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told the kids where to find her ("The Golden Spoon at Fourth and Oak..."), and they begged Alice to come back. For most of the series, Alice dated Sam Franklin (Allan Melvin), who ran the local butcher shop. In the final season, Alice and Sam were engaged. Alice and Sam have won awards in Charleston dancing and bowling, which was parodied in "The Brady Bunch Movie", in which Sam gave Alice a new bowling ball instead of an engagement ring. They
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all of the seasons. In the made-for-television film "The Brady Girls Get Married", Sam had been married to Alice for three and a half years. Sam was portrayed by Allan Melvin. Lewis Arquette portrayed Sam in "A Very Brady Christmas", wearing a Santa Claus beard. The character is mentioned by the Beastie Boys in the lyrics to their 1989 song "Shake Your Rump" ("Like Sam the butcher bringing Alice the meat...") Cousin Oliver stays with the Brady family during
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minute the role was recast because producers of the show changed their mind about casting Joyce Bulifant, who was originally cast as Carol Brady, and instead replaced her with Florence Henderson, who took on the role. The producers felt a more comedic, zany housekeeper was called for, to balance Henderson's soft-spoken, laid-back presence. Sam Franklin is Alice's boyfriend, who owns the local butcher shop. While he is frequently mentioned in dialogue, Sam actually appears in only eight episodes, although his appearances span
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The Brady Bunch Hour


-door-neighbor Jack Merrill (Rip Taylor) frequently finds his way into the act and is a love interest for the Bradys' maid, Alice (her former boyfriend, Sam the Butcher, was never mentioned). Each episode features the obligatory variety show song-and-dance numbers and sketches, as well as a show-within-a-show behind-the-scenes story which took place in the Bradys' home. The Krofftettes and Water Follies In 1976, ABC president Fred Silverman concocted the idea
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a reporter for the Daily Planet. Graf had a small role in 1995's "The Brady Bunch Movie", portraying Alice's boyfriend Sam Franklin, the butcher. In 1996, Graf made a guest appearance in "Promised Land", which was a spinoff of "Touched by an Angel". He played the role of a grieving husband whose wife died while working for a company and he went there trying to find answers to her death. Graf guest starred in several episodes of ABC's sitcom "Step By Step
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Allan Melvin


Allan John Melvin (February 18, 1923 – January 17, 2008) was an American character actor, voice actor and impressionist, who appeared in several television shows including numerous recurring roles as varying characters on "The Andy Griffith Show"; real estate salesman, Pete Dudley in "My Favorite Martian", S1 E25; recurring roles as Corporal Henshaw on "The Phil Silvers Show"; Sergeant Hacker on "Gomer Pyle, USMC"; Alice’s boyfriend Sam the Butcher on "The Brady Bunch"; and Archie
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Candy Carol


. The reissue featured four rare bonus remixes: "Alice Everyday" (Everyday Glo Mix), "Alice Everyday" (Sam The Butcher Mix) which samples "The Brady Bunch" and Nitzer Ebb; "Sunny Day" (Single Remix), and "Counting The Rosaries" (Happiness and Love Mix). "Candy Carol" was released on January 16, 1991 with twelve tracks in all three formats of CD, LP, and cassette. "Candy Carol" spent four weeks on the Billboard 200,
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, spending nine weeks on the chart. The track was remixed for the 12" single and CD single into three different remixes by Ben Grosse, and was released in stores on Jan. 18, 1991. All three remixes were also edited down into single mixes and released on the promo CD. "Alice Everyday" (Sam The Butcher Mix) contains samples from "The Brady Bunch" TV series, a drumbeat sample from Nitzer Ebb's "Let Your Body Learn", and other industrial music samples. Also appearing on
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met in college (he was her professor). The Covingtons briefly separate in "A Very Brady Christmas", but reconcile. However, they are unable to conceive their own children and in "The Bradys" adopt a Korean girl named Patty. Child actress Debi Storm (who later appeared on "The Brady Bunch" episode "My Fair Opponent" as Molly) was hand-picked by producer Sherwood Schwartz to play Jan Brady in the original series, until he decided to cast all blondes for the roles of the
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Christopher Knight (actor)


, in which he and Williams portrayed a gay couple who moved in next door. The two have remained close friends since their "Brady Bunch" days, and Williams appeared several times on "My Fair Brady". Florence Henderson, who played Carol Brady, Susan Olsen, who played Cindy Brady, and Mike Lookinland, who played Bobby Brady, also appeared in an episode of "My Fair Brady". In one episode, Knight expressed how important it was for Curry to accept his close relationships with his former "
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was rerun on various networks in its original full-length movie format. In 2019, the series was released on DVD for the first time as a part of "The Brady-est Brady Bunch TV & Movie Collection". A second TV reunion movie, "A Very Brady Christmas", aired in December 1988 on CBS and featured all the regular cast (except Susan Olsen, who was on her honeymoon at the time of filming; the role of Cindy was played by Jennifer Runyon), as well as three
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Andy Richter


since Soloway had not cast a replacement, she agreed. At the same time "The Real Live Brady Bunch" was playing in New York, two fellow Annoyance members (Beth Cahill and Melanie Hutsell, who played Marcia and Jan Brady in the "Real Live Brady Bunch" stage show) were hired as cast members on "Saturday Night Live". With friends on "SNL", Richter was able to get into the after-show parties where he met "SNL" writer Robert Smigel. Two years later,
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Ann B. Davis


models. Davis was also featured in commercials for Minute Rice in Canada until the mid-1980s. From 1969 to 1974, Davis played housekeeper Alice Nelson in "The Brady Bunch" television series. She later returned to take part in various "Brady Bunch" television movies, including "The Brady Girls Get Married" (1981) and "A Very Brady Christmas" (1988). She also reprised her role as Alice Nelson in two short-lived Brady Bunch spin-off television series: "The Brady Brides" (
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Gary Cole


series "Midnight Caller". In 1999, Cole starred in the film "Office Space", in which he portrayed the sadistic office supervisor Bill Lumbergh. When asked about the oft-quoted character, Cole said: He played "The Brady Bunch" patriarch Mike Brady in the 1995 film "The Brady Bunch Movie", the 1996 sequel "A Very Brady Sequel", and the 2002 television film "The Brady Bunch in the White House". Cole starred as Lt. Conrad Rose on the TNT series "
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Barry Williams (actor)


