The Jackson 5ive was a Saturday morning cartoon series produced by Rankin/Bass and Motown Productions on ABC from September 11, 1971 until 14 October 1972; a fictionalized portrayal of the careers of ...
Long before reality TV blurred the lines between celebrity and character, Saturday morning cartoons were already doing it—with ink, paint and a heavy dose of bubblegum pop. Throughout the 1960s and ...