The Brady Bunch Meets The Partridge Family

In this ridiculous scene from the ABC TV-Movie "Come on, Get Happy", The Partridges take the family bus to a show down with The Brady Bunch. An event which, needless to say, never happened

[@waynemcdonald4448]

Wish they really had an episode where the Bradys see The Partridge Family at a concert & meet them after. I could see Greg falling for Lori & Marcia crushing on Keith.

[@Paul8820]

Seems like a crossover between the two shows was a missed opportunity.

[@MultiAnimationdude]

No, what was a missed opportunity was to have this film set in the present day (a la The Brady Bunch movies) and have the Partridge bus take a wrong turn into WB's lot instead of Paramount's. Care to guess what would have happened next?

[@cannondaleman1]

I couldn't pick one over the other. I grew up with and loved both families.

[@h193013]

If they were able to do this after both shows ended I’d like to them do this with The Addams Family and The Munsters. That is a crossover I have always dreamed about. It would also be neat if they did this with Bewitched and I Dream of Jeannie but The Addams Family/Munsters would be a priority for me.

[@petervillalonga1249]

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[@AlmondJoie]

Allegedly, Elizabeth Montgomery hated IDOJ and considered it a poor knockoff of her show. So she probably never would've agreed to it.🤷🏽‍♀️

[@h193013]

@@AlmondJoie This didn't feature any of the same actors from either shows so even if Elizabeth Montgomery hated I Dream of Jeannie they wouldn't need to use her or Barbra Eden to do a crossover

[@lisascorp]

​@@h193013True. But it would be hard to find anybody as beautiful as Elizabeth Montgomery or Barbara Eden. I watched Bewitched in reruns from the time I was 4. I always wanted to be like her and look like her. Just loved Bewitched.

[@SOCORROSILVA-in7px]

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[@indigosunset70]

thanks for uploading this

[@tomb4575]

I don't think Florence Henderson and Shirley Jones would be that catty.

[@WingsOfDay]

The scene was sadly pure fiction.

[@EastSide-qc5oy]

They were friends in real life. This garbage never happened.

[@lindaibarra5614]

Yeah, they definitely wouldn't do that!

[@tamaraclaw]

As I've posted elsewhere..comedy gold

[@jessyleppert2]

Shirley Jones was supposed to play Carol Brady

[@rangerannie5636]

She turned the part down.

[@EveAlinePlumb]

Is Come On,Get Happy: The Partridge Family Story on DVD? I would like to get it.

[@misterhot9163]

I knew that Shirleys Oscar would’ve been thrown into the dialogue 😂

[@jasonfagan1454]

The World could of used a crossover cartoon of both shows. It could of been a big hit. So sad it didnt happen😮

[@renlim303]

My money would of been on Danny.

[@jimogrady1131]

renlim303 It was funny the Guiter Danny was playing was bigger than him

[@annecohen8927]

And hilariously ensues

[@scvandy3129]

As fuzzy cute as it looks for the Partridge bus to drive from the Columbia Ranch, then through Paramount's lot and discharge the cast -- NEVER would have happened -- AT LEAST that way. In reality, behind-the-scenes, each of the cast (plus adult guardians for the under-18 year olds) would have been put in limos or cast-and-crew vans, all air-conditioned vehicles driven -- following guidelines of negotiated contract between labor and management -- by members of Teamsters Local 399. Unless "Partridge" was filming a scene with the musical family riding the bus (with no A/C, which wasn't as common half a century ago) it would have only been one Teamster delivering the 'picture vehicle' from Burbank (Columbia Ranch) to Hollywood-adjacent Paramount Studios, on a narrow street within sight of "The Brady Bunch" stage. More TMI: At Paramount, if necessary, the director requests the "Partridge" cast hop on the bus, then, with cameras 'rolling,' they exit the bus in order to meet the Bradys -- captured on film 'for all time.'.

[@travishayes1469]

Thank you for sharing; I have learned something new about the work behind the scenes..

[@memoirsofmoon]

I wish the footage from when the Brady Bunch Meet the Jackson 5 was available somewhere !

[@MalcolmCooperMovieWizardofOz]

Shut Up! They meet?!

[@cocoaorange1]

When did that happen?

[@TheTristianNetwork]

Theres pictures but no video

[@partridgefamilybus2021]

There's a photo of Brian and Suzanne talking to a young Michael Jackson.

[@rr7firefly]

I wish there was footage of the Brady Bunch meeting the Manson Family. Riding down Mulholland Drive on motorcycles.

[@matthewsanchez7997]

Partridge vs Brady's

[@SteveHart]

Haha, that was fun

[@danlawson6318]

I find it fun, that there are some people who took this seriously. Each generation has it's share of stupid.

