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1 :01x01 - What? And Get Out of Show Business?
Director: Jerry Paris
Guest star: William Wintersole (Club Manager), Johnny Cash (Himself), Ceil Cabot (Woman), Gordon Jump (Man), Felton Perry (Airport Clerk), Hal Taggart (Hal Taggert)
After hearing music coming from the garage, Shirley finds her children rehearsing a song...minus a lead singer. They coax her to sit in and soon form a band, travel to Caesar's Palace for their first gig, only to get hit with a bad case of stage fright.
2 :01x02 - The Sound Of Money
Writer: Martin Ragaway
Director: Peter Baldwin
Guest star: Ivan Bonar (Leroy Lowenfeld), Kelly Britt (Doris), Harry Morgan (Willie Larkin), Farrah Fawcett (Pretty Girl)
A minor traffic accident turns out to be a big headache when the "injured" party sues the Partridge's for a million dollars.
3 :01x03 - Whatever Happened to the Old Songs?
Writer: Bernard Slade
Director: Jerrold Bernstein
Guest star: Rosemary DeCamp (Grandma Amanda Renfrew), Ray Bolger (Grandpa Fred Renfrew)
Shirley's father is having a crisis over growing old and leaves home to join the band. Problem is, no one is taking his act seriously.
4 :01x04 - See Here, Private Partridge
Writer: Gordon Mitchell, Lloyd Turner
Director: Claudio Guzman
Guest star: Jonathan Daly (Officer Moody), Jared Martin (Engineer), Ted Scott (Eye Doctor), Jack Riley (Corporal Wrzesinkski)
Danny gets his Army draft notice and while feeling unappreciated by his family, tries to join up.
5 :01x05 - When Mother Gets Married
Writer: Bernard Slade
Director: Ralph Senensky
Guest star: Pitt Herbert (Hotel Clerk), John McMartin (Larry Metcalf), Jaclyn Smith (Tina)
The family check into a hotel where Shirley bumps into an old friend. The kids get the impression she wants to get re-married and investigate mom's new beau.
6 :01x06 - Love at First Slight
Writer: Steve Pritzker
Director: Bob Claver
Guest star: Lisa Jill (Suzy), Claire Wilcox (Cathy), Janette Lane Bradbury (Janette), Sheri Cowart (Debbie), Elaine Fielding (Registrar), Denice Stradling (Sandy)
Keith is wary of being chased by his fans and craves a normal relationship. After finding a girl who doesn't know his celebrity status, Keith becomes obsessed with getting her to go on a date with him.
7 :01x07 - Danny and the Mob
Writer: Ron Friedman
Director: Jerrold Bernstein
Guest star: Henry Hunter (Minister), Julio Medina (Chavez), Pat Harrington, Jr. (Harry), Richard Bakalyan (Skee), Barbara Rhoades (LaVon LaVeen LaVern), Vic Tayback (Rocco), Jack Collins (Investor)
Danny's stock tips to a gangster's girlfriend leads to a mobster looking for the guy who is butting in on his romance.
8 :01x08 - But the Memory Lingers On
Writer: Bernard Slade
Director: E. W. Swackhamer
Guest star: A'Leshia Lee (Cigarette Girl), Gino Conforti (First Bell Boy), Howard Morton (Jerome Donkin), Dick Balduzzi (Elevator Operator), Joseph V. Perry (Sergeant), William Lucking (Sweeney), Bob Gibbons (Clerk), George Spell (Boy), Jo Anne Meredith (Matron)
After a skunk contaminates the bus, the family scrambles to get rid of the smell and still make it to the benefit concert at a children's hospital. But because all their clothes are contaminated, the group will need to scrounge up something else to wear.
9 :01x09 - Did You Hear the One About Danny Partridge?
Writer: Ron Friedman
Director: Paul Junger Witt
Guest star: Warren Miller (First Musician), Jackie Coogan (Max Pepper), Ceil Cabot (Receptionist), Kip King (Second Musician), Morey Amsterdam (Ziggy Shnurr)
After a mistake on stage brings laughter, Danny feels a need to add comedy to the act. Can he capture spontaneity once again?
10 :01x10 - Go Directly to Jail
Writer: Dale McRaven
Director: Claudio Guzman
Guest star: Ronald Feinberg (Max), Frank Baron (Joe), Ron Pinkard (Guard), Stuart Margolin (Hank), Ken Swofford (Monty), C. Lindsay Workman (Warden), Ben Frank (Convict)
The Partridge's and Reuben are held captive in a prison, after an angered prisoner demands to know how the group got a hold of his love poems in which Keith has set to music.
11 :01x11 - This is My Song
Keith goes into a dry spell penning his songs and when Danny steps in with "his" own song, Keith claims it for himself.
12 :01x12 - My Son, the Feminist
Writer: Richard deRoy
Director: Peter Baldwin
Guest star: Leonard Stone (Clauson), Fran Ryan (1st Wife), Jane Actman (Tina Newcomb), Dort Clark (1st Husband), Sari Price (2nd Wife)
Keith agrees to sing at a rally for POW, Power of Women but the family protests after not being asked first. Then after protests from neighbors they decide to appear only to get in another conflict over the use of sexist lyrics.
