Shirley Jones talks about Partridge Family and her career Part 1 of 4

[@graszka8890]

Thank you so much. Love PF , Shirley Jones fantastic lady, actress and singer. RIP David Cassidy you are so missed. Thank you for your music, love and joy you brought to my life.

[@PopGoesTheCultureTV]

Couldn't agree more, Graszka. Hope you'll subscribe!

[@graszka8890]

Pop Goes The Culture TV Yes sure, with pleasure.

[@lakb45]

She’s such a great lady-a consummate professional and beautiful person, singer, still an inspiration to me. I wanted Shirley Partridge to be my mom ❤️ and I still feel that warmth toward Shirley Jones.

[@bonniewhitlatch8897]

All of the songs were my favorites!! They were the first singers where I liked everything they sang

[@lisas2538]

What a joyful person. I’ve been watching all her interviews. She’s so interesting. Lovely lady.

[@ramonalong3997]

I really liked watching you play Shirley Partridge. And listening to you sing. Some of my favorite songs was Cherish, I think I love you.

[@berniecasey7592]

Lovely Lady-Loved the Partridges.

[@lisamariepagliei3945]

Love Shirley Jones! But her character was not the first working mother: Julia, with Diahann Carroll, was pre Partridge Family. Her character had a son, no husband, and was a nurse.

[@JoyMarcusSTL]

Diahann Carroll ! I loved the show Julia.

[@johnminehan1148]

The character's husband was killed in Vietnam. I liked her relationship with the Lloyd Nolan character, the decent, wise and craggy and sarcastic PCP.

[@baragermyrna579]

One of my favourite people, she is so talented and such a lady.

[@js-nr4wc]

Fantastic programme and great music it still stands the test of time today (2019) .David of course stunning to look at n great talent..The rest of the cast also were what made this show great..David left us far too young (67 in 2017)..Hope he has found peace ,love and acceptance . See ya xxo

[@cathyo4042]

Highlight of my week back in the seventies!

[@DouglasMarcksWookie]

I Think I Love You was their biggest hit but having had five of their albums there were quite a few songs that I liked to this day I know all of the words and I'm 63 nowadays... Growing up I had two favorite groups The Partridge Family and the Carpenters... Then I discovered Heart... & bands like Styx and Rush

[@nancykaiser8518]

Thank you Shirley, for all the wonderful memories” growing up w/you! Thank you again for all the memories” ♥️💯😘🌈🥰

[@mitchlancaster566]

She also played the grandmother on Good luck Charlie, a comedy on Disney, and she was great

[@jc6594]

Happy 85th Birthday Shirley Jones

[@critter7052]

Yay, Shirley (Jones)!

[@jeble5341]

Walking in the rain was my fave song.

[@Raiders555]

Summer days was great to see David perform in concert.

[@jimogrady1131]

Autumn Bonner I just bought all 4 seasons of PARTRIDGE FAMILY on Amazon for 23 Dollars

[@lyndatullett5319]

Shirley I believe Diahann Carrol played a single working mom as a nurse in 1968.

[@johnfd0210]

It is always dicey when someone says they were "the first" to do something...it almost always turns out there wa someone before them.

[@lisahayes8834]

Yes, it was Diahann Carroll in/as "Julia", who played a nurse, and it did debut in 1968.

[@DaddyOfTheSugarVariety]

The Partridge Family soundtrack was the first CD I ever bought.

[@obscurelyvague]

Ms Jones says that her character Mrs. Partridge was the first working mother depicted on TV. I am not so sure. What about Diahann Caroll in the TV sitcom "Julia"?

[@denisejervis8602]

L Martinez, you are right in asking, the question, you posed. I am a fan of both Diahann Carroll and Shirley Jones and enjoyed watching, "Julia," which aired, from 1968-1971 and, "The Partridge Family," from 1970-1974. Diahann Carroll's TV character, Julia Baker, preceded Shirley Jon'es' TV character, Shirley Partridge, as a working mother. Ms. Carroll's role as Julia Baker was an especially groundbreaking one, for the portrayal of the 1st non stereotypical African-American woman on television. Julia Baker was a college educated professional, who was an RN, who was able to hire a babysitter, to look after her son, Corey. In 1969, Ms. Carroll's achievement led to her being awarded a Golden Globe for Best TV Star- Female (Julia, 1968) and in 1970, Ms. Carroll was nominated by the Golden Globes for Best TV Actress in a Musical or Comedy. In 1971 and 1972, Shirley Jones was nominated by the Golden Globes for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy. In 2003, (Julia, 1968) won a TV Land Award for the category "Groundbreaking Show." Also in 2003, (The Partridge Family, 1970) was nominated by TV Land Awards for the category of "Quintessential Non-Traditional Family. For a TV music comedy (The Partridge Family, 1970) was groundbreaking in its lighthearted way of dealing with social issues, before a mass audience. These issues were varied, such as energy conservation, whale slaughter, race, religion, battle of the sexes and censorship. This all began with the forming of a family rock band, traveling the road in a Mondrian style painted bus. This type of thing could only happen, in the early 70s.