[@matthewsanchez7997]

In battle from the late 70s all this and more tonight ob celebrity deathmatch

[@rr7firefly]

Grrrr... as soon as the cameras stopped rolling they tore each other's limbs off. Blood everywhere. Both shows cancelled. Massive memorial service at the Hollywood Bowl, with Ethel Merman singing "God Bless America." Alice sent to a mental institution after she freaked out.

[@kayden7911]

Excuse me, but David Cassidy's hair was always PERFECT, and in this movie, it is not, so...what's up with that? Definitely NOT groovy, lol.

[@timothykissinger4883]

That's what was wrong ,this actors hair is to loose.It all over the place.

[@SisterUnity]

Wigs can be unruly....................

[@danlawson6318]

What the hell? it's a parade. That means loosely a comedy. Get a clue.

[@itsjemmabond]

Also I don't think David Cassidy's hair was ever that long.

[@chrisgardner4743]

I could've sworn there once was a TV movie called The Brady Bunch Meets The Partridge Family. Both casts were actually in it. Must've been my imagination.

[@googalacticgoo]

Mandella effect

[@JennyBurkeAirSupplyAirhead]

This part of it, but the casts are different, since it was made years after the shows.

[@JeremyYost]

It was an SNL skit in 1992.

[@STho205]

This was a docudrama movie about making the series from Danny Bonaduce's POV. It was either in the 90s or the early 00s. No Mandella Effect. There was never a crossover episode.

[@stephenr3910]

I remember this was from some silly TV movie that Danny Bonaduce narrated years ago. I doubt it really ever happened.

[@EastSide-qc5oy]

It didn’t

[@josephhhickman7085]

A death cage match would be freaking awesome!!!

[@hydrolito]

This is modern day America not ancient Rome.

[@rr7firefly]

You know it. That would be a sell-out event. They could get Howard Cosell to do a play-by-play.

[@scootermom1791]

Hilarious!

[@tomclegg8915]

I just literally threw up in my mouth.

[@dalehoward3704]

It was a total publicity stunt. I remember seeing it in a Tiger Beat magazine. Shirley and Florence were friends in real life.

[@rr7firefly]

Except that time when Shirley dumped a truckload of quick-setting concrete in Florence's swimming pool. Florence rounded up Patty Duke and Jerry Mathers and they trashed Shirley's house and set fire to her car.

[@susannecardoza4556]

You've got to be kidding

[@Jamesalec63]

In a dream episode maybe or animated series alongside Scoobby and the Mystery Team and Hardy Boys and Fantasy Island? This could have happened in animation the Lone Ranger appeared in The Brandy Bunch and not seen anything of The Partridge Family?

[@alexanderpytko5394]

I heard that Sherwood Schwartz wished he had created The Partridge Family. It seemed like he tried to copy them by making the Brady kids singers.

[@harperstacey9604]

Sherwood Schwartz also created Gilligan's island. From Ms. Harper Stacey.

[@partridgefamilybus2021]

Yes, Schwartz definitely cashed in on the Partridge success by turning the Brady's into singers in their second season. Tho they didn't perform much on the show, the Bradies actually went on tour during the summer time - and unlike the Partridges, ACTUALLY sang and danced.

[@Earthman99999]

This probably never happened. What would have been the point other than to make an awkward situation?

[@thewvnetwork]

You're right it never did happen exactly like this, but I'm certain at some point during the shows' years on the air they did do publicity of some type together for ABC. Many shows marketed together back then, and also did network image campaigns which are now--almost--a thing of the past. In the 1990s, Danny Bonaduce and Chris Knight, as adults, did duke it out in the ring for charity. Danny won. I'm certain this was probably a little nod to that.

[@markkenderdine6975]

I think it was Barry Williams, not Christopher Knight in that match.

[@dannydougin3925]

That was Danny and Donny Osmond you dolt! Do your research.

[@thewvnetwork]

@@dannydougin3925 There was more than one match, nimrod. You might want to take your own advice before starting a war on a two year old comment. Get a life...or at least learn to fact check your own fact checks. ;)

[@elaineasixtoes2305]

That's so stupid bc it's not even the same people

[@tatortot1542]

Where’s the tumble weed?

[@cathyortiz1280]

In real lige6, the brady girls did run up to David Cassidy to ask for his autograph. No contest - The Partidge Family was way more hip & popular than the Brady Bunch!

[@chadk890]

Johnny Bravo says hi

[@billd7197]

the Partridge Family was so much more "realistic" compared to Bradys, I think.

[@EastSide-qc5oy]

Yes after all we all grew up knowing at least one family who was a traveling professional music group. So realistic.

[@billd7197]

@@EastSide-qc5oy yep, PF was based off the Cowsills family singing group. Interesting.

