Season 1 Breakdown

Normal Episodes: 25
TV Specials: 0
TV Movies: 0

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The Partridge Family Season 1 (1970-1971)

The Partridge Family What? And Get Out of Show Business? 1x01 What? And Get Out of Show Business?
After hearing music coming from the garage , Shirley finds her children rehearsing a song minus a lead singer. They coax her to sit in and soon form a band, travel to Caesar's Palace ...
Sep. 25, 1970
The Partridge Family The Sound Of Money 1x02 The Sound Of Money
A minor traffic accident turns out to be a big headache when the "injured" party sues the Partridge's for a million dollars.
Oct. 02, 1970
The Partridge Family Whatever Happened to the Old Songs? 1x03 Whatever Happened to the Old Songs?
Shirley's father is having a crisis over growing old and leaves home to join the band. Problem is, no one is taking his act seriously.
Oct. 09, 1970
The Partridge Family See Here, Private Partridge 1x04 See Here, Private Partridge
Danny gets his Army draft notice and while feeling unappreciated by his family, tries to join up.
Oct. 16, 1970
The Partridge Family When Mother Gets Married 1x05 When Mother Gets Married
The family check into a hotel where Shirley bumps into an old friend. The kids get the impression she wants to get married and investigate mom's new beau.
Oct. 23, 1970
The Partridge Family Love at First Slight 1x06 Love at First Slight
Keith is wary of being chased by his fans and craves a normal relationship. After finding a girl who doesn't know him , Keith becomes obsessed with getting her to go on a date with ...
Oct. 30, 1970
The Partridge Family Danny and the Mob 1x07 Danny and the Mob
Danny's stock tips to a gangster's girlfriend leads to the mob looking for the guy butting in on his romance.
Nov. 06, 1970
The Partridge Family But the Memory Lingers On 1x08 But the Memory Lingers On
After a skunk contaminates the bus, the family scrambles to get rid of the smell and make it to a benefit concert for a children's hospital.
Nov. 13, 1970
The Partridge Family Did You Hear the One About Danny Partridge? 1x09 Did You Hear the One About Danny Partridge?
After a mistake on stage brings laughter, Danny feels a need to add comedy to the act.
Nov. 20, 1970
The Partridge Family Go Directly to Jail 1x10 Go Directly to Jail
The Partridge's do a benefit concert in a prison and are quarantined after a phony epidemic is announced. A prisoner gives his poems to be made into songs but after the real author ...
Nov. 27, 1970
The Partridge Family This is My Song 1x11 This is My Song
Keith goes into a dry spell penning his songs and when Danny steps in with "his" own song, Keith claims it for himself.
Dec. 04, 1970
The Partridge Family My Son, the Feminist 1x12 My Son, the Feminist
Keith agrees to sing at a rally for POW, Power of Women but the family protests after not being asked first. Then after protests from neighbors they decide to appear only to get in ...
Dec. 11, 1970
The Partridge Family Star Quality 1x13 Star Quality
A famous syndicated columnist, writes an item about the Partridge Family after catching their performance. However, her article singles out Danny -- praising him for his "personal magnetism" ...
Dec. 18, 1970
The Partridge Family The Red Woodloe Story 1x14 The Red Woodloe Story
Shirley recognizes an old folk singer, long thought as dead , singing in a church and the family tries to get him back into showbiz.
Jan. 01, 1971
The Partridge Family Mom Drops Out 1x15 Mom Drops Out
The families European tour plans are in jeopardy after the promoter decides Shirley is too old for the younger crowd.
Jan. 08, 1971
The Partridge Family Old Scrapmouth 1x16 Old Scrapmouth
Laurie is distressed after learning she needs to wear braces and threatens the cancellation of a live TV appearance and her love life.
Jan. 15, 1971
The Partridge Family Why Did the Music Stop? 1x17 Why Did the Music Stop?
Shirley has an idea that show biz may be robbing the kids of a normal life. Meanwhile the kids get the feeling it's mom's love life that's suffering and agree to take 6 months off. ...
Jan. 22, 1971
The Partridge Family Soul Club 1x18 Soul Club
A mix up sends the family to Detroit to play in a black social club which is in financial trouble.
Jan. 29, 1971
The Partridge Family To Play or Not to Play? 1x19 To Play or Not to Play?
After arriving at a nightclub to play a gig, Laurie meets a friend who tells of the horrible working conditions and refuses to cross the picket line.
Feb. 05, 1971
The Partridge Family They Shoot Managers, Don't They? 1x20 They Shoot Managers, Don't They?
Shirley plays matchmaker for Reuben and soon decides to leave the group to get married.
Feb. 12, 1971
The Partridge Family Partridge Up a Pair Tree 1x21 Partridge Up a Pair Tree
Keith buys a used car, a 1952 Hudson which brings more grief than joy and taps deeply in his finances.
Feb. 19, 1971
The Partridge Family Road Song 1x22 Road Song
The family picks up a hitchiker who asks for a ride to Albuquerque to meet up with her father. Not knowing that they are harboring a run away, they arrive to find her wanted by the ...
Feb. 26, 1971
The Partridge Family Not With My Sister, You Don't 1x23 Not With My Sister, You Don't
Laurie gets a date with the new guy in school who has a Don Juan reputation, much to Keith's protest.
Mar. 05, 1971
The Partridge Family A Partridge by Any Other Name 1x24 A Partridge by Any Other Name
After being unable to find Danny's birth certificate, he decides he's not a true Partridge but instead adopted.
Mar. 12, 1971
The Partridge Family A Knight in Shining Armor 1x25 A Knight in Shining Armor
A young musician gets help from the family to find a lyricist for his music, winding up with an eccentric man with a heart of gold.
Mar. 19, 1971
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Season 1 Characters

