Partridge Family, The - Official Announcement includes Cost, Menu Shots, Bonus Cartoon Episodes & a Free CD!
Posted by David Lambert
2/21/2005


Wow! Just yesterday we were showing off the cover art for The Partridge Family - The Complete 1st Season (thanks to Billboard Magazine and the help of Scott Awley at CmonGetHappy.com). There we went over some of the other info we previously knew about the show: special features consistiing of a behind-the-scenes documentary and a music documentary, May 3rd release date, and 25 episodes on a 3-DVD set.

This morning Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has officially announced the release, and we have several new surprises from that! The announcement did *not* include the cover art that we showed you yesterday, or any other cover in its place; that may come later (and if it changes we'll certainly let you know). However, Sony did provide menu shots of all three DVDs, which we've included at the bottom of this story (along with the same pic of the box from yesterday).

Looking at the menus, we see that you can play all episodes, choose a specific episode, or use the "Jump To The Musical Performances" feature to get right into the songs if you want to. Addtionally, the first disc also has the special features we talked about, plus the inevitable "previews".

The 2nd and 3rd discs have some different extras: each one contains a bonus cartoon episode of the animated spin-off, The Partridge Family, 2200 A.D.. This Hanna-Barbera creation (originally planned as a new Jetsons cartoon, believe it or not!) was also known as The Partridge Family In Outer Space, and featured the voices of many of the live-action cast: Susan Dey, Danny Bonaduce, Dave Madden, Suzanne Crough, and Brian Forster. Two episodes of the 'toon are present: "Car Trouble" and "My Son the Spaceball Star". Very nice.

But the cool stuff doesn't end there, because Sony is also including a "CD Premium" with this set. Sony didn't go into any details with the initial early-Monday announcement, but we can probably presume that it's full of songs and music from The Partridge Family show. If we find out differently, we'll certainly let you know.

Running time is 655 minutes, and the list price is a low low $29.95 for all three DVDs and the CD Premium. The release date is exactly what we said it would be, May 3rd. Here are those menu shots, and the box art we already had is below it. Stay tuned for updates.
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Partridge Family, The - Official Announcement includes Cost, Menu Shots, Bonus Cartoon Episodes & a Free CD!
Posted by David Lambert
2/21/2005


Wow! Just yesterday we were showing off the cover art for The Partridge Family - The Complete 1st Season (thanks to Billboard Magazine and the help of Scott Awley at CmonGetHappy.com). There we went over some of the other info we previously knew about the show: special features consistiing of a behind-the-scenes documentary and a music documentary, May 3rd release date, and 25 episodes on a 3-DVD set.

This morning Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has officially announced the release, and we have several new surprises from that! The announcement did *not* include the cover art that we showed you yesterday, or any other cover in its place; that may come later (and if it changes we'll certainly let you know). However, Sony did provide menu shots of all three DVDs, which we've included at the bottom of this story (along with the same pic of the box from yesterday).

Looking at the menus, we see that you can play all episodes, choose a specific episode, or use the "Jump To The Musical Performances" feature to get right into the songs if you want to. Addtionally, the first disc also has the special features we talked about, plus the inevitable "previews".

The 2nd and 3rd discs have some different extras: each one contains a bonus cartoon episode of the animated spin-off, The Partridge Family, 2200 A.D.. This Hanna-Barbera creation (originally planned as a new Jetsons cartoon, believe it or not!) was also known as The Partridge Family In Outer Space, and featured the voices of many of the live-action cast: Susan Dey, Danny Bonaduce, Dave Madden, Suzanne Crough, and Brian Forster. Two episodes of the 'toon are present: "Car Trouble" and "My Son the Spaceball Star". Very nice.

But the cool stuff doesn't end there, because Sony is also including a "CD Premium" with this set. Sony didn't go into any details with the initial early-Monday announcement, but we can probably presume that it's full of songs and music from The Partridge Family show. If we find out differently, we'll certainly let you know.

Running time is 655 minutes, and the list price is a low low $29.95 for all three DVDs and the CD Premium. The release date is exactly what we said it would be, May 3rd. Here are those menu shots, and the box art we already had is below it. Stay tuned for updates.
http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=2955