In 68 I was 8 years old and absolutely fell in love with Susan Cowsill and 55 years later I can still see why and I guess I will till the day I die.

From Australia,I was obsessed with the Cowsills,had all their records...very special&I had the hugest girl crush on Susan,Barry was also very cute,we are were blessed to have that musical family,share their wonderful gifts.

I Love this Television Special. It's magical even now...I wonder if they knew how it would stand up to the test of time. I've watched a few times. It's a Wonderful time capsule...Never gets old!

Bud was probably three sheets to the wind here. So the producer thought it a good thing to include him onstage with a pot of Coffee.

Back when the Cowsills were popping out the hit songs, I confess my world was The Beatles so I never really followed the Cowsills except for loving what I heard on the radio. Now, I have recently rediscovered The Cowsills through KZread videos of old shows like this and interviews, and through their current music, interviews, videos, and even John playing for The Beach Boys! I never realized just how talented they all were...and are. Is it too late to have a crush on John, he's only two years older than me? 😊

@aarone9000

8 ай бұрын

You never know what you have until it's gone!

@jlbaker2000

8 ай бұрын

She had to be abused by that husband. He tormented the kids.

Oh my gosh! The Cowsills are still around! I just loved them back in the 60’s when I was a teenager. I got to attend a live concert and had front row seats! It is very exciting to have them take part in the Mr. Rogers tribute.

@mariainilzalopes2095

2 жыл бұрын

🤔 And...The Patridge Familly ?

Me encantaban y encantan The Cowsills, me recuerdan mis días de Lola, dónde parece que todo era más bonito, más brillante, más alegre🎤💃🎶🕺🎵

I love this…great memories. Buddy is the best, a great guy. Fabulous music!!!!

¡¡¡Bravo!!! ¡Hermoso! ¡Beautiful! ¡Wonderful! ¡Los adoro! 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

Totally can see how the Partridge Family Show was modeled after them.

I love The Cowsills then and now and listened to them in the 60s ! Im 3 years older than Susan . She has a very pretty voice I hear on all their videos then and more now !

5:50 "Here's Bud, the alcoholic father of this bunch. Thanks for the cup of Everclear, Bud! Isn't it time to beat the kids?"

@markoliver630

Жыл бұрын

Nothing funny about it

@daisydukes8252

3 ай бұрын

@@markoliver630I don’t think it was meant to be funny.

@AdullFiddler-ez7tm

2 ай бұрын

Let it go, a-hole.

@tullibee

14 күн бұрын

They are still performing in spite of these problems.

The real Partridge Family

Their father "Bud" put the torpedo on their career with his antics. What a shame that he destroyed their careers. But they still got "it".

I watched a documentary on Showtime about the Cowsill's that painted a darker picture of this family,each one of the kids told about how thier father was abusive and ruined them after taking over as manager and even went on to tell about what they thought were millions of dollars made that they never saw one cent of and have no idea where it went,it was just sad what these kids went through you would just have to watch it and see it for yourself,and they aren't the only child stars who endured that kind of stuff the Jackson's went through the same thing as I'm sure many others have they appear on these tv specials and look all happy but we have no clue as to what thier lives are like behind the scenes.

@CatMom17

3 жыл бұрын

That was Family Band, and incredibly sad. I barely recognized Billy, and it was so sad when they found out Billy passed away just as they were having Barry's service.

@silverwood6705

3 жыл бұрын

Very sad to hear that, I love this group...

@TELEVISIONARCHIVES

3 жыл бұрын

But if not for the father, they never would have never become famous.

@jonthomas8569

2 жыл бұрын

@@TELEVISIONARCHIVES Sure, but in exchange for abuse and molestation? I think I'd choose obscurity instead.

@Ridersonthestorm8899

2 жыл бұрын

@@jonthomas8569 Well said Jon

I remember seeing this when it first aired on TV….. ♥️

I remember watching this when it aired on TV. My family was always looking forward to the next time they would be on.

@pamelabretschneider3780

Жыл бұрын

Ohhhhhhhhh, my stars! I saw it, too…. Loved it! I had the BIGGEST crush on John…. ♥️

@RevLeigh55

Жыл бұрын

@@pamelabretschneider3780ohn was my favorite too. Still a handsome guy at age 67.