Shirley Renfrew Partridge played by Shirley Jones
Keith Douglas Partridge played by David Cassidy
Laurie Partridge played by Susan Dey
Danny Partridge played by Danny Bonaduce
Christopher 'Chris' Partridge played by Jeremy Gelbwaks
Tracy Partridge played by Suzanne Crough
Reuben Kincaid played by Dave Madden
Tina played by Jaclyn Smith
Waitress played by Yvonne Wilder
Doris played by Cindy Crosby
Dr. Jim Lucas played by Richard Mulligan
Ziggy Shnurr played by Morey Amsterdam
First Bell Boy played by Gino Conforti
Officer Moody played by Jonathan Daly
Red Woodloe played by William Schallert
Grandpa Fred Renfrew played by Ray Bolger
Hank played by Stuart Margolin
Harry played by Pat Harrington Jr.
Himself played by Dick Clark
Marino played by Harvey Lembeck
Maggie played by Laurie Prange
Larry Metcalfe played by John McMartin
Janet played by Lane Bradbury

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Season 1 Videos

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Season 1 Quotes

01x02 - The Sound Of Money Season 1 / Episode 2: - The Sound Of Money

Shirley Renfrew Partridge: [Welcoming Reuben and Danny home] I see my spies came in out of the cold!
01x17 - Why Did the Music Stop? Season 1 / Episode 17: - Why Did the Music Stop?

Laurie Partridge: Mom, it's him! It's Doctor Groovy!
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Season 1 Trivia

  • Episode 25 - The title describes the perennial rescuer of the damsel in distress in fairy tales, fables and folk tales.
  • Episode 24 - Goof (continuity error): When the family plays at the end of the episode at a local venue, it is clearly the same stage and performance from an earlier episode (S1, E15) when they were playing in Europe - the exact same clip was recycled.
  • Episode 05 - Jaclyn Smith's TV debut.
  • Episode 08 - Goof (revealing mistake): The skunk is being pulled onto the bus by a wire.
  • Episode 25 - This was the pilot for the short lived series Getting Together with Bobby Sherman and Wes Stern continuing their roles of Bobby and Lionel respectively.

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