13 :01x13 - Star Quality
Writer: Bernard Slade
Director: Harry Falk
Guest star: Judy March (Mother), Jean-Michel Michenaud (Norman), Mitzi Hoag (Sheila Faber), Dick Clark (Himself)
A famous syndicated columnist, writes an item about the Partridge Family after catching their performance. However, her article singles out Danny -- praising him for his "personal magnetism" and "star quality" and making Danny think he should have his own act.
14 :01x14 - The Red Woodloe Story
Writer: Coslough Johnson
Director: Peter Baldwin
Guest star: William Schallert (Red Woodloe)
Shirley recognizes an old folk singer, long thought as dead , singing in a church and the family tries to get him back into showbiz.
15 :01x15 - Mom Drops Out
Writer: Peter Meyerson
Director: Harry Falk
Guest star: Gino Conforti (Logan Mays), Joe Warfield (M.C.), Renee Tetro (Young Girl)
The families European tour plans are in jeopardy after the promoter decides Shirley is too old for the younger crowd.
16 :01x16 - Old Scrapmouth
Writer: James Henerson
Director: Herbert Kenwith
Guest star: Mark Hamill (Jerry), Gordon Jump (Man), William Wintersole (Dr. Kessler), Alan Oppenheimer (Wink Burgess), Jonathan Daly (Tommy Phillips)
Laurie is distressed after learning she needs to wear braces and threatens the cancellation of a live TV appearance and her love life.
17 :01x17 - Why Did the Music Stop?
Writer: Bernard Slade
Director: Alan Rafkin
Guest star: Reva Rose (Mabel), Richard Mulligan (Jim Lucas)
Shirley has an idea that show biz may be robbing the kids of a normal life. Meanwhile the kids get the feeling it's mom's love life that's suffering and agree to take 6 months off.
18 :01x18 - Soul Club
Writer: Harry Winkler, Harry Dolan
Director: Paul Junger Witt
Guest star: Richard Pryor (A. E. Simon), Louis Gossett, Jr. (Sam Simon), Morris Buchanan (Baker), Charles Lampkin (Heavy), Herbert Jefferson, Jr. (black leader), Ben Frank (Policeman)
A mix up sends the family to Detroit to play in a black social club which is in financial trouble.
19 :01x19 - To Play or Not to Play?
Writer: Stan Cutler, Martin Donovan
Director: Ralph Senensky
Guest star: Harvey Lembeck (Marino), Michael Lembeck (Marc)
After arriving at a nightclub to play a gig, Laurie meets a friend who tells of the horrible working conditions and refuses to cross the picket line.
20 :01x20 - They Shoot Managers, Don't They?
Writer: Lloyd Turner, Gordon Mitchell
Director: Peter Baldwin
Guest star: Nancy Malone (Cathleen D'Arcy)
Shirley plays matchmaker for Reuben and soon decides to leave the group to get married.
21 :01x21 - Partridge Up a Pair Tree
Writer: Lloyd Turner, Gordon Mitchell
Director: Ralph Senensky
Guest star: Joseph V. Perry (Mr. Jenkins), Carl Ballantine (Pitchman), Annette O'Toole (Carol)
Keith buys a used car, a 1952 Hudson which brings more grief than joy and taps deeply in his finances.
22 :01x22 - Road Song
Writer: Dale McRaven
Director: Alan Rafkin
Guest star: Laurie Prange (Maggie), Stuart Nisbet (Patrolman), Sandy Kenyon (Father), Dick Wilson (Cowboy), Ian Wolfe (Grandfather), Harry Hickox (Sheriff)
The family picks up a hitchiker who asks for a ride to Albuquerque to meet up with her father. Not knowing that they are harboring a run away, they arrive to find her wanted by the police.
23 :01x23 - Not With My Sister, You Don't
Writer: Dale McRaven
Director: Mel Swope
Guest star: Michael Ontkean (Lester Braddock), Cindy Crosby (Doris), Jeremy Burke (Archie), Mike Rupert (Bob)
Laurie gets a date with the new guy in school who has a Don Juan reputation, much to Keith's protest.
24 :01x24 - A Partridge by Any Other Name
Writer: Ron Friedman
Director: Harry Falk
Guest star: Jim Connell (Orderly), Bernard Fox (Marty Burnes), Jeff Burton (Workman), Sid McCoy (M. Young), Renie Riano (Mrs. Reinboldt), Art Metrano (Mike Young), Ned Glass (Detective)
After being unable to find Danny's birth certificate, he decides he's not a true Partridge but instead adopted.
25 :01x25 - A Knight in Shining Armor
Writer: Bernard Slade
Director: Earl Bellamy
Guest star: Wes Stern (Lionel Poindexter), Bobby Sherman (Bobby Conway)
A young musician gets help from the family to find a lyricist for his music, winding up with an eccentric man with a heart of gold.
26 :02x01 - Dora, Dora, Dora
Writer: Lloyd Turner, Gordon Mitchell
Director: Ralph Senensky
Guest star: Robyn Millan (Dora Kelly), Jack Burns (Stillman Kelly)
The Partridge's learn that Reuben has booked them to perform with a beautiful 18-year old girl -- who can't sing a note on key.
