David Cassidy on the Web
New Bird
June 25, 2004
www.lasvegassun.com
"The Partridge Family" is making a comeback.
"I wasn't lured by the money," show star and past Las Vegas resident and headliner David Cassidy told the Los Angeles Daily News.
"But what we're faced with in America and the world, I think, is not unlike the mood of the country when we were in Vietnam and 'The Partridge Family' originally aired. What we're experiencing now with Iraq -- it's time to get happy," Cassidy said.
Cassidy is a co-executive producer for both the reality-themed "In Search of the Partridge Family" for VH1 and a half-hour pilot for the rejuvenated sitcom to follow.
Cassidy and fellow original "Partridge" cast members Shirley Jones and Danny Bonaduce plan to scour the nation for the next generation of Partridges.
"The thing I like about the new 'Partridge' show is, to my mind, reality TV always equals unpleasantness -- who gets humiliated and voted off the island," Bonaduce said. "This might be the right time for a show where nobody gets voted off the island."
Cassidy and Bonaduce performed together in Los Angeles last weekend.
"He's an extremely funny guy," Cassidy said of Bonaduce, who is now an L.A.-area radio DJ. "I've always been one of his strongest advocates even when he made some poor decisions in his life.
"We genuinely care about each other. We have a very comfortable rapport that could be a bit like Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis -- Dino was always the straight guy but very funny, and Lewis was a full-time comic. I don't know if I would go that far, but I love working with Danny."