Brady Bunch". Following the cancellation of "The Brady Bunch" in 1974, Williams continued to appear in guest roles on television, and became involved in musical theater, touring with productions such as "Grease", "The Sound of Music", and "West Side Story". In 1988, Williams appeared on Broadway in the musical "Romance/Romance" with Tony Award-nominee Alison Fraser. Williams took over the lead male role of "Alfred/Sam" when Scott Bakula left the production. Years
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The Brady Bunch


offs and sequels to the original series have been made, featuring all or most of the original cast. These include another sitcom, an animated series, a variety show, television movies, a dramatic series, a stage play, and theatrical movies: A final-season "Brady Bunch" episode, "Kelly's Kids", was intended as a pilot for a prospective spin-off series of the same name. Ken Berry starred as Ken Kelly, a friend and neighbor of the Bradys, who with his wife
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Frank Delfino


. Delfino and his wife, Sadie, also worked as stand-ins for well-known Hollywood child actors, including Mike Lookinland and Susan Olsen, who portrayed Bobby and Cindy Brady on "The Brady Bunch". In addition to serving as stand-ins, the Delfinos appeared as "Kaplutian" extraterrestrials in one of the episodes of the final season of "The Brady Bunch" entitled, "Out of This World". One of Frank Delfino's last on-screen roles came in 1988, when he played
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It's a Sunshine Day: The Best of the Brady Bunch


It's a Sunshine Day: The Best of the Brady Bunch is a compilation album by American pop group the Brady Bunch released on March 2, 1993 by MCA Records. The Brady Bunch recorded four albums in the early 1970s on Paramount Records: "Merry Christmas from the Brady Bunch", "Meet the Brady Bunch", "The Kids from the Brady Bunch" and "The Brady Bunch Phonographic Album". There were also various solo singles, and a duet album by Chris Knight and Maureen McCormick. Barry Williams
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The Bardy Bunch


The Bardy Bunch: The War of the Families Partridge and Brady is a musical that premiered in 2011 at the New York International Fringe Festival. Written by Stephen Garvey and directed by Jay Stern, The Bardy Bunch presents a comedy mash-up of a dozen Shakespeare plays set in the 1970s amid a war between the popular sitcom families Partridge and Brady. The musical features 15 of the hit songs made famous on "The Partridge Family" and "The Brady Bunch" including "I Think I Love You," "It
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Jennifer Elise Cox


ice cream at Ben & Jerry's, and made money by playing cards when she was struggling. In 1995 Cox won over the role she became widely known for, middle-child Jan Brady in the film "The Brady Bunch Movie", a pastiche role she originated off-Broadway in "The Real Live Brady Bunch". Speaking of the cast, "We instantly bonded", said Cox. "We instantly thought of each other as family, as The Brady Bunch." The film opened at #1
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When You Get a Little Lonely


Brady Bunch" co-stars on the game show "The Weakest Link". On his official website, Barry Williams, who played Greg Brady, held a competition in which viewers could win prizes, one of which was a copy of "When You Get a Little Lonely", for guessing the winner of "The Weakest Link" correctly. "When You Get a Little Lonely" received a mainly negative response from critics. Some commentators recommended it for fans of "The Brady Bunch". Pemberton Roach described McCormick
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The Brady Bunch Movie


The Brady Bunch Movie is a 1995 American comedy film based on the 1969–1974 television series "The Brady Bunch". The film was directed by Betty Thomas, with a screenplay by Laurice Elehwany, Rick Copp, Bonnie and Terry Turner, and stars Shelley Long, Gary Cole and Michael McKean. It also features cameos from Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz, Peter Tork and RuPaul, and the original cast of "The Brady Bunch" (except Robert Reed, who died in 1992, and Eve Plumb) in new roles.
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The Brady Bunch Hour


The Brady Bunch Hour is an American variety show featuring skits and songs produced by Sid & Marty Krofft Productions in association with Paramount Television that aired on ABC from November 28, 1976 to May 25, 1977. The series starred the original cast members of "The Brady Bunch", with the exception of Eve Plumb, who was replaced by Geri Reischl (a.k.a. "Fake Jan"). The show began as a 60-minute special titled The Brady Bunch Variety Hour on November 28, 1976. The special garnered high ratings
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Deacon Jones


were in a television commercial selling shaving products. He appeared on "The Brady Bunch", and in a "Bewitched" episode in 1969, he played a guard to the Giant's castle in "Sam & the Beanstalk". Jones also played himself on an episode of "Wonder Woman" in 1978. In 1978, he played a Viking named 'Thall' in "The Norseman". Fellow Hall of Famer Fred Biletnikoff joined Jones in that film, also portraying a Norseman. That same year, Jones portrayed
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The Brady Bunch