@brendaamata9233

5 ай бұрын

First time I saw this

I remember when thisfirst aired. My brother was crazy for this group.

Barry Cowsill was tragically killed in Hurricane Katrina. The Cowsills were the inspiration for another TV family, The Partridge Family. The Cowsills also sang the theme song for the very popular show “Love American Style”.

@ApartmentKing66

Жыл бұрын

You're just now discovering all this, are you?

@rah62

Жыл бұрын

@@ApartmentKing66 Your snark was uncalled for, dear.

@Sammysan123

Жыл бұрын

I just looked that up after seeing your comment- and for some weird reason the singers behind the Partridge Family 'singing' did the theme after the first season. 🤨

@user-tp6fo7im3d

9 ай бұрын

@@Sammysan123 Yes. The Charles Fox Singers. A much superior version.

Wow I loved the cowsils!!! Susan could rock out!!!

@douglasknoll3500

Жыл бұрын

She, SUSAN, IS a Living DOLL ! ALL thru out her life !!

The only mistakes these guys made was having that serial killer for a father and Ding Bat for a mother.

One of their best songs opens the show! And how cute was( is) John?

They were so talented. It's a shame their dad was such a nightmare. Besides the mental and physical abuse, apparently he lashed out at the producers of the Ed Sullivan show after their first appearance. The rest of their appearances on the show were cancelled after that.

@janetskene3413

Жыл бұрын

So incredibly tragic

@jlbaker2000

8 ай бұрын

The dad told off a relative of Ed Sullivan's, so they were out after one more performance.

Que chique, a menininha Susan é a melhor cantora de todos eles, thanxs from Brazil!

Check out the dance moves from Susan!

And poor Richard was cruelly left out.

@danbernethy494

2 жыл бұрын

He got into fist fight with his father and his father kicked him out of the group.

@millenniumman75

2 жыл бұрын

@@danbernethy494 That was Bill. Richard was never allowed to be in the band.

@RevLeigh55

Жыл бұрын

Richard was shipped off to serve two tours in Vietnam and came back a broken man. They had four draft-age sons in 1968. Richard seems to have been the sacrificial lamb.

I am familiar with some of the Cowsills' songs, but honestly never really took notice of this 'family' unit until recently, thanks to KZread. However, I am old enough that I should have known more of this family group; that I was born in '67. While I do not know this at a fact, but it would seem that the Partridge Family show was modeled in part from the Cowsills... I could be wrong, but that's my guess.

@thaismatsumoto

7 ай бұрын

It was. They were supposed to star in it until They actually met the producers, who realised that some of them probably couldn't act. And when the mother was replaced by Shirley Jones, the father vetoed the whole idea,even though their mother suffered from severe stage fright and didn't want to be there.

I think my brothers turned the Chanel when they came on!LOL! I sure would have watched them!! our dresses were so short back then!! you could see our underwear!!

The Patridge Family - Aqui no BRASIL ; A Família Do Ré Mi . Foi inspirada em The Cowsills

The Cowsills (actual musicians) were originally slated to be TVs “The Partridge Family” (not actual musicians.) Some Hollywood producer wanted Jack Cassidy’s Son (David) and the others. His excuse was the Cowsills “had bad teeth!”

@daisydukes8252

3 ай бұрын

I read that the Cowsill mother was not wanted because she was too nervous and did not like performing. I guess they wanted a different mom and the kids said no. I didn’t see anything wrong with the kid’s teeth so maybe that story about the mom was true. She didn’t look too comfortable onstage to me.

@victoryak86

2 ай бұрын

The idea that a family who sings like the Cowsills would necessarily be able to act well enough to do a tv show seems ridiculous. Oh wait, I just remembered about thirty “family shows” in which the actors also can’t act.

I grew up in New England, Rhode Island was on the radar always. Cowsills were home turf. They were a part of a New Englanders kids growing up.

Amazing and unforgettable just like our one and only beloved "flower girl". With the Beverly Hills and "wild frontier" experienced host. Stay safe everyone!

The greatest band

I see that their abusive father was included...

The song reminds a little to Getting together from Tommy James and the Shondels.

Barbara Cowsill is one of the most beautiful women I have ever seen.

@rascal211

Жыл бұрын

Are you serious?

@somuchtruth2306

7 ай бұрын

@@rascal211I agree. She was a real dry and frumpy looking middle aged lady. And the enabler of her sadistic and sex crazed husband!

