Freddie Prinze on Tony Orlando and Dawn 1975

Freddie Prinze guest stars in Tony Orlando and Dawn Show in 1976

[@dougfredricks2017]

As a child of the 60s I miss TV shows like this. it is Sad that Freddie took his own life.

[@nelda7071360]

I didn't realize Freddie could sing. He was such a talented actor. It's hard to believe that it's been 41 years since his suicide. It tore my heart in two pieces.

[@georgeswift4063]

And he can't

[@twistoffate4791]

Freddie could sing as well or better than many of his contemporaries of the era. I think he did a fine job, here.

[@nelda7071360]

@@twistoffate4791 Yes he did do a great job on this show. I don't know why he didn't put out an album.

[@twistoffate4791]

@@nelda7071360 Freddie should have asked us since we would have cheered him on.

[@nelda7071360]

@@twistoffate4791 I know we would have!

[@LuisHernandez-hw7dj]

He was in his early 20s, a kid, but with his moustache he looks like in his 30s. Very talented & sad how it all ended.

[@JMichaelHaithcock]

He was 20 in this video. Just 22 when he shot himself in January 1977.

[@Zarina1634]

Those were the days my friend. Beautiful.

[@sqlcomp]

Eat your hearts out! I grew up watching these two! This is when there was talent!

[@shannonb082905]

I grew up watching all too! so lucky

[@chazvalvo2840]

But they're eating the hearts out over you watching the show they're really going to lose their mind I was engaged to his sister and we hung out endless hours when you come down to Florida to do a show him and I would go off in the car by ourselves for the sound check he step all night talking to me Tony Orlando is a class act and I I fear that the new entertainers will never capture the magic that this man had or Freddy friends oh and by the way he still doesn't like talking about Freddy passing it still brings a tear to his eye good luck God bless may you have everything you ever want

[@msmerc86]

I grew up watching them, too.Those were the days!

[@Juliaflo]

@@msmerc86 Copy that, and have a good life.

[@dr1204]

Love this !!! I had a crush on both of them...i was devastated when Freddie died and finally got to see Tony in concert 7 years ago. ❤

[@sophisticatedmm3632]

How was the concert?

[@cjrrun]

He was going to be one of the greatest comics. Such charisma

[@krashboombang]

F.P. can sing! What a waste to lose him so early....

[@eleanorreyes512]

I loved Tony orlando and Dawn as a young girl. Freddie Prinze was sooo talented !! Very sad the way he took his life!! Those stars were sooo talented and classy ❤ not like the ones today!! Miss those days sooomuch!!!

[@barbaramazzocca4605]

Do I miss those days. Such a shock when Freddie died, he was a huge talent.

[@JuricksEnterprise]

I remember watching this when I was a kid on the night it originally aired.

[@latinguy67]

SOOO glad I grew up in the 70s and got to enjoy shows like this

[@BroccoliBeefed]

My Gawd, Freddie was gorgeous...

[@jmatt4life]

Freddie Prinze could sing. He had so much going for him. I don’t understand!

[@sandraandrews9907]

Quite honestly, we never will. Gone too soon. 🙏💔😧🎤

[@carolnygaard136]

Loved Freddie Prinze and was so sad when he died. And Tony Orlando. Two very hot guys!!

[@habershamjim]

A soul brother! Sad way how his life ended. Mental and emotional health are important.

[@Lindacass-db8sd]

I was so upset when freddie died. He was so talented and gorgeous! I still miss him. Always loved tony Orlando, too

[@mejustme479]

I remember this skit. I laughed my butt off then, & again just now. You can tell the guys are close and good friends. People really used ro get them mixed up. I guess they do look alike. I had such a crush on Tony Orlando growing up, I wanted to be Dawn so badly. LOL 💖 Freddie Prinze was another huge crush later on in mid 70s 💖 RIP Freddie, you are still a shooting STAR! I'm telling you this was the "ish" in the 70's (David Bowie included) All the Stars "shined" by far Brighter, than today's do.

[@KennedyMusicTheories]

So Do I...lol

[@richardfox1605]

Except Freddie being a bit taller they do look remarkably alike

[@alichrsha1]

Saddens me a talented young man left this world so young.

