Shirley Jones - The Partridge Family's singing mom is also a Broadway star and an Oscar(R) winner. Guests include both her real and TV families.
This product is manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.This is Your Life 70's Music Icons-Richard & Karen Carpenter and Shirley Jones I remember watching this episode on TV when it first aired. Then when it was broadcast as a rerun, I pulled out my portable cassette recorder, set it up in front of the TV speaker and told my family to be very quiet while I taped the audio portion of the show. (VCRs and DVRs were not even a spark in the eyes of anyone at this point in time.) I listened to my recording of the show countless times as a teenager. When I saw that this episode was available to purchase, I had to buy it. It was so nice to put the visual images back with the audio that I remember so well. About 2/3 of the way into the show, Karen and Richard's parents come on stage. It was rather poignant looking at the four of them and realizing that Richard is the only one still alive. A joyful aspect of viewing this episode is being able to share in Karen and Richard's honest surprise at being honored with this production/reunion at such a young stage in their career. Possibly only a die-hard lifelong "Carpenters" fan will fully appreciate this piece of Carpenters nostalgia. But if that is you, I would highly recommend it. I rate the Carpenters portion of this DVD as 5+, but I am disappointed in the packaging. While I am very familiar, appreciate and respect what Shirley Jones has brought to stage and screen both musically and dramatically, I wanted to purchase only the Carpenters episode of the series. It would be nice if the episodes were available for individual purchase.
