The Jacksons and Ed interviewed by Freddie Prinze

Freddie Prinze interviews Michael Jackson and The Jacksons and Ed. Michael singing a very amazing song: Happy and being adorable as usual.

[@luciverdad4834]

The irony of Michael singing "Happy" when he and Freddie were both filled with sadness. RIP Michael and Freddie

[@tobro3000]

sad & true

[@WisdomTooth1987]

This would be a sad scene in a bio pic movie. His life was a comedy and a drama.

[@tonisoles3660]

Both Michael Jackson and Freddie Prince (two handsome men) left us too soon.

[@marysutton434]

I agree.

[@Metalcomedienne]

I know. 💔😞

[@DomenicDee]

I was just a kid when Chico and The Man first was on ,but, I thought Freddie Prinze was great. I never knew he guest hosted the Tonight Show, very likable and a great talk show host. What a talent Prinze was, his death was very sad at only 22. Who knows what would have happened to his life and career if things worked out differently?

[@johnny10301968]

To Freddie Prinze Jr. Your father would've been proud.

[@DavidRichardson95]

RIP Freddie Prinze & MJ. 🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊

[@TheClassica87]

These were the days when people with talent actually got up and did a live performance that was not lip synced. When asked to sing, they actually SANG. I love the fact that this performance is imperfect in the way that Michael's changing voice cracks a couple of times. It is just more proof that his talent was real, and not manufactured in a studio full of audio enhancements as is the case with most of today's "singing stars." Love this song, and particularly love his delivery of it here.

[@evamarek5205]

Michael Jackson was amazing. I still miss him.

[@KratostheThird]

@@evamarek5205Regardless of the scandals and countless rumors that surrounded him in his music career, MJ is still one of the greatest and biggest talents America ever produced. With the state of the music industry today, listening to his music really hits home the saying “you don’t know what you have until it’s gone”.

[@joemartin1253]

If Freddy Prinze would've lived I believe he would've taking over the Tonight Show and not Leno.

[@Ladysugarshaft]

💯👍

[@billyshepard5514]

This Is true, also for a time Freddie and Jay Leno were roommates

[@KiwiMeShell]

It's heart wrenching now when you know your watching double tragedies warming up :(

[@tralonwilliams6499]

Rest in peace Freddie Prinze, Ed McMahon & Michael Jackson

[@acousticguitarfan55]

Sad both Freddie and Michael are gone....

[@marysutton434]

Yeah. 😓

[@1truebloodlove]

How sad must it have been for Freddie Prinze Sr. to sit and listen to this performance. It was at this time that his life and his marriage were starting to fall apart.

[@zanohoriamazo1]

Had a similar thought. I think Freddie actually had the type of impact on Hispanic Americans like Michael & J-5 had on black Americans growing up, as far as inspiration goes. I mean dude hit it big @ 21 yrs. old, as star of a television sitcom, & got to guest host the tonight show. I don't think the show ever had another guest that young, like EVER! For him to be interviewing the Jackson 5, & the sisters there, to think of the the eventual net worth in that room. Who could know what destiny lied ahead....so yeah, its kinda sad really!

[@dhoffman4994]

zanohoriamazo1 Well said... R.I.P. Freddy!!!!!!!

[@WisdomTooth1987]

His life should be a bio pic.

[@Timmie999]

@@WisdomTooth1987 i swear i don't know why there's more things like that for him.

[@billyshepard5514]

This was the Tonight Show clip with Freddie hosting when Johnny Carson was on vacation. Note Johnny had a clause in his contract that guest host shows were not recorded or not show again. This was recorded on a VCR by a fan at home

[@KratostheThird]

My dad was telling me VCRs were practically in their infancy. Freddie Prinze died in 1977, before VCRs really took off as a format. Most people didn’t have VCRs or any recorder, they just had a dial TV in their living room. Whoever recorded this old footage was certainly ahead of the curve.

[@TheCaulfield1]

Michael, at this time in his life just looked SOOOO HANDSOME... this is a hard song to sing but he did it his way!! 🎶❤️🎶❤️

[@pam0626]

I think Freddie was overworked to death. A sitcom, nightly gigs at comedy clubs, shows in Las Vegas, hosting gigs, all in three years. Plus, he needed to take time to develop new material.