27 :02x02 - In 25 Words Or Less
Writer: Martin Ragaway
Director: Richard Kinon
Guest star: Monie Ellis (Doris), Scott McCartor (voice 2), Gerald Hiken (Bernie Applebaum), Dennis Lee Smith (voice 1), Kay Medford (Gloria Neugast), Martin Speer (Recording Engineer)
In order to boost publicity for the family, Reuben stages a contest in which the winner gets to spend a week with the Partridge's. Unfortunately, the winner turns out to be a 60 year old "Jewish mother."
28 :02x03 - A Man Called Snake
Writer: Chuck Shyler, Alan Mandel
Director: Richard Kinon
Guest star: Henry Olek (Geek), Michael Gregory (Quinton), Bobby Griffin (Adonis #2), Sandi Schrader (Fran), Mark Malmborg (Adonis #1), Rob Reiner (Snake), Bryan O'Byrne (Mr. Koolic)
A motorcycle gang member developes a crush on Laurie, and she shocks everyone when she agrees to go out with him.
29 :02x04 - The Undergraduate
Writer: Susan Silver
Director: Ralph Senensky
Guest star: Carol O'Leary (Margo), Norman Fell (Mr. Bruner), Michael Burns ( Paul Bruner), Ann Morgan Guilbert (Mrs. Bruner)
When Shirley enrolls in college, one of her male classmates divulges a crush on her, much to the chagrin of his parents.
30 :02x05 - Anatomy of a Tonsil
Writer: Coslough Johnson
Director: Lou Antonio
Guest star: Robert Young (Marcus Welby), Gary Dubin (Punky Lazaar), Marshall Thompson (Dr. Milstead)
Danny has to have his tonsils out and as the date of the operation approaches, believes he is going to die. Afterward, he believes he has lost his singing voice.
31 :02x06 - Whatever Happened to Moby Dick?
Writer: Peggy Chantler Dick
Director: E. W. Swackhamer
Guest star: Howard Cosell (Himself), Mathias Reitz (man's voice), Bert Convy (Dr. Whelander), Dub Taylor (E. J. Flicker), George O'Hanlon (Bear Man)
Danny wants to add a whale to the act to cash in on the ecology movement.
32 :02x07 - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Partridge
Writer: William S. Bickley
Director: Mel Swope
Guest star: Laurence Haddon (Coach Dawson), Bruce Kimmel (Freddy)
Keith is determined to be a good influence on his brothers and sisters, but goes overboard with his good intentions.
33 :02x08 - Days of Acne and Roses
Writer: Dale McRaven
Director: Richard Kinon
Guest star: Bill Ewing (Third Guy), Ellen Ramsey ( Waitress), Ann Jillian (Second Girl), Jay Ripley (Wendell), Robert Williams (Mr. Busby)
The Partridges help a young awkward delivery boy build up his confidence in the dating department.
34 :02x09 - Tale of Two Hamsters
Writer: Lloyd Turner, Gordon Mitchell
Director: Roger Duchowny
Guest star: Gordon Jump (Albertson), Karen Lee Bowman (Karen), C. Lindsay Workman (Hotel Manager), Brian Tochi (Young Boy), Dick Yarmy (Patterson)
When the Partridge kids decide to raise hamsters and their little pets keep multiplying, the family is forced to bring them along on tour.
35 :02x10 - The Forty-Year Itch
Writer: Steve Pritzker
Director: Ralph Senensky
Guest star: Rosemary DeCamp (Grandma Renfrew), Ray Bolger (Grandpa Renfrew)
Shirley's mom and dad are about to split up over his new hip lifestyle, so the family devises a plan to get them back together.
36 :02x11 - I Can Get it for You Retail
Writer: Bernard Slade
Director: Russ Mayberry
Guest star: Amber Smale ( Second Girl), Darcy Klega (First Girl), Donna Lynn ( 10 Year Old Girl), Sari Price (Saleswoman)
In order to buy his mom a mink coat for her birthday, Danny starts selling off Keith's possessions to his brother's love sick fans.
37 :02x12 - Guess Who's Coming to Drive?
Writer: Bob Rodgers
Director: Ralph Senensky
Guest star: Yvonne Wilder (Waitress), Milt Kamen (Johnny Burnhardt), John Lawrence (Desk Sargeant), Vic Tayback (Ingram), Naomi Stevens (Mrs. Weinstock)
The Partridge's hire a temporary bus driver who turns out to be an ex-con.
38 :02x13 - Don't Bring Your Guns to Town, Santa
Writer: Bernard Slade
Director: Richard Kinon
Guest star: Dean Jagger (Charlie), Britt Leach (Jess)
When their bus breaks down in a ghost town, it looks like the family will miss Christmas, so a prospector entertains them with a Christmas tale set in the Old West.
39 :02x14 - Where Do Mermaids Go?
Writer: Peggy Chantler Dick
Director: Lou Antonio
Guest star: Sue Linden (Model # 2), Richard X. Slattery (Policeman), Mel Gallagher (Telephone Man), Carroll Roebke (Model # 1), Herbert Rudley (Mr. Belson), Val Bisoglio (Palmer), Donald Phelps (Sir Guy), Meredith Baxter (Jenny)
A free-spirited girl leaves the Partridge Family one million dollars, and suddenly their lives are turned upside down as they deal with their newfound wealth.
