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They need to re-release this, but there might be licensing issues. Japan used to have it on laserdisc.

And the 30th anniversary of my drunk Uncle Teddy's Debarge remark while watching Motown 25. He was on a bender, saw a bit of Debarge performing and said, "I didn't know Motown was hiring Puerto Ricans" had some more Wild Turkey and then passed back out.

I have this show on laserdisk.

scriptgirl said:

And the 30th anniversary of my drunk Uncle Teddy's Debarge remark while watching Motown 25. He was on a bender, saw a bit of Debarge performing and said, "I didn't know Motown was hiring Puerto Ricans" had some more Wild Turkey and then passed back out.

you should see the hole that is the area where motown is, now

scriptgirl said:

I didn't know Motown was hiring Puerto Ricans

Motown had a Latino label. Some of the acts were Charlene, Jose Feliciano, and Isela Sotelo.

Cuddles said:

you should see the hole that is the area where motown is, now

The original Hitsville buildings are a museum now.

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MickyDolenz said:

Cuddles said:

you should see the hole that is the area where motown is, now

The original Hitsville buildings are a museum now.

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yeah, the immediate area isn't one you would want to be. you would never want to visit that place.

you just drive by quickly and run a few lights on your way through.

Cuddles said:

MickyDolenz said:

The original Hitsville buildings are a museum now.

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yeah, the immediate area isn't one you would want to be. you would never want to visit that place.

you just drive by quickly and run a few lights on your way through.

I had the original VHS of the anniversary special!!!! I cant seem to find out now!!! I would love to buy it on dvd or something.....great show though and some outstanding performances

Cuddles said:

MickyDolenz said:

The original Hitsville buildings are a museum now.

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yeah, the immediate area isn't one you would want to be. you would never want to visit that place. you just drive by quickly and run a few lights on your way through.

You got that right!

Damn, some of y'all need to stop with the number of years game, these anniversaries are putting my farther and farther away from my youth, hell from birth.

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Norman Whitfield's Afro should've had its own zip code...

I'm thinking this was also when Smoke was going through his drug troubles...

How funny the Gloved One made everyone forget about how poor the entire production was. And poor Richard Pryor going through cocaine and alcohol withdrawal...

To bad they edited out call me Ms. Ross elbowing Mary Wilson.

TD3 said:

To bad they edited out call me Ms. Ross elbowing Mary Wilson.

I'm so glad they left that type of state (the bitchy state), jfc... both of them were on some shit... well maybe Mary more than Diana at that time. Look at Mary real closely... she was going through some stuff. Cindy, poor Cindy... she was caught like a deer in headlights with those two...

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MickyDolenz said:

Cuddles said:

you should see the hole that is the area where motown is, now

The original Hitsville buildings are a museum now.

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It's in the hood?

LittleBLUECorvette said:

MickyDolenz said:

The original Hitsville buildings are a museum now.

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It's in the hood?

It's located at West Grand Boulevard... don't know.

Timmy84 said:

LittleBLUECorvette said:

It's in the hood?

It's located at West Grand Boulevard... don't know.

By 8 Mile wehen Eminem and them from?

LittleBLUECorvette said:

It's in the hood?

I don't know anything about Detroit, but I've read that when the riots happened in the late 1960's, many of the buildings around Motown were torched, vandalized, or looted. But Hitsville was left alone.

MickyDolenz said:

LittleBLUECorvette said:

It's in the hood?

I don't know anything about Detroit, but I've read that when the riots happened in the late 1960's, many of the buildings around Motown were torched, vandalized, or looted. But Hitsville was left alone.

it's on west grand past the henry ford hospital, away from the downtown area. across from laselle gardens.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Timmy84 said:

It's located at West Grand Boulevard... don't know.

By 8 Mile wehen Eminem and them from?

no

MickyDolenz said:

LittleBLUECorvette said:

It's in the hood?

I don't know anything about Detroit, but I've read that when the riots happened in the late 1960's, many of the buildings around Motown were torched, vandalized, or looted. But Hitsville was left alone.

They woudln't touch Hitsville USA.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

MickyDolenz said:

I don't know anything about Detroit, but I've read that when the riots happened in the late 1960's, many of the buildings around Motown were torched, vandalized, or looted. But Hitsville was left alone.

They woudln't touch Hitsville USA.

it doesnt look like that picture now thats for sure, rather neglected.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

MickyDolenz said:

I don't know anything about Detroit, but I've read that when the riots happened in the late 1960's, many of the buildings around Motown were torched, vandalized, or looted. But Hitsville was left alone.

They woudln't touch Hitsville USA.

That's because they know what it represented for them. That's the last place they would touch. Other places that weren't looted were saved because the owners put "soul owned" on it.

Iconic Anniversay Special.

Has this ever be re-aired since?

Have any Motown specials goin back to those Supremes and Tempts specials ever been re-aired on something like TV Land or VH1?

I do remember around the time The Jacksons film was aired, they ran The Hollywood Palace special with Supremes, Stevie Wonder and J5. I remember because our family recorded the movie from TV and it was on a comercial (but we didn't record that.)

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Has this ever be re-aired since?

Have any Motown specials goin back to those Supremes and Tempts specials ever been re-aired on something like TV Land or VH1?

I do remember around the time The Jacksons film was aired, they ran The Hollywood Palace special with Supremes, Stevie Wonder and J5. I remember because our family recorded the movie from TV and it was on a comercial (but we didn't record that.)

Thats a good question.

Motown 25 really needs to be aired... I think it should aired at least once a year.

The kids need to see what talent use to be and what it has come to.

mjscarousal said:

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Has this ever be re-aired since?

Have any Motown specials goin back to those Supremes and Tempts specials ever been re-aired on something like TV Land or VH1?

I do remember around the time The Jacksons film was aired, they ran The Hollywood Palace special with Supremes, Stevie Wonder and J5. I remember because our family recorded the movie from TV and it was on a comercial (but we didn't record that.)

Thats a good question.

Motown 25 really needs to be aired... I think it should aired at least once a year.

The kids need to see what talent use to be and what it has come to.

it would never happen....because it aint about culture nor genuine entertainment anymore......

youtube is as good as it's going to get with that.....

Timmy84 said:

TD3 said:

To bad they edited out call me Ms. Ross elbowing Mary Wilson.

I'm so glad they left that type of state (the bitchy state), jfc... both of them were on some shit... well maybe Mary more than Diana at that time. Look at Mary real closely... she was going through some stuff. Cindy, poor Cindy... she was caught like a deer in headlights with those two...

Nah, show all the bitchiness, the egos, and diva like behavior... show it all, because that's the real Motown. I tellyou what Mary Wilson was going through, she got left behind. Cindy? I don't see how she put up with either of them, if she had slapped them both, I wouldn't have been mad.

I got this show on VHS somewhere in my house, maybe I'll get it transferred over to DVD.

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TD3 said:

Timmy84 said:

I'm so glad they left that type of state (the bitchy state), jfc... both of them were on some shit... well maybe Mary more than Diana at that time. Look at Mary real closely... she was going through some stuff. Cindy, poor Cindy... she was caught like a deer in headlights with those two...

Nah, show all the bitchiness, the egos, and diva like behavior... show it all, because that's the real Motown. I tell what Mary Wilson was going through, she got left behind. Cindy? I don't see how she put up with either of them, if she had slapped them both, I wouldn't have been mad.

I got this show on VHS somewhere in my house, maybe I'll get it transferred over to DVD.

The Temptations know a thing or two about that.