
A widowed mother and her five kids form a band and make a hit record, then travel around the country in a groovy school bus. The comedy contrasts life on the road with the cozy suburban life they return to after the show is over. There's feel-good music, hapless adults, scheming kids and heartthrob teens thrown in for good measure.

The Partridges and Reuben are held hostage by an escaped convict (Arte Johnson).

Laurie is accused of cheating while covering up for a friend.

A total failure at everything else he's tried, Reuben's nephew Al decides to become a comic.

Shirley tries to reconcile her parents again.