The Partridge Family

The Partridge Family is an American television sitcom about a widow who forms a successful pop band with her children.

The Partridge Family program contrasted suburban life with the adventures of a touring show business family.

This site is for all of the Partridge Family fans who still love and watch the show when it can be found on re-runs.

On March 2, 2010, there was a reuniting of the cast members from the show on The Today Show as part of a week-long segment featuring the reuniting of casts from popular shows. Noticeably absent from this reunion was Susan Dey.http://www.longislandpress.com/2010/03/02/susan-dey-absent-from-nbcs-partridge-family-reunion/

• David Cassidy as Keith Partridge
• Shirley Jones as Shirley Partridge
• Danny Bonaduce as Danny Partridge
• Susan Dey as Laurie Partridge
• Suzanne Crough as Tracy Partridge
• Jeremy Gelbwaks and Brian Forster as Chris Partridge
• Dave Madden as Reuben Kincaid

"The show's candy-colored production design is eye-catching and vivid, but never seems cartoonish. Instead, the band's pseudo-Edwardian costumes and "Careful: Nervous Mother Driving"-inscribed bus come across as the work of a creative and hip - but not too hip - mom. And while the Partridges' songs are not as creative and varied as those of the Monkees, their pure, sugary pop sound is still hard to beat."—A.J. Carson[TVDVD Reviews.com: http://www.tvdvdreviews.com/partridge1.html The Partridge Family: The Complete First Season DVD Review]

The original pilot for The Partridge Family was shot in December, 1969 on the Columbia Ranch in Burbank California. In the original version, which runs approximately 35 minutes, the family lived in Ohio, Shirley was named Connie Partridge, she dated a man played by Jack Cassidy, and the musical sequences were longer. In addition, they used the home and driveway from the "I Dream of Jeannie" façade (which was still in production) rather than the home used later on. Then the completed pilot, incorporating various changes, had to pass an audience research test before it could be approved by the network and given the green-light to go to series. ABC then scheduled the show opposite Andy Griffith's new CBS series, "The Headmaster" on Friday nights -- turning the Partridges into sitting ducks (or so they thought). Little did they know the producers had a secret weapon: a young actor named David Cassidy and a song called "I Think I Love You!" The rest is TV history.

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Danny Partridge: "You can't blame me. I'm just a kid."

Reuben Kincaid: "No, you're not. You're a midget in a kid suit."[IMDb: The Partridge Family quotes

Keith Partridge: "Has anybody got any ideas about what they're going to do for Mom's birthday?"

Laurie Partridge: "I thought about offering to do all the cooking for a month. How about you?"

Keith Partridge: "I'll buy the family a stomach pump."[IMDb: The Partridge Family quotes

In 2004, VH-1 along with David Cassidy, produced a reality show based on the original Partridge Family. This show was searching for a new cast for the production of a new Partridge Family show. The search ran for eight weeks, and viewers were encouraged to vote for the people they wanted to be the new Shirley, Keith, Laurie, and Danny Partridge (the roles of Chris, Tracy, and Reuben were to be cast at a later date).

The pilot episode was aired in January 2005 and was then immediately cancelled.

David Cassidy, Shirley Jones, and Danny Bonaduce made appearances for this new show. And, Ryan Cassidy, David's younger step-brother and real-life son of Shirley Jones, was the property master for the new series.