# Why does Donny Osmond irk the shit out of me? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 28, 2003, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-donny-osmond-irk-the-shit-out-of-me/210032 "2003-10-28T15:19:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sat\_on\_Cookie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/71c47a/32.png) [@Sat\_on\_Cookie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sat_on_Cookie)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-donny-osmond-irk-the-shit-out-of-me/210032/1 "2003-10-28T15:19:33Z")
In fact, why does the whole Osmond clan irk the shit out of me? They seem nice enough and are relatively harmless but I just want to smack the fake smile off Donny’s face every time I stumble across him. I also don’t know why I hate Marie so much but I cannot stand her. I want to slap and kick both Donny and Marie. ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-donny-osmond-irk-the-shit-out-of-me/210032/2 "2003-10-28T15:20:42Z")
It’s his teeth. ---
**Author:** ![Sat\_on\_Cookie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/71c47a/32.png) [@Sat\_on\_Cookie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sat_on_Cookie)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-donny-osmond-irk-the-shit-out-of-me/210032/3 "2003-10-28T15:28:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JuanitaTech \* > \*\*It’s his teeth. \*\* I think that is definitely a contributing factor. His 4,000 teeth make him look like a chipmunk. I just imagine holidays at the Osmonds with all 20 million of them singing and dancing around with their chipmunk faces. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-donny-osmond-irk-the-shit-out-of-me/210032/4 "2003-10-28T15:35:24Z")
How do you know the smile’s fake? Maybe he’s happy and you’re just jealous. That could very well be what’s irking you. ---
**Author:** ![paulberserker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@paulberserker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paulberserker)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-donny-osmond-irk-the-shit-out-of-me/210032/5 "2003-10-28T15:48:14Z")
perhaps because he looks like he doesn’t even know what sex is, never mind had it. stupid too many teeth far too wholesome all american apple pie keep your shitehouse brand of ‘entertainment’ in america motherfucker that he is. he should be kept far away from my TV, thats for sure. ---
**Author:** ![Sat\_on\_Cookie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/71c47a/32.png) [@Sat\_on\_Cookie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sat_on_Cookie)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-donny-osmond-irk-the-shit-out-of-me/210032/6 "2003-10-28T15:48:57Z")
I have no idea if his smile is fake or not. It seems fake to me. I don’t think I’m jealous but I will ponder the possibility just to be sure. ---
**Author:** ![kung\_fu\_lola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f4b2a3/32.png) [@kung\_fu\_lola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kung_fu_lola)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-donny-osmond-irk-the-shit-out-of-me/210032/7 "2003-10-28T15:52:30Z")
Why am I not surprised to see **Monty** in this thread. :rolleyes: Replace the name “Donny Osmond” with “Madonna” and we’ll see how fast he comes a-runnin’. ---
**Author:** ![Aries28](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Aries28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aries28)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-donny-osmond-irk-the-shit-out-of-me/210032/8 "2003-10-28T16:14:49Z")
I never have liked him that much either except I thought he did a good job in the Joseph musical he was involved in. Didn’t him and his sister have some sort of talk show or something at one point or was that a nightmare I had? ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-donny-osmond-irk-the-shit-out-of-me/210032/9 "2003-10-28T16:23:27Z")
Clue a sister in, will ya, kung fu lola? Why are we not surprised to see Monty here? Is he an Osmond? ---
**Author:** ![musicguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@musicguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/musicguy)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-donny-osmond-irk-the-shit-out-of-me/210032/10 "2003-10-28T16:27:23Z")
Yeah, **paulberserker** , but what do you _really_ think? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soul_brother_number_two/32/3515_2.png) [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-donny-osmond-irk-the-shit-out-of-me/210032/11 "2003-10-28T16:28:20Z")
I know that Monty is the self-styled defender of all things Mormon, but, man! Hitting the mats for Donny Osmond is simply beyond the pale. Earth to Monty: It’s not cuz he’s Mormon, it’s because he is a 40,000 teeth bearin’, purple sock wearin’, Puppy Love blarin’, soulless, funkless entertainer from Aitch Eee Double Toothpicks. I remember, years back, seeing Donny butcher “Living in America” on the Jerry Lewis Telethon or some such. I had come home from a barhopping night, and I tried, unsuccessfully, to chew my eyelids off. Ouch. Curse you, Donny Osmond. Bring back li’l Jimmy! ---
**Author:** ![Sat\_on\_Cookie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/71c47a/32.png) [@Sat\_on\_Cookie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sat_on_Cookie)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-donny-osmond-irk-the-shit-out-of-me/210032/12 "2003-10-28T16:28:42Z")
In a horrible act of self-betrayal, I, too, liked him in Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat. I have reconciled this by attributing my admiration to the music and not the performer. Tragically, they did have a talk show recently. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-donny-osmond-irk-the-shit-out-of-me/210032/13 "2003-10-28T16:32:26Z")
The only one in that family with any talent was Tito. ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-donny-osmond-irk-the-shit-out-of-me/210032/14 "2003-10-28T16:36:05Z")
cray-zee hor-ses WWWEEEEEEERRRR. WWWEEEEEERRRRR. Let’s rock. ---
**Author:** ![carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de0a6/32.png) [@carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrot)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-donny-osmond-irk-the-shit-out-of-me/210032/15 "2003-10-28T16:39:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lieu \* > \*\*The only one in that family with any talent was Tito. \*\* Was he the one who was a little bit Motown? ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-donny-osmond-irk-the-shit-out-of-me/210032/16 "2003-10-28T16:42:24Z")
Yeah. He had that song… _Go away, Jheri Curl_ ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-donny-osmond-irk-the-shit-out-of-me/210032/17 "2003-10-28T17:26:59Z")
_“I’m a little bit country” “I’m a little bit rock…”_ **BANG! BANG!** Sorry, lapsed into a bit of a fantasy there. Carry on. ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-donny-osmond-irk-the-shit-out-of-me/210032/18 "2003-10-28T17:28:56Z")
Just let your Soul Glo… ---
**Author:** ![Sat\_on\_Cookie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/71c47a/32.png) [@Sat\_on\_Cookie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sat_on_Cookie)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-donny-osmond-irk-the-shit-out-of-me/210032/19 "2003-10-28T17:29:53Z")
Even when he sang his bit about being “a little bit rock and roll” he sounded country. OH! And Marie’s signature song, Paper Roses…barf vomit ass squirt ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-donny-osmond-irk-the-shit-out-of-me/210032/20 "2003-10-28T17:35:37Z")
Because he’s a real-life Ned Flanders, who will probably be cast in the Simpsons movie. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-donny-osmond-irk-the-shit-out-of-me/210032.md?page=2)