[@tubester4567]

@@denisejervis8602 Yea there was Julia and other even older shows. Lucille Ball played a working single mother in Heres Lucy from 1968 to 1974. We didnt see any working single fathers until around 1960 with My three sons. Single parents of any gender were not represented until the 1960's.

[@denisejervis8602]

@@tubester4567 Thanks for your reply, and your mention of "Here's Lucy" (1968-1974). I was almost certain, there might possibly have been other single working moms, before Shirley Partidge, on The Partidge Family. As for single working dads, I remember, there was the TV series, The Courtship of Eddies' Father, starring Bill Bixby (1969-1972).

[@LisaHouserman]

I literally just said that out loud but I thought maybe I was wrong maybe it was later on in the 70s for Julia great minds and all that

[@LisaHouserman]

@@denisejervis8602 I should have read your comment before I thought that I was wrong. Thank you

[@winterblue383]

Love you Mama Partridge 💋

[@debrawindsor6720]

She looks so great!

[@KrisD007]

Best days of my life back then. Wish .I had known it at the time.

[@sallyangus8194]

This is just great, thank you! . Shirley is a wonderful interviewee from my view and you let her talk. Hooray! One of my favourites was the interview you did with Danny Bonaduce. That was so interesting and hilarious for sure.Loved David too....such a wonderful talent. Will we see the next parts soon?

[@PopGoesTheCultureTV]

Thanks Sally! Part two goes up Monday!

[@terrymoore700]

My favorite was Summer days

[@nancykaiser8518]

Shirley Jones, everyone’s Mom! ♥️. Just a beautiful person!🥳🎉🎊💯😘😇🙏🌈🥰😍👏🤩😘

[@johnfd0210]

Interesting and enjoyable. I will say, at 2:25, so say "movie stars" didn't do television...Loretta Young, Lucille Ball, Eve Arden, Jane Wyman, Barbara Stanwyck, etc., all had very successful movie careers before turning to equally successful television shows.

[@PopGoesTheCultureTV]

It was rare for a movie star to do TV back in those days because once they went to TV, they rarely got to do movies again. Lucille Ball was the exception because, well, Lucille Ball.

[@elisecode2212]

@@PopGoesTheCultureTV indeed. the most brilliant star

[@mistergrandpasbakery9941]

I've previously stated that the Rose Marie interviews were treasures. This ranks almost as high. I Think I Love You is my favorite song. Annette O'Toole was my favorite guest star. And yes, Jones did another movie after PF. It was TANK which is an all-time favorite of mine!

[@PopGoesTheCultureTV]

Thanks for being such a loyal viewer Mr. G!

[@PatriciaLopez-fn8el]

❤️ I Think I Love You ❤️ my favorite song by David Cassidy ❤️

[@jimogrady1131]

Patricia Lopez 1 thing I never new did DAVID sing TV SHOW SONGS when he was doing his own concerts, David was popular I heard a 14 year old girl had a heart attack because she was so excited to see David

[@elisecode2212]

interesting. i like the way she talks about david.

[@viickidameral7468]

Great interview my fav song is you don’t tell me

[@yehmiyah]

I Love Lots of the songs from that show , but I Love "SUNSHINE" & "Like WALKING IN THE RAIN" the Best ......

[@LisaHouserman]

I bought the whole series on eBay 96 episodes for just $17 and I finished watching the other day. I don't remember the song but now it's in my head roller coaster. I thought that was so good. It was featured on the last show

[@johnminehan1148]

Nice lady, very down to Earth and "normal."

