Toni Tennille - Rubberband Man

Toni sings and dances her way through this unforgettable song with amazing choreography and grace.

[@philjanovick832]

We didn't know that we had some of the greatest singers groups bands... And we had no idea we were the last generation to witness the greatest music ever... She really endured a lot . kudos to her for toughing it out... She so could have left years ago... We never really know what couples talk about tolerance of each other's idiosyncrasies

[@Vesterlyng]

She can really sing...well done, Toni.

[@stevenmartin9127]

I swear I was in junior high school when we I saw this on network television. This had to be mid 1970s as I am now 62 years old. I agree, great television for the times. We only got four channels back then. Captain and Tennille were true originals!

[@randyinman7897]

I loved watching this too! The TV show was on for the 1977-78 season.

[@pnutbutrncrackers]

She had such a good, strong voice. Pretty, likable, classy, and with a great smile. Those were the days.

[@fernandoguevara8258]

Yes, but now we have taylor swift... ughhhhh!!!!

[@harrykadaras9459]

Toni was a total pro. They don't make them like that anymore

[@gaylewhitley71]

I grew up on The Captain and Tennille Show, Sonny & Cher, Village People as a child in the 70's. I have good memories laughing with my family watching TV.

[@KennyRyman]

Be nice they bring these kind of Shows back again....

[@KennyRyman]

Donny & Marie..

[@BigSleepyOx]

Don't forget about Tony Orlando & Dawn.

[@bobpierce115]

@@KennyRyman I hope you mean the 40 year + shows again Kenny because we're long past the time for shows like this to EVER be made in the present for too many reasons to get into here. This is a product of a completely different time, when this was a completely different country-----gone forever.

[@thomasmcclain8116]

Me too

[@LoganAllec]

That rubberband man sure is talented. I bet he'll be famous some day.

[@sweetsusan146]

Man those were the good ole days...miss the great 70s.

[@Apollo_Blaze]

I miss them too

[@harko1962]

Indeed🇳🇱😁

[@tanyawashington6996]

Yes indeed!

[@dianecelento4974]

Toni has always been a class act.

[@willadenebernard4860]

This is what I call entertainment . Sure miss these days. I love Captain and tennille .

[@kyjoli27]

Bring back weekly variety shows like this

[@stephencarpenteri2223]

What a happy, fun girl. Always a joy to watch!

[@jadedemotions9891]

Incredibly underrated musician. As a guy, I always saw her as a 'cool aunt'

[@Dal-Goda]

I like that. Very good analogy. 😉

[@davesteller6301]

I was a young kid when Capt&Tennille was big. I remember their music. But that Tennille definitely had sex appeal.

[@zingo2664]

Amazing talent, Toni is SO SO SO Beautiful !!🥰

[@helixmoore7636]

She had supermodel looks

[@zingo2664]

@@helixmoore7636 i totaly agree🤩

[@zingo2664]

@@helixmoore7636

[@Apollo_Blaze]

The days when we all watched tv together...no computers or cell phones

[@munimathbypeterfelton6251]

Toni Tennille, the dancers, and the rubberband man himself really did this song justice in their performance here. Way to go!

[@karenkramer3760]

Toni, not only are you amazing but a class act

[@Ed-ez8kl]

Toni was great with this song; I think the Spinners would be proud! She sure put on a great show with her beauty, dancing and VOICE! I loved the Captain too, he was odd but funny and likeable.

[@garyalleccia2793]

Toni was the bomb!

[@stub2022]

Man, I miss variety shows. They're a creature from a different time I wish I could go back to.

[@CongressAdmin]

God, think some of these variet tv shows were weekly. Think how much practice it must have taken to have cranked out productions this epic with such frequency. Real talent.

[@odball101]

Right you are. And, Daryl would often practice retrograde piano scales during the breaks. Several arrangers prepared charts each show. Each episode was 2 (3-4) hour sessions every Wednesday. Then , Roger Young, my self and usually Lenny Stack would stay up all night to have it ready for Thursday video record .!!!! Crazy!

[@tylermorrison7051]

@@odball101 thanks for all of your hard work behind the scenes. I'm 51, and grew up when these kinds of programs were on the air.

[@angiehatfield7935]

This is a fantastic performance! I am also here because of her book. Toni never claimed to be a dancer and even acknowledges that in her book on this particular performance. She knows she wasn't anywhere as good as the pros. That being said, I think she did her best, and I think it's a great cover of The Spinners version.

[@3912James]

Didn't matter. She can sing her behind off. 👍

[@buxombelch8748]

I want to buy her book for my mother. give me the deets.

