This ENTIRE SHOW needs to be remastered digitally and add all the extras, rehearsals, etc. and all that footage that didn't make it on the air, and put them on a nice DVD package =)
All of these TV specials were just to groom Diana Ross for her solo career. On an artistic note, i can’t imagine being a black kid in the 60s and watching this. I’d be so proud and happy to see something like this.
Please you don't have a right to do that and you shouldn't either because no one is hating on her trying to attack people over her I love Diana and her music but y'all get away with a lot trying to take on people over a woman who you're just a fan of and you don't know her from a can of peas. Everyone is free to their own opinion the only hating ones is you guys y'all have a very negative energy over Diana and you're very obsessed with her that's why y'all are toxic "Stan's".
Yes, this IS why Diane is DIANA ROSS! This was advertised as a special of The Supremes and The Temptations. People tuned in to see see two popular GROUPS. What did we get? A Diane Ross show with special guests. Berry Gordy used the popularity of the two groups to promote Diane who was being prepared for a break from the group in order to pursue a solo career. Diane had a successful solo career because of Berry Gordy's promotion of her talent by showcasing her abilities and giving her the best material, songs, and career opportunities. Diane had enough talent to carry it off; but, the reason Diane is DIANA ROSS is because Berry Gordy pushed her down our throats with all the muscle of Motown that he could muster. Fans of The Supremes and Temptations were, once again, disappointed by this special when it aired because we were expecting to see two groups, not a Diane Ross show. Berry Gordy was in love with Diane Ross...........America was in love with The Supremes and Temptations. This special was criticized when it aired in 1969 because of her preferential treatment. The methods used to promote Diane as a solo act were very controversial at the time. Everyone was talking about it! Diane is DIANA ROSS because of Berry Gordy................period!!!!!!!!!!!!!
50 years ago! What an amazing spectacular. The costumes are fabulous. About time these specials were made available on DVD. The Elvis 68 comeback has been restored, why not these Motown Specials?
PURE CLASS AND ELEGANCE with TRUE TALENT!!!!!!!!! This whole special (plus EVERY BIT OF FOOTAGE of rehearsals and unaired segments) of this SPECTACULAR show AND T.C.B. both!!!! need to be packaged in a deluxe remastered sound and image DVD set!
Actually I did wear out my LP, I played it so much. As a matter of fact, I still have that thing. I got the lp before I even saw the show which was not until the late 90s when someone made me a copy of it on VHS. So all I could do was imagine what was actually taking place while listening to the lp.
Raymond Lock This special was aired on NBC back in 1969, and it aired only once, and it will never reran it again. After the special aired, Motown released a TV soundtrack with musical highlights from this special, and it was called "On Broadway" instead of "GIT on Broadway". This special features songs from hit Broadway musicals like "South Pacific", "Fiddler on the Roof", and many more. The soundtrack is way better than this TV special, but I still have the soundtrack.
As soon as I started playing this, this feeling of euphoria came over me. I mean maybe Euphoria is a bit over-the-top, but I can't explain it really. And with all that's going on in the world right now all the craziness this is a wonderful distraction and I'm going to look for more videos like this. Anyway, it really brought back some wonderful memories. Wow!
I'm glad I found this on YT. I like the album very much and I always wondered what would be happening on screen. And now I know! Thank you Scott! Long, long ago the Supremes had a concert in my hometown Amsterdam in the Netherlands. I did n't know at that time who they were and found that out later. But than I never left them out of my sight. Terrific performers! And so are the Temptations!
Probably the nicest and best sung segment is The Student Mountie at 31:09 where they all are exceptional and for once we actually get to hear the excellent solo voices of Cindy Birdsong and Mary Wilson who as always was heart-stopingly beautiful. Overall it seems a ridiculous miscasting of these 2 iconic incomparable singing groups but to their credit they made the absolute most out of it. If you are an inveterate fan of Motown, the Tempts, and fabulous Supremes this is a great find.
