“Two things went through my head: ‘Alan, save me.

Alan, let me go.'”

Two things went through my head:Alan, save me.

(Original Caption) The Osmond Brothers (left to right), Alan, Wayne, Merrill, Jay and Donny as they perform on their first TV special, “The Osmond Brothers Show” to be telecast March 28, 1971.

The Osmond Brothers: Alan, Wayne, Merrill, Jay, and Donny on their 1971 TV special, ‘The Osmond Brothers Show’.getty

Alan, let me go.

Osmond was only five years old when hemade his television debutsinging alongside his brothers onThe Andy Williams Show.

Massive screams are taking place, he said.

Five members of American family pop group The Osmonds, circa 1972. Front; Donny. Centre, left to right: Wayne, Jay and Alan. Back; Merrill.

The Osmonds, circa 1972. Front: Donny; center: Wayne, Jay, and Alan; back; Merrill.Anwar Hussein/Hulton Archive/Getty

I think to myself as I look out, somebodys hurt.

Theyre screaming somethings happening out there.

It took him a moment to catch on that those were actually happy screams.

And I realize, theyre screaming for us!

And Im like, Youve gotta be kidding me.

I gotta do this the rest of my life!

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And he hasnt stopped yet.

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