Partridge Family 2200 A.D.

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show_name = Partridge Family 2200 A.D.


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genre = Animation
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runtime = 30 minutes
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director = Charles A. Nichols
executive_producer = William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
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voices = Joan Gerber
Danny Bonaduce
Sherry Alberoni
Chuck McLennan
Suzanne Crough
Brian Forster
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country = flagcountry|USA
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language = English
network = CBS
first_aired = September 7, 1974
last_aired = March 8, 1975
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num_episodes = 16
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"Partridge Family 2200 A.D." is an animated television series based on "The Partridge Family".

Production

This version started out as Hanna-Barbera's updated version of "The Jetsons", where Elroy was now a teenager, and Judy now had a steady job as an ace reporter. But CBS discarded the idea, deciding to make an animated edition of "The Partridge Family" instead, which saw the family propelled into the future. The series featured new characters Veenie (Keith's Venusian friend) and Marion (Laurie's Martian friend). Danny had a pet robot dog named Orbit.

Shirley Jones and David Cassidy did not voice their animated counterparts. Susan Dey provided Laurie's voice for only two episodes and was replaced by former "Mouseketeer" Sherry Alberoni. In fact, during a February 2, 2008 New York radio interview with Mark Simone on WABC's Saturday Night Oldies show, Jones had no recollection of any animated version of the series ever being produced.

Sixteen half-hour episodes were produced for "Partridge Family 2200 A.D.", which lasted half a season on CBS Saturday morning (September 7, 1974 - March 8, 1975); in 1977, it was re-titled "The Partridge Family in Outer Space" on the syndicated weekday series "Fred Flintstone and Friends".

In October 2005, 2 restored episodes of "Partridge Family 2200 A.D.", "My Son, The Spaceball Star" and "Car Trouble", were included as bonuses on "The Partridge Family: The Complete First Season" DVD set.

Due to its ties to "The Partridge Family", "Partridge Family 2200 A.D." is one of only two Hanna-Barbera produced series since H-B's 1967 sale to Taft Broadcasting that are owned outright by Sony Pictures Television (whose predecessor, Screen Gems, produced the live-action show); "Jeannie" (an animated spinoff of "I Dream of Jeannie") is the other.

Episodes

:PF-1. Danny, The Invisible Man (prod. #77-2, September 7, 1974):PF-2. If This is Texas - It Must Be Doomsday (#77-4, September 14, 1974):PF-3. The Incredible Shrinking Keith (#77-3, September 21, 1974):PF-4. Cousin Sunspot (#77-5, September 28, 1974):PF-5. The Wax Museum (#77-7, October 5, 1974):PF-6. The Dog Catcher (#77-6, October 12, 1974):PF-7. Cupcake Caper (#77-11, October 19, 1974):PF-8. Laurie's Computer Date (#77-8, October 26, 1974):PF-9. Movie Madness (#77-9, November 2, 1974):PF-10. The Pink Letter (#77-10, November 9, 1974):PF-11. Orbit the Genius (#77-12, November 16, 1974):PF-12. The Switch (#77-13, November 23, 1974):PF-13. My Son, The Spaceball Star (#77-1, November 30, 1974):PF-14. Car Trouble (#77-14, December 7, 1974):PF-15. The Roobits (#77-15, December 14, 1974):PF-16. Let's All Stick Together (#77-16, December 21, 1974)

Voices

*Joan Gerber - Shirley Partridge
*Susan Dey/Sherry Alberoni - Laurie Partridge
*Danny Bonaduce - Danny Partridge
*Suzanne Crough - Tracy Partridge
*Brian Forster - Chris Partridge
*Chuck McLenan - Keith Partridge
*John Stephenson - Reuben Kinkaid

See also

*List of Animated Spinoffs from Prime Time Shows

External links

*imdb title|0071030
* [http://www.bcdb.com/cartoons/Hanna-Barbera_Studios/P-R/Partridge_Family__2200_A_D_/index.html "Partridge Family: 2200 A.D." @ The Big Cartoon DataBase]
* [http://www.cmongethappy.com/2200/newpf2200.html "Partridge Family 2200 A.D."]