"I Am Curious Partridge" is uproariously funny, as Danny drums up free publicity for Keith for the local newspaper's Sunday supplement, an X-rated work of total fiction. Keith finds he was born in 'a small farmhouse in Spanish Harlem,' digs any girl wearing a black garter, has an intimate tattoo inspired by his first love ('Rose'), and is apparently attracted to his much older English teacher (Maxine Stuart, 3 episodes). Shirley gets done punishing Danny for the infraction, then learns that she will be the subject in next Sunday's edition. The well traveled Shirley Partridge spent time in the jungles of Zanzibar ("I was kidnapped a lot!"), where she was rescued by a man wearing a trench coat; is attracted to any man wearing a beard; and once ran a school for 'exotic dancers,' her modeling gig for the PTA fashion show turning into a tribute to 'the Sally Rand school of etiquette' (Shirley Jones proving to be one sexy mama). Danny receives his comeuppance right where it hurts (the wallet), but the biggest surprise is Laurie's attitude toward her big brother's predicament, as sadistic as it is funny. Mitzi Hoag makes her second of four series appearances, boldly playing striptease music to match Shirley's performance. The featured song is "If You Ever Go," composed by Wes Farrell and Tony Romeo, taken from the forthcoming fifth LP SHOPPING BAG; it also saw release as the B-side of the sixth single, "Am I Losing You," issued Mar 1972, the same month as the album.
