A Knight In Shining Armor

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The last episode from The Partridge Family Season 1. First aired on March 19, 1971, and the script was written by the TPF's creator, Bernard Slade, and there is a reason I write who wrote a script for that episode.

Bernard Slade (May 2, 1930 - October 30, 2019 (yes, already 3 years have passed), was born in Canada, but his parents were English, and they returned to their native country in 1935. Bernard spent World War II as a child evacuee, moving constantly and attending 13 schools in 7 years.

He returned to Canada when he was 18, and  struggled to make a living as an actor, a theatre producer and playwright. So he had to took odd jobs to make ends meet, like..handing out leaflets on the streets of Toronto dressed as..a knight in a full suit of armor..

From that episode, 'Stephanie', wrote by Richard Klein, John Henning and David Price. And sang by two teen idols, Bobby Sherman and David Cassidy..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcvR80bRJhE

So yesterday I was writing a synopsis of that episode, just 6 left to finish our project, and I took some screen shots, and published 5 or 6 on my FB page. It's amazing to observe how the TPF's producers were trying during that first season to find the perfect Keith's image. David, as Keith, looks different in each episode. They experimented with his hair and the classic Keith/David hair developed in the Season 2.

My FB friend, Wanda has written that a lot of guys wore such clothes like DC in 'A Knight In Shining Armor'. And she is absolutely right, I remember such boys from school. We had even one in our class, he wore such shirts (also pink) and those tank top sweater vests, very pretty boy, blue eyes, long, blond hair, but he was very conceited and unkind, and he never talked with me during those 4 years at school..Maybe once. It remains me that girl who attended with Keith history class in the episode from Season 4,  'Keith and Lauriebelle'.

 Maybe a song from it. 'How Long Is Too Long'... David's hair..never too long..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90CTvqDBgNQ


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