High Hopes (Live)

[@marylivingstone9815]

I’ve watched three videos and am fascinated with the red haired boy in the orange shirt. He is certainly extra.

[@Name-ps9fx]

So early 70s...! I ❤️ it! 🙂✌🏼

[@rickjohnson6711]

my favorites song of all time!

[@DRpokeme]

I get the impression that rehearsal dancing was a little 'Do your best, no one will notice'. God bless em!!

[@adambrocklehurst4211]

The ginger kid is putting in 150% effort.

[@adambrocklehurst4211]

Definitely the star of the show 😁

[@conobrien4828]

Absolutely amazing music

[@nixxie2390]

Lady in the blue crop top in the middle flexing her leg way up at 1.55 is an utter joy!

[@Pierreandandre]

What's with all the negativity in the comments here? Wow. Who cares if the smiles are "fake" or whatever. This is a wholesome fun light hearted piece. Appreciate it.

[@429np]

And I do appreciate it. Love it, even.

[@TnseWlms]

Looks like Lawrence Welk, the Partridge Family and the Short Circus combined.

[@brockreynolds870]

This group was ahead of it's time, when it comes to diversity. Just look at this group! They have a Mike Brant Doppleganger, a Nancy Sinata doppleganger, and even a Native American guy. Now THAT is alot of inclusion for 1971!

[@craigcumpston5838]

Lawrence Welk must have been drooling at the possibilities. So much cornball showmanship I’m overwhelmed.

[@haroldreyes7549]

The CORNBALL SHOWMANSHIP is in TODAY'S ALLEGED "entertainment"!!!!

[@gordonbennett5638]

It's just awful.

[@cwill2429]

Anyone know who all the members were?

[@dexterellis7818]

When I watch this video, it reminds me of Licorice Pizza.

[@russell3380]

Makes me wanna carry a moonbeam home in a jar.

[@georgecundari2]

You're thinking of the wrong song.

[@russell3380]

@@georgecundari2 No, I am thinking of Swinging On A Star alright.

[@MrIain73]

he has got high hopes

[@cmadams7]

Whats that ginger kids name? Just curious what these people are doing these days.

[@garyvandecar2580]

Not a clue, They're pretty much keeping their identities a secret. Just know J Michael Reed and the little blonde girl with the pig tails is actress Patti Cohoon.

[@429np]

I think the red headed boy is Rusty Keller

[@rongray6291]

The young blonde girl is Kathy Colman,who went on to play Holly on land of the lost

[@gardenplots283]

I think that is Patty Cohoon who was a prolific child tv actress of the day. Kathy Coleman did live tour shows for the group I believe but Patty Cohoon did the Glen Campbell TV show appearances that we see here.

[@davidkuntze7992]

There were two different blonde girls during the show.

[@georgecundari2]

I thought she looked familiar.

[@amadeusamwater]

@@gardenplots283 The easiest way to tell the two girls apart is to look at the faces. Kathy was 10 and looked like it, Patty was about 13 and looks older than Kathy.

[@fstop6139]

@@davidkuntze7992 along with Jodie Foster who made an appearance on kzbin.info/www/bejne/g3e6p2t3hqx-isUsi=By0xnJpBxHq-oq-q

[@candykane7779]

The young ginger boy certainly seems high

[@Zomsky]

That ginger kid has always scared the hell out of me

[@keithsherwood1616]

Apparently he was killed in a McDonalds about 10 years later trying to break up a fight. Anyone know anymore or who he was?

[@craigcumpston5838]

@@keithsherwood1616 apparently he was stabbed in the throat.

[@jkl8006]

The character played by Rusty Keller in an episode of The Waltons and James at 16 is the redhead in the M. C. Congregation; the resemblance (facial features, hair and build) between the two is stunning. Unfortunately, I haven't found out anything else about Rusty since those appearances, and it's been over 40 years. Such a talented kid, it's surprising (and a shame) he didn't continue performing and making a name for himself. Lastly w/r/t the rumor of his getting killed at McDonalds 10 years after the M. C. Congregation performances, that would have occurred in the early to mid 1980s, which is well past The Waltons and James at 16 episodes. Maybe, with luck, we'll find out more about what happened with this guy.

[@429np]

Music will do that to ya.

[@wendellcoleman1137]

My gosh, Mike Curb and his "Up with America" wannabe's, really bought in to the Bubblegum craze in almost every one of their videos back then. Their cartoonish, "hipster" costumes, and their cheesy, over-the-top choreography makes them look like live versions of "The Archies" and the gang from Scooby Doo!

[@robinandthe7hoods507]

Cheesy?!!...Just pure fun...Not like today,where everything in music is about killing and morbid as hell...and crap to listen to.

[@nuvigroovi]

up with people was despised by many. this group is adorable

[@glennhendrickson7993]

Those fake smiles are creepy