The Partridge Family is a dated show (1970-74) – the setup, characters, story arc, yes, even the songs, all pure camp. And yet the magic of the show persists, some kind of secret of innocence left…

Shirley Partridge singing pure

The elixir found in the transitions, the brief seconds of music that open the show, take it in and out of commercials, right the way through… Pure, oddly so, opening an alternate world of interior childlike rhythms, proclaimed out loud, walking in the door, down the stairs…not to mention a loving mom looking over all.

The All-Knowing Shirley Partridge