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Cassidy played the oldest son and lead singer on the early 70's hit show. He was also one of the original TV teen heart throbs, along with Ricky Nelson and Bobby Goldsboro. He was fairly well connected too. Shirley Jones who played his mom on the show was also his step mother in real life. She was married to Dave's dad - star of stage screen and TV Jack Cassidy. His mother is Evelyn Ward. Since both parents were performers they toured constantly. So Dave was raised by his grandmother in New Jersey. His relationship to his parents can't be called close - they were divorced for 2 years before David found out!
Life was to improve when David entered the family business. As Keith Partridge he became one of the most popular TV performers in the 1970's. That's the show that also gave us Danny B and Susan Dey. After the show went off of the air Cassidy's career moved into low gear. He did some live Vegas style performances. He also briefly volunteered to be former co star Danny Bonaduce's sobriety coach. Neither of these projects blossomed into long term career options.
David got by. He continued to perform. He wrote an autobiography. He married a slew of attractive woman and fathered several children. He continued to speak fondly of co star Susan Dey, whom he said had a massive crush on him but wasn't slutty enough for his tastes. Not surprisingly communications between the former co stars broke down - "on her end not mine" Cassidy reports. Oh yeah, and he also recently got busted for DUI!
David was careening around the Florida turnpike in his White Mercedes Wednesday even - and by careening I meant hat he was all over the road - when some friendly officers pulled him over and inquired into his condition. Since Dave had a little trouble standing up without swaying from side to side, the officers administered field sobriety tests. That lead to Keith Partridge being hauled off to the can! It also lead to the latest celebrity mug shot!
Dave registered a 1.41 on the breathalyzer (having once blown a 1.55 I can tell you that's a lot of drinking! Now that's a story, but since I'm not a celebrity it gets to stay secret.). DAve copped to a drink at diner, plus he said he popped a hydrocodone - which might have made him seem moer drunk than he was. The officers found a half empty bottle of Labrot Graham Woodford Reserve Kentucky Bourbon in the back seat, and that made them suspect that Cassidy was way more drunk than he was willing to let on. So that meant that Dave had to spend some time on their company. Up until 3 AM when he was released on $350 bail, that is.Not surprisingly Dave takes issue with the official story. Well his PR rep Jo-Ann Geffen is. According to her his side is that Dave was not drunk. For one thing Dave, via his mouthpiece, claims that officers screwed up the breathalyzer - so the results are not valid. At least he didn't claim that Mark Furhman was administering the test (though Fuhrman might well have been. I can't imagine that his career went anywhere but down after his own brush with fame). Dave also insists that he wasn't 100% that day. he'd attended a funeral that morning. So the poor fellow was worn out. Now he does cop to taking a glass of wine, and the hydrocodone. His back was out (that excuse again) and he needed to do something about the pain. However he was not swinging down bourbon behind the wheel like some good ole boy on his way to a NASCAR day at the races. Dave insists that he would never endanger fellow motorists in that way! The up shot of that is that at least he knows why what he allegedly did was wrong - which puts him light years ahead of your average celebrity offended (Nick Hogan for instance). That's good, since it means the situation isn't serious enough for a Partridge Family Celebrity Rehab Reunion!
Tom Cruise & the Legion of Superheroes!
IN other news: last night's election results may have shaken many Americans - the ones @ MSNBC anyway (Hang in there Contessa Brewer), but never fear. Help is open the way because Tom Cruise has a plan. The former A List actor recently announced that he is going to end the war on terror by converting Al Qaidaist from backward Islam to enlightened Scientology. Once the auditing kicks in then they're bound to see the error of their ways, and understand that the real enemy isn't Wall Street Bankers, British Petroleum (they're part of the Illuminati!), or the Rove-Cheney Gang; but Xenu and the minions of darkness! Here's apicture of Tom cavorting with a cause!
You have to admire Tom's attempt to find a peaceful resolution to this difficult situation. Hopefully, with greater awareness, differences can be worked out, and an optimal resolution reached. If not, Tom has a Plan B - and that involves ass whipping Mission Impossible style. To that end he has Jessica Alba on stand by and in a cat suit!
Jessica normally doesn't prowl the streets of LA dressed like Catwoman, but Tom has her on speed dial and the call could come at any moment. So she has to be ready to swing into action at a moment's notice. It's reassuring to know that we can rest securely since celebrities are on the job. I just hope that Tom and Jessica haven't hired Keith Partridge as their wheel man in this caper!