40 :02x15 - Home is Where the Heart Was
Writer: Perry Grant, Dick Bensfield
Director: Jerry London
Guest star: Elaine Giftos (Bonnie Kleinschmitt)
After Chris and Tracy are scolded for leaving a mess, they decide to run away...to Reuben's apartment.
41 :02x16 - Fellini, Bergman, and Partridge
Writer: Martin Cohan
Director: Jerome Courtland
Guest star: Richard Stahl (Fenster), Dennis Lee Smith (1st Guy), Judson Pratt (Cab Driver), Gaye Nelson (Lynn), Rick Metzler (2nd Guy), Tony Ballen (Mr. Greasley)
Keith tries to prove he is a great filmmaker, but not everyone thinks so...until a local movie theater agrees to show his masterpiece.
42 :02x17 - Waiting for Bolero
Writer: Martin Cohan
Director: Jerry London
Guest star: Ric Carrott (Bernie), Leigh Webb (Archie), Pamela Peters (Vicky)
In order to be independent, Keith moves into a room in the house next door.
43 :02x18 - I Am Curious Partridge
Writer: Bob Rodgers
Director: Lou Antonio
Guest star: Mitzi Hoag (Mrs. Fergusson), Karl Held (Reporter), Bobby Baum (Milkman), Maxine Stuart (Mrs. Damion)
Keith and Shirley get some unsavory publicity when Danny writes a story about them for the local paper.
44 :02x19 - My Heart Belongs to a Two-Car Garage
Writer: William S. Bickley
Director: Jerry London
Guest star: Arte Johnson (Nicholas Minsky Pushkin), David Ketchum (Mr. Phelps), Ivor Barry (Mr. Hensley), Jeff Donnell (Mrs. Monahan), Frank Welker (Sioux), John Qualen (Old Man)
A Russian handyman who claims he is a world-class artist paints a nude woman on the family's garage which puts the neighborhood in an uproar.
45 :02x20 - Hel-l-l-p
Writer: Dale McRaven
Director: Paton Price
Guest star: Cindy Henderson (Girl Scout)
When the Partridge women go camping in the wilderness, the Partridge men then decide to follow them, just in case they need to be rescued.
46 :02x21 - Promise Her Anything, But Give Her a Punch
Writer: Dale McRaven
Director: Bob Claver
Guest star: Patti Cohoon (Gloria Hickey)
Danny is in love for the first time. But the 11-year old girl he would like to the 6th grade dance would rather go with Keith.
47 :02x22 - The Partridge Papers
Writer: William S. Bickley
Director: Jerry London
Guest star: Gordon Jump (Policeman), Bruce Kimmel (Marvin)
Danny donates Laurie's diary to the school auction by mistake, and the editor threatens to publish it in the high school paper.
48 :02x23 - All's War in Love and Fairs
Writer: John Wilder
Director: Mel Swope
Guest star: Lee Casey (Tommy), Harry Morgan (Cal), Sandra Ego (Ruth), Josephine Hutchinson (Amanda), Ivan Naranjo (Paul)
A married couple tries to get the Partridges to perform at a benefit in order to help the Native Americans. Reuben rushes to their aid in order to prevent them from singing and breaking a contract they have at a night club in Las Vegas.
49 :02x24 - Who is Max Ledbetter and Why is He Saying All Those Horrible Things?
Writer: Bernie Kahn
Director: Christopher Morgan
Guest star: Joe Di Reda (Coach), Richard Bull (Thompson), Greg Vigan (Peterson)
A former psychic whose business is in trouble cons Danny and Keith into lending him money by predicting bad luck during an upcoming Partridge Family concert.
50 :03x01 - This Male Chauvinist Piggy Went to Market
Writer: Dale McRaven
Director: Richard Kinon
Guest star: David Jolliffe (1st Biker), Tim Patrick (Guy), James Carroll Jordan (Goose), Cindy Cassell (Girl)
A bet lands Keith cooking in the kitchen and turns Laurie into a garage mechanic.
51 :03x02 - M is for the Many Things
Writer: William S. Bickley
Director: Lou Antonio
Guest star: Mitzi Hoag (Mrs. Malfussi), Rick Hurst (Deputy Haynie), Edgar Buchanan (Judge McElwreath), Jack Lukes (Driver), Yvonne Wilder (Sheila)
Shirley is named "Mother of the Year", but a disaterous trip to the ceremony makes her look anything but that.
52 :03x03 - Princess and the Partridge
Writer: William S. Bickley
Director: Richard Kinon
Guest star: Sheldon Lee (Photographer), John Bernard (Valentine), Laurie Main (La Forge), Hal Buckley (Cecil Turnbow), Season Hubley (Princess Genny)
Reuben announces that a princess who is visiting the United States wants to spend a few days with Keith. But the princess gets tired of chaperons and Keith plots to help her escape them for a date.
53 :03x04 - Each Dawn I Diet
Danny suddenly becomes self-conscious about being overweight and wants to diet. But Reuben's comments over will power has the two in a contest... cigarettes vs. food.