[@WytZox1]

His wife divorced him because of his drug abuse and he then committed suicide. ♣

[@tinaloveseddie]

I didn’t know Freddie could sing and dance😍

[@marysutton434]

He's got soul.🥰🕺🏾

[@MosaicRose99]

Freddie Prinze was one of my biggest crushes. So funny, so talented and so fine! Thanks for sharing. :)

[@marysutton434]

I agree with you 100%.

[@annabelles1622]

Same here!

[@thomasenawilliams8562]

Minds too. ❤

[@nancystone6044]

DID NOT REALIZE FREDDIE WAS AT N.Y.'S HIGH SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS AND COULD SING TOO. ADORABLE KID AND IT WAS EXTRA SPECIAL THAT TONY ADOPTED FREDDIE AS HIS KID BROTHER. WHAT A DUO! THELMA WAS A TALENTED COMEDIAN ACTRESS ALSO.

[@liaadavis9686]

Tony set a bad example

[@arthro9259]

@@liaadavis9686 Did he really?

[@JamesDeanRivera]

@@liaadavis9686 oh and how would you know this?

[@monilaninetynine3811]

​@@liaadavis9686I know he said he was going to watch out for Freddie Jr., but apparently didn't so Freddie Jr. nicknamed him "phony Tony," allegedly.

[@rhondachristensen8619]

those were the days, when you actually had writers, writing family-oriented scripts, where the family, can sit down and watch t.v.with the kids without embarrassment...chico and the man, sanford and son, brady bunch, partridge family, all in the family, maude...you actually could sit with your children, and watch these shows...

[@user-vy4xx2qp3d]

Meh, negative stereotypes and the destruction of the family....

[@johnnybravado7141]

​@@user-vy4xx2qp3dthe destruction of yours obviously which isn't surprising with your train of thought.

[@MythsofVirgo]

Did you not watch the first episode of the Partridge Family? They talk about the sex appeal of a tween girl in the first 5 minutes. None of those shows were as wholesome as you remember

[@robyoungblood7976]

I totally agree, never got married or had kids, but I know exactly what you’re talking about.

[@johnnybravado7141]

@@MythsofVirgo Stop auditing the classics. Get the hell outa here now and keep your toxic opinion to yourself or else I will come after you and give you a toxic b**tdown.

[@Pashasmom1]

How adorable is this? I didn't know Freddie could sang! Tony and Freddie on the same stage, surprised it didn't catch on fire because both were so hot here.

[@arkady714]

When this show was on the air, I was just a kid...and was just too young to realize just how stunning Telma Hopkins was. Man, what a honey!

[@psfgtech]

Loved the 70s

[@tonyajohnson7948]

They were fun weren’t they?

[@m.l7091]

Beautiful people, love watching them back in the dat😃⚘💖

[@toddanthony6664]

I was today years old when I found out Freddie Prinze could sing. He’s no Tony Orlando but he totally pulled off that performance. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@jholyghosthead]

What's so funny is, I used to actually get Tony and Freddie confused when I was a child!! Now I don't feel so bad lol😁

[@asill.6668]

🤣🤣🤣

[@garyrasberryjr.552]

Freddie was on a talk show (Dinah or Mike Douglas) and Tony came out and said he was sick of getting Freddie's fan mail and dropped a pile in Freddie's lap (which cracked Freddie up). They were best friends (and I believe Tony is Freddie Jr.'s godfather)

[@AlonzoPichardo]

Throw a young Geraldo Rivera in there , they're triplets ...

[@TheWhereyouare]

These two look like twins.

[@jimmyrodasmolestina979]

All 3 are Puerto Rican

[@asill.6668]

Lol 😆 🤣 😂

[@JamesDeanRivera]

Oh yes them in the same era? They definitely looked like triplets

[@JamesDeanRivera]

@@jimmyrodasmolestina979 except Orlando part Greek. But yes all 3 got Puerto Rican in em

[@GalaxyTheCharmingTurd]

Freddie Prinze was my first crush ever 😍 Met my husband years later and turned out he looked just like him

[@freelance3498]

¡Qué trío tan cautivador eran Tony Orlando and Dawn y qué gran éxito inolvidable su canción de la cinta amarilla sobre el viejo roble!

