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Come on, Get Happy!

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The other day I was cleaning our Airbnb and I saw a video on YouTube about the Partridge Family–it was a movie about how the series was created. I turned it on (watching something always makes the cleaning go faster), and found myself going right back to the early seventies, when we’d gather around the TV and sing along to the songs.

I was still watching Partridge Family episodes long after I finished cleaning that apartment. There was something so wholesome about the show–and it was about values and family. And it didn’t hurt that David Cassidy was cute and Susan Day was beautiful and Shirley Jones seemed to be the perfect mom. (Did you know she turned down the role of the mom in THE BRADY BUNCH? But she loved the music in The Partridge Family. She was a singer, after all.)

If you have never watched the Partridge Family, check out some of the vids on YouTube. I think I’m going to show some to my grandkids to see if the show still resonates. Maybe it won’t, but it certainly won’t hurt them. It’s so much better than much of the stuff on TV these days.

So come on, get happy! Did you watch Shirley and her “kids” in the day? If you didn’t, just type “Partridge Family” into the Youtube search engine and take a walk down memory lane (or for the first time, if you’re younger!) It’s a little hokey (all those kids smiling at no one in the garage), but it’s fun!

~~Angie

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Angela Hunt

Christy-Award winner Angela Hunt writes for readers who expect the unexpected in novels. With over five million copies of her books sold worldwide, she is the best-selling author of more than 165 works ranging from picture books (The Tale of Three Trees) to non-fiction books, to novels.

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  2. Yes, I did. Did you know that Shirley Jones was actually David’s Stepmother at the time? 😁

    • Yes, I knew that. Did you know that when he got the part, he had no idea she would be playing his mom? LOL! Lots of fun facts in that little movie I watched.

  4. I did not watch the Partridge family, I was a Brady Bunch fan and in my childish mind they were in competition with each other and I would not cross over. I was the same way with the Waltons and little house on the Prairie. I never watched the Waltons.

  5. Yes, I watched when we could. Those songs stuck in my mind as music has a way of doing. I may have to take a journey down memory lane and tune in again

  6. I love the Partridge Family! I rewatched several episodes on Prime Video not long ago. Such a sweet show with fun music.

  8. My kids and I watch all sorts of old shows, and they love them! They’re teens now, but we started years ago, watching I Dream of Jeanie, Get Smart, Bewitched, Dick Van Dyke show… Definitely better than today’s TV shows!

  9. Oh yes, I watched it. Loved it. Loved the songs and knew all the lyrics. So funny to think back to that time. Fun post. Thanks for the memories! : )

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