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On Tue, 9 Mar 2010, Boffman wrote:
> On Mar 7, 9:11=EF=BF=BDam, Taylor wrote:
>> On Mar 6, 11:26=EF=BF=BDpm, web...@polaris.net (Ubiquitous) wrote:
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>>> (CBS) =EF=BF=BD The "Partridge Family" cast was one member short when t=
hey
>>> reunited on television Tuesday morning.
>>
>>> The cast of the popular '70s sitcom appeared on the "Today Show" as par=
t
>>> of their "Great TV Families Reunited" series, but actress Susan Dey, wh=
o
>>> played eldest daughter Laurie Partridge, was not in attendance.
>>
>>> Danny Bonaduce, who in the years after his child stardom faced drug
>>> addiction and legal troubles, was present for the reunion.
>>
>>> The show, which centered around a widow and her five children who embar=
k
>>> on a music career, aired from 1970-1974.
>>
>>> A similar absence occurred Monday morning, when the cast of "Eight is
>>> Enough" reunited on the morning program minus actor Adam Rich. The acto=
r
>>> endured many personal issues after his time on the show, including
>>> arrests and substance abuse.
>>
>> Oh, god, is she *still* grinding the same old axe that David Cassidy
>> refused to sleep w/ her when TPF was in its prime because he only
>> thought of her as a sister.
>>
>> What a frigid Ice Queen.- Hide quoted text -
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> It's ok Susan, I'll sleep with you. I have a big penis too. Close your
> eyes and I'll sing "I think I Love You," and you'll never know it's
> not David. I'll even let you play with my pooka beads.
>
Remember, Laurie was the "politically aware" one in the family. She'd
want you to sing her the song they recorded to a whale singing (though=20
oddly, that has humpback whales in the background, while they are shown=20
recording next to a killer whale).
Or the song in the episode where they meet Richard Pryor and Louis=20
Gossette Jr. who are running a club, but end up with the Partridge Family
by accident. They are booking black acts, don't think the family will fit=
=20
in. So they all throw a block party to raise money to pay off the=20
loanshark. Keith writes some music, but it needs an orchestra. Danny=20
finds some pseudo-Black Panther group that comes marching along to do the=
=20
music. So sing that song, and that will make Laurie quiver.
I can't remember the song where they meet an old friend of her's who works
at the venue, but they are on strike. But Laurie wouldn't cross the=20
picket line. Michael Lembeck played the old friend, he later married=20
"Julie" on "One Day at a Time".
The episode with Holly Near would seem to provide a good song, but I think=
=20
Holly's character was non-political, and the song that time was a love=20
song. Holly then moved on to more political stuff, doing an FTA tour
with Jane Fonda, and then of course doing the women's music circuit for a=
=20
long time.
The one where the family meets the Morality Watchdogs. A woman at high=20
school that Keith is smitten with (well for that week) puts the family's
name on a poster for an upcoming women's lib rally without their=20
permission. That brings in the Morality Watchdogs who object to the=20
family performing, which makes them want to perform even though they
don't like being tricked into it. The girlfriend, "Tina", looked a
bit like Bernadine Dorhn. But I don't remember a political song that=20
time, I think they decided to give the public what they wanted, The=20
Partridge Family, rather than to give a nod to the point of the rally.
There was an episode about a runaway, I guess the song sort of dealt with=
=20
it, but not really political.
I don't think the episode where Danny gets drafted had an anti-war song.
I think they sang a mundane love song when they performed at the prison.
At the moment I can't think of any other particularly political episodes
that had non-love songs.
Michael
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