[@jessiejames7492]

i remmbered tony orlando appeared on chico and the man and Jack Albertson his co star said'oh my, now t heres two of them!'' they both had the same hairstyle and the moustache. looked similar...cant find that episode

[@tabathasheffroth7981]

The line l loved from that episode. Ed (Albertson) sees Orlando for the first time and says "No!!!...God COULDN'T have made the same mistake twice!" I hit the floor!🤣

[@nkwari]

Thank you for posting. This was my prime childhood tv viewing! I loved Freddy Prince and Tony Orlando and Dawn.

[@duermedespierto]

I found out about Freddie Prinze watching reruns of Chico and The Man; he was super talented. I wish he was still alive because I am sure he would have been one of the biggest stars ever

[@orlandovega848]

For us, as puertorrican, feel very proud of them. Neuyorican power!!

[@michellelopez5407]

Had such huge crushes on Freddie & Tony both such hawties 💖💖

[@websurfin9575]

Freddie.... what a loss, for the world!

[@deanwille8130]

Freddie Prinze was hilarious.RIP

[@nancystone6044]

LOVED THIS BACK THEN AND AGAIN TODAY. IT WAS SO NICE THESE 2 STARS COULD PULL THIS STUNT SO LOVINGLY.

[@michellelopez3639]

Omg I had such a mad crush on Freddie when he was on Chico and the Man. Those dimples😍. So so sad he's gone.😢

[@1caninelover]

Yeah, I did too. Did not like show so much but like looking at Freddie Prinze :-)

[@Timmie999]

He was so handsome

[@marysutton434]

Michelle Lopez his dimples were cute tho.

[@marysutton434]

@1caninelover 😄

[@thomasenawilliams8562]

So did I.

[@hollywood5199]

Those ladies were gorgeous 🤩

[@Mia-qt4th]

Freddie Prinze was my first serious crush as a little girl..

[@GalaxyTheCharmingTurd]

Omg me too 😍🥰

[@josephadiaz8343]

Miss the good times and I miss Freddie Sr. I miss Tony Orlando and Dawn.❤️💕🙏✌️😎😊

[@mscatmoon]

Thanks for posting this! I remember watching it on TV. Those were the days.

[@shannonb082905]

Tony Orlando was so handsome! He still is!

[@krisrhood2127]

I had such a crush on him when I was younger

[@toutaipalu9116]

the late prince Chico and the man, Tony Orlando

[@john_carter8243]

2:33 = Telma Hopkins on the right... she plays Rachel Crawford on "Family Matters"

[@BlackStorm555]

She also did a show with Cindy Williams of Laverne and Shirley. Merlin Santana from the Steve Harvey show played one of her sons. And Bud from the Cosby show and Sister sister the other. She also played a mom on Half and Half.

[@evamarek5205]

He was such a talented, all-around entertainer. It's so sad that he threw away such a promising future. He was just around 21 years old here, I'm guessing. He had so much more potential to develop. So sad.

[@Jane-Doe.1126]

Priceless!!

[@Bronco57]

Freddie was so funny

[@YinzerTracy]

Crazy when you think how young he was.

[@anatorres4926]

Yes very sad indeed.

[@Timmie999]

I swear growing up i always thought he was like 30 something i just learned that he was 19 when he hit the scene and 22 when he died.

[@BarryWyner]

Class act.

[@sailawaybob]

Wow amazing how much they resembles each other

[@britneyspears1932]

GOD BLESS YOU FREDDIE!!!!🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@TimsSite]

Absolutely special ❤️

[@laura8512]

My first crush! Loved him Best with a mustache.

[@nightstalkerck]

Wow! these dresses are beautiful.

[@tmcge3325]

I remember watching this......long time ago!

[@jessiejames7492]

wish someone would upload more episodes of chico and the man...love that show. i remember in the 70s my si sters and i would stay up late to watch , even on school days. then go to school the next day half awake

[@anatorres4926]

I can try to post some episodes in the future some taped on TV but we need to make sure about copyright issues. I wish Warner Brothers would release all the DVD's.

