(audience applauds)
- I got to tell you something, okay?
- Yes.
- I just love the way you act,
but it wasn't until "Designated Survivor",
I fell in love with this lady.
- Oh my God. (audience applauds)
- [Kelly] That's so nice. (audience applauds)
- What?
- That was so kind.
- I'm so honored.
- I don't binge watch, but I did binge watch that.
- Stop it.
- [Donny] Oh, I'm serious.
- I'm so happy.
- [Kelly] That was so kind.
- [Donny] We go way back, way back.
- I know, I'm so, so happy to see you.
- So good to see you too.
And the first time you and I met.
- I didn't know if you remembered, but we were...
- [Donny] Dallas, was it?
- Dallas, yes.
- Was it Kidd Kraddick?
- Kidd Kraddick, in the morning, yes.
That's what I grew up on.
- [Donny] We were working on a record,
not a, not a duo, but we were both had our own records.
- [Kelly] Yeah.
- And we were working those records.
- [Kelly] Yeah.
- And we met at Kidd Kraddick's radio station.
- [Kelly] I walked in and you were standing there.
I was like, "What is happening?"
(audience laugh)
And, and you were so nice.
Like, not everybody's nice in the beginning,
when you're no one, you know what I'm saying?
Like, so it was really nice.
I just thought, anyway, I remembered it this whole time
and it's my hometown station.
That's the station I grew up listening to.
- Oh, that's right, that's right.
That's why Kidd loved you so much.
- Oh, I let, yeah, Kellie, Big Al,
I grew up on all that.
Well, "Puppy Love" is still one of your most popular songs.
- Can, can you believe it's been 50 years?
(audience applauds)
- [Kelly] Yes, but it's such a great song.
Is it, do you like performing it?
- I do now.
There was a time when I didn't like it,
because I wanted to move on and I,
I was making fun of it in this concert one time
and this lady afterwards, came up to me and said,
"Why did you make fun of Puppy Love?"
and very cocky kind of way, I said,
"It's my song, I can do whatever I want to do".
(audience laughs) And then...
- [Kelly] Solid answer.
- But she said something that changed my life.
She said, "Yes, you may have had a hit with it,
but Puppy Love was a big part of my childhood memories
and you have no right to mess with my memories".
- [Kelly] Aw. (audience sighs)
- Wow.
- Oh my goodness, stopped me.
- She told you.
- She told me, I stopped in my tracks.
And now I see, it's my fourth song in my,
in my show, in Vegas.
And I treat it with respect now.
This is really a risky thing,
I've wanted to do all my life and I finally did it.
- [Kelly] What?
- So, as you mentioned, I just released my 65th album.
- Yeah that's, congratulations, that's so cool, yeah.
(audience applauds)
- It's so unbelievable.
(audience applauds)
- So, it's about a 15 minute improv session,
where I put all 65 albums on the huge screens behind me.
And I turn to the audience and say,
"Okay, the show is yours.
I have no idea what's going to happen.
It's all improv.
You can pick any song from any album
that I've ever done in my entire life
and we're going to do it for you".
- [Kelly] What?
- [Donny] It is, it's my favorite part of the show.
- Wait, I'm stressed thinking about it.
- [Donny] Oh, it's so fun.
- That's cool though, that it's improv and they get,
because most shows, you know, you go see a show,
like a tour and it's the same show every night.
So, that's cool, it's different.
- [Donny] My show is different every night.
- Oh, that's so cool.
- Fun, do they ever ask for "One Bad Apple"?
- [Donny] We do "One Bad Apple".
- Good, I love that song.
- Except we, and what we do is we set it up...
- That was with all the brothers.
- Oh, that was, that was our first number one record.
- I know.
- [Donny] In fact, Michael told me
that allegedly, it was written for the J Five.
And, and I said, "Well, I got one on you, Mike".
"Ben", his number solo, "Ben"
- [Woman] Yeah.
- Was written for me.
- Oh my God, really?
- [Donny] That was my song.
- What happened? - Well, I was on tour.
- That was from that creepy movie?
- It was about a rat or something, Willard?
- Yeah, it was about a rat, Willard, Willard.
- Which I always thought was interesting, Willard.
Which I always thought was interesting,
Michael sang about a rat, I sang about a puppy.
(women and audience laugh)
But, but...
- Fascination with animals, it's fine.
- Exactly, but I said, yeah, "Ben" was written for me.
The reason I didn't record "Ben",
I was on the road touring with my brothers
and they had to finish the movie.
And the producer says, "Well there's this little kid,
named Michael Jackson, let's get him to sing.
He's got a high voice".
And it became his song.
It's so funny.
- [Kelly] It's so funny how songs find their homes.
- Yeah, they find their homes.
And Mike and I would laugh about it all the time, you know?
- Oh my gosh, that's so, your life was so crazy, cool.
- [Donny] It was crazy.
- Now performing his classic song, "Puppy Love".
Give it up for Donny Osmond.
(audience applauds)
(upbeat music)
♪ And they called it puppy love ♪
♪ Oh, I guess they'll never know ♪
♪ How a young heart really feels ♪
♪ And why I love her so ♪
♪ And they called it puppy love ♪
♪ Just because we're in our teens ♪
♪ Tell them all, please tell them it's not fair ♪
♪ To take away my only dream ♪
♪ Oh, ♪
♪ I cry each night my tears for you ♪
♪ My tears are all in vain ♪
♪ I'll hope and I'll pray that maybe someday ♪
♪ You'll be back in my arms once again ♪
♪ Someone, help me, ♪
♪ Help me please ♪
♪ Is the answer up above ♪
♪ How can I, how can I tell them ♪
♪ This is not a ♪
♪ puppy love ♪
(upbeat music)
(audience applauds)
All right, one more time for Donny Osmond, y'all.
His new album is called "Start Again".
Look for it wherever you get your music
and be sure to go visit him at his residency
at Harrah's in Las Vegas.
He raps too, y'all, it's really cool.