Shark Bytes

Can't Danny give it a rest. I saw him on a show recently and he went on and on about Jeremy. How many years has it been? Man, get over yourself. Everyone in the world gets that you didn't like him. I don't doubt Jeremy was a problem but Danny was no rose either and is still in trouble all the time. At least Jeremy is a functioning adult with a family. The only reason the studio defended Danny was because he was the cash cow for the show. The younger ones had no lines, the older ones were made fun of and pooorrr Danny on every episode. He could dish it out but couldn't take it. Still can't. To bad they had to find a passive child to put on the show in order for there to be peace on the set. I felt bad for Brian. If Jeremy had been on the show longer and had grown a little taller he probably would have punched Danny right in the nose.

Have you heard? Supposedly there's a "New" PM series in the works! I know a few years ago there was a "reality audition" show to create a new cast of characters; are the winners from this competition actually going to star in a "new" show? I can already hear the Jaws music...

Ironically enough, the Partridges looked down on the Bradys, especially when the Brady kids started "singing."

Yeah, well...the Brady Kids weren't exactly the Cowsills, but at least they atonally shouted their songs themselves. The Partridge Family was dubbed by studio musicians - even Shirley Jones, who actually could sing!

I cannot agree this show jumped. Maybe a little less Danny B would have improved the episodes This show aired when I was in my late teens and early 20s. I watched for two reasons: the music was cool and Shirley Jones. What a looker...! This lady was a dancer in her early years and it showed in her legs and hindquarters. An earlier entry said that person watched the show because of the bus...you gotta be kidding?!

All of the Partridges lip-synched their singing and faked their playing -- while the Bradys were the real deal! Nanananana....

Never jumped. Greatest music on earth!

Teeny: I remember the politically incorrect episode with Richard Pryor also. Keith told RP's character that he wrote this song that was really "black" , "Afro" or something like that. Then they play and everyone is getting down, but it sounds more like Hispanic music not soul. Unintentionally hilarious. I love this show. Of course it doesn't matter that most kids would rather die than have their mother in their rock band. Also, the playing looked as phoney as it was and you had this full orchestra with strings and backup singers that they were lipsynching to. But that's the wonderful, beautiful point of it. Seventies kitsch at its best!

I remember when this show was on prime time. They didn't show re-runs of the first season by the time I was watching it prime-time. I never knew there was another Chris until the show was later sydicated. I was shocked to see the darker rat-faced Chris. The only thing I remember positive about the shows with the first Chris is that he was given more lines compared to the second Chris.

When they replaced one Chris with another during the summer hiatus, it scared me. I thought if I made my parents mad enough, they'd replace me, too.

The show went wrong when the two little kids were giving no lines at all while bringing another little kid, extremely obnoxious, who had everybody sitting around listening to him sing. Disgusting. Anyway, the show was pretty bad before that. Of all the early 70s that we look back nostalgically (I'm 43 so I remember watching the show when it was actually on) this is one of the few that I can't watch today. Besides, as a rock'n'roller of the rockabilly/"garage band" school I find the music horrible with the exception of the theme song and I Think I Love You.

This was a stupid TV show, but I loved the bus. It's what the bus stood for according to David Cassidy that was great. There were many female runaways that wanted to join the family. The "actors" gave them bus fare back home. A few of the songs were excellent. David made the girls in my neighborhood go nuts.

The reason for the switch in actors playing the role of Chris was that,beside fighting with Danny,Jeremy Gelbwaks[Chris #1]was a biter.Not in the old-school rap sense,the kid was leaving teeth-marks in the other kid actors.Brian Forster[Chris #2]can be seen onstage with Cindy Brady in the "Fairy Princess" episode of the Brady Bunch.I remember when they pulled the Chris-switch.The first episode of the new season began and I was baffled by the presence of a blond.fat-faced kid sitting in the background,not yet understanding that this was supposed to be Chris!He looked absolutely nothing like the dark-haired,rat-faced biter he was replacing!Be sure to read Danny Bonaduce's autobio "Random Acts of Badness".It's a hoot,and would make a killer feature film,if they could find the right guy to play Danny.Also,anyone who hasn't yet seen it should go to YouTube and see Danny tossing sickening idiot Jonny Fairplay up and over his head.Fairplay face-plants gloriously,losing a shoe and a tooth or two,and looks like Beetle Bailey after Sgt. Snorkel kicks his ass.DANNY ROCKS!!!

Oh, and BTW, the first season can be found on Hulu.com - legitimately.

All I know is that when they replaced anemic looking Jeremy with plump boy Brian, my 7 year old brain went into major cognitive dissonance. It truly scared me. I thought they were a real family. It also taught me how easily it is to be replaced if you don't pull your weight. I'm serious.

I loved to hear Ricky Seagull sing. I wish they had released his songs on the Partridge Family record albums.