List of The Partridge Family episodes

When their mother (Shirley Jones) fills in for a sick singer, The Partridge Family is born. Danny (Danny Bonaduce) persuades Reuben Kincaid (Dave Madden) to manage them and they play their first performance, which might also be their last.

Cameo appearance made by: Johnny Cash

A minor fender bender turns into a major pain for the Partridges when they decide to fight a fraudulent lawsuit from Whiplash Willie.

Guest Star(s): Harry Morgan as 'Whiplash' Willie Larkin and Farrah Fawcett

Shirley's dad is having a mid-life crisis and decides to hit the road with the band to pursue his long-lost dream of being a star, but will his act appeal to the new generation?

Guest Star(s): Ray Bolger and Rosemary DeCamp as Fred and Amanda Renfrew

Just as they're about to record their first album, the Partridges have a bomb dropped on them: ten-year-old Danny's been drafted into the Army.

Shirley begins dating an old flame but the kids are suspicious of him, especially when they see him leave a jewelry store with a beautiful young woman.

Guest Star(s): John McMartin as Larry, and Jaclyn Smith (TV's 'Charlie's Angels') as Tina

Now that their record is out, Keith finds himself with major girl trouble: he cannot keep them away from him! But his troubles really begin when he falls for the one who doesn't care who he is.

While performing in Las Vegas, Danny tutors the beautiful girlfriend of a mob boss in finances so she can leave town and finds himself with a new hit but one that has nothing to do with music.

Guest Star(s): Pat Harrington Jr. as Harry, Barbara Rhoades as LaVon LaVerne

The Partridge Family is about to leave a different kind of lasting impression on their audience after a skunk hitches a ride on their bus and leaves them—and all their clothes—covered in stink.

After a mishap onstage leaves the audience laughing, Danny takes it upon himself to provide a little comic relief to their show. Unfortunately, he's not as funny as he thinks he is.

Guest Star(s): Morey Amsterdam as Ziggy Shnurr and Jackie Coogan (TV's The Addams Family) as Max Pepper

The Partridge Family find themselves with a captive audience when they perform at a prison, but then find themselves being held captive by a prisoner who wants them to hear his songs.

Guest Star(s): Stuart Margolin as Hank

While Keith struggles with a creative dry spell, Danny attempts to write his first hit. Their sibling rivalry peaks when Danny writes a great song just as Keith has a breakthrough with the exact same tune.

Keith promises his feminist girlfriend that the Partridge Family will perform at an upcoming rally, which puts them under attack from the morality watchdog group in their neighborhood.

Guest Star(s): Jane Actman as Tina

When Danny gets singled out in a review by a prominent journalist, the praise goes to his head and he decides to go solo. But he changes his mind when he sees his family happily auditioning for his replacement.

Guest Star(s): Dick Clark as Himself

During a stopover in a small town, the Partridges offer to revive the career of a folk legend who's been out of circulation for twenty years, but find that he would rather sing in church than be in the spotlight.

Guest Star(s): William Schallert as Red Woodloe

She'll always have Paris. Reuben books a European tour but there's one condition: the groovy promoter thinks Shirley's too old. She quits the band, but discovers she has fans there after all.

Guest Star(s): Gino Conforti as Logan Mays

Laurie gets braces right before a television show comes to film the band. As if that isn't bad enough, when they begin to play, her braces pick up radio signals and all she can hear is The Rolling Stones!

Guest Star(s): Mark Hamill as Jerry

Shirley has doubts about what being on the road is doing to the Partridges's lives so she suggests they take a break and start living like a normal family again. But she forgets one thing: they're not a normal family.

Guest Star(s): Richard Mulligan as Dr. Jim Lucas

Due to a booking mix-up, Detroit club owners expecting the Temptations get the Partridge Family instead. Can they find an audience in Motown?

Guest Star(s): Richard Pryor and Louis Gossett Jr. Song(s): "Bandala"

Laurie jumps on the anti-establishment bandwagon when the hotel workers where they're scheduled to perform go out on strike and she refuses to cross the picket line and play.

Guest Star(s): Harvey Lembeck as Marino and Michael Lembeck as Marc

The Partridges are happy for Reuben when he falls in love and decides to marry, even though his new life doesn't include managing the band – but the band quickly finds they can't manage without him.

Guest Star(s): Nancy Malone as Cathleen

Danny forces Keith to put the brakes on his spending when his car drains his finances and he realizes he may not be able to afford to take his girlfriend to the prom.

Guest Star(s): Annette O'Toole as Carol

The Partridges find themselves in the middle of a domestic squabble when they give a ride to a teenage girl—who turns out to be a serial runaway, with the police hot on her trail.

Guest Star(s): Laurie Prange as Maggie Newton, Sandy Kenyon as Maggie's Father, Ian Wolfe as Grandpa

The rumor mill starts buzzing at school when a hot new guy arrives on campus. Keith initially sees him as a rival until Laurie, who doesn't believe the rumors, accepts a date with the alleged Lothario.

Guest Star(s): Michael Ontkean as Lester Braduck

A series of coincidences leads Danny to believe he was adopted and there doesn't seem to be anything anyone can say to convince him he's a natural-born Partridge.

Guest Star(s): Bernard Fox as Marty Burnes, Ned Glass as Detective Harry Klein, Art Metrano as Mike Young

When the Partridges introduce a hip, multi-talented musician to a square, tone-deaf poet, no one expects them to score a hit—but somehow they manage to do just that.

Guest Star(s): Bobby Sherman as Bobby Conway and Wes Stern as Lionel Poindexter Note: This was Jeremy Gelbwaks' final episode as Chris Partridge.