[@upmysuccess90s20]

@@ytpremium7649I still wonder why he would be calling off his loved friends and family like his ex-wife and his mom saying he was going to end it. Maybe just a venting mental breakdown? I still wish he was here today

[@KratostheThird]

@@upmysuccess90s20Good Times star Jimmy Walker came out not too long ago and told a story of his relationship with Freddie Prinze. John Travolta was a fast rising star who was the same age as Freddie. Prinze himself was jealous of John and he tried killing him by shooting arrows at his door. Freddie has largely faded into obscurity, while Travolta remains a well known star for his work on Saturday Night Fever, Grease, and Pulp Fiction.

[@rhondachristensen8619]

I still laugh, at Freddie prince comedy material...esp., looking good, comedy album..an incredible genius, with precise timing...freddie had great potential...

[@lovetommezz]

I love this man ..he was such a wonderful performer , always gave it his all.....beautiful heart and soul..

[@8mycrab]

God I thought Freddie Prinz was soo cute. I loved him in Chico and the Man and used to watch this show. I was soo devastated when he shot himself in 1977. And his little son grew up without a father. Freddie suffered from terrible depression. And his friends say he used to play with guns when he was sad. A court hearing determined it was an accident. But his son Freddie Jr has become a good man and actor so his mom did him good.

[@evadunn3132]

Me too

[@francescoarellano7513]

Great freeking times...missed.

[@rosesune]

We Miss You Michael. L. O..V.E.

[@robertm.-certifieddaytrade4939]

Incredible! Freddy Prince from a nobody to guest host on the tonight show... GOD IS GREAT!! Robert from daytradingwiththelight

[@rogerrambo4172]

Yeah its feasible to think if Freddie had lived & his movie career stalled he probably would have become a talk show host with a show similar to Letterman & who knows it may have been Freddie who replaced Carson on the Tonight Show in 1992 & not Jay Leno

[@JRae1]

Aww he was still going through adolescence in this video, his voice was changing thats why it was cracking and it sounded like his voice was squeaking.

[@alaza61]

I think he may have reached his new voice already, but he was singing a song that he recorded as a child, which makes it a little more difficult to hit certain notes comfortably. Plus, I believe he was still discovering things about his adult voice because he hadn't yet got much of a chance to explore new territory with it since they had him singing J5/kid solo songs so frequently. At that time, those songs were there most current hits aside from the new Philly label songs.

[@tlgcarter]

I so miss the 70's and 80's. I was a kid then but what a wonder ERA to live in with great memories. Im an adult with young kids now and there's not really any family television shows or great music that the whole family could sit down and enjoy together anymore. This new world is so scary and out of control, where are we headed :(

[@jackietrujillo9612]

wow that's amazing Freddie met micheal Jackson that's neat. both legends gone. They r in heaven together.

[@nounette0817]

Only Michael Jackson can crack his voice and make its sound good and as if it’s part of the song 😂🥰❤️🤷🏾‍♀️

[@LUCII3R3]

gorgeous performance, gorgeous man.

[@rashamalek]

@TheClassica87 I agree 100%. That's why I love this clip so much...even though his voice cracks he still delivered an out of this world performance...I LOVE this version of the song...too bad the only one recorded was from when he was younger and had the little Michael voice and not at this age...love his harmonizing in it..and I LOVE HIM!

[@visionarylady7128]

RIP to Michael and Freddie Prinze.❤❤🙏🙏🙏

[@geraldinewalker1963]

Beautiful ❤️ Michael Jackson this video warms my heart seeing how close Michael Jackson was with his his Sisters Rebbie Jackson Janet and Latoya Jackson in the early years of Michael Jackson's music 🎵 career 💕 Love The Jackson Family 💗 Michael Jackson you were Greatly missed and 💕 loved. This is Geraldine Walker from Saginaw Michigan.

[@kianarene23]

Lmaooo "Yea thats true well you just blew it" 😂😂😂 I love him so much....#WishingICouldveMetHim 😕

[@tereseantilus5571]

He seems so happy here love him

[@OrestaRodica]

I have never seen this video, sweet voice!!!

[@P9020x]

Hi Rasham, thank u, thank u... OMG.. Looking at Him, his face, his hair... is impossble not start to cry... his smile always clear... Just a moment in time... his purity, his innocence... this awesome and unique color of his voice... never changed on MJ... Thank u Rasham, for keep me in mind. I really enjoy.. thanks to U.

[@Aariyan096]

Oh my Gosh, I just looked Freddie up, and he's the same person I heard about on the Biography channel. R.I.P. Freddie.

[@jenneacubero1036]

Funny that baby Janet was in the audience when she'd later go to work with Jimmie Walker, a friend of Freddie Prinze Sr.

