Robert Reed as Mike Brady Florence
Henderson as Carol Brady Barry Williams as Greg Brady Maureen McCormick
as Marcia Brady Christopher Knight as Peter Brady Eve Plumb as Jan Brady
Mike Lookinland as Bobby Brady Susan Olsen as Cindy Brady Geri
Reischl as Jan Brady (Brady Bunch Hour) Ann B. Davis
as Alice Nelson
Allan Melvin as Sam Franklin Robbie Rist as Cousin
Oliver (1974)
"The Brady Bunch" by Frank DeVol and
Sherwood Schwartz Sung by the Peppermint Trolley Company 1st season, then
the Brady Kids Here's the story of a lovely
lady Who was bringing up three very lovely girls. All of them had hair
of gold, like their mother The youngest one in curls.
Here's the
story, of a man named Brady, Who was busy with three boys of his own,
They were four men, living all together, Yet they were all alone.
Till the one day when the lady met this fellow And they knew it was
much more than a hunch, That this group would somehow form a family.
That's the way we all became the Brady Bunch.
The Brady Bunch,
That's the way we all became the Brady Bunch. The Brady Bunch.
Brady Bunch Tidbits
Let's dispense with the bad news first.
Yes, Robert Reed was gay and yes, he resisted kissing Florence Henderson. He
made very unkind remarks about the Brady Bunch, saying it embarrassed him. He
frequently walked off the set after arguments with producer Sherwood Schwartz.
None of which changes the fact they we all loved the Brady Bunch. We
either wanted to be adopted into the family, or at least get to go play at the
oh, so familiar, four bedroom, two bathroom house in Los Angeles.
Nor
can any post mortem revelations alter the fact that the Brady Bunch spawned as
many spinoffs as Star Trek. Not to mention the movies.
The story is well
known. Most of us can sing the theme song from memory and that pretty much says
it all. Mike Brady (Robert Reed) was an architect widower with 3 boys and Carol
Brady (Florence Henderson) was in the same situation but with 3 girls. True
love grew, and "that's the way we became the Brady Bunch."
At the start,
the kids ranged from 7 to 14. But they quickly blossomed. Greg (Barry Williams)
was a teen idol and who can forget, Marcia, Marcia Marcia. There are grown men
who still harbor a crush on Maureen McCormick.
There's nothing wrong
with a little harmless fantasy like the Brady Bunch. Maybe it's what we need
more of today.
Passings
Only Robert Reed who died in 1992 of intestinal
cancer is gone. So for fun, want to now how old the Brady kids are today? Here
are their birth years: Barry Williams (1954), Maureen McCormick (1956),
Christopher Knight (1957), Eve Plumb (1958), Mike Lookinland (1960) and Susan
Olsen (1961).
1960s TV