[@bttrflygal]

jessie james but it was mostly on Friday night's

[@jessiejames7492]

butterflygal D I do not live in the USA. 😀

[@ericrivera1391]

Like I commented on another video Freddie Prinze was the Eddie Murphy before Eddie Murphy. Young star who had it all at a young age

[@user-ry4ql2yk3e]

Yes, he was!👌

[@saundrabrown1873]

I used to love this show when I was a kid😍

[@flordemariafloresmeza573]

Qué lindos eran los shows antes ❤❤❤

[@williamharrell9305]

Rest in peace Freddie Sr

[@peterlipman8211]

Amazing talent.. Princz

[@FunkyBruja]

RIP Freddie

[@TNT-lu2et]

Such a tragedy Freddie MY LORD . It still hurts what could of been It hurts bad !

[@Lori-lp6uc]

He was Tony Orlando's best friend. When he died, Tony was so devastated, he stopped performing.

[@simonesewitt1040]

Two handsome latino gentlemen and two elegant black goddesses, i can finally die happy.

[@lisawicks8205]

Looking at Freddie here, he looks so happy, but depression is deceptive… Then add in drugs, sigh.. as a child, this was the first celebrity death that kind of shook me

[@vinsnan6259]

You all look alike to us ....... made my jaw drop WOW,

[@sclerismockrey8506]

I forgot about this broadcast, but I watched it when it aired! I thought the swap was hilarious! It's a bit difficult to express (let alone overstate) just how HUGELY popular and beloved Freddie Prinze was. From his first appearance on Carson to his tragic death, his entire public career was lauded and applauded and pop culture dangled on his every move.

[@celeste1092]

4:29 is the funniest part. "Frankly guys, you all look alike to us".

[@musiclover2.06]

This man was talented and GORGEOUS 💔💔💔💔💔💔💔

[@angelman51266]

He was adorable.

[@kathylovingshimer6708]

He's a great singer n actor

[@vickiecanupp7815]

Love this.....they were such Great friends.....Gone too soon Freddie.....

[@melindamarrero7367]

I am a retired mental health therapist from the South Bronx, as a therapist that help people with depression and suicide, don't how a therapist could give a gun to a patient who has mentioned suicide? Can someone explain that? How these clowns calling themselves therapist don't even loss their license? This is still happening today. I am a disable veteran that was a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne division, and when paratroopers died in a jump they never made the paper, why, because then who will join? The same with suicide under the care of a therapist. License, money, so sad to agencies that comes first. I know of so many cases. I always tried to help my patients with a belief that I was working with my child. Why? Because, you can get a little bit distracted and make a mistake, or just give up and close a case. But, to give a gun to a patient that has mentioned suicide, you should never be able to work as a therapist. That is my feelings. God bless...(+_+)T

[@Juan-1970]

a therapist that gives a gun to a patient that has mentioned suicide should have on his door instead of therapist it should be the rapist.

[@tedmccarron]

For a retired mental health therapist you really have some awful grammar.

[@koolkitties8552]

@@tedmccarron ok grammar police troll.

[@msmerc86]

Thank you for your service and God bless you.

[@jokerswildio]

This is exactly why his family won the lawsuit. It was more based on the fact that he was given qualuudes, which puts a person in another mind set. I believe in gun Rights but we have to be careful who we allow to have them. Besides the obvious school shootings etc, so many "accidental suicides"could have been prevented. I truly believe that Freddie Prinze was not in his normal state and he would have never pulled the trigger without the drugs amplifying his depression. The drugs are what led to his divorce also which took his agitated state to an extremely painful dimension.

[@rhondachristensen8619]

He had such potential...this death, remains a mystery, decades later...

[@billyshepard5514]

Tony Orlando was later troubled about Freddie's death. i remember a local concert at the time he stopped the music looked depressed to talk about freddie

[@jmatt4life]

This was back when ribbing about our differences was funny and not racist! WTF happened, America???

[@basilmarasco1975]

Wtf happened? The "unfunny" kind of racism far outscored good-natured "ribbing." You've got to remember that only occasionally and briefly could racism be converted to "funny", because its essence was pretty ugly.

[@christineczyryca5820]

​@@basilmarasco1975oh please. No one thought that way. It was all in good humor. You had to live in those times to know. These days people are all into stupid woke oversensitive and belly ache rs. World has gone nuts!

[@JAWrightonline]

Dawn: "That's one for our side." 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@thefaceofthecentury]

Wow. Just wow!!!

[@speedyjefferson3690]

Tony Orlando and Dawn on CBS on Wednesday nights

[@RobertaG556]

Such great talent ❤ you are missed

[@zacharyg5149]

I remember watching this show as a kid. Even though I didn't always understand what was going on, they always made me smile and I felt like I knew them.

