Getting Together

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| image = Getting together bobby sherman 1971.JPG

| caption = Bobby Sherman and Diana Ewing (1971).

| alt_name = A Knight in Shining Armor

| genre = Sitcom

| creator = Bernard Slade

| developer = Charles Shyer
Alan Mandel

| writer = Richard Baer
Dick Bensfield

| director = Lou Antonio
Jerry Belson

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| presenter =

| starring = Bobby Sherman
Wes Stern
Jack Burns
Susan Neher
Pat Carroll

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| opentheme =

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| composer = George Duning

| country = United States

| language = English

| num_seasons = 1

| num_episodes = 14

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| executive_producer = Bob Claver

| producer = Paul Junger Witt

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| runtime = 30 minutes

| company = Thornhill Productions
Screen Gems

| channel = ABC

| first_aired = {{start date|1971|09|18}}

| last_aired = {{end date|1972|01|08}}

| related = The Partridge Family

}}

Getting Together is an American musical sitcom that aired on ABC during the 1971–72 U.S. television season. It starred Bobby Sherman and Wes Stern as Bobby Conway and Lionel Poindexter, a songwriting duo.{{cite magazine| last1=Laurent |first1=Lawrence | title=Bobby Sherman Bridges Age Gap |magazine= Tucson Citizen|date=August 13, 1971 | page=27}} The pilot for the series had aired the previous spring as the first-season finale episode of The Partridge Family named "A Knight in Shining Armor", in which Lionel and Bobby were introduced to each other by the Partridges. The unaired version of this episode, entitled "Words And Music", ran 33 minutes, and featured Farrah Fawcett and Pat Boone. The eight extra minutes of footage were filmed on March 15, 1971.

Sherman's and Stern's characters were reportedly based on the real-life songwriting team of Boyce and Hart, who had written hits for the Monkees ("Last Train to Clarksville", "Valleri"), Jay and the Americans ("Come a Little Bit Closer") and others. New music was a staple of the series, provided by much of the same team that had created the Partridge Family music. Most of these songs were from Sherman's album Getting Together, though a few songs were from his other albums (and some songs have never been released).

Cast

Bobby Sherman as Bobby Conway
Wes Stern as Lionel Poindexter
Susan Neher as Jennifer Conway
Jack Burns as Officer Rudy Colcheck
Pat Carroll as Rita Simon

Episodes

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|EpisodeNumber = 1

|Title = Jenny, Jenny

|DirectedBy = Richard Kinon

|WrittenBy = Charles Shyer & Alan Mandel

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1971|9|18}}

|ShortSummary = Bobby is named his sister Jenny's legal guardian, but she runs away when she thinks that her presence is breaking up both his friendship and partnership with Lionel.

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|EpisodeNumber = 2

|Title = Cathy's Clown

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|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1971|9|25}}

|ShortSummary = Bobby decides a new girlfriend would be timely to inspire his lyricist partner to write a better love song.

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|EpisodeNumber = 3

|Title = All Shook Up

|DirectedBy = Lou Antonio

|WrittenBy = Steve Zacharias

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1971|10|2}}

|ShortSummary = Bobby is shaken when he discovers that his younger sister Jenny is going to have her first date.

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|EpisodeNumber = 4

|Title = Where Are You, Little Star?

|DirectedBy = Ralph Senensky

|WrittenBy = Dennis Klein

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1971|10|9}}

|ShortSummary = When Bobby goes to Lionel's high school reunion, he discovers that Lionel has exaggerated the degree of their Hollywood success.

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|EpisodeNumber = 5

|Title = Singing the Blues

|DirectedBy = Jerry Bernstein

|WrittenBy = John D. F. Black

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1971|10|16}}

|ShortSummary = Bobby discovers a 10-year-old potential rock superstar, not realizing the pitfalls that await him.

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|EpisodeNumber = 6

|Title = Why Do Fools Fall in Love?

|DirectedBy = Richard Kinon

|WrittenBy = Richard Bensfield & Perry Grant

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1971|10|23}}

|ShortSummary = Bobby and Lionel try to convince Rita that she does not love a blind date that they have arranged for her.

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|EpisodeNumber = 7

|Title = Beep, Beep

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|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1971|10|30}}

|ShortSummary = Bobby and Lionel have opposite views of an accident they have witnessed and their arguments endanger their songwriting future.

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|EpisodeNumber = 8

|Title = I Want You, I Need You, I Love You

|DirectedBy = Hal Cooper

|WrittenBy = William S. Bickley

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1971|11|13}}

|ShortSummary = Unwittingly, Bobby double-crosses his partner by introducing Sandra to a rock superstar.

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|EpisodeNumber = 9

|Title = Memories Are Made of This

|DirectedBy = Roger Duchowny

|WrittenBy = Jack Winter

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1971|12|4}}

|ShortSummary = Because they need money to rent tuxedos, Bobby and Lionel enroll as human guinea pigs in a strange university experiment.

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|EpisodeNumber = 10

|Title = Those Oldies But Goodies Remind Me of You

|DirectedBy = Ralph Senensky

|WrittenBy = William S. Bickley

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1971|12|11}}

|ShortSummary = Nostalgia causes Bobby to give away his best song to an old rock and roll group (whose only hit was "Teenage Heaven") who are trying to make a comeback.

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|EpisodeNumber = 11

|Title = Blue Christmas

|DirectedBy = Jerry Bernstein

|WrittenBy = Richard Bensfield & Perry Grant

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1971|12|18}}

|ShortSummary = Bobby's plans to give Jenny an old-fashioned Christmas go awry.

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|EpisodeNumber = 12

|Title = The Great Pretender

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|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1971|12|25}}

|ShortSummary = After he meets an encyclopedia salesgirl, Bobby learns he should not have read his horoscope, which predicted he would fall in love.

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|EpisodeNumber = 13

|Title = Breaking Up Is Hard to Do

|DirectedBy = Lou Antonio

|WrittenBy = Richard Baer

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1972|1|1}}

|ShortSummary = Bobby and Lionel break up their songwriting partnership because of a misunderstanding.

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|EpisodeNumber = 14

|Title = Broken-Hearted Melody

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|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1972|1|8}}

|ShortSummary = When Lionel sells Bobby's bed to a pretty photographer, Bobby has to agree to get his hair cut for a commercial in order to get the bed back.

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Reception

Airing in the same time slot as breakout CBS hit All in the Family, the show never gained sufficient ratings and was canceled at midseason after 14 episodes. Though Getting Together is a spin-off of The Partridge Family, the series is not included in the parent show's DVD collections.

References

External links

{{IMDb title|0066661|Getting Together}}

Category:1971 American television series debuts

Category:1972 American television series endings

Category:1970s American musical comedy television series

Category:1970s American sitcoms

Category:American television spinoffs

Category:American English-language television shows

Category:Television series by Sony Pictures Television

Category:Television shows set in California

Category:American Broadcasting Company sitcoms