Watch Dennis Edwards fuming as he moves in to join the rest of the group. First, he doesn't know any of the dance routine. Just as David turns around to sing to the group "'Cause you mean that much to me", I hope you can read lips because Dennis clearly mouths "m----- f-----." This always cracks me up, especially since the censors didn't catch it!
shareDavid Ruffin was fired and replaced with Dennis Edwards, a former member of The Contours who had been a friend of Ruffin and the group as a whole beforehand. Though Ruffin himself personally encouraged Edwards to take his place, Ruffin began turning up unannounced at Temptations' concerts during Edwards' first few dates with the group. When the group started to perform a Ruffin era song such as "My Girl" or "Ain't Too Proud to Beg", Ruffin would suddenly walk on to the stage, take the microphone from Edwards' hands, and steal the show, embarrassing the group but entertaining the fans. According to Edwards, the adulation and Ruffin's pleas convinced the other four Temptations to give Ruffin a second chance, but when he arrived late to what was to be his return show with the group in Gaithersburg, Maryland, The Temptations decided to keep Edwards and drop considerations of rehiring Ruffin.