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The Brady Bunch




The Brady Bunch was a US television situation comedy, based around a large
family. Shown between September 1969 and August 1974 on ABC, there were 117
episodes.

Mike Brady, a widower with sons Greg, Peter and Bobby and a wisecracking
housekeeper called Alice married Carol Martin, whose daughters were Marcia,
Jan and Cindy. They all moved into a new home designed by Mike and various
family problems ensued. Initially scripts focused on the various family
member's attempts to adjust to the new blended family. Later, problems of
growing teenagers such as school yard rivalries, dating problems and
household squabbles were explored.

The cast appeared in an opening title sequence in which video head shots
were arranged in a three-by-three grid, with each cast member appearing to
look at the other cast members. The sequence has been widely imitated and
lampooned since:

 Maureen McCormick       Florence Henderson
 (Marcia)                (Carol)                  Barry Williams (Greg)

 Eve Plumb (Jan)         Ann B. Davis (Alice)     Christopher Knight
                                                  (Peter)
 Susan Olsen (Cindy)     Robert Reed (Mike)       Mike Lookinland (Bobby)

The show is somewhat of a cultural phenomenon, having lasted in the minds of
Americans for over thirty years. It is the show in widest syndication with
the longest consecutive airing time in history. (Since its first show date,
an episode of the show has been on T.V. somewhere in the world every single
day.) The teenage talent on the show spun off singing careers as they toured
the U.S.A. in the 1970s, and a variety show called "The Brady Bunch Variety
Hour" was spun-off (featuring a replacement actress for Eve Plumb.) Several
successful T.V. movies were made, and several spin-off sitcoms were
attempted, including "The Brady Brides." All failed.

A 1995 movie, The Brady Bunch Movie placed the original 1970s sitcom
characters, with their 1970s fashion sense and 1970s sitcom family morality,
in a contemporary setting, and parodied the resulting culture clash. The
resulting movie was successful enough that a reasonably well-received sequel
, imaginatively titled A Very Brady Sequel, was produced, which made sly
comment on the well-documented real-life sexual tension between some of the
teenage cast members of the original TV series. Just recently there was a
made-for-TV movie called The Brady Bunch in the White House which had very
bad reviews.

Among the television show, there were a few albums that were made: Merry
Christmas from the Brady Bunch, Meet the Brady Bunch, Kids from the Brady
Bunch, the Brady Bunch Phonographic Album, and Maureen McCormick and Chris
Knight from the Brady Bunch. Two very popular songs were Sunshine Day and
Keep On Groovin'.

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