[llevrok]

Great song, simpler times.

As a kid, we all had the hots for Laurie. But I secretly thought Mrs Partridge was the real looker!

[dfwgator]

The first MILF.

[DeplorablePaul]

Me too!

[fhayek]

I was only a kid in 1970, so Mrs Partridge was just someone's mom. Then I saw her as the prostitute in Elmer Gantry. My appreciation for her skyrocketed thereafter.

[Huskrrrr]

Oh yeah, definitely the Mom!

[SamAdams76]

I was too young in 1970 to think of Laurie as a girlfriend but I definitely thought of her as the ideal mother. Shirley looked ancient to me at the time, more like a cool grandmother.

I was just turning 8 years old when the Partridge Family debuted on TV. I remember having this song on a 45 vinyl record.

In the early 1970s, I carried a Partridge Family lunchbox to school, complete with thermos, in which my mother put in milk, or chocolate milk, if she was feeling generous. Rounded out with peanut butter sandwich, a piece of fruit - usually a banana or apple - and maybe a Twinkie, in those individually wrapped plastic sleeves.

I was obsessed with the Partridge Family, along with The Brady Bunch, which both were shown on Friday nights back then.

I remember writing Reuben Kincaid, asking to join the band. I actually thought the Partridge Family bus would show up in front of my house and whisk me away. What I got instead was a form letter inviting me to join the Partridge Family fan club. Along with a glossy photo of Keith Partridge (David Cassidy). Yuck. I gave the photo to my sister who was obsessed with David Cassidy and was wiser to the world. It was my "Christmas Story" Ovaltine moment.