"The Brady Bunch", "The Brady Kids", "The Brady Brides", and "The Bradys", as well as the movies "A Very Brady Christmas", "The Brady Bunch Movie", "A Very Brady Sequel", "The Brady Bunch in the White House", and "Growing Up Brady". The first two seasons are also available on Region 2 DVD for the UK, with audio in English and subtitle choices in Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, or Finnish. The
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were married some time after "The Brady Bunch" left the air in 1974 and before "The Brady Girls Get Married". In the 1990s parody movies, Alice was played by actress Henriette Mantel. In the first film, Davis makes a cameo as a truck driver whose CB handle is "Schultzy". (Davis first became popular in the 1950s playing a character named Schultzy on "The Bob Cummings Show".) The role of Alice was originally to have been played by Monty Margetts, but at the last
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It's a Sunshine Day


"It's a Sunshine Day" is a 1973 bubblegum pop song from the television sitcom "The Brady Bunch" performed by The Brady Bunch Kids (composed of the children of the fictional Brady family). The song was featured in "The Brady Bunch" episode "Amateur Nite" which aired on January 26, 1973. The song was written by Steve McCarthy and featured in the episode's opening act. Solos are performed by Eve Plumb, Susan Olsen, Mike Lookinland and Maureen McCormick, who portray Jan, Cindy
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The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase


actress who voiced her. "The Simpson Family Smile-Time Variety Hour" is a parody of the 1960s and 1970s live variety shows. Mainly it is a parody of "The Brady Bunch Hour", a short-lived spin-off of the 1970s sitcom "The Brady Bunch". The replacement of Lisa in the third segment with another girl reflects the recasting of Jan Brady in the "Brady Bunch Hour" when Eve Plumb refused to participate. The Simpson family is made to look like "The Partridge Family
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The Butcher Boy (novel)


episode in which she hurls a torrent of verbal abuse at Francie's mother, claiming that the Brady family are "a bunch of pigs". Francie takes this insult to heart, and begins to harass the Nugents when they are walking through the town, denying them access through a certain street until they pay the fictional "Pig Toll tax". So begins an unhealthy obsession that underpins the rest of the novel. Word comes that Francie's uncle Alo, who is something of a local celebrity, is coming to town
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The Brady Bunch


especially among children and teenaged viewers. "The Brady Bunch"s success in syndication led to several television reunion films and spin-off series: "The Brady Bunch Hour" (1976–77), "The Brady Girls Get Married" (1981), "The Brady Brides" (1981), "A Very Brady Christmas" (1988), and "The Bradys" (1990). In 1995, the series was adapted into a satirical comedy theatrical film titled "The Brady Bunch Movie", followed by "A
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The Brady Bunch


they felt a new series would harm the Brady franchise. They finally relented because CBS was "desperate for programming". A new series featuring the Brady clan was created entitled "The Bradys". All the original "Brady Bunch" cast members returned for the series, except for Maureen McCormick (Marcia), who was replaced with Leah Ayres. As with "A Very Brady Christmas", "The Bradys" also featured elements of comedy and drama and featured storylines that were of a more serious nature than that of
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The Brady Bunch


television director John Rich to direct the pilot, cast the six children from 264 interviews during that summer, and hired the actors to play the mother role, the father role, and the housekeeper role. As the sets were built on Paramount Television stage 5, adjacent to the stage where "H.R. Pufnstuf" was filmed by Sid and Marty Krofft, who later produced "The Brady Bunch Hour", the production crew prepared the back yard of a home in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, as the exterior location for the
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Martha Quinn


"E/R". Quinn played Tympani Charles in "Dangerous Curves" in 1988. In 1990, she appeared on the short-lived "Brady Bunch" sequel "The Bradys". Quinn played Tracy, who married Bobby Brady (played by Mike Lookinland). She joined Ed McMahon as a co-host for "Star Search" in 1994. She was a bi-weekly correspondent on "The Early Show" in 1999. Her film appearances include 1988's "Tapeheads"; the 1989 film sequel
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The Brady Bunch Movie


the U.S. and Canada. Its television debut was on NBC November 29, 1997 with additional footage not shown in theaters or on home video releases. "The Brady Bunch Movie" was released on DVD June 10, 2003 and April 25, 2017. The film has also been released digitally on Google Play. The review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 62% approval rating based on 42 reviews and an average rating of 5.7/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Though lightweight and silly, "The Brady Bunch Movie
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My Fair Brady


My Fair Brady is an American reality television series on VH1 that followed Christopher Knight, who played Peter Brady on "The Brady Bunch", and Adrianne Curry, who won the first season of "America's Next Top Model", a year after they met and fell in love on the reality show "The Surreal Life". The show appeared to have originated from a Season 4 episode of "The Surreal Life", during which each cast member pitched a TV show idea to network executives. Adrianne's concept,
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It's a Sunshine Day: The Best of the Brady Bunch


began work on a solo album, but only six tracks were recorded before the album was cancelled. Along with the Christmas album, "It's a Sunshine Day: The Best of the Brady Bunch" is one of the only Brady Bunch albums currently in print. In 1974 Paramount sold its record holdings to ABC (the network on which "The Brady Bunch" had aired). ABC in turn sold their record holdings to MCA in 1979. "If you have fond memories of watching The Brady Bunch while growing up
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, "The Brady Bunch Hour", "The Brady Girls Get Married" and "The Bradys", Jennifer Runyon in "A Very Brady Christmas", Olivia Hack in the theatrical films and Sofia Vassilieva in the 2002 TV movie, is the youngest Brady daughter. She was portrayed as a naive, but occasionally precocious little girl, who was most often seen wearing her hair in corkscrew curls or braids and had a pronounced lisp. She frequently liked to snoop and share secrets she had found out. In one episode
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Love to Love You Bradys


Love to Love You Bradys: The Bizarre Story of The Brady Bunch Variety Hour is a 2009 coffee table book written by "The Brady Bunch" actress Susan Olsen with co-authors Ted Nichelson and Lisa Sutton, about the 1976–77 spin-off TV variety show "The Brady Bunch Hour". The book's release also coincided with the 40th anniversary of the debut of "The Brady Bunch". The book asserts that the spin-off is noteworthy in television history for being, in Olsen's words, "spectacularly
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Christine Taylor


