jackson Island
4 décembre 1971 - 5/5
On a flight to Hawaii, the five brothers crash onto an island. Michael hits his head on a coconut and meets the most fictional and evil pirates in history. Songs: "Ready or Not (Here I Come)", "La La Means I Love You"
Épisode 14 - The Michael Look
11 décembre 1971 - 5/5
When stranded without his stage clothing in a travel mishap at Heathrow Airport in London, Michael unwisely consults two envious Pearly Kings threatened by his success who use the opportunity to plot to discredit him. The two Pearlies conspire to trick Michael into dressing in shabby patches and rags for his royal performance, but once he is seen on Carnaby Street, his look becomes a British fashion sensation. Songs: "Darling Dear", "I Don't Know Why I Love You"
Épisode 15 - Jackson Street, U.S.A.
18 décembre 1971 - 5/5
The Mayor of Gary, Indiana, declares a street in town will be renamed "Jackson 5 Boulevard", and invites the Jackson brothers to perform on declaration day. The Jacksons plan to touch down in the town square by means of a hot air balloon, but a mishap sends the balloon soaring past and out of the city. (Ironically, the group's final album would be called 2300 Jackson Street.) Songs: "Petals", "She's Good"
Épisode 16 - Rasho-Jackson
8 janvier 1972 - 5/5
In eerie precognition of future events, "Rasho-Jackson" depicts the Jackson brothers becoming alienated after an argument by their stalled car and refusing to perform with each other ever again, all becoming "The Jackson Ones." Intended to parody the Japanese artistic film Rashomon, the episode predicts how the Jackson phenomenon would end in twenty years. Berry Gordy is depicted bringing the brothers back together again. Songs: "One More Chance", "I Found That Girl"
Épisode 17 - A Rare Pearl
15 janvier 1972 - 5/5
The Jacksons swear off girls after a series of romantic mishaps, but immediately fall in love with an attractive female flight attendant named Jacqueline Pearl on their next tour flight. Jacqueline shuns all interest in the brothers and recruits her muscular football player older brother to give the Jacksons the scare of their lives when they pursue her at home. Songs: "Never Can Say Goodbye", "Mama's Pearl"
Épisode 1 - Who's Hoozis?
9 septembre 1972 - 5/5
The Jacksons are scheduled to perform at an outdoor concert, but when Michael discovers a talking "blues bird" (a play on "blues" and bluebird) and learns that the jazz-musician voiced bird and his nest, containing an egg soon to hatch, are in danger from bulldozers scheduled to tear down the concert park, Michael investigates. He learns a wealthy magnate named Hoozis owns the building overlooking the endangered park, and at once moves in to interfere. Hoozis is patterned after eccentric U.S. millionaire Howard Hughes. Songs: "Rockin' Robin", " Wings Of My Love"
Épisode 2 - Michael White
16 septembre 1972 - 5/5
When he bumps his head in a bicycling accident, Michael dreams he is a storybook prince hiding in a tiny cottage where his brothers are dwarf-sized and warn him not to eat the poisoned apple a visiting crone soon offers (as in the story of Snow White). Naturally, Michael bites the apple and immediately collapses as though dead. Songs: "Sugar Daddy", "I Wanna Be Where You Are"
Épisode 3 - Groove to the Chief
23 septembre 1972 - 5/5
Michael fantasizes about what it would be like to become Mayor of Los Angeles. His Hairy Godfather (back from the episode "CinderJackson") grants his wish and Michael discovers that it's a bigger job than he thought. The Hairy Godfather is the only character to play a recurring role in The Jackson 5ive besides Berry Gordy. Songs: "I'm So Happy", "In Our Small Way"
Épisode 4 - Michael in Wonderland
30 septembre 1972 - 5/5
Before a show in the Wonderland theme park, Michael accidentally falls unconscious while testing a new roller coaster ride and dreams he is in Wonderland, where he encounters soul and funk-related versions of Wonderland's famous characters. Songs: "Got to Be There", "Maria (You Were the Only One)"
Épisode 5 - Jackson and the Beanstalk
7 octobre 1972 - 5/5
Michael comes across magic beans that grow a beanstalk outside his and his brothers' Indiana apartment (as in the story of Jack and the Beanstalk). When he climbs to the top, he wanders a fabulous land and encounters the giant. Songs: "Love Is Here (And Now You're Gone)", " Girl Don't Take Your Love From Me"
Épisode 6 - The Opening Act
14 octobre 1972 - 5/5
A promoter books the brothers on a heavy radio tour schedule, while trying to find an opening act for their upcoming concert. Songs: "Little Bitty Pretty One", "If I Have to Move a Mountain"
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