Did You Know?

464 girls and boys were interviewed by producer Sherwood Schwartz to find out who would act best, as the 6 Brady kids.

The sliding glass door in the back of the Brady house actually never had a glass screen in it. It was simply put on the sliders with no glass so as to prevent glares from lighting while filming.

There are many references to a fictional place called "Mount Claymore". This is where the Bradys went camping in The Brady Bunch: A-Camping We Will Go.

We saw the Brady bathroom many times, but not once did we see a toilet. The popular joke was that the Bradys were so good, clean and wholesome that didn't even go to the bathroom. The truth was, the network censors wouldn't allow a toilet to be shown, at that time.

The family dog, Tiger, disappeared after the second season of the show, apparently after being hit and killed by an automobile. The doghouse remained on set because one of the studio lights fell and burned a hole through the astroturf or plastic grass. The vacant doghouse was kept there mainly to cover up and hide the burned hole.

The Brady kids attended Westdale High School, Fillmore Junior High and Clinton Elementary School. However, in The Brady Bunch: Eenie, Meenie, Mommy, Daddy, the name of Cindy's school was Dixie Canyon Elementary School (an elementary school in Studio City, California) in reality.

The girls originally had a cat named Fluffy, it was only seen in the pilot episode, The Brady Bunch: The Honeymoon.

Even though Greg dated a lot, we never actually see him kiss anyone of the dates he went out with. The only Brady kid that had a kissing scene is Bobby, kissing starlet actress, Melissa Sue Anderson in The Brady Bunch: Never Too Young.

The name of the Brady kids' singing group, normally, was the Brady Six. However, in The Brady Bunch: Amateur Nite, they were temporarily known as "The Silver Platters".

Due to its marginal ratings, the show was never renewed for a whole season until its last season on the air (1973-74). During its first four seasons, it was only renewed for thirteen episodes at a time. Several members of the cast have admitted that when they finished filming thirteen episodes, there was always an air of apprehension while they waited to see if ABC would renew the program or not.

The names of Mike's and Carol's previous spouses were never mentioned, throughout the show's five seasons. In fact, the only time a picture was shown of Mike's previous wife was in the very first episode and held by Bobby.

The character 'Mike Brady' was ranked #14 in TV Guide's list of the "50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time" (Sunday, June 20th, 2004 issue).

The name of Cindy's favorite doll was Kitty Karry-All.

Barry Williams, best known as Greg Brady. He was the only Brady kid and male that acted in every episode.

Jeffrey Hunter lobbied Sherwood Schwartz for the role of Mike Brady, but the network thought Hunter was "too handsome" for the role and rejected him.

Ann B. Davis, Florence Henderson and Barry Williams were the only three cast members to appear in all 117 episodes during the show's five-season tenure.

The word sex was mentioned only twice throughout the entire series. Once by Greg during the first season episode, The Brady Bunch: Is There a Doctor in the House? but not again until the final season by Cousin Oliver, during the final episode The Brady Bunch: The Hair-Brained Scheme.

In 2001 VH1 broadcast the series with new pop-up facts called "Pop-Up Brady".

The show received lots of viewer fan mail, including a few letters from children asking if they could come live with the Bradys, since their own families were troubled or imperfect. Show creator Sherwood Schwartz answered those letters with a reminder that "The Brady Bunch" was only a television show, and the children would do best to make the most of their own home situations.

Sherwood Schwartz's daughter Hope Juber appeared as Greg's date in two episodes of the series. She was also a classmate of Marcia in her first appearance, and as a graduate-to-be in the show's finale. Some of the show's plot-lines were based on her real-life experiences growing up. She admitted later it was slightly embarrassing to see events from her life played out on television. Her name appeared as Hope Sherwood, in her four appearances, on the show.

The Bradys all drove Chrysler Corporation vehicles (until the final season). Mike Brady drove a 1968 blue Dodge Polara convertible in the pilot; a 1969 Plymouth Fury III convertible also blue; second season a 1970 Plymouth Fury III convertible in blue; a 1970 blue Plymouth Barracuda convertible in year three; a 1971 Plymouth Barracuda convertible in year three (in one episode it has a rear clip from the '72 Barracuda; Plymouth dropped the Barracuda convertible in 1971); also there was a 1972 blue Chevrolet Impala convertible; a red 1973 Chevrolet Caprice convertible; and a dark red 1974 Chevrolet Caprice convertible in year five (the one Greg and Marcia used for their "driving test"). The "Bradys" 1974 dark red Caprice was also used in an episode of The Odd Couple in 1975. Carol, on the other hand, drove five different Plymouth Satellite station wagons, one representing each year from 1969 through '73. The '69 took the Bunch on an overnight camping trip in season one; the '71 took them to the Grand Canyon in season three; and the '72 was involved in a fender bender in the later part of that same season. The vehicles were loaned to Paramount by the Chrysler Corporation and The Chevrolet motor Division for filming. Incidentally, the 1969 Plymouth Fury III convertible that "Mike Brady" drove was recently restored to showroom condition.

Barry Williams (Greg Brady) did his own surfing in season four's three-part opening episode in Hawaii. In one scene Greg wiped out near some exposed rocks, injured himself and was briefly lost. Filming had to be postponed until he had fully recovered.

Both The Brady Bunch and Mr. Belvedere have 117 episodes. Both shows were also originally filmed and televised on ABC.

The Brady's telephone number was 762-0799, mentioned once by Eve Plumb as Jan Brady while spoke to a telephone operator just to have the telephone ring, so she could pretend to speak with her imaginary boy-friend, George Glass in The Brady Bunch: The Not-So-Ugly Duckling.

Hope Juber had four guest appearances as Hope Sherwood in the following episodes: The Brady Bunch: The Slumber Caper; The Brady Bunch: The Big Bet; The Brady Bunch: Greg Gets Grounded; and The Brady Bunch: The Hair-Brained Scheme.

The 1960's say a trend in television series depicting widowed parents raising young children. At the time of the series premiere, some critics noted that the show had taken that trend to an extreme.

Despite his disputes with Sherwood Schwartz and overall dislike of the show, Robert Reed stayed with the series (and subsequent reunion spin offs) out of loyalty to the kids.