C/D: The Partridge Family

I remember the first PF album (the red cover) being better-than-you'd-expect. . .

"It's One of Those Nights" is #1.

Kismet. It was Piet Mondrian's birthday yesterday, so I showed my class some of his art off YouTube this morning (a day late). Later, as part of a media assignment where they compare sitcoms across eras, we watched an episode of The Partidge Family (season one, episode eight, where "I Think I Love You" debuts). That's when I realized that Mondrian designed the family bus.

We watched episode #16 today, "My Son, the Feminist." You've got to see this! (If you're a relatively well-adjusted adult, you can eliminate that exclamation mark.) Keith is dating a girl who belongs to P.O.W., a militant feminist group, and he volunteers the band to play at one of their rallies. Just before the show, they have an argument because the girl objects to some of the song titles she sees on the playlist--songs about love just serve the man's interest. Can't play them, she tells Keith. He strikes back:

"Look, Tina--you're working for a cause, and that's great. But nobody--nobody--censors our material."

A couple of my girls spotted me laughing heartily at the back of the room, looking puzzled as to why.

Susan Dey before anybody knew who she was (from a Life photo essay on New York City in 1969):

http://i1059.photobucket.com/albums/t427/sayhey1/susan_zps18ac854c.jpg

RIP Dave Madden, the beleaguered Reuben Kincaid

A tale of woe: DUI, rehab, divorce, bankruptcy.

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/gossip/la-et-mg-david-cassidy-bankruptcy-chapter-11-divorce-20150212-story.html

Honest to god, we were watching an episode today for media--before I read about this.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/28/entertainment/feat-suzanne-crough-death/index.html

http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2017/02/20/david-cassidy-partridge-family-says-he-has-dementia/98173252/

:(

RIP David Cassidy

a decent singer and actor (comedian, really) for a teen idol

v sad news -- i enjoyed watching reruns of the show as a kid, still fondly remember a lot of the songs

always felt bad for poor reuben kincaid

saw him fairly recently at an outdoor freebie in the park and he was refreshingly honest in his interaction with the audience. he seemed like a nice but messed up guy.

:(

Was very much on team David in 1972, aged 7 (my older sister was on team Donny I think). He was so beautiful. Later I caught up with the first three Bell Records LPs; all are solid. I read somewhere that he was also just about the only person who gave a damn about the song content of the last three or four PF albums.

RIP

never knew the guy who created the show also did that Broadway comedy i never wanted to see in any form

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/bernard-slade-dead-partridge-family-creator-was-89-1251174

I also caught many episodes of Flying Nun, Bridget Loves Bernie, even The Girl with Something Extra, so obv he mutated large sections of my developing brain.

Coming around on some of the hits that I didn't like at the time as well as some other ones I have no recollection of.

Also see that the first season had a different theme song, "When We're Singin'," but it was really the same tune as "Come On, Get Happy!" with different lyrics. Or is it written "C'mon Get Happy!"?

Strikes me that Bo Donaldson was doing a David Cassidy imitation, but maybe it’s just a coincidence

Arrangements always seemed thin to me which is realize now is what seems to be the lack of any guitar at all, presumably for obvious reasons, but there is a bunch of other stuff in there, such as backing vox aplenty provided by The Ron Hicklin Singers.

First four singles sure haven't had much life as oldies despite all making #13 or higher in the US, three in the top ten.

First season theme song is the best!

Yeah, it's kind of odd that when Oldies radio started pivoting towards early '70s stuff, both the Partridges and The Osmonds didn't get the invite.

Yes, it is weird.

The hits are still working for me and some of the, um, deeper cuts are intriguing.

In retrospect the comedy on the show was pretty good. It was superior to The Brady Bunch, if somehow less iconic.

I finally replaced my ancient phone and now the apps show me what studio pros were on the sessions.

Those barely audible guitars were played by the likes of Louie Shelton and Dennis Budimir!

And, of course, Tommy Tedesco.

There’s an app for that???

Apple Music has it now.

ICYMI the Partridge Family house in Burbank was demolished in 2023, as was the Bewitched house. The Partridge house was also used as the Kravitzes’ house on Bewitched.

I did miss it, thanks.