The G.I.T. On Broadway Show wasn't as well produced as the "T.C.B." one (in other words, it had a lot of filler) but it had its moments! However, the opening number, "The Rhythm of Life", the "Leading Lady" and "Fiddler on the Roof" medleys (featuring "If I Were A Rich Man") and the "Let the Sunshine In"/"Funky Broadway"/G.I.T. On Broadway closing medley are well worth the price of admission! On the closing number, Diana and company show they can really "get down!" {And I love the skit where the Big Hollywood producer says he only wants Mary and Cindy - and not Diana! It was a great take on the fact that Diana would soon leave Mary and Cindy behind and Berry would put his money behind Diana and not the Supremes, however, it could have been better edited!
T.C. B. WAS MY wear out album; then came Farewell @ Frontier ! Had a friend who had this album!! Been listening to Diana Ross and Motown since 1965!! Thank you Berry Gordy Jr. Great upload!!!!
GIT had some nice moments, but I think TCB was the superior special. By the way, did anyone else think the dead space in the GIT opening number was odd? I'm talking about the moment when they all moved forward off camera leaving the set bare.
I believe that's because this is an original copy of the show before the Timex Sponsorship tags were added. It would appear that's the space where you would hear the announcement "The Supremes and Temptations- G.I.T. On Broadway. Sponsored by Timex". I'm certain it was added to the special that eventually aired on TV.
@@robertspiegel9215 I got the impression that this was a pre-airing version. I didn't see the original, but Ma bought the album, and I grew up on that. I still have it. I know every note. The biggest surprise to me was things from the album which were not in this video and vice versa. Some things were obviously cut or condensed, but some things the blocking and timing don't allow for. (The Supremes singing Three Little Maids was not cut from this video; it wasn't recorded here. Same with Shame On You, Broadway, as examples).
I AGREE IT SHOULD BE EDITED AND MADE INTO A DVD! MAYBE FOOTAGE IS IN THE MOTOWN FAULT I DONT KNOW BUT THE SALES ALONE WILL BE A BEAUTIFUL CONTRIBUTON FOR THE TEMPTATIONS ESPECIALLY THIER CHILDREN AND GRANCHILDREN!! SO MUCH FOOTAGE HAS BEEN DELETED IN QUITE A FEW OF THERE LIVE PERFORMANCES. WHY I DO NOT KNOW BUT WATCHING DIANE IS TAKING AWAY REAL NATURAL TALENT . MAYBE ONE DAY WE CAN GET THE CHANCE TO VIEW THE REAL TRAIBLAZERS FOR WHAT THEY GAVE TO MOTOWN. WHY PICK AND CHOOSE ? WAS RISING TO THE TOP THAT IMPORTANT? TAKE OUT SCENES THAT WILL MAKE THE AUDIENCE STOP LOOKING AT DIANE BECAUSE THE OTHER PERFORMANCE ARE MORE MESMORIZING ,MUCH MORE THEN HERS SO DELETE THE ACTS !!! WOW THAT IS BRUTEL. YES DIANE HAS TALENT BUT THE EXPRESSIONS I SEE IN THE TCB VIDEO AND THIS VIDEO IT IS JUST PLAIN UNFAIR ! THIS IS WHAT YOU CALL PROFESSIONAL AND RESPECT ON THE COUNT OF THE TEMPTATIONS , MARY WILSON AND FLOWERING FLO BEFORE SHE LEFT. WHO EVER WENT TO THE MOTOWN MUSEUM ? HOW MANY TRIBUTES AND PICTURE OF FLOWERING FLO , EDDIE" DECEMBER DIAMOND" KENDRICK OR MR. FASCINATING DAVID RUFFIN, JUST TO NAME A FEW! THEY SHOULD HAVE A WHOLE FLOOR DEDICATED TO MR. PAUL 'SILKY SMOOTH" WILLIAMS . UNFAIR SORRY! LOVE AND PRAYERS TO NEDRA RUFFIN . MR.DAVID FASCINATING RUFFIN. HIS TWIN AND DAUGHTER
The other lady that Diana introduced was Cindy Birdsong, who replaced original, founding member, Florence Ballard when she was removed from the group in 1967. Flo is the former member that died in 1976 at the age of 32. It was so sad...
Everything is lip synched-poor song selections. Ross and Cindy are the worst! Production and writing makes no sense nor the laugh track. They all come across as a bad laugh In episode.
