Michael Jackson: The Legend in the Making

A Three Pack of The Jacksons

Thursday, July 2, 2009
to Sunday, July 12, 2009
3:00 pm PT
Los Angeles

Please note: The Paley Center for Media is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays.

The Paley Center for Media offers some rarely seen material from the early days of the King of Pop in tribute to his life's work as one of the world's greatest entertainers.

Michael Jackson and his brothers were an exuberant presence on seventies television. CBS’s short-lived variety series The Jacksons, an oft-forgotten credit in the history of MJ, presented not only the quintet of musical brothers who had become recording superstars, but their sisters as well, including ten-year-old Janet. This half-hour combination of music and blackout comedy sketches allowed Michael and his siblings to strut their stuff in full late ‘70s splendor. Michael certainly honed his singing and dancing skills in this series just before his solo career went “off the wall.” Guest stars on these three episodes are Sonny Bono, Carroll O’Connor, and Ed McMahon. (1976–77; 75 minutes)

Screenings repeat July 29 to August 9, 2009.