Pennsylvania, she has one brother. Taylor was raised Roman Catholic and attended Allentown Central Catholic High School. Taylor began her acting career in 1989 on the Nickelodeon children's television series "Hey Dude" where she played the lifeguard Melody Hanson. She continued in that role through 1991 while making various guest appearances on other programs. In 1995, Taylor was cast as Marcia Brady in "The Brady Bunch Movie" and later in "A Very Brady Sequel". Following "The Brady Bunch Movie", Taylor made several comedic
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Time to Change


"Time to Change" is a 1972 bubblegum pop song from the television sitcom "The Brady Bunch" performed by The Brady Bunch Kids (composed of the children of the fictional Brady family). The song and another Brady Bunch Kids song, "We Can Make the World a Whole Lot Brighter", were featured in "The Brady Bunch" episode "Dough Re Mi" which aired on January 14, 1972. Written by Raymond Bloodworth, Billy Meshel and Chris Welch, "Time to Change" features solos by
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Ken Michelman


Ken Michelman (born May 23, 1955) is an American actor primarily known for his role as Abner Goldstein on the TV series "The White Shadow". He also played Gary Greenberg, Cindy Brady's love interest on the short-lived "Brady Bunch" spin-off, "The Bradys". He also appeared on "Grey's Anatomy". Michelman played basketball at the University of Denver on the same mid 1970s team with David Adkins who would later become the comedian, (Sinbad). After injuring
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Maureen McCormick


Maureen Denise McCormick (born August 5, 1956) is an American actress, singer and author. She portrayed Marcia Brady on the ABC television sitcom "The Brady Bunch", which ran from 1969 to 1974 and reprised the role in several of the numerous "Brady Bunch" spin-offs and films, including "The Brady Kids", "The Brady Bunch Hour", "The Brady Brides" and "A Very Brady Christmas" (1988). McCormick also appeared in "The Idolmaker" (1980)
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The Brady Bunch in the White House


The Brady Bunch in the White House is a 2002 American made-for-television comedy film and the second sequel to "The Brady Bunch Movie" (1995), following "A Very Brady Sequel" (1996). It was directed by Neal Israel and written by Lloyd J. Schwartz and Hope Juber, based upon characters originally developed by Sherwood Schwartz for the 1970s television series "The Brady Bunch". Although Shelley Long and Gary Cole reprise their roles from the previous films, the children and Alice were all recast
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Barry Williams (actor)


later, Williams was able to capitalize on being typecast as Greg Brady. Amid a procession of appearances in TV and movies that played up his famous teen role, he ended up landing a role that was a departure from the Brady image. He was tapped to play English con man Hannibal in 1984, who conspired with Holly Sutton Scorpio (Emma Samms) on the top-rated "General Hospital". Williams has appeared in various "Brady Bunch" TV movie reunions, including the 1988 Christmas movie, "A Very
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's Top 10 TV Moms from Six Decades of Television for the time period 1969-1974. She was also listed in the Top 5 Classic TV Moms by Film.com. Greg Brady (top right), portrayed by Barry Williams in the TV show, Christopher Daniel Barnes in theatrical films, and Chad Doreck in the TV movie, is the oldest Brady son. Greg is a Westdale High School student who plays football, plays guitar, surfs, and aspires to be a singer. Greg is portrayed as self-confident and
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The Brady Bunch Movie


bright and silly set decoration but fails to deliver genuine laughs. Common Sense Media said that "for those who grew up watching the TV show, "The Brady Bunch Movie" is deeply satisfying and the best part is its nostalgia. Sure, it's fun to see the Bradys treated as freaks. But the heart of the film is a campy, affectionate interpretation of the TV show." "A Very Brady Sequel", directed by Arlene Sanford, was released theatrically on August 23, 1996. It sees the
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Christine Taylor


Christine Joan Taylor-Stiller (born July 30, 1971) is an American actress. She is known for playing Marcia Brady in "The Brady Bunch Movie" and "A Very Brady Sequel", as well as roles in "The Wedding Singer", "Zoolander", and "". Taylor was born on July 30, 1971, in Allentown, Pennsylvania, to Joan, a homemaker, and Albert E. "Skip" Taylor III, who owns a security company. She grew up in neighboring Wescosville,
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The Kids from the Brady Bunch


The Kids from the Brady Bunch is the third studio album by American pop group the Brady Bunch. It was released on December 4, 1972, by Paramount Records. Two songs on the album, "It's a Sunshine Day" and "Keep On", were featured on season 4, episode 16 of "The Brady Bunch", "Amateur Nite". In 1996, the album was released on CD for the first time with the addition of three bonus tracks from 1973's "Chris Knight & Maureen McCormick
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Christopher Knight (actor)


Christopher Anton Knight (born November 7, 1957) is an American actor, comedian and businessman. He is known for playing Peter Brady on the 1970s series "The Brady Bunch". He has since gone on to become a successful businessman and enjoyed a semi-resurgence in the public eye with television appearances in the 2000s. His father, Edward Knight, was also an actor. After the end of his "Brady Bunch" appearances, Knight's acting career consisted mostly of making guest appearances on other television shows (
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the last six episodes of the fifth and final season of "The Brady Bunch". As explained in the episode "Welcome Aboard" from season five, Carol's brother Jack Tyler and his wife Pauline are traveling to an archaeological dig in South America, and because their son Oliver is unable to accompany them, he is sent to live with the Bradys. Cousin Oliver was played by actor Robbie Rist. Cousin Oliver was eight years old (Rist was actually nine) and very young in contrast to the other kids,
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Meet the Brady Bunch