[@FreeSpirit47]

While Ms Partridge was not really the first depiction of a working mother, the shows focus was on the depiction of her, as a mother, having her TV show sons & daughters as regularly appearing cast members from the pilot episode on into all of the following ones. David Cassidy seems to be the most memorable cast member. I wrote a blog entry about him. RIP David. simplegirlcomplexwrld.blogspot.com/2019/03/david.html

[@Blendre]

Great interview! Fave song; I Woke Up In Love

[@DouglasMarcksWookie]

You have the title slightly wrong... The full title was "I Woke Up in Love This Morning"

[@christianross7731]

My favorite song was I think love you

[@hughhaefner3317]

Late to this broadcast but the sitcom was loosely based on the Cowsills. That musical group The Cowsills, was a great band back in the day but their story is brutal because of the father of the Cowsills severe physical and mental abuse. Partridge family was sugary sweet but the Cowsills kids were brutally abused by the dad.

[@gayleanthony441]

I have always liked Shirley.The only comment I have is that when she says she was the first working mom on television, that is not a true statement. Diahann Carroll, in the role of Julia, was a nurse, way before The Partridge Family, so I believe she was the first working Mom. I watched the Partridge Family all the time.

[@MissJensk1]

She was clueless. Those years David was out touring, he was actually really unhappy. She likes to paint herself as the sweet stepmother, but she let him down, as did his father.

[@vikkiflaig4735]

@MissJensk1 agreed. Plus he had a horrible contract and they could have guided him with that situation.

[@davidcassidycontinuingmemo7647]

Where the rest of 2-4? Thx!

[@PopGoesTheCultureTV]

We upload one new episode a day! Subscribe and tomorrow you'll get part two! Thanks for watching! David

[@davidcassidycontinuingmemo7647]

Pop Goes The Culture TV I am subscribed , thank you

[@johnpezzullo9644]

What a Beautiful and Talented Woman. American Treasure. !!!

[@michaelhungate7506]

Still stunning. Still classy.

[@linapagliari8003]

Shirley classy lady old Hollywood she was is gorgeous 😂🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

[@judyvalencia3257]

I can barely hear the questions.

[@PopGoesTheCultureTV]

Sorry about that. When these were originally done, the interviewer was never going to be heard. We do the best we can. Thanks for understanding.

[@wendydunn6404]

@@PopGoesTheCultureTV could you tell me what year this was please x

[@ez8546]

Shirley was NOT the first working mother on television. Lucille Ball was the first working mother on The Lucy Show in the mid-60s when she worked at the bank and had 2 small children. Then Diahann Carroll in 1968 played Julia, who was a nurse with a small son.

[@PopGoesTheCultureTV]

Totally, E Z. Thanks for watching! I hope you'll subscribe. Best, David

[@emilymalden3310]

That was kinda cold of Shirley to say "too bad " to an exhausted David. Maybe she didn't want to see him get fired. Maybe she could have talked to the producers to lighten his load, oh well it's water under the bridge now. Sometimes I wonder about Steve Harvey , radio show, talk show, author, game show host, etc. Does he ever skerp. Mickey Dozens stated they ran the group ragged as well.

[@emilymalden3310]

I meant sleep?

[@emilymalden3310]

Man my typos, Mickey Dolenz of the Monkees.

[@elisecode2212]

he just had too much talent and too little time, i suppose

[@vikkiflaig4735]

He was doing TV during the week and his own concerts on weekends. He did not rest for several years straight.

[@Cyberlucy]

I would say Diahann Carroll beat you by a year, Shirley, to be the first working mother on TV

[@robinrubendunst869]

Sorry, Dianhne Carol played a single working mother, she was a nurse. “Julia.”

[@yongsuanlin6255]

🧸🧸🧸

[@odettewiddicombe6673]

I hope she misses David now

[@emilymalden3310]

Of course she does. They were close, or use to be.

[@KrisD007]

Why wouldn’t she?

[@AllenJones-w3p]

Rest in peace, David and Jack.

[@luisobando5125]

Never sings nothing is a fake

[@mariovuksanovic5077]

Why kill your movie career? Jennifer Anniston for example was on tv and the movies.....let people decide....if she did movies after the partridge family...the people would have loved her...

[@PopGoesTheCultureTV]

It was a very different time. It wasn't until the late 90's that people began to go back and forth between movies and TV. Back then, if you were TV, you were TV. If you were movies, you were movies. Hard to understand now.

[@AllenJones-w3p]

After PF ended, Shirley did go back to making films, mostly for TV. One of her best film roles was as compulsive gambler Eleanor Anderson in "Winner Take All".

[@kenb8891]

It's one of those nights ( yes love )