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List Price: $29.95 | | Label: Sony Pictures
Salesrank: 2827
Released: May 3, 2005 |
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MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD |
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Box set Color DVD Full Screen NTSC | |
Editorial Review:
It's TV's favorite family of rock ' 'rollers, who hit the road in their groovy bus and turn the world on to the catchy pop songs such as "I Think I Love You," "I Woke Up In Love This Morning," and "Somebody Wants to Love You." The Partridge Family's six members feature mom Shirley (Shirley Jones) and her five kids: Keith (David Cassidy, who is also Jones' real-life stepson), Laurie (Susan Dey), Danny (Danny Bonaduce), Tracy (Suzanne Crough), and Chris (Jeremy Gelbwaks). And who can forget the Partridge's frequently exasperated manager, Reuben Kincaid (Dave Madden), who would become an important member of their family whether he liked it or not? The show debuted in September of 1970 and made a teen idol of David Cassidy, selling millions of records along the way. They may have parked that bus a long time ago but The Partridge Family is still making fans happy.
Description of The Partridge Family - The Complete First Season:
Like a groovy Family von Trapp, The Partridge Family arrived in 1970 with matching velvet outfits and wholesomeness bursting from every pore. Watching it now, you expect little more than kitsch--but the show, though certainly a sitcom representation of the world, is curiously fresh and appealing. This sheer likeability comes partly from the cast--Shirley Jones (The Music Man) looks foxy in miniskirts while still being the cool mom everyone wishes they had; teen idol David Cassidy is unexpectedly engaging as an actor (his charisma is all the more apparent when another teen idol, Bobby Sherman, makes a wooden appearance); and Danny Bonaduce's child-star rise sprang not from cuteness but his genuine comic timing. It doesn't hurt that many of the troubles the characters faced--swelled heads, rivalry, groupies (!)--were undoubtedly problems the actors were facing as their show became a hit.
Sure, there are utterly ridiculous episodes, such as when Danny is tutoring a mob boss's girlfriend about the stock market and the gangster, not knowing Danny is only 10 years old, gets jealous--but most episodes feature ordinary show business conflicts or straightforward family issues, like how the kids cope when their mother starts dating or how teenager Laurie (Susan Dey, who later went on to L.A. Law) feels ugly when she gets braces. This simplicity, combined with some classic vaudeville-style humor, proves surprisingly durable. Plus, the list of guest stars ranges from Ray Bolger (best known as the Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz) to a young Richard Pryor, as well as other soon-to-be-famous folk like Charlie's Angels' Farrah Fawcett and Jaclyn Smith and a pre-Star Wars Mark Hamill. The first season collection includes a bonus CD with four of the Partridge Family's actual radio hits; their sound, a fusion of the Monkees and the Mamas and the Papas, is pure pop sugar (created by a host of Brill Building songwriters like Neil Sedaka). If the Mondrian-inspired paint job on the Partridge Family bus gives you childhood flashbacks, you'll happily regress when you watch this box set. --Bret Fetzer
The Partridge Family - The Complete First Season Reviews:
Retro all the way! Love it. 
2009-10-07 - Our family had a blast watching these episodes with Shirley, Keith, Danny and the rest of the Partridge family. What a fun blast from the past.
The Partridge Family
2009-09-29 - This DVD set is great piece of nostalgia! I used to watch The Partridge Family every Friday night after The Brady Bunch when I was a kid!
Bobby Sherman appearance was edited !!!! 
2009-07-18 - in the episode which Bobby Sherman guest stars in the very last part is cut out !!!! him and waldo was suppose to have been hitting the road traveling but, it was cut out.
that was my favorite episode of season one to.
watch in small doses! 
2009-06-23 - I can't beleive i waited all week as a kid to watch this Friday nights. I forgot how corny this show was. It does, however, bring back memories. You can pick episodes to watch, but one drawback is that you can't move forward or back in an episode. I found this out when i saw that Farrah Fawcett made a guest appearance, but I couldn't play it back for my husband.
i was happy every friday night
2009-06-13 - i am not sure how i discovered this show. all i remember was i was very young when i first saw it. i did not see the entire series, so when the show became available on dvd i became very happy. the thing is i don't recall seeing many of the first season's episodes. i started watching this show during season two, i believe.
my favorite episode on this season is the one when the partridge family gets lost and winds up in a community where two brothers are struggling to keep their club open. the "brothers" were non other than richard pryor and louis gossett jr. the family is tricked into coming to the "wrong place" so that the club would have to fold, once the community see "who" will be providing the music. but then shirley convinces them that they should try anyway. so the entire family gets involved in helping the brothers to save their club. and after helping them to get rid of some unsavory hoodlums, the club is a success, and the partridge family becomes a hit with the community. i really like this episode. and wow what a blast from the past. i can't wait to complete my partridge family collection too.
