Am I the only one?

[allana]

I have never heard of, let alone seen, The Partridge Family. Am I alone in this?

First broadcast between 1970 and 1974, it's hardly surprising; I wasn't even a twinkle in Dad's eye back then. None of the pictures I've seen ring a bell, although I am sad to discover that it isn't an animated show featuring partridges scratching around a field. dreammonkey--did this show make it to Scotland? For that matter, 2lazy4linux, did it come to England?

I think I've broken evaine with this dreadful revelation....

Comments

[velvet-leppard.livejournal.com]

I've seen it... ok.. so it was on UK Gold one Saturday morning as I'm also too young to have seen it (born 74). I enjoyed it... or was that just that I fancy David Cassidy... mmmmmm.. (there.. I have admitted it in public)

*wanders off singing I think I Love you*

[stonefinder.livejournal.com]

You didn't really miss much. Basically, a show made in the early seventies about a suburban mother and a bunch of kids who form a pop band when the old man dies. Kind of like the Brady Bunch in same ways, only musical.

[kelpierocks.livejournal.com]

You didn't miss much but you sure know how to make a girl feel old. ;)

David Cassidy attained teen idol status due to that show. Susan Dey started on this show before she ended up on LA Law. Shirley Jones (coincidentally, David's stepmother) was already a stage and screen star when she played the matriarch of the Partridge family. If you're very lucky, you've never heard of Danny Bonaduce. ;)

[dreammonkey.livejournal.com]

Definitely never watched it myself - I think we Scots missed out on a lot when they were showing Dotaman and stuff :P

[madandy.livejournal.com]

I never saw it either, but I have caught a few episodes on UK Gold. Dreadful stuff.

[2lazy4linux.livejournal.com]

Only ever heard of it in american stand-up comedy.

[glam-ang.livejournal.com]

Urgh. It's way too early.

I'm amazed that it made it to even UK Gold. It just doesn't seem like the sort of thing a UK audience would ever go for....

[glam-ang.livejournal.com]

Now, I can just about cope with The Brady Bunch, but having read descriptions of The Partridge Family it sounds really, really weird.

Thanks, Rhi.

[glam-ang.livejournal.com]

Heh. I made Ev feel old too, if it's any consolation?

Apparently for years I have been confusing David Cassidy with David Coverndale. *sigh* I think it's fair to say that I'm not very good with 70s music.... And no, I hven't heard of Danny Bonaduce. ;)

[glam-ang.livejournal.com]

Yeah, a lot of stuff never got shown in Scotland. Which may have been a blessing, actually.

Did we get Monkey? I'd never heard of or seen it until I saw an ep a couple of years ago with Dave. I'd never seen him so excited. Especially as it was complete tat. :P

[glam-ang.livejournal.com]

With two mentions of UK Gold, I had to check and see if TPF was on. My eyes and ears are greatly relieved to discover that it isn't scheduled to be on for the next two months at least.

I wonder why UK Gold showed it. Doesn't really seem the sort of thing that we'd enjoy over here.

[glam-ang.livejournal.com]

Well, with this resounding chorus of "no, it never got shown here", I no longer feel like a toddler or that I'm missing huge chunks of ingrained pop culture. Phew.

*smooch*

[evaine.livejournal.com]

Oh, but you ARE missing something if you don't know it! Come guys, it's fun, it's camp, and there's lots of hummable little songs that came out of it. (I especially like She'd Rather Have The Rain)

And just so you know... the show was based on the real life story of The Cowsills (Indian Lake, Hair/Aquarius, The Rain The Park and Other Things) another group from the late 60s early 70s. They were a family band, Mom and 6 kids, I believe. All boys except for the youngest, little 5 or 6 year old Susan. The father passed and they had to find a way to make money, as I remember.

And yes... I have all the Partridge Family albums as well as a couple of The Cowsills. Why do you ask? *grin*

[screwthedaisies.livejournal.com]

Mmmmm David Cassidy. The show was horrid, but mmmmm David Cassidy.

[glammetalkitten.livejournal.com]

I've never even caught it on UK Gold. It would be totally showing my age (and hers!) if I said my mum used to watch it and fancy David Cassidy?

*hides*

[glam-ang.livejournal.com]

*shuffles backwards*

If I ever stumble across them on TV, then I'll give them three minutes to entertain me. Best I can do, I'm afraid!

[glam-ang.livejournal.com]

I had to Google him.

[glam-ang.livejournal.com]

Nah, not at all! Welcome back, btw. Does this mean that your broadband is all connected up?

[evaine.livejournal.com]

Am I scaring you, sweetie? *LOL* I don't mean to. *chuckle* It's just so bad it's fun. And I have to admit, I have a soft spot for bubble gum pop of that era - I was 12/13 and just starting to get into music, and it WAS the music of the day.

[feelforfaith.livejournal.com]

I had never heard of them until maybe two or three years ago when they came up in a conversation with my sister in law. Her disbelief couldn't have been bigger if I had said that I had never heard that a man had landed on the moon. You have *never* heard of The Partridge Family?

Those Americans, they think the whole world evolves around them ... ;-)

[glam-ang.livejournal.com]

Those Americans, they think the whole world evolves around them ... ;-)

Classic ;)

I think it's only been since the 1990s that American and British pop culture has been welded together. Before then, we--the Scottish 'we'--just sat, bemused, in front of the TV and laughed at the sheer ridiculousness of Dallas and Dynasty.

[glam-ang.livejournal.com]

A little! You're very... enthusiastic... about them ;)

When I was 12, I'd just progressed from loving Wham to GnR and Skid Row. Happy days....

[kraftpistole.livejournal.com]

[pops head in and blinks] Um. Well, I've never watched it myself, and I think I'm the reason this post was started out...? Partridge was written with Ev in mind, born from an LJ post she made about the song "I Think I Love You."

I never bothered to find out if The Partridge Family ever made it over to the UK, let alone Denmark. [blush]

[kraftpistole.livejournal.com]

You'll be glad to know many Americans laughed at Dallas and Dynasty as well, and still do. The shoulder-pads alone can send people into hysterics. Ugh.

TV's a funny thing, innit...? We forget that it's how a lot of people see us. I imagine a lot of people outside the US imagine we all look, talk, and live like the [insuferably peppy and annoying] people on Friends [I'm is not a fan, can you tell?]. A lot of foreigners seem surprised that 90% of the US does not, in fact, look like New York City. On the flipside, a lot of Americans think all British people look and act like the Monty Python cast.

A bit odd, that.

[glam-ang.livejournal.com]

I had to check with Ev that I'd understand the story as I had no idea who the Partridge Family were, and then I wondered if it ever crossed the Atlantic.

*hugs*

[kraftpistole.livejournal.com]

Sorry for the confusion, Ang. I should've said a bit about the show in the Author's Notes.

[dreammonkey.livejournal.com]

Yeah, we definitely got Monkey!
It was on about 5pm ish on the other channel from Newsround perhaps?
I loved it.