"The Brady Bunch" (1969) TV series 1969-1974

Creator:

Sherwood Schwartz

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

Release Date:

26 September 1969 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Family

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Housekeeper | Architect | Large Family | Growing Up | Suburb

Awards:

7 wins & 11 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Mon. Jan. 4	2:30 AM	TVLAND	Top Secret	#5.19
Mon. Jan. 4	3:00 AM	TVLAND	The Snooperstar	#5.20

Cast

Florence Henderson	...	Carol Brady / ... (117 episodes, 1969-1974)
Ann B. Davis	...	Alice Nelson / ... (117 episodes, 1969-1974)
Barry Williams	...	Greg Brady (117 episodes, 1969-1974)
Maureen McCormick	...	Marcia Brady (116 episodes, 1969-1974)
Eve Plumb	...	Jan Brady (116 episodes, 1969-1974)
Susan Olsen	...	Cindy Brady (116 episodes, 1969-1974)
Christopher Knight	...	Peter Brady / ... (116 episodes, 1969-1974)
Mike Lookinland	...	Bobby Brady (116 episodes, 1969-1974)
Robert Reed	...	Mike Brady / ... (115 episodes, 1969-1974)

Also Known As:

The Brady Brood (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

30 min (117 episodes) | Argentina:30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:TV-G | Canada:G (Canadian Home Video rating) | USA:Not Rated (DVD rating) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G

Filming Locations:

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

Company:

Paramount Television

Trivia:

Several episodes of the series contained recycled plots from the earlier series "My Three Sons" (1960): "Katchoo" (episode 1.5) from "Tramp or Ernie" (7.13), "The Winner" (2.21) from "A Hunk of Hardware" (6.29), and "Two Petes in a Pod" (5.18) from "The Wrong Robbie" (6.30).

Goofs:

Continuity: In an episode were the Brady children are building a house of cards, Jan is seen in one shot with hair pulled back in a ponytail. Then in the next shot her hair is down, then back up in the next shot. It goes back and forth, shot by shot for the rest of the scene.

Quotes:

Jan Brady: I'd like to buy a wig please.
Saleswoman: Not for yourself. Why would you want to cover such beautiful blonde hair?
Jan Brady: You'd understand if you had two blonde sisters at home.
Saleswoman: Oh, so we want a complete change do we?
Jan Brady: Yes ma'me.
Saleswoman: Ok. What kind of style are you looking for?
Jan Brady: I don't know. Something wild. Cookey. Kinda like something you're wearing.
Saleswoman: This is my own hair.
Jan Brady: Oh! I'm so sorry!
Saleswoman: Not half as sorry as I am.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: SST: Death Flight (#1.13)" (1989)

Soundtrack:

Theme from 'The Brady Bunch'

Brady is an emotion. Good or bad is up to you.

I was born four years after "The Brady Bunch" went off the air, so I have no clue how people felt about it when it was actually on prime time television. But as a child growing up in the 1980s, watching "The Brady Bunch" in the afternoon was always fun. I think this is one of the most feel-good shows of all time.

It is obvious "The Brady Bunch" is not based on reality. If a false view of the world turns you off, this show will not entertain you. No family is this perfect, and the problems that came up were usually very trivial 90 percent of the time. Yet any show that portrays family life as this great should be thanked in some way.

The characters and the actors that play them are all great. How can you not like the young Brady brood? How can you not see the greatest aspects of your own parents in Carol and Mike? It just can not be done. The greatest roles for me personally were Bobby, Greg, Alice, Mike, Carol and Marcia.

My personally favorite episode is the one where the family goes to King Cove amusement park in Ohio and Jan loses Mike's plans. I just find the aspect of a California family going to Ohio for a vacation as delicious.

I have been watching reruns of "The Brady Bunch" for almost twenty years. This is in my top ten television shows of all time. Only a few episodes turn me off (less then 5 percent) and most of them actually make me feel very good. I will continue to watch "The Brady Bunch" and consider it one of the greatest products of television, America and Earth.