Did You Hear the One About Danny Partridge?

S1, E9: During a performance by the Partridge Family one night, Danny's foot gets caught in the cord of the microphone and he knocks a few things over trying to free himself. The audience loves it, but Danny is mortified and locks himself in the men's room. Shirley and Reben Kincaid try every ploy to get Danny to come out, but he is so embarrassed that he refuses. Finally they tell him that he is a natural comedian and that they wil write an act especially for him. Danny emerges. Much to the dismay of Shirley and the other kids, Danny takes the comedy bit seriously and goes to see a gag writer named Ziggy Schnurr. Ziggy gives the boy a number of old bad jokes and after the next evenings performance, Danny tries them out on the audience. They laugh, but they are really laughing at a 10-year old kid telling bad jokes, and the family doesn't know how to break it to Danny. When Shirley can't make Danny understand that he just isn't a comedian, she and Reuben decide to take him to the L.A. office of Max Pepper, the owner of the Hawaiian hotel where they will appear. Pepper, a jaded, successful impressario, tells Danny the hard facts. Danny finally realizes that his mother was just trying to spare his feelings and he tells her he wants to sue Ziggy Shnurr for giving him bad jokes. Danny and Shirley go to Ziggy's office to get back Danny's money and Ziggy tries to sell them a ventriloquist act.