The Partridge Family: The Complete Series

Before I review the show, I would like to say that the DVD pack the show comes in is horrible. A simple, flimsy plastic tray with a spoke that holds all the disks. At least "The Brady Bunch" packaging provided individual "sleeves" per DVD.I remember watching this show as a kid, but I always preferred the Brady clan for my 70's shenanigans. My daughter turned out to be a huge fan of the "Brady Bunch" as well, and as a hoot, I picked up the 1st season of "The Partridge Family" to show her. I thought she would groan at the first musical number and that would be it. Instead I popped in the first disk, and we were both hooked. "The Partridge Family" is outright funny, and the musical numbers are a blast!! After running through the first season, I came back to Amazon and saw that the whole series was less than purchasing each season individually, so I just grabbed the box set.I will admit I came close to knocking 1 star off my review for Season 4. Not that the shows were horrible, but in about half the shows of season 4 you have to deal with Ricky Segall, he plays the little kid next-door neighbor of the Partridge Family, and he's just toxic!! It's a real head scratcher as to who thought this kid would improve the show, and more often than not, his scenes are just tacked onto episodes at the end (which does make it easy to skip!).With that said, I had way too much fun re-visiting this show. This is a fun show, one that you should add to your collection. C'mon...get happy!

I purchased this after reading others' reviews. Knowing the packaging was poor I put all the discs into a separate CD case and that will keep them protected. This was a GREAT buy! I can remember watching this show when I was just a pre-teen and falling for David Cassidy. What a treat to have all these happy shows with their great music. I only wish there were more of them. With the complete series, you can see the changes over the years. When you get to season 4 it seems the Partridges have remodeled their house (the gold shag carpet is gone) and everyone has a new hairstyle (Laurie went through quite a few styles before her final "cut" where her hair is the same length as Keith's). But it's all good! I completely forgot how hilarious Dave Madden (Reuben) was, but back then I watched the show for a glimpse of David.Another really nice bonus is the special features at the beginning. They include episodes with commentaries by Danny Bonaduce and Shirley Jones, as well as a bonus about the series and one about the music. These were a nice surprise that you will enjoy.I heartily recommend this series for anyone who wants to travel back to those Friday nights when we huddled around the TV, waiting for heartthrob David to appear and to see what that pest Danny was up to. It's sure to make you "get happy."

I watched this show back in the day and forgot how much I liked it! Good music and neat clothes too!! Just a simple, decent show for all ages. I would recommend it!! There are 12 DVDs in all but they come all stacked on top of each other, so that's not so good. You have to CAREFULLY (so as not to scratch them), take them all out if you want a certain one. Thin plastic holder has a deep well that all 12 DVDs sit in, then there is a piece of cardboard on top to keep them all in. Cardboard has a cut-out corner on one end so you can lift it out easier. Most people will find this annoying and a bad way to package so many DVDs (and it's true), but I am a very careful person with such things that it was ok for me. You could probably cut out some round, thin dividers to put in between the DVDs I suppose. Paper or material? You could transfer them to other DVD holders/cases too. You don't have to be brutal when you take them out. Just be patient and gentle and you should be fine. I gave the show 5-stars but not so much the packaging. Also, they arrived very quickly after I ordered so I could start watching right away!

If everyone in the world would watch this series as I do, the world would indeed be a happier place.I love the music and this family seems so real. Their hair, clothes, makeup, and overall grooviness makes me totally okay with the fact that a band would turn down professional classically trained adult percussionists who probably turned out in droves for a chance at a paying gig, to employ a 5 year old on tambourine and a 7 year old on drums.But it must have really worked after all, to the point of magically adding in background adult vocals, a horn section, strings,and at times even an effects pedal for guitar. Danny has absolutely no bass guitar skills, yet at every performance the people applaud the band quite happily. Keith and Laurie are teens in the mid 70's and they never once so much as smoke a cigarette or drink or get high,even though their bus looks like it was painted while on certain pharmaceuticals...And their manager never once hits on their single mom. So all of this does make me "get happy" when I take the time to watch it. Which is all day almost every day. I never leave my house anymore and I might have a hoarding problem now. I hope my employer hasn't replaced me.

Really impressive presentation although the packaging may come up a little short for many. The video quality i would rate B+ to A-. The audio quality is interesting in that they have it fixed dead center channel of the 5.1 spectrum. The audio is mixed into a high quality center channel mono, and even though i was a little disappointed initially i have found the sound to be quite impressive. There are some cool extras along with episodes including commentary so a great overall package,Entertainment that the entire family can enjoy, and the writing is generally top notch. I really enjoy the family setting and there is some very enlightening information in the extras regarding the casting and just how the the Partridge family sound was created. As to the packaging, yes the discs are simply stacked together, but i will say that i have found it easy to re insert a disc back into the stack without feeling there is any potential for scratching or damaging the discs. I would say that this is one of the best 60s tv values out there. Come on get Happy!

I was somewhat concerned about this DVD's compatibility with my region 2 DVD's player's. Especially with Amazon advising that this box set wouldn't be able to be played in our region and that the multi region DVD players for sale on Amazon would not be able to play this DVD box set. Like another review on Amazon said that the DVD's played ok on her region 2 DVD player. I have been around my home testing The Partridge Family in all the DVD players and sure enough they all worked. I'd already made my mind up that if they wouldn't play, I'd buy a multi region player, they can be purchased on eBay for around £20. I wish to add a post note to these remarks I've made. I've watched seasons 1-3 on my region 2 DVD player. When I tried to play season 4 my player informed me I had the wrong region and it wasn't compatable with my player! I went around the house trying every DVD player all said the same thing?? I can't understand why seasons 1-3 played and the fourth wouldn't. If anyone can clear this up for me I'd be delighted. However I remembered that my Mac notebook laptop had DVD player built in. I tried it and it's worked. I also tried my husband's desktop Mac and it asked me to change the region on the settings to play it, possibly it asked this because of the amount of data and gb it has.This seems a much more sensible solution than having separate regions, especially when people travel the world regularly these days. On a positive note my granddaughter who's nearly ten loved watching this when she came to stay last weekend, and I've no worries about her watching this series on her own, sadly there aren't many family programmes made today that are suitable for her age group.

Was quite surprised to find that even though it says region 1 it plays on my region 2 dvd player.The only very slight issue is the discs are stacked one on top of another.Overall very happy.

SASTIFIED

great!

This is a very nice series, wholesome family entertainment and comedy without the kids disrespecting the adults or vice versa. The picture quality is very good. What I most enjoy about this series is the early 70s clothes and semi-hip hairstyles (not quite as wild as real life hair back then !) and also the street scenes. I get to play "name that car " when they are cruising somewhere. All in all, a fine "trip" down memory lane ! Buy this, sit back, watch, and return to the simple seventies !