Meet the Brady Bunch is the second studio album by American pop group the Brady Bunch. It was released on April 17, 1972, by Paramount Records. Two songs on the album, "We Can Make the World a Whole Lot Brighter" and "Time to Change", were featured on season 3, episode 16 of "The Brady Bunch", "Dough Re Mi". In 1996, the album was released on CD for the first time with the addition of two bonus tracks from 1973's "Chris
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Betty Thomas


the perfect woman would be considered inherently sexist without a female director. Three years following the release of "Only You" Thomas directed "The Brady Bunch Movie" (1995). A satirical vision of the 1970s television series "The Brady Bunch". "The Brady Bunch Movie" was a box office hit with domestic ticket sales of $46,576,136, nearly quadrupling its $12 million budget and making it at the time one of the highest-grossing films directed by a woman. She followed "The Brady Bunch Movie
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Beth Cahill


Beth Cahill (born September 15, 1963) is an American television actress who is best known for having been a featured cast member on "Saturday Night Live" during the 1991–92 season. She began her career doing improv comedy at the Annoyance Theater in Chicago and starred as Marcia Brady in their production of "The Real Live Brady Bunch" in 1990. Cahill along with castmate Melanie Hutsell (who played Jan Brady in the show) were both hired as cast members on "Saturday Night Live" ("SNL")
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The Brady Bunch


featured the season-one "Grid" and theme song, with the addition of "The Brady Girls Get Married" title. The movie shows what the characters had been doing since the original series ended: Mike is still an architect, Carol is a real-estate agent, Greg is a doctor, Marcia is a fashion designer, Peter is in the Air Force, Jan is also an architect, Bobby and Cindy are in college, and Alice has married Sam. Eventually, they all reunite for Marcia and Jan
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Billy Barty


starred as "Sparky the Firefly" in the popular children's television shows "The Bugaloos" from 1970 to 1972 and as "Sigmund" in "Sigmund and the Sea Monsters" produced by Sid Krofft and Marty Krofft from 1974 to 1976. Barty played as Toulouse Lautrec in the 1972 "The Brady Bunch" Saturday morning cartoons preview special "The Brady Bunch Meet ABC's Saturday Superstars". Barty played the evil sidekick on the 1970s Saturday morning TV series "Dr. Shrinker", and was a regular cast member of
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Robert Reed


on the daytime soap opera "Search for Tomorrow". He also made multiple appearances on "Fantasy Island", "Hunter", "The Love Boat" and "Murder, She Wrote". Despite his dislike of "The Brady Bunch" and the character of Mike Brady, Reed continued to appear in "Brady Bunch" spin-offs and sequels for the remainder of his career. In 1976, Reed reprised the role of Mike Brady in the variety show "The Brady Bunch Hour", a role he
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When You Get a Little Lonely


When You Get a Little Lonely is the debut studio album by American actor and singer Maureen McCormick. It was released on April 4, 1995, through the label Phantom Hill. McCormick wanted to fuse genres into the album's overall country sound. After playing Marcia Brady in the sitcom "The Brady Bunch", she was offered a solo record deal in the mid-1970s but rejected the offer to attend school. McCormick has previously recorded four albums as part of "The Brady Bunch" and a duet album with her co-
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When You Get a Little Lonely


only album as a solo artist. Maureen McCormick first rose to prominence while playing Marcia Brady in the situation comedy television series "The Brady Bunch". She entered the entertainment industry by performing jingles; at the age of 10, she sang for a Kellogg's advertisement. As a part of "The Brady Bunch" cast, she released four albums, the first of which she recorded at age 15. McCormick also released a duet album with her television co-star Christopher Knight in 1973. Digital marketing platform AXS'
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The Brady Kids


syndication. Like most 1970s-era Saturday morning cartoon series as well as "The Brady Bunch" show itself, "The Brady Kids" contained an adult laugh track. The opening sequence featured the fourth season "grid" familiar to "The Brady Bunch" viewers, without the center column that is normally occupied by the adults (Mike, Carol and Alice). Near the end of the theme song (featuring new lyrics set to the original "Brady Bunch" theme with a 70's style beat), Marlon
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The Bob Cummings Show


. A decade after "The Bob Cummings Show" left the air, Davis went on to play the housekeeper Alice in "The Brady Bunch". In the 1995 film "The Brady Bunch Movie", which featured another actress playing Alice, Davis reprised the role of Schultzy for a cameo that suggests the character went on to become a truck driver. Olive Sturgess appeared in twelve episodes as Carol Henning, girlfriend to Bob's nephew, Chuck. Versatile character actress Kathleen Freeman appeared in six episodes as Bertha Krause. Perhaps
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Robert Reed


Together!" (Although this situation had in fact been seen for years on "The Danny Thomas Show", on which Reed had appeared as a guest star in 1959.) Reed was the producers' second choice for the role of Mike Brady after Gene Hackman was rejected because he was largely unknown at the time. Also starring on "The Brady Bunch" was actress Florence Henderson, who played the role of Mike's wife Carol Brady after her best friend Shirley Jones turned down the role in favor of "The
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The Brady Bunch Hour


first time any of us could remember him wanting to do something Brady-related," recalled Maureen McCormick. ""The Brady Bunch Hour" was incredibly bad," Barry Williams once wrote, "but even "more" incredible was the fact that Robert Reed (who you'd expect would be foaming at the mouth about this mess) really "enjoyed" being on it." When Williams asked him why, Reed stated, "I've studied voice and dancing. I'm terrible at both, and it
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The Brady Bunch Hour


and led to eight additional 60-minute episodes which were produced and aired sporadically under the shortened title "The Brady Bunch Hour" from January 23 to May 25, 1977. The show's events are not included or mentioned in the later "Brady Bunch" revival series and TV reunion movies. When the family is chosen to star in a new variety series for ABC, Mike Brady gives up his architectural career and moves his family into a beach-side home somewhere in Southern California. In addition to the Brady clan, next
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Eve Plumb


