It started as a back-door pilot at the end of season 1 of The Partridge Family, but ABC had no room for Getting Together in its Friday lineup. Looking back, maybe the show would've succeeded if it did air as part of a block with the Partridges & The Brady Bunch.
It had been a year since Bobby Sherman's last series, Here Come The Brides, which we discussed last time, had ended. Recording for Metromedia Records, Sherman kept busy touring and recording before he was called in for a guest shot on Partridge, in which he & Wes Stern were first partnered as Bobby Conway & Lionel Poindexter, aspiring songwriters, reportedly based on the team of Boyce & Hart, who'd written hits for the Monkees and Jay & The Americans, among others. Coincidentally, Sherman was now with the same studio (Screen Gems) that gave the Monkees their break.
Instead, Getting Together aired on Saturdays, opposite CBS' All In The Family & NBC's Emergency!, ensuring a quick demise. Pat Carroll (ex-Make Room For Daddy) & Jack Burns (ex-The Andy Griffith Show) were part of the supporting cast. Stern hasn't been seen much since the series ended, and Sherman traded his microphone for a gig as a paramedic, something I think he still does today!
Gilmore Box uploaded the open. Sherman sings the theme song.
Rating: None. Never saw the show.
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