I loved "The Partridge Family" when I was a kid. There was nothing more thrilling than clicking through the four channels we had back then, stumbling upon those adorable chicks strutting through the opening credits, and settling back for 30 minutes of catchy tunes and the mildest teen angst ever to be broadcast on network TV.
Now, a re-make of "The Partridge Family" is in the works, and you gotta love the concept as articulated by the writer, Jeff Rake, who found the original premise - that the kids convinced their mom to organize the band - unrealistic: "The new version will reflect what seems to me to be the more realistic family band scenario these days: a struggling, sort of well-meaning mom pimping her kids in order to create a wholesome-slash-sexy cash cow."
Pimping her kids, hmm? Shirley Jones must be so proud.