Plumb had a brief role as Mrs. Noah in the B-Movie mockumetary "...And God Spoke". Two years later she was interviewed as part of a 1995 retrospective special titled "Brady Bunch Home Movies", produced by Susan Olsen, who played Cindy Brady. That same year, Plumb appeared on a special "child stars" installment of "The Jenny Jones Show". From 1995-1997, Plumb was a member of the cast of the Saturday morning sitcom "Fudge", playing the title character's
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Andy Richter


. In the early 1990s, the Annoyance Theatre hit gold when producer Jill Soloway staged "The Real Live Brady Bunch" with live, word-for-word performances of the '70s sitcom. The show was so popular that it attracted national attention and moved to New York City. Richter was not an original member of the cast but the actor who played "Mike Brady" in the Chicago cast opted not to go to New York. Richter asked Soloway if he could play "Mike" in New York and,
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Outsiders Inn


years of playing "Marcia Brady" on The Brady Bunch. When Bobby is asked to perform at a concert in Detroit, he takes Leroy along for an eye-opening adventure. Meanwhile, Maureen and Carnie go out for a Cocke County-style night on the town with Mike and Todd. In this final episode, Pigeon Manor plays host to its first wedding, but it does not go off without a hitch. It is also discovered that the bride and groom represent the Dotson and Starr families, who are embroiled
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Brady Renovation", though it will look the same from the street. The six actors who played the TV children (and who are actively participating in the renovation for the series) posed for a photo in front on November 1, 2018. In the series, the address of the house was given as 4222 Clinton Way (as read aloud by Carol from an arriving package in the first-season episode entitled "Lost Locket, Found Locket"). Although no city was ever specified, it was presumed from references
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Ann B. Davis


1981) and "The Bradys" (1990), both of which lasted only six episodes. She also made a cameo appearance as a truck driver named "Schultzy", a reference to her days on "The Bob Cummings Show", in "The Brady Bunch Movie" in 1995. In 1994, Davis published a cookbook, "Alice's Brady Bunch Cookbook", with "Brady Bunch" inspired recipes. The book also includes recipes from cast members. In the early 1990s, Davis focused on theater.
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The Brady Bunch Hour


(the producers and then-property holders of "The Brady Bunch") or Sherwood Schwartz (the series creator). Both parties eventually gave their approval of the new series, mainly as a way to keep interest in the original series. The variety hour remains the only "Brady" project to not have Schwartz's involvement during production. Although Robert Reed's dissatisfaction with other "Brady Bunch" incarnations has become legendary, he quickly signed on to star in the variety show. "We joked that it was the
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The Brady Bunch Movie


The film places the original sitcom characters, with their 1970s fashion sense and sitcom family morality, in a contemporary 1990s setting, drawing humor from the resulting culture clash. "The Brady Bunch Movie" was released in the United States on February 17, 1995, and grossed $46.6 million. A sequel titled "A Very Brady Sequel" was released on August 23, 1996, and a television film titles "The Brady Bunch in the White House" was aired on November 29, 2002. Larry Dittmeyer, an unscrupulous
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The Brady Bunch Hour


of reuniting the cast of "The Brady Bunch" on an episode of the "Donny & Marie" variety show. Four cast members were booked and when the show aired on October 8, 1976 it was a ratings success, prompting Silverman to begin developing a variety show starring the Brady family. "Donny & Marie" producers Sid & Marty Krofft agreed to helm the show, as their paths had crossed with the Brady Bunch stars on numerous occasions, but no one bothered to seek the approval or involvement of Paramount Pictures
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Statue of Liberty play


snap to Patriots running back Kevin Faulk, causing the defense to move to stop the run; meanwhile, Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, who received the football, faked an over-the-head snap, and held the Statue of Liberty pose with his back to the defense before turning around and throwing a touchdown pass to wide receiver Wes Welker in the back of the end zone. The execution of the Statue of Liberty play was detailed by Mike in the "Brady Bunch" television series in the 1973 episode "QuarterBack Sneak
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The Brady Bunch


's double wedding. "The Brady Brides" features Maureen McCormick (Marcia) and Eve Plumb (Jan) in regular roles. The series begins with Marcia and Jan and their new husbands buying a house and living together. The clashes between Jan's uptight and conservative husband, Philip Covington III (a college professor in science who is several years older than Jan, played by Ron Kuhlman) and Marcia's slovenly and more bohemian husband, Wally Logan (a fun-loving salesman for a large toy company, played by
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reuniting the Brady kids. Barry Williams was working on Broadway when he got a call from Marty Krofft, who pitched the show as "The Barry Williams Variety Hour with The Brady Bunch," promising the young entertainer featured solos and elaborate dance routines. Maureen McCormick was excited at the prospect of singing and working with the Krofft brothers; and Susan Olsen loved the idea of doing "Saturday Night Live"-type skits. Christopher Knight had turned his back on the entertainment industry and was aware of his own singing/dancing limitations, but
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List of The Brady Bunch characters


experience. Jeffrey Hunter approached Schwartz to play Mike Brady, but Schwartz felt Hunter was too attractive to play a down-to-earth architect. In 2004, "TV Guide" ranked him number 14 on its 50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time list. Carol Ann Brady - f/k/a Carol Martin, née Carol Ann Tyler (top center), portrayed by Florence Henderson in the TV series and Shelley Long in movies, is the wife of Mike Brady. At the beginning of the pilot, her
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Susan Olsen