@curtc2194

4 ай бұрын

Can't be serious...homely with those skinny legs

The usual cornball 60's tv show. But it was all so good!

It was said that they were not chosen for the Partridge Family because they couldn't act, but they seem to be doing pretty good here!

@RevLeigh55

Жыл бұрын

The network wanted the kids but not the Mom. They wanted a professional actress/singer for the that role. Bud Cowsill turned it down. He was always killing the goose that laid the golden egg.

@markoliver630

Жыл бұрын

As if the Partridge Family were great actors !

@rascal211

Жыл бұрын

They wanted Shirley Jones as the Mom for the show so they said we have a Mom and they refused the part.

Their father was a real piece of work.

Very interesting how all the boys look like clones of Mom, and the girl looks just like Dad.

that first song is so groovy. the whole family is underrated

@laurenmontera9516

4 жыл бұрын

Only because someone invented the Partridge Family based on them. They would've been in it too if their crazy (to say the least) father said, "No".

@vagnerfonseca2354

3 жыл бұрын

Pena que três deles já se foram, a mãe é mais dois irmãos, essa época era uma época de muita inocência, amor r bastante carinho. Eu era garoto de 10 anos de idade nessa época mais me.lembro muito bem, as nossas rádios Am na época tocavam a maioria das músicas internacionais e The Cowsills tocavam nas rádios nessa época. As músicas antigamente era as melhores hoje infelizmente não existe mais qualidade musical nenhuma, figo há do no Brasil. Nos daqui do Brasil nessa época as nossas músicas eram também boas só que a maioria das rádios tinham em suas programações 95% das músicas para executar e elas eram músicas internacionais e não brasileira, mais mesmo assim foi uma época de quem viveu com certeza sabe que estou falando mentira.

@CatMom17

3 жыл бұрын

The reason they didn't do Te Partridge Family as because the producers wanted Shirley Jones to play Barbara. The kids said no dice! It's our mom or none of us !

@douglasknoll3500

Жыл бұрын

......AND Thus...."the Rain, the Park and other Things"......!

ABC should have given them that Partridge Family gig.

I need my dose of the ghost and Mrs M

Bud, was a violent drunk, Barbara didn't have a back bone against Bud, and the children suffered.....

Which executive thought ... "You know who would make this show perfect? Jed Clampett to narrate."

@TELEVISIONARCHIVES

3 жыл бұрын

Actually, it was Buddy who asked to host it. He was a fan

@patuberTV

3 жыл бұрын

@@TELEVISIONARCHIVES Apparently there no network executives in those days.

@TELEVISIONARCHIVES

3 жыл бұрын

@@patuberTVThey always had network executives

@patuberTV

3 жыл бұрын

@@TELEVISIONARCHIVES I did not know that! Being ironic never works in print. Cheers.

@dbrown6941

2 жыл бұрын

Ebsen was a hugely popular celeb at the time. Much like a Tom Hanks today. There was a lot more to Buddy Ebsen than just Jed Clampett.

Wow their father Bud looked just like Bud! And turns out that father was an alcoholic abuser behind the scenes who lost their money. Wow one never knows!

@martinkurtz9269

Жыл бұрын

And you think of Col. Tom Parker and how he was with Elvis.

Was it Bill who preferred two tours in Vietnam to enduring his father? The Cowsills were badly underrated at the time!

Did Buddy say "If you can't BEAT them"?

@apexjoe4769

2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@vilstef6988

Жыл бұрын

Father Bud beat the crap out of them all if just one of them gave him the fisheye. He was a complete POS!

You always get the sense the mom was compelled to join the group against her will just so they could have a schtick... she looks so uncomfortable in each of their performances

@Keesh.1154

3 жыл бұрын

That what I was saying she be standing there like she's not really into it. 🤷🏿‍♀️

@jerrybrownell3633

3 жыл бұрын

@@Keesh.1154 - But the lady could sing.

@Keesh.1154

3 жыл бұрын

@@jerrybrownell3633 I know that never said she couldn't sing. Just doesn't look like she wasn't happy being stage

@kimworkman2425

3 жыл бұрын

Their mom had bad stage fright

@luissalas-tull2038

2 жыл бұрын

@@Keesh.1154 she had stage fright

I like to know more songs from them cause I only knew thee actually.

