The Partridge Family was my favorite show of the time, although I much prefer the first season because Jeremy Gelbwaks played Chris. He was very cute and charming, and came across as totally unaffected. And he had the biggest, most beautiful blue eyes I've ever seen. Jeremy was also a good actor and delivered his lines well; the pity was they never gave him enough lines. Still, he made the most out of a peripheral role, and he could've blossomed into a vital player in the show if they'd given him the chance. His replacement was came off as stiff, and nothing special, by comparison.
I was very disappointed when season two debuted and no Jeremy. Even though I kept watching, some of the charm was definitely gone. I think the reason given for leaving the show involving his dad's job transfer was simply Screen Gems' cover-story; apparently Jeremy could be difficult on the set. However, I don't believe it was Jeremy's fault -- he had an extremely pushy, obnoxious "stage" mother who was at him constantly, and I think the sometimes sullen or angry behavior was a direct product of this. Darned shame.
I recently purchased the entire first season on dvd, and those episodes were the best of the entire run. Jeremy was particularly adorable in the skunk episode, the Lori's braces episode, during the 2 musical numbers at the end of the pilot episode, and the episode where Danny gets a big head due to a very favorable column written about him -- and the priceless irony is revealed in the "surprise" ending when we find out the columnist simply got the name wrong -- it was Chris who she was talking about! That was one "surprise" ending that didn't surprise me a bit! Danny could be very funny, but Jeremy takes it in the cute department every time!
Yep, Jeremy's number one!
--Mikey
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