an animal welfare advocate and serves on the board of directors of the nonprofit organization Precious Paws, a rescue group. Olsen personally cares for unweaned homeless kittens until they are old enough to adopt. On September 1, 2009, Olsen released the coffee table book "Love to Love You Bradys: The Bizarre Story of The Brady Bunch Variety Hour" which celebrates the 1976–77 television variety show "The Brady Bunch Hour". In addition to many color photos and artwork, the volume features over 100 interviews with Brady Bunch cast members
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Christopher Daniel Barnes


has done voice acting in video games including "Return to Krondor", as Scott Donovan in the "Law & Order" titles "" and "". In the 1986–1987 series "Starman", he played the teenage boy Scott, the son of the Starman. He starred in the short-lived NBC sitcom "Day by Day". In one episode's dream sequence which included many guest stars from "The Brady Bunch", he played a fourth Brady son, "Chuck Brady". He later played
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Sam Winchester


already have War and Famine's rings, they search for Pestilence and Death's location, leading Sam to meet his old college friend Brady: the guy who introduced Sam to Jessica and the demon ordered by Azazel to kill Jessica. Although tempted to kill Brady immediately, Sam realizes that Brady is needed to find Pestilence's location and with the help of the demon Crowley they discover the horseman's location – after which Dean allows Sam to kill Brady. After Castiel captures Pestilence's ring and Death hands his ring to Dean,
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The Brady Bunch


Brady house was constructed for the "X-Files" episode "Sunshine Days", which also revolved around "The Brady Bunch". Ratings data prior to 1972 is scarce for shows which did not place in the Top 30. Beginning in 2017, TV Ratings Guide began publishing vintage television ratings as they became readily available from old newspaper publishings. Season 4 ratings came from "Variety" year-end rankings dated May 30, 1973. "The Brady Bunch" never achieved high ratings during its primetime run (never
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Susan Olsen


all "Brady Bunch" reunion movies with the exception of "A Very Brady Christmas" (1988), which was filmed when she and her first husband, Steve Ventimiglia were on their honeymoon. In that movie, Cindy Brady was played by actress Jennifer Runyon. Olsen reprised her role as Cindy Brady in the short lived CBS spin-off series "The Bradys." In 2005, VH1 ranked her No. 34 in "The 100 Greatest Kid Stars" of television and film. In 2007, Olsen and her
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List of The Brady Bunch characters


, making her immobile for a short period of time. Alice had an identical cousin, Emma (also played by Davis), who was a retired master sergeant in the Women's Army Corps. Emma once filled in for Alice when Alice traveled out of town. Alice quit her job at one point when she felt the children no longer trusted her, becoming a waitress at a local restaurant. Her replacement Kay (Mary Treen), who did her work faithfully, but never tried to become close with the Bradys,
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Geri Reischl


Geri Lee Reischl (born December 31, 1959) is an American actress and singer. She was a child actress in the 1970s, most notably as Jan Brady on the variety show "The Brady Bunch Hour", and appeared in various television commercials. Reischl's first appearance was at the age of six playing Gretl in a production of "The Sound of Music", starring Patrice Munsel, at the Melodyland Theatre in Anaheim, California. There, she was discovered by a talent agent who signed her and got her
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Jay Novello


cast too as Guido Morales in the 1960 episode "Unsurrendered Sword" on the ABC series "The Rebel", starring Nick Adams. He also appeared in an episode of the Brady Bunch as Mr. Martinelli, the owner of a bike shop who hires, and then fires, Peter Brady. He appeared as well as a pompous Coin collector in the "Perry Mason" episode "The Case of the Captain's Coins". In a 1962 episode of "The Andy Griffith Show", he played a thief passing through
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The Brady Bunch


to the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Los Angeles Rams, and a Hollywood movie studio, among many others, that the Bradys lived in Southern California, most likely Los Angeles or one of its suburbs. The interior of the Brady house was used at least three times for other Paramount shows, twice for "Mannix" and once for "", while "The Brady Bunch" was in production. In the case of "Mission: Impossible", the Brady furniture was also used. A re-creation of the
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List of The Brady Bunch characters


Get Married", "The Brady Brides", "A Very Brady Christmas" and "The Bradys". Since Plumb was unable to return at the time, Geri Reischl replaced her in "The Brady Bunch Hour". Jennifer Elise Cox portrayed the character in the two theatrical films, and Ashley Drane in the TV movie. Jan is the middle Brady daughter, and many of her storylines often involve Jan being jealous of her seemingly more popular older sister, Marcia, or Jan's awkward position as the middle child
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Girl (Davy Jones song)


"Girl" is the 8th single by British singer/actor Davy Jones, written by Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel. It is not Jones' most successful single ("Rainy Jane", peaking at 52 on "Billboard" Hot 100, number 32 on "Cash Box" and number 14 in Canada), but his most remembered one, appearing in "The Brady Bunch" episode "Getting Davy Jones" and again in "The Brady Bunch Movie". In "The Brady Bunch" episode "Getting Davy
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Sam Mitchell (EastEnders)


plays the character and how Medcalf played the character: "When Kim was playing Sam she was quite hard, but [the Sam who returns in 2009] is more the Sam I've always played. She's bright, colourful, flirtatious - and trouble. The only difference is she's more tanned, more blonde and more wrinkled!". During her first stint in the soap, the character was involved in various high-profile storylines surrounding her teen elopement to Ricky Butcher (Sid Owen). Westbrook has said
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Sindy


