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Partridge Family 2200 A.D.
The Partridge Family in Outer Space

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Partridge; Future Bonaduce

Outfit: freckles / orange jumpsuit / red winged Ultimo Dragon shoulderpads / white belt / tranny prostitute

Tagline: "Come on, get happy! IN THE FUTURE"

Plot summary: In 1974 CBS Saturday Morning executives (those kids from the 80's in backwards hats who dance on ladders and throw paint at each other) had an idea for a new Jetsons TV show with Judy as a reporter and Elroy as a high school student. It would involve all the things that defined Hanna-Barbera in the seventies: Rock music and mystery solving.

The Partridge Family were a fictional family who were in a band together and had a successful live action television show in the early seventies. When that fountain ran dry the cast (sans David Cassidy and Shirley Jones) went for the easy paycheck at CBS. Suddenly the Partridges were in the future, all still the same age, playing rock music in space and probably getting mixed up with criminals.

I have personally not met anyone who remembers this, and I actually had to check my information a few times to make sure I wasn't making it up. But yes, the Partridge Family flew in a Jestons car and lived in a Jetsons house for six months in the mid-seventies. It goes without saying that this was all very gay and sad. And for all I know some CBS executive just clicked on this entry and is suddenly taken by the idea of turning the cast of "Yes, Dear" into fighting robots. (more)

User Comments: Danny Bonaduce is such a popular culture joke at this point in his life that it's hard to even make a joke about him. The concept of "former child star" joins things like "Scooby-Doo," "Michael Jackson," and "Monica Lewinsky" in the hallowed halls of dark matter jokes. Dark matter jokes are jokes that, when told, are actually so funny that they make all other jokes within an infinite radius of them unfunny. The man has punched out a transvestite hooker, been a drug addict, reformed, hosted a penis version of "The View," and had a boxing match with Greg Brady from "The Brady Bunch." He, as a joke and assumedly as a soul, is drained.

That being said, the idea of the Partridge Family in the future is funny as shit. The man is 45 years old as of this writing and he looks like Jeeper Creeper skinned the old Brawny Paper towel guy and is using him as a flesh costume. In 200 years I imagine he'll look like a pile of orange dirt.

The worst part about this show is that they gave Danny Partridge a robot dog. Oooooh whyyy yoooooou!! Don't you know that a robot dog is the perfect compliment to one of Danny's hair-brained, get-rich-quick schemes???

User Rating: 5.1/10 (91 votes)