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The Partridge Family (1970–1974) 6.2
The humourous adventures of a family of pop musicians. Creator:Bernard Slade |
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Cast
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| Shirley Jones | ... |
Shirley Renfrew Partridge
(96 episodes, 1970-1974)
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| David Cassidy | ... |
Keith Douglas Partridge
(96 episodes, 1970-1974)
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| Susan Dey | ... |
Laurie Partridge
(96 episodes, 1970-1974)
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| Danny Bonaduce | ... |
Danny Partridge
(96 episodes, 1970-1974)
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Suzanne Crough | ... |
Tracy Partridge
(96 episodes, 1970-1974)
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| Dave Madden | ... |
Reuben Kincaid
(96 episodes, 1970-1974)
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Brian Forster | ... |
Christopher 'Chris' Partridge
(71 episodes, 1971-1974)
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Storyline
Suburban widow Shirley and her kids tour the country in a wildly painted bus performing music as a family. Their agent Reuben hates kids, so Danny gives him a bad time. Written by Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
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mother son relationship | fictional band | multiple actors for one character | singer | brother sister relationship |Taglines:
C'mon, Get Happy!Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
25 September 1970 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Family Business See more »Filming Locations:
Blondie Street, Columbia/Warner Bros. Ranch - 411 North Hollywood Way, Burbank, California, USA See more »Company Credits
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The series was based on the real-life family group, The Cowsills. The children were interviewed by the producers, but it was decided that they were too old to play the parts as written for the TV series. See more »Quotes
Danny: I guess every family has to have a black sheep. I always thought ours was Keith.See more »
The Partridge Family premiered in 1970. Sure, it was sort of corny. But most TV shows back then were. It was a more innocent era then, and so was television. It revolved around the misadventures of a squeaky-clean, middle-class family, who decided to form a band and make records. It was based on the real-life rock-n-roll family, the Cowsills. David Cassidy, who was a teen heart-throb on the show, played the eldest brother, Keith Partridge. Laurie Partridge, played by Susan Dey, was his cover-girl-pretty younger sibling, and tended to annoy Keith on a frequent basis. His other siblings were cute, precocious-types, especially Danny Partridge (who was the 10-year-old financial wizard).
The family was headed by widow, and cool mom, Shirley Partridge (played by David Cassidy's real-life step-mom, Shirley Jones). The cast was rounded-out by their hapless Manager, Reuben Kincaid (played by rubber-faced comic Dave Madden), who always made a perfect comic-foil for Danny. The whole family sang and played instruments. They cut several albums during the course of the series, that spawned some hit singles. Their songs to me, were really quite good, especially if you like soft-rock and love ballads.
I could identify with the Partridge's suburban life-style, having grown-up in a solid middle-American, middle-class suburb myself. Some of the kids on the show were my age, and some were the same ages as my own siblings.
This show came on ABC on Friday night, following another family sitcom with several kids, the Brady Bunch. The Partridge Family even had many episodes that were so similar to some Brady Bunch episodes, they could only be called shameless rip-offs. Still, it was a gentle, family-oriented show, with good music and good acting by the cast. I always looked forward to Friday nights back then, just so I could enjoy the Partridge Family on TV.