Back-door pilot for the short-lived series Getting Together.

The Partridges learn that Reuben has booked them as backup for a beautiful 18-year-old girl who can't sing a single note on key. Songs: "I Woke Up In Love This Morning"

In order to boost publicity for the family, Reuben stages a contest in which the winner will spend a week with the Partridges. Unfortunately, the winner is a 60-year-old Jewish mother.

A motorcycle gang member develops a crush on Laurie, and she shocks everyone when she agrees to go out with him.

When Shirley enrolls in college, one of her male classmates develops a crush on her, much to the chagrin of his parents. Guest stars: Michael Burns, Norman Fell, and Ann Morgan Guilbert

Danny has to have his tonsils out and as the operation approaches, he believes he is going to die. Afterward, he believes he has lost his singing voice.

Danny wants to add a singing whale to the act in order to cash in on the ecology movement. Guest starring Bert Convy, Dub Taylor and Howard Cosell

Keith is determined to be a good influence on his brothers and sisters, but goes overboard with his good intentions.

The Partridges help a young, awkward delivery boy build up his confidence in the dating department.

When the Partridge kids decide to raise hamsters and their little pets keep multiplying, the family is forced to bring them along on tour.

Shirley's mom and dad are about to split up over his new hip lifestyle, so the family devises a plan to get them back together.

In order to buy his mom a mink coat for her birthday, Danny starts selling off Keith's possessions to his brother's lovesick fans.

The Partridges hire a temporary bus driver who turns out to be an ex-con.

When their bus breaks down in a ghost town, it looks like the family will miss Christmas, so a prospector (Dean Jagger) entertains them with a Christmas tale set in the Old West.

A free-spirited girl leaves the Partridges one million dollars, and suddenly their lives are turned upside down as they deal with their newfound wealth. Guest Star: Meredith Baxter as Jenny

After Chris and Tracy are scolded for leaving a mess, they decide to run away...to Reuben's apartment.

Keith tries to prove he is a great filmmaker, but not everyone thinks so...until a movie theater agrees to show his "masterpiece".

In order to be independent, Keith moves into a room in the house next door.

Keith and Shirley get some unsavory publicity when Danny writes a story about them for the local paper.

Danny is in love for the first time. But the 11-year-old girl he would like to ask to the sixth grade dance would rather go with Keith.

Guest Star: Patti Cohoon as Gloria Hickey

Danny donates Laurie's diary to the school auction by mistake, and the editor threatens to publish it in the high school paper.

Laurie embarrasses Keith by defending him from the school bully.

Shirley is chosen as "Mother of The Year" by a magazine, but she and the family experience a not-so-smooth journey to the award ceremony in Sacramento.
Guest star: Edgar Buchanan

Keith dates a princess (Season Hubley).

Reuben and Danny become roomies while wagering on a bet to tackle their vices.

Biker pal Snake returns to the Partridges, desperate. He's in love, but suicidal because his beloved Penny has rejected his marriage proposal.

Danny's problems in school become a problem at home, when his quest to become more "mature" alienates him from the family.
Guest star: Charlotte Rae

Keith campaigns for a politician who likes Shirley.
Guest star: Bert Convy

A rainstorm strands the Partridges in a remote cabin

Laurie falls for a minister (Anthony Geary).

A talent scout recruits Keith for a movie role

Danny wins an insomniac racehorse.
Guest star: Slim Pickens

The Partridges try to sell their house.
Gordon Jump plays one of the prospective home buyers.

Shirley tries to ditch an ardent suitor and his mother.
Guest star: Nancy Walker

After the Partridge home is burglarized, Reuben has a security alarm installed...with disastrous results when the alarm keeps getting set off accidentally.
Guest star: Arte Johnson

Laurie is dragged into student court at school when she's caught unwittingly returning a copy of a stolen math test to her teacher.

At a gig at the Kings Island amusement park outside Cincinnati, Keith finds himself falling for a PR agent, an older woman; before long, Danny also falls for her. (This would air one year before The Brady Bunch made a similar visit)
Guest star: Mary Ann Mobley

Jodie Foster guest stars when Shirley's old flame (Bert Convy) comes to town; as they begin to re-ignite old sparks, his daughter (Foster) discovers feelings for Danny.

Reuben signs the family up for a series of commercials in support of a fast-food chicken outfit looking to change its hokey image. William Windom guest-stars.

Could it be? America's "heartthrob" Keith is failing his sex-education course in school?

A purchase of a $29 cuckoo clock becomes a $2,900 headache when a computer glitch mistakenly overcharges Shirley's credit account.
Guest stars: Vic Tayback as Harlan Laws, Alan Oppenheimer as Mr. Atwater, John David Carson as Tom Baker, Robert F. Simon as Mr. Gordon and Gary Morgan as Albert

Danny finds himself in trouble when his friend Punky coerces him into shoplifting.
Guest star: Henry Jones as Mr. Phelps & Gary Dubin as Punky.

Keith finds himself in a hotly contested battle for student-body president with a shy girl-played by singer Holly Near ...for whom Laurie is campaign manager. He finally comes to realize she is more qualified.

The family crosses paths with a rich recluse (John Astin), who is drawn to them but afraid of crowds. Actor Jim Antonio, brother of the director, plays a TV host, & one of Shirley Jones' closest friends, Sari Price, plays the recluse's date at the very end.

A mystery writer challenges the Partridges: if all of them can elude his search for 24 hours, he'll donate $25,000 to charity.
Guest Star: Richard Schaal as Rezo, Bruce Kimmel as Delbert, & Susan Neher as "girl"