54 :03x05 - A Penny for His Thoughts
Writer: Dale McRaven
Director: Bob Claver
Guest star: James Beach (Tinker), Bryan O'Byrne (Father), Bill Quinn (minister), Stuart Margolin (Snake), Judie Stein (Penny), Henry Olek (Gorgo), Helen Kleeb (Mother)
Motorcycle gang member Snake is suicidal over his girlfriend hanging up the phone after he proposes to her.
55 :03x06 - You're Only Young Twice
Writer: Susan Silver
Director: Lee Philips
Guest star: Bruce Kimmel (Richard), Maggie Wellman (Molly), Charlotte Rae (Dr. Beecher), Patti Cohoon (Gloria)
The school psychologist informs Shirley that Danny is depressed over not being considered old enough to garner the same rules as Keith and Laurie. After taking her advice of giving him freedom to make his own decisions, Danny finds out he doesn't like the adult life quite yet.
56 :03x07 - The Mod Father
Writer: Susan Harris
Director: E. W. Swackhamer
Guest star: Ray Bolger (Grandpa Renfrew), Rosemary DeCamp (Grandma Renfrew), Toni Berrell (Candy), Gordon Jump (Minister), Ondine Vaughn (Daisy), Bill Zuckert (Dwight)
Grandma and Grandpa come to the Partridge house having rediscovered themselves, or so they think, through an experience with an encounter group. After telling the family to express their true feelings about each other the kids begin to constantly argue.
57 :03x08 - A Likely Candidate
Writer: Martin Cohan
Director: Herb Wallerstein
Guest star: Ann Carol Pearson (Cathy), Bert Convy (Richard Lawrence)
Keith begins campaigning for an enthusiastic congressional candidate who soon has romantic feelings for Shirley.
58 :03x09 - Swiss Family Partridge
Writer: Dale McRaven
Director: Lou Antonio
Guest star: Charles Shull (E. J. Whacker)
A vacation in the mountains near Lake Tahoe soon turns into a disaster after torrential rainfall and a stay in a rustic cabin ... with no electricity or heat.
59 :03x10 - Ain't Love Grand
Writer: William S. Bickley
Director: Herb Wallerstein
Guest star: Ta-Tanisha (Mary Lou Trimper), Anthony Geary (Greg Houser)
Laurie falls in love with a former neighbor, only to find out he is a minister. After confiding in her mother that she is in love and leaving a confusing letter behind, Shirley believes he two have eloped.
60 :03x11 - Whatever Happened to Keith Partridge?
Writer: Susan Harris
Director: Bruce Bilson
Guest star: Jim Connell (Gus Gorney), Shelley Morrison (Mrs. Kornegge), Claire Wilcox (Cindy), Robert Williams (Otis Butrum), Pat Peterson (Guard), Ray Buktenica (Ass't Director), Mark Lambert (Dale), Cindy Cassell (Kitty)
A talent scout feels Keith should do a screen test for a movie. After liking a taste of the actors life, Keith finds out the studio does not want an "unknown" actor for the part.
61 :03x12 - Nag, Nag, Nag
Writer: Steve Pritzker
Director: E. W. Swackhamer
Guest star: Lazaro Perez (Pete Navarro), Slim Pickens (Will Fowler), Dick Balduzzi (Homer Peck)
Danny wins second prize in a raffle, a racehorse named F. Scott Fitzgerald. After deciding to race him, the family find out the horse has insomnia. Now they must figure out a remedy if he is to have any chance at the San Pueblo county fair race.
62 :03x13 - For Sale by Owner
Writer: Charlotte Brown
Director: Russ Mayberry
Guest star: Bobby Baum (Ed Hoffsteader), Bert Freed (Mr. Sharp), Sari Price (Mother), Marilyn Child (Mrs. Gibson), Donna Lynne (Girl), Maxine Stewart (Gloria Hoffsteader), Lurene Tuttle (Mrs. Sharp), Susan Neher (Gwen), Gordon Jump (Father), Robin Raymond (The Woman)
The Partridge house just doesn't seem big enough but Shirley can't seem to find it in her heart to move out. After Reuben finds them a larger house, Danny decides to sabotage their own open house.
63 :03x14 - Aspirin at 7, Dinner at 8
Writer: Susan Harris
Director: Bob Claver
Guest star: Nancy Walker (Mrs. Applebaum), Gerald Hiken (Bernie Applebaum), Donald Phelps (Maitre'D')
Shirley reluctantly agrees to go out for dinner with an old family friend, now a doctor. His mother complicates things by believing Shirley is really interested in her son.
64 :03x15 - For Whom the Bell Tolls...and Tolls...and Tolls
Writer: Dale McRaven
Director: E. W. Swackhamer
Guest star: Nelson D. Cuevas (Officer Metscur), Arte Johnson (Morris Dinkler), Mel Gallagher (Sam Barner)
Reuben surprises the family with a burglar alarm, but it's a thief who really shocks them after taking them hostage.
