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Does The Partridge Family get better?

posted 7 years ago by mattiasflgrtll6
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I love watching old shows from the 60's-80's for instance, but even I think this show is pretty freakin' cheesy. Is Family Matter also? Yeah, sure it is, but that one has the incredible Steve Urkel who never fails to make me smile. The Partridge Family doesn't have any characters I can relate to or get invested in, judging by 2 episodes I've seen (the first one and Go Directly To Jail). The music is really nice, and definitely the number 1 reason to watch the show, but any time there isn't a musical number the show feels a little flat and the humor at times a bit tepid.

Does it get better after a while or is it like this pretty much the whole run?

[–] KobyashiMaru (62) 6 years ago

Try watching while under the influence. Then it won't matter.

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

It was second best to the Brady Brunch. I think back in those days the A show would run on the hour, which was 8 PM for the Brady Bunch. The B show would run on the half hour, which was 8:30 PM for Patridge. It was the lesser show, mediocre writing and most plots were either carried by the Keith or Danny characters. Whereas there are Brady storylines about all the characters. The biggest draw on tbat show was David Cassidy who was the Justin Bieber of his day.