That father looks like a real horror. He even acted like an arrogant SOB in his few onscreen appearances.

If you can't like The Cowsills there is something seriously wrong with you.

My name is Danny you are great I remember I seed your on family than

Family dysfunction messed everything up with their crazy father.

How tragically ironic at 5:50, Ebsen gave that speech about their "father" Bud, when he was directly responsible for their break-up in '72, and the tragedy the family endured later.

So weird that Bud never let Richard be part of the group during its heyday.

That family was abused by the father... Susan was sent to live with her oldest brother because the father would get drunk & molest her .. How they became so successful with such an abusive home life is baffeling.. All that abuse took its toll just the same... The oldest was a heroin addict for yrs until his death during a hurricane in N.O. The others struggled with failed marriages & addictions as well , but eventually pulled it together & reformed the band , minus a few members ... I saw them perform a few yrs ago & I was blown away at just how great they sound... I guess its a story of tragedy mixed with great success....

I love how certain topics were big in the sixties but never again. Like when Buddy Ebsen mentions "the generation gap". That exists in every era (I'm confused by Taylor Swift's popularity) but was only really a big deal in the sixties because it was much starker and you had the war and hair styles blah blah blah. It sounds quaint now.

I love watching Susan dance

@douglasknoll3500

Жыл бұрын

ADORABLE !

They do a lot of ‘Oliver’ songs

I love The Cowsills. But couldn't better songs have been selected for this special?

@vilstef6988

Жыл бұрын

Bob said, we're a great cover band. Play the hits and that's 15 minutes.

@wheelinthesky300

Жыл бұрын

@@vilstef6988 They didn't even play good covers here. I suspect the network chose what songs they would sing.

@vilstef6988

Жыл бұрын

@@wheelinthesky300 I did a number of comments on the threads for this show. The Cowsill's own songs were lip synced and all else, which were barbershop, ragtime and vaudeville songs were likely public domain.

I bet Bill hated being in this.

Apparently the dad and the father of The Beach Boys were brothers! Who knew?

Yeah, The Ghost of Mrs Muir,, will not be seen tonight,,, so that we can bring you the special program. ,,Yep ,,, back when there was three TV channels.,, Now look at us!!!

So long ago.........

Barnaby "Cowsill" Jones

0:09 Ah, the famous Laramie Peacock

👍👍👍👍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏❤❤❤❤❤

Great music but knowing what I know now, I find it hard to watch. Very sad life.

@billhosko7723

Жыл бұрын

troll

I was in love with susan in the 1960s.i couldn't wait for the shows to come on.she is still pretty in 2022.

Nice to see a real talented family who actually play their own instruments. The Partridge Family didn’t really sing!! Except for David Cassidy

@lindaberg1695

2 жыл бұрын

Shirley Jones sang long before the Partridge Family. That show was based on the Cowsills.

@amandanegrete1306

2 жыл бұрын

The Partridge family was based on the Cowsills. Someone explained that better above.

@karendegraaf1146

Жыл бұрын

Shirley Jones really sang, too. She was in musicals years before

Remember; 11/13/ is world kindness day!

Are they the real partridge family!?

@princeedwarddukeofkent6903

3 жыл бұрын

Yep! In fact, it was going to be these guys, but because mother Barbara had terrible stage fright, she really didn’t want to do it. Father Bud wouldn’t let any of the kids act if the mother didn’t join in. And so, we have the cast that we know and love today!

@luissalas-tull2038

2 жыл бұрын

@@princeedwarddukeofkent6903 also the network wanted Shirley Jones as the mom and that made the deal go bad

@douglasknoll3500

Жыл бұрын

Another perfect Living DOLL...!

1:48

What year was this ?????

@jeffreymcfadden9403

3 жыл бұрын

Barbara mentions here that Susan is 9 years old. That puts the recording here prior to May 20,1969 when she turns 10. So, this is recorded late 1968 or early 1969. Speaking of glorious Susan,,,,the only Cowsill born in O H I O . Go BUCKEYES!

There would be no Partridge Family without The Cowsills because The Cowsills are the family That The Patridge Family was made from.

So…old version “ Patrick Family ?” Or Osmond Family ?” 😂

I was searching for the ghost and mrs Muir and found this instead. KZread sucks

The best band ever

What's so charming is the refusal to be offensive or rude to their audience. The goofy montages, dressing the same. Thry were a lottle before my time. Im 52 but also enjoying them now in 2024.