[@barbaral743]

Was wondering why I never saw this show. Turns out, it was on when I was in college with limited free time and limited access to TV ( no personal computers or streaming back then).

[@magorzataziokowska6518]

Great, the lovely Seventies

[@wmpetroff2307]

Toni Tennille and the Supremes!! Gorgeous act!!

[@tlw1950]

This song was so big when I was in high school!

[@samwalker3262]

I ACTUALLY GOT TO MEET HER IN PERSON AT A CONCERT IN CALIF. SO DID 2 OF MY MALE FRIENDS,SHE CAME UP TO US,SHOOK OUR HANDS,SHE HAD A FIRM HANDSHAKE !! SHE HUGGED EACH ONE OF US!! HER EYES SPOKE VOLUMES!! SO FRIENDLY,SO MUCH CLASS AND BEAUTIFUL.I WAS IN INSTANT LOVE!! TO THIS DAY 10/14/2018 I STILL THINK OF HER!! WOWWW

[@harrykadaras9459]

She radiated goodness through those eyes...

[@wbg2209]

The Captain and Tennille! I remember back in the day when TV was LIVE, this one of my favorite memories.

[@wbg2209]

@@murphynapoleon LIVE = Studio audience.

[@heartandtroll9993]

Outstanding rubber band playing by Daryl Dragon, one of the world's most underrated musical geniuses. Few people realize the difficulty in getting the intonation precise. Even with the show's investment in high-quality rubber bands, it takes careful technique to achieve this level of resonance and fullness in tone quality. Excellent work, as always.

[@mbolduc]

Nice

[@markwellendorf2102]

One of the funniest things I've read on KZbin

[@denniswalsh8476]

You could make ab even bet he personally played those sound on a synth.

[@neptunedawn7121]

@@denniswalsh8476 Do you offer proof that Daryl was miming?

[@helixmoore7636]

I think he had autism too.

[@PerpetualArt]

I was 6 years old when originally watched this. I always thought Toni was 🔥

[@olben1095]

She was VERY hot! I’d get sensations in areas I’d never felt before.

[@munimathbypeterfelton6251]

She really did this song justice! And the choreography wasn't half bad either!

[@3912James]

I used to watch this every Monday night on ABC back in the day.

[@TheIsagregorio]

Same here.

[@garykendrasmith]

pure class, no tatoos. saw her withthe dallas symphony orchestra in 1990

[@ronfrankl]

The Seventies was such a strange time, and somehow I lived through it.

[@donnalombardo1135]

It was a better time

[@winniejohnson5559]

it was a wonderful time. i didn't find anything strange about it. it wasn't perfect but i would go back there to seek solace away from this time we are in right now.

[@mbolduc]

This is the best thing I've ever seen on the internet

[@carljan57]

Toni is a dynamo. Gorgeous lady

[@andrewhanson5942]

Agreed. So full of life and such a doll face!

[@zelzagati]

great performance!

[@samanthastephens1907]

Tonis voice is like butta!

[@garycarpenter6433]

Lynda Carter sang this same song on the Muppet Show it's still a great song I don't care who sings it it's still good

[@drspaseebo410]

I'm reading Toni's book. How deeply disturbing and sad to read that "Captain" Daryl NEVER showed any affection towards her in all the time they were together. I wish she had divorced him after 9 years, instead of waiting for 39 years of married life. From reading her book, it is clear that Daryl had profound, serious psychological problems. All considered, Toni came through the experience brilliantly. She's a marvellously-talented, smart and beautiful lady.

[@N..P..]

Ah, another E-psychologist.

[@stephencarpenteri2223]

Simple. She was too much woman for him.

[@redlikewineagain697]

@@N..P.. it doesn't take a licensed psychologist to observe that Daryl had serious psychological problems. Some say he had Asperger's. I see more schizoid personality disorder and some schizotypal.

[@N..P..]

@@redlikewineagain697 You really took the time to respond to a comment that's over 2 years old.... And did literally the same fucking thing I was mocking the OP for. It doesn't matter what "you see". You're not a psychologist, nor are you educated enough to be acting like any opinion you have is valid.

[@tubucoco]

You can look at him and see that he was some kind self-possessed nerd that was full of himself and his music. He probably was impotent and all, if I had a hot and talented wife like Tennille, I would have been nailing her all the time in the bedroom. She would have been totally fulfilled career wise and sex life wise. 😆

[@PAC1970]

70's variety show heaven

[@shaidorsai4834]

OUTSTANDING! I remember seeing this clip from their show.

