Thanks to their squeaky-clean image, the Jackson 5 became teen idols, unusual for a group of African-American youngsters.

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Could the real cause be that baby boomers are finally admitting that it's just no fun anymore to see their former teen idols as self-parodying senior citizens?

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Funicello reunited with Avalon in 1987 to star in "Back to the Beach, " in which the two former teen idols played as parents of a pair of troublesome teenagers.

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