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Come On, Get Happy: The Partridge Family Story is a 1999 ABC television biopic about the 1970-1974 television series The Partridge Family, focusing on superstar David Cassidy and co-star Danny Bonaduce through the four years the show was on.
Directed by David Burton Morris, the 90-minute film premiered on Saturday November 13, 1999 at 8:00pm[where?] on ABC.
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Synopsis
The story is told from the viewpoint of Danny Bonaduce, narrated by Bonaduce himself and played on-screen by a pre-Desperate Housewives Shawn Pyfrom. Upon landing the coveted role of Danny Partridge, young Bonaduce must contend with the jealousy of his abusive father Joseph (William Russ); all the while, Danny is a sidelines observer of the effect that overnight stardom has on his co-worker David Cassidy (Rodney Scott), who despises all the idolatry and yearns for a normal life.
Rather touchingly, the film recounts the surrogate son-surrogate father relationship between Danny and actor Dave Madden (Michael Chieffo), who was genuinely fond of his younger costars despite the kid-hating irascibility of his "Reuben Kincaid" character. The film's highlight, which would be impossible to believe if it was not corroborated by witnesses, is the scene where Cassidy impulsively "kidnaps" Danny, whereupon both boys head off on a short journey of self-discovery; less easy to swallow is the scene which contrives a feud between the "Partridge" cast and the actors on the rival series The Brady Bunch (who are, interestingly enough, identified only by their character names and not their real names).
Cast
- Shawn Pyfrom as Danny Bonaduce
- Rodney Scott as David Cassidy
- Eve Gordon as Shirley Jones
- Kathy Wagner as Susan Dey
- Michael Chieffo as Dave Madden
- William Russ as Joseph Bonaduce
- Roxanne Hart as Betty Bonaduce
- Richard Fancy as Harold
- Willie Garson as Sam
- Mark Harelik as Alex
- Danny Bonaduce as Narrator
- Tara Blanchard as Suzanne Crough
- J.B. Gaynor as Jeremy Gelbwaks
- Scotty Leavenworth as Brian Forster
- Shane Newell as Kid with bike
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External links
Categories:- The Partridge Family
- 1999 television films
- American television films
- English-language films
- American biographical films
- Films about entertainers
- Films about music and musicians
- Films about television
- Television film stubs
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