[@Khultan]

Nice!! : ) I would've been 8 years old in that Bicentennial year of 1976. Disco music certainly was very popular and dance music generally speaking.

[@Khultan]

@@quintaeco I was born at the heels of the 1960s. It's too long of a story, but I'm finally on the right track understanding our inheritance, the US Constitution.

[@Apollo_Blaze]

@@quintaeco and now they even have some of those insane Qanon people in Congress too

[@bretterry1347]

When we heard this come on, we would start packing things up to go home...in the later years, it was The Spinner's closing song. Seeing the Captain I think of Billy Henderson's son Joe making the "rubberband" props. Hard to believe they both are gone.

[@johnplovanich9564]

I may have my man card taken away,bit I love this.

[@davidrichter9164]

Toni also did some backing vocals on some songs from Pink Floyd's The Wall.

[@silas122801]

Tennille. ♥

[@RBS_]

...a performance of The Spinners (#2 Pop, #1 R&B & #6 Disco) crossover classic, Toni shows she's adept at ANY genre, in regards to singing & Dancing...and, although dubbed, Daryl ('Captain') is actually PLAYING the 'rubber Bands'! (3:26)

[@Ed-ez8kl]

They were so talented; and we all know she could really sing but for these variety shows they always did the dubbing...

[@ImBreakingThe4thWall]

Dammit! I started jamming out to this cover, then "NIIIINE TO FIIIIVE" popped in my head.

[@friendly76]

Way better than I anticipated! Fun performance!

[@beaunair]

Holy smokes I am mesmerized and so are my loins

[@demostheodorakakis6328]

I loved her.

[@dukecraig2402]

It is so freaky that she sang on Pink Floyd The Wall, of all the 70's music celebrities she'd be about the last one you'd think would be on that album.

[@mgrella63]

also background for Elton John in 74

[@dukecraig2402]

@@mgrella63 Yea on Caribou

[@chynnadoll3277]

She did?? Which song?

[@foomoo1088]

Funniest part is Captain with those rubber bands!

[@tanyawashington6996]

I used to watch their show many years ago. But never saw that episode. Not the Spinners, but not bad at all!

[@SpaceGhost67]

Best entertainment of the times guaranteed, plus the hottest girl singer in human history apart from Donna Summer.

[@scottw.8030]

Funny how we went from a generation with multiple variety shows on every week to zero variety shows!

[@johnheart6890]

I was expecting this to sound terrible, but she sounds great!

[@elciorobertoni5560]

Hoje assistindo essa dupla maravilhosa de Capitan e tennile, me faz lembrar dos bons tempos em eles eram jovens. Mas como tudo passa nessa vida, Capitan já não mais existe e Toni Tennile aos 83 anos ainda conserva aquela aparência alegre e jovial. Que pena e tudo passa e todos vós envelhecemos .

[@kevinvoeks7422]

She’s back out on the market guys

[@tedmccarron]

She's also of nursing home age.

[@neidebarbosajambeiromartin6868]

Super talentosa!!

[@briabba123]

Love it !!!

[@ROA504]

Lamentable y desafortunada la intervención de Captain en esta presentación. Payasesca como a las que ya nos tiene acostumbrados. Bien por Tennille y el resto. #OPINO#

[@steveeddy9686]

Delightful

[@TheIsagregorio]

The Spinners best song ever.

[@steveeddy9686]

Agreed

[@vadinandez]

According to her memoir, Daryl HATED having to do this silly act, and you can see it on his face here.

[@FutureGirl2033]

He *SHOULD* have!!

[@paulkeefe2304]

Well, he had ZERO PERSONALITY.

[@larrylee3920]

@kookooboy Daryl Dragon was like my brother and sister! No souls just very dry personalities!

[@pastlife1773]

Daryl was a musician, this skit had not room for him but to be a stooge. Why would he like this or smile? And yes, this is how shows were done back then; no care for the artist.

[@jamesngetha6760]

See it on his face? See what? The dude was always expressionless as I recall.

[@pritytv4258]

This is real american show..

[@RJLNetwork]

RIP Daryl Dragon. The Captain! May he find fair winds and following seas!

[@neptunedawn7121]

Is that flowing seas? I miss The Captain too: Thanks Captain for your talent and genius.

[@smorris7741]

RIP Cap

[@NMMC4ever]

Toni speaks of this performance in her memoir. Daryl was miserable doing this. (Their variety show only lasted a year because Daryl wanted out.)

