The Brady Bunch (1969–1974)

The misadventures of a large family united when two widowed people married.

Creator:

Sherwood Schwartz

Stars:

Robert Reed, Florence Henderson, Ann B. Davis

7 wins & 11 nominations.

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
Robert Reed	...	Mike Brady (117 episodes, 1969-1974)
Florence Henderson	...	Carol Brady (117 episodes, 1969-1974)
Ann B. Davis	...	Alice Nelson (117 episodes, 1969-1974)
Maureen McCormick	...	Marcia Brady (117 episodes, 1969-1974)
Eve Plumb	...	Jan Brady (117 episodes, 1969-1974)
Susan Olsen	...	Cindy Brady (117 episodes, 1969-1974)
Barry Williams	...	Greg Brady (117 episodes, 1969-1974)
Christopher Knight	...	Peter Brady (117 episodes, 1969-1974)
Mike Lookinland	...	Bobby Brady (117 episodes, 1969-1974)

Storyline

Architect Mike Brady marries beautiful young Carol, who has three girls to care for. Likewise, Mike's previous wife's death has left him to raise his three boys all alone. In no time this amalgam becomes the ideal average American middle class family. Of course, raising such a large family isn't easy, so live-in housekeeper Alice Nelson is always there to lend a hand.

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Plot Keywords:

housekeeper | architect | large family | growing up | suburb | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Family

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Certificate:

TV-G

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

26 September 1969 (USA)

Also Known As:

Pop-Up Brady

Filming Locations:

11222 Dilling Street, North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Television, Redwood Productions, American Broadcasting Company (ABC)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min 30 min (117 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

4:3

Did You Know?

Trivia

The Brady's next-door neighbors, the Ditmeyer's, were mentioned frequently, but only Mister Ditmeyer was seen only once, in a 5 to 10-second cameo, in the closing scene of, The Brady Bunch: Coming Out Party. It appears to be the same actor, Paul Sorenson, that played the role of Ralph Hinton, father of Buddy Hinton, in The Brady Bunch: A Fistful of Reasons.

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Goofs

Each time the front of the Brady house is shown as though it were "evening", the same shot is used for "daytime". The evening shot of the house is only darkened. The same shadow that can be seen in the daytime shot in the lower right corner (caused by the roof) is seen on the evening shot.

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Quotes

[Carol walks into Mike's den to show off her new ensemble for their weekend vacation at a dude ranch]
Carol Ann Brady: What are you going to wear, Mike?
Michael 'Mike' Brady: Oh I don't know... my cowboy boots...
Carol Ann Brady: [in her best John Wayne impression] Well ya better wear somethin' else, or you're gonna get arrested!
Michael 'Mike' Brady: Not to mention sunburn!

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Crazy Credits

The nine cast members are shown in a tic-tac-toe format, with the actors turning their heads to look each other.

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Connections

Referenced in After Sex (2007)

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Soundtracks

"Theme from 'The Brady Bunch'"
Written by Frank De Vol (as Frank DeVol) & Sherwood Schwartz
Sung by The Brady Bunch Kids
Vocal Recordings Supervised by Jackie Mills
(seasons 2-5)

User Reviews

The best family sitcom

The Brady Bunch is a blended family. A lady with 3 girls meets a Man who has 3 boys. They fall in love, get married. This is how they became the Brady Bunch.

Mike Brady(Robert Reed)is an Architect and Carol(Florence Henderson) is a homemaker, and Ann B. Davis plays Alice-the Bradys housekeeper. These are the 3 adults who are in charge of brining up the 6 kids listed below: The boys- Greg(Barry Williams) Peter(Christopher Knight) Bobby(Mike Lookinland) The girls- Marcia(Maureen McCormick) Jan(Eve Plumb) Cindy(Susan Olsen)

Each one of the kids in this show takes turns as lead in an episode. I will be writing reviews for several individual episodes within the coming weeks-but for now I have General thoughts on the whole series.

1. I gave this show a 10 rating because of it's positive outlook on life. The values that this show puts forth is a wonderful thing because they are lacking in todays shows. Some of these include: -Discipline-when one of the kids do something wrong-they are taught that it's wrong. -Work-the kids are taught that "Your allowance is only earned-not a hand out. -Respect-the kids are taught to respect their parents and each other. This is one of the few shows that has parents knowing more than the kids-not the other way around. These are a few of the things that I like about this show.

2. This is not a perfect show. It is not 100% realistic. Here are some things about the Brady bunch that is not Realistic: A. The rosy view it paints of a blended family. The reality is that Blending a family is often fraught with challenges. B. In a blended family, The kids of the mother Do not call the father Daddy and the kids of the father do not call the mother Mom. They usually refer to them by their first names. C. No family who has a stay at home Mother has a live in maid. If Carol was a working mom, then that would be different.

Conclusion: This is TV. And no TV show is ever going to be 100% realistic. This is something that always needs to be remembered. I also feel that some of the user comments are unfair to the Brady Bunch. I think That they criticize this show because they don't like the family values that are well represented in the Brady Bunch. They hate to be told the difference between right and wrong. They don't want to be told the truth such as "There's such a thing called the power of the press-and with the use of that power comes responsibility" (this is only 1 example)

This show went on for 5 seasons-and I AM SO GLAD that they are all on DVD for years of enjoyment. While it is still on TV, On DVD-you get the whole uncut episodes.

God Bless,

Jay

PS: You can access my reviews on individual episodes by clicking on the season links on the main page of the Brady Bunch at IMDb.