65 :03x16 - Trial of Partridge One
Writer: Michael Leeson, Steve Zacharias
Director: Jerry London
Guest star: Dana Elcar (Mr. Felcher), Noah Keen (Mr. Brown), Tannis G. Montgomery (Cindy Brown), Eric Laneuville (Judge), Scott Ehrlich (Student), Michelle Cook (Melinda), Jim Wakefield (Brad)
At school, the Principal's daughter asks Laurie to drop an envelope into the math teacher's mailbox for her. Problem is she gets caught with the math test in her hands.
66 :03x17 - I Left My Heart in Cincinnati
Writer: Dale McRaven
Director: Bob Claver
Guest star: Mary Ann Mobley (Audrey Parsons), Johnny Bench (Waiter)
The Partridge Family do a show at a large amusement park in Cincinnati leaving Keith feeling motion sickness. He perks up after seeing the park director, a beautiful 30 year old woman.
67 :03x18 - The Eleven-Year Itch
Writer: William S. Bickley
Director: Richard Kinon
Guest star: Bert Convy (Richard Lawrence), Jodie Foster (Julie Lawrence), Dennis Lee Smith (Waiter)
An old friend of Shirley's comes to town with his 11 year old daughter who's fond of Danny. He isn't as happy though dodging her all day long.
68 :03x19 - Bedknobs and Drumsticks
Writer: Gordon Mitchell, Lloyd Turner
Director: Herb Wallerstein
Guest star: Odine Vaughn (Gwen), Danny Goldman (Director), John Lawrence (Conventioneer), Elaine Giftos (Bonnie Kleinschmitt), William Windom (Erwin)
Reuben arranges for the Partridge Family to make a TV commercial for Uncle Erwin's take-out chicken franchise. Everyone one is satisfied with the commercial except Uncle Erwin, who misses the chicken suits. The family tries making the worst commercial possible, but instead Erwin loves it.
69 :03x20 - Everything You Wanted to Know About Sex . . . but Couldn't Pronounce
Writer: Dale McRaven
Director: Bob Claver
Guest star: Ramon Bieri (Mr. Grisbee)
America's "heartthrob", Keith Partridge, is failing his sex education course at school. Everyone finds this funny until they realize the world tour is in jeopardy.
70 :03x21 - Forgive Us Our Debts
Writer: Skip Webster
Director: Bruce Bilson
Guest star: Vic Tayback (Harlan Laws), Alan Oppenheimer (Mr. Byron Atwater), John David Carson (Tom Baker), Robert F. Simon (Mr. Bartlett), Lou Frizzell (George)
All havoc breaks loose when Shirley buys a cuckoo clock for $29 at Bartlet's Department Store but the bill reads $290 instead. The more they try fixing the snafu, the worse the problem gets.
71 :03x22 - The Partridge Connection
Writer: Michael Leeson, Steve Zacharias
Director: E. W. Swackhamer
Guest star: Joseph V. Perry (Police Sergeant), Henry Jones (Mr. Phelps), Gary Dubin (Punky Lazaar), Angela Clarke (Myra Fromacher), Jack Collins (M.C.)
Danny gets caught stealing a yo-yo from a store. He confesses to his mom and apologizes to the store owner. After feeling better about himself he finds himself in trouble again when Punky steals a bottle of perfume for his mom's birthday, and uses Danny as the front man.
72 :03x23 - The Selling of the Partridges
Writer: Michael Leeson, Steve Zacharias
Director: Lee Philips
Guest star: Holly Near (Phyllis), Bobby Kramer (Myron), David Dominguez (Ted), Ann Carol Pearson (Band Member), Jason Wingreen (Principal), Geri Berger (Girl # 1), Lori Farrow (Girl # 2)
Keith runs for school president against a homely girl that Laurie is campaigning for. After a challenge to a debate, Keith changes his mind about running.
73 :03x24 - Diary of a Mad Millionaire
Writer: Steve Zacharias, Michael Leeson
Director: Lou Antonio
Guest star: John Astin (Sidney Rose), Jim Antonio (Pearson), Sari Price (Woman)
Reuben books the Partridge's in what they all believe to be a mountain resort, known as Rose Mansion. At the family's first performance, they realize there is only one person seated in the audience, a millionaire recluse named Sidney Rose.
74 :03x25 - Me and My Shadow
Writer: Dale McRaven
Director: Jerry London
Guest star: Susan Neher (Girl), Richard Schaal (Rezo), Martin Speer (Lazaar), Bruce Kimmel (Delbert)
The Partridge Family attend a lecture by Michelangelo Rezo, a famous mystery writer. He makes a challenge that he could find them all in 24 hours, from anyplace they hide.
75 :04x01 - Hate Thy Neighbor
Writer: William S. Bickley, George Tibbles
Director: Richard Kinon
Guest star: Nita Talbot (Doris Steven), Theodore Wilson (Sam), Ronne Troup (Donna), Rick Segall (Ricky)
New neighbors arrive and soon trouble ensues when they call the police complaining of the noise. The neighbor admits she doesn't like show biz people.
76 :04x02 - None But the Lonely
Writer: Dale McRaven
Director: Charles Rondeau
Guest star: Kathleen Cody (Dina), Gary Morgan (Scotty), Mike Rupert (Mark), Rick Segall (Ricky)
Laurie gets a advice to the love lorn column in the local papers and soon Keith writes in to help get a date with the new girl in school, who's been forewarned of Keith's reputation.
