Rebooting this topic which got Zilch reaction last time around! Maybe this time...After all 5 years later this rebooting thing is still going on.
My latest contribution
The Partridge Family.
Still set in the early 70's, now with a more dramatic slant with comedic elements.
Shirly Partridge is still a single mom, struggling from paycheck to paycheck. Not a widow this time, but her deadbeat husband abandoned the family years ago.
Son Keith is all into music, which Shirley encourages as that seems to be the only spark in the family that looks destined for low paying jobs and working poverty. But Shirley is hesitant as her dreams of being a singer amounted to nothing more than warbling in cheap clubs for unappreciative crowds.
Daughter Laurie is already seeing her looks as her currency and dating unsuitable boys. Meanwhile 12 year old Danny is too streetwise for his age and could be headed on a dangerous path.
Shirly agrees to sing on a demo and through a bit of scheming from Danny, Keith and Laurie, it comes to the attention of Reuben Kincaid a music rep also trying to break through. He lands them a deal.
Reuben is attracted to Shirley and vice versa but Laurie also has her eyes on the guy.
Reuben's deal is not too sound but the record takes off and the group is on it's way.
Episodes deal with the family being plunged out of their depth trying to deal with success, the Partridge father returning trying to get a piece of the action, Rueben getting involved with shady characters, the kids dealing with sex, drugs and rock n roll etc.
So c'mon get happy and get those reboots happening!
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Paul Raven ·
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