Danny Bonaduce: Partridge Family Secrets, Wild Hollywood Stories & David Cassidy...

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...Memories!

From The Partridge Family bus rides with David Cassidy 🚍🎶 to wild Hollywood moments Danny Bonaduce talks with John Cato, in an interview that is a rollercoaster of laughter, heart, and jaw-dropping stories.

⭐ Highlights include:

• Driving the iconic Partridge Family bus into Hollywood 🚍
  
• Favorite episodes & pranks with Susan Dey 🎬
  
• David Cassidy’s fame, the touring life & wild fan encounters 🎤
  
• Dave Madden as a second father ❤️
  
• Danny’s painful childhood & how it shaped him 💔
  
• Guest stars: Richard Pryor, Farrah Fawcett, Jodie Foster, Elizabeth Montgomery & more 🌟
  
• Hilarious Elvis story (with women’s legs on his dressing handles!) 👑
  
• Losing his childhood earnings all in Vegas & living homeless by Grauman’s Chinese Theater 🎲
  
• Working with stars like Mark Hamill, Dick Clark, and Erik Estrada 💫
  
• Shocking autograph requests—from Frank Sinatra & even Richard Nixon ✍️
  
• How Danny found love, family, and resilience after a wild Hollywood ride ❤️

This is Danny Bonaduce like you’ve never seen him before—honest, emotional, outrageous, and unforgettable.

Hosted by John Cato, actor, voiceover artist, and moderator for over 20 years for the television and movie industry. John's background brings a unique insight and passion to the podcast.

• 00:00 Introduction
• 00:00:43 Danny talks about driving The Partridge Family bus with David Cassidy into Hollywood
• 00:02:26 Danny talks about his favorite Partridge Family episodes
• 00:03:53 Danny talks about a typical day for him on The Partridge Family set
• 00:04:53 Danny tells stories about Dave Madden being like a second father to him
• 00:08:55 Danny talks about the abuse he dealt with from his father and its effect on the cast
• 00:10:20 Danny talks about Jack Cassidy and Shirley Jones
• 00:11:20 Danny on his relationship with David Cassidy
• 00:12:25 Danny on getting an opportunity to be a DJ from touring with David Cassidy
• 00:14:50 Danny on learning to play the guitar and the Bonaduce Brothers
• 00:16:10 Danny on the crazy moments with women and David Cassidy
• 00:19:22 Danny talks about Susan Dey
• 00:20:23 Danny talks about Susan Dey pranking him on The Partridge Family
• 00:22:10 Danny talks about losing his virginity to a David Cassidy fan off set
• 00:23:10 Danny talks about not singing and the crazy schedule of David Cassidy
• 00:23:52 Danny on the cruise the Partridge Family took vs. the Brady Bunch trip to Hawaii
• 00:24:10 Dickie Roberts and Leif Garrett, Butch Patrick, Barry Williams and Corey Feldman
• 00:27:40 Danny talks about his kids
• 00:28:51 Danny on the last time he saw David Cassidy and his death and his memorial
• 00:31:06 Danny on his favorite guest stars, Richard Pryor, Lou Gossett Jr., Farrah Fawcett
• 00:32:30 Danny on Jodie Foster
• 00:33:20 Danny on what shows were shooting on the studio lot/story about being bit twice by a chimpanzee
• 00:35:02 Danny on working with Elizabeth Montgomery on Bewitched
• 00:35:46 Danny tells a hysterical story about Elvis and his dressing having women's legs for handles
• 00:40:10 Danny on his weight pressure
• 00:41:40 Danny blows his earnings at age 18 in Las Vegas
• 00:42:12 Danny on being homeless by Grauman's Chinese Theater
• 00:44:38 Danny on working on CHIPS with his nunchucks
• 00:46:24 Erik Estrada comedy routine making his hair move like a wig
• 00:47:50 Danny tells a fun James Woods story
• 00:48:44 Danny talks about working with Mark Hamill after his car accident "Corvette Summer"
• 00:50:10 Married with Children with Gary Coleman
• 00:51:22 Danny talks about Dick Clark and knowing him his whole life
• 00:52:10 Danny tells a story about pranking Dick Clark with Mario Lopez
• 00:54:15 Danny on the bizarre moments from his talk show "Danny"
• 00:56:40 Danny on being on Oprah when he was homeless
• 00:58:35 Danny on his limited relationship with the other kids from the Partridge Family - Jeremy Gelbwaks, Susan Crowe and Brian Forster
• 01:00:10 Danny on the Partridge Family/My Three Sons special/John Travolta
• 01:01:26 Danny on recording his album as a child actor
• 01:03:50 Danny on being at Shirley Jones house as a kid
• 01:04:59 Danny on being in a fistfight and being on the Drew Carey Show
• 01:05:56 Danny on being contacted to be on CSI
• 01:07:38 Danny talks about living on a leaky boat
• 01:08:55 Danny tells the story of having Frank Sinatra and Richard Nixon ask for his autograph
• 01:09:45 Danny on his book and how he met his wife, Amy
• 01:12:05 Danny on finding out he is dyslexic on the set of The Partridge Family
• 01:13:18 Danny on the support of his mom and going to auditions as a kid
• 01:14:50 Danny on falling from a unicycle and his brain surgery