Letters: Actually, Donny was a hit

Published: Thursday, Jan. 3 2013 12:00 a.m. MST

Terrell Dougan ought to get out more ("Tasteless Donny Osmond," Dec. 30). The "film clip" he so roundly criticized in the Donny and Marie show was a stunt act. The "policeman" Donny pushed over was a stuntman, the motorcycle rider was a stunt driver, and the man wearing a toupee was an actor.

He failed to mention the wonderful film clips of great actors who worked with Donny and Marie through the years and are no longer with us. My prayers were answered when Donny sang the two most popular songs from "Joseph and the Amazing Tecnicolor Dreamcoat."

He must have been one of the few sitting down for the many standing ovations that were given by a house filled with happily cheering fans.

Joy Robinson

Salt Lake City

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Hutterite

American Fork, UT

The sketch was funny because it showed Donny indulging in things I'm sure he would never do, and Jimmy Kimmel suggesting 'he needs counseling' and trying to stop him. The crux of the joke was in knowing Donny would not do these things.

11:53 a.m. Jan. 3, 2013
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Eric Samuelsen

Provo, UT

Hutterite,
You are, of course, completely right. But when someone has so little sense of humor that you have to painstakingly explain jokes to them, it hardly seems worth the effort.

4:55 p.m. Jan. 3, 2013
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cjb

Bountiful, UT

Okay, he was a hit, but was that ever the point?

Perhaps too much is expected of religious stars. After all they are people like anybody else each with their own personality and weaknesses.

Religion for the most part More..

8:21 p.m. Jan. 3, 2013
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