[@pika23]

my mom LOVED him!!! she was 22 and at her coffee shop job, they all used to do his catch phrase "that's not my yob(job)" freddie pronounced it yob, mocking the peurto rican accent. I didn't realize he was only 22 when he died!!! shoot...he was just a baby!!!! and they mention somewhere his wife was Katherine Cochran...I thought it was Kitty Bruce? Lenny's daughter? unless that was Lenny's real last name. Anyone know? thanks

[@marysutton434]

😁

[@jeanclemens6962]

In reply to pika 23: Freddie did indeed date Kitty Bruce, Lenny Bruce's daughter. He did not marry her though. He married Katherine Cochran. My parents saw him perform in a show with Andy Williams in Las Vegas 1 week before he shot himself. I was so shocked and saddened because I just loved him. May both he and Michael Jackson rest in peace. Both of them died way before their time. .

[@rhondachristensen8619]

michael jackson has 40 plus years in show business, had an attorney, did whatever he had to do, didnt commit suicide...give this man credit, then even the lowest times of his life with court appearances on accusations all over the place, he still showed up in court, pajama bottoms, or what have you, with an attorney ..he didnt commit suicide...so he changed his looks, had surgery, and still worked...so he married, he divorced...so he remarried again, had 3 children, still worked, and sold out concerts...40 plus years in show business...the lowest times of his life, he pulled himself, up from his bootstraps...god bless, michael jackson...what an inspiration, you taught us, life doesnt end, when we go thru, sad times...thank you, for showing us, how to be a positive role model, always and everywhere...

[@rashamalek]

you're welcome! I love his performance in this video..then again I love everything he does!

[@Bananpulver]

cute video

[@sgttorre]

Hey guys. Well, the suicide part is something thats not real. It has been revealed that loads of things were left behind in terms of investigation about the suicide and how it happened. It was supposedly by gunshot but the gunshot was in the opposite side from his dominant side. It is a mystery. Anyways, this guy was one of the most influential latinos in hollywood and tv and we will never know how far he could have gone, Much respect for him. May he rest in peace. G-d bless.

[@rhondachristensen8619]

Strange, how comedians who write material, stand up on a stage and in a club, write material, to have people laughing and rolling, then, in a short moment, their life ends...freddie prinze was one, robin Williams was another...richard Pryor, as well...

[@JayJay-me8zk]

Dateline needs to dig into this...

[@sheldontaylor2002]

HE SAT IN FOR johnny carson

[@dafoilman671]

Man, that's His father! Freddie Prinze Sr., Freddie Prinze Jr. I hope I can be of help.

[@Ladysugarshaft]

7:03 Freddie was so tall. At 6’2 he always towers over everyone.

[@marshacreary9771]

1:43-2:15 I noticed he touched his temple when he said that. Jodie Foster did the same thing when she ran her fingers through her hair as she mentioned a behaviorist

[@Timmie999]

What was wrong?

[@livvyjade259]

Marsha Creary ?

[@january284]

good interview.

[@marysutton434]

I agree.

[@evamarek5205]

It was too much too soon for him.

[@marysutton434]

😘🥰

[@trinitybrown7732]

1:53😂❤ 1:06

[@NYVoice]

Oh, he's doing Happy. Bobby Darin does an AMAZING version from his TV show. Check it out. Mike does it well here.

[@FedeRhodes]

oh I never seen this one

[@rashamalek]

they had a flat roof...like a balcony type..and he kept them there lol..cutie ain't he?

[@rhondachristensen8619]

Writing was on the wall, when Freddie prince was dating Kathy Cochran, who already was married and divorced, 2 x...the magazine's write up articles, how on earth could a new York born and raised city kid, meet up with a West coast 2 x divorcee, so much older !?

[@Ladysugarshaft]

Rhonda Christensen An escort service, The Mustang Ranch in Navada. She was a hooker, and perhaps one of his handlers. His drug use escalated after meeting her.

[@marshacreary2442]

1:05-1:14 Janet Jackson as Mae West and Ed McMahon as W.C. Fields?

[@marshacreary2442]

1:18-1:25 "All the moves"

[@umaara100]

I did not know he had a show

[@henryfranqui3290]

he dint he was filling in for Johnny Carson the tonight show

[@rhondachristensen8619]

Good ole, m.j.45 years, in show business...if that isn't a role model for tenacity, doing everything he ever wanted to do, and be, with his surgeries, achieving much more success, as he approached AGE 50, god rest, his soul, what an inspiration to those who dream, acquire goals, along the way, we saw his tenacity, we saw his weaknesses, we laughed, we cried, we saw, he overcame the low points in his life, then struck us down, with better looks as he got older, and sold out more concerts...if he isn't a role model for success, I don't know, who was...what an inspiration...thank you, Michael, for being an inspiration, and showing us, what a super d duper performer, he truly really was...awesome...

