Susan Dey
This celebrity goo was created by Scott Hardie.
publication date: Thursday, December 25, 2025 (part of December 2025)
category: 
Television
clue: On this first dey of Christmas, my goo game gave to thee: A Partridge in self-parody.
explanation: Susan Dey played teenager Laurie Partridge in The Partridge Family from 1970-1974. When she hosted Saturday Night Live in 1992, she reprised the role in a sketch that parodized the show as a "battle of the bands" against the Brady Bunch. more…
intended difficulty: easy
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, and Richard Slominsky
trivia: Scott tried to make a "Twelve Days of Christmas" theme with twelve goos inspired by the things listed in the song's lyrics, but he didn't like the results and scrapped it. This goo, with a clue modified from its original form, is the only one that survived to publication.
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