The Partridge Family : M Is for the Many Things (1972)
Directed by Lou Antonio
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
En route to Sacramento where Shirley (Shirley Jones) is to receive the Mother of the Year award, the Partridges encounter all manner of irksome delays and inconveniences, culminating with Shirley receiving a speeding ticket in a jerkwater town. Determined to fight the ticket in court, Shirley cross wits with corrupt, money-hungry Judge McElwreath (played by former Petticoat Junctionstar Edgar Buchanan). The duplicitous judge is finally foiled when it dawns on him that most of the voters in town are mothers...just like Shirley! Song: "As Long As There's You".