This is a very RARE VIDEO for the 1999 ABC TV movie, "COME ON GET HAPPY: THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY STORY." This tape was sent only to members of the media for an early look. It comes directly from the network and WAS NOT taped from television. It is an authentic reviewer video. If you were a Patridge Family fan then this is a must-see movie! Great insights about what really went on behind the scenes!
SYNOPSIS: Like many other made-for-TV biopics inspired by popular television
series of yore, Come on Get Happy: The Partridge Family Story offers
the spectacle of actors playing other actors playing different
characters--and as such, those "characters" come off as more
interesting than the "real" actors. Focusing exclusively on the five
years (1970-1974) that The Partridge Family was in production, the
story is told from the viewpoint of Danny Bonaduce (played by a
pre-Desperate Housewives) Shawn Pyfrom), and accordingly is colored by
the sentiments so often expressed by the real, irrepressibly outspoken
Bonaduce. 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 coworker David Cassidy (Keith
Partridge), who (it says here) 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 belief if it wasn't
corroborated by witnesses, is the episode wherein 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). Come on Get Happy: The
Partridge Family Story made its ABC network bow on November 13, 1999.
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