The Partridge Family: The Complete Fourth Season

The Ricky Segall....I Mean....The Partridge Family Final Season
I waited a few years for the release of seasons three and four of the Partridge Family and had completely forgotten about the introduction of Ricky Segall in final season. For some dumb reason, Screen Gems decided to add this little pain in the neck to "perk things up". My question is, what on earth were they thinking? For many fans of the Brady Bunch, the addition of cousin Oliver was a thorn in the side but at least his character was added near the end of the season and he never sang. From the first episode of Partridge season four, Icky Ricky is all over the place. You remember that kid who sat next to you on the airplane and wouldn't stop screaming for nine hours? Same thing. It's fine when he is simply sitting around throwing out his doinky one liners but when he launches into one of his supposed-to-be-cute-off-kilter-tone-deaf-hokey-songs, I find myself wanting to shove quick drying cement in my ears. What makes it worse is- as the kid screeches through these throwaway numbers-...

Fourth and Final Season of The Partridge Family
The Partridge Family finally came to an end in 1974, in their fourth and last season. The writers knew the show was coming to an end, as they introduced child actor Ricky Segall in the first episode of this fourth season. The Brady Bunch had the exact same ending, when their writers ran out of things to build a show around, they added a child actor to the show, cousin Oliver. Of course adding these cute little children did not save either of the shows, but it did keep the shows going for one more season. ABC television network also moved The Partridge Family to Saturday nights at 8:00 p.m. opposite CBS' All In The Family. All In The Family was a show that no one wanted to be up against, as it was always in the number one ratings, so this move just added to this fourth season definitely being the final of The Partridge Family.

The Partridge Family was based loosely on The Cowsills, a real life pop music family in the late 60's. The Cowsill's children were actively approached...

Bringing Me Back to a Better Place and Time
I was 12 when the Partridge Family first came out and immediately fell in love with David Cassidy! At age 50 now, when I watch these DVDs, it just brings me back to that nostalgic time. It allows me to remember the times when my 5 older brothers and sisters all lived in the same house, both my parents were alive, we had a dog and a bird, and I had no responsibilities other than household chores and doing my homework. PF was just a great, wholesome show. When Rueben Kincaid started getting more and more face time with the family, I thought it added a good boost to the show! And as other reviewers have mentioned, it is fun now to pick out some of the stars like Farrah Fawcett, Arte Johnson, Maryann Mobley, Rob Reiner, etc.

A few years ago, I found David Cassidy's book in a bookstore for about $5.00 so naturally, I bought it. The first thing I thought of as I thumbed through it to first check out the pictures, was that scandal that he had gone through when he had posed...

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