She was a babe Oklahoma music man Elmer gantry I liked rip torn on the Larry Sanders show telling Larry what a babe she was with the slit in her skirt on the Partridge family.
If you're into 60s pop, it doesn't get much better than the third Partridge Family album "Sound Magazine". I can't count the number of people I've turned on to that record. Fantastic. As far as the TV show itself, I enjoyed watching again a few years ago for nostalgia (I was born in 66 so I can remember watching the show as a little kid), but I can't say it's great TV. I certainly wouldn't recommend it to someone who never saw it.
For anyone interested, there is a copy of the original pilot used to sell the show at David Cassidy's website (note, the quality is quite poor): David Cassidy - The Partridge Family Pilot It's pretty much the same, with some differences (Shirley's original name was Connie, and the family lived in Ohio). The sequence in the garage goes on longer (including a bit about their late father), there's an extra scene at the end with Danny, and most noticeably, there is also a segment featuring Jack Cassidy as a romantic interest for Connie/Shirley.
Fun show Great records David Caasidy had one of my fave voices among white male 70s hit makers Ricky sucked and killed the show. But it was impressive for a 4 year old to write his own songs.
Wow, I guess I -- probably like a fair number of kids, considering the show was cancelled around the same time -- had moved on from watching The Partridge Family by the time Ricky appeared, because I have absolutely zero recollection of his character. So basically, he was a singing "Cousin Oliver" created to keep the show fresh?
This was the same time the Bradys got cousin Itt...er, Olivor which begs the question, was there collusion in killing both shows?
I think it's interesting that this episode, "The Partridge Family" A Knight in Shining Armor (TV Episode 1971) - IMDb (<link) Was the pilot for another, short-lived series: Getting Together (TV Series 1971–1972) - IMDb
Sounds like maybe he was an “disruptive” influence on Malcolm McLaren, who had the Sex Pistols on their US tour playing country music halls in the South rather than the northern cities where they had an audience.
And it was the nicest looking ghetto I have ever seen. Why it looked just like a SoCal neighborhood. Didn't look anything anywhere in Detroit I ever saw.