[@user-nm1ui9vt5c]

Sung by The Spinners

[@reneehomco3207]

Thank you❤

[@normal_media]

Looking for teh All Nurse version when they sang Can't Stop Dancin.

[@lovethatscene2323]

The people who came up with the idea for Darryl plucking string from his toes can’t be strangers to cocaine.

[@brandionthemic1284]

Viral Chaser LMBO!!! My thoughts exactly 😂

[@sweetsusan146]

Viral Chaser it was all in good fun....now days singers are dancing and looking like sluts while holding the illumanti signs...music and entertainment is crap these days.

[@pebblesmounier4043]

@@sweetsusan146 I agree😬

[@PerpetualArt]

F&%k the illuminati!!

[@neptunedawn7121]

I think the idea for Daryl to pluck the rubber bands his own brilliant idea.

[@Perutti1]

Maravilhoso. Sou fã da Tennille, é uma grande cantora e dança muito bem. Brasil 2017.

[@lavendermagic84]

I wasn't prepared for that key change lol

[@BunnymanVids]

This is who Pink Floyd had sing backup on The Wall.

[@orchplayers]

Because she is BRILLIANT.

[@bboooobbyy]

she sure is one tall drink of water.

[@drspaseebo410]

5'11"

[@radiodf]

I could "sip" on her ALL day ;)

[@victortaylor7737]

And shes pretty.

[@scottclauscreations]

I really believed he was making those sounds with the rubber bands on his feet when I saw this as a kid. I also thought the Osmonds were always really playing all those instruments on their shows. Sigh.

[@neptunedawn7121]

I tjink The Captain is actually playing the rubber bands because Tennille points to him a couple of times. And The Captain can play chords: Genius!

[@karenkramer3760]

I thought The Partridge Family really played instruments

[@kellyhughart2105]

@@karenkramer3760 Actually, David Cassidy really was playing the guitar on that show, and he and Shirley Jones did their own singing. According to Danny Bonaduce, "The rest of The Partridge Family was pretty much Milli Vanilli."

[@AnnaJunus-hm8cr]

The Osmonds could play all the instruments on the shows. Yes, often things were prerecorded and then they lip synced to their own voices, but that was to ensure the quality. It doesn't mean they didn't play them or sing the songs.

[@pauljoseph8691]

So 70s

[@angeldcuba4958]

IS THAT GUY SHABBA DOO!

[@AlwaysDortched]

Where my name came from 😏

[@evanwilliams4302]

The captain didn't deserve her! She is all grace in this performance, and he seems like a doofus.

[@rextravers8054]

Spinners have nothing to worry about!

[@dariusciway]

and how she dances! agree, sitti?

[@sadiethreat]

Are The Spinners aware of this? People! Find the original! I implore you!

[@rosadrivera7985]

Oh Lord this was the most disfuntional couple of the 80

[@alexcncmacsalcar7324]

The 70's.

[@tedmccarron]

"Dysfunctional."

[@steveeddy9686]

Two corrections: dysfunctional, and it's the 70's. If you weren't there, you'll never understand. Yes, they had their marriage problems, but they made music together and stuck it out for the fans. Class act if you ask me.

[@reginasmith9014]

This was horrific! I don't blame Daryl for being pissed!

[@steveeddy9686]

Really? Why? Well produced, well sung, goid dancing, comedy.

[@jamesobrian1643]

From the Captain and Tennille Show? Isn't that the one that had the Bionic Watermelon as a skit ? LOL Man , I was just a kid

[@redlikewineagain697]

They made an absolute jackass out of Daryl. I am saying this because I am reading Toni's book and learning how livid Daryl was on having to do such ridiculous things on this show. Toni just rolled with it but it wasn't easy for Daryl and...besides....he was given really degrading things to do. He didn't want to do anymore comedy so I guess this was his punishment. Sad.

[@josephcontreras8930]

She could be a be a new bette midler..

[@jovellanos2725]

😎👏👍

[@Novaheart1998]

lol I feel sorry for Daryl here, the hell is he doing lol.... Toni is great as ussual.

[@steveeddy9686]

He was so endearing. I actually thought it was clever and funny.

[@tracya1973]

CAMP!!!!

[@maryerb6062]

I love her but I don't like that dress on her. I just finished her book and had to have more. Toni, you own us!

[@adam1984pl]

Better than Abba musical Mamma Mia! -2008.

[@capricorn7866]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍❤

[@ricksnow4662]

This is so bad, it's glorious!

[@benvinew6465]

Is she legion? Whole lot of chorus voices coming out of her mouth solo on stage.