This ENTIRE SHOW needs to be remastered digitally and add all the extras, rehearsals, etc. and all that footage that didn't make it on the air, and put them on a nice DVD package =)
Yeah!
And this posted video has some edits that aren't on the soundtrack.Still, so great to see!
I second that emotion!!!
@@JerseyGurl4Life Oh honey, weren't these groups THE ABSOLUTE BOMB or what?
All of these TV specials were just to groom Diana Ross for her solo career. On an artistic note, i can’t imagine being a black kid in the 60s and watching this. I’d be so proud and happy to see something like this.
"Raspberry ripple won't you come out tonight, doo-dah!" Dear god, Mary and Cindy are so damned adorable here.
diana, mary, paul and eddie, the primes & the primettes together again, from detroit to the world
Paul best temptations dancer ever💪🏽💯
I'll Take On Any Diana Ross Haters!!This Is The Reason Why Diana Ross IS DIANA ROSS!!
I'll take them on with you 👍
Please you don't have a right to do that and you shouldn't either because no one is hating on her trying to attack people over her I love Diana and her music but y'all get away with a lot trying to take on people over a woman who you're just a fan of and you don't know her from a can of peas. Everyone is free to their own opinion the only hating ones is you guys y'all have a very negative energy over Diana and you're very obsessed with her that's why y'all are toxic "Stan's".
Yes, this IS why Diane is DIANA ROSS! This was advertised as a special of The Supremes and The Temptations. People tuned in to see see two popular GROUPS. What did we get? A Diane Ross show with special guests. Berry Gordy used the popularity of the two groups to promote Diane who was being prepared for a break from the group in order to pursue a solo career. Diane had a successful solo career because of Berry Gordy's promotion of her talent by showcasing her abilities and giving her the best material, songs, and career opportunities. Diane had enough talent to carry it off; but, the reason Diane is DIANA ROSS is because Berry Gordy pushed her down our throats with all the muscle of Motown that he could muster. Fans of The Supremes and Temptations were, once again, disappointed by this special when it aired because we were expecting to see two groups, not a Diane Ross show. Berry Gordy was in love with Diane Ross...........America was in love with The Supremes and Temptations. This special was criticized when it aired in 1969 because of her preferential treatment. The methods used to promote Diane as a solo act were very controversial at the time. Everyone was talking about it! Diane is DIANA ROSS because of Berry Gordy................period!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This Broadway show was like an Get ready for solo act to Diana Ross.. Thanks Mr Gordy reveals this Megastar to the world!
Yes, visionary!
Hell, she started out in The Primettes & The Supremes as the leading lady & never looked back!
50 years ago! What an amazing spectacular. The costumes are fabulous. About time these specials were made available on DVD. The Elvis 68 comeback has been restored, why not these Motown Specials?
23:23 Proof that the Tempts rocked the world
Fabulous Diana Ross and the Supremes.
And The Tempations.
Diana Ross: Very very best.
Dennis Edwards is amazing in 70’s, and so is Mary Wilson (RIP)
Diana Ross always the actress. Great Talent.
PURE CLASS AND ELEGANCE with TRUE TALENT!!!!!!!!! This whole special (plus EVERY BIT OF FOOTAGE of rehearsals and unaired segments) of this SPECTACULAR show AND T.C.B. both!!!! need to be packaged in a deluxe remastered sound and image DVD set!
The costumes in Leading Lady Medley are EVERY EFFING THING!!!
Great show.Hope wigs will never come back.
This is awesome!! I must have worn out my original LP I love this show so much.
Actually I did wear out my LP, I played it so much. As a matter of fact, I still have that thing. I got the lp before I even saw the show which was not until the late 90s when someone made me a copy of it on VHS. So all I could do was imagine what was actually taking place while listening to the lp.
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ILOVE THE TEMPTATIONS
Oh me too
I miss uncles Eddie,Dennis,and Melvin and my man Paul.rest in power.
💐💐💐GOOD SHOW, BUT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED AND REMASTERED💐💐💐
Would that be awesome?!
These outfits worn at the end by the supremes are the same they wore on they’re final Ed Sullivan appearance.
I love all the costumes.
