Watch the animated adventures of Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon and Michael.
 The Jackson 5ive
was a Saturday morning cartoon
series produced
by Rankin/Bass and Motown Productions on ABC from September 11, 1971 until September 1, 1973; a fictionalized portrayal of the careers of Motown recording group The Jackson 5. “In a world filled with hate, we must still dare to hope. In a world filled with anger, we must still dare to comfort. In a world filled with despair, we must still dare to dream.... and in a world filled with distrust, we must still dare to believe.” ~ Michael Jackson |
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The group became a worldwide phenomenon, leading ABC to develop a cartoon series for the band in September of 1971. Not unlike the Beatles cartoon, The Jackson 5ive featured the band in a series of comic misadventures, usually sandwiched around two songs per show. Young Michael was usually the focus, along with his pets mice Ray and Charles, and snake Rosie.
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Look beyond
their unequaled chart success –
their first four
major label singles all reached No.
1 on the pop charts, they had a run
of three years in which every single
they released made the pop Top 20
and every single they released
during their tenure on Motown
reached the top 10 of the soul
charts – and you find hour-long TV
specials, an animated TV series, a
extensive line of merchandise with
the ubiquitous “J-5” logo in which
both characters tailed into hearts,
the popularization of the “robot”
dance routine and regular cover
stories in teen magazines. They
rapidly became the pop sensation
that Motown specialized in creating
– and then reached new heights.