[@estrellalibre]

Tan orgulloso de sus origenes boricuas, y aqui, en Puerto Rico, nunca supieron ni han sabido reconocerle su grandeza. Y se nos fue a tan temprana edad.... Sus hermanos por parte de su padre, igualmente hijos de otra Boricua, vivieron aqui. El varon murio. Su hermana, vive en Puerto Rico, y tiene una alta posicion judicial. La mama de Freddie murio hace un tiempo en su natal Cabo Rojo...

[@henryfranqui7236]

....tienes mucha razon...yo soy de cabo rojo y hace unos anos atras me encontre con el hijo de...freddy...en boqueron el viene y visita su familia en cabo rojo...pero el no es conosido aqui en puerto rico...ni tampoco el cantante puerto riqueno...tony orlando...tampoco no es conocido en puerto rico...

[@KennedyMusicTheories]

🎉I remember this episode

[@dhornjr1]

Damn, Freddie could sang.

[@fransmith645]

EVEN AFTER ALL THESE YEARS. ITS STILL A DAM SHAME! SO SAD. HE WAS SO HANDSOME AND SO TALENTED!

[@TheWhereyouare]

I don’t get it either.

[@BIZKITJODE]

One of the shows I loved. Pegged Freddie right off the bat....😉

[@lmuriilo5803]

Freddie can cut some RUG! 🤩

[@Readiculous21]

charisma overfloweth

[@hollywood5199]

I cried when CBS cancelled TO&D. It was right up there with Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour

[@kellyann8569]

Adore him

[@rhondachristensen8619]

I always found it hard to believe, with the ratings as good as it was, and Freddie was at the top, news broke out he shot himself, this, I found hard to believe...with him living out of hotel rooms, suspected somebody close to him, shot him...terrible...he was only 22...

[@enchanted817]

Rhonda Christensen, I was thinking the very same thing after viewing his flicks and Comedy acts recently. Did they investigate his death thoroughly? Is it possible someone else had a hand in his death? The headlines hint to a suicide, just like what they concluded with Marylyn Monroe, but with her, the detectives who were involved were ordered to be removed from the case. People close to Freddy Prinze have said he liked to do outrageous things to shock his friends and that whatever he was doing that day got out of hand and it went tragically wrong. So sad no matter how it happened, a huge loss.

[@rhondachristensen8619]

sandra montriel, i like your response...this, was also another odd situation...nobody, at the hotel he was staying at, saw, or heard anything !? that, no autopsy on the body...some states, its a law, no matter how they died...because, everything is checked, down to blood, urine, everything...concealed !? maybe...could have had something else, going on, too...day of the funeral, his wife takes over the arrangements, and bars blacks, from attending...della reese and scatman crothers, who worked with him, didnt attend the services...sounds, as if there was more to this story, then what they revealed to the public...strange..very strange...

[@Ladysugarshaft]

Rhonda Christensen Yes, it’s crazy that Freddie lived in a hotel. How could his manager, lawyers, peers allow this? How crazy was it to have that boy (man-child) one of the most famous comics/actors in the world who was taping a popular television series, living in a hotel. WTF?!? I wish he would have stayed with his Mom. But, I guess his handlers had a hand in keeping his parents at bay from what was truly going on with Freddie. I still can’t get over the fact that no one informed his Mom of his erratic behavior. Crazy!

[@Pashasmom1]

@@lmuriilo5803 There is no way Junior is his biological son. He looks nothing like Freddie. He must look like his real father because he sure doesn't look like that opportunistic ho that popped him out.

[@rhondathompson6942]

@@Ladysugarshaft this is the first i heard this

[@manuelmaldonadojr2526]

Hey my friend I'm with you I love Prince and I love that show and it's too bad he died I'm 67 years old right now he be 68 one year apart and thank you you are a good fan of Prince and me too God bless you take care I see you soon bye

[@KJ-xc6qs]

Freddie was wearing high heels.

[@jenniecosio3654]

Love this show 🤩

[@TaDarling1]

As a teen I adored Freddie Prinze and ironically one of the things that made me like Tony Orlando was his resemblance to Freddie Prinze.

[@BillyDavila-vy3rs]

Reme.ber chico n the man love that show rip