GREAT TO SEE A PIECE OF MOTOWN TV HISTORY..NEVER AIRED IN THE UK ?..LOVE IT THANKS
Raymond Lock This special was aired on NBC back in 1969, and it aired only once, and it will never reran it again. After the special aired, Motown released a TV soundtrack with musical highlights from this special, and it was called "On Broadway" instead of "GIT on Broadway".
This special features songs from hit Broadway musicals like "South Pacific", "Fiddler on the Roof", and many more.
The soundtrack is way better than this TV special, but I still have the soundtrack.
As soon as I started playing this, this feeling of euphoria came over me. I mean maybe Euphoria is a bit over-the-top, but I can't explain it really. And with all that's going on in the world right now all the craziness this is a wonderful distraction and I'm going to look for more videos like this. Anyway, it really brought back some wonderful memories. Wow!
originally presented on NBC-TV in color and sponsored in full by Timex, on November 12, 1969.
I'm glad I found this on YT. I like the album very much and I always wondered what would be happening on screen. And now I know! Thank you Scott! Long, long ago the Supremes had a concert in my hometown Amsterdam in the Netherlands. I did n't know at that time who they were and found that out later. But than I never left them out of my sight. Terrific performers! And so are the Temptations!
Glad you found it!
Yes! Me too. I used to play out all the scenes in my room by myself. I was an only child. I had a wild imagination.
ABSOLUTE PERFECTION!!!!!!
Future Global Icon ladies & gentlemen; Miss Diana Ross!!
She was something else. Gratefull to have experienced her in real time. That voice!!!!!!!
Probably the nicest and best sung segment is The Student Mountie at 31:09 where they all are exceptional and for once we actually get to hear the excellent solo voices of Cindy Birdsong and Mary Wilson who as always was heart-stopingly beautiful. Overall it seems a ridiculous miscasting of these 2 iconic incomparable singing groups but to their credit they made the absolute most out of it. If you are an inveterate fan of Motown, the Tempts, and fabulous Supremes this is a great find.
The best thing is obviously Diana Ross in her 'Leading Lady' segment.
Ugh i love Mary's stage presence here! Her and Diana were serving all the way!
I don't know why, but when I watched TCB I kept thinking that David would have loved to do it. When I watch this I don't get the same feeling. At all.
7:53 wow didn't know melvin's voice had a higher range
The G.I.T. On Broadway Show wasn't as well produced as the "T.C.B." one (in other words, it had a lot of filler) but it had its moments! However, the opening number, "The Rhythm of Life", the "Leading Lady" and "Fiddler on the Roof" medleys (featuring "If I Were A Rich Man") and the "Let the Sunshine In"/"Funky Broadway"/G.I.T. On Broadway closing medley are well worth the price of admission! On the closing number, Diana and company show they can really "get down!" {And I love the skit where the Big Hollywood producer says he only wants Mary and Cindy - and not Diana! It was a great take on the fact that Diana would soon leave Mary and Cindy behind and Berry would put his money behind Diana and not the Supremes, however, it could have been better edited!
They really gave Diana her own post
As they should!
No they shouldn’t she could have been with Mary and Cindy but a step or two in front
@@dchi2012 😂😂
THANK YOU
Thank you so much for uploading this special! Had the soundtrack memorized as a kid. Played a hole in that album!
T.C. B. WAS MY wear out album; then came Farewell @ Frontier ! Had a friend who had this album!! Been listening to Diana Ross and Motown since 1965!! Thank you Berry Gordy Jr. Great upload!!!!
And after this special in 1969, in 1970, The final performance of Diana Ross being in the supremes and being replaced by Ms Jean Terrell.
The Four Tops would've been good in this. But man, Dennis Edwards was awesome in that final number.
Yessssss lawd!!!!
Temps killed it
I'm just here for Eddie! 😊
This is what it's all about.
I COULDNT AGREE MORE ,I HOPE THEY RE MASTER THIS ,MY BOSS IS HB BARNUM MUSICAL DIRECTOR OF THIS SHOW
GIT had some nice moments, but I think TCB was the superior special. By the way, did anyone else think the dead space in the GIT opening number was odd? I'm talking about the moment when they all moved forward off camera leaving the set bare.
