Posted on 01/07/2023 2:06:15 PM PST by DallasBiff
Which came first, The Partridge Family or The Brady Bunch? ANSWER: The Brady Bunch began airing in September 1969 while The Partridge Family debuted a year later. The Brady Bunch began airing in September 1969 while The Partridge Family debuted a year later
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Rzbert Reed and Florence Henderson have died, as also David Cassidy and Suzzane Croft.
Well the scoreboard is even. The 70's sitcoms were the best, especially ABC's.
I know I'm ill.
The Partridge Family was better.
“Suzanne Crough”
Barbara Billingsley can speak jive.
Which was first?
Who cares…
I like The Mod Squad and Room 222.
I had me a white man’s Afro just like Bernie.
Which came first The Munsters or the the Addams Family.
My wife got Barry Williams’ autograph when he was in “Pippin” back in the 70s.
dude, did you try asking the Mods before this???
belay that, wrong thread
I really got into the Partridge Family more than the Brady Bunch. The music was great, especially to an 8 year old. Had the Partridge Family lunchbox to take to school as well and the PF was cool in second grade so I didn't get hassled at all by my classmates. My mom would pack peanut butter sandwiches in it along with a banana or apple and an individually wrapped Twinkie. The thermos was filled with milk or chocolate milk.
I wasn't yet into girls at the time but Susan Partridge really appealed to me. I saw her as more of a mother figure than a romantic one. Susan would have been the perfect mother to me at that time. Shirley looked more like a grandmother!
The show didn't last too many years but around 1973, when I was about 11, I actually got up the nerve to pen a letter to Reuben Kincaid, the manager. Yes, in my naive little brain, I actually thought Partridge Family was an actual real life band and not just a TV creation with studio musicians doing most of the recordings.
In that letter, I mentioned that I had some drumming skills and in fact fancied myself a better drummer than Chris, and that I really wanted to join the band. I gave out my address and for the next few weeks, I fantasized about the psychedelic Partridge Family pulling up to my house and whisking me on board to become a member of the band. In which I could scheme practical jokes with Danny Partridge and have Susan, my fantasy mother, make me sandwiches and spank me when I was bad.
Instead, I ended up receiving a form letter as a response, with an invitation to join the Partridge Family fan club. As insult to injury, I also received a 8 x 10 glossy of Keith Partridge. Yuck. I handed the photo over to my sister, who was infatuated with Keith, and went on with my life a little more cynical. Just like the kid from "Christmas Story" who got a commercial message on his decoder ring.
I confess, I had a Partridge Family lunchbox, when I was in Kindergarten.
On September 25, 1970, in the 8:30 p.m. time slot immediately
following The Brady Bunch, ABC premiered a program that would
give Screen Gems its second TV-to-pop-chart smash: The Partridge
Family.
Plus Laurie showed us all her goodies in the 1981 movie “Looker.”
Didn’t both premiere during the same TV season?
I think the Addams Family was on ABC, while The Munsters were on CBS.
The child I was definitely voted for Susan Dey as Laurie Partridge.
> I confess, I had a Partridge Family lunchbox, when I was in Kindergarten. <
I had one when I was in college. And to this day I wonder why no fraternity asked me to be a member. After all, I did have a cool lunch box. I dunno. Maybe it was a jealousy thing.
I remember disappointing form letters from fan clubs in response to sincere letters to shows.
"I went out to face the world again. Wiser."
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