oh, gross. brought to the culture and they were the brady bunch, the part ridge family. do you guys remember andy gib? sure. slightly different family. i m 50. good morning, everyone. it s wednesday, november 22nd. we have heilman but also joining us this morning we have republican strategyist and political come men tater. just back from puerto rico with some stories to tell, my god the work you ve been doing there and nbc news and host of kasie dc. oh, yeah. i bet she has a pooka shell necklace. she ll have a tribute on ac/dc, the band, how they got their name and inspiration from
wide-eyed charm captured the hearts of millions of girls worldwide. you re taking is auto shop. me, too. the parred ridge family, a musical sit-com about a family and a rock n roll band gave him a national audience for his own music. i think i love you i think i love you, the show s first single, topped the billboard 100 in 1907 and sold over 5 million copies. i was always a musician but i never pursued my career as a musician. it was just fate the way the stars aligned themselves. reporter: cassidy s wispy voice and wholesome persona broke out from the small screen into sold out arenas around the globe. his fan club at one time reportedly had had more members than elvis or the beatles. in 1972, at the height of his partridge family fame, he began to shift away from his squeaky clean image appearing naked on the cover of rolling stone
his driver s license was suspended for six months. he became famous on the part ridge family where he played the eldest of five children on screen with his real-life stepmother shirley jones. family of musicians travelled in a repainted school bus. school was cancelled after four seasons. he then launched his own pop music career and recorded hits like i think i love you. i m sure my mom still has that record somewhere in the house because she s a bit of a pack rat. i have to find that record. i have to get a record player now to play it. jon: but to be clear, he was older than you, right? much, much older. i think i was six. he was my first crush. that s all i have. jon: don t drink and drive, okay? heather: speaking of aging well or maybe he didn t, the secret to aging well, we ll talk about new research shedding light on prevening memory loss and new pressure to act on syria in the wake of a suspected chemical