I believe that's because this is an original copy of the show before the Timex Sponsorship tags were added. It would appear that's the space where you would hear the announcement "The Supremes and Temptations- G.I.T. On Broadway. Sponsored by Timex". I'm certain it was added to the special that eventually aired on TV.
@@robertspiegel9215 That makes sense. The magic of television. LOL Thank you for explaining that.
@@robertspiegel9215 I got the impression that this was a pre-airing version. I didn't see the original, but Ma bought the album, and I grew up on that. I still have it. I know every note. The biggest surprise to me was things from the album which were not in this video and vice versa. Some things were obviously cut or condensed, but some things the blocking and timing don't allow for. (The Supremes singing Three Little Maids was not cut from this video; it wasn't recorded here. Same with Shame On You, Broadway, as examples).
Love it ! thanks ! X
There's blue smiling for the camera
I AGREE IT SHOULD BE EDITED AND MADE INTO A DVD! MAYBE FOOTAGE IS IN THE MOTOWN FAULT I DONT KNOW BUT THE SALES ALONE WILL BE A BEAUTIFUL CONTRIBUTON FOR THE TEMPTATIONS ESPECIALLY THIER CHILDREN AND GRANCHILDREN!! SO MUCH FOOTAGE HAS BEEN DELETED IN QUITE A FEW OF THERE LIVE PERFORMANCES. WHY I DO NOT KNOW BUT WATCHING DIANE IS TAKING AWAY REAL NATURAL TALENT . MAYBE ONE DAY WE CAN GET THE CHANCE TO VIEW THE REAL TRAIBLAZERS FOR WHAT THEY GAVE TO MOTOWN. WHY PICK AND CHOOSE ? WAS RISING TO THE TOP THAT IMPORTANT? TAKE OUT SCENES THAT WILL MAKE THE AUDIENCE STOP LOOKING AT DIANE BECAUSE THE OTHER PERFORMANCE ARE MORE MESMORIZING ,MUCH MORE THEN HERS SO DELETE THE ACTS !!! WOW THAT IS BRUTEL.
YES DIANE HAS TALENT BUT THE EXPRESSIONS I SEE IN THE TCB VIDEO AND THIS VIDEO IT IS JUST PLAIN UNFAIR ! THIS IS WHAT YOU CALL PROFESSIONAL AND RESPECT ON THE COUNT OF THE TEMPTATIONS , MARY WILSON AND FLOWERING FLO BEFORE SHE LEFT. WHO EVER WENT TO THE MOTOWN MUSEUM ? HOW MANY TRIBUTES AND PICTURE OF FLOWERING FLO , EDDIE" DECEMBER DIAMOND" KENDRICK OR MR. FASCINATING DAVID RUFFIN, JUST TO NAME A FEW! THEY SHOULD HAVE A WHOLE FLOOR DEDICATED TO MR. PAUL 'SILKY SMOOTH" WILLIAMS . UNFAIR SORRY! LOVE AND PRAYERS TO NEDRA RUFFIN . MR.DAVID FASCINATING RUFFIN. HIS TWIN AND DAUGHTER
The outfit are different Color any outfit that orange is pink any outfit that red is purple and the outfit that are green are yellow
It don't feel like anything that topped T.C.B, maybe since this show was Ruffin-less.
So was TCB
I’m confused is Paul Williams and Otis Williams brothers?
Bruce Wayne No relation!
Oh that’s weird because they have the same last name
No
Otis' actual name is Otis Miles Jr. He used Williams as a stage name and it's also his Mom's last name.
Want to see motown singers look silly ? You're looking at it.
Ohk, I heard her introduce Mary, but what's the other lady's name again? Is that the one that mysteriously died?
The other lady that Diana introduced was Cindy Birdsong, who replaced original, founding member, Florence Ballard when she was removed from the group in 1967. Flo is the former member that died in 1976 at the age of 32. It was so sad...
those women couldn't sing cindy birdsong was a sellout love the men 💔
as usual
To damn corny for me. The silly performances and dry bland songs don't match up with singers from motown.
Don't like the skits. Love everything else.
Everything is lip synched-poor song selections. Ross and Cindy are the worst! Production and writing makes no sense nor the laugh track.
They all come across as a bad laugh In episode.