77 :04x03 - Beethoven, Brahms, and Partridge
Writer: Dale McRaven
Director: Charles Rondeau
Guest star: Harold Gould (Walter Yost), Barbara Sigel (Rachel Weston), Rick Segall (Ricky)
Keith's new girlfriend has him believing his style music is meaningless and gives a try at writing his first classical piece.
78 :04x04 - The Strike-Out King
Writer: William S. Bickley
Director: E. W. Swackhamer
Guest star: Gordon Jump (Zack), Jackie Earle Haley (Rusty (as Jackie Haley)), Dick Balduzzi (Marv), Dick O'Shea (Umpire), Rick Segall (Ricky), Herb Edelman (Darby)
Shirley thinks Danny needs to be around friends his own age so Reuben suggests little league baseball. Problem is Danny hates baseball. To his surprise he becomes a star pitcher.
79 :04x05 - Reuben Kincaid Lives
Writer: Steve Zacharias, Michael Leeson
Director: E. W. Swackhamer
Guest star: Elaine Giftos (Bonnie Kleinschmitt), Rick Segall (Ricky), Margaret Hamilton (Clara Kincaid)
Reuben believes he's is dying because everyone is suddenly being too nice to him. To cheer him up, Shirley sets up a surprise birthday party, complete with Reuben's mother.
80 :04x06 - Double Trouble
Writer: Dick Bensfield, Perry Grant
Director: Herb Wallerstein
Guest star: Cheryl Ladd (Joanna Houser (as Cheryl Stoppelmoor)), Rick Segall (Ricky), Elaine Giftos (Bonnie Kleinschmitt), Cindy Cassell (Sally Winkler), Bobby Kramer (Wally Benton)
Keith wants a date with a beautiful new girl but she already has one with a basketball player, but sets him up with her plain looking friend. After her date falls through, she agrees to go with Keith who now has two dates for the beach party.
81 :04x07 - The Last Howard
Writer: Dale McRaven
Director: Richard Kinon
Guest star: Bill Zuckert (Captain), Bruce Kimmel (Howard), Ruth Gillette (Mrs. Milstead), Stuart Wagstaff (Head Waiter)
Keith and Danny believes Laurie's new boyfriend stole the bracelet that he gave her from a passenger on the cruise ship they are aboard. With the help of Reuben the try stealing it back so Laurie won't get caught smuggling it through customs.
82 :04x08 - The Diplomat
Writer: Paul Lichtman, Howard Storm
Director: Herb Wallerstein
Guest star: Florida Friebus (Mrs. Hendleman), Pat Harrington, Jr. (Roger Harper), Ray Buktenica (Newsman), Richard Mulligan (Howard Lipton), Rick Segall (Ricky)
A presidential ambassador and well-known ladies man asks Shirley out on a date. But after arriving 2 hours late and talking on the phone most of the night, she declines a second date. He then showers Shirley with gifts trying to make her reconsider.
83 :04x09 - Heartbreak Keith
Writer: Bill Manhoff
Director: Charles Rondeau
Guest star: Mwako Cumbuka (Jerry), Paul Jenkins (Glenn), Brooke Bundy (Dory), Maggie Roswell (Lois), Larry Wilcox (Feder), Sandi Schrader (Cute Girl), Ivor Francis (Professor Boone), Rick Segall (Ricky)
Keith enrolls in a Sociology class in college and discovers one of his favorite subjects, a beautiful girl, 23-year-old Dory Kimmel. He soon finds himself in love only to find out that Dory is married.
84 :04x10 - A Day of Honesty
Writer: Gordon Mitchell, Lloyd Turner
Director: Ross Bowman
Guest star: Rick Segall (Ricky), Joseph V. Perry (Policeman), Archie Hahn (Harve)
Danny gets caught trying to sneak into a movie theater without a ticket and is punished by losing his movie privileges for a month. Upset by this Danny writes down all the dishonest things his family has done. Shirley decides they need to try a day of being totally honest.
85 :04x11 - Al in the Family
Writer: William S. Bickley
Director: Charles Rondeau
Guest star: Gino Conforti (Maitre'd), Alan Bursky (Alan Kincaid), Rod Gist (Chef)
Reuben Kincaid's nephew, Alan, comes to live with him and becomes his assistant. It's evident right from the start that Alan is eager to learn but always fails at everything.
86 :04x12 - Maid in San Pueblo
Writer: William J. Keenan
Director: Charles Rondeau
Guest star: John Dennis (Cop), Jackie Coogan (Walter Renfrew), Rick Segall (Ricky), Ysabel MacCloskey (Mrs. Argyle), Rosemary DeCamp (Amanda Renfrew)
Shirley, advertising for a maid has an unexpected applicant, her mother, Amanda Renfrew. Seems her parents are arguing and leaves to live with Shirley. The family plots to get them back together if they can keep the house so clean that she will have nothing to do.
