Product Details

• Format: Color, NTSC, HiFi Sound, Full Screen
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: View Video
• VHS Release Date: April 8, 1992
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6302251230
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #297,621 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

The 5th Dimension Travelling Sunshine Show recaptures the now "classic" SOUNDS OF THE 70s, that colorful decade of non-stop hits, disco, sideburns and bell-bottoms. A charming look back at the transition from the psychedelic 60s to the New Wave of the 80s. THE 5th DIMENSION ruled the TOP 10 charts with songs that have become standards, like Up-Up and Away and Aquarius/Let the Sun Shine In. Together with superstar guests Dionne Warwick, Merle Haggard and The Carpenters, they take you on a dazzling 24-song musical tour that will keep you smiling and singing along from beginning to end. V.I.E.W. Video is proud to bring back the goodtime fun of THE SOUNDS OF THE 70s, which will lift your spirits with the sounds and stars of that colorful decade. A new and nostalgic Video Collection for today...

Customer Reviews

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Note-worthy Variety Show, May 12, 2004

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Dean Anderson (New York, New York) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The 5th Dimension: Travelling Sunshine Show (DVD)

You have to look at "The 5th Dimension Travelling Sunshine Show" in context. The year was 1971, and the "variety" special was a staple on teevee. The 5th Dimension, a pop group with a string of successful hits at that point, were a worthy choice to host a show like this.

Of course, there had to be a "concept." Here, the group was a bunch of traveling performers, out to entertain whomever they encountered along the way in a wagon with a make believe donkey pulling them through a cardboard cut-out world!

Yes, the set is clearly a studio soundstage, the audience applause is completely canned and every song performed is lip synched. But those elements only add to the fun of this campy relic from the days when Karen and Richard Carpenter could do their brand new single: "Superstar!"

I got the feeling that Merle Haggard never even met the group, since he didn't share a second of camera time with any of them. But he's on the show. And Dionne Warwick and Marilyn McCoo, both future hosts of another camp music program, "Solid Gold," duel it out with Florence LaRue Gordon in an almost cringeworthy "competition" of singing each other's hits. It only gets upstaged by the three of them doing the Tom Jones classic "She's A Lady!"

You'll see the sight gags and hear the typical one-liners and routines you'd expect from a program of this era. Bad special effects and tacky costumes? You betcha! but that's all a part of the charm.

It's fun watching The 5th Dimension standing in the wings, dancing and grooving to Carpenters performance of "Someone Like You."

Also, if you click the "trivia" button on the "bonus features" before you play the program, you'll get a "pop-up video" style blurb every few moments on screen. You'll want to turn this feature off during "Superstar." Trust me.

If you're a fan of The 5th Dimension, Carpenters, or Dionne Warwick, or you are interested in taking a peek into what entertained people decades ago, you'll want to add this deliciously tacky treat to your collection!

Highly Recommended!

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Hit Songs Are Included Only On A Medley, May 30, 2004

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C. W. Emblom "Bill Emblom" (Ishpeming, Michigan USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The 5th Dimension: Travelling Sunshine Show (DVD)

I base my rating of two stars on the fact the group's hit songs such as Up Up And Away, Wedding Bell Blues, Acquarius/Let The Sun Shine In, and Stoned Soul Picnic are only very briefly sung with a few lines of each song. I bought the DVD with the idea they would sing the entire song, but was disappointed. If this doesn't bother you, I'm sure you will rate the DVD higher than I did.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fifth Dimension Travelling Sunshine Show, July 28, 2000

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Russ (Brownwood, TX United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The 5th Dimension Travelling Sunshine Show with Dionne Warwick, The Carpenters and Merle Haggard [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I don't know why the other "reviewer" found the video quality poor "for the price". The video quality is excellent and could NOT be better. It is crystal-clear from a great master. Maybe they need to get glasses or clean their TV screen or get a better VCR - who knows! Most likely that reviewer isn't content with anything. Lots of great songs from the group at their prime, not to mention the appearances by The Carpenters and Dionne Warwick.