 Cousin Oliver was eight years old (Rist was actually nine) and very young in contrast to the other kids, all of whom were twelve or older—an apparent attempt to restore some of the appeal the series had enjoyed when the other children were younger.Some fans would later call the addition of Cousin Oliver the moment when the series "jumped the shark".Similarly, in "The Partridge Family" a precocious four-year-old neighbor named Ricky (Ricky Segall) was added for its final season (the same year as the final season of "The Brady Bunch").