[@rashamalek]

@Bananpulver not only is he related....it's his daddy :) unfortunately he committed suicide not long after this was filmed :(

[@Bananpulver]

@rashamalek oh ok i see. thanks for answering :)

[@marshacreary2442]

Wednesday at 8pm

[@rashamalek]

@Bananpulver anytime :)

[@judithbirch700]

That's nasty saying that about michael but he'll forgive you rip angel forever in my heart 💚

[@levallewis5626]

I don't understand why these men always making them feel uncomfortable by sitting so close to them.

[@marshacreary9771]

1:02-1:17 Ed McMahon from Star Search?

[@billyshepard5514]

Yes the same Ed McMahon. This was the Tonight Show clip with Freddie hosting when Johnny Carson was on vacation. Note Johnny had a clause in his contract that guest host shows were not recorded or not show again. This was recorded on a vrc by a fan at home

[@rashamalek]

LOL...aweeeee you're referring to his voice squeeking? lol..poor thing but he still KILLED this song...I am not kidding I must have watched this vid a million times no lie! especially 3:41 - 3:45 that part kills me every time...so sweet.. I luuuv MJ...mj for life!

[@billyshepard5514]

What show were the jacksons doing comedy? This had to be around 1975 to 1976

[@marshacreary2442]

Janet and Randy do impressions?

[@rhondachristensen8619]

i never really believed the story, he shot himself...too much left out, not enough done and said, not enough investigations, no autopsy done on the body ( some states require this, as a state law ), bullet wound, on the opposite side of the head, a part of his comedy act, was the " mustang ranch " in nevada, marrying a woman from jackson hole, wyoming, who already was married 2 x before, his life was so " over the top ", no wonder, his death, remains, another, " over the top " death...we may, never know...add, nobody from the hotel, night of the shooting, ever came forward, about any strange goings on...strange !? you bet...

[@marshacreary2442]

1:14-1:16 What did he say?

[@Bananpulver]

freddie prinze? is he related to Freddie prinze Jr (the actor) ?

[@marysutton434]

Yep.

[@upmysuccess90s20]

They’re father and son 😊

[@memyself4ever1]

YES, that is Freddie Prinze Jr.'s Father. He committed suicide months before he was born.

[@1truebloodlove]

+memyself4ever1 fREDDE sR. DIED 2 MONTHS BEFORE fREDDIE JR. TURNED 1 YEAR OLD.

[@memyself4ever1]

I had different information. I'll check the sources.

[@mcmlxvi]

+memyself4ever1 Freddie's wife divorced him because she thought being around him with the drugs and all was not safe for their baby. Sadly, she absolutely right.

[@KatieJoMikell]

Freddie Prinze Sr died on January 29th 1977. Freddie Prinze Jr was born on March 8th 1976. His son was only 10 months old when he killed himself.

[@Ladysugarshaft]

Adrian Lemarchal his wife who was a hooker, knew he was a drug addict, but agreed to have his baby anyway. He hardly knew her. They both were dysfunctional and flawed when they married. She never tried to him help. Didn't even call his Mother to let her know her son was addicted to drugs and suicidal. She kicked him to the curb and filed for divorce. However now, she plays the grieving widow. Also, throughout his adult life, Freddie Jr has been estranged from his Mom. She's a piece of work. You should read Freddie Sr Mom's book, The Freddie Prinze Story.

[@kinleymanor]

The original version of this song was so flawless it seems shocking that Michael would have tried to sing it at this point in his career. I don't like the orchestra's arrangement either...

[@melissawright1979]

Back when Michael Jackson was still black and had his original face

[@alaza61]

Was that necessary? He was always black. His complexion deteriorated.

[@issabrat2]

Melissa Wright While you need plastic surgery. Now stfu Fiona 😂😂😂

[@marysutton434]

@@alaza61 You're right.

[@oldschool3126]

Freddie was surprisingly awkward here as host. His adlibs mostly fell flat and he looked out of place.

[@mcmlxvi]

Sadly, this footage must be really old and of poor quality, the colours are all screwed up. Michael looks black.

[@ambria4404]

He is black dummy

[@issabrat2]

Adrian Lemarchal Retarded comment

[@notquitelikemj602]

Why Did he say that he is black.

[@KatherinVII]

Prinze is great & an up beat interview, unfortunately, followed by the most boring song Jackson could possibly sing.

[@Timmie999]

I'm pretty sure it wasn't up to him