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Smartboy · 01-30-2010, 12:53 AM

Over on "Hulu" I recently watched the episode in which Tootie gets to meet Jermaine Jackson. She tells him all about the things that she read about him. In one magizine, there was mention of a dog that he had as a pet. He gave her an unofficial lecture about how the media tends to distort reality. Kind of like the type of liberal who will say that the Holy Roman Emprie was "Neither Holy Nor Roman"! In any event, he explained to her about how the article about the dog could not be true because he is allergic to dogs. I will have to confess that I know very little about him or his background. Does anyone out there know if the statement that he made in this instance is really true or was it just written into the script for the sake of the show?

TV_on_the_Porch · 01-30-2010, 01:03 AM

I feel sorry for you if you buy into the typical Tea Partying type of brainless liberal-bashing crap.

Smartboy · 01-30-2010, 01:12 AM

My motive for this thread was hardly to make fun of liberals! I happen to be a client of a "Jewish" organization for "developmentally disabled" adults! My main reason for starting this thread was to find out if anyone knew if Jermaine Jackson is, in fact, allergic to dogs. My reasons for bringing in the Holy Roman Empire were twofold. It was a combination of having some fun and giving people an expample of a case in which the media and the people in power tend to distort realiy for their own purposes. Please do not try to read more into it than that!

Schmoopie · 01-30-2010, 03:53 AM

I remember that episode. Isn't it the one where she went backstage to see him and she had made him something out of paper mache that took a long time and then after she gave it to him, they show the people in his dressing room practically destroying it? That's the only scene I remember, though.

hch · 08-09-2010, 11:37 AM

I do know one thing.
Tootie mentioned that there was a dog on his album cover. I happened to have all of his albums from that time period that he was on the show ("Let's Get Serious" (1980), "Jermaine" (1980), "I Like Your Style" (1981) and "Let me Tickle Your Fancy" (1982)), and there is NO DOG in any one of those covers.

Smartboy · 08-09-2010, 04:57 PM

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Originally Posted by hch

I do know one thing.
Tootie mentioned that there was a dog on his album cover. I happened to have all of his albums from that time period that he was on the show ("Let's Get Serious" (1980), "Jermaine" (1980), "I Like Your Style" (1981) and "Let me Tickle Your Fancy" (1982)), and there is NO DOG in any one of those covers.

Thank you very much for the information! It is very nice to see that, after all of this time, someone dug up a thread that I had started and felt it was worthy of a reply. I am very flattered!

Ian905 · 08-16-2010, 03:12 AM

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Originally Posted by hch

I do know one thing.
Tootie mentioned that there was a dog on his album cover. I happened to have all of his albums from that time period that he was on the show ("Let's Get Serious" (1980), "Jermaine" (1980), "I Like Your Style" (1981) and "Let me Tickle Your Fancy" (1982)), and there is NO DOG in any one of those covers.

Hmm, what about his singles? Could there have been a dog on one of those?

70s show watcher · 08-16-2010, 06:26 AM

im not sure about the accuacy pf the script but i read the jacksons had a dog when the were all living in encino in the 1970s

Jude The Obscure · 08-20-2010, 11:12 PM

The problem i have with this episode is that Tootie always gushed about Michael, not Jermaine (yea, i know they weren't going to get Michael, but I digress), then boom, in this episode, she claims to be Jermaine's biggest fan.

Natalie1969 · 09-13-2010, 10:06 AM

That's true-never thought about that!

01-30-2010, 12:53 AM	#1
Smartboy Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 06, 2007 Location: South Orange, NJ Posts: 4,231	The Accuracy of a Statement Over on "Hulu" I recently watched the episode in which Tootie gets to meet Jermaine Jackson. She tells him all about the things that she read about him. In one magizine, there was mention of a dog that he had as a pet. He gave her an unofficial lecture about how the media tends to distort reality. Kind of like the type of liberal who will say that the Holy Roman Emprie was "Neither Holy Nor Roman"! In any event, he explained to her about how the article about the dog could not be true because he is allergic to dogs. I will have to confess that I know very little about him or his background. Does anyone out there know if the statement that he made in this instance is really true or was it just written into the script for the sake of the show?

01-30-2010, 03:53 AM	#4
Schmoopie Keep Calm and Love Snoopy Forum Star Join Date: Jul 13, 2008 Location: Lynnwood, Washington Posts: 15,697	I remember that episode. Isn't it the one where she went backstage to see him and she had made him something out of paper mache that took a long time and then after she gave it to him, they show the people in his dressing room practically destroying it? That's the only scene I remember, though.
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08-09-2010, 11:37 AM	#5
hch Member Forum Regular Join Date: Jun 07, 2001 Location: Montross, VA 22520 Posts: 983	I do know one thing. Tootie mentioned that there was a dog on his album cover. I happened to have all of his albums from that time period that he was on the show ("Let's Get Serious" (1980), "Jermaine" (1980), "I Like Your Style" (1981) and "Let me Tickle Your Fancy" (1982)), and there is NO DOG in any one of those covers.
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01-30-2010, 01:03 AM	#2
TV_on_the_Porch anything good on? Forum Regular Join Date: Oct 18, 2005 Posts: 879	I feel sorry for you if you buy into the typical Tea Partying type of brainless liberal-bashing crap.

01-30-2010, 01:12 AM	#3
Smartboy Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 06, 2007 Location: South Orange, NJ Posts: 4,231	My motive for this thread was hardly to make fun of liberals! I happen to be a client of a "Jewish" organization for "developmentally disabled" adults! My main reason for starting this thread was to find out if anyone knew if Jermaine Jackson is, in fact, allergic to dogs. My reasons for bringing in the Holy Roman Empire were twofold. It was a combination of having some fun and giving people an expample of a case in which the media and the people in power tend to distort realiy for their own purposes. Please do not try to read more into it than that!

08-16-2010, 06:26 AM	#8
70s show watcher Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: May 20, 2008 Location: between point place and studio 8 h Posts: 4,549	im not sure about the accuacy pf the script but i read the jacksons had a dog when the were all living in encino in the 1970s

08-20-2010, 11:12 PM	#9
Jude The Obscure Retired Eternal Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Dec 10, 2006 Posts: 7,520	The problem i have with this episode is that Tootie always gushed about Michael, not Jermaine (yea, i know they weren't going to get Michael, but I digress), then boom, in this episode, she claims to be Jermaine's biggest fan.

09-13-2010, 10:06 AM	#10
Natalie1969 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jun 11, 2009 Location: MD Posts: 187	That's true-never thought about that!