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Pavan
05-06-2004, 12:30 PM
With two long-running series ending this month, NBC's "Today" will take a look back and reunite with the casts of six series that changed the landscape of television; The Partridge Family, M*A*S*H, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Taxi, Laverne and Shirley and Gilligan's Island. The series will also include a special visit with the cast of Frasier when they come down to the plaza on the day of the show's final episode.
The week-long series will take viewers on a stroll down memory lane for each of these shows, with interviews with several of its cast members.

The following is the schedule:

Monday, May 10: The cast of "The Partridge Family" -- On the heels of the announcement of the big screen movie coming soon from Paramount. The creator of the original show, Bernie Slade will executive prodice the movie as well. Katie Couric interviews.
Tuesday, May 11: The cast of "M*A*S*H*" -- Alan Alda, Jamie Farr, Mike Farrell, Gary Burghoff, William Christopher, Larry Gelbart and Loretta Swit. Matt Lauer interviews.
Wednesday, May 12: The cast of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" Ann Curry interviews.
Thursday, May 13: The cast of "Frasier" say goodbye -- Kesley Grammer, Peri Gilpin, David Hyde Pierce and Jane Leeves.
Friday, May 14: The cast of "Taxi" Al Roker interviews.
Saturday, May 15: The cast of "Laverne and Shirley" Campbell Brown interviews.
Sunday, May 16: The cast of "Gilligan's Island" Lester Holt interviews.

"Today" airs Monday-Friday, 7-10 a.m. "Today" Weekend Edition airs 7-9am ET on Saturday and 8-9am ET on Sunday.

Lamont Holmes
05-06-2004, 03:00 PM
I've seen "The Partridge Family" cast on "Today",and I can't wait to see "The Partridge Family Movie" coming this year.

Shirley Jones,Danny Bonaduce,Brian Forster,Suzanne Crough,Dave Madden and David Madden was there. Too bad David Cassidy and Susan Dey didn't show up for the TV reunion.
Bernard Slade(The creator of the series) was there too.
Now,if only Jeremy Gelbwaks and Ricky Segall came along,then the Partridges could do like the Brady Bunch did: be on "The Weakest Link",or how about a "Partridge Family" version of "Survivor". I would like that!

Lamont Holmes
05-10-2004, 11:39 AM
I watched "Today" this morning,and it had the cast of "The Partridge Family" on it. There was Shirley Jones(Shirley Partridge),
David Cassidy(Keith Partridge),Danny Bonaduce(Danny Partridge),
Brian Forster(Christopher Partridge #2) and Suzanne Crough(Tracy Partridge). Although Susan Dey (Laurie Partridge) couldn't make it,they showed a clip of the pilot with the family singing "Let The Good Times In" with a "Susan Dey-like stand-in". Dave Madden(Reuben Kincaid),Jeremy Gelbwaks(Christopher Partridge #1),and Ricky Segall(Ricky Stevens) also did not join the cast reunion,but it was "The Partridge Family" even with their school bus in the background(which in fact wasn't the real one. The original was a 1957 Chevy bus which was last seen at a resturaunt and was destroyed). The Partridge Family is one family I wished I lived with in the 1970's.