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The Partridge Family is an American television sitcom series about a widowed mother and her five children who embark on a music career.
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The Partridge Family is an American television sitcom series about a widowed mother and her five children who embark on a music career.
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Episode 1
A group of musical siblings in San Pueblo, California convinces their widowed mother, bank teller Shirley Partridge, to help them out by singing as they record a pop song in their garage.
Guest stars Gordon Jump, Hal Taggart, William Wintersole, Leon Alton, Tony Regan, Cosmo Sardo, Felton Perry, Ceil Cabot
Episode 2
A minor fender bender turns into a major pain for the Partridges when they decide to fight a fraudulent lawsuit from Whiplash Willie.
Guest stars Harry Morgan, Farrah Fawcett, Ivan Bonar, Kelly Britt
Episode 3
Shirley's dad is having a mid-life crisis and decides to hit the road with the band to pursue his long-lost dream of being a star, but will his act appeal to the new generation?
Guest stars Ray Bolger, Rosemary DeCamp
Episode 4
Just as they're about to record their first album, the Partridges have a bomb dropped on them: ten-year-old Danny's been drafted into the Army. Guest stars: Jack Riley as Corporal Wrzesinski, Jonathan Daly as Officer Moody Song: "On the Road"
Guest stars Jack Riley, Jonathan Daly, Laurence Haddon, Jared Martin, Ted Scott
Episode 5
Shirley begins dating an old flame but the kids are suspicious of him, especially when they see him leave a jewelry store with a beautiful young woman.
Guest stars John McMartin, Jaclyn Smith, Pitt Herbert
Episode 6
Now that their record is out, Keith finds himself with major girl trouble: he cannot keep them away from him! But his troubles really begin when he falls for the one who doesn't care who he is.
Guest stars Lane Bradbury, Claire Wilcox, Denice Stradling, Elaine Fielding, Sheri Cowart, Lisa Linsky
Episode 7
While performing in Las Vegas, Danny tutors the beautiful girlfriend of a mob boss in finances so she can leave town and finds himself with a new hit but one that has nothing to do with music.
Guest stars Richard Bakalyan, Julio Medina, Pat Harrington Jr., Barbara Rhoades, Vic Tayback, Henry Hunter, Jack Collins
Episode 8
The Partridge Family is about to leave a different kind of lasting impression on their audience after a skunk hitches a ride on their bus and leaves them...and all their clothes...covered with the unpleasant scent.
Guest stars Gino Conforti, Joseph V. Perry, Robert Gibbons, Dick Balduzzi, William Lucking, Howard Morton, George Spell, Jo Anne Meredith
Episode 9
After a mishap onstage leaves the audience laughing, Danny takes it upon himself to provide a little comic relief to their show. Unfortunately, he's not as funny as he thinks he is.
Guest stars Morey Amsterdam, Jackie Coogan, Warren Miller, Kip King, Ceil Cabot
Episode 10
The Partridge Family find themselves with a captive audience when they perform at a prison, but then find themselves being held captive by a prisoner who wants them to hear his songs.
Guest stars Stuart Margolin, Ken Swofford, C. Lindsay Workman, Ron Feinberg, Ben Frank, Ron Pinkard
Episode 11
While Keith struggles with a creative dry spell, Danny attempts to write his first hit. Their sibling rivalry peaks when Danny writes a great song just as Keith has a breakthrough with the exact same tune.
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Episode 12
Keith promises his feminist girlfriend that the Partridge Family will perform at an upcoming rally, which puts them under attack from the morality watchdog group in their neighborhood.
Guest stars Jane Actman, Leonard Stone, Fran Ryan, Sari Price, Dort Clark
Episode 13
When Danny gets singled out in a review by a prominent journalist, the praise goes to his head and he decides to go solo. But he changes his mind when he sees his family happily auditioning for his replacement.
Guest stars Dick Clark, Mitzi Hoag, Jean-Michel Michenaud, Judy March, Joseph Tatner
Episode 14
During a stopover in a small town, the Partridges offer to revive the career of a folk legend who's been out of circulation for twenty years, but find that he would rather sing in church than be in the spotlight.
Guest stars William Schallert
Episode 15
Reuben books a European tour but there's one condition: the groovy promoter thinks Shirley's too old. She quits the band, but discovers she has fans there after all.
Guest stars Gino Conforti, Joe Warfield, Renee Tetro, Yvonne Wilder
Episode 16
Laurie gets braces right before a television show comes to film the band. As if that isn't bad enough, when they begin to play, her braces pick up radio signals and all she can hear is The Rolling Stones!
Guest stars Mark Hamill, Alan Oppenheimer, Jonathan Daly, William Wintersole
Episode 17
Shirley has doubts about what being on the road is doing to the Partridges' lives so she suggests they take a break and start living like a normal family again. But she forgets one thing: they're not a normal family.
Guest stars Richard Mulligan, Reva Rose
Episode 18
Due to a booking mix-up, two Detroit club owners expecting the Temptations get the Partridge Family instead. Can they find an audience in Motown?
Guest stars Louis Gossett Jr., Richard Pryor, Charles Lampkin, Herbert Jefferson Jr., Morris Buchanan, Ben Frank
Episode 19
Laurie jumps on the anti-establishment bandwagon when the hotel workers where they're scheduled to perform go out on strike and she refuses to cross the picket line and play.
Guest stars Harvey Lembeck, Michael Lembeck
Episode 20
The Partridges are happy for Reuben when he falls in love and decides to marry, even though his new life doesn't include managing the band – but the band quickly finds they can't manage without him.
Guest stars Nancy Malone
Episode 21
Danny forces Keith to put the brakes on his spending when his car drains his finances and he realizes he may not be able to afford to take his girlfriend to the prom.
Guest stars Annette O'Toole, Carl Ballantine, Joseph V. Perry
Episode 22
The Partridges find themselves in the middle of a domestic squabble when they give a ride to a teenage girl—who turns out to be a serial runaway, with the police hot on her trail.
Guest stars Laurie Prange, Yvonne Wilder, Sandy Kenyon, Ian Wolfe, Harry Hickox, Stuart Nisbet, Dick Wilson
Episode 23
The rumor mill starts buzzing at school when a hot new guy arrives on campus. Keith initially sees him as a rival until Laurie, who doesn't believe the rumors, accepts a date with the alleged Lothario.
Guest stars Michael Ontkean, Michael Rupert, Cindy Crosby, Jerem Burke
Episode 24
A series of coincidences leads Danny to believe he was adopted and there doesn't seem to be anything anyone can say to convince him he's a natural-born Partridge.
Guest stars Bernard Fox, Art Metrano, Ned Glass, Jim Connell, Renie Riano, Sid McCoy, Jeff Burton
Episode 25
When the Partridges introduce a hip, multi-talented musician to a square, tone-deaf poet, no one expects them to score a hit—but somehow they manage to do just that.
Guest stars Wes Stern, Bobby Sherman, Ethelreda Leopold, Clark Ross
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