[@EastSide-qc5oy]

@@billd7197 I understand that. And the Brady Bunch was based off developing trends with blended families. I don’t see PF as any more “realistic” than the Brady Bunch though. Both were essentially sitcoms with a touch of fantasy.

[@rr7firefly]

Partridge Family didn't have a daddy. Brady Bunch's father was dancing in gay bars every other night (and there is nothing shameful about that).

[@mrmacfilms1]

Lol!!!!

[@jonathanswift2251]

ho about Far Out Space Nuts crash land on Gilligan's Island?

[@susannecardoza4556]

Where can I watch this? I've never seen it

[@dannydougin3925]

The Brady Bunch shot on Stage 5, not Stage 6 at Paramount. Also there would *not* be fans on the lot for autographs ... the writers of this drivel must be daft! This clip and the accompanying music was stupid.

[@kinglord7707]

Kinda like when The Jacksons meet the Osmonds

[@rr7firefly]

Kinda like when the Cowsills met the dope-smoking hippies on the sidewalks of Haight Ashbury.

[@kinglord7707]

@@rr7firefly LOL great comparison when wholesome rock meet psychodelic rock lol

[@misterhot9163]

Wait, what???? 😮

[@maureenmeagher6415]

When Susan dey hosted SNL they actually made a skit about this

[@harperstacey9604]

Susan dey and David Cassidy had an awkward one night stand. I read about this in David Cassidy's memoirs. From Ms. Harper Stacey.

[@travisjames3517]

None of this was even remotely accurate. None of this happened.

[@anonymoussources8803]

Not the Partridges meet not the Bradys

[@jasonkitching7161]

What's next? "The Partridge Family meet the Transformers?" WTF!!!???

[@rr7firefly]

Maybe "The Partridge Family Adopts Beyonce and Eminem - New Music Extravaganza."

[@lunarwolf8435]

TF this is not even the partridge family ! How dare you disgrace us with this hot trash !

[@hydrolito]

This is obviously not either family.

[@partridgefamilybus2021]

Its a movie ABOUT the Partridge Family and yes some of it was fictionalized.

[@MartyInLa]

Honestly, I kept thinking this was some kind of porn parody without the porn.

[@BrandanTheBroker]

Did this ever really happen?

[@STho205]

No, it was in a docudrama about Bonaduce's years with the PF. Produced around 1999.

[@PatrickHoenig98]

This never actually happened.

[@scottmyers63]

I don't think this will work at all! For obvious reasons!

[@doorswhofan]

This was 1999. The moment had passed.

[@partridgefamilybus2021]

Actually this movie aired right on the heels of the Nick At Nite run, where they reran both the Partridges and the Brady's for several years.

[@mao2233]

Ummm . . . awkward!

[@hydrolito]

Danny Bonaduce did take up celebrate boxing but probably because wanted money and not anything against the others.

[@charleswoodhouse4754]

Probably fiction Shirley Jones and Florence Henderson got into it. Best friends in real life

[@harperstacey9604]

Shirley Jones was offered the Carol Brady role on the Brady bunch but she turned it down. From Ms. Harper Stacey.

[@partridgefamilybus2021]

This part was fiction, but it was after the Nick At Nite run where they had hyped up the Brady's vs the Partridges as if it were a contest so they put it in the film.

[@rubyweymouth6843]

None of them look like any of the actual characters or actors🤨

[@evapelland2464]

No. But thats what makes it funny.

[@barbaraunderwood1762]

Film is fuzzy

[@bentybaroon8938]

Looks great to me. Almost 4K. Check your settings.

[@richardyoung9024]

@@bentybaroon8938 It looks dark to me but then all videos on the internet look dark.

[@partridgefamilybus2021]

It was called VHS, millenial.

[@paulgarcia2180]

Wtf did i just watch?

[@janetlock4906]

What the hell is this ?

[@BelindaWoodson-uc5is]

#Roman's 14:13

[@MeMeDaVinci]

What the hell is this????

[@cynthiarosas8214]

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[@smallfry7743]

This scene is totally fabricated, it's not at all historically accurate... 🙄

[@annecohen8927]

I think, As the family spokesperson of the Partridge family has said, it was just a publicity stunt.

[@bigbubba29]

Yeah, in reality they got along great.

[@Landaux]

Looks like Fake Brady’s

[@stagesixx]

Brady Bunch blows the Partridges out of the water. They actually sing and dance, on stage. Except for David Cassidy, Partridges are a fake act.

[@partridgefamilybus2021]

Not too bright are you.

[@jaengen]

Oh please. The Brady’s stunk up the place with their awful singing. At least the Partridges only let David and Shirley sing, as they actually were very talented singers.

[@wilsonmjw2001]

And Shirley Jones