Zébusca pé de 1962

Who is playing the harp?

Here the real question. The Osmond brothers were already in tv with andy williams and many other shows and then comes the The Cowstills and of course the Jacksons. So i still think the Osmonds came first.

Too bad the wholesome parents stole $20million from the kids and left them with nothing, while former navy officer Papa Cowsill beat them all on a daily basis. Buddy Epsen - not the grand guy his image protrays - was their perfect host

@termikesmike

Жыл бұрын

If u can't beat 'em join him in a toast ....

@billhosko7723

Жыл бұрын

get lost u karen troll...

Can someone explain Barbara's comment about Paul not wearing underwear??? That was weird. Was commando the "in thing" in the sixties? Even if it was that was a strange comment. Is Paul the lead singer now? I can't tell who the survivors are except Susan.

Do they have Italian or Native American in their family tree?

@HSBsoulsurfer

Ай бұрын

I'm thinking Chinese, from when the British colonized Hong Kong in the 1800s. The British also subjugated the Irish terribly, and I say this because this whole family looks very Irish, and yes, with something a little "exotic" mixed in for sure. I saw Irish people who looked like this in Ireland, and wondered why they looked mixed Asian... A lot of British people like Pattie Boyd (when young), Steve Marriott of Small Faces, and Jimmy Page (esp. OLD) all have what has to be visible Hong Kong Chinese in them. I would bet you it's this. Some great-great-great grandparent, probably female. They all have that dark, silky straight hair, and some almond eyes. Very good looking family.

Partidge Family was fictional but much better family unit than the Cowsill family...imo

3:03

@burymebelowawillowtree9243

4 жыл бұрын

Ander Mora what about 3:03?

What does Buddy Ebsen have to do with the Cowsills?

@weirdbeard63

3 жыл бұрын

Nothing....but it was a good paycheck, I imagine......

@dashcroft1892

3 жыл бұрын

He and the dad are both Buddys

@chuckschillingvideos

Жыл бұрын

He was likely under contract to whichever network produced this show. Back then, that was pretty much all that was necessary.

@billhosko7723

Жыл бұрын

idi ot

Immensely talented kids. I love their harmonies and their general vibe. But what an excruciatingly cornball 1960s entertainment style was imposed on them here... I say this as someone who grew up during this era and watched The King Family specials and Dean Martin shows and probably watched this thing when it was on. And I doubtless enjoyed it at the time. (I'm the same age as Susan Cowsill.) The Cowsill kids are vibrant and fresh but their mother is like an automaton, unfortunately. Especially when she speaks. And they keep trying to make Susan Cowsill into Shirley Temple. The veneer of normal family life was such an intense sell back then that nothing you saw on TV was anything like real---except for the Vietnam War footage on the news. That transition must've been incredibly jarring for adults to watch---stuff like this and then the 10:00 nightly news with war and the seemingly endless student unrest of that time. Wow. The campus violence actually scared me off going to college---I didn't think it sounded safe to attend. (My parents didn't influence me in that. They wanted me to go.) I remember the war news being on but not watching it, just that it was always there somewhere. And the front page of the newspaper every day had the death counts of our soldiers.

@CatMom17

3 жыл бұрын

They tried make Susan into Shirley Temple?? I wholeheartedly disagree! Susan is full of natural talent, she doesn't need to try to be like anyone!

We know the Cow skills and Jackson's where abused but the Lemonade where as well. They just don't talk about it much. Kids are not dog n pony shows.

I figure it's mostly got to do with Mike Love being an a-hole. Just in general.

My gosh this was such bs! Their dad was a bad man!

I'm here for the Ghost and Mrs. Muir. What is this?

Bud Cows I'll looks drunk in this special. As always if not high as well.

Hard to watch after you learn how dysfunctional and toxic the parents were in raising their kids. The dad was a real bastard and the mother was weak. Hardly an all-American family.

@billhosko7723

Жыл бұрын

shut up troll

Susan's dress is too short. Just my opinion.

Any of the family getting royalties from this

@chuckschillingvideos

Жыл бұрын

From a YT viddy? Not a chance.

I am glad that I never had to sit through this garbage.

Could "baby" susan's dress get much shorter? Why?