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4 unusual facts about The Partridge Family


Rodney Scott

Rodney Scott (born February 17, 1978 in Washington, DC, U.S.) is an actor best known for playing David Cassidy/Keith Partridge in the 1999 television movie Come On, Get Happy: The Partridge Family Story, and William 'Will' Krudski, one of the leading characters in the TV series Young Americans, a role that originated as a recurring character on Dawson's Creek.

Texas State Highway 73

A similar road sign of SH 73 is also depicted on the set of The Partridge Family.

The Balloon Farm

Appel, after cowriting "Doesn't Somebody Want to Be Wanted" and several LP cuts for The Partridge Family, would become the first manager of Bruce Springsteen.

The Quiet Family

The film ends with a wide shot of the lodge in winter, with Mina outside, looking at it, and then to the camera with an uncertain look on her face; all to the sound of The Partridge Family's "I Think I Love You".


Bill Manhoff

His television series script writing credits included Sanford and Son, The Partridge Family, All in the Family, Room 222, The Odd Couple, Petticoat Junction, Leave It To Beaver, and The Real McCoys.

Bridget Loves Bernie

Bridget Loves Bernie is an American television comedy program created by Bernard Slade, the creator of the 1970–74 ABC sitcom The Partridge Family and the 1967-70 sitcom The Flying Nun.

Claudio Guzmán

In addition to I Dream of Jeannie, Guzmán directed such programs as The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Patty Duke Show, The Fugitive, The Flying Nun, The Partridge Family, and Harper Valley P.T.A..

David Cassidy: Man Under Cover

David Cassidy: Man Undercover was an American police drama starring David Cassidy, four years after his run starring in the The Partridge Family.

Father Knows Best

The house can also be seen in both its familiar Father Knows Best style and later renovated variations in episodes of Hazel, Bewitched, The Monkees, The Partridge Family, and in numerous other television comedies and dramas.

Harry Ackerman

From 1958 through 1974, under the command of Ackerman as Vice President of Production, Screen Gems delivered the classic sitcoms: Father Knows Best, Bachelor Father, Dennis the Menace, The Donna Reed Show, Hazel, Gidget, Bewitched, I Dream of Jeannie, The Flying Nun, The Monkees, and The Partridge Family.

I Woke Up In Love This Morning

"I Woke Up In Love This Morning" is a song written by L. Russell Brown and Irwin Levine and was recorded by The Partridge Family for their 1971 album, Sound Magazine.

John Bahler

Two of the album cuts were re-recorded by Bähler for the pilot of The Partridge Family.

Mike Appel

Appel also co-wrote four songs with Wes Farrell and Jim Crerecos that were recorded by the Partridge Family, including the chart hit "Doesn't Somebody Want to Be Wanted" (US #6, 1971) and the album tracks "Somebody Wants To Love You" (1970), "Rainmaker" (1971) and, in particular, "I Can Feel Your Heartbeat" (1970), which former Partridge Family lead singer David Cassidy occasionally performs in live solo concerts.

Suzanne Crough

On March 2, 2010, during a reunion interview with her co-stars from The Partridge Family (excluding former actress Susan Dey and former actor Jeremy Gelbwaks as well as actress Shirley Jones) on NBC's The Today Show, she stated that she is a manager at an Office Max in Bullhead City, AZ.

After The Partridge Family, she made several TV movies and made many guest appearances in TV shows like Mulligan's Stew in 1977, she played the niece of the stars, Lawrence Pressman and Elinor Donahue.


see also

Partridge Family 2200 A.D.

Sixteen half-hour episodes were produced for Partridge Family 2200 A.D., which lasted half a season on CBS Saturday morning (September 7, 1974 - March 8, 1975); in 1977, it was re-titled The Partridge Family in Outer Space when episodes were rerun on the syndicated weekday series Fred Flintstone and Friends.