87 :04x13 - Art for Mom's Sake
Writer: Michael Leeson
Director: Ross Bowman
Guest star: Monty Margetts (Mrs. Kleven), Alan Oppenheimer (Lorenzo Bernard), Gordon Jump (Man #1), Molly Dodd (Woman # 1), Bob Givens (Man # 2), Liam Dunn (Mr. Neumeyer)
Shirley Partridge joins an art class and is encouraged by her teacher, Lorenzo Bernard, who says she shows a natural artistic ability. The family doesn't share the same opinion but need to tell her after the enamored teacher sets up private showing.
88 :04x14 - Two for the Show
Writer: William S. Bickley
Director: Charles Rondeau
Guest star: Mike Rupert (Walter), Andrew Williams (Andy), Henry Olek (Skip Radnitz), David Williams (David), Nick Gates (Mike Weedback)
Reuben has discovered a new singing act, 14-year-old twin brothers Andy and David, and he brings them to live with the Partridges until they cut their first record. The boys have a crush on Laurie which causes a rift in their act.
89 :04x15 - Danny Drops Out
Writer: Dick Bensfield
Director: Roger Duchowny
Guest star: Mitzi Hoag (Miss Farrow), H. B. Barnum, III (Pete), Gary Dubin (Punky Lazaar), James Gregory (Claude Tubbles), Jamie Lamb (Guy # 1)
Danny, bored with school, wants to drop out and become a song writer. The school psychologist tells Shirley to let him believe he's dropped out but he soon gets bored and thinks he made a mistake. That is until he meets a self made millionaire who encourages him to go with his dream.
90 :04x16 - Queen for a Minute
Writer: Lloyd Turner, Gordon Mitchell
Director: Ernest Losso
Guest star: Ken Swofford (Coach), Tracy Brooks Swope (Frankie Kirkwood), Christopher Man (Boy # 2), Princess O'Mahoney (Judy Greitzer), Ty Henderson (Emcee), Derrel Maury (Boy # 3), Chris Beaumont (Jerry Bishop), Stuart Getz (Boy # 1)
Laurie cries sexism after her girlfriend doesn't make the high school basketball team. After Keith overhears her scheme to win as homecoming queen in order to give her own view on sexism, he and Danny convince a guy to run for homecoming queen too.
91 :04x17 - Danny Converts
Writer: Dick Bensfield, Perry Grant
Director: Richard Kinon
Guest star: Gary Dubin (Punky Lazaar), Joyce Easton (Mrs. Stern), Lark Geib (Renee Stern), Noam Pitlik (Rabbi Ben Stern), Toni Berrell (Sylvia), Judy Farrell (Mrs. Carlysle)
Danny is so smitten with Renee, the daughter of Rabbi Stern, that he pretends to be of her faith, and attends a Purim bizarre at Temple Aaron. Convinced that the family is Jewish, the Rabbi invites them to perform before the congregation.
92 :04x18 - Miss Partridge, Teacher
Writer: Ben Joelson, Art Baer
Director: Roger Duchowny
Guest star: Maxine Stuart (Mrs. Halstead), Gary Dubin (Punky Lazaar), April Flesher (Nancy)
Laurie is appointed student-teacher of Miss Halstead's 7th grade English class, which includes her brother, Danny. She becomes hard on Danny and may just interrupt the families plan for a Summer tour by failing him.
93 :04x19 - Keith and Lauriebelle
Writer: Dick Bensfield, Perry Grant
Director: Roger Duchowny
Guest star: Colby Haines (Claire), Jack Stauffer (George), Lindsay V. Jones (Betty), Sherry Miles (Karen)
Keith agrees to take over Laurie's babysitting gig if she will come to his party as his date in order to make a new girl at school jealous. But when Laurie hears of his plan, she comes dressed as a Southern belle.
94 :04x20 - Morning Becomes Electric
Writer: Gordon Mitchell, Lloyd Turner
Director: Richard Kinon
Guest star: Jack Collins (Mayor Robert Tobin), Maureen Reagan (Photographer)
Scheduled to appear at a rally for energy conservation, the Partridge Family is chagrined when Danny's guitar blows all the fuses in the auditorium. To make amends they decide to be the "model" family, showing everyone how easy it is to cut down the use of electricity. But Danny's miscalculation has the family living with no power for the final day of the month.
95 :04x21 - Pin it on Danny
Writer: Art Baer, Ben Joelson
Director: Richard Kinon
Guest star: Matilda Calnan (Mrs. Pierson), Kathryn Reynolds (Mrs. Bullock), Gary Dubin (Punky Lazaar)
Danny finds a brooch and gives it to his mother for her birthday. He is dismayed when he sees a newspaper ad offering a $50-reward for it's return -- from his school teacher, Mrs Bullock! Danny then involves Keith and Laurie in an ill-fated plan to get the brooch back from their mother without Shirley's knowledge, and buy her a duplicate with part of the reward money.
96 :04x22 - . . . - - -. . . (S.O.S)
Writer: Dick Bensfield, Perry Grant
Director: Bob Claver
Guest star: George Chakiris (Captain Chuck "Cuddles" Corwin)
Shirley's memories of a high school romance are stirred when Navy Capt. Charles Corwin arrives in town. She sees the Captain's picture in the newspaper and recognizes him as "Cuddles," an old flame. When Keith and Danny overhear part of a phone conversation, they think Capt. Corwin has a girl in every port, and their mother will get hurt.