fashioned. In 1978, Sindy was introduced to the United States market by Marx Toys. Child star Susan Olsen, who played Cindy Brady on the popular family sitcom "The Brady Bunch", was featured in a U.S. produced commercial for the doll. Most of Sindy's accessories and fashions were similar to those sold in the United Kingdom, except for the addition of a friend, Gayle, and a McDonald's-themed Sindy. Marx Toys went into receivership in 1980 and Sindy was withdrawn from the US market. During the
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Adam-12


stars Barry Williams (Greg Brady of "The Brady Bunch"). Episode 25, "Log 92: Tell Him He Pushed Back a Little Too Hard" guest stars Dick Sargent (Darrin Stephens #2 of "Bewitched") and Jacqueline Scott (who played Donna Taft, the sister of Dr. Richard Kimble, in four episodes of "The Fugitive"). Episode 26, "Log 22: So This Little Guy Goes into This Bar, and..." guest stars Harry Dean Stanton as a welfare hustler.
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that was exacerbated by his contracting of HIV, and died in May 1992. Notes On April 3, 2007, the two-hour pilot episode "The Brady 500" (a.k.a. "Start Your Engines/Here We Grow Again") was released as a bonus feature on "The Brady Bunch: The Complete Series" 21-disc DVD box set by CBS Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Entertainment. In 2019, the series was released on DVD for the first time as a part of "The Brady-est Brady Bunch
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List of The Brady Bunch characters


The following is a list and description of the primary characters from the classic American television series "The Brady Bunch". The characters also appeared in all subsequent reunions, remakes, and theatrical/TV films. Michael Paul "Mike" Brady (bottom center in picture above), portrayed by Robert Reed in the TV show and Gary Cole in movies, is the male head of the Brady household. In episode #4 of "The Bradys", "Hat in the Ring", when Mike is sworn in as
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The Brady Bunch Movie


" still charms as homage to the 70s sitcom." Leonard Klady of "Variety" wrote, "For five years back in the early 1970s, U.S. TV homes were in the thrall of "The Brady Bunch". Two decades after their small-screen demise, the clean-cut crew is back in mythic form as "The Brady Bunch Movie". Part homage, part spoof, the deft balancing act is a clever adaptation—albeit culled from less than pedigreed source material." Roger Ebert of the "
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Sunshine Days


episode, Doggett, Reyes, Walter Skinner (Mitch Pileggi) and Scully stumble on to a bizarre murder case where the main suspect is a man with an unusual obsession for "The Brady Bunch". Despite their initial differences—both in investigative style and love of "The Brady Bunch"—the four of them soon learn that the man's telekinetic ability is the ultimate, undeniable proof of an X-File. The episode marked Gilligan's second directorial effort, after season seven's "Je Souhaite". "The Brady Bunch
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A Very Brady Christmas


. A second sequel, "The Brady Bunch in the White House", aired as a made-for-television film on Fox in 2002. All three featured a new, younger cast filling the roles of the Bradys. On November 18, 1992, "A Very Brady Christmas" was first released on VHS by Paramount Home Video and has long been out of print. On April 3, 2007, the film was included as a bonus feature on "The Brady Bunch: The Complete Series" 21-disc DVD set
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Jennifer Elise Cox


the Brady bunch movie's opening she had a guest spot on "The George Wendt Show". The same year she reprised her role as Jan Brady for the TV series "Wings", and portrayed Shannon, a student at the women's studies program, on the TV series "Murphy Brown". In 1996, she costarred alongside Michael Gross and Hilary Swank in the horror film "Sometimes They Come Back... Again", reprised her role of Jan Brady in the "Brady Bunch" sequel "A Very Brady
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List of The Brady Bunch characters


Kid". The clumsiest of the bunch, he sometimes gets overexcited and acts before thinking. Nevertheless, he is a fun-loving boy whom girls adored later in the original series. He has a non-related lookalike named Arthur Owens (also played by Christopher Knight), who is shown in the episode "Two Petes in a Pod". Peter is also the only one in the family with brown eyes—all the others had blue or green eyes. Peter later joined the military for career guidance, as
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Growing Up Brady (film)


Growing Up Brady is a 2000 American made-for-television biographical film based on the 1992 autobiography "Growing Up Brady: I Was A Teenage Greg" written by actor Barry Williams with Chris Kreski. Directed by Richard A. Colla, it starred Williams, Adam Brody, Kaley Cuoco, Daniel Hugh Kelly and Michael Tucker, and was originally broadcast May 16, 2000 on NBC. The movie is about the production of the 1969–1974 ABC sitcom "The Brady Bunch", on which Williams played teenager Greg Brady, with backstage
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The Brady Bunch Phonographic Album


The Brady Bunch Phonographic Album is the fourth and final studio album by American pop group the Brady Bunch. It was released on June 18, 1973, by Paramount Records. In 1996, the album was released on CD for the first time with the addition of three bonus tracks from 1973's "Chris Knight & Maureen McCormick". In the June 30, 1973 issue, "Billboard" published a review which said, "TV's "other family" is a happy collective blending of rich harmonies and finely honed voices
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producers had sought to film the original house that had been used for exterior shots during the original "Brady Bunch" series, but the owner of the Studio City, California home refused to restore the property to its 1969 appearance. The filmmakers instead erected a facade around a house in nearby Encino and filmed scenes in the front yard. "The Brady Bunch Movie" was released in theaters on February 17, 1995. The film opened at #1 at the box office with $14.8 million and grossed $46.6 million in
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List of The Brady Bunch characters


three daughters. Cox said in a 2015 interview that one of the reasons she auditioned for "The Brady Bunch Movie" was that she was a fan of the original series, and that she used method acting during the film. The character has been noted to be suffering from schizophrenia. Film critic Roger Ebert praised the character in "The Brady Bunch Movie", saying that "a lot of the humor in the movie comes from the burning jealousy Jan feels for her popular older sister, Marcia". Robert "Bobby
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